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una no get work.
jobless people like bokoharam members
tsheeeeew

^^^
I earnestly await the analysis jare.
I didn't see the match

but the way i see it.
casillas
altintop---cavalho---ramos---coentrao----(altintop a risky selection, cavalho --only God knows what warranted his choice)
lass---alonso---pepe----(pepe is somewhat now becoming too predictable for this role--bulldozer )
benzema--higuain--ronaldo---(none tracks back well enough especially ronnie, but at least hin score goal )


and we had aboslutely nobody to take the ball to the attack. may be we try out the 4--5--1 next week.
project barcelona should be commisioned sef

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the first they refers to us
the second they refers to ''[size=3pt]our husbands[/size]''

infact wetin remain wey we fit do sef

Tonight we face an [size=2pt]extremely[/size] tough opponent.

we will be vigilant all through the game and show them we are strong even if subsidy no go let make i see the game.

AjanleKoko:
Looks like the state of our nation has soured my taste for football somewhat.
I'm not even keen to watch the upcoming clasicos

na prayer i dey pray sef make espn dey show more liga matches as I don cut cost on subscription amount to DSTV from 10000 to 4800.

chai Jona don/wan spoil fun for pessin.

never knew people still had faith in Madrid

eyoniggar:
even if them remove subsidy on beautiful footie, Barca wud still take the liga.

how about if the use the military to occupy the site for the #occupycampnou

AjanleKoko:
Ol boy, the events of last few days for me has closed the door on any possibility of that ever happening

after Labour proposed the ''sit at home'' strike I felt soooo dejected that the only platform on which agitations for a better nigeria being requested by common average nigerians is faling.
now I also feel that fine our parents have messed nigeria up and likely our generation is bearing the brunt but why cant we just salvage the future for our kids.sadly i dont foresee that happening in the near future. but its possible if only civil societies ride on the present atmosphere and keep the hope alive.
I PRAY OUR CHILDREN DONT GROW UP FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL AS WE ARE NOWADAYS

medjai:
Me sef o. I was at Ojota. I protest no be small. Now that fuel is selling for =N= 97, na to dey trek from Lere to Sabo and back.

Anyway, we're occupying Bernabeu come Wednesday.

bros I no see you there oooooooooooooo
but well sha we try even only that the battle was lost with some mistakes in strategy by labor and civil society.
[size=4pt]but i pray Jona and his women and sanusi keep to their promise, which i seriously pray about right now[/size]
i have already changed subscription from premium to classic sef as an austerity measure.

better go occupy aso rock instead of perez office as there is no vacancy in bernebau.

medjai:
di Maria out of next week's classico. . . I likey

seems he will be back
but na pedro go miss am. . . .Mou likey

after a disappointing week of hope-raising protests and campaign for a better nigeria leading to an undesired result of N97 and another feeling of he go better that may never happen.

I just hope that someday Nigerians get over the personal interests and hope to make nigeria a better place for us or at least for our children.
I pray God gives us leaders and not rulers that will have a large chunk of the interest of the masses at heart or at least make the present ones have more mercy on us.
I hope all our aspirations for a greater and better nigeria sees the light of the day regardless of the actions of a less than one percent cabal or terrorist group lurking all over the nation.

[size=14pt]NOW[/size]
lets now talk some football

Another Copa Classico Again
this is getting too much nah

thank God on saturday.
those mallorcan's want to pour sand sand into felix's business thank God for ''agidi'',''ojoro'' and ''anu oloun'', we sha win the match.
lets hope CR7 will at least play a reasonably good game come wednesday. the guy don loose form patapata.

HALA MADRID

from

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-240109.0.html

Soon, We Shall All Be Trekking
By Reuben Abati

It must be a joke, right? The proposed plan by the Federal Government to fully deregulate the downstream sector and remove the remaining subsidy on petroleum products. When the news first broke during the week, Nigerians were told that a committee had been set up to be led by the Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, with a mandate to work out an action-plan and a time-table for implementation and consult with stakeholders.

The mischief and dishonesty are obvious: why set up a committee to seek the input of stakeholders when a final decision has already been taken? By yesterday, The Saturday Punch newspaper had reported that a pump price of N73 per litre may be announced within a week. The assignment of the Yuguda committee had been completed even before it had a chance to sit. A Petroleum Industry Bill, and another bill seeking to change the Petroleum Producta Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) template have also been sent to the National Assembly. Why not wait for the bills to be considered by the National Assembly?

The so-called complete deregulation of the downstream sector and the removal of subsidy may seem like a purely economic policy decision, but it is so tied to larger Nigerian questions that it ought to be more rigorously debated, and government should make haste slowly. As at this moment, Nigeria operates a partial deregulation regime in the downstream sector. Petrol and kerosene prices are regulated while diesel is fully deregulated. The regime is corruption-ridden, it is badly managed. There is no indication that a complete deregulation regime will be better managed. The problem is not one of form, but leadership.

The arguments being advanced to justify the proposed full deregulation do not make sense. All the arguments have a ring of deja vu. They are taken from the same textbooks that the economists have refused to update, the same ideas that led to the collapse of the global economy. Other countries are making a U-turn and subjecting textbook knowledge to the test of reality, Nigerian policy makers are still holding on to old paradigms. One of these days, we shall start stoning the economists in official corridors.

They tell us that in a fully deregulated downstream sector foreign investors, who have been suspicious of the Nigerian market, will be encouraged by a better pricing regime determined solely and fully by market forces. Marketers in the downstream sector will also be happier as the margins of profit will increase. The Federal Government under the new dispensation wants to privatise the country's four refineries, and it is convinced that investors will jump at the opportunity. To please us, they say as investors make more money, pump prices will reduce and the scope of price differentials will widen, enabling choice. But what is more important, the profit motive of investors and marketers or the interests of the Nigerian people?

Deregulation will not automatically guarantee the happiness of marketers and investors. Who wants to buy Nigeria's run-down refineries, with their obsolete technology anyway? And if anyone does, the profit that they seek will be automatically abbreviated by other challenges in the environment including transportation and the violence in the Niger Delta. I'll like to see those investors who would like to take on the refineries in the Niger Delta at a time when oil mutlinationals are scaling down operations and relocating their expatriate staff due to the menace of kidnapping in the Niger Delta. Besides, the Nigerian investment environment is unstable and uncertain and it is increasingly so. What if another government shows up in the future and introduces a different policy? Full deregulation as proposed translates into only one thing: higher pump prices of petroleum products and greater hardship for the Nigerian people.

It is curious that the recommendation is coming from the Federal Government Committee on the Global Economic Crisis. Elsewhere, recession has resulted in government becoming friendlier towards the people. Countries are introducing packages to stimulate the economy and to inspire hope. Prices are being slashed in order to encourage more spending, government is intervening to play a bigger role in the lives of the people in order to save nations from anomie. These same blind market forces that Mansur Muhtar and co are reinventing as the cure-all for the downstream sector is the devil in the global economic setback. Don't they know this? If PMS now goes up to N73 per litre, with the Naira exchanging as at yesterday at N173 to the dollar, with the stock market now a penny shop, with no regular power supply and no jobs, starvation wages are still being paid, companies are cutting jobs, and public officials are living large and bank directors are junketing about like a yo-yo in expensive jets, and the refineries are down, and there is very low capacity utilisation in the real sector, the only losers will be ordinary people. What should come first: full deregulation or house cleaning? I think the latter.

One major excuse offered by the Minister of Finance is that in the face of huge budget deficits, the Federal Government can no longer sustain an annual subsidy of about N640 billion in the downstream sector. In the past three years, a total of N1. 6 trillion has reportedly been spent. The question to ask is: How? Where is this subsidy that government talks about? How was it disbursed? It is not enough for government to talk about huge subsidy, it must explain what constitutes that subsidy. Now, they argue that if government can have access to this N640 billion per annum, it can then use it on infrastructural development. Well, we have heard that before.

It was the same argument that was used to raise the pump price of petrol from N11 all the way to N70, that was in those days when they used to tell us that a litre of petrol in Nigeria was cheaper than a bottle of Coke, and there has been no improvement in the quality of infrastructure since then. Muhtar says privatisation of the refineries is important and that government is determined to get it right this time. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mohammed Barkindo says with local refining, cost associated with importation will be eliminated and retail prices will become cheaper. We don't think so. Because even if all the refineries were to work at optimal capacity, Nigeria would still have to import refined petroleum products to satisfy local demand. And can anybody rely on government's promise? The reality is that Nigerians no longer trust their governments.

The Minister of Finance put his finger on the matter when he lamented that the bane of the oil and gas sector is that government has been subsidising inefficiency and corruption. The PPPRA is to be reviewed because under the new arrangement, its role would have to change, but even more so, the Federal Government says, the body has been compromised. Also, the rehabilitation of the refineries, we are told, ended up putting money in private pockets, and so the Federal Government does not intend to spend one extra kobo on those refineries anymore. If the government knows all of these, why is it lamenting? It should immediately arrest those who have encouraged the inefficiency in the PPMC, the NGC, the NNPC, the PPPRA and let Nigerians know who and how the subsidy of N640 billion vanished annually without any impact on the economy and the people. The Obasanjo government once tried to audit the accounts of the NNPC. It couldn't come up with reliable figures. A proper audit of the present, operative template is advisable. Yes, there are leakages, but what exactly is wrong? First, the Federal Government must determine the actual cost of petroleum products, from production to the market. This will enable it to know the exact amount of subsidy that is required, and exactly how much has been frittered away, and by who. Perhaps if it knows the actual required subsidy, and plugs the leakage pipes, it may be persuaded to seek scapegoats elswehere. Second, sanctions must be meted out to the saboteurs when identified. Into whose pockets did the N640 billion disappear every year?

It was further argued that government intends to ensure open and free licensing in the downstream sector in order to break an existing oligopoly. But, if we may ask, who are the members of the cartels that Mansur Muhtar is complaining about? Can they be named? Could they possibly be the same persons who donate money to PDP political campaigns, or Presidential libraries and who are so neck-deep in PDP politics that their names show up every year on the National Honours List for services rendered to (sorry, for damages done to) Nigeria? Independent marketers in the downstream sector complain daily about the dominance of these powerful forces who alone exercise an undeserved monopoly in the sector. Is there any guarantee that government as it is can protect a regime of free competition? With 2011 around the corner, won't the Yar'�dua government still need the cartel in the downstream sector when it decides to raise funds for a second term project?

Again, government wants to do offshore refining. This had been recommended many times in the past, but even if the option is now adopted, has government thought its way through it? Or has this been thrown in merely as a convenient slogan after a fashion? To further simplify this matter: by cancelling subsidy for petroleum products, government wants to free more resources for its own use. I don't want to believe that the Nigerian government is cash-strapped. Is this not the same government that returns unspent money every year to the treasury? And if the lifestyle of government officials and the politicians is any measure of reality, government remains the most profitable business in the country today. If the Federal Government is looking for more funds, why doesn't it look elsewhere and try to cut its own costs and reduce the extravagance of government?. A salary cut for public officals was proposed recently, but one after the other some state Governors are already saying: "Pay cut? Count me out?" Why don't they cut the fat allowances and estacodes then? And strengthen the mechanism for checking corruption in official corridors?

About a month ago, the PPPRA had suddenly announced a surprising reduction in the pump price of petrol, from N70 per litre to N65 per litre. With the present development, it is now clear that government was playing games with the feelings of Nigerians. The reduction was meant to last for one month only. A month later, now the plan to remove "subsidy." The Nigerian Labour Congress has said that it will resist any increase in the pump prices of petroleum products, but it should do more than that. It should provide strong counter-arguments to expose the folly of the proposal and the wrongness of the timing. The National Assembly should be persuaded to act in the interest of the people and say to the Federal Executive: "No, not now".

[url=http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/editorial_opinion/article02//indexn3_html?pdate=010309&ptitle=Soon,%20We%20Shall%20All%20Be%20Trekking&cpdate=010309]reuben abati in the guardian editorial[/url]
the tone must have changed now

IS IT SUBSIDY REMOVAL THAT CAUSED THIS
Barcelona: Barcelona are charging fans an entrance fee to watch an upcoming open training session as part of a drive by the European champions to boost revenues.

Club members can invite three guests free of charge for the January 5 training at Mini Stadium, next to Camp Nou, but non-members will be charged 5 Euros to watch Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta hone their skills.

Under current president Sandro Rosell, the heavily indebted club has looked to cut costs and used unprecedented means to boost revenue. Barcelona owe 369 million Euros and lost 9 million Euros last season despite winning the Champions League and Spanish league titles.
Barcelona are charging fans as part of a drive to boost revenues.
Barcelona charge fans to attend open training
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Barcelona said the club has often charged for access to open training sessions, including under former president Joan Laporta's board, and that the fee was necessary for security reasons.

The recent Club World Cup winners signed a 171 million Euros deal with Qatar Foundation, which became the first paid sponsor to adorn the club's jersey in its 112-year history.

Barcelona scrapped their 80-year-old baseball team and slashed funding to 12 small sports teams earlier this year.

While Real Madrid's debt is comparable to Barcelona's, they did not charge fans to attend an open training session at their Santiago Bernabeu stadium in August, when 57,000 spectators watched for free.
austerity measures

medjai:
So Madrid escape with a 3-2 win. Well, there's still the 2nd leg to come at Andalucia and I think Malaga can nick this one. A 1-0 win will be enough.

go dash them you hear.

medjai:
Penaldo was super useless once again. He only knows how to score penalties. Strong against the weak teams, weak against the strong teams.

monkey he no fine but him mummy like am
teni n'teni
teni n'teni

Over confidence wan kill me too ooo.
imagine because we beat 'em 0-4 last time i dint even bother staying awake to watch the match.
woke up this morning to see a 3-2 scoreline

see as i fear when I saw that they even scored two goals before us.

but its not over yet. 90 minutes to go and hopefully we qualify and meet osasuna in the next round.

hala madrid

With his team looking good in all three competitions, Mourinho also said he is not looking for any additions during the January transfer window.

AjanleKoko:
Ozil ke?
Goal never said Ozil is going anywhere. Only Higuain and Kaka.
Though I think either of the two mentioned fellows will likely leave next summer.

Bros read the article below to validate what I said earlier

mourinho@espnstar.com

Madrid have spent huge amounts building their squad over the last few years but Mourinho is happy with the players currently at his disposal.

"We aren't in the market," said Mourinho.

"The market is an opportunity that is open for those who need it, but fortunately we don't need it.

"The players are practically all fit to start the second half of the season.

"For us the market is closed. I don't want any player, I've not asked for any player nor am I going to ask."
mourinho@espnstar.com

dayokanu:
Barcelona fans: Ok una own don do, No be only una dey Europe, No be only una we come watch, Shuo!!! reach make you remain for others but one task, Ensure Mourinhoe remains without the La Liga and try your best to frustrate him out of Spain, Una fit contact Boko Haram for their services at discounted rate

Real Madrid fans: Just ensure you play well beat every team in La Liga 10-0 but make sure you lose the La Liga title to Barca and CL to Bayern your CL husband. You can manage with Copa dey Rey. That one don do you, No dey do Long throat

May is just round the corner
see you at the other side, but dont be disappointed when FC Hollywood gets knocked out by BASELona

congrats to the only ''sane'' nazi in town

Midget
Midget
Midget
what a beautiful name

if Villa will be sold in January then I will assume your proposition is true.

Pipita stays
Kaka stays
Ozil stays

regardless of what you may read from goal.com

guonno:
fvck all of u that is commending the muslim scholars, fvck the muslim scholars, fvck the sultan, fvck muslims, fvck that guy who said muhammad would stand when christians are doing whatever, FVCK MUHAMMAD, fvck all the lazy southerners that are keeping quiet to this whole thing, fvck all the cowards in nigeria (they know themselves), fvck islam. Muslims will never have a peacefull celebration down south again, thats a promise. The lives of innocent children and women must be paid for, i hope they already know the price.

sniperwolf:
Fvck Islam

executinal:
Who cares, Fuc,k Islam, Fuc,k mohammed and his co worshipers, Fuc,k the islamic harams, bleep them all

Its so sad some folks under the cloak of Islam to perpetrate evil.
I know most christian presently feel anger and anguish at these bombings but truth is a ''normal'' muslim wont condone nor support these acts of violence.
that said lets all refrain from comments such as the ones above.
I hope and pray FG dont dialogue with these rogues but rather deal decisively with them all.

triaophant:
try Fidelity, their rate is a bit better, Stanbic is very high

what is fidelity's and stanbic rates.
you say one is better with no figures to back your ascetion

BOAS FESTAS

a win for hospital workers tonight
watch as they beat you on home soil

kobikwelu:
i would not comment on these  weak ronaldo/real madrid threads,

TALK TO US WHEN REAL WIN BARCA !!!!

no one put up an advert begging epl lads to come comment on our threads in the first place, so you can keep to your epl threads.

yawns yawns yawns.

AjanleKoko:
Wetin do Wikipedia, Alhaji?

Wetin you dey do for this holiday period sef

nothing just letting him know that his post is copy and paste. he should acknowlegde source next time especially when the quote is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long.

this XMAS is to go visit in-laws, am still owing ''visiting rights''.

amblors:
make Madrid win Barca na, that too much to ask for,
all these 'small team' shine no dey impress me again.

so 'cos madrid didn't beat barca last time out makes sevilla/valencia/athletico 'small team'

^^^
wikipedia

come and buy if your debts will allow.

xmas break
top of the liga
3 points clear
we could ask for betta

aint coogar
so keep your boxing bout analysis to yourself.
and why should he be ashamed of scoring all penalties availed of him
when a certain dwarf was unable to convert the deciding one against thesame team we played yesterday.
and just as if messi dont loose sitters
and i remember him heading into the goal in CDR.

AGREED
messi has a higher degree of ability with his left foot which ronnie dont have with even his right nor left foot.
but talking of all parts and aspects of footballing messi dont have a greater advantage than CR. and thats the reason for my statements.
and BTW
CR plays for RM so i will always choose him. let messi cross over or CR go over then you will see a different prognosis

complete indeed
ask messi to pass or shoot with his right foot, compete for headers and how many free kicks has he scored.

abegi,
messi has traits ron dont have but if only ron can do one or two things[b], [/b]maybe just maybe

and yeah he has scored 7 penalties out of seven in laliga.

6 -2 !!!

na u sabi


5th hattrick from CR007

messi can learn the art of penalty taking fro penaldo

but its still not over 20 minutes more
and we start 2012 as leaders