omofineboy, i do not think this is OBJ failure or anything else but listen to the declaration of the boys ", we prefer to die for our children to carry on the fight, " they are determined, everybody now knows what comes out of oil wells. Its gonna be much difficult to stop them now!

So withdraw the Fed Govt Armed Troops, employ their pple, relocate the Headoffices of Shell, Mobile, Chevron at least to the region, grand their children who wants to study scholarships to do so, stop Gas flaring, adequate royalties for destroyed natural resources, built good roads, good hospitals including free med care for the children and the aged, good schools, announce no visa requirement for Niger Delta indigenes to travel to any European country, o boy u can add ur own too.

Ban on Night Browsing? ill informed, myopic and dubious act.

1. Internet has a global scope, night in Nigeria is day in other parts of the globe

2. Home browsing has also unlimited access plan

3. Ban on cafe without corresponding half slice of unlimited access tarriff charged by ISPs is parochial.

4. Excuse to increase browsing time charged from N100 to N200 with no bulk time, one day use apart from not holding anything for consummer protection has increase the cost of service delivery for those using v-sat to run cafes - a good market for dial-up connections that charges very low tarriff as low as N21,000 per annum.

5. Compulsory Registration with Local, National Chapters, EFCC and NCC has not taken into consideration the different sizes of cafes, there are cafes of 100 computers and more, 50,30,15,10 or even less.

5. To me is like some pple are using the EFCC to force some pple out of Cafe business so they can start running mega cafes like is happening for Filling Stations - maybe they are eying these online registration stuffs , but don't quote me- OK?

Dear Mariory,

I feel pressured to reply to ur observation to my earlier post on this topic. I have been careful enough to choose my suggested options for the Niger Delta problem. First, what u should consider is what are the demands of the Niger delta people, are they legitimate? They are asking for employment at the senior levels for their sons and daughters but the excuse has been on lack of manpower from this region, the pple then said show us the positions and let us see together if we don't have hands to fill them. What do u say to confirmed cases of pple who read Islamic studies working as senior men in some of these companies whereas indigene with degrees in Petrochemical Engineering are not given jobs.

You have also asked me to direct my questions to the State and the Local Governors from these areas. Yes, whether Local, State or Federal are they not the same? conniving with the oil companies? if you agree with my observation that no physical development is in the Niger Delta as your statement portrayed, why is it that right now one of the governor is tipped for the Aso Rock post for the country. I won't be surprise if he is sworn in come 2007 so that more oil wells will be assigned to unknown persons. Did u not read that after the aborted 2million Abacha forever March, it was reported that 2 oil wells were given as a complimentary gift to the guy who champion the move?. This is what they do.

Know that the people in the creeks, they cant march to the Government Houses but the oil workers who comes daily to their backyard to steal this gold has to be chased back. What if u are the one will u allow it?

Do u also agree with the pple that come to the Niger Delta there is no permanent structures belonging to these oil companies on ground? rather what u have are all make-shifts: they only fly down to carry all the wealth to spend elsewhere? Why cant they build their Head Offices around these pple so they can feel the way the pple are feeling.

ANYONE WHO CONDEMN THE ACTION OF THE NIGER DELTA BOYS IN RECENT TIMES MUST EITHER BE A BENEFICIARY OF ONE OF THE OIL BLOCKS OR OUT OF TOTAL IGNORANCE OF THE IMPROVERISHMENT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OIL COMPANIES HAVE LEFT THE PEOPLE OF NIGER DELTA. PERSONALLY, I WOULD WISH THE NIGER DELTA BOYS CONTINUE UNTILL THERE IS NO MORE SALE OF OIL FROM NIGERIA THEN ALL OF US CAN SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS THE WAY FORWARD FOR NIGERIA.

I REFUSE TO SHARE THE OPINION THAT THE BOYS ARE FIGHTING NOW B'COS OF MONEY, IF THEY COLLECT ANY MONEY AT ALL IT MUST BE IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN THE STRUGGLE AND THAT IS FAIR. AFTERALL, THE OWNERS OF THE OIL WELLS NEVER RELENT TO SPONSORING TANKS AND MEN TO OVER RUN THE BOYS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE HOLDING THEIR GRIP ON THE REGION.

OH, I REMEMBERED THAT, OBJ IS PERSONALLY SUPERVISING ONE COMMITTEE TO DEVELOPE THE REGION AND THERE IS RECRUITMENT QUOTA RESERVED FOR THE BOYS, SORRY, THE YOUTHS OF NIGER DELTA TO JOIN THE MILITARY AND THE POLICE FORCE. LETS WAIT AND SEE THE MAGIC THIS FORMULAR WILL DO. BUT, WHY ARE THERE NO SUCH RESERVED MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN THE OIL COMPANIES FOR THE INDIGENES; AND GOOD ROAD NETWORKS FOR THE REGION TO MAKE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE JOINT TASK FORCE EASIER.