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Celebrities / Re: Segun Arinze Mistakenly Sent 50k To Man,the Man Refuses To Return Cash by tinziemaine(m): 2:16pm On Aug 15, 2015
TRADELYN:
Trust Igbo man naa...
He go return am after e don gain interest grin cheesy shocked
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In 2011, I mistakenly sent #1,000 airtime to one woman's line via MTN "share & Sell." She transferred it back with no story.
May God bless her!
story shared by SKIIBII
Jokes Etc / Meaning Of Skiibii New Word Found Today by tinziemaine(m): 5:35pm On Aug 14, 2015
Skiibii: pronounced as /skee-bee/, a process of
faking ones own death, by forming cardiac arrest, accident, etc...to scare members of the public or loved ones (in hope of material gains, fame... etc).
E.g: My cousin skiibiied his mother, the innocent
woman almost died crying.

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Car Talk / Re: Check Out These 1 Lamborghini And 2 Ferrari In The Same Compound by tinziemaine(m): 7:23am On Aug 14, 2015
ahsekeena:
Op...so u were in my house today

Who did u come to see
I didn't see u tho.




But please...ur dressing. Upgrade pls.
maybe en be won come steal flower come snap pictures with your cars lollllllllllllllllllllz
Crime / Sex Drive: Shameless Mum Has 9-hour Marathon Sex While Baby Dies (pictured) by tinziemaine(m): 6:54am On Aug 14, 2015
A shameless mother who left her sick
baby to die while she had sex and got
drunk upstairs with a man she barely
knew has avoided jail. Yvonne first denied the allegations, but later
pleaded guilty to charges of neglecting her
child for a sex romp. Photo: SWNS
Yvonne Adkins, a 32-year-old, left her three-
month-old baby, Chantelle, lying in a baby
rocker, as she had a boozy nine-hour sex
session with a man she met at a bus stop just
two weeks earlier.
According to Mirror.co.uk, a court heard she
swigged whisky before romping with her lover,
known only as Peter, while her poor daughter
was downstairs at her home in Meir, Stoke-on-
Trent, England.
Yvonne woke up next morning on May 8 to find her baby dead in her rocker in the lounge,
dressed only in a tracksuit with no blanket or
bed clothes.
However, the heartless mum pleaded guilty to
cruelty of a child at Stoke-on-Trent Crown
Court yesterday. But she was spared jail after
being given 18 months in prison, suspended
for two years, with 18 months supervision.
Judge David Fletcher said: “Your desire to
engage in some sexual activity with someone
you hardly knew resulted in you leaving your
child downstairs when you knew it was not
appropriate to do that.
“You made a catastrophic decision that you will have to live with for the rest of your life.”
Investigations showed that Chantelle had
suffered numerous health problems since she
was born in January last year and was due to
see a consultant the following month.
The court heard Adkins went upstairs with
Peter and left her baby alone for nine hours
even though she suffered from reflux and
vomiting.
READ ALSO: Exposed: A Town In Lagos Where
Prostitutes Sell Sex Like Hot Cake
Andrew Easteal, the prosecutor, told the court:
“Chantelle was placed in a baby rocker on the
floor in the living room between 7.30pm and
8.30pm on May 7.
While her partner Peter left for work by 5am,
she slept back and forgot her baby. Photo: SWNS
“A man called Peter arrived at 8.45pm. He was
someone she became acquainted with at a bus stop two weeks prior.
“At 10pm the defendant and Peter went
upstairs.
“The two had sexual intercourse and drank
whisky and she fell asleep.
“The defendant was well aware her three-
month-old daughter suffered from reflux and
vomiting and other complications.
“Chantelle was due to see a consultant on June 15.
”The court heard Adkins’s lover got up and
went to work at 5am while the defendant fell
back to sleep.
It is reported that she started sending texts at 7.13am and at 7.27am discovered her
daughter was cold and not breathing.
Paramedics were called in but were unable to
resuscitate the child. Chantelle was
pronounced dead at 8.05am.
A post-mortem examination gave the cause of
death as a “sudden and unexpected death in
infancy”.
But, lying Adkins told the authorities that
Chantelle had been sleeping in a Moses basket
at the end of her bed, she later came clean
and admitted her wrongdoing.
In defending the randy mother, Nicola Bell,
said the defendant, who has no previous
convictions, was not a mother who ‘consciously and consistently ignored the needs of her young child’.
She added: “She was reckless in her attention
towards the child. She prioritised herself
momentarily over the child with devastating
consequences. This is a mother who has lost a
child. She deals with that on a daily basis.”
Councillors on Wednesday described
Chantelle’s death as ‘tragic’ and promised a
full review.
Meanwhile, in another development, a Hot
female motorist caused a minor traffic accident as she was pleasuring herself with a intimacy gadget in her car in broad daylight.
The woman, whose name kept secret, was
driving her car when it suddenly lurched
forward and hit the van in Cirencester,
England, UK.
https://www.naij.com/516646-sex-drive-shameless-mum-9-hour-marathon-sex-baby-dies-pictured.html

TV/Movies / Re: David Oyelowo Is The Next James Bond by tinziemaine(m): 6:37am On Aug 14, 2015
kenonze:
It gonna be a hard task ahead. Fitting into a british hole.
Kudos. I wish u well.
Jokes Etc / When Your Parents Are No Longer Proud Of You by tinziemaine(m): 6:31am On Aug 14, 2015
You can imagine LOLLLLLLLLLLz.

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TV/Movies / David Oyelowo Is The Next James Bond by tinziemaine(m): 6:22am On Aug 14, 2015
Actor David Oyelowo has landed a major
role to play James Bond, a feat he has
expressed great satisfaction in.
Oyelowo plays James Bond and other
characters in an audiobook version of Trigger
Mortis, a new novel written by Anthony
Horowitz and authorized by the Ian Fleming
estate. Actor David Oyelowo.
Oyelowo who is famed for playing Martin Luther King in Selma from 2014, an American
historical film written by Paul Webb and
produced by Christian Colson and Oprah
Winfrey, has described the new Bond role as
special.
“I was asked specifically by the Fleming estate, which is really special,” he said.
Though only an audio input and not a movie
appearance, the actor thinks highly of the project. He spoke further;
“I am officially the only person on planet Earth
who can legitimately say: ‘I am the new James
Bond’ – even saying that name is the cinematic equivalent of doing the ‘to be or not to be’ speech.”
The new role means Oyelowo is the first Black
actor to ‘play the role’ of James Bond, even as
there are strong speculations across boards
that Idris Elba might be next to portray Bond
on screen.

Agriculture / Re: Soldiers Kill Hippopotamus In Gombe State by tinziemaine(m): 1:36pm On Aug 09, 2015
Govt dey de chop food for 2 and half years una de de seek en approval en care weda dragon de kill una una for wait seek approval from buhari mumu people.since una for kill am na y govt de use una head with big big grammer una no get chairman for una community wetin en de do una no know say sometyms na una get to do tinz wit una ryte imagine hippopotamus threatening una lives una de wait govt approve for una own tin we en de destroy mumu people
Religion / Re: Post Your 'Front Page-Worthy' TOPICS And LINKS Here by tinziemaine(m): 12:04pm On Aug 09, 2015
Romance / Reason Why We Ladies Sleep With Different M3n – Female Student Narrates by tinziemaine(m): 1:31pm On Aug 08, 2015
This message I got from a lady who said she want people to know the reason for their action: Hello Nigeriacamera, I just want to tell you that it’s not our fault that we go about servicing all kinds of men for the sake of money. Many guys do yahoo and armed robbery to survive but ladies can’t do all that and since we are aware that these men will always need women to enjoy their money with them, there is nothing bad if we make ourselves available for you men and we get paid for our professional services. Or can you people stay without a woman for one month? We are just helping men with our body Times are hard. My parents can’t raise enough money for my school fees and my accommodation in school, so how will I feed, buy clothes, make-up and look good like other girls if I don’t help my self? Many ladies are doing it here in my school and even other schools. It is condition that caused it. People should understand that everything has changed .
Romance / Re: See The Man Born With Virgina by tinziemaine(m): 6:20pm On Aug 07, 2015
MISS SAHARA real name Dapo Adaralegbe who transgendered through surgery

Romance / See The Man Born With Virgina by tinziemaine(m): 6:06pm On Aug 07, 2015
He hails from the North he schools In OAU
Romance / 10 Ways To Make Your Relationship Magically Romantic by tinziemaine(m): 5:44pm On Aug 07, 2015
10 Ways to Make Your Relationship Magically Romantic
Perhaps it's because they actually can't think of exactly what to do. Here are ten "acts of love" that you can do with and for your partner to bring a little more romance into your relationship.
1. Make your morning time special by bringing your partner a cup of coffee while he or she is still in bed. If you're willing and able you can also serve them breakfast in bed. It will make your partner feel cherished and the kindness will be returned.
2. Make the time at the end of the work-day when you first see one another extra special by giving each other a 10 second hug and kiss. You will both feel more deeply connected throughout the evening. Also remember to touch your partner affectionately throughout the day, not just when you want to be romantic.
3. Make time to make-time. Plan a romantic rendezvous during the week. You can get a room at a local hotel or plan to have the house all to yourselves. Just the anticipation of being together in this way will add spark to your romantic life.
4. Whenever you can, take the time to give your partner 100% of your attention when they want to talk to you. Put down the remote control or whatever you're reading, face your partner and say "What would you like to talk about?" It will make your partner feel loved and important to you.
5. Take the time to tell your partner that they look wonderful, beautiful, sexy or great. We all have doubts about our looks and hearing that we are attractive to our partners is a very important part of creating a romantic relationship.
6. Before you leave in the morning tell your partner that you are looking forward to seeing them when you return. Never leave the house without acknowledging your partner or saying, "I love you."
7. Next time you are shopping alone, get a couple of little "surprise gifts" for your partner. The next time he or she is feeling down, give them one of the gifts. This is a wonderful and uplifting act of love and it will be remembered for a very long time.
8. If your partner is having a rough day offer to take them out or make dinner for them. If they are the one usually doing the cooking this will be a welcome change and a sign of your appreciation. If they are experiencing stress at work, it will be a great way for them to unwind from a tough day.
9. Be spontaneous and rent a convertible and kidnap your partner for a drive up the coast for lunch or dinner. This is a wonderfully romantic and very simple thing to do. If you want to be a little more extravagant, you can choose to spend the night at a Bed & Breakfast and drive home the next day.
10. This one is terribly romantic, so don't try it unless you're ready for a passionate evening. Get your partner two or more roses. Take one of them and pull off the petals. Drop the petals on the floor leading to the bedroom and place several petals on the bed. Put the other roses in a vase on the nightstand. Your partner will never forget your thoughtfulness. Don't try to do everything on this list in the same weekend, one a month is plenty. These ideas are just a little help to get you started. Once you get going, more ideas will come to you on their own. Taking the time to create romance in your relationship is paramount to creating a fulfilling love life. Even if you think your ideas are silly, your partner will be thrilled that you took the time to do something loving for them. Remember, it's the thought that counts.
Business / Re: Ex-minister Dalhatu’s Firm, Chicken Republic Owners, Others Owe UBA N9.3bn by tinziemaine(m): 7:29am On Aug 07, 2015
Ojoro council ojoro
Romance / Re: Advice: How Do I Break Up With A Girl After Deflowering Her by tinziemaine(m): 7:07am On Aug 04, 2015
shaiba:
Tomorrow you will want a virgin to marry and you will be screaming teamvirgin.

on the other hand @lawnreigh will want to know why girls lie about how they lost their virginity.

Bros you don't need advice you need Jesus.

Please ZIP UP until the right time. If you cant stand the heat stay out of the kitchen.
we are not going well we don't talk anymore I don't understand if it temptation or how is suppose to be
Romance / Re: Advice: How Do I Break Up With A Girl After Deflowering Her by tinziemaine(m): 6:49am On Aug 04, 2015
kossyablaze:
Slap urself twice first!
I need advice
Romance / Re: Advice: How Do I Break Up With A Girl After Deflowering Her by tinziemaine(m): 6:48am On Aug 04, 2015
Cutehector:
U don't want a nakked gurl to curse u bro...



yea its bothering me because I disvirgined her
Romance / Advice: How Do I Break Up With A Girl After Deflowering Her by tinziemaine(m): 6:44am On Aug 04, 2015
Pls I nid ur advice I don't like her anymore.She is breaking my heart making me feel bad.
Romance / Why Girls Fight For A Guy by tinziemaine(m): 6:48pm On Jul 30, 2015
As for me is it a foolish thing. Drop ur comment
Health / One Year After Patrick Sawyer Introduce Ebola To Nigeria by tinziemaine(m): 12:11pm On Jul 20, 2015
It is exactly a year that Patrick Oliver Sawyer (1974 – 24
July 2014), a deceased Liberian-American lawyer
introduced the deadly Ebola Virus disease into Nigeria
during the West African Ebola epidemic.
Sawyer who was a naturalized U.S. citizen lived in Coon
Rapids, Minnesota, was 40 at the time of his death.
As Nigeria marks a year of battling Ebola, we compiled 10
facts on Sawyer’s historical to Nigeria you mustn’t
forget…

10 Facts your mustn’t forget about Sawyer

1. On 9 July 2014, Sawyer informed ArcelorMittal
management at the Buchanan office that he had been
exposed to the Ebola Virus. They referred his case to the
Liberian Ministry of Health for observation. They
requested that he not return to the offices for 28 days.

2. However, Sawyer utilized an upcoming conference in
Calabar, Nigeria to petition the Liberian Finance Ministry
to attend as an “ambassador”. His departure was
approved.

3. On 20 July 2014- Sawyer flew via ASKY Airline from
James Spriggs PayneAirport in Monrovia, Liberia to
Murtala Muhammad Airport in Lagos, Nigeria and was
subsequently described as having appeared to be
“terribly ill” when he left Monrovia.

4. He collapsed upon arriving at Lagos Murtala
Muhammed International Airport.

5. Patrick Sawyer was taken to First Consultant Hospital
in Obalende, where he later died on 24 July.

6. In response, the Nigerian government observed all of
Sawyer’s contacts for signs of infection and increased
surveillance at all entry points to the country.

7. On 6 August, the Nigerian health minister told
reporters, “Yesterday the first known Nigerian to die of
Ebola was recorded.

8. It was later reported that at that time he flew, Sawyer
was already under surveillance for Ebola infection, but
had been cleared by the Finance Ministry of the Liberian
government to leave for an ECOWAS conference
in Calabar, Nigeria.

9. On 19 August, the doctor who treated Sawyer, Ameyo
Adadevoh also died of Ebola disease. Adadevoh was
posthumously praised for preventing Sawyer from
leaving the hospital at the time of diagnosis, thereby
playing a key role in curbing the spread of the virus in
Nigeria.

10. On the 20th of October 2014, the World Health
Organization declared Nigeria Ebola Free

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/one-year-after-patrick-sawyer-introduced-ebola-to-nigeria/
Celebrities / You Are The Baddest Entertainer ,don Jazzy Tells D'banj by tinziemaine(m): 11:13am On Jul 20, 2015
Ace music producer and leader of Supreme Mavin
Dynasty, Michael Collins (Don Jazzy) has hailed his former
business partner, Dapo Oyebanjo (D’banj) for the feat
recorded at the 2015 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA)
held in South Africa, describing him as the baddest
entertainer he knows.
Don Jazzy was reacting to the MAMA Evolution awards
won by D’banj, which the Kokomaster dedicated to the
Doroboss. The Evolution awards is a new category
honouring established artists who have made an indelible
mark on African and global music culture.
“Shout out to the baddest entertainer we know on the
MAMA EVOLUTION AWARD. Thanks 4 the dedication bro
@Iamdbanj,” Don Jazzy posted on his Twitter handle.
Don Jazzy and D’banj established the successful Mo’Hits
Records in 2004 which brought to limelight music stars
like D’banj, Wande Coal, Dr. Sid, D’Prince and K-Switch.
The first album released by the label was D’banj’s No
Long Thing in 2005. Other albums are Rundown & The
Entertainer (D’banj), Mushin2Mohits (Wande Coal) &
Turning Point (Dr SID). The label also released a
compilation album called Mo’Hits All Stars along with
many other singles from its artists which proved to be
National Hits. Don Jazzy won various accolades including
Nigeria Music Awards (NMA) Producer of the Year in
2006, and Nigeria Entertainment Awards Music Producer
of the Year in 2007.
The label has also attracted foreign interest from
international acts like Kanye West, Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z
However, the musical marriage between D’Banj and Don
Jazzy ended on a sour note in 2012.
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/you-re-the-baddest-entertainer-don-jazzy-tells-dbanj/

Celebrities / Davido Speaks On His Controversial "FANS MI" Video.says No Shaking To NDLEA by tinziemaine(m): 10:51am On Jul 20, 2015
Multiple award winning pop star, Davido has reacted to the news making the rounds that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA is planning to investigate his controversial new Fans Mi video, saying ” No Shaking.” The video was alleged to be promoting drugs trafficking, nudity, fraud and violence. Speaking exclusively with Vanguard Entertainment,before the MAMA awards kicked off, Davido said his new video is not promoting any drugs abuse, adding that he is not afraid of NDLEA and that, “Nothing will happen.” www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/davido-speaks-on-his-controversial-fans-mi-video/
Politics / Tinubu's Wife Refuses To Shake Hands With Saraki by tinziemaine(m): 7:50am On Jun 11, 2015
Senator Oluremi Tinubu representing Lagos
Central in the Senate on Wednesday refused to
shake hands with the Senate President, Dr.
Bukola Saraki.
Oluremi is the wife of the National Leader of the
All Progressives Congress and a former governor
of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu.
This happened when Saraki was administering
the oath of office and allegiance on the 28 All
Progressives Congress’ senators who were absent
at the formal inauguration of the Eighth Senate
on Tuesday.
The 28 senators, who are mainly members of the
Senate Unity Forum, led by Senator Ahmed
Lawan, mobilised themselves to the chamber as
early as 8.30am on Wednesday, waiting for the
Senate President to formally swear them in as
senators.
The senators, after the votes and proceedings of
the previous legislative day were adopted, took
turn to take their oaths by reading it out aloud
and appending their signatures.
By protocol, each of the newly sworn-in senators
were expected, after taking their oaths, to
present a copy of their certificates of return to the
Senate President and in turn, shake hands with
him.
The protocol was duly followed by others, except
Mrs. Tinubu, who refused to shake hands with
Saraki but merely showed him her Certificate of
Return and walked out on the Senate President.
The 28 senators were gathered at the
International Conference Centre, Abuja, waiting
for President Muhammadu Buhari, who was billed
to address them when the Clerk of the National
Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, proclaimed the
Eighth Senate and subsequently conducted the
election on Tuesday.
The election, which had 23 APC senators in
attendance, produced Saraki as President of the
senate while Senator Ike Ekweremadu was
elected as the deputy.
Saraki, after the election, had administered the
oath of office and allegiance on 75 other senators.
www.punchng.com/news/tinubus-wife-refuses-to-shake-hands-with-saraki/

Politics / APC - Another Power Centre by tinziemaine(m): 7:00am On Jun 11, 2015
PREDICTIONS that contests for leadership of the
National Assembly would unravel the All
Progressives Congress, APC, were certainly under-
stated. In a matter of weeks, APC is moving from
its confident strides to learning that toddlers do
not break into full strides – with first steps. In
what was supposed to be the most innocuous
contentions in APC, in one swoop APC lost two
critical positions to its change agenda.
Much has changed since the elections. Politicians
have weaned themselves of platforms on which
they rode to office only weeks ago. How could
APC, the party of strategists, thinkers, thought
leaders, and leaders of thought fall prey to
ambitions of its members? What does the new
coalition in the National Assembly portend for
change?
We are seeing change, maybe outside the
expansive APC applications of the word. We are
also seeing interpretations of roles in APC party
hierarchy, roles that seemed unimportant to
define. Any explanations in the middle of the early
unstable weather the party has hit could not have
lightened the unanticipated burden of success
On Tuesday, we learnt from the brilliant APC
publicist Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that APC has
many leaders. Where does that place Alhaji
Ahmed Tinubu, who many consider the owner of
APC, but merely address as national leader? There
were no contenders for the title, which is not
constitutional, until the electoral victory produced
a “national leader”, not just of APC. The President
of Nigeria is a national leader beyond the confines
of any political party.
The President declared his disinterest in the
composition of the National Assembly leadership.
It marked his understanding of separation of
powers, away from the military dictatorship he
imposed on Nigeria 31 years ago. Was this a
personal or party position? Why was the party
pushing in a different direction, if the “national
leader” had spoken? Why were sticklers to
sanctity of the legislature’s independence made
to appear as outlaws?
President Muhammadu Buhari accepts the
“constitutional occurrence” though it was outside
APC’s wish list.
APC learnt little from the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, which four years ago, wanted to
impose leadership on the House of
Representatives. The House ignored its party
leaders. If the experienced, humungous PDP
could not succeed in one house, why did APC
think it could dictate for both houses? When did
locking gates stop legislators from getting into
the National Assembly? Were we not witnesses
when they jumped fences last November, evading
teargas and other police obstacles, to access the
National Assembly?
The once All Progressives Congress, with party
discipline seemingly impermeable, has
succumbed to the greed of its patrons, who in
addition to losing the positions they coveted,
have reduced the party to just another power
centre. The forces that created the new
leadership of the National Assembly would not be
as trivial with power. They know that their
survival rests on sticking and fighting together –
for themselves.
APC leadership in its first post-election effort to
stake party supremacy has failed. After handing
over an arm of government – the powerful
legislature to a new opposition – how would APC
survive? A Senate Leader is ordinarily powerful,
now we have one who has just finished serving
eight years as Senate President. The Deputy
Senate President has begun his ninth year in
office. Both are PDP.
Tuesday flagged off the race for the 2019
presidential election. APC would soon realise that
the disgruntled fellows who left PDP for APC, were
only progressives, if it served their purpose. They
are going home, maybe with more converts, not
necessarily to PDP. They would be glad at the
ease with which they have become another
power centre, a new APC?
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/apc-another-power-centre/

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Politics / THE SUBSIDY Question-fuel Will Sell 40 Naira A Litre by tinziemaine(m): 6:44am On Jun 11, 2015
By JOSEF OMOROTIOMWAN
In their daily lives, Nigerians must cope with this
open ambivalence – they have oil but they can’t
see oil; they have petroleum, but they have no
petrol; they pay for light but they get darkness.
There is no better way to explain what we mean
here than by telling our usual story of the so-
called subsidy on petroleum products in its most
elemental form.
Nigeria is said to be the sixth largest producer of
oil in the world. But with mismanagement, what
was originally supposed to be a blessing from God
has virtually turned a curse. At every point, we
are either fighting because of the poor allocation
of this resource, or we are crying that some
dubious elements have stolen the total proceeds.
The original arrangement was that as soon as the
crude oil came out from the ground, Nigeria
would sell 90 percent at the spot market, in hard
currency. The remaining 10 percent was meant
to be refined for local consumption.
At various times, Nigeria had built four refineries –
two in Port-Harcourt and one each in Warri and
Kaduna, intended to refine different products.
These refineries were run aground; and they are
now old and practically comatose.
Because of our lack of refineries, foreign concerns
that had refineries began to pick up, at rock-
bottom prices, the 10 percent crude reserved for
local consumption. They would refine the
products in their countries and export the refined
products to us at their own prices. By the time
the product returns to Nigeria after its triangular
journey, the price has hit the ceiling and it is no
longer within the reach of many. This is where
government steps in to bring in what it calls
subsidy.
Under this scheme, a country like the
Netherlands, which does not have a single drop of
oil, is in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting
Countries, OPEC, as a net exporter of oil.
The subsidy regime in Nigeria reminds us of two
issues – first, subsidy would have been absolutely
unnecessary if we were doing our own refining in
Nigeria. Secondly, the subsidy regime has been
fraught with fraud and dishonesty.
Between 2006 and 2014, Nigeria paid over N7.5
trillion as subsidy claims. Yet, we are still where
we are – the subsidised products are not available
and where they are available, they sell for prices
much higher than the unsubsidised products. Put
differently, we have been subsidizing fraud.
The subsidy game has been a political one and
has not been played on the rings of economic
data; and rather than being fact-driven, it has
been emotion-driven and politically played by
those who use it as a political tool.
Subsidy in itself is not a bad idea. In fact, it is
defined in economics as money paid by
government or an organisation to reduce the cost
of producing goods so that their prices can be
kept low. It seeks to reduce the market price of
an item below the cost of production.
Government intervenes to support desirable
activities to keep the prices of staple low;
maintain the income of producers of critical or
strategic products; induce investment while
reducing unemployment.
Everywhere, subsidy is supposed to be a cushion
to enhance the welfare and well-being of the
people. It is an acceptable practice the world-
over.
This writer was in Germany in the winter of 1973,
when the price of oil increased astronomically
because of some major adjustments by OPEC.
Many companies would have just gone under but
government quickly intervened with a serious
subsidy package. Among other things, industry
workers – including those of us arbiters who were
“pulling gburu” – were made to work two days a
week (eight days a month) for full month’s pay.
That’s subsidy.
If all American farmers were to be allowed to
produce at their optimum levels, food would be
surplus and totally useless everywhere. The
American government has had the practice over
the years of paying some selected farmers to stay
at home, not producing anything during the year.
That’s subsidy.
In these places, the subsidy scheme is well
managed and it gets to the target population –
the poor. But in Nigeria, the exact opposite is the
case: the real beneficiaries are not the poor but
the middlemen and the rent seekers, contrary to
the argument usually advanced and which has
been at the heart of subsidy’s continuation, that
it is pro-poor.
As long as there are long queues in our filling
stations, we are merely compounding the
problems of the poor. When people queue and
sleep at petrol stations like refugees, besides the
human degradation involved, you have also
effectively reduced from their sources of livelihood
because the time spent at the stations are
wasted. Funds for infrastructural and human
capital development are frittered away on
dubious subsidy claims and payments to about
40 corporate citizens of Nigeria, to the utter
neglect of the rest of us.
Truly, petrol can sell for N40 a litre but things
must get worse before they get better. Subsidy is
strangulating us! We must take the tough
decision NOW – tighten our belts and let subsidy
go!
Those middlemen in the current supply chain
must go. Subsidy removal must be approached
through what we call “ the blind man and his
yam”. If you have to pill the blind man’s yam,
you must keep whistling while you do so as a sign
that you are not introducing the yam into your
own mouth.
Similarly, any substantial subsidy removal must
be immediately accompanied with the
rehabilitation and upgrading of the refineries so
the people can see what you are doing with
theirmoney. Once we meet our local needs,
importation will stop. When importation stops,
subsidy ends. The darkest part of the night is just
before dawn.
Let’s give ourselves one year to work on the
refineries during which period, as a way of
choosing the lesser of two evils, we shall allow
only the NNPC to import petroleum products
directly so that we can know exactly what we are
consuming.
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/the-subsidy-question-fuel-will-sell-for-n40-a-litre/
Politics / War Of Words Over In Senate Over Saraki by tinziemaine(m): 12:04am On Jun 11, 2015
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor; Henry
Umoru, Joseph Erunke, Johnbosco Agbakwuru &
Abiodun Alade
ABUJA— The rumbles from Tuesday’s election of
Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President
continued, yesterday, with opponents and
supporters of the nation’s new number three man
stalking one another in furtherance of upturning
or sustaining the new order.
Senator Saraki was nevertheless conciliatory
towards his antagonists in the ruling All
Progressives Congress, APC, as he dismissed
insinuations of his imminent defection from the
party. His insistence nonetheless, the bad blood
flowing from Saraki’s upset of the APC’s official
nominee for Senate President flowed into the
Senate session, yesterday, as the different camps
in the party squabbled over the legitimacy of the
inauguration. Besides, Senator Oluremi Tinubu,
yesterday, publicly snubbed a handshake from
the Senate President at the swearing-in of 28
senators who missed the oath-taking on Tuesday.
SARAKI’S FIRST PLENARY SESSION: Senate
President Bukola Saraki (M) going in for his first
plenary session as President of Senate yesterday.
Behind him is Deputy Senate President, Ike
Ekweremadu. Photo: NAN.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in its own
intervention, chided the APC over its threat of
sanctions on the new National Assembly
leadership, saying the ruling party had proved to
all that it was not prepared for governance. www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/war-of-words-in-senate-over-saraki/
Politics / Jigawa NSCDC Arrests An Illega Fake Drug Dealer by tinziemaine(m): 11:46pm On Jun 10, 2015
DUTSE-The Intelligence Operatives of Nigeria
Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Jigawa
State Command have arrested a fake drugs
suspect in the state with cartons of fake
Augmentin tablets.
The suspected drug dealer, Mr Sunday Orji, aged
32yrs allegedly confessed that he smuggles and
sales fake Augmentin tablets in cartons and sell to
other drug sellers and Pharmacists in different
parts of Jigawa State.
He also allegedly confessed during investigation
that that he did not sell his products in Jigawa
State alone, though he pleaded for mercy
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/jigawa-nscdc-arrests-an-illegal-fake-drug-dealer/
Music/Radio / Re: 10 Things You Don't Know About Dbanj by tinziemaine(m): 12:14am On Jun 10, 2015
Ziggyzito:
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no foul language jst advice well continue
Music/Radio / Re: 10 Things You Don't Know About Dbanj by tinziemaine(m): 12:14am On Jun 10, 2015
Ziggyzito:
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no foul language jst advice continue
Music/Radio / Re: 10 Things You Don't Know About Dbanj by tinziemaine(m): 12:10am On Jun 10, 2015
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Celebrities / Wizkids Official Email Accounts Hacked by tinziemaine(m): 11:20pm On Jun 09, 2015
Front line Nigerian artiste and Starboy
Music boss’, Ayo Balogun, popularly known
as Wizkid email accounts have been hacked
again.
Wizkid’s three official email accounts have been
tampered with by fraudsters, who have been
using it to send fraudulent emails to his business
partners and associates. The hacked email
accounts are: starboybookings@gmail.com,
ayobalogunwizkid339@gmail.com and
wizkidayo@gmail.com.
Wizkid
The new management handling Wizkid’s
business, List Entertainment led by Sunday Are,
has directed that all business transactions with
Wizkid should be done through it.
The 24 year old pop star signed on to a new
management company, List Entertainment in
April, 2015. The same management manages
Omawunmi. Wizkid had before now being
managed by Osagie Osarenkh, Godwin Tom and
Seun Johnson.
Recall that this is not the first time Wizkid’s email
account is reportedly hacked, his email address
wizkidayo@gmail.com was earlier this year
hacked. Other artistes whose email accounts have
been hacked before now include Omawumi and
Ramsey Nouah.

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