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PoliticsRe: Fuel Scarcity Looms As Oil Workers Give FG 7-Day Ultimatum by theoldpretender(m): 10:26pm On Dec 02, 2018
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked



I am still waiting for the year when there will be fuel scarcity during Sallah celebrations.

How come it is only during Christian holidays like Easter and Christmas that scarcity looms?

Petrol or no petrol, South Easterners must find their way back to the village for Christmas.
We have a culture.
We have the money.
Justin and his brothers have failed.
Landing costs of fuel is 180 naira. Pump price is 145 naira. Fuel companies cannot do business at a loss. So, they have to go scarcity or problems start.

Meanwhile fuel costs much higher in neighborhood countries. Marketers earn profits by selling fuel across the border.

We cannot continue subsidy.
PoliticsRe: Fuel Scarcity Looms As Oil Workers Give FG 7-Day Ultimatum by theoldpretender(m): 10:19pm On Dec 02, 2018
Oil subsidy must go

The main problem is the 800million that has to be paid in subsidy claims, IE the 800million difference between the cost of fuel and the cost importing it.

There is a solution to the problem. Allow marketers sell fuel at the price they want to sell. Yes. Fuel will sell as high as 300 naira per liter. Yes, life will get hard, but there will be no scarcity, no subsidy scams, and crucially long term prices will fall.

Oil subsidy must go. Since 2006, even since 1993!
PoliticsRe: The NTA-nisation Of Channels TV. by theoldpretender(m): 1:14pm On Dec 02, 2018
Every party has its 'private' TV station.

For PDP....it was AIT

Now for APC....it's Channels (and TVC)

Ah well....Nigeria needs a megabillions mogul who would be able to finance an independent TV station without government being able to cut the funding (though it may not be independent)

The problem is....Private TV in Nigeria is relatively young, and has difficulty funding itself. AIT's romance with PDP came at a time when it had financial issues, for example. (All those independent TV stations in the US like Fox and CNN have independent sources of cash)
PoliticsRe: "IPOB Will Be Worse Than Boko Haram If I Am Killed"- Nnamdi Kanu by theoldpretender(m): 1:04pm On Dec 02, 2018
chiagozien:
if something is one,you dont need to remind people that it is one.
So stop deceiving yourself.



We are not one and can never be one.
To be frank, Nigeria is a contraption....a reallive contraption.

The problem is,splitting up the contraption will lead to an even worse outcome.

It isn't like 1967....nowadays, even tiny tribes want some form of autonomy. Even the original Biafra ran into trobule over the issue of states creation (minorities in the SS wanted states, Ojukwu prefered provinces.).

Lord knows Nigeria is made up of people who were united without their consultation. But then again , so were most African countries. Even Zambia has active secessionist movements. And right now...staying together, no matter how bad it seems is better than splitting up.

The problem with Nigerians is not Biafra, Buhari, Herdsmen, Kanu, Jubril, Atiku, Beroms, Niger Delta..or even oil. It is the propensity of Nigerias to vote for people who have chopped their money before, and will chop their money again. Next year, PDP may win...meaning we will swap one corrupt entity for another....and nothing will change. And Nigerians like you will be clapping.

If you like,split Nigeria....just don;t come grumbling in the resulting chaos.
PoliticsRe: Omoyele Sowore Rescues Nigerians From Soldiers In Lagos(pics)(video) by theoldpretender(m): 8:32am On Dec 02, 2018
Fazemood:
shocked

A well scripted act!

N. Army now featured in Nigerian Film.How our soldiers stoop low just for a few stipends. Acting for politicians

Sowore you really are a good movie director grin

You deserve an award. grin
Do you have proof it was scripted.....?

Just don't be making allegations.
PoliticsRe: Justice Chukwujieze Ogu Is Dead! Assassinated By Gunmen (Disturbing Photos) by theoldpretender(m): 8:30am On Dec 02, 2018
Denikayan:
Saraki, Okorocha and Atiku should be interrogated
At this point I should remind you that making unproven allegations is in itself wrong.

Let the Police do their job.
Christianity EtcRe: Pastor Dies After Fasting For 30 Days To Compete And Beat Jesus Record by theoldpretender(m): 5:13pm On Dec 01, 2018
Elthugnificent:
Should we assume that David Blaine is greater than jesus since fasted for 44 days?
Blaine drank water throughout his fast
PoliticsRe: Buhari Departs Abuja For Poland - See His Reason And Share Your Thought About It by theoldpretender(m): 3:58pm On Dec 01, 2018
godliman:
So you are so intelligent to believe that badly contrived lie? Bros pls give that to pigs it wont fly. Gandoje offered them a large expanse of forest in Kano but were they interested? Ofcourse not. These climate change narrative wont fly it is DOA. Buhari is simply a tourism president having much fun.
The increasing desertification in the North and the shrinking of the Lake Chad as well as the increase in population are factors in the Fulani herdsmen crisis

You don't have to believe in climate change. But the truth is, the way things were thirty years ago is not the way they are now.

And this goes beyond politics
PoliticsRe: Buhari Departs Abuja For Poland - See His Reason And Share Your Thought About It by theoldpretender(m): 3:10pm On Dec 01, 2018
Vdsc:
This man utilizes any opportunity to travel.

Climate fuccking change summit grin
That Trump has rendered insignificant.

I envy buhari sha. All expense paid vacation everytime.
Climate change is the reason why desertification is happening, which is driving down Fulani herdsmen into the farms of other Nigerians, leading to crisis.

Maybe Bubu is going on holiday in your opinion, but this summit concerns us well well
EducationRe: ASUU Strike: Nigerian Govt Orders Universities To Implement ‘no Work, No Pay’ by theoldpretender(m): 1:53pm On Dec 01, 2018
olujastro:
I'm sure if you read all your paragraphs again, especially the first two, you'll see your contradiction and the answers to my statement that... the whole ASUU strike thing is unreasonable, unrealistic and a needless waste of time for the affected poor students.

If all parties understand and agree that there is no headway regarding the demands, then why go on strike? To show power?
So, in other words....fees have to go up.

The whole strike drama is to be understood as an attempt to avert the reality of high fees...which is what my long and convoluted thinking comes to.

The thing is...the whole education sector needs trillions of naira(my estimate)...not just unviersites ....if we want to enjoy free and QUALITY education at low prices/fees.
EducationRe: ASUU Strike: Nigerian Govt Orders Universities To Implement ‘no Work, No Pay’ by theoldpretender(m): 1:05pm On Dec 01, 2018
olujastro:
Imagine how unreasonable and unrealistic ASUU's demands are. The 2009 budget was about N3trillion and ASUU alone was demanding a whole of Nigeria's budget in 2yrs for them alone. Crazy fellas cheesy
Maybe NMA, NUT, NURTW, NRC, NTA, etc. should have all demanded for their own trillions and subsequently embarked on their own strike actions so that the entire country paralyses. And then ASUU members can go to Sango for health treatments.

ASUU's effrontery and needless annual strike actions is simply an evidence that power intoxicates and absolute power corrupts (a black man especially)
It was reasonable..the problem was, there was no way Government was going to be able to fund it. (That is what GEJ and the then labour minister eventually told them in 2013).Even now (our budget is N9 trillion for next year, and proposing we spend N3 trillion on just universites ....naa).

The problem is...this means raised fees. (which is something neither ASUU, nor government , nor the Nigerian people want.)

At the end of the day, ASUU would take a beaten down agreement, and the funding problem remains.

The sad thing...it is the poor who would suffer the effects. Rich and the middle class would just port to private universites....or go abroad.(and even some of the poor would do the same).
EducationRe: ASUU Strike: Nigerian Govt Orders Universities To Implement ‘no Work, No Pay’ by theoldpretender(m): 12:05pm On Dec 01, 2018
emmasege:
Hope ASUU guys now know the difference between an educated president and an illiterate, a Democrat and an autocrat.

GEJ gave you guys many things: tetfund grants for conferences and research; 14 new federal universities which further opened up University education, provided jobs for your trainees and sabbatical opportunities for you; #200 billion naira as an instalment of the #1.3 trillion for University revitalization with a promise to pay in installments for another four or five years.

He gave you all these but yet his worst critics were the University Dons, including that midget and fake pastor Osinbajo. Not forgetting Akin Oyebode of UNILAG and Attahiru Jega, the compromised INEC boss.

Others are too numerous to count. I've had the opportunity of talking to some University lecturers to hear their view about this mistake of a generation (Buhari) that we call president. It surprised me to know that some of them still believe that he's the best for the job. THEN, I SAFELY CONCLUDED THAT WISDOM IS NOT A FUNCTION OF DEGREES.

Enjoy your change, you deserve it.
1.The 14 new universites have made funding much more difficult. There are more universites for limited places.(By the way, Bubu too has set up at least 5 new universites. I guess that also makes him a good leader. Fact is, we don't need new universites. ).

2.Go and read the 2009 agreement which stated that universites should get N3 trillion in extra funding over 2 years. GEJ reduced it to 1.5 trillion over 5 years and was only able to pay N200billion in 2014.

3.TETFUND has been around before the GEJ admin.

4.The problem, and the reason why GEJ could not pay the whole money is simple. Fees have to go up. But neother the PDP or the APC or Nigerians are ready to face that reality.
PoliticsRe: George Bush Die At 94 by theoldpretender(m): 10:29am On Dec 01, 2018
That means Carter is the oldest surviving ex president of the USA.

Followed by Clinton, George W, and Obama.
PhonesRe: What Happened To Gionee And Why You Haven't Seen New Phones From Them by theoldpretender(m): 10:24am On Dec 01, 2018
hinograce:
Chaii. I hope my one year warranty still stands for my F205
Get a Samsung or Nokia....
PoliticsRe: 2019: I Will Bring Biafra Back To Nigeria If Elected_ Olawepo Hashim by theoldpretender(m): 10:22am On Dec 01, 2018
The only way he can bring back Biafra is by ammending the costitution to allow for separation

And which Biafra is he speaking of. ? Is it the five Igbo states plus anioma, or the five igbo states plus the South South and parts of the middle Belt?
CrimeRe: Unknown Group Of Suspected Terrorists And Armed Men Spotted In Sokoto State by theoldpretender(m): 10:21am On Dec 01, 2018
Acjohn:
There is no way Islam can coinhabit with peace in a country, little wonder Chinese see them as psychotic individuals.
The unfortunate thing is that government will not send military to wipe them because they are the President's brothers in arm. Its a wonder that this is going on under the sultan and he too has done nothing.
Who are those still saying Islam is a religion of peace?
Regarding China...

1.The Uighur region, which is majority Muslim, wants to seccede from China...and the Chinese government is supressing them. Part of the supression includes supression of Islam...at least to a tame, state approved version.

2.China is also facing the same issue in Tibet...which is majorly Buddhist., and also wants to seccede from China.

3.I am sure you are a Christian ,like me. The Chinese government is not friendly to Chirstians either. While Christianity is growing....the government clamps down heavily. (Christians may have to hide their faith, for example).

4.The only approved version of beleif in China is state Atheism, as defined by the Chinese Communist Party. In China, the Party tells you what you must think.
PoliticsRe: 73 Parties To Take Part In 2019 Elections – INEC by theoldpretender(m): 6:53pm On Nov 30, 2018
itiswellandwell:
Haaaa! Inec should work on reducing the number of parties to the bearest minimum joor so as to reduce funding. We need funds for other developmental projects. Ohh! Lest i forgot, inec can't listen to this kind of advice. It's a national cake thingy. The higher the parties, the more the national cake. May the people oriented parties succeed. May the money oriented parties collapse before election.


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akanbiaa:
The parties are too much let's have max of 6 which each one having strength base in each Geo political base and will have needs to negotiate with others for support in Presidential Election.
KanwuliaExtra:
The list should be cut down to FIVE!
What rubbish! angry
In 1998 when INEC was registering new parties , the criteria was that each party should have a prescence in all the states. Based on that criteria....PDP, APP and AD were registered.

Gani Fawehimni, the Senior Advocate of the Masses, then went to court...the Supreme Court, and got a court ruling that threw out the 'prescence in every state critierion' and made INEC register any willing party provided they paid the registration fees.

Hence the 73 parties we have now.

And Lord knows the kind of noise that would erupt if the National Assembly attempts to pass a law to restrict the number of parties.
SportsRe: CAF Withdraws AFCON 2019 Hosting Rights From Cameroon by theoldpretender(m): 6:52pm On Nov 30, 2018
hardbody:
Not true. It's not the same Paul Biya or is it?
It is the same Paul Biya ....that has been in power since the 1980's

That's why anytime anyone says Nigeria has sit tight rulers....compared to countries like Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda....we are learners.
SportsRe: CAF Withdraws AFCON 2019 Hosting Rights From Cameroon by theoldpretender(m): 4:34pm On Nov 30, 2018
Looks like the South Africans would be hosting again, I guess
PoliticsRe: Nigeria’s External Reserves Climb Back To $42b by theoldpretender(m): 3:15pm On Nov 30, 2018
Tolani0167:
What is the need of increasing the external reserve when the populace is plaqued with intense hardship and poverty. Until we learn to respect the naìra more than any other currency in the world, the naira and it users will continue to suffer.
No savings means one dollar exchanges for 10000 naira.

With severe inflation.
PoliticsRe: Nigeria’s External Reserves Climb Back To $42b by theoldpretender(m): 3:12pm On Nov 30, 2018
NaijaOlosho:
sad

Anything Buhari touches Dies

I just tire
Except the savings apparently.

Much better than a certain someone who drained the savings.....
CelebritiesRe: Kemen And Ifu Ennada Spark Dating Rumour by theoldpretender(m): 1:24pm On Nov 30, 2018
Tamarapetty:
So, what should we fry??
Eba.
PoliticsRe: FG Freezes Bank Accounts Of Suspects On ‘looters List’ by theoldpretender(m): 4:26pm On Nov 29, 2018
Roger3D:
You have an excellent point there. Ganduje needs to be swiftly investigated and his accounts frozen by the EFCC just like they did that of the loud mouthed Fayose. I guess the EFCC are scared of the consequences of going after one of the president's most prominent ally
The thing is EFCC can't go against Gandollars until he either resigns or is removed from office thanks to immunity.

And even if he is removed, he can smartly head to court and get a perpetual injunction like former governor of Rivers state odili.

The few times efcc went against sitting governors, it blew up in their faces, or it led to farcical removals of governors. Even Fayose, the courts reversed the freezing of the accounts.

The sad thing is that Gandollars is untouchable for now. The State house of assembly is hamstrung by a court order from investigating and removing him.

God knows that immunity for elected officials would have been removed since 2006.Unfortunately it came as part of a package of bills which included third term for Obasanjo, which led to the whole thing being rejected by the then National Assembly
CrimeRe: Imo Obinna: Nigerian Found Dead In An Abandoned Building In Italy. Photos by theoldpretender(m): 4:17pm On Nov 29, 2018
crackerspub:
shocked shocked shocked shocked






For the name checkers and that ijiat above with a goat pic, he has a valid papers and died by exposure to monoxide poisoning not anything illegal.


But it makes no sense, someone with valid documents should have a good apartment and what was he doing in an uncompleted building.
Having valid papers does not necessarily mean having good accommodation.

Infact, for all we know he may have lost his job, or he may have had a job and was having difficulties meeting living costs.
CareerRe: Lady Becomes A Lawyer Years After She Dressed As One For Her School's Career Day by theoldpretender(m): 5:00am On Nov 28, 2018
duduade:
So what's specialhuh

I hope she knows they are many charge and bail lawyers roaming the streets of Nigeria
Aww, the little boy is jealous.....
CrimeRe: Update On Nigerian Man Accused Of Killing A Teenage Girl In Italy by theoldpretender(m): 5:58pm On Nov 27, 2018
Looks bad for the guy.

Even if she died of an overdose...he should have legally reported the death...so that an autopsy would have been done, which, assuming he is telling the truth....would have cleared him.

Guy should take his medicine. Crime is not good
PoliticsRe: Moghalu Backs Atiku On Privatizing NNPC by theoldpretender(m): 9:57pm On Nov 26, 2018
Deeldorado:
But he actually disagreed with Atiku.
Yes...only on the 'who will they sell NNPC too'....which is a valid question.
PoliticsRe: Moghalu Backs Atiku On Privatizing NNPC by theoldpretender(m): 9:56pm On Nov 26, 2018
Sirjamo:
Whether you sell NNPC or not, all I know is that you must pay subsidies on petroleum products, Nigerians will never pay 200 naira landing cost of PMS
Subsidy scam will come roaring back like a Bull
Yes, the truth is,removing subsidy MAKES economic sense.

But no Nigerian poltician worth his salt wants to remove subsidy. (GEJ tried partial removal,got his hands burnt. PMB was forced to increase due to forex /revenues not being enough to sustain N87 per liter).

Still...the day willcome when Nigerians have to face the fact and remove subsidy. If we don't...we will keep on having subsidy scams and scarcity scams...to say nothing of lack of investment in the oil industry....including jobs and new refineries.

Nigerians have to face facts. We need to stop lying to ourselves. Oil subsidy must go.
FoodRe: This Pot Cools More Than Some Fridges by theoldpretender(m): 9:49pm On Nov 26, 2018
Was in one village in the North,needed to have a drink...and the chap who soldme the sprite that I drunk was using this 'fridge'

Drink was not chilled like the electric fridge...but it was cold!
PoliticsRe: Moghalu Backs Atiku On Privatizing NNPC by theoldpretender(m): 9:41pm On Nov 26, 2018
I support privatising NNPC....however, if Atiku insists on keeping fuel at N90....privatising NNPC would have been sabotaged.

Best thing to do...privatise NNPC,remove subsidy....yes fuel will shoot up to N300 per liter...YES...prices will go up.....BUT....NNPC will FINALLY become a responsible organisation.

And prcies will go down eventually.

GSM wasprivate from the wordgo...they were allowed to set their prices, yes...we paid N10000 for a sim, but the money enabled the GSM to make investments that led to price falls.

Even the act of removing subsidy would end the scams around subsidy being carried out by elements in NNPC.
BusinessRe: UK Guardian:oil Price Plummets To Low Not Seen Since October 2017 by theoldpretender(op): 8:42am On Nov 25, 2018
Avedonn:
Saudi Arabia intentionally crashed the world oil price by increasing their output just to
Please the US and European power after the backlash of Jamal Khashoggi's Murder.

They are just looking for a way to ease the pressure on them and the only weapon they've is the crude oil. Which is why Trump couldn't do or say anything meaningful about the journalist murder.

Saudi alone can influence the world oil price anytime they want. I even heard Trump thanking the Saudi crown Prince on Friday about the crashed crude oil price.
Haven't you heard of the ancient proverb...you scratch my back,and I'll scratch yours!
BusinessRe: UK Guardian:oil Price Plummets To Low Not Seen Since October 2017 by theoldpretender(op): 8:41am On Nov 25, 2018
jamace:
The evil tongue of APC is seriously affecting the price. Even when oil price was almost $80 per barrel, APC was still crying that the oil price is low. Beware of what you say.
I don't think APC is that powerful.... cheesy

The thing is, oil is being discovered in more places....and at the same time,new technologies mean that oil can be extracted more efficently and from hard toreach places.

(Fun fact...in my parents house is a textbook Iused to use that said we would run out of oil by the early 2000. Did not happen though).

Only way for oilprcies toshoot up is for Trump to suddenly sanction the Saudis re Kashoggi. But that aint going to happen...and the Saudis are going to scratch Trump's back by keeping oil low....OPEC or no OPEC.

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