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Properties › Re: Newly Built 4 X 3 Bedroom Duplex To Let @ Ikorodu by yd849ja(op): 9:04am On Feb 29, 2012

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Properties › Newly Built 4 X 3 Bedroom Duplex To Let @ Ikorodu by yd849ja(op): 8:52am On Feb 29, 2012

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Christianity Etc › Re: Tithes, Offerings And First Fruits - Do They Apply To Us As Christians? by yd849ja: 10:23am On Feb 07, 2012

Matt 8:3, And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4. See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.
Here you can see Jesus telling the man to do as Moses commanded that includes tithe and tithe should be paid to the Lord not to help anyone in need. It is sacrosanct. Please stop your heresy and do as the Lord God commands.

drerocker:
I luv my pastor chris,dont u no dat d 1st n 10th belong to God,av u ever tut y we do go chch on sunday instead of satuday?bros wen u filll u r a baby christian daz hw u guys think,i av pass tru n come wt result of dz knd of ur questns.ur 1st son,1st day,1wk,1mnth,1salary anytn 1st belong to God n 10th of ur friuts.bros de r so plenty .

@derocker like you were suppose to hate anyone at all. And can you please give a reason why you go to church on sunday with a biblical backings and not what your pastor says please?

Politics › Re: Ngozi Okonjo-iweala Must Resign – Prof. Tam David West by yd849ja: 7:10am On Feb 06, 2012

One thing have to realise Is that our political class have got nothing to give in terms of advancement, the fact that someone works in a reputable organisation is not enough to hand them ministerial appointment in a particular sector as important as Finance!
I'm very sure a petrol attendance At mobil filling station would be our next petroleum minister and a security guard at GTB would take same suit at the finance ministry.

Politics › Re: Would Consider Tunde Bakare As The Martin Luther King Jr. Of Nigeria? by yd849ja: 10:48am On Jan 18, 2012

"Far better it is to dare mighty things than to take rank with those poor timid spirits who know neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt 1899

Pastor Tunde Bakare I salute your courage and appreciate your effort.

Politics › Re: Would Consider Tunde Bakare As The Martin Luther King Jr. Of Nigeria? by yd849ja: 10:18am On Jan 18, 2012

This Nairaland has completely gone to the dogs!!!! There is hardly a day you come herer nowadays that you don't see bigotry, tribalism, nepotism and stupidity of the highest denomination displayed by some moronic ignorant illiterates and their likes. Is it that hard to make an intelligent comment or argument or comprehend it without hauling insult and abuse at the personality of the subject matter, or can it be safely said that most of you guys IQ was actually subsidized and hence been removed like the fuel subsidy. If I may ask all you fools insulting Tunde Bakare can you please tell me how much of Martin Luther King's history you really familiar with apart from the fact that you keep hearing of his name and his epoch speech? Morons on the loose all over NL. Thank you Bootstrap, this country is just not ready for freedom from all the ills bedeviling it, if you can not appreciate little things like workings of democracy and what it means to have oppositions!

Likes of LeoMax, Beaf and their foot soldiers should please have their sick heads checked up and have them removed from inside their assholes!

Politics › Re: Fashola Ask Jonathan To Withdraw Troops From Lagos Streets – Full Speech by yd849ja: 6:03pm On Jan 16, 2012

If you ask me corruption has to take a back seat compare to tribalism/ethnicity that is constantly and daily exhumed on this forum. That to me is the biggest problem of this country. Must every issue toll the line of ethnicity? We say the deployment of soldiers to the street of Lagos in a constitutionally democratic setting is unconstitutional and barbaric, some slowpoke says its good for the Yorubas that are protesting as if its only Yorubas that live in Lagos. What is wrong with you people nobody is saying Fashola is a saint but GEJ isn't either. Deployment of military without emergency rule to the streets of Lagos is unconstitutional and should be condemned out rightly regardless of your political, ethnic or spiritual persuasion. Lets stop this nonsense and align ourselves with civilization and stop this segregation and illegality of treating the country as sections and see ourselves as a nation. I condemn the deployment of soldiers to the street of Lagos, it is wrong! London riot that was illegal never required the use of a single gun let alone the Royal Army deployment. Our leaders must truly be playing dumb or they are just plainly said Nincompoops!

Politics › Re: Fashola Ask Jonathan To Withdraw Troops From Lagos Streets – Full Speech by yd849ja: 5:07pm On Jan 16, 2012

karl max:
Quote from: yd849ja on Today at 03:40:28 PM

When a protest turns to looting,extortion and barricading of federal roads and hoodlums take the oppotunity to rob steal and smoke weed in public which is a crime in a decent society and the chief security officer of the state cannot guaranty the lifes and property of its citizens which is the case of the protest in lagos were area boys had a filled day because of hypocracy.the president has the right to send soldiers to maintain law and order!!

I begged to diagree with you my friend. Let's use the riot in Totenham UK as a reference, which you and I both believe witnessed looting and crime on a very high scale more than that ever witnessed after WWII even more than your so called looting at Ojota. Neither UK PM Cameron nor London mayor Boris deployed the Royal Army to shoot or intimidate the people of London. There was not a single gun was used by the police nor the security operatives during that situation. This is unconstitutional and that's what it is.

Politics › Re: Soldiers Shoot To Disperse 'occupy' Protesters In Lagos by yd849ja: 4:27pm On Jan 16, 2012

@muami you are a slowpoke. I hope their bullets hit your families in Lagos and beyond,so you can bear testimony to your stupid and ignorant comment. I need to ask you if that's how you see soldiers on your street in the UK. Mumu like you, you must have traveled through the desert to get to that UK. Moronic neanderthal!

Politics › Re: Fashola Ask Jonathan To Withdraw Troops From Lagos Streets – Full Speech by yd849ja: 3:40pm On Jan 16, 2012

It's quite obvious that most fools here don't even understand the workings of democracy. Why on earth would any fool let alone an elected president call in soldiers to attack people that voted him into power. All you fools in support of this travesty should call your foolish president to order and stop been myopic and partisan. Call a spade a spade and that's what it is military presence on our streets is illegal and unconstitutional and should be condemned forthwith. We are not at war neither are we Boko Haram. Another blunder by an indecisive president who know not his right from his left even Syria never called soldiers on his own people how much more Lagosian in their peaceful and harmless protest. I guess you are not a gentle man after all Mr president, I guess it's right what they say, absolute power corrupts absolutely. You have no shoes now you have guns to shoot your own citizens. You are not a lion, a general bla blah blah! But you are a commando now Gen GEJ.

Politics › Re: Do You Want The Fuel Subsidy Back? Please Vote Here: by yd849ja: 1:28am On Jan 13, 2012

@Beaf and his cohorts, if GEJ revert or ever reduces at all anytime soon, you should be courageous enough and hide away in some forgotten cave and bury your heads where sun don't shine in between your legs till eternity. I can't just bear to read your unscrupulous and uninformed biased views here any longer, it seems to me like you make all this comments to seek or attract some unnecessary Prima Donna attention to yourself. Must your arguments always be one directional? Please keep an open mind and stop been one track minded freaks!

Politics › Re: Fuel Subsidy Removal: President Goodluck Jonathan's Speech by yd849ja: 10:49pm On Jan 07, 2012

What a joke of a speech! Who ever wrote this speech should be sacked forthwith and I have to admit the future of this country is surely bleak if these are the kinds of thoughts that goes into ruling this country. I was hoping to hear concrete measures of developing this Nation all he talks about is 25% reduction in his salary. I was expecting him to withdraw his proposed budget and talk about alternate mode of transportation, electricity generation to the tune of 30 000megawatt in the next 3yrs, road infrastructure and networks, social welfare for the unemployed, good health care facilities, modified and improve tax structure of making the rich pay more and diversifybthe economy etc. He's here talking about sacrifice and feeling our pain. We don't need you to empathise with us we want you to start acting and earn our trust not this charade of a speech n 1600 buses, for what? If I may ask. The same buses Obasanjo released where are they and what did they achieve. Our leaders truly don't know what governance is all about.

Politics › Re: Pictures Of Protest In Benin City South-south by yd849ja: 5:00pm On Jan 05, 2012

For all you proponents of removal of fuel subsidy that thinks even at the old price of N65, Investors in refineries can not make profit until government increases the price to N141. Please do a little reading below about the process of fuel refining and costing at the pump in America. While you are at it do have in mind that production in Nigeria has to be cheaper than the US, also consider the TAX on price in America, meaning that if tax is removed as it is right now Nigeria pricing would even be more than that of the US (1ltr = $0.87 tax inclusive in the US, N141 in Nigeria without tax). So I see no reason why any reasonable business man would not make profit even if they want to refine at the old price.

Culled from How stuffs works USA http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/fuel-consumption/gas-price1.htm

This is what the average breakdown looked like in April 2011. Let's look at those components in more detail.

Crude oil - The biggest portion of the cost of gas goes to the crude-oil suppliers. This is determined by the world's oil-exporting nations, particularly the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which you will learn more about in the next section. The amount of crude oil these countries produce determines the price of a barrel of oil. Crude-oil prices averaged around $35 per barrel (1 barrel = 42 gallons or 158.99 L) in 2004. And, after Hurricane Katrina, some prices were almost double that. In April 2008, crude-oil prices averaged around $104.74 per barrel. During that month, the price of oil reached a record price of almost $120 a barrel [source: DOE]. By May 16, prices had topped $117 per barrel [source: MarketWatch]. On May 22, markets in New York and London reported prices past $135 per barreland, and on July 11, oil hit an all-time high of $147 [source: Forbes, New York Sun]. Analysts speculated that everything from investment in oil futures to increasing demand from countries like India and China contributed to the spike in price.

Sometimes, gas prices go up even though there is plenty of crude oil on the market. It depends on what kind of oil it is. Oil can be classified as heavy or light, and as sweet or sour (no one actually tastes the oil, that's just what they call it). Light, sweet crude is easier and cheaper to refine, but supplies have been running low. There's plenty of heavy, sour crude available in the world, but refineries, particularly those in the U.S., have to undergo costly retooling to handle it.

Refining costs - The cost of refining diesel fuel can be considerably higher than the price of refining regular gasoline. To learn more about oil refining, read How Oil Refining Works.
Distribution and marketing - Crude oil is transported to refineries, and gasoline is shipped from the refineries to distribution points and then to gas stations. The price of transportation is passed along to the consumer. Marketing the brand of the oil company is also added into the cost of the gasoline you buy.
Taxes - Federal and state governments each place excise taxes on gasoline. There may also be some additional taxes, such as applicable state sales taxes, gross receipts taxes, oil inspection fees, underground storage tank fees and other miscellaneous environmental fees. Add that to the state excise taxes, and it can average 27.4 cents. It could be worse. In Europe, gas prices are far higher than in America because taxes on gas are much higher.
Station markup - Of course some of the money you spend at the pump does go to the service station. While some consumers blame high prices on station markup, service stations typically add on a few cents per gallon. There's no set standard for how much gas stations add on to the price. Some may add just a couple of cents, while others may add as much as a dime or more. However, some states have markup laws prohibiting stations from charging less than a certain percentage over invoice from the wholesaler. These laws are designed to protect small, individually-owned gas stations from being driven out of business by large chains that can afford to slash prices at select locations.
Average U.S. Gasoline Prices
Year
Price Per Gallon
1980
$1.22
1985
$1.96
1990
$1.22
1995
$1.21
2000
$1.56
2001
$1.53
2002
$1.44
2003
$1.64
2004
$1.92
2005
$2.34
2006
$2.63
2007
$2.85
2008
$3.32
2009
$2.40
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI). Average Price Data, Gasoline All Types.
Gas prices also vary from state to state for several reasons. Taxes are probably the biggest factor in the different prices around the country. Additionally, competition among local gas stations can drive prices down. Distance from the oil refineries can also affect prices -- stations closer to the Gulf of Mexico, where many oil refineries are located, have lower gas prices due to lower transportation costs. There are also some regional factors that can affect prices.

World events, wars and weather can also raise prices. Anything that affects any part of the process, from the moment the oil is drilled, through refining and distribution to your car will result in a change in price. Military conflicts in parts of the world with lots of oil supplies can make it difficult for oil companies to drill and ship crude oil. Hurricanes have damaged offshore drilling platforms, coastal refineries and shipping ports that receive oil tankers. If a tanker itself is lost or damaged, or leaks its oil into the ocean, that will put a dent in the market as well.

Next, we'll look at why it's more expensive to buy gas in Milwaukee, Wis., than in many other parts of the United States.

Politics › Re: Still On The The Fuel Subsidy: Will NNPC Sell Locally Refined PMS For N141 by yd849ja: 3:42pm On Jan 04, 2012

Who ever says cost of running a refinery in Nigeria is equivalent to that of a developed nation must be on some cheap drugs even if crude oil is supplied at the international benchmark price. I see no reason why the cost of production of a litre of petrol in Nigeria should be the same or almost the same as the US/UK considering the fact that labor and other constituents involved in the production would be cheaper in Nigeria. So please stop your misinformation.

Politics › Obama Pays For His Meal And That Of His Family: Mmmmh! by yd849ja(op): 11:05pm On Jan 03, 2012

Obama pays for his and family's meal in the White house while our president GEJ would squander N1Billion of our money on food alone in Aso rock.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21928

Politics › Re: Christopher Kolade To Head Subsidy Reinvestment (SURE) Board by yd849ja: 9:55pm On Jan 03, 2012

Is it that we are fools or our leaders are just masters of deciet that we are too gullible to realise it because I don't understand the need for all this committees if the subsidy has truly been removed and not included in the budget. So what are they reinvesting if it wasn't budgeted for in the first instance. Can someone educate us on the need for this charade of a committee, because I just cannot see the usefulness. This government I say is full of lies and deceit.

Politics › Re: Christopher Kolade To Head Subsidy Reinvestment (SURE) Board by yd849ja: 9:42pm On Jan 03, 2012

Setting up committees seems to be the only problem solving tool known this government? Additional burden to the already stretched overhead, Like how many committees do we have now? What a clueless leadership!

Politics › Any Basis For Comparison Between Telecom And The Downstream Oil Sector? by yd849ja(op): 3:46pm On Jan 03, 2012

Lets even analyze this comparison to the telecommunication sector model and "We'll be better off in the long run" picture projected by the the government and the proponents of fuel subsidy removal with the following questions.
Telecoms sector.
1. Before the GSM revolution(Deregulation) how many folks actually owned telephones(landlines let alone cell phones) in their homes?
2. What population of the country actually sees its usage as a necessity/essential?
3. How many of those that have it actually use it and pay their bills on a regular basis?
4. Did people actually rushed and queued to purchase the GSM Sims when it started?
5. What is the % of the population that actually own GSM, CDMA and landline phones at the moment?

Downstream oil sector.
1. Before deregulation how many folks are dependent on fuel for survival?
2. What population of the country sees the usage of fuel as a necessity/essential?
3. What % of the population does it actually benefit?
4. Are there queues at the filling stations to buy fuel since Sunday?
5. What is the % of our population that actually need fuel at the moment?

If your answers to the above questions are similar or marginally close by any stretch of your imagination, then you can be rest assured that this genocidal policy of fuel subsidy removal would work and it would pay credence to the mentality of our senseless and insensitive leaders that think solutions to every problem has to be a "One size fits all" approach.

Politics › Re: Crowd Forming At Eagle Square Over Fuel Subsidy Removal? by yd849ja: 3:03pm On Jan 02, 2012

TRUTHTELA:
@Kushite, when God finish dealing with a SLUM DOG like you, you will be sincere with your life.

So it's so cheap right? Your father must be Aliko Dangote. Idiot! Do you know how much it goes for in Venezuela, a country with almost the same crude oil capacity as Nigeria. Please get informed and stop spewing utter rubbish.

Politics › Re: I’m Slow To Avoid Mistakes - Gej by yd849ja: 2:43pm On Jan 02, 2012

This man has to be the man of the year by all measures. First man to admit he is slow upstairs even a 4yr old would still go to war with you for calling him slow. What a daft man, even Bush with his low IQ wouldn't suggest he is slow. What a pity a country of slow n imbeciles, cos if your president is slow then all you Nigerians has to be super retarded for voting in a misfit as your president. I also heard this statement during the election "We are voting for GEJ and not PDP" That must be the dummest statement ever by super slow poeple lead by a retardeen?

Politics › Re: Fuel Now 141naira/liter, Bought 141 @ Oando In Maryland, How Much Did U Buy? by yd849ja: 1:58pm On Jan 02, 2012

KenGali:
I would like to take this opportunity to remind Nigerians that all the unsustainable and crooked government interventions in our economic life will have to go away one day for us to make progress.
On such a day as this, it shall be painful, but must take its , Subsidy is one of such policies, denying the citizen free supply of products, encouraging predators to eat down existing refineries, creating market barriers that prevent new entrants as well as competition in petroleum marketing. The average consumer will not see these as he feels he is gaining in the short term with subsidy. In the long term he is loosing in so many things. Can you imagine if Nigera has been running a deregulated petroleum product market since the 1970, we would have been a net exporter of these products. The price would have long been stabilized and the turbulence over, Many people would have been able to afford what ever price as the functioning private and public owned refineries would provide jobs not just in refining, but in spin off petro chemical firms, as well as in cottage firms like candle making.

It really annoys me when I read comments like yours believing you are more informed than the rest of us as regards this issues. Why on earth should pump price be what it is in the US or even more in some cases? What is the criterion used to arrived at this price? The diesel deregulation that has started before now can you tell me any semblance of competition that is going on there? You also fail to realise that this fuel is also used to generate electricity in most homes in Nigeria n your stupid Sanusi n Okonjo failed to put that in2 consideration. At the current price an average family in the country would be spending N100 000/month on fuel alone to move around and provide electricity at home, can you tell me how sustainable that is? On what salary and you still have to provide for other home and personal needs. This is pure stupidity and government insensivity.
let's not just think off our selves, but our future, our children. What kind of Nigeria do we want for them. Do we want a country where excessive govt. control is killing of all the sectors from which we should live as kings, only to make us proud survivors. The more we make noise about this, the more the sellers see possibility of making profit by hoarding. I sincerely believe the 145 Nara price in to create room for negotiations with labour. The earlier we get over this, the earlier the price will come down to the projected N110 to N120 per liter. Within the next six months as competition intensifies in the sector, with new entrants, better utilization of eastern ports, elimination of demurrage cost, and possible use of the more cost effective rail and pipelines in transport, the cost should come down to about N100 per liter.

Politics › Re: Fuel Now 141naira/liter, Bought 141 @ Oando In Maryland, How Much Did U Buy? by yd849ja: 7:44am On Jan 02, 2012

All I want the proponents of this genocidal policy is to answer this question. Why on earth should a Nigerian buy fuel @ the same price an American n British buys knowing fully well that these economies tax their prices (meaning we even have to pay more if we also have to be taxed) they provide social security, they provide welfare, they have good infrastructure, minimum wage is on the average $8 n £6/hr respectively (whilst minimum wage is N112.50 or $0.75/hr in Nigeria, is this not madness)? Citizens in these countries don't even need to contend with the issue of power(generator fuelling), deplorable health system n facilities, bad roads, moribund educational system e.t.c. This has to be the joke of the year!

Politics › Re: Removal Of Petroleum Subsidy: In Whose Interest? Live by yd849ja: 2:57pm On Dec 23, 2011

dmainboss:
If GEJ just wants to chop money, he doesnt need to remove subsidy. That will be a long route. He just simply needs to collaborate and connive with the fuel importers or better still, add one of his proxies to the list of importers. Have you ever thought of that? Allowing the money to come into the system before trying to "chop" it, is a very loooooong thing.

Sometimes you just have to believe even in the midst of chaos. Not the whole world is as bad as you might think.

Did you ever live or grew up in this country at all, you're so naive you about workings in Nigeria. who told you that GEJ and his cronies don't have stake in all this importation cabal's bizs, does it surprise you that we keep hearing cartel, fraud in the sector etc. and yet a single soul is yet to face the
wrath of the law. Sit down there and believe politicians even Okonjo acknowledge trust issue with government so what has changed between then and now. Is it not the same PDP (Old wine in new bottle). grin

Politics › Re: Post Debate Poll: Should Fuel Subsidy Be Removed? by yd849ja: 9:38am On Dec 23, 2011

I don't know how Nigerians can be so gullible. To start with this issue of subsidy has been on for over 12yrs now and still we don't have a meaningful headway in resolving it they keep promising us vague ideas of spending the money, has anyone tried to ask these crooks what they've done with the one removed from AGO so far and here they are again telling us cock and bull story on how bright the future would be if its removed.

And on the issue of trusting the government, have we ever check to see if its now angels in power or is it that PDP has moved there HQ to heaven. If not I see no reason why anyone in their sane mind should trust this crooks. Okonjo is not an angle either, she was in this same PDP government that removed AGO subsidy and increased fuel price like 6 times during OBJ's government. They promised to fix our roads (Benin-Ore, Lagos-Ibadan etc) the last I checked those roads are still in comatose. Lets even ask ourselves the money they have now what are they doing with it? I rest my case. Think Nigerian think!!!

Politics › Re: Removal Of Petroleum Subsidy: In Whose Interest? Live by yd849ja: 6:12pm On Dec 22, 2011

Again diesel subsidy has been removed now for almost 12yrs, I'm yet to see new diesel refineries under construction let alone investors fighting heads over heels to build 1. Diesel prices keep going up everyday and yet they keep telling us that competition would force down prices. where is the competition of this market forces. Mrs teacher stop teaching us nonsense we can see through your lies. God help this country.

Politics › Re: Removal Of Petroleum Subsidy: In Whose Interest? Live by yd849ja: 5:56pm On Dec 22, 2011

I watched this debate and I can categorically tell you all that this government has owned up to the fact that it cannot tackle corruption head on with the submission of the two ministers and Sanusi. They all admitted to the inability of this government to govern us but rather leave us to the wimps and caprices of corrupt capitalists. No government has ever admitted to ineptitude like this one in the history of this Nation hence we are the ones shackle with burden of the cost of a government's weakness, intimidated by capitalist. So Nigerians brace yourself for burden of your inept government.

To think I regard this woman highly before today. This is her argument which holds no water as far as I am concerned.
Ngozi came out with all the chat and statistic of petroleum pricing in oil producing countries and non oil producing countries saying Nigeria's pricing is not going to be as bad/high as we all think. Madam minister I would like to ask you this, have you seen the level of infrastructural development and constant power supply by this countries lets take Ghana for example: a Ghanaian don't need to buy petrol to do anything other than fuel his car. In America a gallon of fuel ranges between $3.20-$3.30 (i.e gallon = 3.8ltrs) meaning an American buys on the average a liter of fuel for 85cent equaling N136.80 at the rate of N160 to a dollar. Can anyone in his sane mind tell me while a commoner in Nigeria should pay as much as an American at the gas considering the fact that his minimum wage is N18 000/mnth compare to his American counterpart that earns close to $10/hr. You see the greed of our government, knowing fully well that an ordinary Joe in the US wouldn't have to contend with power issues, bad roads, bore holes/well for water, food insecurity (Agriculture is highly subsidized in America), bad transportation system etc. This to me is like selling Nigerians short to the marketers and I believe GEJ and his team are basically telling us they are not going to do our bid but that of this capitalists. God help Nigeria.

Politics › Re: What Is The Big Deal About Fashola? Nonsense! Pt 2 by yd849ja: 4:40pm On Dec 16, 2011

I think the best response to this kind of post is to ignore it and not to comment. But for the sake of the posters ignorance I'll tell you this. I remember I used to tell people how I get to found bad roads in the UK fixed before the next morning when I was still leaving there, same was my experience recently with some roads on the Island. The roads were fixed before the next morning without any undue inconvenience to the road users. That is what is called governance and they did not even make noise about it. The bad part of the roads have been resurfaced. And I think at times we make unnecessary demand of this man as if all roads in Lagos are under his jurisdiction. What are the LGAs doing and what about our great PDP lead ailing government. Not that I am saying its a big deal but I think it'll be unfair to say he's not doing anything like our president with so much motion but no movement.

As regards the Lekki toll, I feel its a commendable project but the motivation behind the project was more of greed than peoples welfare. Tolling is not alien to modern societies, seeing this toll gate for the first time what came to mind was the Sam Houston road (bridge) in Houston Texas. while the road was tolled you have the alternate route run aside the full stretch of the road on both going and coming lanes, you even have a super fast lane where you pay more to move at a faster speed. This I expected of LCC but to my dismay they provided an 'AGBOLE' (Short narrow cut) route and called it an alternate route. That to me is a deceit and extortion and I would implore our honorable governor to rescind this unpopular idea until a real alternate route is provided.

Business › Re: Failure To Remove Fuel Subsidy Will Lead To Economy Collapse – GEJ by yd849ja: 11:25am On Oct 26, 2011

[color=#990000][font=Lucida Sans Unicode]I think our government should grow balls and start taking drastic measures to develop these country and stop whining about subsidy removal. If they are not brave enough to tackle cabals in the oil sector, then they should go ahead and ban importation of fuel out rightly, it would hurt us all for sometime but that would force or encourage all this importers to start building there own refineries. I know ObJ did something similar with food beverages, livestock and second hand automobile industries some years back we all cried foul but see where we are today with the likes of Chi group, Dangote, bigger poultry farms etc. We even have larger number of brand new cars on our road now unlike years back. Stop importation, build refineries then we see where we go from there. [/font][/color]

Business › Re: Fuel Subsidy And Fake Subsidy - Simon Kolawole by yd849ja: 10:06am On Oct 26, 2011

4llerbuntu:
anyway there is a question that i have always wanted to ask:

if per chance i build a refinery, will i buy crude oil at the same international price that every foriegn nation buys it from nigeria?

if that is affirmative, does that not mean that in the long run, the prices i will sell my refined oil will be close to the price it is sold abroad?

and ultimately therefore, it does not matter if i refine it here, or in swahili land, the price difference from locally refined and imported may turn out to be a few naira.

which will inturn mean that we have oil yet do not enjoy any real benefit from being oil producers.
talk about a curse.

Your argument here is flawed in the sense that, If oil is refined within the country at international market price from NNPC. There is no way the cost of petroleum products can be the same with developed countries like US, UK etc. factoring in cost of production, labour and other miscellaneous. Also you must consider the cost of transporting petroleum to Nigeria through importation which would not be needed if we refine locally. All these factors put together would greatly reduce the prices of refined products and we even get more than just petroleum. More refineries would impact the economy a great deal because its going to have a ripple effect on all things production in the country and we can also start exporting petroleum products to our west African neighbors as another form of revenue generation for the country. Its a win win situation with more refineries.

I think our government should grow balls and start taking drastic measures to develop these country and stop whining about subsidy removal. If they are not brave enough to tackle cabals in the oil sector, then they should go ahead and ban importation of fuel out rightly, it would hurt us all for sometime but that would force or encourage all this importers to start building there own refineries. I know ObJ did something similar with food beverages, livestock and second hand automobile industries some years back we all cried foul but see where we are today with the likes of Chi group, Dangote, bigger poultry farms etc. We even have larger number of brand new cars on our road now unlike years back. Stop importation then we start looking inward!!!

Music/Radio › Re: What Nigerians Do Not Know About The Bet Cypher? - Save Nigerian Hip Hop by yd849ja: 2:35pm On Oct 18, 2011

To start with do you even listen to rap at all? Because to be honest with you your opinion to me sounds like rubbish on this topic. Did you even watch the whole show? Saying Nigerian Cypher is the worst, shows how inept and baseless your judgement is. Did you see the UK, and some other American cities? They were whack and whack is even an understatement. I'll rate the Nigerian cypher 2nd (because of MI, Mode9 and maybe Sauce kid)after Eminem and Joe Budden's then third on the list would be them Chris brown and Kevin McCall's and the UK cypher should be last. Please give those guys their well deserved credit, they delivered as expected. Stop belittling 9ja!!!

And I don't get it why you guys like throwing dirt on M.I. when he obviously had the best delivery on the whole cypher. He is the most versatile rapper in Nigeria (and y u think commercial rap is nothing beats me when the best rapper alive is also into commercial: EMINEM)

Mode 9 no doubt ranks high up there but to be honest with you MI shut him down on that cypher- All those stuff about you got air fare ticket u not gonna fly didn't cut it for me.

And stop the cypher story telling definition blah blah stuff> CYPHER is what you make it mate. go listen to Budden, McCall and Eminem.

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Politics › Re: Terrorism Here To Stay - NSA, Azazi by yd849ja: 1:19pm On Sep 07, 2011

I think the south is the sole problem of this country. Whenever issues of religion arises we are always docile("Sidon Look" wink

and ready to accept things even at our own detriment in the name of peace not knowing we are only preparing recipe for more danger in the future. I can't imagine if it were southern sect doing all this in what ever defense and the North wouldn't have reciprocated in full measure if not excessively.

I don't understand why a country of so many ethnic backgrounds and religions should allow a certain religion to have prominence over the rest in the first instance. Why won't Boko Haram want to "Islamise" the country when we have arabic on our currency in the first place (Why shouldn't a Boko Haram guy feel entitled to Nigeria more than anyone else).

What is Arabic doing on our currency if we are not an Islamic nation? How did it get there in the first instance? We are a multi-religious country then why does the country fund Islamic pilgrimage and then Jerusalem pilgrimage just to justify funding of Islamic pilgrimage in the first instance? when Nigerians can hardly afford a piece of meal. Why are we a member of an Islamic Organization? Why are we mixing governance with religion?

These are questions we need to start asking ourselves and provide answers to if we want an end to all this senseless carnage and corruption in the name of religion. Because for all its worth right now we are an Islamic nation.

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