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Run out of words to describe arsenal's conduct....misconduct. What is this called if not terrorism and attempted genocide on their fans. Haba.

If the Gunners win today there will be terrible pressure on City and I just wonder........ but I still feel the title had been won since February.

Shameless idle miscreants.

Attack and defence all over the place....abeg change the game not the players.

They said the biggest problem of Nigeria is corruption. Very soon people will realise the biggest problem in Nigeria is structure. Corruption will be like Disneyland in comparison. Nigerians are so, so slow. Restructure this country now.

Mega scam. Regimes come and go. Nigeria and Nigerians will never tire of corruption.

zik4ever:
Meanwhile, in Kaduna, marketers have taken advantage of the acute shortage to increase fuel price to N500 a litre as against the government regulated price of N86.50.

Our correspondent reported that only a handful of filling stations were seen dispensing the product at exorbitant rates with long queues of motorists desperate to purchase at any price.

Some filling station who were seen selling above the government regulated price along Kaduna-Abuja, Kaduna-Kachia and Kaduna-Zaria roads, suddenly stop dispensation of the product for fear of clampdown by the Department and Petroleum Resources (DPR), LEADERSHIP observed.

A motorist at one of filling stations along Nnamdi Azikiwe road, Nuhu Audi, who lamented the situation, said, “We are calling on government to ensure availability of the fuel in order to discourage such illegal sale of the product.”

Another motorists, Usman Mohammed, said: “How can a litre of fuel sell for between N400 and N500, even black marketers do not display their jerry cans anymore. No filling station is selling in the areas I passed through. This has never happened before in the history of this country,” he lamented.
http://leadership.ng/news/516116/fuel-scarcity-persists-april-7-target-elapse

Never happened in the history of Nigeria. My friend, history is an offensive weapon of decision making not a defensive weapon of complaining. Shut up and get to work. History of Nigeria kor. Lazy bones.

maxit2:
Really i don't understand these clashes.
All the cattle herders I've seen seems peaceful in executing their duties.
I hope the news from other regions of the country is not used to victimize the fulanis.
I am not saying they are or not guilty. Am only concerned because of the recent clashes. Perhaps the host communities themselves are being instigated ?

Btw: Am a southerner. So no stupid quotes from very stupid people. Oba gha tor kpere.

You have to understand that these clashes are caused by population growth and environmental/climate change, which requires a new approach amongst those herdsmen and indeed farmers. Its clearly a growing threat to peace and security and has no easy solutions.

In the first instance the climate of Nigeria makes for prolonged rainfall in the south, far longer rainfall than in the north. Our livestock have been cultured to feed on fresh vegetation so the herdsmen have to move down south as the harmattan bites harder in the north and move back up again when it becomes too wet in the south (cattle are diseasae vulnerable to excessive moisture/rainfall).

What antagonists say is this. Dry season agriculture takes place in the north through irrigation. Why can't these cattle feed on those farms. Why are the left to feed on produce about to be harvested in the south at the end of the rainy season or on the new plant shoots at the beginning of the planting season. Why are farms in the north largely spared when they have much more arable/fallow land and population density is far less.

Springz:
Yes in developed countries, they pay monthly, but you forgot to add that in those developed countries salaries are paid promptly. The reverse is the case here. For it to be implemented here, certain things have to be put in place Otherwise the aim will be defeated.

Don't mind him. And there when your electricity bill is not paid you are cut off and remain in darkness. Here they will climb pole and reconnect illegally. There when your airtime is finished your phone goes dead, here mobile phone 'cheats' are even advertised. There when your house rent is due you pack out, here the next thing to do is to threaten the landlord, take his name to the shrine or prayer house or get a lawyer to defend you in court to remain on the property in perpetuity. Paying bills in Nigeria, a nation of rent seekers, subsidy thieves and free riders is alien so will paying house rent on a monthly basis. Who wants to die young.

And you can be certain that the one there right now is doing exactly the same thing. It is in our DNA. Change the game. Insecticide is a waste of time in a swamp.

This is another waste of time. Just like the petroleum industry and the foreign exchange market, government can only leverage on things it has strengths in and can proffer viable alternatives even if they are simply ideas. How many houses does the government build in a year to want to control the way rents are collected. How much dollars does it have to want to peg the exchange rates. How much fuel does it produce to want to control the price at 86.50. These are the questions Nigerians should be asking when these folks open their big mouths to speak.

There are only three ways open to government to actualise this lofty dream without making houses as scarce as the dollar or petroleum products. It either provides enough to gain a controlling market share of the real estate industry or it waits for the private sector to over supply then introduce this measure as prices fall. Or dissuade the average Nigerian from procreating like bunnies and tripling our population every generation. Can't see these happening so what I do see is a foolish move to force it just like the CBN and the NNPC is doing and Nigerians eventually sleeping at petrol stations not because of fuel scarcity but housing scarcity.

I hate big government. Everything they touch turns to ashes. If they cannot manage themselves, they should just leave the public alone.

Quakertellicus1:
Bored this am

Well, expanding on my previous post

1.We need to make all tertiary hospitals public private. That means increased fees....but that makes them able to generate extra funds.

2.We should also allow hospitals raise money themselves....maybe as non-profit organisations (OAUTH, UITH, ABUTH, UNTH, etc could come together and set up a Hospital trust fund...to raise money).

3.Hopstials could be run as trusts....into which companies would contribute money

4.We have to raise taxes too....and not only to get cash for hospitals.

5.The bulk of government funding can be spent on primary and secondary healthcare...now that tertiary hospitals have alternative sources of funding.

6.Why not spend more on Schools that train CHEW/SHO/...to work on the front lines in the rural areas.

7.We need more consultants and more residents.

8.Involve the Private Sector more.

But this government is clearly a socialist leaning one with planned handouts and all manner of subsidies and economic protectionist policies it projects. How does it bridge this image gap of giving with one hand and taking with the other. Buhari remains an establishment figure and still strongly believes in an oil based economy, hoping prices will rise in order to create prosperity with good management rather that one based on the strengths and collective wills of the populace to produce their way to wealth. I can't see it happen with this government.

asuustrike2009:
Health Insurance for Nigerians will go a long way to solve this menace

Simple. If you don't have it you will not be served. Nigerians must begin to take personal responsibility for the quality of their lives. Enough of big government.

dechriscool:
This is not just telling the doctors to be patient with you but to give a permanent solution and rest to the unrest among health workers.Let their be a clear cut demarcation between the doctors and other health workers.The almagametion of aggrieved health workers in the name of JOHESU to fight against the doctors should be looked into in all ramifications.
From the days of Hippocrate,the father of modern medicine.The creation of other allied medical proffessions was to be a helping hands to the doctors.The conflict of interest of leadership tussle among health workers is born out from share greed,jealousy and a feriority complex syndrome.It pains to see a butterfly wanting to be called a bird.

Una don start again wit una insult. Thought you folks will have learnt a lesson or two. Apparently not.

evy1:
If police or road safety stop you for road, just keep moving. Nobody get fuel to chase you go anywhere.

Hahahaha....even law and order is breaking down. Kwarrapshun fighting back. Oh dear. The other day CCT adjourned due to 'bad light'. Now this. Hmmmm....when it rains it certainly pours.

Progress2468:
Then Gov Amaechi and APC Helped to Destroy Nigeria’s Future:

In January, 2013, Nigeria’s Excess Crude Oil Account had over $10 billion in it. Then, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, led Nigerian Governors, under the umbrella of the Governors’ Forum and asked the then, President Goodluck Jonathan to share the money to the states. Jonathan and his Minister for Finance, world renowned economist, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala insisted that NIGERIA SHOULD SAVE THE MONEY FOR THE RAINY DAY.

ROTIMI AMECHI led the governors in taking the Federal Government to court.

Jonathan’s led FG offered to settle with the governors out-of-court by sharing $1 billion and saving up the rest for Nigeria’s children.

The governors rejected the offer. They wanted it all! Since the law mandates that the proceeds of the ECA is shared, the court gave judgement in favour of the governors and the$10 billion was shared!

FG lost, Nigeria lost, our children lost… essentially, we all lost!

Isn’t it foolhardy to find deluded Nigerians cursing and insulting GEJ for not saving and turn round to call Amechi and APC Saints?!

Sometimes, I feel like screaming into somebody’s head!

So you can see that the problem is not the government but the people. They ultimately decide what happens. They refuse to study their history. Failed to study the Buhari regime of 1983, failed to study the Obasanjo regime of 1978, failed to study the Goodluck regime of just 2 years ago so I won't be surprised to see IBB back as lord and saviour.

bloodyBLOGGER:
One of the major problems wrong with Nigerians is that we forget easily. This is the reason why hardened criminals and looters in the past can easily come back and contest for public office to the extent of winning. It is so sad that some people, mostly youths who are the leaders of tomorrow are going about with the slogan "#BringBackOurCorruption". They say they want the last administration presided by Good luck Ebele Jonathan back in power cos they can't stand the current fuel scarcity amidst other challenges that I believe the Nation will breeze through in due time.

This brainwashed blind bats who love to view things ethnically are quick to forget that the fuel scarcity experienced towards the end of the last administration's tenure was really unbearable compared to what we are currently facing now. Then, major sectors were shutting down, from telecommunications to the media, from aviation to banking. Nigerians were literally cut off from the rest of the world during that period. A period in which getting a bus to the bank to withdraw money was difficult cos buses had no fuel. When you manage to get to the bank, you are told you arrived late cos they close early due to shortage of diesel. Was the power sector any different?

Take a look at the pictures of fuel scarcity events that took place in the last administration below and tell me that Nigerians didn't make a good choice in voting them out.

And you have forgotten that this is not Buhari's first stint as Petroleum Minister. That the very template we operate was conceptualised by him and others so it is not surprising that he defends the status quo by all means is not able to grasp solutions to the failing contraption called state managed oil. Abeg, Nigeria's problems started in the late 70's. Nationalising the oil industry was a big mistake. People don't value what they don't work for. What did Buhari have as inspiration or qualification then to head the petroleum industry and compete with the likes of BP, Shell and Esso. None. Those were the days we planted the seeds of failure. Not now.

ogawisdom:
Lol v6/ v8 guys hw market

hehehe, "Toyota Cowry".....Houston....Nigeria is going prehistoric....do you copy!!!

Oh happy day. It is not a shock but a necessity. A so called company or business enterprise that loses 20 billion dollars and they still smile to work everyday. What do you call that. Abeg, sink the ship.

4reala:
This one na lie from d pit of hell o

Which lie. We were all here. Amaechi was the cheer leader. The Fashola group initially saw reason but politics crept in and they all baulked saying 'wetin be excess crude. They should give us jare after-all people, majority of Nigerians live in states'. They played politics with the economy, gambled and won the battles of popularity but are now losing the war of reputation. I have no regrets. Nigerians, indeed the black man is condemned to always learn the hard way. Enjoy.

onyxo76:
thought today is 7th as promised by kachukwu

And I am looking out of my window to a couple of stations 200 yards down the highway and almost side by side and both are.....barricaded, shut. Few cars hanging around the gates. Words are indeed cheap. We wanted him to talk. He said the truth. We wanted lies and he gave us lies. Where is the gain in all these.

Quakertellicus1:
Then you must think that new refineries can be built in ten months.

But have they started building any. Is there any policy framework at all to that effect not to talk of planning. They what do you do about the NNPC. What are the plans they have to close it down as a failed institution. How about the PIB. This government is really very slow. Like I said. By 2019 I will be surprised if the resultant changes are anything more than cosmetic. you simply cannot build anything meaningful on a failed template called the Nigerian system.

omusiliyu:
We will soon get over it my fellow Nigerians.

In the mean time, this might be useful.

Hahahahaha....and the presidential limo will be drawn by 6 white horses, oh dearie me. We are back to the stone-age.

Aromas:
The state of Texas alone in America has 26 refineries whereas the only 4 a country of 170 million is not even working... May God help us

How many are US government owned. Does the US have a cap on the price of gas or pay direct subsidies to marketers of oil products? Does the US government have a monopoly on the importation/trade in petroleum products? Is Obama the Minister of Petroleum? (They call theirs cabinet secretary and the closest portfolio they have to oil is Secretary for Energy because they have several forms and sources of energy they exploit to trade, profit and develop their economy)

Quakertellicus1:
Experience has taught us that if you devalue the naira at the official rate...it gets worse at the parallel rate.

Also...the main issue is that we do not have enough forex....and your solution does not address the forex shortage in the country.

Plus...devaluing the naira means you pay more in naira for imported goods and for local goods made with imported raw materials...leading to inflation.

Like i said once earlier...what the Govt is doing is conserving forex...which is what happens in any country who has a drop in the price of oil or any other resource that it is dependent on. So that you do not enter disaster too fast.

Oga.

There are two sources of foreign exchange. Exports and investments. When you are down in one IT IS WISE to stimulate the other by creating the environment to attract it. Nigeria is unattractive in certain aspects of the economy now (commodities related) but is attractive in others (asset related) - our assets are cheap. But if you WILL NOT ALLOW FOREX TO GO OUT, YOU WILL NOT GET FOREX TO WILLINGLY COME IN. By your theory when times are hard you save more. By my theory when times are hard you work harder, you invest more. Sorry for this country. Nuff said.

No comment.

Good one by the government and may it remain so irrespective of the future price of oil.

Since it is a taboo for any aide to mention travels in the circumstance they've got the chinese ambassador to sing like a canary. Oh well.

Saraki should please resign and face whoever or whatever are his problems. With the challenges we face we cannot afford to have a part time, lame dog senate president who's only interaction with the executive is to cut deals to save his sorry backside instead of standing up to them to save this nation from its drift. It is simply time for him to go. No one will be sorry.

Flets:
Buhari has to be held totally responsible for the depth this nation has fallen to. One of the strengths of a leader is choosing his battles right but the dull president of Nigeria failed woefully on all fronts.

How exactly does any sensible government who is interested in fixing power and generating constant power choose a battle in the creeks from where the gas required to power the turbines are coming from? ..... especially when you don't have a clear plan to fight the vandals to a stand still while protecting the gas facilities.

Infact.... Without unity of purpose, Nigeria is headed for the rocks. You can mock SS and IPOB as much as you want but once they are not plugged into the "project Nigeria"... then they are available tools for economic sabotage. This is exactly where Buhari failed woefully.

If in doubt .... Name one nation with disunity in purpose that made political, social or economic progress?

This is what I say. Without social justice Nigeria cannot develop. No country can ultimately prevail under the force of arms alone. Anyone who loves this country and wants it to progress must love ALL its people and want them ALL to prosper.

RedCapChief:
The government will soon increase the pump price of petrol.

Government has lost control of the oil industry. Their prices are irrelevant. Their subsidy or not useless. Their directives are comedy central material. When we were asking for deregulation 2 years ago the owners of Nigeria said no. That is when they handed over authority to black marketers. We told them that we remember 1984 clearly and the regimentation of the economy as a fuel for corruption. Today the only thing PPPRA and DPR officials do is take bribes from retailers to look the other way.

We said deregulate the foreign exchange market. Float the naira to gain leverage. The CBN said no and they have ceded control of the economy to the black market. The CBN has become irrelevant.

Nigerians. You better tell your President that you want to regain control of your country, your destiny and are not ready to join the sluggards who wait on handouts of our collective patrimony like slaves in our land. If Buhari doesn't want to work hard to get out of this mess then the rest of Nigeria should leave him behind and move forward. We are not relying and will not wait for the next oil boom to progress for my mother says people plant in the dry season. If we cannot found Nigeria now it is over for by the next oil price crash there will be no country left.

The very nature of this country does not make for development, equity and justice. If we cannot see this and restructure then its just a pity.