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....

Unbeliveable! Bros I like your sense of reasoning, if other northerners in this country will see things this I think all the quarrel we often experience here will be over. Wtout being told I know they behind all these mess but the spirit of all those who lost their lives as a result of these evil act will hurt and hunt them to death. We need peace in this country.

O_D_B: Boko-Haram is the north solution to reclaim political power and domination.

I always suspect it to be the case. I have never be a GEJ supporter all along, but from the look of things, i am beginning to be his sympathiser. I cant understand why the North, in their delusion and derision, believes nobody from the south is capable anddeserving to be the President of Nigeria. Unfortunately, the south is wiser now, and no amount or intensity of bombings will cow Mr President from contesting come 2015. Nigeria doesnt belong to any particular tribe or region. I knew it all along that their is mass panic in the north over the recent shift of power southwards. I know BH will intensify its activities but we wont be cowed....President GEJ will contest come 2015......

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.

product of arewa education and they want to rule their papa!

Nothing stops GEJ to contest 2015, its left for the electorates to decide(thou not in the case of Nigeria). The North can go fcccuk themselves for all I care, this shows they have lost touch with modern Nigeria. Things have changed a lot, nobody checks or cares about what the North say or want. Fuckkkking those terrorists

De-Grace01:
Unbeliveable! Bros I like your sense of reasoning, if other northerners in this country will see things this I think all the quarrel we often experience here will be over. Wtout being told I know they behind all these mess but the spirit of all those who lost their lives as a result of these evil act will hurt and hunt them to death. We need peace in this country.

And ndu_chucks is their foot soldier here on NL

If the North wants to bomb itself to oblivion, then they should do so. No one will miss them.

Location: Northern Nigeria.

Command: Born2Rule Mentality Activated.

Methodology: Boko Haram

Target: GEJ

Victim: SOUTHERN NIGERIA

Status: Processing>>>>>>>>>>

I can't even see the niger delta united enough to even give a good return treat to dis boko arewa guys. But for sure I trust our people dis time we will give dem shit for their effort. Blood suckers.

ganye1: So when every Ahmed, Musa, Lawal or Turaki talk it is the whole north talking but when a Tunde, Tom or Apreye is talking he is talking for himself. No where was it stated that Mr Ahmed Joda talking on behalf of the north but the writer of the story decided to make it appear to be so and the guilible ones already blinded by bigotry cannot see it. Mr Joda's call borders on the competence of the President to lead the nation.
I think he made his call based on the fact that any attempt by the President to contest in 2015 will be anchored at exploiting sentiments but not on competence.

Your a bloody fool for typing Wat you just did,I mean where dd that come from,are you this dumb,hw can you be judging competence in mid 2012,one year into his (GEJ) tenure,he still has three years to go,like duhhh,"elections are 2015"or did you forget,dont you dare try to talk about competence here because in one year he has managed to do more than your northern leaders put together have managed to do for us since they started ruling us,don't you even begin to think it.

Billyonaire: Location: Northern Nigeria.

Command: Born2Rule Mentality Activated.

Methodology: Boko Haram

Target: GEJ

Victim: SOUTHERN NIGERIA

Status: Processing>>>>>>>>>>

Enters...Jack(Jonathan) Bauer

O...there's a mole in CTU...he is Sanusi Ndume Farouk

Where is that over-sabi American that claimed that Poverty caused BH? No matter how long it takes, truth must prevail and the time has come. If they like let them bomb themselves to extinction but I know that if they sow wind for GEJ they will reap whirlwind. We are gradually getting used to BH so they better device another strategy because BH has failed.

I said this before and people didn't c it. That bokoharam is getting choked up and the game is gradually ending. Surely elrufai knows about this. Ciroma knows about this.

Even if I havent witnessed anything else physically, I have seen massive improvement in electricity supply even when the private sectors have not yet taken over. So, I wonder why someone will still criticize GEJ, he has been effectively a President for a year. If electricity is resolved, industries will spring up here and there and jobs will be created.

PHIPEX: Where is that over-sabi American that claimed that Poverty caused BH? No matter how long it takes, truth must prevail and the time has come. If they like let them bomb themselves to extinction but I know that if they sow wind for GEJ they will reap whirlwind. We are gradually getting used to BH so they better device another strategy because BH has failed.

Bros abeg bone that madam o. The next thing now na "...and again" she go type full the whole thread. Kokoko for her brain. Na edible worm dey her upstairs.

[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

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.



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...yet Yorubas with their "sophistication" did not see the link between this "born-to-rule" mentality and Boko Haram.
They are being used cheaply to cut GEJ's head off

Southerners are blind by sentiment,this also dry their brain to do any positive thinking,southern region is worst than north full with kidnapping,rape, army robbers, e.t.c but they couldn't see this

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

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.



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Excellent analysis, you are my hero this moment for taking time to write this. God Bless You.

I have noticed the antics of the opposition on Nairaland. Each time Gej scores high on any area of government, the topic is downplayed and hardly makes it to the front page. Even when the topic gains front page through contributions from well meaning Nairalanders, another negative topic is drafted to the front page to divert attention.
I woke up this morning to cheering news of yesterday's resolutions of FEC. I commented on the topic " FG awards construction of second Riiver Niger bridge" on Nairaland.
There was also the news of Dualisation of second phase of Kano-Maidugri to complement Gov Sule Lamido of Jigawa's developmental strides. I logged out. On my return, I have been confronted with silly and alarmist topics again.
Where did they generate this useless topic from? Which North will stop GEJ from coming back in 2015. This, comment if true, can only be made by a man who is high on marijuana.

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

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.



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I doff my hat for you. Nice one.

phildon: Please can anyone tell me where in this whole story where Arewa said to GEJ "Renounce 2015 and Enjoy Peace"? Arewa is simply saying giving their candid advicr to the president to douse political tension. But peace-for-renounciation trade is nowhere to be found in this article.

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Billyonaire: 85% OIL BLOCS ARE OWNED BY NORTHERNERS. MOST OF THESE LICENSES ARE EXPIRING BETWEEN 2017-2019. THEY WANT THE PRESIDENCY BY 2015 SO THEY CAN RENEW THESE LICENSES. SOUTHERNERS, WE ARE THE GREATEST MINDS IN THIS COUNTRY. SHOULD WE ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN ?

Thatnothwitstanding, the Northerners detest the ongoing reforms in every sector. You know they are so used to freebies and govt largess. The general northern disposition is that of socialism. But GEJ is going capitalist by moving for a private sector driven economy. With PIB, no more PEF for distribution of Petroluem products on the north. With the privatization of PHCN, no more aboki's stealing billions at the PHCN headquarters. With renewed anti corruption crusade, their sons are facing the historic trial for their age long theft on our oil money.

Billyonaire: 85% OIL BLOCS ARE OWNED BY NORTHERNERS. MOST OF THESE LICENSES ARE EXPIRING BETWEEN 2017-2019. THEY WANT THE PRESIDENCY BY 2015 SO THEY CAN RENEW THESE LICENSES. SOUTHERNERS, WE ARE THE GREATEST MINDS IN THIS COUNTRY. SHOULD WE ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN ?

Just being curious. Who are these oil block owners self? Any list and possibly expiry dates?

Billyonaire: 85% OIL BLOCS ARE OWNED BY NORTHERNERS. MOST OF THESE LICENSES ARE EXPIRING BETWEEN 2017-2019. THEY WANT THE PRESIDENCY BY 2015 SO THEY CAN RENEW THESE LICENSES. SOUTHERNERS, WE ARE THE GREATEST MINDS IN THIS COUNTRY. SHOULD WE ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN ?

wow! Nice information...u'v said that before under ur 'beaf' moniker. But wait o, cant these licences be revoked and if need be, equitably redistributed? Must we wait for donkey years to correct this anomaly? So if a northerner wins 2015, we'l continue with the disgusting status quo? SMH

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.


My prayers are really with GEJ and Nigeria....God help us before and after 2015, I think I have loss count on the number of people calling on GEJ to resign/denounce before 2015
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omobabanani: FOR THOSE WHO CARE TO LISTEN, HAVE BEEN SAYING IT LOUD, THE NORTHERN RULING CLASS WANTS TO BE IN POWER PERPETUALLY, TO RULE THE SOUTH FOR LIFE AND CONTINUE TO LOOT THE OIL WEALTH TO ENRICH MAJORITY OF THEIR RULING CLASS IN ORDER TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR WAR (BUY HARMS AND AMMUNITION) AGAINST SOUTH. PART OF THEIR SCHEME IS WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING AT THE MOMENT; BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY IGNITED,SPONSORED & FINANCED BY THE NORTHERN RULERS, GOVERNORS,MINISTER, EX MINISTER, PRESIDENTS AND EX PRESIDENTS (ALL MEMBERS OF THE ACF).

HAVE WE ALL FORGOTTEN SO SOON, A NORTHERN MEMBER OF THE HOUSE IN THE PERSON OF IBN NA ALLAH, WHO SAID THEY SHOULD DESTROY 25MILLION NIGER DELTANS FOR THE OIL TO CONTINUE TO FLOW FOR THEM TO LOOT AND SHARE ITS PROCEED.

IF THESE PEOPLE SHOULD RETURN TO POWER BEFORE THE PEACEFUL BREAK UP OF THIS COUNTRY, THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN NIGERIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST OF TIME.

It is now clear, what d northerners want is to rule us for eva, i dnt mind supporting JONA and get prepare for the war after. Bleep the north.

The format for future power is this south south 2015-2019,south east 2019-2028,southwest 2028-2036,middlebelt 2036-2044 no show for core north.
To crown it all the bible says they shall make a costly mistake.this has been fulfilled.all say GEJ for 2015.for all we care the north can continue to kill themselves for it will only be in the north.long live all who wishes Nigeria the best

Zutchy: Your a bloody fool for typing Wat you just did,I mean where dd that come from,are you this dumb,hw can you be judging competence in mid 2012,one year into his (GEJ) tenure,he still has three years to go,like duhhh,"elections are 2015"or did you forget,dont you dare try to talk about competence here because in one year he has managed to do more than your northern leaders put together have managed to do for us since they started ruling us,don't you even begin to think it.

Pls why can't you put your views without resorting to insults? To me two years is enough to judge the competence of my President. The point I am making is that those individuals speak in their individual capacity why is it made as if they are speaking for the north but when others in the south speak it is not ascribe to the whole south?

[b][/b][b][/b]devote his entire energy and time 2 conduct a free and fair election. Na electoral preparatn gej come do as presidnt? Dis man na m.u.mu oh.

edicolove:

Just being curious. Who are these oil block owners self? Any list and possibly expiry dates?

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.