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Hmmm....Mister Lister.... aka bone collector.
Read most comments..... so true but the one missed all along is the real definition of kick back when the choke is engaged and compression is not enough to spark ignition... the thing kicks like a mule.

That got me many, many times in the early 80's at home.
But the one that remains in memory was during one of those holidays when this generator had grown stubborn and resistant to all attempts to start it.

Well I left it for the new Maiguard (lived in Kano at that time) who was eager to impress albeit with a lot of concern when I learnt he had never seen one before.

My oh my, I have never seen a grown man, upside down, five feet in the air and screaming for dear life as he was flung away by the recoil. Men, I quietly walked away. Pops just called for the mechanic. The guy was not himself for days and any time he walked by the damn thing he would just shake his head.

Lister no be here abeg.

.... bring it on.... the heavens will not fall. My people cannot do nada...

Ahmed0336:
Ganduje is too petty for my liking.

Na now you know.
Very primitive politicking he practices.
If he was so treated will he have ever been governor.

Ignorant Nigerians will sit down and be shouting 'scamdemic'. They won't get themselves vaccinated or treated, calling it mere malaria and thus truncating the businesses, professions and aspirations of other sensible, well meaning Nigerians.

How the Almighty was able to aggregate such a huge bunch of some of the most 'retar-ded' people on earth in one geographical space deserves divine explanantion. It can only be a miracle.

dultraray:
Absolutely Correct, everyone is involved

That is not what we were told in 2014 and early 2015.
If we were told 'everyone' is involved then why change government.
We were promised all these will end and change was at hand.
Stop shifting the goal post.
That is poor quality citizenship.
Hold them to their promises, damn it.....

This is the future of energy in Nigeria since I cannot see any meaningful progress in public energy services.
It is a pity that those with the resources, particularly government cannot spawn an industry out of household power solutions.

So instead of building factories to process coconuts and assemble automobiles, they can invest in the assembly, then manufacture of solar energy components to liberate millions of households from the energy crises facing Nigeria.

Reference:
Most citizens of this country including our leaders still do not understand how democracy works.
There is no country on earth not faced with hard decisions from time to time.
As a matter of fact democracy was made to absorb hard decisions that will ordinarily crush autocracies and end monarchies.

Biden faced a hard decision on keeping Afghanistan (propping up a democracy, which is the cornerstone of America's foreign policy for two hundred years) or losing it together with trillions of dollars and thousands of souls. He took the decision 'early', knowing that if he waited for 'clarity' for weeks, or months, he will never get to do it.

The country was split on this but his political capital was still too loaded and his aura fresh at that time for it to cost his government much traction.

This is what the APC and Mr. President in waiting should have seen and planned late 2014, early 2015.
To have planned to have ambushed the citizens who hated the previous government and will have swam/drank putrid water (it did happen) to give Mr. Buhari leeway to 'change' Nigeria.

But because our democracy is not informed and our leaders are really not cerebral they could not muster the strategies to do the needful.
Today Mr. Buhari's political capital is all but spent. Even the hailers cannot wait for the curtain call in 2023 and a new set of leaders across the political spectrum is warming to take to the track.

What are their strategies to take the hard decisions FOR NIGERIA if they get into office.... nothing.... so they will do nothing and Nigeria will continue to drift for another generation.

PS:
Donald Trump had always desired to bring America out of Afghanistan, even before he became President but that lack of early political decisiveness ensured it never happened throughout his term.

Jonathan Goodluck similarly had an opportunity to light the fuse to restructure the country which he should have done within weeks of assuming power but he could not muster the political will and at the end of the day the opportunity was lost.
Ask him tomorrow and that will be up there together with his long list of political regrets..... a legacy lost.

backbencher:
He did, and because of that, he got into power.

The simple fact is that, whoever proposes the removal of fuel subsidy is going to be opposed by millions if not most Nigerians. That is what happened in 1993, 2006/7 and even in 2012.

Buhari in 2012, had lost elections several times, and was looking for a means to get power in 2015. Opposing subsidy provided the means by which he could get into power. He played cunny man, opposed subsidy along with most Nigerians, and got elected. Now, having seen how subsidies impact the economy, he has woken up. Too bad he could not listen to the wise words of people like NOI or SLS back in 2012.

But he isn't the reason why GEJ was unable to remove subsidy completely. The reason is most Nigerians, including GEJ supporters, who opposed and marched against it. If GEJ had totally removed subsidy in 2012, he would have lost the 2015 election by an even wider margin...plus APC would have brought it back, and reversed the gains being made.

So we kept a bad programme , which enriched a lot of people illicitly and further decimated domestic petrol production, to say nothing of getting us into more debt. Anyway, subsides on kerosene, diesel and gas went...good thing.

It's the same reason why even people like Abacha never contemplated total subsidy removal.

The painful thing is that if we had removed the thing in 2012, by now we would have been enjoying the benefits , and we would have been over the worst. Plus we had higher oil prices in 2012, meaning that there would have been enough cash to pay the poor to help them prosper.

INFACT, the partial removal of subsidy GEJ did was used to pay for things like SURE P and some improvements in public transport (just as the partial removal of subsidy by Abacha paid for the PTF). things THAT could not be sustained when oil prices crashed in 2014.

Anyway, subsidy has to go. The oil income is falling, and it is becoming more difficult to sustain subsidies. Unless we pay taxes at rates of 50% of our income .

Most citizens of this country including our leaders still do not understand how democracy works.
There is no country on earth not faced with hard decisions from time to time.
As a matter of fact democracy was made to absorb hard decisions that will ordinarily crush autocracies and end monarchies.

Biden faced a hard decision on keeping Afghanistan (propping up a democracy, which is the cornerstone of America's foreign policy for two hundred years) or losing it together with trillions of dollars and thousands of souls. He took the decision 'early', knowing that if he waited for 'clarity' for weeks, or months, he will never get to do it.

The country was split on this but his political capital was still too loaded and his aura fresh at that time for it to cost his government much traction.

This is what the APC and Mr. President in waiting should have seen and planned late 2014, early 2015.
To have planned to have ambushed the citizens who hated the previous government and will have swam/drank putrid water (it did happen) to give Mr. Buhari leeway to 'change' Nigeria.

But because our democracy is not informed and our leaders are really not cerebral they could not muster the strategies to do the needful.
Today Mr. Buhari's political capital is all but spent. Even the hailers cannot wait for the curtain call in 2023 and a new set of leaders across the political spectrum is warming to take to the track.

What are their strategies to take the hard decisions FOR NIGERIA if they get into office.... nothing.... so they will do nothing and Nigeria will continue to drift for another generation.

He has now seen the light.... eureka.

Our politicians are not very bright.
If he had done his homework and obtained the facts and not believed all the political hot air and propaganda swirling around him from his hangers-on and lackeys in the run up to 2015, he will have made hay while the sun shone.

I said it then. Proper democratic elections is like cashing a large cheque. You start off with much goodwill that will ebb away with the reality of time and with the expectations of the people. Very, very, very few leaders the world over leave office with more goodwill than they started, even the very best ones.

Thus most informed democratic leaders the world over take the toughest decisions early in their terms when this capital is at is highest... when the aura is freshest and the angst against the previous, deposed government still raw. That is when the hard decision on liberalising the petroleum sector should have been taken, sometime before the Christmas 2015..... but that now infamous gaffe wouldn't let them.

It is now in the twilight of the administration, when even the most ardent 'hailer' secretly weeps at night, Mr Buhari has deemed it timely to hang our collective balls over hot coals.

He is just lucky he leads a country of completely inept citizens, if not even a fly will trigger a massive landslide against the ruling party at the next polls.

Simply put, remove subsidies and forget re-election, period. What he does will certainly not be surmountable or recoverable for his party.... but this is Nigeria.

Just wait and see how the Naira will strengthen and the foreign reserves jack up....
I hope those in charge of communicating with China and processing those terrible loans are not vaccinated....

aminulive:
https://politicsnigeria.com/aisha-yesufu-a-misguided-bigot-deceiver-and-opportunist-by-solomon-semanka/

Who is this two-bit sorry arsed government hack.
Nigeria is going down the toilet with record breaking tragic incidents day after day.
No one needs an activist to experience the heat of APC's blast furnace called government abeg.

legba1:
Salamatu has a rich background...those trash talking her are just envious of her rich collections. I have known her to be a weird dresser for long and also note that the family are not pauper even before house of rep tinz

Then use your wealth to support your partner for the window of public service he undertakes. That is what public office holders the world over do. You recognise the fact that you are both in the limelight and so you reflect what your partner preaches. If he is part of a government calling for austerity his lifestyle and yours will be under scrutiny particularly when he is the Chief Representative.

This is not good or welcome publicity. It is not wise and speaks about a ruling class that is completely out of touch with the realities of their responsibilities. The kind of leadership that is bereft of sacrifice will only find governance and solidarity very hard.

yrex01:
wailing continues. some mumu chelsea fans they even saying jorginho. lwkmd

Why not. Won the UCL and Euros.
What is bigger than that for club and country in a non World Cup year.

That is why they will have a hard time selling any austerity measure to any but the most ignorant citizens.
We who support things like the removal of gasoline subsidies cannot find credible allies in government because their lifestyles simply do not reflect our collective aspirations. They make governance more difficult for themselves and credible citizenship for the rest of us.

There is simply something fundamentally wrong with this country.... honestly.... just tired abeg...

DominionGreat:
Why do I strongly feel the Government is responsible for the constant attacks and kidnapping along Kaduna-Abuja road..

Did you know the attacks increased since the train were deployed? A strategic means to force people to use the train instead of using road thereby increasing direct revenue to the government...


E be things o.. what this Government cannot do does not exist o

Hmm.... at least the highway will last longer and require no maintenance for the foreseeable future.

They probably just saved her life..... as you know, not from the dangers of ingesting narco wraps... but the guys waiting at the airport over there and the judges who will not bat an eyelid in sending her to the gallows...

thinkmoney:
Wrong. This is the problem with todays world.
We are a community. Our actions and decisions affects each other. You wont believe how many people these pictures made sick.
Your life is your life but it isn't yours only. You have co-share holders. You have the biggest share. Your family and friends have a share. Every other person have a share.
If for example somebody dies now and have nobody to take away his decomposing body, the smell and bad sight will inconvenient others. So u see, true wisdom (which have become very scarce now. Nowadays we have foolish wisdom), indicates that our life and even deaths affect others in one way or the other.
So that guys life is not only his life.

The world is increasingly selfish and that will be its doom.
Everyone from environmental polluters to pandemic/vaccine deniers to religious zealots lacking empathy for their fellow human-beings, we are on a sure course to self annihilation.

ezixt:
All these Messi and Ronaldo fanatics can be so annoying.

See how a post about De Bryune has been quickly turned into a Messi rant, and then wait for the Ronaldo crew to arrive, and a war will start.

This post is about De Bruyne, can you guys just leave it like that?

A simple "congratulations" will suffice, then you move on.

So annoying!

Congratulations to De Bruyne.

That is how idolatry, fanaticism and then violent extremism starts.
Very soon they will soon book a ship load of AK's and start shooting up villages in the country side....calling themselves the "Messiorites" or the OFSS.... the "Ororo Front for Soccer Supremacy"....
Abeg we don't have enough security men to handle another crises.

Just look at how the place is.... so rolled back in time.

I tell you, if anyone wishes to make a movie about colonial rule in Nigeria the last two centuries, he will save a lot of money on props and stages. Everything is here, fresh, nothing has changed....sad.

StayMotivated:
Finally a good coach, once the season is over Man Utd must do everything possible to sign Erik Ten Hag as the permanent coach

It is not every coaches that fits every situation.

It is not every coach that can successfully transform any team, so they have to be careful and study the squad to know what kind of personality can handle them.
You can change a coach like toilet paper because all you lose are a few millions, how do you change a squad that costs half a billion overnight....

With all due respects, there is nothing similar between the Ajax squad and the United squad. In many respects they are complete polar opposites in age grade, playing pattern, stardom and many other factors that may not make Ten Haag an overnight success and it will take him several windows to get his team in.

Will the stakeholders of that great club have that kind of patience?

The rubber will soon meet the road. Something will sooner or later give.
If Keyamo expects state governments to sit idly by while the people that voted them in are maltreated, abused and unjustly killed, they have something coming.
Shey the Federal government feels it can use its security agencies any how and expect the states to apologise for indiscretions on its behalf.

Restructuring will surely come.
When soldiers will be kept far away from civilians and made to do their jobs of securing the nation and not the government which is the responsibility of the police, when the police will see the people as their employers and not politicians.

Beey:
Probably caused by deep vein thrombosis. Blood clots are likely to form after surgery due to little or no movement.

Likely caused by improper post operative medications.

Kriss216:
Nigerians and titles

Smh

Indeed.
Given the latitude some will soon begin to prefix the title 'Millionaire' or 'Billionaire' before their names as the road side press is apt to do these days.

izzou:


[color=royalblue]It is only in Nigeria that government agents would sell a parcel of land to you, using government documents

The same government that deems it illegal won't stop you from building. After a decade, they would come back and say it's illegal.

Did this people buy the land from a roadside mechanic? Their documents definitely have FHA receipts attached to it. I know someone that has this Phase 2 form from the same FHA

Everything in this country is upside down[/color]

The problem is the follow up unto justice.
If everything was done above board the government official(s) can be recalled to query no matter how long ago the incident took place after all they will still be on goverment payroll as pensioners as government is a continuum.

But in most cases it is not a question of indiscretion but one of corruption in which both parties are involved so most people will not wish to move forward with cases against the government or its agents. Civil servants a have a unique way of roping in citizens into their schemes in such a way that both parties are bound by secrecy in corruption.

Nothing will happen. Years later another set of villainous citizens and government agents will conspire to erect new buildings on those very spots and the cycle will continue. This is very common in Abuja.

streetsoldier1:
we did Physics in school and basic engineering, that is not expansion joint. Why is it so difficult to thank the guy that raised the alarm and then fix the crack

Oga, sit down. That is an expansion joint and there is nothing to dispute there.

Informed people have observed this but in the light of recent high profile engineering failure both at home and abroad one can understand the concern.

I think owners of these structures like BI- Courtney should step in and address these components properly because that is not the right treatment and finishing of an expansion joint and is quite frankly unsightly, unsettling and does not inspire confidence.

It is a public space, a commercial space. Ordinary people have the right to be alarmed though there is no engineering reason for that.

That looks like a two in one column where there is an expansion joint.
Nothing to consider there.

If Timo cannot make hay today I cannot see a future for him at the Bridge. He just cannot cut it.

nelszx:
Apparently extrajudicial killing.

The cuff on his hands meant he was captured do why kill him? If he had been captured what was the point killing him.

Same thing here.
One picture he was obviously alive and the next he was dead..... except if he bled to death and the cuffs removed later.
This is not good enough.
I would have thought that when there is crime in motion, intelligence is key and thus detention is vital where possible.

This is one reason why law enforcement often takes an eternity to arrest challenging situations, lack of intelligence and when emotions overwhelm operatives and they dispose of what little opportunity they have to gather information then the system suffers.

A living criminal at hand is of far more value than a dead one.

mfm04622:
All snakes swim. They are all good swimmers. The water trap present no issue to a snake

No sir. This is simply not true.

RolexOfGeneva:
Snakes can comfortably breathe and survive in conditions that humans cannot, thanks to evolution. I once saw a snake in a room. Poured a lot of ammonia inside the room enough to choke and kill a human. Guess what the snake was still alive and comfortable after hours of breathing the ammonia gas. So you have it, snakes can live inside soak away pits.

Not true. Snakes have lungs and breathe oxygen. Even snakes that are aquatic need to surface regularly like humans to breathe. The fact that like every creature able to survive adverse conditions for a while does not mean a snake can live breathing ammonia or hydrogen-sulfide present in a functional septic tank. This is just not true.