Nigerian Times

Nigerians protesting against corruption. Photo Credit: MSNBC Photo Blog Between Dogs and Idiots Nigerians are known as very religious people who are almost equally divided between Christianity and Islam, the two most popular religions in the world. Millions of the Christians love flocking to their different churches every Sunday and millions of the Muslims flock to their mosques every Friday and even cause traffic jams along their routes. But God knows that majority of them are UNFAITHFUL to their FAITH, because they don't even practice what their faith requires and which is a shame no matter how you twist it. To me the most popular religion in Nigeria is Hypocrisy, because majority of Nigerians are the devotees of this religion of conceit and deceit. And these hypocrites are proud of their religion from the street to the pulpit and from the bedroom to the boardroom. Those who are not like them are the endangered species among them. They don't read and when they even read, the...

Dear President Goodluck Jonathan, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Diezani Alison-Madueke Dear President Goodluck Jonathan, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Diezani Alison-Madueke, there is no need for long speeches now, because the chickens have come home to roost. It is not rocket science to know the facts on the issues at stake on the 419 scam called Fuel Subsidy on Petrol. I stand by what Prof. Tam David-West said, that there is really no subsidy on petrol, because from the cost of production to the filling station , the real pump price of petrol should even be less than N65 per litre since it is from our crude oil. And why should the petrol from our own refineries be sold at the same price with the imported petrol? Again, why should you inflate the pump price of the same subsidized fuel imported last year 2011? When the 2012 8udget is still before the National Assembly? If you made no provision for subsidy in the 2012 Budget, then why not wait until the implementation before increasing the pump pr...

Nationwide strike over removal of fuel subsidy shuts down Nigeria. Nigerians rally against the removal of fuel subsidy on petrol at the popular Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos.Photo Credit: Nairaland . In spite of the spate of terrorist attacks by the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic Jihad group and other unidentified elements of the lunatic fringe on rampage in the middle belt and northern states, the nationwide strike to protest the undemocratic removal of the fuel subsidy on petrol has shutdown all commercial activities in Nigeria, except for neighbourhood convenience stores and canteens where the people could buy foods and drinks to feed and stay the course of the strike action. Prof. Pat Utomi among protesters on the street at Falomo roundabout in Ikoyi, Lagos. Photo Credit: Nairaland . The organized labour unions, Nigerian Bar Association, human rights bodies, student unions, both academic and non-academic staff unions and other coalitions called Occupy Nigeria led the vanguard of ...

Inside the House of Representatives of the 7th National Assembly (2011-2015) After their unruly emergency session on Sunday afternoon, the members of the Nigerian House of Representatives finally resolved to dismiss the unpopular removal of the fuel subsidy on petrol by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. And they advised the organized labour unions to dialogue with the government instead of going ahead with the nationwide strike planned to start tomorrow Monday January 9, 2012. "We are sitting near a keg of gunpowder and we are playing with fire," said Rep. Pally Isumafe Obokhuaime Iriase of the Action Congress of Nigeria. "This will be the last straw that will break the camel's back if we do not act." Tweet