hello house .pls kindly assist with some advise .i have a blackberry bold 9930 from usa.it only works with an mtn line and not any other network.i have the MEP NUMBER AND UNLOCKING CODE.pls kindly assist with useful advise..

hello house did you attend the interview nov/dec 2012.pls kindly assist a fellow nigeria sister with question asked and other general info.many thanks

Heaven helps those who can identify the good airlines in Nigeria oh!
Trust Nigerians. They have DE-CODED all the airlines in Nigeria ALREADY!
In Nigeria, it is recommended and expected that airplanes must NOT be older than 20 years to fly!!
We will now take it one step further by giving each airline colour codes for easy identification for Nigerians to patronise or avoid like the plague ACCORDING TO THE AGE OF THEIR AIRCRAFTS.
Any airline that scores GREEN is SAFE to fly. Fly with them only.
ORANGE is RISKY to fly with. You are on your own oh (OYOO)!
RED is A KILLER! DO NOT FLY (DNF) WITH THEM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!
Scores will be:
Less than 15 years old……GREEN.
Between 15-20 years old…..ORANGE.
Over 20 years old…..RED!
AVERAGE AGE OF PLANES IN NAIJA !!

AIR NIGERIA… GREEN! (not bad…but look out if it’s the old one you have the bad luck of boarding).
Fleet Size: 12 Aircraft
Average Fleet Age: 13.5 years
Oldest Aircraft: 18.2 years

AERO CONTRACTORS….ORANGE! (Carry your bible and keep praying throughout the flight…and after just to thank God)….OYOO.
Fleet Size: 11 Aircraft (+ 1 On Order/Planned)
Average Fleet Age: 19.7 years
Oldest Aircraft: 20.7 years.

AFRICA CHARTER SERVICES…RED!!(...You must be Mad and suicidal to fly with them!) DNF.
Fleet Size: 2 Aircraft
Average Fleet Age: 32.1 years
Oldest Aircraft: 32.8 years

AIR TARABA….GREEN (Very safe).
Fleet Size: 0 (+1 on order/planned)
Average fleet age: 10.5 years

ARIK AIR…GREEN (SHAABE!! TEAR-RUBBER!! No shaking. Carry go!!).
Fleet size: 21 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 5.5 years
Oldest Aircraft: 11.3 years

AXIOM AIR….RED. (Do not fly) DNF.
Fleet size: 1 Aircraft
Fleet age: 24.5 years

CHANCHANGI AIRLINES….RED! (Do you have suicidal tendencies? DO NOT FLY!) DNF.
Fleet size: 6 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 25.6 years
Oldest aircraft: 30.2 years.

DANA AIR….RED! (Do not fly with them!). DNF.
Fleet size: 4 Aircraft (used to be five until Sunday’s crash)
Average fleet age: 21.4 years
Oldest aircraft: 21.7 years

FIRST NATION AIRWAYS….ORANGE (Carry your bible and keep praying throughout the flight…and after just to thank God). OYOO.
Fleet size: 3 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 18.4 years
Oldest aircraft: 19.3 years

GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA….GREEN (Oga dem sabi better tin. Who wan kpeme? Hitch a ride if you fit).
Fleet size: 2 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 9.5 years
Oldest aircraft: 12.1 years

IRS AIRLINES….RED (mba mba mba! Do not fly). DNF.
Fleet size: 5 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 21.6 years
Oldest aircraft: 22.5 years

KABO AIR….RED! RED! RED!! (YEEEEEEEPPPAAHHHH!!! DANGER! DANGER!! DANGER!!!...DO NOT FLY!! Why? Why?? Why are these people still operating? CLOSE THEM DOWN NOWW!!!) DNF.
Fleet size: 5 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 34.5 years
Oldest aircraft: 41.3 years

MAX AIR…RED! (Undertakers…dangerous) DNF.
Fleet size: 6 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 24.1 years
Oldest aircraft: 25.7 years

OVERLAND AIRWAYS….RED! (They will carry you underland. DO NOT FLY!) DNF.
Fleet size: 2 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 22.2 years
Oldest aircraft: 25.6 years

TRADECRAFT AIRLINES…RED! (DO NOT FLY). DNF.
Fleet size: 1 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 25.4 years

TRANSKY AIRLINES….RED! (DO NOT FLY). DNF.
Fleet size: 1 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 28.2 years

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! DO NOT SAY “I DIDN’T KNOW”. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED…BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!....Pass it on

Trust Nigerians. They have DE-CODED all the airlines in Nigeria ALREADY!
In Nigeria, it is recommended and expected that airplanes must NOT be older than 20 years to fly!!
We will now take it one step further by giving each airline colour codes for easy identification for Nigerians to patronise or avoid like the plague ACCORDING TO THE AGE OF THEIR AIRCRAFTS.
Any airline that scores GREEN is SAFE to fly. Fly with them only.
ORANGE is RISKY to fly with. You are on your own oh (OYOO)!
RED is A KILLER! DO NOT FLY (DNF) WITH THEM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!
Scores will be:
Less than 15 years old……GREEN.
Between 15-20 years old…..ORANGE.
Over 20 years old…..RED!
AVERAGE AGE OF PLANES IN NAIJA !!

AIR NIGERIA… GREEN! (not bad…but look out if it’s the old one you have the bad luck of boarding).
Fleet Size: 12 Aircraft
Average Fleet Age: 13.5 years
Oldest Aircraft: 18.2 years

AERO CONTRACTORS….ORANGE! (Carry your bible and keep praying throughout the flight…and after just to thank God)….OYOO.
Fleet Size: 11 Aircraft (+ 1 On Order/Planned)
Average Fleet Age: 19.7 years
Oldest Aircraft: 20.7 years.

AFRICA CHARTER SERVICES…RED!!(...You must be Mad and suicidal to fly with them!) DNF.
Fleet Size: 2 Aircraft
Average Fleet Age: 32.1 years
Oldest Aircraft: 32.8 years

AIR TARABA….GREEN (Very safe).
Fleet Size: 0 (+1 on order/planned)
Average fleet age: 10.5 years

ARIK AIR…GREEN (SHAABE!! TEAR-RUBBER!! No shaking. Carry go!!).
Fleet size: 21 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 5.5 years
Oldest Aircraft: 11.3 years

AXIOM AIR….RED. (Do not fly) DNF.
Fleet size: 1 Aircraft
Fleet age: 24.5 years

CHANCHANGI AIRLINES….RED! (Do you have suicidal tendencies? DO NOT FLY!) DNF.
Fleet size: 6 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 25.6 years
Oldest aircraft: 30.2 years.

DANA AIR….RED! (Do not fly with them!). DNF.
Fleet size: 4 Aircraft (used to be five until Sunday’s crash)
Average fleet age: 21.4 years
Oldest aircraft: 21.7 years

FIRST NATION AIRWAYS….ORANGE (Carry your bible and keep praying throughout the flight…and after just to thank God). OYOO.
Fleet size: 3 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 18.4 years
Oldest aircraft: 19.3 years

GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA….GREEN (Oga dem sabi better tin. Who wan kpeme? Hitch a ride if you fit).
Fleet size: 2 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 9.5 years
Oldest aircraft: 12.1 years

IRS AIRLINES….RED (mba mba mba! Do not fly). DNF.
Fleet size: 5 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 21.6 years
Oldest aircraft: 22.5 years

KABO AIR….RED! RED! RED!! (YEEEEEEEPPPAAHHHH!!! DANGER! DANGER!! DANGER!!!...DO NOT FLY!! Why? Why?? Why are these people still operating? CLOSE THEM DOWN NOWW!!!) DNF.
Fleet size: 5 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 34.5 years
Oldest aircraft: 41.3 years

MAX AIR…RED! (Undertakers…dangerous) DNF.
Fleet size: 6 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 24.1 years
Oldest aircraft: 25.7 years

OVERLAND AIRWAYS….RED! (They will carry you underland. DO NOT FLY!) DNF.
Fleet size: 2 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 22.2 years
Oldest aircraft: 25.6 years

TRADECRAFT AIRLINES…RED! (DO NOT FLY). DNF.
Fleet size: 1 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 25.4 years

TRANSKY AIRLINES….RED! (DO NOT FLY). DNF.
Fleet size: 1 Aircraft
Average fleet age: 28.2 years

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! DO NOT SAY “I DIDN’T KNOW”. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED…BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!....Pass it o

pls go and sit down and stop making noise.go tell the vulture boko haram to stop killing people ok.army must remain.if u do not like go to court simple.

April 8, 2011
T win bomb blasts in Niger and Kaduna States on the eve of botched April 9 National Assembly election claimed the lives of eight corps members and a suicide bomber respectively. The Niger State explosion took place in the premises of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Suleja, while the Kaduna blast occurred when one of three sacks of 100 dynamites exploded, killing one of the couriers and leaving another injured


April 9, 2011
An explosion at a polling unit in Unguwar Doki near Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State, left a suicide bomber dead. The explosion occurred in a polling unit near Maiduguri International Hotel shortly after the accreditation of voters began.

April 25, 2011
Three bombs exploded in Maiduguri killing at least three persons. Two of the blasts occurred in a hotel, while the other took place in a transport hub that night. Victims were rushed to hospitals. Boko Haram promised to fight on until Muslims regain their freedom all over Nigeria.

May 19, 2011
Three policemen and two soldiers were injured during an early morning bomb blast along Lagos Street in Maiduguri. The bomb was suspected to have been planted by members of the Boko Haram sect.

May 29, 2011
On the day of President Goodluck Jonathan’s inauguration, three bomb blasts rocked Zuba near Abuja, Zaria and Maiduguri. Two people died in the explosion, while 16 others, including children, were seriously injured. The explosion in Zuba, a border community between Abuja and Niger State, according to reports, occurred at a beer parlour that night.

May 30, 2011
Thirteen people were confirmed dead, while 40 others were seriously injured in an explosion which rocked Nigeria Army’s Mammy Market, Shadawanka Barracks in Bauchi State. Earlier, an early morning bomb explosion had occurred along Baga Road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, which created apprehension among residents of the city.

June 7, 2011
Five persons died while several others were injured in three separate bomb blasts in Maiduguri. The bombs were said to have been planted by members of the Boko Haram that afternoon. One of the blasts took place beside St. Patrick’s Catholic Church; another at Gwange ward and the last at Kano Motor Park in the city.

June 10, 2011
An explosion was averted in Kaduna when men of the Police Anti-Bomb Disposal Unit successfully detonated a live bomb planted in a market located at Gonin-Gora, in Southern part of Kaduna.

June 16, 2011
A bomb exploded inside the Nigerian Police headquarters in Abuja, killing three and some others injured. The bomb exploded in a car park inside the police headquarters.

July 9, 2011
A joint military operation against the Boko Haram sect resulted in the death of 30 persons including a 13-year-old boy in Maiduguri. Also in Suleja, Niger State, a bomb targeted at a church killed four and many others injured.

July 10, 2011
The Nigeria Army said it had shot 11 members of the Boko Haram dead and denied insinuations that civilians were among the victims.

July 11, 201
The Boko Haram sect bombed a relaxation joint in Kaduna injuring seven persons. The incident occurred at about 10.30pm at Fokados Street in the metropolis. Authorities of the University of Maiduguri shut the institution and announced the suspension of studies indefinitely as a result of the upsurge of insecurity in the city.

July 12, 2011
Five persons were killed in a fresh explosion when members of Boko Haram threw an explosive device on a moving military patrol vehicle. Spokesman of the Joint Taskforce Operation Restore Order (JTORO), Col. Victor Ebhaleme, said a pick-up van with some passengers matched on the planted bomb at the Total Filling station and it exploded.

July 13, 2011
Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo States evacuated their citizens from Maiduguri as a result of prevalent insecurity in the state.

July 15, 2011
Another explosion in Maiduguri rocked the Borno State capital, injuring five police officers.

July 23, 2011
A bomb explosion occurred near the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Umar Garbai Elkanemi, leaving three soldiers injured. The bomb was believed to have been targeted at the patrol van of Joint Task Force on surveillance duty.

July 25, 2011
A bomb exploded near the palace of a traditional ruler in Maiduguri, killing eight people and injuring others. The Associated Press reported that spokesman for Joint Task Force, Lt. Col. Hassan Mohammed, refused to confirm deaths in the incident but an anonymous member of staff of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital said he saw two corpses of victims being taken to the hospital’s mortuary.

July 30, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan set up a committee to negotiate with the sect which has claimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks in North-eastern Nigeria and Abuja. The committee was set up after a meeting between Jonathan and local leaders in Borno State.

August 15, 2011
A 25-year-old suicide bomber was shot dead by the police when he drove into the gate of the state police headquarters in Maiduguri and headed for the main building in an attempt to detonate the bomb. The suicide bomber was suspected to be a member of the Boko Haram in the state.

August 19, 2011
Members of the Boko Haram shot three policemen and a civilian dead after breaking into the house of one of the police officers. Suppliers of explosives to the Boko Haram were arrested in Maiduguri. The state Police Commissioner Simeon Midenda failed to disclose the name of the supplier.

August 25, 2011
Members of Boko Haram killed four policemen and one soldier in Gombi, Adamawa State . They later proceeded to two first generation banks where they killed seven members of staff and carted away an undisclosed sum of money.

August 26, 2011
The United Nations building in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was reduced to rubbles following a deadly suicide bombing. Nineteen people were killed while 60 others were severely wounded. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon condemned the act. Boko Haram claimed responsibility.

August 26, 2011
The sect claims responsibility for a suicide bomb blast on the UN compound in Abuja, killing 23 people.

September 1, 2011
There was a shootout between Boko Haram members and soldiers in Song, Adamawa State, leading to the killing of one member of the sect while another was injured and captured.

September 4, 2011
Muslim cleric, Malam Dala, shot dead by two members of Boko Haram outside his home in the Zinnari area of Maiduguri.

September 12, 2011
Seven men, including four policemen, are killed by Boko Haram in bomb and shooting attacks on a police station and a bank in Misau, Bauchi State. The attackers rob the bank.

September 13, 2011
Members of Boko Haram shot and wounded four soldiers in an ambush in Maiduguri shortly after the arrest of 15 sect members during military raids on Boko Haram hideouts in the city.

September 15, 2011
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo visited Babakura Fugu, brother-in-law to slain Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf, on a peace mission.

September 17, 2011
Fugu, brother-in-law to slain Boko Haram leader Yusuf, was shot dead outside his house in Maiduguri by two members of the sect, two days after he was visited by former President Obasanjo in Maiduguri.

October 3, 2011
Three persons were killed in Boko Haram attacks on Baga market in Maiduguri. The victims included a tea-seller, a drug store owner and a passer-by.

October 1, 2011
A butcher and his assistant were killed by gunmen at Baga market in Maiduguri in a targeted killing. In a separate incident, three people were killed in a shootout following Boko Haram bomb and shooting attacks on a military patrol vehicle delivering food to soldiers at a checkpoint in Maiduguri. All three victims were civilians.

December 5, 2011
Court convicted Sanda Konduga.

December 13, 2011
A suspected Boko Haram member was killed after detonating an explosive at London Chikin ward of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The early morning blast damaged valuable property in the area, including a Volkswagen Golf car with which the deceased carried out his act.

December 18, 2011
Three members of Boko Haram were killed by their own bombs in an explosion which rocked Shuwari, Maiduguri. Spokesman of the group, Abul Qaqa, confirmed that the victims were members of the group. He said the group has hundreds of members that are willing to sacrifice their lives for their beliefs.

December 19, 2011
An explosion hit a building in Kaduna. Two people were injured. Police said the building was a bomb factory.

December 19, 2011
An Abuja Federal High Court granted bail to the Senator Aliyu Ndume who is facing four counts of terrorism against him. Ndume was charged for allegedly sponsoring terrorist acts.

December 22, 2011
Four people were killed and several others injured as Boko Haram struck in Maiduguri, Borno State and Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, using explosives and guns. Members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) were among the casualties.

April 8, 2011
T win bomb blasts in Niger and Kaduna States on the eve of botched April 9 National Assembly election claimed the lives of eight corps members and a suicide bomber respectively. The Niger State explosion took place in the premises of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Suleja, while the Kaduna blast occurred when one of three sacks of 100 dynamites exploded, killing one of the couriers and leaving another injured


April 9, 2011
An explosion at a polling unit in Unguwar Doki near Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State, left a suicide bomber dead. The explosion occurred in a polling unit near Maiduguri International Hotel shortly after the accreditation of voters began.

April 25, 2011
Three bombs exploded in Maiduguri killing at least three persons. Two of the blasts occurred in a hotel, while the other took place in a transport hub that night. Victims were rushed to hospitals. Boko Haram promised to fight on until Muslims regain their freedom all over Nigeria.

May 19, 2011
Three policemen and two soldiers were injured during an early morning bomb blast along Lagos Street in Maiduguri. The bomb was suspected to have been planted by members of the Boko Haram sect.

May 29, 2011
On the day of President Goodluck Jonathan’s inauguration, three bomb blasts rocked Zuba near Abuja, Zaria and Maiduguri. Two people died in the explosion, while 16 others, including children, were seriously injured. The explosion in Zuba, a border community between Abuja and Niger State, according to reports, occurred at a beer parlour that night.

May 30, 2011
Thirteen people were confirmed dead, while 40 others were seriously injured in an explosion which rocked Nigeria Army’s Mammy Market, Shadawanka Barracks in Bauchi State. Earlier, an early morning bomb explosion had occurred along Baga Road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, which created apprehension among residents of the city.

June 7, 2011
Five persons died while several others were injured in three separate bomb blasts in Maiduguri. The bombs were said to have been planted by members of the Boko Haram that afternoon. One of the blasts took place beside St. Patrick’s Catholic Church; another at Gwange ward and the last at Kano Motor Park in the city.

June 10, 2011
An explosion was averted in Kaduna when men of the Police Anti-Bomb Disposal Unit successfully detonated a live bomb planted in a market located at Gonin-Gora, in Southern part of Kaduna.

June 16, 2011
A bomb exploded inside the Nigerian Police headquarters in Abuja, killing three and some others injured. The bomb exploded in a car park inside the police headquarters.

July 9, 2011
A joint military operation against the Boko Haram sect resulted in the death of 30 persons including a 13-year-old boy in Maiduguri. Also in Suleja, Niger State, a bomb targeted at a church killed four and many others injured.

July 10, 2011
The Nigeria Army said it had shot 11 members of the Boko Haram dead and denied insinuations that civilians were among the victims.

July 11, 201
The Boko Haram sect bombed a relaxation joint in Kaduna injuring seven persons. The incident occurred at about 10.30pm at Fokados Street in the metropolis. Authorities of the University of Maiduguri shut the institution and announced the suspension of studies indefinitely as a result of the upsurge of insecurity in the city.

July 12, 2011
Five persons were killed in a fresh explosion when members of Boko Haram threw an explosive device on a moving military patrol vehicle. Spokesman of the Joint Taskforce Operation Restore Order (JTORO), Col. Victor Ebhaleme, said a pick-up van with some passengers matched on the planted bomb at the Total Filling station and it exploded.

July 13, 2011
Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo States evacuated their citizens from Maiduguri as a result of prevalent insecurity in the state.

July 15, 2011
Another explosion in Maiduguri rocked the Borno State capital, injuring five police officers.

July 23, 2011
A bomb explosion occurred near the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Umar Garbai Elkanemi, leaving three soldiers injured. The bomb was believed to have been targeted at the patrol van of Joint Task Force on surveillance duty.

July 25, 2011
A bomb exploded near the palace of a traditional ruler in Maiduguri, killing eight people and injuring others. The Associated Press reported that spokesman for Joint Task Force, Lt. Col. Hassan Mohammed, refused to confirm deaths in the incident but an anonymous member of staff of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital said he saw two corpses of victims being taken to the hospital’s mortuary.

July 30, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan set up a committee to negotiate with the sect which has claimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks in North-eastern Nigeria and Abuja. The committee was set up after a meeting between Jonathan and local leaders in Borno State.

August 15, 2011
A 25-year-old suicide bomber was shot dead by the police when he drove into the gate of the state police headquarters in Maiduguri and headed for the main building in an attempt to detonate the bomb. The suicide bomber was suspected to be a member of the Boko Haram in the state.

August 19, 2011
Members of the Boko Haram shot three policemen and a civilian dead after breaking into the house of one of the police officers. Suppliers of explosives to the Boko Haram were arrested in Maiduguri. The state Police Commissioner Simeon Midenda failed to disclose the name of the supplier.

August 25, 2011
Members of Boko Haram killed four policemen and one soldier in Gombi, Adamawa State . They later proceeded to two first generation banks where they killed seven members of staff and carted away an undisclosed sum of money.

August 26, 2011
The United Nations building in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was reduced to rubbles following a deadly suicide bombing. Nineteen people were killed while 60 others were severely wounded. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon condemned the act. Boko Haram claimed responsibility.

August 26, 2011
The sect claims responsibility for a suicide bomb blast on the UN compound in Abuja, killing 23 people.

September 1, 2011
There was a shootout between Boko Haram members and soldiers in Song, Adamawa State, leading to the killing of one member of the sect while another was injured and captured.

September 4, 2011
Muslim cleric, Malam Dala, shot dead by two members of Boko Haram outside his home in the Zinnari area of Maiduguri.

September 12, 2011
Seven men, including four policemen, are killed by Boko Haram in bomb and shooting attacks on a police station and a bank in Misau, Bauchi State. The attackers rob the bank.

September 13, 2011
Members of Boko Haram shot and wounded four soldiers in an ambush in Maiduguri shortly after the arrest of 15 sect members during military raids on Boko Haram hideouts in the city.

September 15, 2011
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo visited Babakura Fugu, brother-in-law to slain Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf, on a peace mission.

September 17, 2011
Fugu, brother-in-law to slain Boko Haram leader Yusuf, was shot dead outside his house in Maiduguri by two members of the sect, two days after he was visited by former President Obasanjo in Maiduguri.

October 3, 2011
Three persons were killed in Boko Haram attacks on Baga market in Maiduguri. The victims included a tea-seller, a drug store owner and a passer-by.

October 1, 2011
A butcher and his assistant were killed by gunmen at Baga market in Maiduguri in a targeted killing. In a separate incident, three people were killed in a shootout following Boko Haram bomb and shooting attacks on a military patrol vehicle delivering food to soldiers at a checkpoint in Maiduguri. All three victims were civilians.

December 5, 2011
Court convicted Sanda Konduga.

December 13, 2011
A suspected Boko Haram member was killed after detonating an explosive at London Chikin ward of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The early morning blast damaged valuable property in the area, including a Volkswagen Golf car with which the deceased carried out his act.

December 18, 2011
Three members of Boko Haram were killed by their own bombs in an explosion which rocked Shuwari, Maiduguri. Spokesman of the group, Abul Qaqa, confirmed that the victims were members of the group. He said the group has hundreds of members that are willing to sacrifice their lives for their beliefs.

December 19, 2011
An explosion hit a building in Kaduna. Two people were injured. Police said the building was a bomb factory.

December 19, 2011
An Abuja Federal High Court granted bail to the Senator Aliyu Ndume who is facing four counts of terrorism against him. Ndume was charged for allegedly sponsoring terrorist acts.

December 22, 2011
Four people were killed and several others injured as Boko Haram struck in Maiduguri, Borno State and Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, using explosives and guns. Members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) were among the casualties.

April 8, 2011
T win bomb blasts in Niger and Kaduna States on the eve of botched April 9 National Assembly election claimed the lives of eight corps members and a suicide bomber respectively. The Niger State explosion took place in the premises of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Suleja, while the Kaduna blast occurred when one of three sacks of 100 dynamites exploded, killing one of the couriers and leaving another injured


April 9, 2011
An explosion at a polling unit in Unguwar Doki near Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State, left a suicide bomber dead. The explosion occurred in a polling unit near Maiduguri International Hotel shortly after the accreditation of voters began.

April 25, 2011
Three bombs exploded in Maiduguri killing at least three persons. Two of the blasts occurred in a hotel, while the other took place in a transport hub that night. Victims were rushed to hospitals. Boko Haram promised to fight on until Muslims regain their freedom all over Nigeria.

May 19, 2011
Three policemen and two soldiers were injured during an early morning bomb blast along Lagos Street in Maiduguri. The bomb was suspected to have been planted by members of the Boko Haram sect.

May 29, 2011
On the day of President Goodluck Jonathan’s inauguration, three bomb blasts rocked Zuba near Abuja, Zaria and Maiduguri. Two people died in the explosion, while 16 others, including children, were seriously injured. The explosion in Zuba, a border community between Abuja and Niger State, according to reports, occurred at a beer parlour that night.

May 30, 2011
Thirteen people were confirmed dead, while 40 others were seriously injured in an explosion which rocked Nigeria Army’s Mammy Market, Shadawanka Barracks in Bauchi State. Earlier, an early morning bomb explosion had occurred along Baga Road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, which created apprehension among residents of the city.

June 7, 2011
Five persons died while several others were injured in three separate bomb blasts in Maiduguri. The bombs were said to have been planted by members of the Boko Haram that afternoon. One of the blasts took place beside St. Patrick’s Catholic Church; another at Gwange ward and the last at Kano Motor Park in the city.

June 10, 2011
An explosion was averted in Kaduna when men of the Police Anti-Bomb Disposal Unit successfully detonated a live bomb planted in a market located at Gonin-Gora, in Southern part of Kaduna.

June 16, 2011
A bomb exploded inside the Nigerian Police headquarters in Abuja, killing three and some others injured. The bomb exploded in a car park inside the police headquarters.

July 9, 2011
A joint military operation against the Boko Haram sect resulted in the death of 30 persons including a 13-year-old boy in Maiduguri. Also in Suleja, Niger State, a bomb targeted at a church killed four and many others injured.

July 10, 2011
The Nigeria Army said it had shot 11 members of the Boko Haram dead and denied insinuations that civilians were among the victims.

July 11, 201
The Boko Haram sect bombed a relaxation joint in Kaduna injuring seven persons. The incident occurred at about 10.30pm at Fokados Street in the metropolis. Authorities of the University of Maiduguri shut the institution and announced the suspension of studies indefinitely as a result of the upsurge of insecurity in the city.

July 12, 2011
Five persons were killed in a fresh explosion when members of Boko Haram threw an explosive device on a moving military patrol vehicle. Spokesman of the Joint Taskforce Operation Restore Order (JTORO), Col. Victor Ebhaleme, said a pick-up van with some passengers matched on the planted bomb at the Total Filling station and it exploded.

July 13, 2011
Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo States evacuated their citizens from Maiduguri as a result of prevalent insecurity in the state.

July 15, 2011
Another explosion in Maiduguri rocked the Borno State capital, injuring five police officers.

July 23, 2011
A bomb explosion occurred near the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Umar Garbai Elkanemi, leaving three soldiers injured. The bomb was believed to have been targeted at the patrol van of Joint Task Force on surveillance duty.

July 25, 2011
A bomb exploded near the palace of a traditional ruler in Maiduguri, killing eight people and injuring others. The Associated Press reported that spokesman for Joint Task Force, Lt. Col. Hassan Mohammed, refused to confirm deaths in the incident but an anonymous member of staff of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital said he saw two corpses of victims being taken to the hospital’s mortuary.

July 30, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan set up a committee to negotiate with the sect which has claimed responsibility for a series of bomb attacks in North-eastern Nigeria and Abuja. The committee was set up after a meeting between Jonathan and local leaders in Borno State.

August 15, 2011
A 25-year-old suicide bomber was shot dead by the police when he drove into the gate of the state police headquarters in Maiduguri and headed for the main building in an attempt to detonate the bomb. The suicide bomber was suspected to be a member of the Boko Haram in the state.

August 19, 2011
Members of the Boko Haram shot three policemen and a civilian dead after breaking into the house of one of the police officers. Suppliers of explosives to the Boko Haram were arrested in Maiduguri. The state Police Commissioner Simeon Midenda failed to disclose the name of the supplier.

August 25, 2011
Members of Boko Haram killed four policemen and one soldier in Gombi, Adamawa State . They later proceeded to two first generation banks where they killed seven members of staff and carted away an undisclosed sum of money.

August 26, 2011
The United Nations building in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was reduced to rubbles following a deadly suicide bombing. Nineteen people were killed while 60 others were severely wounded. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon condemned the act. Boko Haram claimed responsibility.

August 26, 2011
The sect claims responsibility for a suicide bomb blast on the UN compound in Abuja, killing 23 people.

September 1, 2011
There was a shootout between Boko Haram members and soldiers in Song, Adamawa State, leading to the killing of one member of the sect while another was injured and captured.

September 4, 2011
Muslim cleric, Malam Dala, shot dead by two members of Boko Haram outside his home in the Zinnari area of Maiduguri.

September 12, 2011
Seven men, including four policemen, are killed by Boko Haram in bomb and shooting attacks on a police station and a bank in Misau, Bauchi State. The attackers rob the bank.

September 13, 2011
Members of Boko Haram shot and wounded four soldiers in an ambush in Maiduguri shortly after the arrest of 15 sect members during military raids on Boko Haram hideouts in the city.

September 15, 2011
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo visited Babakura Fugu, brother-in-law to slain Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf, on a peace mission.

September 17, 2011
Fugu, brother-in-law to slain Boko Haram leader Yusuf, was shot dead outside his house in Maiduguri by two members of the sect, two days after he was visited by former President Obasanjo in Maiduguri.

October 3, 2011
Three persons were killed in Boko Haram attacks on Baga market in Maiduguri. The victims included a tea-seller, a drug store owner and a passer-by.

October 1, 2011
A butcher and his assistant were killed by gunmen at Baga market in Maiduguri in a targeted killing. In a separate incident, three people were killed in a shootout following Boko Haram bomb and shooting attacks on a military patrol vehicle delivering food to soldiers at a checkpoint in Maiduguri. All three victims were civilians.

December 5, 2011
Court convicted Sanda Konduga.

December 13, 2011
A suspected Boko Haram member was killed after detonating an explosive at London Chikin ward of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The early morning blast damaged valuable property in the area, including a Volkswagen Golf car with which the deceased carried out his act.

December 18, 2011
Three members of Boko Haram were killed by their own bombs in an explosion which rocked Shuwari, Maiduguri. Spokesman of the group, Abul Qaqa, confirmed that the victims were members of the group. He said the group has hundreds of members that are willing to sacrifice their lives for their beliefs.

December 19, 2011
An explosion hit a building in Kaduna. Two people were injured. Police said the building was a bomb factory.

December 19, 2011
An Abuja Federal High Court granted bail to the Senator Aliyu Ndume who is facing four counts of terrorism against him. Ndume was charged for allegedly sponsoring terrorist acts.

December 22, 2011
Four people were killed and several others injured as Boko Haram struck in Maiduguri, Borno State and Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, using explosives and guns. Members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) were among the casualties.

boko haram is laying a foundation for Ethno-Religious division and hate .which may lead to war in nigeria

why are the muslim leaders in the north silent on boko haram activties.it pls them.maybe or maybe not

freecocoa u do not need to be confused ok.heaven and hell is a choice.make up ur made ok.do not been fool.johova or c and s OR EVEN OLUBAOLUBA.what GOD is after is ur soul simple.church does not garantee ur heaven.shine ur eye well well.if you wHAT to know the bible and holiness of life ATTEND deep life is the place other churches also hv der area of strength.bibile knownlede is next to perfect not johavan witness ok.make up ur mind.


heaven and hell na choice.case closed.

they must be destory.a must nation hv zero tolerance toward vulture and demon.they hv been brainwash by der leader.u s a and al qead network.russia and cheche islamic movement.destroy them simple.america killed is citizen allaki who was a vulture.case closed

many road and refinery have been constructed on the pages of newspaper.we shall wait and see.

pls jonathan resign.u are too weak to rule this nations

has jonathan failed on national security , bombing eveery where.where is obasanjo the destroyer.jonathan is weak.

move on with life

not him but his followers are boko haram.

;d

US Embassy has realeased an urgent update of an impending BH attack on Abuja, Sheraton, transcorp, Nicon luxury mentioned.

No doubt, elements of subsidy exist in the pricing of petrol and kerosene sold in Nigeria. But before the federal government throws all of us into an unprecedented confusion by an unplanned removal of this subsidy, we must ask questions because once the nation starts to burn you never know.

The refineries in Nigeria produce some quantity of petrol, what is the cost of that fuel? Diesel is deregulated already and so nobody bothers about that type of fuel. What of kerosene, called DPK, how much does it cost to produce it in Nigeria and how much is it sold? What of jet A1, also known as DPK (the fuel to fly aeroplanes), where is it from and how much is it sold? The back page article in the PILOT newspaper of October 15, 2011 should interest a lot of readers because it contained a summary of per litre fuel pump price in both OPEC and non-OPEC economies.

The survey says per litre pump price of petrol in Iran is N58.40k; Kuwait N30.66k; Qatar N32.12k; Saudi Arabia N17.52k; UAE N54.02k; Venezuela N5.84k; Libya N15.95k; Egypt N46.72k; Malaysia N73; Mexico N81.76k; Bahrain N39.42k; Russia N90.52k; USA N108.04 and Indonesia N81.14. As at August 15, 2011, based on its pricing template, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said the landing cost of a litre of petrol in Nigeria is N129.21; the margin for transporters and marketers is N15.49; the expected pump price ought to be N144.70 per litre instead of the N65 per litre that is charged. This means a so-called subsidy of N79.70 assumed by government on every litre of petrol sold in Nigeria.


All the countries mentioned above own functioning and efficient refineries to produce petrol, diesel and kerosene for their domestic economies. Nigerian refineries also produce some quantity of petrol; let the PPPRA tell the Nigerian public what the per litre cost of locally refined petrol is in Nigeria. As a people, we should introduce rigours in our public life so that transparency and accountability can be promoted. If the true selling price of per litre of imported fuel in Nigeria is N144.70 and the government has not found it necessary to invest in refineries, who should be blamed?


Let us examine the cost components of imported petrol. But this imported fuel is actually round-tripped because the original crude is taken from the shores of Nigeria and sold to dedicated refineries. When the crude oil is loaded into the ships in Nigeria, there are huge handling charges at the port, plus insurance and haulage charges to cover the cargo as it sails to the foreign refineries, port charges as it enters into the foreign countries and production cost. After the refining has been done, the refined petrol now is sold to big oil traders who now sell to Nigerian government big boys and the fuel is then loaded onto ships bound for Nigeria and the cost builds-up again viz: port charges in the host country, excise duties, and then haulage and insurance on the vessel and its content to Lagos plus port charges at destination, demurrage and security charges. Details of exchange of Sovereign Debt Notes and the off-takes at the ports will not interest readers here. But the cost of locally refined petrol is not the same as imported fuel. The Nigeria Labour Congress must find out.


The matter is beyond the existence of a fuel cartel. It touches the heart of the federal government from pre- President Goodluck Jonathan era and exposes the naivety of National Assembly members.


Two more areas need to be examined. These are the role of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) and the use and abuse of DPK (dual purpose kerosene). The main duty of PEF is to ensure that by picking up the haulage charges on distribution trucks from one depot location to another, it ensures that the price of fuel is equalised across the country. To move a truck of petrol from Lagos to Kano, for instance, would cost about N200, 000.00 per truck in haulage cost and it is the duty of PEF to reimburse the major marketers for this cost and thereby maintaining a flat rate of N65 per litre in the country. If a major marketer moves 1,000 trucks to several of such locations in one month, PEF reimburses the company.

It is this component that is the subsidy in this case. If a major marketer moves 60 trucks and enters PEF claims for 500 trucks, who cares, when everyone is happy? If this is replicated across the seven odd major and numerous independent marketers, Nigerians can imagine how much is truly lost in haulage claims and where part of the subsidy really ends up. The pockets of Petroleum Products Marketing Company staff, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation staff, government officials and major petroleum marketing companies are full to the brim and bursting. But the nation groans. Let PEF be cancelled today and fuel pricing at different locations in the country should reflect full haulage rate.


The other item in this subsidy saga is the kerosene factor. The Nigerian refineries actually produce kerosene and it is a known fact that DPK is used for household needs and to fly aeroplanes. The government has fixed a price of N50 per litre of kerosene but consumers get it for N95 per litre. No matter what government does, it won’t change anything in DPK. The pressure on kerosene comes from one major source – airlines.

The kerosene used by airlines has to be very pure because even a speck of dust in a huge volume of DPK can cause havoc in an aircraft. Ninety percent of the kerosene produced by the refineries is allocated to the major oil marketers and it ends up in the tanks of aircrafts. If PPMC sells kerosene to major marketers at N44 per litre, the major marketers sell this kerosene to the airlines at N165 per litre.

The consumption of DPK by aircraft is quite substantial. A 747 aircraft from Lagos to London uses as much as 30,000 litres of DPK and a 737 aircraft to Kano from Lagos uses as much as 5,000 litres of jet fuel in the minimum. However, the poor Nigerians are only allowed to buy 50 litres of DPK per transaction, over and above the government rate of N50 per litre and, yet, not enough kerosene for the poor. It is obvious where the kerosene goes and everyone in government and in NNPC knows what the true story is. The recent statement by Deizani Alison-Madueke, the petroleum resources minister, that the subsidy on kerosene is to remain is a fraudulent statement because the games played with kerosene are known and government officials want some subsidy to remain for the boys and their girls. If the haulage subsidy is removed and DPK from refineries is coloured, there will be kerosene all over Nigeria at N50 per litre and it won’t be diverted to jet fuel. Colouring kerosene for domestic use is the answer not subsidy retention. Let DPK for aircraft be priced appropriately.


Removing subsidy on petroleum products must be done correctly and within the proper context. Experts say that 200,000 barrels per day refinery can be built in nine months at a cost of US$4.0 billion. Let government partner with Nigerian and foreign investors and oil majors such as Shell, Exxon-Mobil etc, draw from its foreign reserves, as was done to pay foreign creditors in 2006, and build two of such refineries within 2012 in readiness for subsidy removal. The management of these new refineries can be contracted out to the technical partners for 50 years while Nigerians acquire technical and managerial competence in the interim. On the existing refineries, the federal government should assign the responsibility for their maintenance to those companies that built them, in the first place. The output of the local refineries will then be sold at local market rate – no PEF, no imported inflation! If new refineries are built, old ones are working and crude oil is available at market rate, fuels from them are sold at market prices, private investors would be persuaded to invest in refineries.


But there is a huge challenge. If fuel subsidy is removed, savings of N1.2trillion will be made and to be used for what? It is very clear in my mind that the governors, ministers, legislators and politicians will, ultimately, embezzle the money. The number of ex-governors and former ministers in court over corruption charges justifies my expectations. National Assembly members will earn N30 million each a month for the very hard work they do. Proceeds of subsidy removed will now end up in the pockets of politicians rather than in the hands of the private sector boys; it is mere abracadabra! Fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria is always preceded by so much turmoil.

Government then promises palliatives to calm frayed nerves. When President Ibrahim Babangida removed subsidy in 1987 he set up Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructure and it failed. He then set up Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission and it also failed. It was only General Sani Abacha that succeeded in transferring subsidy removal benefits to Nigerians through the instrumentality of Petroleum Trust Fund. All the promises made by President Olusegun Obasanjo on the use of subsidy proceeds failed to materialise. So President Goodluck Jonathan needs to tell us what he wants to do with proceeds of removed subsidy and the framework to apply. State governors must pledge to remove the inglorious immunity clause before subsidy is removed. We have to police governors more closely.


But is it timely to remove fuel subsidy? Are we inviting chaos of the Arab type? My honest advice is to ask the federal government to properly run existing refineries and build two or more refineries in the next 12 months before it fully removes subsidies. It should abolish PEF, in the first instance, and sell locally produced petrol at its true cost plus graduated marketers’ margin to take care of distance from refineries’ location. Oil majors and independents can import fuel by themselves without interfering with Nigeria’s crude export and such fuel is acquired by PPMC based on need and sold at the same price as locally produced petrol, thereby reducing the subsidy elements in fuel price. When other preconditions are met subsidy can be finally removed.

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No doubt, elements of subsidy exist in the pricing of petrol and kerosene sold in Nigeria. But before the federal government throws all of us into an unprecedented confusion by an unplanned removal of this subsidy, we must ask questions because once the nation starts to burn you never know.

The refineries in Nigeria produce some quantity of petrol, what is the cost of that fuel? Diesel is deregulated already and so nobody bothers about that type of fuel. What of kerosene, called DPK, how much does it cost to produce it in Nigeria and how much is it sold? What of jet A1, also known as DPK (the fuel to fly aeroplanes), where is it from and how much is it sold? The back page article in the PILOT newspaper of October 15, 2011 should interest a lot of readers because it contained a summary of per litre fuel pump price in both OPEC and non-OPEC economies.



jonathan wakeup







The survey says per litre pump price of petrol in Iran is N58.40k; Kuwait N30.66k; Qatar N32.12k; Saudi Arabia N17.52k; UAE N54.02k; Venezuela N5.84k; Libya N15.95k; Egypt N46.72k; Malaysia N73; Mexico N81.76k; Bahrain N39.42k; Russia N90.52k; USA N108.04 and Indonesia N81.14. As at August 15, 2011, based on its pricing template, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said the landing cost of a litre of petrol in Nigeria is N129.21; the margin for transporters and marketers is N15.49; the expected pump price ought to be N144.70 per litre instead of the N65 per litre that is charged. This means a so-called subsidy of N79.70 assumed by government on every litre of petrol sold in Nigeria.


All the countries mentioned above own functioning and efficient refineries to produce petrol, diesel and kerosene for their domestic economies. Nigerian refineries also produce some quantity of petrol; let the PPPRA tell the Nigerian public what the per litre cost of locally refined petrol is in Nigeria. As a people, we should introduce rigours in our public life so that transparency and accountability can be promoted. If the true selling price of per litre of imported fuel in Nigeria is N144.70 and the government has not found it necessary to invest in refineries, who should be blamed?


Let us examine the cost components of imported petrol. But this imported fuel is actually round-tripped because the original crude is taken from the shores of Nigeria and sold to dedicated refineries. When the crude oil is loaded into the ships in Nigeria, there are huge handling charges at the port, plus insurance and haulage charges to cover the cargo as it sails to the foreign refineries, port charges as it enters into the foreign countries and production cost. After the refining has been done, the refined petrol now is sold to big oil traders who now sell to Nigerian government big boys and the fuel is then loaded onto ships bound for Nigeria and the cost builds-up again viz: port charges in the host country, excise duties, and then haulage and insurance on the vessel and its content to Lagos plus port charges at destination, demurrage and security charges. Details of exchange of Sovereign Debt Notes and the off-takes at the ports will not interest readers here. But the cost of locally refined petrol is not the same as imported fuel. The Nigeria Labour Congress must find out.


The matter is beyond the existence of a fuel cartel. It touches the heart of the federal government from pre- President Goodluck Jonathan era and exposes the naivety of National Assembly members.


Two more areas need to be examined. These are the role of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) and the use and abuse of DPK (dual purpose kerosene). The main duty of PEF is to ensure that by picking up the haulage charges on distribution trucks from one depot location to another, it ensures that the price of fuel is equalised across the country. To move a truck of petrol from Lagos to Kano, for instance, would cost about N200, 000.00 per truck in haulage cost and it is the duty of PEF to reimburse the major marketers for this cost and thereby maintaining a flat rate of N65 per litre in the country. If a major marketer moves 1,000 trucks to several of such locations in one month, PEF reimburses the company.

It is this component that is the subsidy in this case. If a major marketer moves 60 trucks and enters PEF claims for 500 trucks, who cares, when everyone is happy? If this is replicated across the seven odd major and numerous independent marketers, Nigerians can imagine how much is truly lost in haulage claims and where part of the subsidy really ends up. The pockets of Petroleum Products Marketing Company staff, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation staff, government officials and major petroleum marketing companies are full to the brim and bursting. But the nation groans. Let PEF be cancelled today and fuel pricing at different locations in the country should reflect full haulage rate.


The other item in this subsidy saga is the kerosene factor. The Nigerian refineries actually produce kerosene and it is a known fact that DPK is used for household needs and to fly aeroplanes. The government has fixed a price of N50 per litre of kerosene but consumers get it for N95 per litre. No matter what government does, it won’t change anything in DPK. The pressure on kerosene comes from one major source – airlines.

The kerosene used by airlines has to be very pure because even a speck of dust in a huge volume of DPK can cause havoc in an aircraft. Ninety percent of the kerosene produced by the refineries is allocated to the major oil marketers and it ends up in the tanks of aircrafts. If PPMC sells kerosene to major marketers at N44 per litre, the major marketers sell this kerosene to the airlines at N165 per litre.

The consumption of DPK by aircraft is quite substantial. A 747 aircraft from Lagos to London uses as much as 30,000 litres of DPK and a 737 aircraft to Kano from Lagos uses as much as 5,000 litres of jet fuel in the minimum. However, the poor Nigerians are only allowed to buy 50 litres of DPK per transaction, over and above the government rate of N50 per litre and, yet, not enough kerosene for the poor. It is obvious where the kerosene goes and everyone in government and in NNPC knows what the true story is. The recent statement by Deizani Alison-Madueke, the petroleum resources minister, that the subsidy on kerosene is to remain is a fraudulent statement because the games played with kerosene are known and government officials want some subsidy to remain for the boys and their girls. If the haulage subsidy is removed and DPK from refineries is coloured, there will be kerosene all over Nigeria at N50 per litre and it won’t be diverted to jet fuel. Colouring kerosene for domestic use is the answer not subsidy retention. Let DPK for aircraft be priced appropriately.


Removing subsidy on petroleum products must be done correctly and within the proper context. Experts say that 200,000 barrels per day refinery can be built in nine months at a cost of US$4.0 billion. Let government partner with Nigerian and foreign investors and oil majors such as Shell, Exxon-Mobil etc, draw from its foreign reserves, as was done to pay foreign creditors in 2006, and build two of such refineries within 2012 in readiness for subsidy removal. The management of these new refineries can be contracted out to the technical partners for 50 years while Nigerians acquire technical and managerial competence in the interim. On the existing refineries, the federal government should assign the responsibility for their maintenance to those companies that built them, in the first place. The output of the local refineries will then be sold at local market rate – no PEF, no imported inflation! If new refineries are built, old ones are working and crude oil is available at market rate, fuels from them are sold at market prices, private investors would be persuaded to invest in refineries.


But there is a huge challenge. If fuel subsidy is removed, savings of N1.2trillion will be made and to be used for what? It is very clear in my mind that the governors, ministers, legislators and politicians will, ultimately, embezzle the money. The number of ex-governors and former ministers in court over corruption charges justifies my expectations. National Assembly members will earn N30 million each a month for the very hard work they do. Proceeds of subsidy removed will now end up in the pockets of politicians rather than in the hands of the private sector boys; it is mere abracadabra! Fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria is always preceded by so much turmoil.

Government then promises palliatives to calm frayed nerves. When President Ibrahim Babangida removed subsidy in 1987 he set up Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructure and it failed. He then set up Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission and it also failed. It was only General Sani Abacha that succeeded in transferring subsidy removal benefits to Nigerians through the instrumentality of Petroleum Trust Fund. All the promises made by President Olusegun Obasanjo on the use of subsidy proceeds failed to materialise. So President Goodluck Jonathan needs to tell us what he wants to do with proceeds of removed subsidy and the framework to apply. State governors must pledge to remove the inglorious immunity clause before subsidy is removed. We have to police governors more closely.


But is it timely to remove fuel subsidy? Are we inviting chaos of the Arab type? My honest advice is to ask the federal government to properly run existing refineries and build two or more refineries in the next 12 months before it fully removes subsidies. It should abolish PEF, in the first instance, and sell locally produced petrol at its true cost plus graduated marketers’ margin to take care of distance from refineries’ location. Oil majors and independents can import fuel by themselves without interfering with Nigeria’s crude export and such fuel is acquired by PPMC based on need and sold at the same price as locally produced petrol, thereby reducing the subsidy elements in fuel price. When other preconditions are met subsidy can be finally removed.

sun newspaper pls stop this alarmist and misinformation of people.that paper is junk.i live on the street in abuja.it was only a brick block making mah that expolded.just very little sound.ki lo de.evil man are interrested in selling apper rather than consider the safety of the country.

them no get choice.they are condemed to work in nigeria .this is where 60 % of the profits oustside india come from.so work resume.they must work by the rule simple.case clsosed.

switch .pls leave dis matter, n l c ,airtel,spanco and tech are talking.work has resume.let us focus on how we can move forward in life.what is the value of ur share in airtel.leave the issues, zain was 100 time better than airtel.true or false.true. i refuse to be a slave in my father land.never ever.case closed

spanco /airtel/tech na the same thing be all of them.leave dangote factory.they will carry the cross themselves.we are carrying our own.we won and they lost.pure and simple.they will never ever joke with us again.

let face other issues.agent hv won the battle.work resume 13th oct with 75k full month salay with our delay bonus.agent hv made a statment.never ever joke with us ok.switch pls tell us master that we dey kempe.spanco and tech must leave nigeria b4 year end.airtel must employ all is workforce directly and with all benefits that is labour directive and they must and will obey.they do not hv a choice.airtel can afford to leave nigeria.it is the biggest mkt outside india.switch pls leave story ok.no drink panadol for another man headace.make them talk for themselves.

switch pls save ur time and stop misinforming people ok.let airtel /spanco/tech come and speak for them self ok.habi h/r saba and head opara are on leave.let sandep with deepka come forward for spanco.leave issues.we won the battle they hv lost.


we must and will collect full oct salary and our delay bonus.why are u drinking pando for another man headace.ki lo de.pls ask mr switch why are they same agent resuming back by oct 13th.why why.pls stop misinforming d pubilc ok.i am agent.i challenge u let everyone know who u are.do not be coded under switch name .