NOISY EDGE

So here's my take on the fuel pump matter, let me say it now and very clearly too,  we are fini shed .  1. NNPC provides only 50% of fuel in Nigeria, the remaining 50% is from independent marketers.  2. The main reason behind the initial fuel drought was that CBN IS BROKE. Independent marketers up until three months ago sourced their foreign exchange from the Central Bank of Nigeria at the official rate. However, since late last year, independent marketers have brought in little or no fuel because they have been unable to get foreign exchange from the CBN. According to the presidency,   ." THE CBN SIMPLY DID NOT HAVE MONEY " --Osibanjo 3. The 135 Naira and 145 Naira per litre” thingy is a GAMBLE. According to the presidency "independent marketers and any Nigerian entity to source their own foreign exchange and import fuel. We expect that foreign exchange will be sourced at an average of about 285 Naira to the dollar, (current interbank rate). They would the...

I bet you didn't know this amazing facts about Naija 1. The Nigerian national anthem has no official name but the first phrase “Arise o’compatriots” makes it an unmistakable fact that it belongs only to Nigeria and no other. 2.The 2006 Census found Nigerians to be the highest educated ethnic or racial group in America. 3.1st republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi hid former South African President, Nelson Mandela, for six months in Nigeria to evade his arrest by the apartheid regime. 4 . Gangsta: In 1984 under the disciplinary Buhari/Idiagbon government, there was a sophisticated attempt to kidnap and repatriate ex-civilian regime minister of transport, Umaru Dikko from the UK, anesthetized in a freight crate, for the embezzlement of $1bn under the Shagari regime. 5. Once upon a time, the north was the more literate part of Nigeria. According to Lord Luggard, there were 25,000 Qur’anic Arabic schools with about 250,000 pupils in the north. 6. ...

This resemblance is striking

So the other day I and a couple of friends went out for a drink in a certain upscale restaurant whose name I can't mention. While the chat was at its peak, the chemistry and body language of a certain couple who were having lunch caught my attention. The lady's smile and the way the man soaked in her presence, they probably weren't aware of their surrounding. When it was time for the bills, the waiter walked past the woman and went straight to the man to ask for the bills. That particular act took me back to another event. One beautiful Sunday, I decided to give my kid brother a treat, and time for the bills,  the waiter went straight to my brother and when he objected and insisted she meets me, the waiter gave me an indulgent smile and kept badgering my innocent brother who looks way older  than his age. The whole drama was quite entertaining and enjoyable.  but the question is who should actually be responsible for bills?