₦airaland Forum

victorazy:
Is she now d president of Nigeria? Just asking lol.

Anyway she is more or less the president oo, with uncle Jona telling other ministers to listen to her or loose their job, with so much superwoman stature accorded her. GEJ is President de jure Okonjo is President de facto, lol

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=837450.msg9896414#msg9896414 date=1325709410]As per the media issuing anti-muslim statements after the bombings- well i dont know anything about that.

I'm not in nigeria but i follow the nigerian news and i cant say i noticed any blanket anti-íslamic statements per se.

There was reporting on the activities and ideology of boko haram who we all know say they are fighting for Islam, but i do not remember seeing anti-muslim write-ups per se. There may have been anti muslim comments on various blogs and forums, but to say the media officially did the same, shouldnt be proferred without proof.

Anyone with links on this matter, should kindly post it here so i can see if i missed something.


The sapele bombings seem more like a case of in-fighting than anything else. Or an attempt to incite civil strife.[/quote]madam, once again, the message is not about media writing against Islam, it is about Islamic views not giving access thereby creating a perception that Muslims in the south are silent about negative happenings in the country which further confused as their consent. I suggest you respond to the write up directly instead of insinuating what you think.
On anti Muslim comments, did you notice that any violent group with slightest affiliation to Muslims are identified as Islamic militant or terrorist groups, while other are called "unknown assailants" as if they have no religion? However, this is not peculiar to Nigeria, it is like that all over the world.

tpia,
the message in the write up is not about Muslims not able to practice their religion in the south. it is about media bias and frustrations towards Islam. This specific response was to correct a perceived silence of southern Muslims on the evil of Boko Haram among others.
Please read that write up within context and contribute in that light also.

freechat:
It's unfortunate how we earnestly crave for positive change yet unwilling to make sacrifices. I support subsidy removal.

When the cost of running the government is too much,masses will not trust good intention of the cabinet:
David Mark earns N600 million annually, enough money to set up at least, 100 schools in his Benue State.
President Jonathan and his friends will eat N1 billion worth of food in 2012, while fueling their cars for N1.7 billion. This amount will build at least, 50 good health care centers in the South-South. N200 million was budgeted to water the gardens of the President in 2011. This is enough to educate 200 Nigerians through university education.

This is more than a quest for economic rights, it a quest for justice. This is not about fuel subsidy, it is about the ruling class’ war on the Nigerian masses. They cannot claim our country is broke when president Goodluck Jonathan continues to feed fat on N3 million worth of food everyday. They cannot claim to be broke when they increased the recurrent expenditure of the 2012 budget by another N92 billion. They cannot claim to be broke when the First Lady just spent N5billion furnishing an office. [b]They cannot claim to be broke when in the whole budget is about their salaries and allowances.if they claim broke,then we want sacrifice from them as much as they want sacrifice from us to help the economy!every hand must be on deck not just masses but the government and its cabinet, . [/b]

Got this and thought I should forward. In every allegation against  ruling demonic class in Nigeria there is a lot τ̲̅ȍ worry about

[quote author=Omo_Tier1 link=topic=838354.msg9891843#msg9891843 date=1325665801]I like to learn alot, 'm always humble to, please any reference documents? I mean most recent Labour Act as amended by the NASS?[/quote]Organized labors have CBA (collective bargaining agreement) with there employers which stipulate levels of grievance resolutions before a strike can take place. However, the masses can respond spontaneously without warning.

^^^^^whining has started.
Nothing goes for nothing, my brother.

Abagworo:
I can remember the Oshiomole and Kokori days and how hard they fought against any negative policies. [b]I dont know for sure where Kokori i[/b]s from but Adams is from Edo in South-South.

Kokori is from Delta state, I think Isoko

Which savings are they talking about,. 2012 budget already allocated how all funds expected within the fiscal year would be spent. Since no provision was made for subsidy in 2012 budget.
Someone please tell where the savings they are talking about would come from. Only savings possible maybe from Jan 1 to March 31 2012 if it is true that budget cycle ends by March 31.  Is that what they are forming committee for, to implement usage?
Also, constitutionally all monies must go into federation acct and must be shared by all tiers of govt, who is deceiving who.

This is another deceit in the making, just as they did with April fool date during debate for commencement of subsidy removal. If they are really sincere, why not form this committee before removing the so called subsidy. Even Abacha formed PTF before fuel prize increase.

Anyway Nigeria deserved whatever, the shoeless presidoo with fresh air did to them. Carry Go Jona-Sambo

DR ISHAQ AKINTOLA'S RESPONSE TO MUHAMMAD ALIYU

Salaam My Brother


I fully identify with your position on the issues raised in your contribution to the forum on CAN president's provocative demands from JNI and NSCIA. I want to react to your request that Islamic organizations should follow suit in condemning the CAN leader's vituperation.


The fact is that some of us down South have done so but the Southern press have muzzled our protestations. It has always been like that here. Press statements issued by Islamic organizations are often ignored. Their press conferences do not see the light of day. Muslim journalists in The Nation, The Punch, The Guardian, The Nigerian Tribune, Daily Independent, etc face hell in the hands of the editors of these papers when they (the Muslim journalists) attempt to slot in press statements forwarded by Islamic organizations.


In fact there is an unofficial policy among Southern newspapers that statements of Muslims must be restricted to Fridays only. Islamic columns are also tolerated only on Fridays whereas each of these papers publish more than one Christian column everyday. In short these papers have never hidden their agenda to promote Christianity. What they have not made public is their editorial policy which is geared towards the repression of Islam.


I hope my position will not be misunderstood by fellow Southerners who have noticed that Southern papers sometimes give the Sultan publicity. The fact is that they do so when the Sultan speaks of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence. Past Sultans had been ostracized by the press. If they held press conferences no Southern paper carried them whereas the same papers catch pneumonia if Archbishop Okogie coughs. Just look at the records. Okogie has been threatening war since the early eighties. He had always spoken in a carefree manner while the press virtually worshiped him.


The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has also enjoyed some measure of publicity in Southern papers in the past eighteen years (since 1994). In retrospect, I attribute this to the multidimensional approach of the organization to public issues. They publish our statements when we comment on political and socio-economic issues. But we are rebuffed by the Southern press each time we stand up to defend the rights of Muslims on any particular issue.


Here I must commend the efforts of Waheed Adebayo and Sekinat Lawal of the Nigerian Tribune and National Mirror respectively for publishing MURIC statements on their Friday pages. Those statements were usually issued over the weekend or very early in the week but the Southern press would ignore them. Relief usually come for us on Fridays. Make no mistake about this: MURIC statements are not sent to those two papers alone. They are always sent to all Nigerian papers and this we have been doing for the past 18 years. For every single statement of MURIC the public reads, we must have issued about four. We could have stopped issuing press statements out of frustration but Allah continues to strengthen us.


In contrast, Daily Trust and some Abuja-based newspapers (e.g. Leadership) publish our press releases regularly. But there is a hitch in this. We hardly get copies to buy. There is a cabal in the journalism profession that ensures that northern papers are not accessible to the man in the street in the South.


Thus it is hard to find a copy of Daily Trust on the newsstands in Volkswagen, Egbeda or inside the campuses.


It is also on record that Southern Muslims have made efforts at establishing Islam-friendly newspapers in the past even without labeling them as Islamic papers (e.g The Convent, The Hammer, both in Lagos) but the cabal always sees to it that those papers die prematurely. Ridiculous though it may appear, vendors in the South are coerced into rejecting Islam-friendly papers and it becomes impossible to get acceptance once vendors refuse to sell a particular paper. The pioneers of those papers were often forced to distribute the papers to mosques and Islamic NGOs for sale.


What of the radio and television stations? You need to see what has been happening since the Xmas day bombing. All these stations were involved in the whipping up of anti-Muslim sentiments. TV and radio presenters were openly inciting the public against Muslims. Guests invited to programmes were deliberately selected to include only those who were willing to incite the public against Muslims. Islamic scholars were not invited to the interviews to balance opinions. The Muslims of the South were denied right of response. It was a sheer violation of the Allah-given and fundamental rights of Muslims in the South.


I think the FGN realized what was happening after a few days because since December 31st the radio and tv stations have softened down. The presenters now talk of the need to calm nerves and douse tensions.


So you can see, brother Muhammad Aliyu, there is more to your request than meets the eye. It is one thing to issue a statement, it is another thing to get it published on the pages of newspapers.

Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D),
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies,
Lagos State University,
P.O. Box 10211,
LASU Post Office,
HO 102 101,
Ojo, Lagos,
Nigeria.
Tel. 234-803-346-4974

I remain oppressed untill the hungry are fed, the naked clothed,
the sick healed and the homeless sheltered

scribble:
Please leave all these jokers. nI ear the UK has passed new immigration/migration laws revoking the Visa of everyone in the UK who is earning less then 35000 sterling. When these[b] clowns[/b] start coming home en masse, then they will see how easy it is for themselves.

I dey LAFF

leave the guy alone. those london guys wey shabi trek almost half of the distance wey dem they go so.

Lagbaja, I am sorry to say that almost all your answers are based on ceteris paribus, but in Nigeria all things are never equal. Only Yar Adua have ever reduced price of fuel, and Naira is not getting stronger anytime soon, not with so much importations by all and every sectors of economy.

Heavens help those who help themselves.

Finally, fuel is more expensive than coke, OBJ, are you happy now. mshweeeee

rekeson:
Todays update 4rm GOD IS GOOD PARK, ASABA.

Asaba to Abuja (N7500),

Asaba to Ojota, Yaba, (N7500),

Asaba to Ajah & Lekki (N10000).

This is wat U voted for in April 2011?

No! They voted for Jonathan not PDP. lol

2sleek2NV:
its is simple. choose between your generator and your car.

If it is that simple, it is fine,  because electricity has really improved around Lekki, so what we save in diesel cost would go to car fueling,

Rubber stamp

Taken at NNPC Ikoyi Mega station

Kerosine has been selling at N140 in Osun state since Dec 2011

nagoma:
After Buhari's leadership of PTF for 5 years it was scrapped by OBJ in 1999 and a committee of PDP hyenas appointed to wind it up. The leader of the committee Haruna Adamu arranged a foreign travel and the PTF finance department prepared his travel documents and allowances. He then sent for the accountant and demanded the same amount of Dollars that was always given to Buhari whenever the former PTF boss travelled abroad. Haruna asserted that he was the new head now. But he was shocked when the accountant politely explained that Buhari had never in those five years used PTF money for his forieign travels. Buhari went abroad once a year and the trip was always financed by an office in the Presidency that Covered one foreign trip for each former Head of State including , Gowon, Shagari , IBB and Shonekan.
You can insult Buhari for his origins and how he choses to serve God but not for his unflinching love for Nigeria and his unassailable integrity in the midst of wanton gluttony and unbridled greed.

Thank you jare, Truth is always constant. GEJ is weak, OBJ was bad, Yar was sick, Buhari is from "wrong" religion. Nigerians want Eldorado but can't see without religious or ethnic veil. A people truly deserve the kind of leader they get.

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=835400.msg9862763#msg9862763 date=1325246620]Give us state police.[/quote]from what I saw Federal Police did at Lekki Toll gate for Fasola, we don't need  state police for now.

^^^^ Yes oo, he had Patito's gang that has produced at least 2 govt apologists like Remi Oyo for OBJ and now Reuben Abati for GEJ.

yamakuza:
There's a thread on the Career Board for Drilling Engineers and Supervisors.

You might get your answers there.

[s]There's another thread for HSE Professionals too.[/s]

that guy is a geologist, she may no get a job of DE in operating companies. OP, Prepare very well and look for job as a Geologist. You can start from mud logging or geophysical works, but aim at becoming geologist either at wellsite or in office. You have no business with welding certificate if you intend to be a geologo.

Eku igabdun asiko yi oo, complements of the seasons.

^^^^^Genuis100, I will need to some help to understand this your statement. Tank farms are on land, Nigeria wells mostly flow on there own to flow stations for processing before getting to tank farms. Crude is then pumped from tank farm to tankers via BOPs. These facilities are located within same area. If there is crisis, no access to one may mean no access to all, please explain your statement.

Every figure in such situation is estimate, even the Macando value is estimate unless you have the oil in a container before spilling it. A spill is a spill shikena.

babagy82:
I'm a hausa man from north, every true muslim will be in support of boko haram, we fight for the sake of allah , kill non believers and lets establish our islamic republic of northern nigeria. We dont belong together, lets part ways. My christian brothers dont get fooled by weak southern muslim that want nothing but peace. they are weak and they are not true muslims. Every true muslim must fight a jihad for the sake of allah, the time is now, we must divide. Nothing like christians and muslims, it must be either muslims or christians. We must establish an islamic country or die trying.

my guy, do your best to follow Allah's injunction to believers. No insults or hash words with non Muslims, as an Ibadul rahaman (those who do everything for Allah's sake alone) one of their qualities as written in Quran Surah Furqan 25 verse 63 is When the non believers address them (with bad words) they reply back with mild words of gentleness. ‘

Mayflowa:
Pray! This is so no not true. These country are a bit civilized now. They are careful of international communities/tourism. They have had their own share of devastating havoc on non believers in their land in the past. Even now, You cant build a church in Saudi Arabia. Their are about 2 churches there. One is a sort of monument. You cant enter Saudi Arabia with two bibles or one very big one. A saudi moslim with bible risk going to jail. Pls verify because I know you are very intelligent Remii. I know you in the career section.

In malaysia, churches has been destroyed. there are places reserved for christian. You can just move everywhere if you are christian. Jobs are very hard too if you are a christian. Moslems believes they rule. Once in majority, they demand their law against country law and fight with their blood for it.

I have not worked in KSA but many of SPDC staff go there and live for years, many of these are born again Xtians as well. I only know Kuala Lumpur and Labuan in Malaysia and I did not see must segregation,

Guy, please check your facts again. I worked in Qatar for three years and I know also that Saudi Aramco employs from all over the world. Dubai in United Arab Emirates is a Muslim country and it is a holiday destinations for non Muslims. Indonesia is most populated Muslim country in world, has many non Muslims foreigners and indigenous peoples, I know that for a fact.
In Qatar, their working week is Sunday to Thursday so Christians go to church on Saturdays. Please confirm. I am not out for insults and fugal words.

Mayflowa:
Boko harem is a just fight if you are a true moslim. The Qur'an supported this in Q5.9. If I was a true blind follower of Allah and islam, I would do same. Bombed out all non-believer. This is why southern moslim is useless to Northern moslim. They live equally with non-believers. Is a shame to them by northern fanatics. Dont blame this guys.

Even in Saudi Arabia, non Muslims live in peace in the kingdom same in Qatar, Egypt, Malaysia, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and many. Tariq Aziz, Deputy to Saddam Hussein was am Christian. Religious problem in the North is of many dimensions,  major reason is the deliberate and criminal act of their leaders denying them education for too long, to enable them get information on first hand instead of "them say". yet they educate their own kids

warrior01:
Oponu omo ale. o je ba ara re soro. were ala ini nkan se

se bi omo tii nku lojo suna ni won ma pe ba yen, if that guy is still alive, how come he is alaini kan se, lol,

oyb:
http://www.nnpcgroup.com/NNPCBusiness/UpstreamVentures/OilProduction.aspx

where are the 55 days reserves? or is GEJ a liar?

may be he is referring to NNPC petroleum products supply reserve, that figure Levi Ajumona always quote to allay fuel scarcity fear. Sometime these guys in power should realize that the people they lead have access to information too, sometimes even more info than their so called advisers and PA would like them to know.