Making money genuinely in campus

CAMPUS BUSINESS  TIPS FOR EVERY STUDENT
Education is an expensive project. Students have to pay for or buy a number of things ranging from text books, hand outs, excursions, field trips, research projects, practical and even accommodation. While some students have sponsors who readily provide them with funds for such items, majority of students are either self-sponsored or have to rely on their parents who can only do little for them.
With the increasing costs of tuition and other fees in schools and colleges, it’s now becoming more than important for college bound students or those already in college to start a business. Before now, college students can easily get part-time jobs.
But due to the bad global economy, there are now fewer jobs, stiffer competition, automation with technology, and constant changes within corporations. So, the key is to accept the new economic reality and prepare to survive even in the face of harsh conditions.
However, you can still live comfortably and achieve great career accomplishments if you make the right strategic moves. This were things i did and just in two years,am now a dope nigga in campus. I don't know when i asked of fees from my dad except my first year in campus. Now i can boast of a pajero jeep a fleet of businesses around campus premise. Launching a business while in college will set you up for success and responsibility. There are many unique startup business ideas for students that can turn out to be profitable ventures later on. It may begin with the young and enterprising person’s passion for something.
Whether it’s computer games, gourmet sandwiches or special home-baked goodies, cute accessories, gadgets or sports equipment (the list goes on), there’s bound to be something that can appeal young people looking to make big bucks. So without wasting your time, below are profitable business ideas that you can start as a college student:

1. Transportation service
If your parent has an old car that has been abandoned for a long time, you can fix it and start a micro transport service. Chances are your fellow students need transportation to and from campus. And most of the time, the transport arrangements by school authorities are not very good.
So, your college colleagues would be willing to pay you to transport them. They will prefer your services to that of the college because yours will save their time and provide more comfort and flexibility.
2. Tutoring service
As a college student, chances are you are particularly good in one or two subjects. You’ll make a lot of money by offering to teach others who are having problems with those subjects — most especially if they are very important subjects that students must pass before promotion or graduation.
3. Career counseling
If you have good communication skills, you can meet the recruiters and employers in the on-campus career center to learn what they are looking for in job applicants. Then you can become a career coach and counselor simply by leaking these secrets to other students.
4. Sports training service
If you are a good athlete and sportsman, think about starting a personal sports training service aimed at teaching fellow students who are interested in becoming skilled sportsmen like you. You can use either an on-campus facility or a local fitness facility off campus.
5. Party promotion
Most college students love partying. So, you can make decent income if you know how promote parties and get the best deejays and party people to events. You can also organize shows involving celebrity singers and entertainers.
6. On-boarding services for international students
If your college admits students from other countries that have never lived in your country for long, you can start an on-boarding service for international students. Such students find the campus environment overwhelming, and they may have a hard time blending with the new system.
If you are compassionate, and you enjoy meeting new people, you can set up a hospitality or familiarization program for international students. You can either collaborate with the office of students’ affairs in your school or run your business independently.
7. Graphics arts design services
If you have a knack for creative design and you are very good at it, you can start a graphics design business. You can offer your services for both students and college professors who want to beautify their research and reports as well as their presentations. You can also make additional income by designing banners for events and occasions in your college and by designing creating greeting cards for birthdays and holidays.
8. Freelance writing services
If you are very good with words, then you can start a freelance writing service. This would involve handling writing assignments for clients — not fellow students, because this is unethical and against the rules in virtually all schools and colleges. You can hook up with clients over the internet by registering an account with freelance outsourcing sites.
You can start a blog for marketing your writing services and promote your business in online forums and via social media. Writing assignments that you’ll be handling for clients include articles, blog posts, ebooks, sales copies, press releases, business proposals, and so on.
9. Dog walking services
If you love dogs and other pets, you can start a dog walking service. If some of your colleagues come to school with their pets (though this is not allowed in most schools ), you can advertise your services to them. Before starting, consult a professional vet to get tips on how to care for dogs and other animals.
10. Hair styling service
You can start rendering your services as a hair stylist or
professional barber . Everyone loves to look good, and good hair care is one of those factors that improve one’s overall appearance. So, you will make a lot of cash off of your colleagues by starting this business.
More Small Business Ideas for College Students to Start Without Money
11. Babysitting
Working class mums always need babysitters to take care of their children while they work or attend to their businesses. You can cash in on this opportunity by becoming a baby sitter and earning extra income to support yourself through college.
12. Event planning
There are series of campus events from student parties to award nights, matriculations and convocations. You can offer your services and help in planning such events and get paid for it.
Although starting up might be challenging as you will need to be able to convince sponsors that you can handle the job perfectly. You can offer to do the first few jobs for free and start charging when you have proven yourself to be an excellent event planner.
13. Residential and Commercial Cleaning
As a student, you can also make money from cleaning other people’s homes or offices. Most people are often too busy to clean their homes or offices themselves so they simply outsource these services to other people. You can take out few hours daily from studying and get cleaning jobs to help you earn extra income.
14. Fitness Trainer
Our society has made keeping fit a necessity and many people are looking for ways to keep fit daily. Not many people have the time to visit a gymnasium and would gladly pay for a personal fitness instructor to come into their homes and train them instead. If you are someone who is passionate about sports, you can become a fitness trainer and earn decent income from it.
15. Pet Grooming : Everyone loves a clean and nice smelling pet but most people either do not know how to groom their pets or simply do not like doing these themselves. You can become a pet groomer and make extra income from it. You will be required to bathe the pets, trim their hair and sometimes take them out for fresh air and exercise.
16. Photography and Videography
Students love to capture beautiful moments in photos and there are chances of making good money if you are a very good photographer. You can also record live campus events on video tapes and sell them for a fee.
17. Master of Ceremonies (MC): You can also become an MC and anchor campus and off-campus events and parties.
18. Food Delivery: As a student, you can make money as a part-time chef or by making pre-packaged meals and selling them to fellow students.
19. Sewing-: You can make good money from helping students mend their clothes.
20. Dance and Music Classes : If you are really good at dancing or play any musical instrument well, you can become a music or dance instructor.
21. Gardening: Do you love gardening, trimming lawns and beautifying homes? A lot of people wouldn’t mind paying you to help them keep their homes and gardens beautiful.
Online Business ideas for College Students to Start
22. Start Selling E-books
As a student, there will be topics you are passionate about and you can make money by writing e-books about them and selling them on the internet. Writing books would not cost you money but a little bit of your time and energy and this can easily be done alongside studying. When writing your e-book, you must make sure you research hot keywords in that niche and use them so that people can locate your e-book easily through search engines.
23. Start Building Mobile Applications
Mobile Apps are hot right now and many businesses and individuals are hiring people to build mobile applications for them. Do you have programming skills? Then you can also make money as a student by building mobile apps and publishing them.
23. Start Blogging
You can create a blog on blogger.com or WordPress and start writing about topics you are passionate about. All you need to start this is your computer and internet connection. If you write well and you gain much blog traffic, you can make money from Google AdSense or other third party advertising agents.
24. Consider Affiliate Marketing
What an affiliate marketer does is to help promote products and services of other companies and earn commission from sales made. You will need a good knowledge of web marketing, sales copywriting and pay per click marketing to become an affiliate marketer.
25. Freelance Writing: You can provide ghost writing services to people who need it and get paid for it.
26. Offer Virtual Assistance Services
A lot of busy professionals would not mind getting extra help in reading their e-mails, responding to enquiries and organizing meetings and tasks for them without having to hire a secretary or personal assistant. Many people prefer to hire a virtual assistant who would work from home. You can become a virtual assistant and offer such services as long as you have a computer and an excellent internet connection.
27. Start a Resume Writing Service : If you are very good with words and information presentation, you can help people write their resume in ways that would attract employers and get paid for it.
28. Offer Bookkeeping Services : If
you are really good with accounting , you can become a bookkeeper and offer bookkeeping services to business and individuals online.
29. Engage in Website Design and Flipping : As a student, you can go into website designing and get paid for it. You can also buy websites that are undeveloped, develop them and then sell them for a fee.
30. Do Search Engine Optimization Jobs
Companies and business owners are always looking for ways to place their businesses at the top of search engines such as Google and Bing. You can make money by helping companies improve web page ranking.
31. Provide Language Translation and Transcription Services
As a student, you can offer language translation services. If you are very good in a second language, you can help people translate documents from that language to English or vice versa. There are also lots of opportunities for transcription services on the internet. Transcription entails converting recorded speech to written text.
32. Start Organizing Webinars: You can organize seminars online known as webinars and share your ideas on a certain topic that people would be interested in while you charge attendance fees.
33. Become an Online Nutritionist : A lot of people are looking for ways to eat healthy so as to prevent diseases in future and a lot of people are also looking for diet plans for weight loss online. You can make money by selling weight loss meal plans or nutritional guides to people online.
34. Become a Ticketing Agent : As a student, you can make money from selling air travel tickets to people who need it on the internet.
35. Become an Online Tutor
If you are smart and very good academically and wouldn’t mind imparting knowledge in others, you can make money by becoming an online tutor. There are websites that offer such services and you can sign up to become one of their tutors or you can create your own website and start helping students get better at their academics.
36. Become a Graphic designer
If you are very good with graphics,
you can make money by becoming a graphic designer . There are websites where you can offer your services and get paid for it. Such websites include Freelancer, Odesk etc.
37. Start a Property Finding Service
You can offer property finding services to fellow students searching for accommodation or even to non-students. You will need to go around and search for vacant houses and list them on your website so that people who need such accommodation can contact you. However, you will need to create awareness for your website by printing flyers and telling as many people as you can.
38. Establish Online Directories : You can also create online directories and charge companies for listing their businesses.
39. Engage in Online Surveys: There are lots of opportunities to make money from filling out online survey. Simply register on a legitimate paid survey site and get paid when you answer survey questions.
40. Online Reputation Management (ORM) : A company’s reputation translates to sales most of the time, which is why companies pay people to manage their product and brand reputation online.
41. Buying and selling stuff online has become one of the big money-earners in the digital age. The challenge comes in offering something unique or which stands out from other product offerings in the marketplace.
42. Cute and unique gift items presented in a website can sell like hotcakes especially during seasons like Christmas and Valentine .
Reasonably priced cupcakes with creative designs can likewise capture the attention of pastry lovers or food gift buyers browsing the web.
43. Computer enthusiasts who use the Internet for research, emailing, and playing online games may find huge appeal in taking part in a business like testing new games and providing feedback on the games.
44. Making personalized invitations for occasions like baptisms, bachelorette parties, birthdays and special events may also turn out to be a money earner for students.
45. Students can also usually find
making websites, writing and posting blogs about places they have been to or products they have tried a good way to earn money. It does not take a genius to try out and succeed in these unique business ideas for students.
46. Other creative ways for college students to make money and enjoy themselves in the process;
depending on their hobbies and interests are arranging/mixing songs (which require initial investment on equipment); offering photography services with background design and CDs; and making beaded jewelry .
47. Indeed, students have many ideas on cool stuff they can sell that other kids would love to purchase. For some students who know where to source goods like slippers/sandals with a design twist, cute kiddie costumes or teen apparel.
48. Students can also choose among the reputable affiliate marketing programs online that sell products; then they can allot time to learn details about products the affiliate companies sell, like jewelry, supplements, apparel, gadgets, home wares.
49. Another business idea for students is using a leading e-commerce site to sell goods. What young enterprising individuals need to do is simply take good photos of the products they intend to sell and post these online, along with a concise product description so that potential buyers can bid on them. Careful judgment must be used though, when dealing with online customers as there are individuals who are not really serious about buying but keep bidding.

Making money genuinely in campus

CAMPUS BUSINESS  TIPS FOR EVERY STUDENT
Education is an expensive project. Students have to pay for or buy a number of things ranging from text books, hand outs, excursions, field trips, research projects, practical and even accommodation. While some students have sponsors who readily provide them with funds for such items, majority of students are either self-sponsored or have to rely on their parents who can only do little for them.
With the increasing costs of tuition and other fees in schools and colleges, it’s now becoming more than important for college bound students or those already in college to start a business. Before now, college students can easily get part-time jobs.
But due to the bad global economy, there are now fewer jobs, stiffer competition, automation with technology, and constant changes within corporations. So, the key is to accept the new economic reality and prepare to survive even in the face of harsh conditions.
However, you can still live comfortably and achieve great career accomplishments if you make the right strategic moves. This were things i did and just in two years,am now a dope nigga in campus. I don't know when i asked of fees from my dad except my first year in campus. Now i can boast of a pajero jeep a fleet of businesses around campus premise. Launching a business while in college will set you up for success and responsibility. There are many unique startup business ideas for students that can turn out to be profitable ventures later on. It may begin with the young and enterprising person’s passion for something.
Whether it’s computer games, gourmet sandwiches or special home-baked goodies, cute accessories, gadgets or sports equipment (the list goes on), there’s bound to be something that can appeal young people looking to make big bucks. So without wasting your time, below are profitable business ideas that you can start as a college student:

1. Transportation service
If your parent has an old car that has been abandoned for a long time, you can fix it and start a micro transport service. Chances are your fellow students need transportation to and from campus. And most of the time, the transport arrangements by school authorities are not very good.
So, your college colleagues would be willing to pay you to transport them. They will prefer your services to that of the college because yours will save their time and provide more comfort and flexibility.
2. Tutoring service
As a college student, chances are you are particularly good in one or two subjects. You’ll make a lot of money by offering to teach others who are having problems with those subjects — most especially if they are very important subjects that students must pass before promotion or graduation.
3. Career counseling
If you have good communication skills, you can meet the recruiters and employers in the on-campus career center to learn what they are looking for in job applicants. Then you can become a career coach and counselor simply by leaking these secrets to other students.
4. Sports training service
If you are a good athlete and sportsman, think about starting a personal sports training service aimed at teaching fellow students who are interested in becoming skilled sportsmen like you. You can use either an on-campus facility or a local fitness facility off campus.
5. Party promotion
Most college students love partying. So, you can make decent income if you know how promote parties and get the best deejays and party people to events. You can also organize shows involving celebrity singers and entertainers.
6. On-boarding services for international students
If your college admits students from other countries that have never lived in your country for long, you can start an on-boarding service for international students. Such students find the campus environment overwhelming, and they may have a hard time blending with the new system.
If you are compassionate, and you enjoy meeting new people, you can set up a hospitality or familiarization program for international students. You can either collaborate with the office of students’ affairs in your school or run your business independently.
7. Graphics arts design services
If you have a knack for creative design and you are very good at it, you can start a graphics design business. You can offer your services for both students and college professors who want to beautify their research and reports as well as their presentations. You can also make additional income by designing banners for events and occasions in your college and by designing creating greeting cards for birthdays and holidays.
8. Freelance writing services
If you are very good with words, then you can start a freelance writing service. This would involve handling writing assignments for clients — not fellow students, because this is unethical and against the rules in virtually all schools and colleges. You can hook up with clients over the internet by registering an account with freelance outsourcing sites.
You can start a blog for marketing your writing services and promote your business in online forums and via social media. Writing assignments that you’ll be handling for clients include articles, blog posts, ebooks, sales copies, press releases, business proposals, and so on.
9. Dog walking services
If you love dogs and other pets, you can start a dog walking service. If some of your colleagues come to school with their pets (though this is not allowed in most schools ), you can advertise your services to them. Before starting, consult a professional vet to get tips on how to care for dogs and other animals.
10. Hair styling service
You can start rendering your services as a hair stylist or
professional barber . Everyone loves to look good, and good hair care is one of those factors that improve one’s overall appearance. So, you will make a lot of cash off of your colleagues by starting this business.
More Small Business Ideas for College Students to Start Without Money
11. Babysitting
Working class mums always need babysitters to take care of their children while they work or attend to their businesses. You can cash in on this opportunity by becoming a baby sitter and earning extra income to support yourself through college.
12. Event planning
There are series of campus events from student parties to award nights, matriculations and convocations. You can offer your services and help in planning such events and get paid for it.
Although starting up might be challenging as you will need to be able to convince sponsors that you can handle the job perfectly. You can offer to do the first few jobs for free and start charging when you have proven yourself to be an excellent event planner.
13. Residential and Commercial Cleaning
As a student, you can also make money from cleaning other people’s homes or offices. Most people are often too busy to clean their homes or offices themselves so they simply outsource these services to other people. You can take out few hours daily from studying and get cleaning jobs to help you earn extra income.
14. Fitness Trainer
Our society has made keeping fit a necessity and many people are looking for ways to keep fit daily. Not many people have the time to visit a gymnasium and would gladly pay for a personal fitness instructor to come into their homes and train them instead. If you are someone who is passionate about sports, you can become a fitness trainer and earn decent income from it.
15. Pet Grooming : Everyone loves a clean and nice smelling pet but most people either do not know how to groom their pets or simply do not like doing these themselves. You can become a pet groomer and make extra income from it. You will be required to bathe the pets, trim their hair and sometimes take them out for fresh air and exercise.
16. Photography and Videography
Students love to capture beautiful moments in photos and there are chances of making good money if you are a very good photographer. You can also record live campus events on video tapes and sell them for a fee.
17. Master of Ceremonies (MC): You can also become an MC and anchor campus and off-campus events and parties.
18. Food Delivery: As a student, you can make money as a part-time chef or by making pre-packaged meals and selling them to fellow students.
19. Sewing-: You can make good money from helping students mend their clothes.
20. Dance and Music Classes : If you are really good at dancing or play any musical instrument well, you can become a music or dance instructor.
21. Gardening: Do you love gardening, trimming lawns and beautifying homes? A lot of people wouldn’t mind paying you to help them keep their homes and gardens beautiful.
Online Business ideas for College Students to Start
22. Start Selling E-books
As a student, there will be topics you are passionate about and you can make money by writing e-books about them and selling them on the internet. Writing books would not cost you money but a little bit of your time and energy and this can easily be done alongside studying. When writing your e-book, you must make sure you research hot keywords in that niche and use them so that people can locate your e-book easily through search engines.
23. Start Building Mobile Applications
Mobile Apps are hot right now and many businesses and individuals are hiring people to build mobile applications for them. Do you have programming skills? Then you can also make money as a student by building mobile apps and publishing them.
23. Start Blogging
You can create a blog on blogger.com or WordPress and start writing about topics you are passionate about. All you need to start this is your computer and internet connection. If you write well and you gain much blog traffic, you can make money from Google AdSense or other third party advertising agents.
24. Consider Affiliate Marketing
What an affiliate marketer does is to help promote products and services of other companies and earn commission from sales made. You will need a good knowledge of web marketing, sales copywriting and pay per click marketing to become an affiliate marketer.
25. Freelance Writing: You can provide ghost writing services to people who need it and get paid for it.
26. Offer Virtual Assistance Services
A lot of busy professionals would not mind getting extra help in reading their e-mails, responding to enquiries and organizing meetings and tasks for them without having to hire a secretary or personal assistant. Many people prefer to hire a virtual assistant who would work from home. You can become a virtual assistant and offer such services as long as you have a computer and an excellent internet connection.
27. Start a Resume Writing Service : If you are very good with words and information presentation, you can help people write their resume in ways that would attract employers and get paid for it.
28. Offer Bookkeeping Services : If
you are really good with accounting , you can become a bookkeeper and offer bookkeeping services to business and individuals online.
29. Engage in Website Design and Flipping : As a student, you can go into website designing and get paid for it. You can also buy websites that are undeveloped, develop them and then sell them for a fee.
30. Do Search Engine Optimization Jobs
Companies and business owners are always looking for ways to place their businesses at the top of search engines such as Google and Bing. You can make money by helping companies improve web page ranking.
31. Provide Language Translation and Transcription Services
As a student, you can offer language translation services. If you are very good in a second language, you can help people translate documents from that language to English or vice versa. There are also lots of opportunities for transcription services on the internet. Transcription entails converting recorded speech to written text.
32. Start Organizing Webinars: You can organize seminars online known as webinars and share your ideas on a certain topic that people would be interested in while you charge attendance fees.
33. Become an Online Nutritionist : A lot of people are looking for ways to eat healthy so as to prevent diseases in future and a lot of people are also looking for diet plans for weight loss online. You can make money by selling weight loss meal plans or nutritional guides to people online.
34. Become a Ticketing Agent : As a student, you can make money from selling air travel tickets to people who need it on the internet.
35. Become an Online Tutor
If you are smart and very good academically and wouldn’t mind imparting knowledge in others, you can make money by becoming an online tutor. There are websites that offer such services and you can sign up to become one of their tutors or you can create your own website and start helping students get better at their academics.
36. Become a Graphic designer
If you are very good with graphics,
you can make money by becoming a graphic designer . There are websites where you can offer your services and get paid for it. Such websites include Freelancer, Odesk etc.
37. Start a Property Finding Service
You can offer property finding services to fellow students searching for accommodation or even to non-students. You will need to go around and search for vacant houses and list them on your website so that people who need such accommodation can contact you. However, you will need to create awareness for your website by printing flyers and telling as many people as you can.
38. Establish Online Directories : You can also create online directories and charge companies for listing their businesses.
39. Engage in Online Surveys: There are lots of opportunities to make money from filling out online survey. Simply register on a legitimate paid survey site and get paid when you answer survey questions.
40. Online Reputation Management (ORM) : A company’s reputation translates to sales most of the time, which is why companies pay people to manage their product and brand reputation online.
41. Buying and selling stuff online has become one of the big money-earners in the digital age. The challenge comes in offering something unique or which stands out from other product offerings in the marketplace.
42. Cute and unique gift items presented in a website can sell like hotcakes especially during seasons like Christmas and Valentine .
Reasonably priced cupcakes with creative designs can likewise capture the attention of pastry lovers or food gift buyers browsing the web.
43. Computer enthusiasts who use the Internet for research, emailing, and playing online games may find huge appeal in taking part in a business like testing new games and providing feedback on the games.
44. Making personalized invitations for occasions like baptisms, bachelorette parties, birthdays and special events may also turn out to be a money earner for students.
45. Students can also usually find
making websites, writing and posting blogs about places they have been to or products they have tried a good way to earn money. It does not take a genius to try out and succeed in these unique business ideas for students.
46. Other creative ways for college students to make money and enjoy themselves in the process;
depending on their hobbies and interests are arranging/mixing songs (which require initial investment on equipment); offering photography services with background design and CDs; and making beaded jewelry .
47. Indeed, students have many ideas on cool stuff they can sell that other kids would love to purchase. For some students who know where to source goods like slippers/sandals with a design twist, cute kiddie costumes or teen apparel.
48. Students can also choose among the reputable affiliate marketing programs online that sell products; then they can allot time to learn details about products the affiliate companies sell, like jewelry, supplements, apparel, gadgets, home wares.
49. Another business idea for students is using a leading e-commerce site to sell goods. What young enterprising individuals need to do is simply take good photos of the products they intend to sell and post these online, along with a concise product description so that potential buyers can bid on them. Careful judgment must be used though, when dealing with online customers as there are individuals who are not really serious about buying but keep bidding.

How confused Buhari is playing Nigerians like rats

Editor’s note : Mixed reactions have trailed the removal of subsidy on petrol which was announced by the federal government recently. The decision of the present administration to remove subsidy has been viewed in some quarters as a betrayal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) which promised not to toll that line. In this regard, senior editor, Kess Ewubare of Naij.com explains how the sudden removal of subsidy on petrol has portrayed President Muhammadu Buhari as a serial promise breaker. Many Nigerian were shell-shocked when the minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu announced the removal of subsidy on petrol. The unexpected announcement The federal government’s announcement of an increase in the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol from N86 per litre to N145 per litre on Wednesday, May 11 came as a shock to many Nigerians who never saw this change coming. The announcement of the new pump price was disclosed by the minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Kachikwu said the decision was reached at a stakeholders’ meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and attended by the leadership of the Senate, House of Representatives, the Nigeria governors’ forum and labour unions, including the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. According to him, the new pump price will ensure increased supply and stabilise the quantity of petrol in the country. He said: “We expect that this new policy will lead to improved supply and competition and eventually drive down pump prices, as we have experienced with diesel. “In addition, this will also lead to increased product availability and encourage investments in refineries and other parts of the downstream sector. It will also prevent diversion of petroleum products and set a stable environment for the downstream sector in Nigeria, ” Kachikwu said as reported in the Nation newspaper of May 12, 2016. No doubt, the issue of subsidy has remained a focal point of discus in Nigeria owing to the huge subsidy payment which costs the federal Government colossal sums to the tune of about N1trillion annually. Many Nigerians agree that the payment on subsidy has been shrouded in fraud following allegations that some independent marketers hide under the guise of the policy to stake claim to monies they didn’t work for. However, the way the Buhari administration unilaterally carried out the hike in the price of petrol appears to be insensitive to the plight of Nigerians whose purchasing power to get petrol has been hindered by economic challenges. Buhari the serial promise breaker It is surprising that President Muhammadu Buhari who has earned the reputation for backtracking on his campaign promises, just like a DJ switching songs from reggae to blues, has hiked the price of petrol in a coup like fashion after promising not to do so during his campaign. Few months ago, Buhari also reiterated his resolve not hike the price of petrol on the grounds that doing so trigger rising prices on transportation, food and rents. But having earned the reputation as a serial promise breaker, Buhari hiked the price in defiance to his promise not to do so. Following suit in this reggae to blues rhythm change,the minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who has consistently promised and failed to make petrol available to Nigerians said the new price for petrol “will also lead to increased product availability and encourage investments in refineries and other parts of the downstream sector”. The above claim by the minster that the hike in pump price will encourage investments in refineries in the country is a paradox to his statement in March that importing petrol is cheaper than producing the product in the country’s refineries. Rather than removing subsidy entirely, the present administration could also have sanitised the subsidy regime and continue with the process knowing that this is the only way majority of Nigerians get to benefit from their government which has consistently failed to provide basic infrastructure such as good roads, electricity, water, the list is endless. During the Jonathan administration, the APC led protests against the removal of fuel subsidy Even if the administration was bent on removing subsidy, it should have put in place a process which would have allowed subsidy to be effaced gradually. The whole subsidy wahala resulted from the mismanagement from successive government which made Nigeria dependent on importation of petroleum products despite being the world’s sixth largest oil producer. Added to this, successive administrations also failed to check the serious transparency issues which shrouded the subsidy payments for several decades. In other words, corruption was the problem and not subsidy because governments in other parts of the country offer subsidies on essential services to their citizens. But in Nigeria, subsidy became an avenue for cronies of politicians to siphon the nation’s resources. More reggae to blues policies to follow soon Whether they call it deregulation of the downstream sector, or removing subsidy on petrol, what, President Muhammadu Buhari and, Ibe Kachikwu should realise is that the common Nigerian who struggles to pay transportation and fuel his generator to avoid dying of heat rash sees this hike in fuel price as a punishment they don’t deserve. While the APC administration continues to fantastically bring about the illusive change they promised by backtracking on their uncountable promises, I guess Nigerians will have to brace up for more reggae to blues policies by the administration. Do you agree with me?

Herdsmen from Libya responsible for attacks – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says the fall the Ghadaffi regime made some trained militia men to disperse to countries in the region – Says it is the custom for herdsmen to roam about in search for grazing areas for their cattle – Blames the seizure of land meant for cattle routes and grazing areas marked for herdsmen by some persons for the escalation of the crisis between farmers and herdsmen President Muhammadu Buhari has said herdsmen responsible for the attacks across Nigeria migrated from Libya. President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed militia men from Libya for the herdsmen attacks in Nigeria. Buhari who made this disclosure on Saturday, May 14 in London on the CNN said following the fall of the Ghadaffi regime, some people from the Sahel who were trained by the regime dispatched to other countries in the region and began causing trouble. READ ALSO: Some Fulani herdsmen work for Igbo businessmen – Monarch He said: “It is a major regional and virtually African problem now. There is one called Al Qaeda; there is Boko Haram and so on. It is a governmental project now to trace, disarm, try and discipline them.” The president who said it was the custom for herdsmen to roam about to feed their cattle complained that the cattle routes and grazing areas marked for herdsmen had been taken over and turned to farms by some influential persons. He after people took over the land meant for cattle routes and grazing areas, pockets of clashes between farmers and herders erupted in parts of the country. READ ALSO: South-East traditional rulers speak on herdsmen attacks Meanwhile, suspected Fulani herdsmen have launched a fresh attack on Tarfi village, in Buruku local government area, Benue state, killing at least 12 people. Vanguard reports that the attack also left so many villagers with different degrees of wounds while several others were still reported missing and unaccounted for. The source stated that the armed men raided the village in their numbers from neighbouring Tarka local government at about 11pm, shooting periodically and setting ablaze houses and huts in the community. SHARE THIS NEWS!

Shekarau denies receiving PDP campaign fund

Ibrahim Shekarau says he does not think his corruption investigation is politically motivated – He denies receiving campaign fund from the EFCC – He says he is ready to prove his innocence to the anti-graft commission A former presidential candidate, Ibrahim Shekarau who is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Commsion (EFCC) on corruption related issues has said he will not mind spending 10 years in the commission’s custody to prove his innocence. READ ALSO: EFCC arrest ex-governor of Akwa Ibom state Shekarau who served as minister of information during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan was implicated by Alhaji Aminu Bashir Wali who is the former foreign affairs minister who confessed to the EFCC that he received the money on behalf of Kano PDP. Wali said he received N950 million campaign fund and that he gave Shekarau his share although the latter denied receiving money although he confessed the money was shared in his house. Premium Times reports that the former Kano state governor said on Sunday, May 15 that he was ready to prove his innocence and said he does not believe his trial had any political undertone. “I am not suspecting any political undertone in my arrest but rather regard it as an act of God to test my faith. “I was told that one of the beneficiaries of the N950 million in question implicated me; that I was given N25 million as my share of the money but could not state where, how and when.” READ ALSO: Two ex-ministers make shocking revelations to EFCC The fund is believed to be part of the infamous $2.1 billion arms deal fund which was mismanaged by the office of the national security adviser. Shekarau said Wali was the main person that should be fingered in the campaign fund saga “Wali approached me on the day he collected the money and said because of security he wanted to share the N950m in my residence and I obliged. “He brought the money to my house around 2am. I was at my room upstairs when they came in and I remained there up till the time they finished the sharing. Wali and some other party members shared the money according to the directives given to them. So I did not even see the money with my eyes.” SHARE THIS NEWS!

Sheikh Gumi highlights Buhari's errors; profers solutions

Sheikh Gumi faults the method President Buhari is employing in his famous fight against corruption – The popular cleric advises Buhari to work with every region of the country in order to bring unity – He says rich people are now afraid to spend money due to intimidation and that leaves the poor people poorer Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for the way he is ripping Nigeria apart and the method he is employing in fighting corruption. In an interview with Sahara Reporters, Gumi accused President Buhari of not making the unity of Nigeria a priority and that this has given birth to agitation by different regions. He said: “The government should have formed a Government of National Unity right from the beginning. For example, tell the South-East to bring whoever they trust to represent them in the government. The South-West brought Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as running mate; he was not the choice of Buhari. READ ALSO: Gumi advises Buhari to reverse tough economic policies “The same way that you did with South-West do with the South- South and South-East. This is what I mean by Government of National Unity because if the militants believe that they are represented well in the government, they will allow the oil to flow. “If the crude oil flows, our refineries will work. The President needs to listen; he can’t afford to be adamant anymore. He should listen to knowledgeable individuals and not sycophants who supported him. Nigeria is for everybody. It is not for any single political party or the President.” On President Buhari’s order that Niger Delta militant bombing pipelines be crushed, Gumi said it was not the best way to deal with the situation. “How can they deal with the militants in the first place, when they are holding the nation’s umbilical cord? You are fighting Boko Haram in the North, and you want to fight the militants in the creeks. You don’t fight on two fronts at the same time. That was one of the reasons why Adolf Hitler failed in the Second World War. The government should sit down with them and ask them the reasons for their agitation. “Don’t forget; they were embittered that their man Goodluck Jonathan was defeated. Their argument now is, ‘if you hate our man, then leave our oil.’ No section of the country has the solution of Nigeria’s problem. “So, everybody should be brought on board. Even if the South-South brings Government Tompolo as their man, we should accept him, so long as they trust him; so that we will have stability. “A military solution is not the best option in this circumstance. Former President Umaru Yar’adua could swallow his pride as president and negotiate with the militants. Jonathan also did it. But a military man cannot do it because it will hurt his ego. But if he doesn’t do it, he will kill the nation.” Sheikh Gumi said Buhari was treading a precarious path as president because there is a tussle between the rich and the poor and his fight against corruption needed a new dimension. He insisted diplomacy is the right way to handle corruption so rich people would pump money into the country. “Buhari’s coming into politics has accentuated the class struggle in Nigeria. The antagonism between the rich and poor can sometimes be more dangerous that religious differences. I saw this class struggle coming because the masses will always rush to Buhari because they believe that he will bring justice and food on the table for them. They want him to emasculate the rich for them; he either does it, or they will categorise him as a failure. READ ALSO: Chibok girls show Shekau could be better than Buhari “So, once you put a leader in that kind of situation, then you are already introducing a class struggle into the already compounded problem. In addition to our tribal problems, our religious differences, and the North/South divide, there is now a class problem because the talakawa just want to see the rich imprisoned. And if they are tasking the president to do that, and if he does not do it he is a failure, then he will definitely fail because he cannot do it. “So, the kind of leader that we needed at that time was one who will pacify the rich and still have the confidence of the poor. By so doing, the rich will help in building the economy by setting up companies that will generate employment. “That is why the Prophet (SAW) said that you can get with leniency what you can never get by force. He said that when leniency enters anything, it decorates it. And strictness, violence blemishes and destroys the beauty of whatever they enter. “So, what you get with diplomacy, you cannot get with violence. If you want to deal with corruption in Nigeria, you have to deal with it in a diplomatic way. No one should be afraid of returning the money that they have looted. But when the poor is always rating your administration by the number of people you have caught, then you are in trouble because you cannot catch the big ones. “Because if you do so, you will destroy your government and if you don’t catch them, the poor will say that you have changed. The president is even fighting the war on corruption the wrong way. When you fight corruption, it will naturally fight back. Corruption has become an international institution. You will hear foreign leaders condemning corruption, but they are engaging in it because their countries benefit from it. READ ALSO: Prominent cleric reveals reasons of Nigeria’s problems “So, the President needs to tread carefully in fighting corruption with the way things are now because it will frighten the upper class of the society. It will put them on pause, and this is not healthy for a developing economy like our own. “You need the rich to infuse money into the system and fund projects. For example, I went to a fundraiser for an Islamic school. Big men came, but not a single one donated a Kobo, not even a pledge because they may be asked where they got the money from. “So, there is fright, and this is hurtful to the economy. The war on corruption should purely be a law and order issue. Right now, if EFCC invites someone, the next day it is in the newspapers. “The damage this kind of thing causes to people’s reputation is very severe, especially if they are found to be innocent.”

Nigeria is facing its worst moment of unfavourable economy - Idowu Akinlotan

Editor’s note: President Muhammadu Buhari while in London has addressed the issue of Fulani herdsmen attacks, saying that militants are of foreign origin. Idowu Akinlotan of The Nation shares his views on why Nigeria is facing its worst moment of angst since the civil war. The herdsmen troubling Nigeria were of foreign origin After few public officials, especially the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, had suggested that the herdsmen troubling Nigeria were of foreign origin, President Muhammadu Buhari has in far away London finally succinctly addressed the matter. The herdsmen are indeed foreigners, he said, and those responsible for pillaging communities would not go unpunished. No one complains any longer that the president addresses salient national issues during his foreign trips. Perhaps the ambience is responsible. Neither Mr Arase, who has vigorously defended the thesis, nor the president, who has just latched on to the strange idea, has presented incontrovertible proofs showing how foreign attackers could penetrate Nigeria so deeply with foreign cattle unchallenged, knew the terrain so well, and had such lasting disagreements with many local communities that their famed ‘long memory’ prompted them to unimaginable bestiality. READ ALSO: Are we all Biafrans? This sad and inconsistent thesis is compounded by the president’s intriguing response in Katsina to the issue of herdsmen trouble and agitation for Biafra. Speaking at the Emir of Katsina’s palace during his last visit to the state, the president seemed to find a tenuous link between the herdsmen crisis and the Biafra agitation. He said: “I always say the civil war was fought for the unity of Nigeria because then we hadn’t even discovered oil, let alone enjoy it. But two million people were killed. The way the Sahara is advancing, with Boko Haram, growing number of people, and uncertainty over rainfall, in a land where we fought civil war leading to the death of about two million, for someone to just say he will chase us out? So where do we go?” It is not clear whether the president was misquoted. If he was not, he should like to clarify who the ‘us’ are that Biafra agitators want to chase out. Was it the rest of Nigeria? That would be untenable. Was it herdsmen or people living in the Sahelian belt? It was no doubt a curious and worrisome statement to make. Fulani think like a transnational people operating like musketeers So far, the herdsmen problem has assumed terrifying dimension only because government officials have demonstrated incompetence or conflict of interest. They claim the herdsmen are foreigners, and attribute their arms to the crises in Mali and Libya. Yet, leaders of cattle rearers associations in parts of Nigeria have owned up to fomenting reprisal attacks on the grounds that local populations and angry farmers provoked them. This was clearly the case in Agatu local government area of Benue state where herdsmen recently sacked many farming communities. What is also clear from the statements of the herdsmen is that the Fulani think like a transnational people operating like musketeers. An attack against one is an attack against all. They may come to one another’s aid; but it does not absolve local herdsmen of blame and responsibility. It is reckless and preposterous for any Nigerian official to make claims that even local herdsmen find ludicrous and specious. Handling the Biafra problem As if the trouble from herdsmen is not enough, it is mystifying that the president is inexpertly handling the Biafra problem as well. Regardless of this column’s opinion of Biafra, he has repeatedly counselled that Biafra is an idea that cannot be crushed because of its location in the minds of its adherents. To tackle it would require much more than diatribe, threats and federal might. If Biafra military campaign were to be triggered today, its militants are unlikely to engage in open and direct confrontation. Its proponents would embark on the Iraqi, Afghanistan and guerilla-type of campaigns. It would be a cruel and unwindable war. Is that the road Nigerian leaders want to impulsively travel? The problem is that there was no closure to the civil war. No amount of blackmail to the Igbo young who were not born before the war will eradicate the idea of Biafra until the country restructures and finds a closure to the recurring nightmare. READ ALSO: Panic as Fulani herdsmen invade another village, kill 12 And just as the whole country had transformed into a seething cauldron of troubles, the government caps the crises with a hike in fuel price from N86.50/l to N145/l. They’ll probably get away with it, and the unions, which are angling for negotiations, will have an ineffectual response. The economic imperatives on the ground do not favour the sustenance of former price regimes and paradigms. But what if the naira further plunges in value and crude oil prices begin to rise strongly? Can anyone guarantee there would be no further rise in prices of fuel and other goods? No one trusts the government to embark on a scientific and systematic response to the expected pauperisation of the people, whether the response comes in terms of palliatives or in terms of organised economic measures to shore up wages and employment. There is no history of that kind of salutary response in these parts. And it is not clear whether this government, which is groaning under old and retrogressive political and economic paradigms, can unleash the creative potential within all Nigerians. Nigeria is facing its worst moment of angst since the civil war. The problems are multifarious and spreading, but the language of the federal government is disturbingly full of threats and violence, making it hard for them to summon the honesty, ingenuity and realism needed to successfully tackle a problem poised to get worse in the coming months and years.