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It is a good development we need to learn to live without oil. We will be stronger in the end. I do not share the fatalistic outlook by some that this is somehow the end of Nigeria.Indeed it is the beginning.It will force people to take elections and governance more seriously.If the ONLY source of government funds is taxing the people.The people will ask more questions about how the money is spent.Now we don't because it comes from oil. So let us put oil in the freezer for now. I do not support negotiation with terrorists though but the Delta and indeed the rest of Nigeria should have resource control.We must be clear this and previous militancies were not about that and will not lead to that. Those rejoicing now do so out of nihilistic and anarchist impulses.They have no idea or vision what a peaceful or fair outcome should look like

OK

OYa BuLlhari come and kill them

Hengineer:
The last time I checked, the only people who frown at regionalism or resource control are the NW and NE, try to get your facts right please. Also it would be nice if we stop mixing political preferences with tribal affiliations and so on. That someone supports a particular political candidate does not mean the person must be from a particular tribe or region; that someone also does not support economic sabotage which will simply impoverish people and destroy the environment, that does not automatically mean the person is from any particular tribe or region, neither does it also mean the person does not support regionalism or resource control, let's stop getting these things twisted.

If the oil industry goes down, millions would be impoverished because all zones of Nigeria (every single zone) feeds on only oil. The evidence on the economy from the drop in oil prices is still very fresh on our minds. This is a very bad arrangement especially as Nigeria should have no business relying on only niger delta oil, but this is unfortunately the situation we have even in 2016. By blowing things up and killing the industry, the so called rich who we think we punish will not feel the impact one bit, the victims would still be the middle and lower class of society. It would be a very serious pestilence, we should be wary of the kind of things we tacitly support (for whatever reason).

Stop wasting your time on these children, most of them still depend on there old parents for food hence they know nothing than eat, sleep and come online to disgrace there parent. The forum is now filled with senseless children throwing insult around for any little thing. You are destroying yourself while thinking you are hurting the president. What a bunch of cursed ediots.

TonyeBarcanista:
When our ppl start losing their jobs and coys relocate to Lagos, I hope people celebrating those misguided NDA won't complain?

just shutup if u have nothing to say.

shamecurls:
Cant these Avengers blow-up the whole Niger Delta and let peace reign.... All these little threats wont go far until they start chasing all foreign investors back to there country and create massive unemployment, pollution, hunger and debt.

#Dumbfolks

They will start by blowing off your head

Some African countries are better off without crude oil.So let buhari diversify to cattle rearing as Nigeria source's of generating revenue

hucienda:
The north has taught the once docile, 'slap-me-turn-the-other-cheek' south intolerance and violence...

Now we are now learning in reality no one has the monopoly of violence.

If the north makes the country ungovernable for a southerner, the south returns the favour.

Jonathan had his 'ungovernable' northern moment.

Buhari is having his 'ungovernable' southern moment..

The next southern president of the republic will also have his 'ungovernable' northern moment...

And on and on it goes in this circus of a country.

Only God knows when this stupidity by supposed nationals of the same country will end.

It will end when south no longer have interest in ruling the north and vice versa.

TonyeBarcanista:
When our ppl start losing their jobs and coys relocate to Lagos, I hope people celebrating those misguided NDA won't complain?

Na agbalomo dem go sell to take pay workers for there.

hypertension:
If I Call Buhari A Dullard Now Some people Will Want To Kill Me..


Why Fight The Heartbeat Of The Economy


This President Does Not Have Common Sense

HE IS A DULLARDKPO

Your monicker tho.

You think it's Buhari they are doing.. I pity you

D whole country will siffer for their actions.. Even they themselves are exposed to chemical & environmental hazards

What's d point then?

Thewrath:
Who are those rejoicing?
How many jobs has the pollution and drilling of oil fields created for niger deltans since the discovery of oil?
In as much as you love "one-Nigeria" why frown at resource control or regionalism(because it's always the SW and NORTH that always frown at it).

Another ignorant kid, we know those that have been screaming for regionalism and resource control. Stop spewing lies here cos of your hatred for the SW. Rubbish

hucienda:
The north has taught the once docile, 'slap-me-turn-the-other-cheek' south intolerance and violence...

Now we are now learning in reality no one has the monopoly of violence.

If the north makes the country ungovernable for a southerner, the south returns the favour.

Jonathan had his 'ungovernable' northern moment.

Buhari is having his 'ungovernable' southern moment..

The next southern president of the republic will also have his 'ungovernable' northern moment...

And on and on it goes in this circus of a country.

Only God knows when this stupidity by supposed nationals of the same country will end.

the difference is that northern violence has no impact on the economy unlike the southern violence... this northern parasites will learn the hard way

brownskindude:
I'm not happy with the recent happenings currently taking place but let the truth be told for once, the hausas/fulanis and yorubas have contributed little or nothing to the economy but have taken more. Oil is our birthright and we are not going to wait for it to be given to us. We are going to take it even if it means using force.

Oil without buyers, is useless. If not for past Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba leaders negotiating for contracts and concessions, how much Delta oil would have been bought by the West? If not for the many other Nigerians using fuel for vehicles and generators, how much oil could Delta have sold? I am from Delta, but this talk about birthright is quite pitiable. What have Delta sons and daughters done to improve the lot of Delta, given this so-called birthright? We keep blaming others, yet not holding our own people accountable.

The oil producing states already earn a huge amount of money from the federal allocation, which I think is very fair, BTW. Now ask why the majority of the population is still poor. Maybe because of thieves like Ibori who decided to stash most of the wealth abroad.
Instead of thinking how we can productively use our share of the federal revenues (which belongs to all of Nigeria), we're insisting that we get more and more, and destroying Federal property instead of asking tough questions of our Senators and Governors.

maupe:
www.oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/More-Oil-Offline-in-Nigeria-as-Exxon-Declares-Force-Majeure.html

http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2016/05/exxonmobil-declares-force-majeure-on-nigerias-qua-iboe-crude/

MODERATORS, KINDLY REMOVE NIGER DELTA AVENGERS FROM THE TITLE. I WAS IN THE AREA AND THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH NDA. IT WAS AN INEXPERIENCED CAPTAIN THAT USED HIS JACK UP VESSEL TO BURST OIL PIPE. PURE ACCIDENT, AND NOT TERRORISM. EXXON IS STRICTLY NO HURT AND NO SPILL. THEY CAN SHUT DOWN FOR THIS!!!!

Mr lai ur fada.i repeat am ur moda,c me c wahala we dn enta one chance

Hengineer:
The funny thing is, when you check very well, it's not even Niger deltans that rejoice over this news.

Some set of humans are just happy about anything that goes wrong in Nigeria today. It's all politcal and to these guys, anything that goes wrong is viewed as punishment to Buhari, hence the euphoria. It's really wonderful how some people reason. I cant imagine the poverty and turmoil this would bring when everything finally goes down.

This is a sad situation. Everyone loses if this continues. Jobs will be lost, presidency will be divided, people will be arrested and detained as political prisoners, pressure will mount from the international community who have interests in oil, Mr President may be forced to go into negotiations and very little will be achieved, hardships will force people to question the leadership, on and on the problem continues. Is this the Nigeria of our dreams?

Chennai1:
Can we now see why some of us say that buahri has no brain. How do you fight people who will inflict such magnitude of pains on the economy? What this means is that Nigeria is losing #15 billion everyday the qua iboe crude is closed off. This is not like boko haram, where we only suffer human casualties. Here, we are talking about both human casualties and the heart of the Nigerias economy.

I see, the problem Buhari has are the many zombies surrounding him, who don't give him good advice. NDA will cripple this economy and it is even easy for them to do that, because blowing up pipelines is much more easier than a suicide attack. I want to see how bubu will overcome this malaise, but anybody saying that there is a military component to overcoming this crises is probably high on expired powdered milk.

Let me enlighten you, this is a good challenge for a serious government to diversify and fight back at the right time.

But be ready because we are going to pay starting from no fuel no light.

brownskindude:
I thought they had two heads. They should have waited. How can oil be drilled in South South but regional and head offices are in Lagos and Abuja? Is it fair? Even when Groundnut and Cocoa was the mainstay of the economy, didn't the Hausas/Fulanis and Yorubas control their resources? Why should that of an Edo, Urhobo, Itsekiri or an Ijaw be any different?

I'm not happy with the recent happenings currently taking place but let the truth be told for once, the hausas/fulanis and yorubas have contributed little or nothing to the economy but have taken more. Oil is our birthright and we are not going to wait for it to be given to us. We are going to take it even if it means using force.

I have to say that am sorry for your plight, you are correct but you are also not correct. You are correct in the sense that oil is in your region and it shouldn't be give to you.
You are also wrong because this is Nigeria, the whole region made up nigeria, so, oil should be give to you free as other resources from other regions are not given to them free, but they buy.
Nigeria will be better if we end tribalism and what I call "state-ism", those things are really sending and setting us back. We should are work together. The damages done to the pipelines is affecting our economy and it's gonna affect us also, the terrorism in the north is affect our economy also, people are scared of going there to invest, which would have boost our economy. Pls let us all unite.
We are one Nigeria, together we stand and alone, we will fall as we are funny.
Let's not give the foreigner the power, opportunity and etc to call us insultive names, make mockery of us like someone just called us fantastically corrupt, but truely, ain't we corrupt? Does people still depend on us one way or the other. ONE NIGERIA!

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Wiseoldman:
MODERATORS, KINDLY REMOVE NIGER DELTA AVENGERS FROM THE TITLE. I WAS IN THE AREA AND THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH NDA. IT WAS AN INEXPERIENCED CAPTAIN THAT USED HIS JACK UP VESSEL TO BURST OIL PIPE. PURE ACCIDENT, AND NOT TERRORISM. EXXON IS STRICTLY NO HURT AND NO SPILL. THEY CAN SHUT DOWN FOR THIS!!!!

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flokii:
Your monicker tho.

You think it's Buhari they are doing.. I pity you

D whole country will siffer for their actions.. Even they themselves are exposed to chemical & environmental hazards

What's d point then?

As much as violence isn't right, but this move is frustrating Buhari. Isn't everyone feeling the pain of increased fuel prices, now think about when Nigeria cannot meet her financial obligation (through sale of crude and oil export for FOREX), it's only a matter of time before Nigerians react. Nigeria as a nation will collapse before you know it and it's not hating or cussing, but fact. They have been exposed to these chemical and environmental hazard, yet the govt isn't doing anything about it, rather the govt is using sale proceeds to directly and indirectly inflict pain on them. What difference would it make? None... So it makes perfect sense to stop it from the source.

nextstep:
Oil without buyers, is useless. If not for past Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba leaders negotiating for contracts and concessions, how much Delta oil would have been bought by the West? If not for the many other Nigerians using fuel for vehicles and generators, how much oil could Delta have sold? I am from Delta, but this talk about birthright is quite pitiable. What have Delta sons and daughters done to improve the lot of Delta, given this so-called birthright? We keep blaming others, yet not holding our own people accountable.

Thank you my broda, its funny how kids come online to insult another tribe as if youths from those tribe receive special salary from oil revenue. They blame other region while they ignore there own leaders milking them dry despite there huge allocations. Bayelsa with just few local government is owing 5 month salary, yet they are blaming others. Why are the youths in Ondo not blowing up there oil, is Ondo not in SW? Pathetic.

brownskindude:
I thought they had two heads. They should have waited. How can oil be drilled in South South but regional and head offices are in Lagos and Abuja? Is it fair? Even when Groundnut and Cocoa was the mainstay of the economy, didn't the Hausas/Fulanis and Yorubas control their resources? Why should that of an Edo, Urhobo, Itsekiri or an Ijaw be any different?

I'm not happy with the recent happenings currently taking place but let the truth be told for once, the hausas/fulanis and yorubas have contributed little or nothing to the economy but have taken more. Oil is our birthright and we are not going to wait for it to be given to us. We are going to take it even if it means using force.

Oil they China, Singapore or Malaysia, how many countries relying on Crude.

Hmm....Buhari receive sense IJN, so that you might know the best way to tackle this issue. It is going out of hand.

Poweredbreww:
Thank you my broda, its funny how kids come online to insult another tribe as if youths from those tribe receive special salary from oil revenue. They blame other region while they ignore there own leaders milking them dry despite there huge allocations. Bayelsa with just few local government is owing 5 month salary, yet they are blaming others. Why are the youths in Ondo not blowing up there oil, is Ondo not in SW? Pathetic.

Don't mind them, only tomatoes price increase they are complaining. How many country rely on Oil, is Ghana not surviving without crude.

socialmediaman:
This is a sad situation. Everyone loses if this continues. Jobs will be lost, presidency will be divided, people will be arrested and detained as political prisoners, pressure will mount from the international community who have interests in oil, Mr President may be forced to go into negotiations and very little will be achieved, hardships will force people to question the leadership, on and on the problem continues. Is this the Nigeria of our dreams?

Then Buhari should know how not to use heavy handedness because it will not work. The sooner Nigeria's terms and conditions of existence are negotiated, the better it is for all. These are hard times and I expect the president to be wise among all things, dialogue is the key. Then again, it's Buhari we're talking about...

emmalexabl:
This zoo republic is crumbling faster than a pack of cards....

I tot they said NDA are bluffing.,

anything to destabilize this govt is welcomed by me...

Kudos to NDA..more power to ur already powerful elbow

And how does blowing of pipelines and dwindling revenue relate with separation of Nigeria?
We will all enjoy whatever hardship it brings. I bet some of your family members already lamenting over subsidy removal and high cost of items.
The hardship as far as I know won't reflect on a single region. Most definitely not the west.
Keep reaching orgasm over the actions of the NDA and at same time wail about the economy.
NIGERIA IS NEVER GOING TO GIVE YOU FREEDOM. Definitely not Buhari.

Deen77:
Don't mind them, only tomatoes price increase they are complaining. How many country rely on Oil, is Ghana not surviving without crude.

They rejoice for any boko haram strike, roll out drums for any pipeline explosions and still complain of hardship. Who will suffer? Is Buhari going to queue to buy fuel? I laugh in chinese

nextstep:
Oil without buyers, is useless. If not for past Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba leaders negotiating for contracts and concessions, how much Delta oil would have been bought by the West? If not for the many other Nigerians using fuel for vehicles and generators, how much oil could Delta have sold? I am from Delta, but this talk about birthright is quite pitiable. What have Delta sons and daughters done to improve the lot of Delta, given this so-called birthright? We keep blaming others, yet not holding our own people accountable.

Please name one country in the world where there is crude of good grade but no buyer.

manny4life:
As much as violence isn't right, but this move is frustrating Buhari. Isn't everyone feeling the pain of increased fuel prices, now think about when Nigeria cannot meet her financial obligation (through sale of crude and oil export for FOREX), it's only a matter of time before Nigerians react. Nigeria as a nation will collapse before you know it and it's not hating or cussing, but fact. They have been exposed to these chemical and environmental hazard, yet the govt isn't doing anything about it, rather the govt is using sale proceeds to directly and indirectly inflict pain on them. What difference would it make? None... So it makes perfect sense to stop it from the source.

Ok.. What exactly do they want?

D cost of clean-up keeps piling up yet everybody seems okay with it

I think those guys are acting out of hate and nothing else.. In a bid to bring down the present govt.
Cos even d notorious ones then, Tompolo and co. Have distanced themselves from them

What's d way forward? They cnt keep blowing pipelines holding d whole country to ransom..

Highest you'll say no force, what about govt
Properties they destroy.. It's not fair na

manny4life:
Then Buhari should know how not to use heavy handedness because it will not work. The sooner Nigeria's terms and conditions of existence are negotiated, the better it is for all. These are hard times and I expect the president to be wise among all things, dialogue is the key. Then again, it's Buhari we're talking about...

The existence of Nigeria is non negotiable. You can only tamper with the revenue /economy, you can't do anything concerning the existence of Nigeria.
Greece are facing worse economic recession than us, but that does not in anyway threaten it's existence.

Poweredbreww:
They rejoice for any boko haram strike, roll out drums for any pipeline explosions and still complain of hardship. Who will suffer? Is Buhari going to queue to buy fuel? I laugh in chinese

I am sure Buhari will have more important things to worry about in this situation than trying to queue to buy fuel. Was it not a few days ago that the Vice President said they are reviewing options with regard to currency (aka devaluation)? Buhari has an integrity to protect (I would think he does), the international scrutiny, local and domestic pressure will sure force him to react whether positive or negative. A hungry man is an angry man, when it begins to affect you, sooner or later, you would turn to Buhari, your state governor, your city Councillors etc. and the cycle will not end until Buhari either ends it with dialogue or declaration of war.

hypertension:
If I Call Buhari A Dullard Now Some people Will Want To Kill Me..


Why Fight The Heartbeat Of The Economy


This President Does Not Have Common Sense

HE IS A DULLARDKPO

You don't have common sense, what happened to country without crude ?, they are better than Nigeria.

Saudi sell 10/12 million barrels per day, are they better than China, Germany or France without Oil. Iran economy is better than Saudi with American Oil sanction for years.