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Different rooms? It means U arent truly married or become one yet...

Not surprising... APC and their deceived supporters only over hyped Fashola's tenure...

This is interesting... Westerners always taking advantage of d blacks since time immemorial

To the comment above, we have to be worried abt US disappointment cos Buhari n APC claimed that reconnecting d tie btw nigeria n US was a major achievement by buhari... If this story is true then it shows how unready and incompetent buhari may be for this position despite his sincerity to mak nigeria better. Nigerians need to keep sentiments aside and tell themselves d truth

Funny one

Hmmm, imagine a ruling party that plays the role of an opposition.... The tng about lying is that wen u start, it is difficult to stop even wen it will lead u to trouble... Chanji!!!

No be lie, men are natural hunters while women are natural attention seekers... buh some guys can fool themselves sha

OBJ!! Feeling like a saint now. Just cos he was not given d opportunity to rule nigeria for a 3rd term from his ota farm during GEJ regime.... Smh

Good for democracy, buh it seems wat d president has been doin is reversing his actions or the actions of his boys .... There seems to be insufficient communication or focus at d top

Na so e dey start, they had better take him to a nearby hospital b4 it is too late

Greed brought these folks together buh many ppl were deceived that they came to save nigeria, Nigerians had better keep them on their toes by ensuring that they do the right thing and not carry out their greedy intentions... If they truly knew their party and candidates are the change agents, y fight over who is in charge unless they dont trust themselves at all and they deceived Nigerians to trusting all their candidates... We had better stop being partisan and pressurize them till they start doinh wat we sent them to do!!

Many of us knew that this southwest leaders wanted GEJ out so that they can grab power and not help the masses or fight corruption... Let them nt forget, they wanted CHANJI!! CHANJI they wil keep seeing

Op ur incomplete information seems more like u are seeking for attention.... Smh

It not always easy sharing d spoil after capturing the land.. Someone shld remind them that we are still waiting for d chanji!!!

I am watching, hope you all will continue to protest as you all did during d last regime

Ok, we are watching, just hope you all will continue the protest as you did during d previous govt

Ok, Chanji!!!

There are lots of fact in this write up. From history, d igbo nation has been known not to really have a central leader, i believe with time this will change and Ndi igbo will speak with one voice in the nearest future

The Hoffenheim defender, who has a Nigerian father, is
part of a talented side that is one of the favourites to win
the U20 World Cup in New Zealand.
Tall, strong and imposing, Kevin Akpoguma has been
favourably compared with his idol, Bayern Munich’s
Jerome Boateng.
Apart from both being defenders, their fathers hailed
from Africa, migrated to Germany and were born to
German mothers – Boateng’s father went from Ghana
while Akpoguma’s left from Nigeria.
While Boateng has won the biggest diadem in football,
the Fifa World Cup last year in Brazil, Akpoguma’s path
is just being laid and it could be as illustrious as the
older player. They have both won gold Fritz Walter-
Medals for their impact in German youth football.
20-year-old Hoffenheim defender Akpoguma has already
started building a good foundation for himself in the
German game where he has played in all their youth
teams – U16, U17, U18 and U19.
Last year, he won the European U19 Championship in
Hungary where they defeated Portugal 1-0 in the final.
As captain, next week he begins the journey to deliver
the Fifa U20 World Cup thereby adding it to Germany’s
senior title. He would hope to lead the Europeans to their
first title since 1981 when they won as West Germany
against Qatar in Australia.
“His 1.92 metres (6'4in) are perfect for a centre back. He
has speed, good technique and is a dynamic player. In
2013 he got the Fritz-Walter medal in gold from the DFB,
which honours every year the best German players of
U17, U18 and U19. He has said that the coaches want
him to become more stable, to play a whole game
without errors,” said Goal Germany’s Christoph Kockeis.
Akpoguma is the modern day defender – big, nimble
footed and intimidating. He used to be a forward before
he was converted by a former youth team coach.
Even though he has not really made his mark in the
Hoffenheim senior team, Akpoguma hopes that New
Zealand would be a good tournament where he can show
himself to the world. Early in May he committed to a two
year loan deal at Fortuna Dusseldorf in the 2 Bundesliga.
“After the season we have put together a timetable and
plan for the future, because next year I want to make the
step into professional football. That's why I'm always
glad to be at the U20. Here we can show ourselves
internationally,” he told the official DFB site.
He is a veritable asset that could have played for Nigeria,
and still could if he fails to make it into the German
senior team.
In a 2014 interview with Goal, Akpoguma talked about
playing for Super Eagles not being an option if he makes
it into the German seniors.
“I have been to Nigeria twice,” Akpoguma told Goal.
“When I was very young, about four years on holiday.
Life is just much different than here.”
The defender said that the the Nigerian Football
Federation had not yet approached him, however, his
first allegiance is to Germany.
“And since I was born and grew up here in Germany, I
see myself as a German, I would prefer to play for the
German senior team, if that is possible,” he said
“Until then, it's probably still a few years away - but as
long as I see that the opportunity is there somewhere,
Nigeria is not in anyway an option for me.”
Still, Akpoguma could have an early reunion with Nigeria
depending on the way things go in New Zealand.
With Nigeria’s Flying Eagles drawn in Group E alongside
Brazil, Hungary and Korea DPR, the second placed side
would most likely meet Germany who are drawn in a
relatively easy Group F which includes Fiji, Uzbekistan
and Honduras.

PassingShot:
GMB is surely wiser to know how to handle OBJ, Atiku, Tinubu and the rest. It is such wisdom lacking in Mr. Clueless that caused him troubles.

We are watching....

No wonder GEJ sidelined him buh GMB accepted him.... I pity Buhari's govt wit d likes of Obj advicing him.. We are watching

More pics...

Today, I inspected ongoing work at the Abuja Light Rail
mass transit line. This administration has prioritized rail
projects nationwide to provide Nigerians an inexpensive
alternative to road transport even as we believe that the
Federal Capital Territory must have a functioning and
befitting mass rail service in the not too distant future.

-GEJ

omenka:
You guys are missing the whole point. The masses didn't ignorantly follow anybody, they took a stand that was best for them which is the retention of the payment of subsidies.

Subsidy payment isn't a bad idea, the problem rather lies with the government and her agencies that have become iredeemably corrupted resulting in the payment of claims for nonexistent imports. Was it not revealed during the hearings of the HoR that tens of billions of naira were paid to people as subsidy claims when they didn't even import a single drop of fuel?? Didn't we hear about ships that brought in products while at the same time the wreckage of those ships have been lying at the bottom of the ocean for decades, forming nice little coral sights for marine life? What about round tripping? Do you think this would have been possible without the active connivance of government agents

What the government needs to do is not getting rid of the policy, but enhancing monitoring and overall efficiency of the system. This way, payments would be made to only genuine claims and we wouldn't end up having an over bloated expenditure on subsidy. I'm pretty much sure if that is done we'd see a reduction in this expenditure of not less 50%.

You can't cut off the head just to spite the body.

my dear, i agree that subsidy is a good policy buh it is killing d economy and making few rich, the president or minister isnt d person on field to monitor every process to ensure transparency. This corrupt system has been on for a long time and these cabals wil gang up against any govt that wil block their way that is y uprooting their means is better than fighting to checkmate them which will take a lot of time, resources and distraction of d govt. Removal of d subsidy wil put pressure on d ppl n govt to ensure there are private n govt refineries that are working. Nig economy will crumble if we continue wit this subsidy payment. Anyway, d best time to remove subsidy is nw that d price of crude has come down.

I had barely spent 10 minutes on South African soil
when I knew that Nigerians were unwelcome. Arriving
at the O R Tambo International Airport, an immigration
officer irritatingly asked me how long I was staying,
despite seeing clearly on my passport that I had a visa
to stay up to 30 days.
"Just five days," I replied slowly, as confidently as I
could. "And that is because I cannot wait to be back in
my country."
Taken aback, the middle-aged woman reclined and
removed her glasses before saying: "That is very
surprising. There are a lot of people from your country
in here and we keep telling them to go, but they won't."
That was in March 2013. So it was unsurprising to hear
the rumours last week that "South Africans were killing
Nigerians." I can understand the frustrations of the average club-wielding South African street urchin who thinks the
best way to secure gainful employment is to hack down
a black immigrant. What I can hardly understand is the
veiled irresponsibility of the South African ruling class.
Here are three classic examples: Goodwill Zwelithini, the Zulu king who triggered the
current wave of attacks by saying "black immigrants
must take their bags and go where they came from",
claimed his comments were taken out of context. But
he quickly added: "If it were true that I said foreigners
must go, this country would be up in flames."
By interpretation, Zwelithini feels he wields the power to
inflict savagery on foreigners, but he magnanimously
would not exercise it.
Like Zwelithini, President Jacob Zuma has condemned
the attacks. In his first public comment on the tragedy ,
Zuma urged his countrymen to understand that "no
amount of economic hardship and discontent will ever
justify attacking foreign nationals".
He implored them to "treat those who are in our
country legally with respect and Ubuntu". What Zuma
says implicitly is that illegal immigrants could be
murdered or killed. Some days later, he would go on
national television to say that "people are taking other
people's jobs" and the phenomenon needed to be
fixed.
Zuma's sentiment betrays the government position and
is the clearest indication yet that the attacks are far
from over.
When Sam Monalisa, South Africa's consul-general in
Nigeria, shut his country's consulate in Abuja, fearing
reprisal attacks, he blamed Nigerians for "using social
media to blow an already tense situation in South
Africa out of proportion and stoking emotions". He had
no single word of reprimand for his countrymen who
had killed seven and wounded dozens.
Meanwhile, as Monalisa was busy blaming everyone
else but his countrymen, it was being reported that 15
Zimbabweans had disappeared in Musina, the
northernmost town in the Limpopo province of South
Africa. I have been told of the "impressive" population of
Nigerians in Lesotho, which, with a size of 30,000
square kilometres, is one of Africa's smallest countries.
How do we say we are the Giant of Africa and we keep
spilling our people to the rest of the continent? But
small and thinly populated as it is, a Lesotho loti is
approximately equal to 17 Nigerian naira.
The first Nigerian to be attacked in South Africa owns a
mechanic workshop. Most Nigerians in South Africa
own businesses that they should be running back
home. And this is what the Nigerian government must
focus on: To render more support to small-scale
business owners, revitalise the education and health
sectors, open up the economy - halt all manner of
needless tourism.
The Nigerian government simply has to make Nigeria
more attractive to Nigerians, and watch how quickly
the arrogance of South African leaders would diminish.




Culled from an editorial by Fisayo Soyombo who edits the Nigerian online newspaper
TheCable .

Sandydayz:
Why was this not handled before it became worse?

my dear they tried doing that earlier at d beginning of their tenure, it nt easy to deal wit those cabals... The best way to
hav dealt with d cabals was to stop subsidy payment
and u and i are witness to wat happend wen govt tried
it during GEJ tenure.... D masses ignorantly followed d
cabals in ensuring their biz continued. I hop d incoming
administration wil hav d hart to successfully stop this
subsidy payment once and for all

omenka:
I can't just imagine how idiotic this so called "coordinating minister of the economy" sounds. Who is "the nation" that is supposed to do something about it. What is her mandate as the number One minister? What are the actions she's been taking to mitigate the excesses of the marketers since this isn't new??

What a useless economic crew.

it nt easy to deal wit those cabals... The best way to hav dealt with d cabals was to stop subsidy payment and u and i are witness to wat happend wen govt tried it during GEJ tenure.... D masses ignorantly followed d cabals in ensuring their biz continued. I hop d incoming administration wil hav d hart to successfully stop this subsidy payment once and for all

The Federal Government on Sunday called on oil marketers to be patriotic in their decisions by considering the interest of Nigerians who always bear the brunt of their actions, noting that they should not by their actions hold the country to ransom.

The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, while speaking with journalists in Abuja said contrary to claims by the marketers that they were being owed about N200bn after being paid N156bn last week, what is being owed them is about N131bn.

The marketers had claimed that the government’s indebtedness to them for oil subsidy was about N354,4bn.

Confirming the figure, the Executive Secretary, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Thomas Olawore, had said, “The government had paid N154.2bn out of N354.4bn and we are left with a balance of N200.2bn.

“What happens to the N200.2bn? That is why we requested that the government invites us so that we can be told how it intends to liquidate the remaining N200.2bn.”

But the minister said this figure could not be correct, noting that the balance that is left based on Petroleum Pricing Products Regulatory Agency’s template is about N131bn.

She said, “As you know, we paid N156bn recently, N100bn of the principle payment that we owe them and then we paid N56bn interest rate and some remaining exchange rate differentials.

“Prior to that, we have just paid N31bn exchange rate differentials. So at the time we paid that last week, what we had outstanding is N98bn.”

According to her, every week, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency sends data and that is what government only subscribe and certified as what is due to marketers.

“As at now, since we made the announcement last week, it has now risen from N98bn to N131bn outstanding in principle payment.

“And they are now making a demand of N200bn and I asked them what is the balance for,” she added.

She likened the oil marketers to a small cartel that are into a no risk business based on template negotiated with PPPRA long time ago which factored in exchange rate differential, and profit margin guarantee.

This situation, she said, leaves them with absolutely no risk.

She said. “It has become a situation where we have a cartel that can ground the nation to a halt at will. I strongly suggest that the nation has to do something about it.



http://www.punchng.com/news/dont-hold-nigeria-to-ransom-fg-warns-oil-marketers/

stronger:
Of course!

GEJ had a mediocre government! Surely, the transition team was bound to be filled with mediocre people.

Didnt expect much. Let them sha handover the files. We will investigate them properly after May 29th!!

Let's decongest the prisons a little bit. . those petty thieves are free to go. . the big thieves are coming to Kirikiri!

"We will".... You n who? Abeg who knows u?...Smh

IT ONLY AN ILLITERATE ANIMAL THAT WILL DEFEND
WAT D OBA SAID... IF HE IS BEING INSULTED, IT IS COS
HE BROUGHT IT UPON HIMSELF WIT HIS CARELESS,
SENSELESS AND IGNORANT STATEMENT!!!!

ANYBODY WHO SUPPORTS D OBA'S STATEMENT IN THIS AGE HAS DEGRADED HIMSELF TO A BUSH ANIMAL!!!!!