Big oil has ruined the Delta as it did the Gulf and now their government is screwing the people. Sound familiar?

@ Kate 344962- Lol, ignorance is bliss! Of course they speak English. They were colonized by the British. While they have their own tribal languages, English is what is taught in schools.

Thats Socialism for ya works for a while then the money runs out, government cant continue to subsidise and the whole system falls apart. some one has to give them more money!

Whaoo! @ Kate 344962- What did you think they spoke? Sign language?

Maybe it's time you learned a bit more about the world outside of yourself.

The city is a confluence of cultures, populated by Yoruba, Hausa, Fulani, Nupe, Baruba, other Nigerians and foreign nationals. The indigenous people's culture is predominantly Islamic, as most of the Islamic festivals are greatly celebrated compared with anywhere in the country. Many ceremonial activities, mostly with religious aspects, take place in the city throughout the year.

Kate - Actually, English is the official language of Nigeria. I guess this is because it was a British colony until 1960.

This is just one more example of what happens when a government runs out of other people's money to spend. They cut the fuel subsidy so now the people are going to have to pay the real cost for their gasoline. This was no doubt expected to be a very unpopular move, particularly in a country with a very low per capita income. At least they are making changes before they get in debt trouble like several European countries.

If gasoline cost so much now how can they afford to start those protest fires?

Yea, Kate! Lol! Whaoo! What the others said...for cryin' out loud.. And let me add "Aaah!" to their list of egotistical exclamations! How could you think that? Whaoo! I'm gonna give you such a pinch! We all love to think we're so smart here, Kate! What are you thinking? Reading your ignorance hurts my eyes! Aaah! Aaaah, even!

Thats Socialism for ya works for a while then the money runs out, government cant continue to subsidise and the whole system falls apart. some one has to give them more money!

And what do you think our "capitalists" have been doing in this country for decades? Have you heard of the 4 billion we give to the oil industry every year? Or the corn subsidies for ethanol producers?

I didn't realize that Nigerians spoke english - and good for them for standing up, speaking out - I do hope that the trend continues - for their benefit, for the benefit of their country.

how patronizing a statement. Most of the brothers and sisters over in Africa know 3-5 languages, whether it is Nigeria, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, S. Africa, or Madagascar. I bet you don't even know 2 (and I'll admit that I don't).

Hows that for a "feeble minded" negro for you?

Someone says they didn't know something and you idiots jump all over them, I have a feeling most that did are clueless on many matters. Try acting like adults for a change. As far as " patronizing a statement" yours is the worst and very racist.

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Thats Socialism for ya works for a while then the money runs out, government cant continue to subsidise and the whole system falls apart. some one has to give them more money!

Socialism? The cash is not going to the people. It goes mostly to corporations. Our country overspends on the military, foreign aid, ands corporate welfare. What has happened to this country is the doings of crooks inside the government and the corporations. Combine the war profiteering, the bloated military budget, historically low taxation with tons of loopholes---we're screwed.

Socialism, subsidizing, give more money who's opposite is republicanism, exploitation and stealing more money from workers and tax payers and government. I guess when you are an hypocrite coming out of entitlement with a big ego and a superiority complex nobody is good enough and everyone is a lowly thieve. nuf said.

Look, the cops are beating up a black man. Is that racial profiling?

JM: Oil futures trading, oil companies and lobbyists transferred five trillion dollars from oil importing countries to oil exporting countries in last the eight years!

Whatever "ism" this is called, the whole oil business is a stinking shady business inventing problems in many nations and bankrupting some more!

We could go to moon and so on. But substitute for oil is far away and is probably sun!

Someone says they didn't know something and you idiots jump all over them, I have a feeling most that did are clueless on many matters. Try acting like adults for a change. As far as " patronizing a statement" yours is the worst and very racist.

Take it up with her not me, because that is what her statement implied. Please do tell how my statement is "racist" by defending and pointing out that people in Africa know multiple languages although black people are often the subject of racist criticism about how "dumb" they are, which totally doesn't make any sense. How are they fluent in so many languages if all of this criticism is true and not just racist propaganda?

You know, Tek, I did not read her post that way until you brought it up. From one minority to another, you'd go further encouraging people to learn things after you point out someone's lack of knowledge, then jumping all over them. If you haven't figured it out yet, most people in any county don't know a hell of a lot about other countries. The US isn't particularly worse at it than the majority of other nations out there.

Now, that having been said, there are a lot of places in the world where people speak multiple languages. It also helps coming from a part of the world where nations aren't monolithic in size and power. You don't happen to see a lot of Chinese people learning languages they don't need, albeit many are fluent in multiple languages in their region for the simple point that China is very diverse in language. You don't see a lot of Russians bothering to learn other languages. And you don't see a lot of South Americans speaking languages other than Spanish or Portugese. There are exceptions, and we have them too, but Nigeria has the benefit of being diverse in language and yes, to its credit. No need to smash someone over the head for not knowing that.

Funny how you automatically assume religion has to do with this, but before you usher in your bigotry, I have to let you know you're wrong. In the future, try not to be so pretentious. These people are not even Muslims

And this is from a Catholic raised Nigerian

My apologies from my fellow American. Unfortunately we have quite a few right wing bigots who like to shoot off at the mouth while having absolutely no knowledge of the subject. It's sad how many ignorant people share their opinions...

I dont blame you for your ignorant rants. You assume the problem is all religion based.

then there were three...don't forget the far left militants and their hate for the bloodlust of those far right warmongerers...we need to admonish the militant leftists" as well...we can't rebuke them cuz they haven't been buked yet"

My apologies from my fellow American. Unfortunately we have quite a few right wing bigots

Silly as he was to assume that religion had anything to do with you are just as foolish to assume that he is right wing...Of course you are not bigoted much are you!

@MixedMartialLeftist-748009 Nigeria is Half Muslim and Half Christian. If you are from Nigeria why did you not know that. This was not about religion, about that you are right. None of us know what religion they are so lets not worry about ranting idiots.

Religion is a heat dimension with a center growing in intensity of heat every second of every day, and the experiment within our society in the present day. That is religion. Peace. Out.

Islam has grown in this country as it does in other countries by cultural pressure.. That one way door to a cult of peace and love.. Except for women who are slightly better than property and can be possessed via contract by rich men.. Oh lets not forget the Zionists who need to convert or die..

To bad that our oil companies have monopolized and blocked any kind of alternative energy for replacing gasoline..

What a Clown Show!

If it wasn't for violence and protests you wouldn't live in the country that you do today. It's not a modern thing!

When those in power take everything, violence is all that is left.

but the difference is our nation was founded on protest against a King (government) taking from us in the form of taxation without representation. The Nigerians are protesting because their Government has stopped GIVING them something that they can't afford to GIVE........ BIG DIFFERENCE, so please don't try to equate what the Nigerians are doing to what our founding Fathers did.

coaxialkid and the SD Irreglular Militia at your service...

When those in power take everything, violence is all that is left

So exactly what has been taken ... Their fuel prices were being subsidized by their government...their government gets the money to subsidize the fuel prices by levying taxes...So it is a vicious circle..Only thing is that government gets to take and use its share before they give less back.

Oh..wait..I get it now...you think that the evil rich should have to pay more so that you can pay less and probably get back more than you pay in.

Exactly what is it that you had that has been taken from you?

aside from, say, a healthy economy and fair governance. what else is there? and then, of course the war that could have been prevented during the millenium...and the H1N1's roots that were a genocidal attack and killed more civies than the original attacks...and the justice for all theory we have been taught and espousing...jeez, I'm drawing a blank here. I still got, well, uhm, uhhh, uhm...yueah, hamburgers and the dollar store.

but no spare change. They stole my spare change. Bush did it.

When we meet I shall enlighten you...and the kingdom of god can be yours forever...you can be its rock and it's corner stone...the veritable true Hell Forever so many have wondered after and sought for...yours for free for being of such a fine intelllect....yuck

aside from, say, a healthy economy and fair governance

LOL...someone stole a healthy economy from you...What part of the economy were you responsible for...Do you contribute or are you just one who sits back and complains that you are not getting paid enough for that menial job you are doing.

Governance is what you allow it to be...If you do not like what you see then get out and get involved and do something about it.

Unless of course it is just easier to sit back and complain.

as for the rest of your post...not even worth my attention

Boy the word ignorant is being thrown around here alot today. And just because someone erroniously assumed it was Islam doesn't make them a bigot, it comes from alot of observation.

Nah, American's won't protest. We'll just put it on our credit cards and add to our debt which is expanding faster than our waistlines.

Mackandal Greed all over the world is making people fed up!!!

When you are selling something like Big Mac's or widgets and you want to raise the cost, people can say "eh, ill do without" or "No thanks." When It is something that people can not do without like Oil or electricity, then it becomes a different matter and you find yourself doing something you would normally not do. Note to the world leaders. Never raise up prices on the staple items people need to live on.

I think you're mistaken. Americans are numb to the 'new normal'. Gas prices are way up, people are having to decide which room to heat, actual unemployment is 12%-14% and much higher for minorities, people are losing their houses, inflation is eating what little money people have, the housing market has destroyed the retirement plans of many, and people are not doing something they would not normally do. Too many distractions. The Super Bowl is coming up, the NBA is back.........

Noone wants to get involved in a serious way because the penalty is stiff. Blow up your first genocidal politician and just see how fast you are discarded. That is probably what drove that Barnes guy over the hill. Not enough of the good guys have any weapons or courage, the ones that have them will cling to them instead of using them at present...they are "Klingons unquote...besides, we don't want to sacrifice society in the name of society, hell, that's our enemy...blah blah blah It's all about hang time.

As long as CSAPR dosn't take place, prices of fuel, food and electricity will stay down. Enough americans have lost there jobs.

But prices of absolute basics at the food store are going up.. Not because of the farmer who is getting screwed.. Those future traders and corporate types want new BMWs and a vacation home in France.. Do they care that it costs twice as much for you to feed your family than it did 5 years ago.. Cost of living is up and pay rates are down but the tax man gets his first..

They deregulated our electricity to save us money and now we pay more and pay a deregulation fee as well..

Then why did we just leave without taking any of that "oil" you speak of ??? Why don't we have any troops posted at those oil fields ??? We had to protect our interests .....Now we left a powder keg . Just wait .

China gets a lot of petroleum from Vietnam. Coincidence we got involved in that other wasteful war?

We only go to war with countries we have a financial intrest in. Your right, why DO you think we went to war with Vietnam? and Iraq? and next up....IRAN!!

So why don't we get off our lazy a$$es and explore for alternative resources here at home ? Oh I forgot ......the environment .......Can't win for losing..... fight wars abroad or fight them in the courtroom.

We have plenty of oil available right here at a price much lower than keeping the oil lanes open. Lets get the Navy out of there and spend the tens of billions on our own people working on our own petroleum resources.

Pacosperson.....just think of the jobs that would be created. It is already happening in ND.

As a counter argument, why don't we funnel some of those resources into technologies to rid us of our dependence on oil as an energy? Would that not also create jobs?

Imagine what could be accomplished if the government spent only 10% of the cost of the two wars on technology to advance alternative energies. We would be much farther along. For every Solyndra there are success stories as well.

As a counter argument, why don't we funnel some of those resources into technologies to rid us of our dependence on oil as an energy?

Seems that has been tried...Solyndra and a few other failures seem to come to mind.

Lost,

I understand, but you can't just not invest because you lost some money. That's how technology works - sometimes you win and sometimes you don't.

It's the concept that we need to reduce our dependence on oil that matters. Oil is a finite resource and will eventually run out along with those jobs. We need to look farther into the future and have a better plan.

TIGGLE we already have the technology but the oil companies own the pattens and they are not letting the eco cat out of the bag because they are making way to much money with the status qo and our politicians are helping them..

Tiggle, Reduction of dependence starts at home, I have greatly reduced my dpendence on oil, Not because of its green benefits but because I saw ways to save money, Solar arrays,Wind turbines, Wind powered water pump,Biomass heating systems,cfl's and tankless water heater. I have done this because it saves me money, I still like the roar of the V8 in my truck and the power of the diesel that moves my tractor...Americans all complain about energy costs but few ever actually take any steps to reduce them...That is unless someone else is subsidizing them. Are we really so totally and completely incapable of doing and thinking for ourselves that our government must think for us. Do you really think that someone hundres or thousands of miles away from you knows what is best for your needs and wants...yes...Wants are a big part of this...There are certain things I want and a high horsepower V8 is one of them.

They would have been wiser to raise money in some other way than to double the cost of a necessity. If the average worker can't afford the increase it will negatively affect government income in other ways so the Gov. should have thought this through. Does the government own the gas stations? If so, I understand the protester's burning them, but if they are privately owned what did they accomplish by destroying the stations?

@Brian- They had time to do what? It's not about days gone by, this is a result of greed and corruption. The President, like our own, and all the confused candidates want to move the country forward by cutting government funded programs. It just so happens that Nigeria is MUCH worse off than we are and cannot afford this massive overnight increase in cost. We'd be just as hard-pressed if our gas prices quadrupled literally over night. Their minimum wage is less than 150USD per MONTH. They could not afford it 20 years ago, they cannot afford it now.

it will not be a suprise at all when gas price rise on sudden notice

No. Muslims are not the ones who are behind 419 scams

Those are Catholics

suck it in, suck it in...before it pops and bubbles come out

No shix, the article was woefully lacking in detail.

It lacks in detail because nobody cares what happens in Nigeria until the crap hits the fan . That's how it has always been...... and in several other African nations. How many times has a story come out after the fact, that many people were killed or maimed?

...gas has risen to at least $3.50 per gallon (94 cents per liter) — just over double Sunday's morning price of about $1.70 per gallon (45 cents per liter)...

I got that from reading. Ahhh, a lost art.

OUCH! that's an expensive increase i would be pissed if it increased that much as well.

Daniel, funny. So that's what happened already in America except it happened over ten years. I wish gas had been a buck 5 over the fall. That would have saved me a lot of money. I guess we overall got screwed more and sooner than the Nigerians, and we have refineries.

I also wouldn't be happy, Scarletbirds!. I wonder if the government notified them of increases.... Or just simply increased prices overnight. Either way... Ouch.

Very humorous .....I love the smell of burning tires in the morning.

LOL insert burning condom joke here:

Agreed .....an entitled people, a welfare state .....This is what some want for America. Just imagine if our government cut peoples benefits in half .

It's called....GREED!

The money goes to the study of alternative resources that never come. When they do they have to go through years of environmental red tape to even begin to work with what they have learned.

After investing many billions of dollars the oil companies make about seven cents on a gallon of gasoline. The government, on the other had, invests nothing and gets about forty-five cents a gallon. 66 cents in California, 64 cents in Hawaii, 63 cents in Connecticut, 61 cents in Illinois, 65 cents in New York. So the question is; Who's gouging who? People are angry with the oil companies. They provide what you pay for. Does your government?

it's hard to believe that in a country where they kill each other things are getting violent- what a shocker- next there will be a masacre in the Congo

pacos- they may not make a huge percentage of profit on gasoline, but they've already made plenty of profit on the oil it was made from, after selling it back and forth several times.

makes about as much sense as giving welfare checks to someone w/10-15 children cut both-

pacos- they may not make a huge percentage of profit on gasoline, but they've already made plenty of profit on the oil it was made from, after selling it back and forth several times.

So if they are selling it back and forth who are they making a profit from...Themselves...They are making record profits because they are selling record amounts of oil and gasoline nothing more and nothing less.

But...its just so much easier to hate those big companies that make all those record profits...Afterall they must be stealing it from you.

The truth is If there were no rich people or big corporations you would still be poor and probably would be poorer. The reason you are poor is because you are who you are...It is not anyone elses fault it is yours.

You are dead wrong. The 'decisions' are made by agencies not people we elect. Check it out. There was a piece about 40,000 new "laws" going into effect this year. Guess what? They are (mostly) just new regulations, not laws, created by unelected people working in meetings without public attendence or input. Buy a vowel, get a clue, legislatures do not run this counrty. You can be fined, or jailed, for breaking a rule made by an un-elected person you never heard of, working in a mystery location, following secret instructions.

you're such a hypocrite. The computer you're typing on is made of components which contain petroleum products -- so why don't YOU stop using your computer before you ask others to stop driving (which I doubt you've done). Or stop eating food or wearing clothes that have been delivered by trucks which use petroleum fuel...... oh, that would make your life too hard.

Not as easy as you think numb skull!

As "told-ya-so" points out, everything in your life today revolves around petroleum products. From manufacturing, transportation, and our military to keep you safe, it all revolves around petroleum.

There is one way to get cheaper gasoline and that is to vote our current president out and even then we wont notice or see any benefits from utilizing our own resources until 2023.

So in the mean time, educate yourself to the importance of petroleum products unless you live like "Grizzly Adams".

Don't worry so much when this computer breaks, I will recycle it..... When my clothes don't fit, I will donate them..

as a nigerian we have all thr right to fight with out last blood by way of stoping the so call government of this country, because we in nigeria buy american made cars and is way cheaper in america because it made there, so the oil be it fuel or gas is found here in our parent yard and you don't expect us to be paying the same amount those who don't have the product pay. the president budget for feeding is about a billion naira for him only and their are some people in nigeria who feed less then a 1 dollar a day in a country that is the 6 oil producer in the wolrd. is simple we can't pay a dollars for what we produce here in our back yard while countries who don't have oil pay the same amount. government should cut their cost not the citizen on the street. a nigerian senator earns about five hundred thousand dollars every 3 months and american president earn 400 a year so what are we not saying ehough is enough for those so call leaders.... if is war they want we will give it to them

Yes folks we are a world based on oil products from birth to death. But there are other sources of and free ones too. We should use oil only to produce the materials we need to harvest these energies and we can do it.

But "we" don't want to do it because those who made their wealth( and still are making it) and those who make a living out of it ( mostly Republicans ) don't want to change that as they fix prices and do so well. I can understand I suppose.