muktar mtt: God 4nish u nah papa no wander u still a Truckpusher, punk ass mutherfuker u come out nd contest in 2015 if u rich.

usmanyaro17: The way and manner our so called leaders are disgracing us Northerners is quiet shameful,what kind of talk is this?donthat mean north the is sponsoring violence in Nigeria?I am so ashamed as a northerner,what have our leaders done for the number of years they have spend in power?yet the North is the poorest.These are just selfish people who don't mean well for Nigeria.Shame on selfish leaders....

Billyonaire:

The bastardizing of Nigeria by the mindless, who hate the nation. Monumental injustice to a people: 20 Owners Of Richest Oil Blocks In Nigeria Without the people of Niger Delta on whose soil the oil was found. All between Hausa and Yoruba. They constitutes the main opposition to President Goodluck Jonathan today. Read on:

(1) This oil block business is so lucrative that Danjuma’s Sapetro divested of its investment in Akpo condensate for $1billion dollars. This business is second to none in Nigeria. That is why any attempt to investigate the activities in this sector will always be futile. The money is so much that they give bribes in millions of dollars. A birthday gift or child naming gift from an oil block owner to a government official could be as paltry as $2million dollars, and if the official’s father died, the condolence gift could reach mere $3 million dollars. When they want to bribe legislators, it is in millions of dollars and any ongoing investigation ends within weeks. They are so confident that with excess money they can buy up Nigeria and they are succeeding

(2) OML 110 with high yield OBE oil fields was given Cavendish Petroleum owned by Alhaji Mai Daribe, the Borno Patriarch in 1996 by Sanni Abacha. OBE oil field has estimated over 500 million barrels of oil. In layman’s language and using average benchmark of $100 dollars per barrel, translates to $50 billion dollars worth of oil reserve. When you remove the taxes, royalties and sundry duties worth about 60% of the reserve payable over time you get about $20billion dollars worth of oil in the hands of a family.

(3) OPL 246 was awarded to SAPETRO, a company owned by General Theophilus Danjuma, by Sanni Abacha in 1998. Akpo condensate exports about 300,000 barrels of crude daily.

(4) NOML 112 and OML 117 were awarded to AMNI International Petroleum Development Company owned by Colonel Sanni Bello in 1999. Sanni Bello is an inlaw to Abdulsalami Abubakar, former Head of State of Nigeria.

(5) OML 115, OLDWOK Field and EBOK field was awarded to Alhaji Mohammed Indimi from Niger State. Indimi is an inlaw to former Military President Ibrahim Babangida.

(6) OML 215 is operated by Nor East Petroleum Limited owned by Alhaji Saleh Mohammed Gambo.

(7) OML 108 is operated by Express Petroleum Company Limited is owned by Alhaji Aminu Dantata.

(cool OML II3 allocated to Yinka Folawiyo Pet Ltd is owned by Alhaji W.I. folawiyo

(9)ASUOKPU/UMUTU marginal oil fields is operated by Seplat Petroleum. Seplat is owned by Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero, cousin to the Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi. This oil field has the capacity of 300,000 barrels of oil daily. This translates to $30million dollars daily at average benchmark of $100 dollars per barrel. Deducting all sundry taxes, royalties etc , this field can yield $12billion dollars daily for the owners .

(10)Intel owned by Atiku, Yarádua and Ado Bayero has substantial stakes in Nigeria’s oil exploration industry both in Nigeria and Principe and Sao Tome.

(11) AMNI owns two oil blocks OML 112 and OML 117 which it runs Afren plc and Vitol has substantial stakes in oil blocks. Afren plc is operating EBOK oil fields in OML 67. Vitol lifts 300,000 barrels of Nigerian oil daily. Rilwanu Lukman, former OPEC Chairman has stakes in all these named three companies.

(12) OPL 245 was awarded to Malabu Oil& Gas Company by Sanni Abacha. Dan Etete, Abacha’s oil minister owns Malabu Oil. In 2000, Vice President Atiku Abubakar convinced Obasanjo to revoke OPL 245 given to Malabu Oil. Etete had earlier rejected Atiku’s demand for substantial stakes in the high yield OPL 245 and it attracted the venom of Ota Majesty who revoked the licence. However, in 2006, Obasanjo had mercy on Dan Etete and gave him back his oil block worth over $20 billion dollars.

(13) OPL 289 and OPL 233 was awarded during Obasanjo era to Peter Odili fronts, Cleanwater Consortium, consisting of Clenwater Refinery and RivGas Petroleum and Gas Company. Odili’s brother in law, Okey Ezenwa manages the consortium as Vice Chairman.

(14) OPL 286 is managed by Focus Energy in partnership with BG Group, a British oil concern. Andy Uba has stakes in Focus Energy and his modus operandi is such that you can never see his name in any listings yet he controls OPL and OML through proxies

(15)OPL 291 was awarded to Starcrest Energy Nigeria Limited, owned by Emeka Offor by Obasanjo . Immediately after the award, Starcrest sold the oil block to Addax Petroleum Development Company Limited (ADDAX) Addax paid Sir Emeka Offor a farming fee of $35million dollars and still paid the signature bonus to the government. Emeka Offor still retains stake in ADDAX operations in Nigeria.

(16) Mike Adenuga’s Conoil is the oldest indigenous oil exploration industry in Nigeria. Conoil has six oil blocks and exports above 200,000 barrels of crude daily.

(17)The oil block national cake sharing fiesta could take twists according to the mood of the Commander-in –Chief at the particular time. In 2006, Obasanjo revoked OPL 246 which Abacha gave to Danjuma because he refused to support the tenure elongation bid of the Ota Majesty. In 2000, Obasanjo had earlier revoked OPL 241 given to Dan Etete under the advice Atiku. However, when the Obasanjo-Atiku faceoff started, the Ota Majesty made a u-turn and handed back the oil block to Etete.

(18)During the time of Late President Yarádua , a panel headed by Olusegun Ogunjana was set up to investigate the level of transparency in the award of oil blocks. The panel recommended that 25 oil blocks awarded by the Obasanjo be revoked because the manner they were obtained failed to meet the best practices in the industry. Sadiq Mahmood, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum endorsed the report to then president with all its recommendations. As a result of the report Yarádua revoked eleven oil blocks.

(19) In April 2011 Mike Adenuga attempted to buy Shell’s OML 30 for $1.2 billion dollars. The Minister for Petroleum and Nigeria’s most powerful woman refused the sale of the OML30 to Adenuga citing national interest. This block was later sold to Heritage Oil for $800 million dollars eleven months later.

(20) In the name of competitive bidding, which Obasanjo introduced in 2005, Officials bring companies overnight and through processes best described as secretive and voodooist they award blocks to party faithful, fronts and phoney companies. They collect gratifications running into hundreds of millions of dollars which is paid into offshore account and the nation loses billions of dollars of revenue to private pockets.

During the third term agenda, Obasanjo was deceived that the allocation of oil block to party faithfuls is to fund the third term agenda. With the failure of the third term, the beneficiaries went home with their fortunes and thanked God or Allah for buttering their bread. Senator Andy Uba co ordinate the award of the last rounds of oil block by Obasanjo in 2005 and 2007. The then minister of petroleum, Edwin Daukoru was a mere errand boy who took instructions from the presidential aide

The process of sharing Nigeria’s oil block national cake is as fraudulent now as when Ibrahim Babangida started the process of discretionary allocation of oil blocks to indigenous firms. Discretionary allocation of oil blocks entails that a president can reward a mistress who performs wonderfully with an oil block with capacity for cumulative yield of over $20 billion dollars without recourse to any process outside of manhood attachments. Babangida, Abacha, Abdulsalami and Obasanjo awarded discretionary oil blocks to friends, associates, family members, party chieftains, security chiefs and all categories of bootlickers, spokespersons and cult members without any laid down procedures.

The recipients of such oil blocks will get funds from ever willing offshore financiers and partners to graciously settle the benefactors, the awarders, facilitators and the Commander-in-Chief through fronts. These settlements mostly paid into foreign accounts runs into hundreds of millions of dollars according to the potential yield of the block. Sometimes, the awarder (sharer of national cake and direct intermediaries) demand additional stakes in the bidding company. The awarder sends fronts as part of the directorship and management of the bidding firms without leaving a link to them. That is how the oil block national cake is distributed to a few Nigerians.

Signature bonuses which are paid when an investor successfully bids, wins and signs agreement with the petroleum ministry, running into tens of millions and sometimes hundreds of millions of naira ,is often waived off. There is actually no waiver; rather a diversion of what would have been paid to government t coffers is paid into private purse as appreciation gifts. That is why those in the Petroleum Ministry dread retirement as though it signifies going to hell fire. No matter how little your influence, something substantial must enter your hands especially in hard currency. The nation loses billions of dollars in diverted revenue whenever any round of auction occurs.

The regime of President Goodluck is not showing any signs of changing the status quo. Controversies have trailed the activities of the Minister of Petroleum and many players in the Industry accuse her of demanding stakes from every oil deal. It is hoped that President Goodluck Jonathan will remember his transformational promise to Nigerians and endeavour to face the hawks in the oil industry.

The angst in the air is so much that if this monster of illegal allocation of oil block is not addressed, the much touted revolution could begin all of a sudden and all who condoned this illegality at the expense of hungry Nigerians may have nowhere to hide.

Stallion77: Am i seeing something nobody is seeing?? so na una dey fuel dis thing abi??

mekaboy: [b]WHEN I ASKED FOR THE CAPITAL OF THIS COUNTRY TO BE MOVED TO THE EAST, YOU PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS JOKING, HAVE U SEEN THE REASON ? THE ONLY REASON WHY THESE GUYS ARE GOING CRAZY IS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE CAPITAL IS IN THE NORTH. ASSUMING THE CAPITAL WAS MOVED TO THE EAST WILL THEY COME OVER TO THEY EAST TO ASK GEJ TO RENOUNCE HIS INTENTIONS ?

I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE NORTHERN LEADERS ARE BEHIND THIS BOKO HARAM NONSENSE THAT IS WHY THERE HAS BEEN NO SPONSOR AND NOTHING COMES OUT OF INVESTIGATIONS WHEN THEY ARE ARRESTED.


ATIKU----> THOSE THAT MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE DIFFICULT WILL MAKE VIOLENCE INEVITABLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT

BUHARI-------->> WE WILL HAVE WILD WILD NORTH


Gbammmm You got it right, they know that they don't have any chnce

SANUSI ------> WE ARE MARGINALIZED, THE PROBLEM IN THE NORTH IS POVERTY.

IBB --------> EQUIP THE MILITARY TO DEAL WITH BOKO HARAM( WHILE HE HAS STRONG TIES IN THE MILITARY, THEY WILL SHARE THE MONEY WHEN RELEASED)

ELRUFAI------> STEP DOWN IF U CANT HANDLE BOKO HARAM

PASTOR BAKARA-----> STEP DOWN

SENATE------>IMPEACH GEJ

BOKO HARAM -----> ACCEPT ISLAM AND RESIGN

AREWA-------> RENOUNCE 2015

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE WHOLE PLAN IS GOING DOWN?

THE SAME GEJ THAT BROUGHT IN A WORLD RECOGNIZED ECONOMIST TO ASSIST NIGERIA GET BACK ON TRACK, NGOZI OKONJI IWEALA. BROUGHT IN ONE OF THE BEST TO HELP TACKLE ELECTRICITY, BATH NNAJI.

PROBING INTO FUEL SUBSIDY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NIGERIAN HISTORY. GEJ IS TOUCHING THE UNTOUCHABLES, AND DOING THE THINGS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN DONE IN NIGERIA, THAT IS THE REASON WHY ALL HELL IS BREAKING LOOSE ON HIM.

I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE AND WILL SAY IT AGAIN, NIGERIA IS PREGNANT, AND ALL THESE ARE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY, AT THE END OF ALL THIS WE ALL WILL BE GLAD AND THANK GOD.

AS FOR THE NORTH, THEY CAN KISS PRESIDENCY GOOD BYE, WITH ALL THE REFORMS GOING ON IN THE NATION. ALL THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT IS 2015. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT MAINLY THOSE THAT LOST IN ELECTION THAT ARE FUELING THIS VIOLENCE.

THEY HAVE TO ATTACK GEJ WITH ALL THEY HAVE, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IF GEJ MAINTAINS FOCUS, STICKS TO ADVISE OF PEOPLE LIKE OKONJI IWEALA ON ECONOMY AND BATH NNAJI ON POWER. AT THE END OF HIS 4 YEARS NIGERIANS WILL HAVE NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO RE ELECT HIM.
SO THEY HAVE TO DO ANYTHING POSSIBLE TO DISTRACT HIM.

WE ALL HAVE TO PUT GEJ IN PRAYERS, BECAUSE THE WAY THESE NORTHERNERS ARE DESPERATE FOR POWER, AFTER WARNING HIM TO ACCEPT ISLAM AND RESIGN, AND AREWA ASKING HIM TO RENOUNCE 2015 ELECTION. THE NEXT OPTION WILL BE ASSASSINATION. ITS CLEARLY WRITTEN.


Gbam , you are right my friend, they know that by 2015 things go don de better economically for naija people because GEJ reforms.


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HammedSodiqq: Them for talk since, these innocent souls for no die. Imagine these senseless killings, bombings, tension, and insecurity all in a bid to reclaim power. Haba! This represents the height of desperation. God is watching. #naijagobeta

Olanlere11: Yesterday in Abuja, Arewa Elder called on GEJ to defuse political tension in the country by renouncing any intention he might have to stand for re-election in 2015. Speaking onbehalf of ACF, Alhaji Ahmed Joda who served as permanent secretary in the 1970s, advised the President to publicly announce that he won’t go for it so as to dampen political tension created by the suspense over his candidacy.C
“(The) President should defuse the present political tension that now pervades the country. This should begin with his renouncing any intention he may have of contesting the 2015 elections and devoting his entire time, energy and the resources of the country in order to give Nigeria a credible and acceptable Constitution; a free, transparent and fair election,” he said in a statement in Abuja.
Jona, a former chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission during the tenure of then-President Olusegun Obasanjo, said also that Jonathan “should restructure his cabinet; appoint more credible people; complete his present mandate to continue the work of governing the country to preside over a free, fair and transparent general election in 2015 and step aside"
It is apparent that the only tension that has overwhelmed Nigerians is the fear of being attacked by Boko Haram. If Arewa consultative forum is calling for the withdrawal of GEJ's candidacy come 2015, will they now call their boys to order? So ACF IS BEHIND BOKO HARAM? I need more explanation
http://www.naijapundit.com/news/arewa-elder-to-jonathan-say-you-won-t-contest-in-2015

President Jonathan should defuse political tension in the country by renouncing any intention he might have to stand for re-election in 2015, elder statesman Alhaji Ahmed Joda has said.

Jonathan has not said he will run for president again but neither did he say he won’t, and political pundits say his ‘body language’ indicates that he will join the race.

In a recent submission by his lawyer in a court case seeking to disqualify him from standing for re-election, Jonathan insisted that he is eligible for re-election.

Joda, who served as permanent secretary in the 1970s, advised the President to publicly announce that he won’t go for it so as to dampen political tension created by the suspense over his candidacy.

“(The) President should defuse the present political tension that now pervades the country. This should begin with his renouncing any intention he may have of contesting the 2015 elections and devoting his entire time, energy and the resources of the country in order to give Nigeria a credible and acceptable Constitution; a free, transparent and fair election,” he said in a statement in Abuja.

Joda, a former chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission during the tenure of then-President Olusegun Obasanjo, said also that Jonathan “should restructure his cabinet; appoint more credible people; complete his present mandate to continue the work of governing the country to preside over a free, fair and transparent general election in 2015;

“Immediately impose an Austerity Budget and reduce government waste; work with the judicial system to undertake an accelerated fight against corruption; visibly demonstrate that all awarded government contracts are faithfully and actively being executed; (and) become more visibly and more actively engaged in solving present security challenges.”

On constitution review, Joda suggested for the establishment of constituent assembly to review the constitution, saying that advocates of a sovereign conference are being encouraged by the credibility problems of elected officials.

“In this situation, it is clearly not safe to leave matters of the review of the Constitution in the hands of those now in power. In order for us to undertake a comprehensive review of the Constitution, a body different from the present National Assembly, State Houses of Assemblies and the Presidency should be empowered to undertake the task.

“This contribution is only concerned in drawing attention to the need to devise an acceptable way of approach towards a solution of our constitution and the political crisis associated with the exercise.

“It appears that a likely more acceptable arrangement will be the establishment of a Constituent Assembly, with a full mandate to comprehensively review the Constitution. The Constituent Assembly should be composed of an entirely elected membership.

“No representation should be permitted for special interests. The election should be on zero political party bases. Serving members of any legislative body should not be eligible. Public servants, who wish to serve, must resign from their offices. The Constituent Assembly should be brought into being by an Act of the National Assembly.”

Silentical: Gej,i regreted casting my vote him because he lacks what it takes to be good leader.He should forget 2015 because he can never win.

EyesWideOpen: Pls my dear Nairalanders visit this link; http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index-php/other-sections/lead-stories/173991-joda-asks-jonathan-to-renounce-2015-bid to read the full report and reach a sensible conclusion by urselves.
I hope Nairalanders don't only rely on Nl for info. Posts on here are mostly grossly misleading!
The OP is more concerned with his ethnic bigotry that he only quoted a part of something and twisted it to serve his interest. Or maybe it's NaijaPundit's reporter that did the quote and twist in an effort to garner undeserved attention!
God save us all.[url]Pls my dear Nairalanders visit this link; http:/www.dailytrust.com.ng/index-php/other-sections/lead-stories/173991-joda-asks-jonathan-to-renounce-2015-bid to read the full report and reach a sensible conclusion by urselves.
I hope Nairalanders don't only rely on Nl for info. Posts on here are mostly grossly misleading!
The OP is more concerned with his ethnic bigotry that he only quoted a part of something and twisted it to serve his interest. Or maybe it's NaijaPundit's reporter that did the quote and twist in an effort to garner undeserved attention!
God save us all.[/url]Pls my dear Nairalanders visit this link; http:/www.dailytrust.com.ng/index-php/other-sections/lead-stories/173991-joda-asks-jonathan-to-renounce-2015-bid to read the full report and reach a sensible conclusion by urselves.
I hope Nairalanders don't only rely on Nl for info. Posts on here are mostly grossly misleading!
The OP is more concerned with his ethnic bigotry that he only quoted a part of something and twisted it to serve his interest. Or maybe it's NaijaPundit's reporter that did the quote and twist in an effort to garner undeserved attention!
God save us all.

Eze Promoe: Lord Lugard, come and see o, the 10 countries you joined under 1 government, it's now boiling.

usmanyaro17: The way and manner our so called leaders are disgracing us Northerners is quiet shameful,what kind of talk is this?donthat mean north the is sponsoring violence in Nigeria?I am so ashamed as a northerner,what have our leaders done for the number of years they have spend in power?yet the North is the poorest.These are just selfish people who don't mean well for Nigeria.Shame on selfish leaders....

Beaf: Many of us have been saying boko haram is simply a political tool in the battle to retain control of oil wells.
Thank God for inflicting the Arewa elders with such a degree of madness that they have admitted it in public. The ways of God are indeed mysterious.

However, what the Arewa elders have revealed should not be news to anybody.
It should have been as obvious as a light in the dark, except to fools who are easily used; like those who engaged in the pro-subsidy riots on behalf of the cabal and then went on to dress the cabals wolf, Farouk in the toga of sainthood.
Helping the average Nigerian is a sacifice by the foolhardy. Imagine genuinely trying to free a slave, only for them to bath you in volley after volley of base insult, because their slavemaster has dangled a carrot to enslave their children tomorrow, but paid them blood money today. Thats the Nigerian for you.

Those I pity are the people who are quick to join any passing fad and bandwagon; those who are quick to unleash insults, because they are too lazy to think for themselves and someone from their ethnic group has spoken.
You have to wonder if Nigeria is not already lost with such a high proportion of loud and obnoxious youth who do not care to read or educate themselves about their country and how it works.

Yes, boko haram is all about 2015 and the maintainance of a grip on illegally acquired oil wells. For that reason, Arewa elders do not care if their people die like chickens under boko harams unslaught. Its a pity.

usmanyaro17: The way and manner our so called leaders are disgracing us Northerners is quiet shameful,what kind of talk is this?donthat mean north the is sponsoring violence in Nigeria?I am so ashamed as a northerner,what have our leaders done for the number of years they have spend in power?yet the North is the poorest.These are just selfish people who don't mean well for Nigeria.Shame on selfish leaders....