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PhonesRe: My Whatsapp Is Currently Down. Could It Be What I'm Thinking? by ticker(m): 9:26pm On Dec 31, 2015
na same thing here o
PoliticsRe: Fayose Reacts To PMB's Media Chat:Buhari Should Take A Step Forward, Close Court by ticker(m):
that is the truth. fayose is always on point. we love to hear more from you in 2016
PoliticsRe: Lai Mohammed Mustbe Held Responsible For The Latest Bomb Attacks – Fayose by ticker(m): 2:51am On Dec 30, 2015
Fayose is always on point.
PoliticsRe: FG Approves N86.50k As Petrol Pump Price by ticker(m): 2:36am On Dec 30, 2015
I blame buhari
PoliticsRe: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by ticker(m): 11:24am On Dec 29, 2015
and so what? Is dat an achievement or what? mtcheeeeew
PoliticsRe: ''Why Lai Mohammed Must Be Fired'' - Femi Aribisala by ticker(m): 8:49am On Dec 29, 2015
If a child tell lies, you say that is a child and you scold him. What can we say of information of lies emanating from lying Muhammed i.e lying ministry.
PoliticsRe: North Will Reject Buhari, APC In 2019 —iwuanyanwu by ticker(m): 1:38pm On Dec 28, 2015
with the recent shiite attack, the north is already divided
PoliticsRe: I Miss Dame Patience Jonathan by ticker(m): 7:43am On Dec 27, 2015
They have been abusing me and my husband but I will not answer them- Dame patience Jonathan, February 2015
FashionWhere Can I Buy Slim Fit Jeans And Nice Shirts In Lagos by ticker(op): 12:24pm On Dec 26, 2015
I want to buy three good pair of slim fit stock jeans and some nice pair of button down shirt in Lagos. if you deal in this items and you are on whatsapp. please can you drop your number? let me add you so that we discussed.
PoliticsRe: Re:APC's 2014 Christmas Message by ticker(m): 5:00am On Dec 25, 2015
Everything about APC is worse: light problem worse, fuel scarcity worse, late salary payment worse, shiite killing by soldiers worse, every election held under them alwys end up declared inconclusive, unemployment problem worse, their first Xmas n sallah in power the traders are already complaining of low patronage. they have brought so much ill luck. By 2019, we will defend our votes with our blood
PoliticsRe: A Stranger On A Plane Puts Together A Bouquet And Presents To GEJ by ticker(m): 9:49am On Dec 24, 2015
Haba op!!! knowing fully well that haters will not like this, you still went ahead to post it. you wan kill them?
PoliticsRe: "Buhari's Administration Is Spending Money Like A Drunken Sailor"- Fani-Kayode by ticker(m): 7:56am On Dec 23, 2015
INTROVERT:
So Dasuki hasn't indicted fani yet.
so u still dey on this matter. after dasuki indict Oga pmb, do u think they will like to continue the probing? no no no.....
PoliticsRe: 10 Things Pmb's Administration Has Achieved Within The Space Of Seven Months. by ticker(m): 11:10am On Dec 21, 2015
I searched ur write-ups and I didn't see where you mention improvement on area of citizens welfare and infrastructural development or is governance all about fighting Corruption, paying taxes, taming lawlessness ?
PoliticsRe: Tweet Of The Day About Buhari #so True# by ticker(m): 9:57am On Dec 21, 2015
We the wailers are fast growing in numbers. Thank Jesus, Nigeria will soon be on a right path now
PoliticsRe: New Video Exposes How Nigerian Troops killed Onitsha Youth And Cover-up Crime by ticker(m): 1:22am On Dec 21, 2015
lailo:
I dnt have meg to watch nonesense
this statement is wrong.
PoliticsRe: El-Zakzaky Will Be Prosecuted For His Crimes – El-Rufai by ticker(m): 5:32pm On Dec 20, 2015
this is the same El zakzaky U went to meet in January this year to solicit his vote and that of his followers. this is too bad Mr. guvnor
BusinessRe: Suppliers For Yam Flours And Tomato Flakes by ticker(m): 5:27pm On Dec 19, 2015
pls enlighten me about the yam flour, how many is it in its bag? what kind of food do you make out of it? here is my mail:istifanusrichard@gmail.com
PoliticsNigeria’s Economy In A Merciless Condition – Tinubu by ticker(op): 6:43pm On Dec 18, 2015
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says Nigeria’s economy has hit a wall and is now in a ‘merciless condition.’ The former governor of Lagos State said this in a statement by his media office on Thursday. This is just as Tinubu is set to deliver the keynote address at a lecture to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of renowned historian and activist, Dr. Yusufu Usman, at the Arewa House, Kaduna, on Friday (today). The APC leader said that it was unfortunate that Nigeria wasted the opportunity of diversifying its economy when oil prices were at an all-time high. Tinubu said Nigeria had been dancing on the edge of economic disaster for several years and failed to invest properly despite the warning signs. The APC leader stated this just as the naira fell to its lowest level in Nigerian history on the parallel market, trading for N280 against the dollar on Thursday. He said now that oil prices have plummeted, the economy has got worse. Tinubu added that there was no guarantee that oil prices would rise in the near future. He, therefore, called for a new way of thinking. He said, “For decades, Nigeria danced in close confines with economic disaster. In the past, higher oil prices allowed us to dodge the worst. We have survived but not thrived. Improvised but not planned. Spent but not invested. Laughed, drank and feasted but did not build, construct or maintain. Now, Nigeria has collided into a wall, merciless and immovable. The present downturn in oil prices may be more than just a transient slump in the business cycle.” The statement added, “Tinubu seeks a new economic paradigm. Nigeria needs economic liberation. Before we can free our economy, we must free ourselves of the economic myths consigning us to our current predicament. To achieve this objective, we must return to the ideals and concepts of Dr. Bala Usman.” At the Friday event, Tinubu would explore key elements of the APC’s change agenda in relation to the liberation theory of the late Usman and within the context of the present political and economic challenges facing Nigeria. In the keynote speech, Tinubu is expected to offer a lucid economic analysis of what confronts Nigeria and suggest innovative ways to move the political economy forward. The statement added, “He (Tinubu) will offer fresh thinking on the way forward. The welfare of the people must be the anchor of public policy as this is in consonance with all that Bala Usman taught and practised.” The Emir of Kano, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II; Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, and a large number of northern intellectuals are expected to also attend the lecture. http://www.punchng.com/nigerias-economy-in-a-merciless-condition-tinubu/
PoliticsRe: They Kill, Install Their Emir And Dominate You – Femi Fani-kayode by ticker(m): 5:28am On Dec 18, 2015
Gayigaskia:
So FFK it took you 17 years to write this rubbish? I think this write up just show how desperate and hypocritical you've become since GEJ paid you to be his campaign manager. During the OBJ time when you were minister and in bed with many northerners you wouldn't dare write this diarrhea do you? I guess your response will be this is why it took 17 years to respond. Now at this moment that you are down with the ibos and some yoruba thugs what are you trying to achieve with this trash? Are you for separation now just because you have lost the last elections? "true democrat and intellectual" My problem with your write up is that this just full of hate and vengeful even though you claim not to be exactly that. So likewise after the elaboration of all sins by the North isn't not time for you to start elucidating those by the South ;and just look at yourself in a Mirror as a black man and tell me what you see. I m not going to start counting how what is bad about southerners because i'm not a saint neither are the southerners.
is anything wrong with the writers message?
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo Is An Expired Man,Buhari Will Fail If He Confronts Me – Fayose by ticker(m): 3:06pm On Dec 17, 2015
this man has not said anything to warrant all this insults.
PoliticsRe: Prez. Buhari’s #73 Famous Quotes/words Of Wisdom As He Celebrates 73rd Birthday by ticker(m): 9:36am On Dec 17, 2015
My favorite quotes of Dr. Muhammadu Buhari are: 1)The dog and baboon will be soaked in blood 2)2015 election will be very bloody 3)an attack on Boko Haram is an attack on the north
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Labour Congress Warns FG - Don’t Increase Price Of Fuel by ticker(m): 9:18am On Dec 17, 2015
kaypound:
Subsidy has to be removed....
The country is broke we can't sustain it..
it is statements like this that made us to be where we are today
PoliticsRe: PDP Reacts To Buhari's $300,000 Saga ... ' We Have Been Vindicated ' by ticker(m): 8:37pm On Dec 16, 2015
the truth sounds like hate to those who hate the truth
PoliticsRe: Nigerians Will Beg PDP To Return –Fani Kayode by ticker(m): 1:38pm On Dec 16, 2015
me I am already wishing them to return o
PoliticsRe: Nigerians Will Beg PDP To Return –Fani Kayode by ticker(m): 1:38pm On Dec 16, 2015
me I am already wishing them to return
PoliticsRe: Solve Economic Problems Or Resign, Fayose Tells Buhari by ticker(m): 9:30pm On Dec 15, 2015
fayose is always making sense n all Nigerians love him
PoliticsRe: Solve Economic Problems Or Resign, Fayose Tells Buhari by ticker(m): 9:29pm On Dec 15, 2015
fayose is always making sense n always on point
PoliticsRe: Solve Economic Problems Or Resign, Fayose Tells Buhari by ticker(m): 9:29pm On Dec 15, 2015
fayose is always making sense
PoliticsRe: Tension In Kaduna As Police And Shii'tes Clash by ticker(m): 2:11pm On Dec 15, 2015
realdee44:
will you short up your smelling mouth. Did you know what happend on saturday? Ignorant fool. Why will they block road in the 1st place. The chife of army staff came out of his car to beg this ppl yet they still shout at him first before he gave order to short them. The chife of army staff called there head to call his ppl to order yet he refuse. Mind what you say about the army pls.
were you there?
PoliticsRe: What Do You Think About My Boss' Parable? by ticker(m): 9:35am On Dec 15, 2015
Gaborone:
So, here we go...

Yesterday at the office, my boss walked up to us -his employees- and gave an impassioned talk about President Buhari's style of governance. He said, while he thought Buhari's attempt at recovering stolen funds were not out of place in itself, he was giving way too much attention to it. According to him, the President's lack of priority in this regard had become counter-productive and had started to prove detrimental to other areas that are in dire need his attention.

To drive home his point, he gave us a parable of an employer who kept N20,000 in his office somewhere, and on coming back to take it, he discovered that one of his Clerks had run off with it. After the discovery, the employer took the keys to the office, locked it up. He ran out with as much fury as he could muster, shouting to the hearing of all who would listen, "Who saw my boy?!!!", "Please, help me find him and get my money!!" All the while this employer was out looking for the stolen money, his shop remained under lock and key, no monies coming out, no monies going in. No customer, no profits in sight; he was making losses with every turn. Yet, ALL that mattered to him remained getting the thief of a boy, and recovering the stolen money.

My boss likened the employer in the above parable to President Buhari. He says our President has practically closed shop -Nigeria- and has decided to channel all his energy into getting stolen funds, forgetting that there is a bigger picture -an economy- that needs urgent attention; forgetting that the country might be going into a recession; forgetting that people are losing their jobs, forgetting that foreign investors are leaving, and more are 'plotting' to close shop and leave Nigeria; forgetting that an economy is not run by stolen funds which are recovered, but that if anything, they are to be regarded as "extras".

The above is how my boss sees things right now, and I agree with him.

I have to agree because, since coming into office, the activities of President Buhari's government has centered around just two things: 1. Foreign trips; and 2. Instigating the prosecution of looters of the past (who I must mention are not pro his government or pro-Apc). While the relevance of the above two can really not be downplayed, the fact remains that attention need to be given to the economy of Nigeria. As my boss said, no country has ever been run on recovered funds. Me thinks he needs to stay home a bit more, and pay attention to the alarms being raised by the World Bank and other bodies about Nigeria's economy. He need to share that attention he is giving the boy who stole the money.

Now, what's your own take about what my boss said?

#As an aside, he needs to stop talking so much about his predecessor -Jonathan. It's only a lazy man that blames his tools all the time.


Cc: lalasticlala
seconded
PoliticsFuel Scarcity Persists, Lack Of Forex Stalls Importation by ticker(op): 9:20am On Dec 15, 2015
• DPR warns marketers, P’Harcourt refinery
plans supply
• Oil search in Lake Chad to resume 2016
FUEL scarcity in the country may linger
despite the approval of the release of the
N407.7 billion subsidy debt to oil
marketers at the weekend.
A statement from the Minister of
Finance, Kemi Adeosun, had said the
approval was granted after President
Muhammadu Buhari issued a directive
that the oil marketers be paid
immediately in order to end the fuel
scarcity.
But findings by The Guardian at the
weekend showed that the assurance from
the Federal Government to release the
subsidy arrears was not enough to end
the crisis as the marketers were having
the challenge of sourcing foreign
exchange to import the product.
Besides, the Department of Petroleum
Resources (DPR) has threatened to
withdraw licences of depot owners who
engage in illegal sale of petrol above the
stipulated pump price.
Also, the National Assembly has declared
that the expected petroleum output from
Port Harcourt refinery and supplies from
oil importers would be enough to curb
the issue of fuel scarcity during the
Christmas season.
Meanwhile, further oil and gas
exploration is expected to commence in
the Lake Chad area of north-eastern part
of the country next year, on projection of
improved security situation in the axis.
Already, the New Nigeria Development
Company (NNDC), a business
conglomerate of the 19 northern state
governments, has reached out to some
technical partners to resume the
hydrocarbon search in the area, which is
currently ravaged by insurgents, who are
being pushed out by federal troops.
The success of the exploration efforts is
expected to achieve geographical
balancing in the nation’s oil production
and facilitate crude oil flow into Kaduna
refinery and any such facility that would
be established in the northern part of
the country.
Fuel marketers have complained that the
difficulty in sourcing forex has made it
impossible for them to open Letters of
Credit (LC), which is a prerequisite for
imports.
A marketer who spoke with The
Guardian said that apart from the delay
in releasing subsidy arrears by the
Federal Government, another major
challenge remained the devaluation of
the naira and the Central Bank’s policy
on foreign exchange.
He said: “Even if we all get our money
this week, the country will have to
continue to deal with the issue of fuel
scarcity or long queues at the filling
station due to the country’s forex policy.
Many of us cannot source foreign
exchange because it is a very difficult
thing to do.”
Meanwhile, DPR has issued fresh
warnings to depot owners in the country
who engage in sharp practices by
hoarding or selling petroleum product
above the government-regulated prices.
This is coming few days after the agency
suspended import permit of Capital Oil
Petroleum Limited, Sahara Petroleum
and Folawiyo Petroleum in Lagos for
profiteering. Other suspended companies
are Samon Petroleum, Fynefield
Petroleum, Calabar and Stallionaire
Petroleum Limited.
The DPR, which said in a statement that
the companies sold fuel above
government-regulated price, warned oil
marketers to desist from hoarding and
diverting petroleum products, among
other practices or face the full wrath of
the law which included immediate
suspension or withdrawal of licences,
and closure of such stations.
It stated: “The DPR will continue to
ensure that operators in the petroleum
sector adhere strictly to internationally
acceptable standards and best practices.”
But Folawiyo Energy Limited (FEL)
yesterday denied violating regulations
guiding sale of petroleum products. The
company said that it had not had its own
products in storage for the past three
months, during which it had only stored
and distributed products for the NNPC,
without any involvement in collecting
payments from the companies taking the
NNPC stock.
The statement was signed by Adeshola
Komolafe, public relations consultant to
FEL.
The chairman of NNDC, Alhaji Bashir
Mohammed Dalhatu, who disclosed the
imminent exploration recommencement
at the end of the corporation’s yearly
general meeting in Kaduna at the
weekend, said: “Oil and gas blocks have
been discovered in the north. But for
security challenges in the north-east,
exploration would have gone far. We
have since re-engaged our people to be
totally committed to the oil exploration
and exploitation of both oil and gas
resources. We believe that will
contribute immensely to the revival of
the economy in the region.”
The chairman, who lamented that
insecurity in the north-east had affected
the take-off of the exploration, however,
affirmed that the search would
commence “within the year 2016. We are
already talking with technical partners
that would help us explore the
resources.”
The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) had earlier
confirmed that the country was on the
verge of discovering significant quantity
of oil in the Lake Chad area, based on
analysis of recent seismic 3D data
generated from the Chad Basin.
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/12/fuel-scarcity-persists-lack-of-forex-stalls-importation/
PoliticsRe: Dear Goodluck Jonathan Jonathan, Forgive Them And Forget! by ticker(m): 8:55am On Dec 15, 2015
Raiders:
GEJ is a corrupt leader who stole money meant for buying weapons to finance his political party. History will remember GEJ as one of the worse leader to rule Nigeria and the first president to be rejected by Nigerians
not all nigerians rejected gej. 15million nigerians reject him, 12million accepted him which I am among

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