all4naija: Hasn't Boko Haram been existing before this administration came into power? Rightful minds would ignore this clown accusation.

polokor60: i guess this littleman el rufia was playing with the desert sand in sahara desert when ciroma and co promised to make nigeria a living hell if ebele becomes the president??#amnesia..#

Beaf:

85% of Nigeria's indeginious oil wells are held by the core-Northern elite. This group of a few men make twice as much per annum as the entire Niger Delta; they do not pay states and LG's like the FG. The money is all raw cash.

The licenses to those oil blocks were issued by Abacha (and Buhari), IBB and Abubakar. Incidentally, most of these licenses are due for renewal between 2016 and 2018. These men are very deeply scared of a GEJ in power at that time; this the reason politics has become extreme and there is such a fiercely fevered battle for 2015 (even though its a very long 3 years away). It is a battle for the ability to continue phucking Nigeria and manufacturing almajiri's at industrial scale. What can such a group of men be called, but parasites.

Boko haram is all about oil.

ikeyman00: @@@@

sometimes u just have to accept that in this life there will alway be some kinda of convolutions

u still have 9-11 questioning on wether those evil deed was done by US government

now one thing certain here is in PDP aboki branch course there must be some b astard within! sure

the core north has been harbourin these evil culture since back in the days

they killed the igbo with no remorse; last year alone they killed lots of innocent corpers; just last years rip; they shot the warning shot to miss world which they mistaken for a joke? what happened them SAD where in nigeria would most okada ride around with dagger hidden by the side; u get killed by runnin over a chicken etc. Now this is a life sytle in the north; A useless average mallam will get one pregnant and move to abuja to sell suya after so many years he probably comes back without even knowing whereabout his children are EL-rufai wouldnt open up as expected; the same as Sanusi

Imagine as a human being right, u sat in the church prayin to God and all of a sudden there was a massive explosion which claim lives; just imagine the anger; the hate; etc these ba stard carrys around in their heart; it takes a lot of enegry to perpetuate those evil deed and these are the ba stard we have right here; its not as easy as YEYE and corrupt EL ru-fool tryin to make it in the pages im afraid and im not buyin that farkin crap right from that i doit ANGRY these ba stard goes around blowin up churches and that killin as they go and this is what we get from the f ucker

no wonder they even tried to affilirate we the ndi-igbo as a memeber; then u have the nl hausa and associate come in here to tell us what we should know when they should be callin their vampires in the north to order; USELESS MITIGATION

el_ru fool should go to hell; if he got personal grivances with oga joe im not interested but one thing i will be more than happy if he could remit all the money he stole if he does not mind

foolsih aboki

TechRev: When someone posts repeated pictures telling an individual he has not met that its him, even when ignored he keeps saying "Hey thats you" "Hey thats you" "Hey thats you". It seems the man posting the pics has gone mad, or is about to go mad or was born mad or is obsessed with the picture. Am just wondering aloud.

Beaf:

85% of Nigeria's indeginious oil wells are held by the core-Northern elite. This group of a few men make twice as much per annum as the entire Niger Delta; they do not pay states and LG's like the FG. The money is all raw cash.

The licenses to those oil blocks were issued by Abacha (and Buhari), IBB and Abubakar. Incidentally, most of these licenses are due for renewal between 2016 and 2018. These men are very deeply scared of a GEJ in power at that time; this the reason politics has become extreme and there is such a fiercely fevered battle for 2015 (even though its a very long 3 years away). It is a battle for the ability to continue phucking Nigeria and manufacturing almajiri's at industrial scale. What can such a group of men be called, but parasites.

Boko haram is all about oil.

Beaf:

85% of Nigeria's indeginious oil wells are held by the core-Northern elite. This group of a few men make twice as much per annum as the entire Niger Delta; they do not pay states and LG's like the FG. The money is all raw cash.

The licenses to those oil blocks were issued by Abacha (and Buhari), IBB and Abubakar. Incidentally, most of these licenses are due for renewal between 2016 and 2018. These men are very deeply scared of a GEJ in power at that time; this the reason politics has become extreme and there is such a fiercely fevered battle for 2015 (even though its a very long 3 years away). It is a battle for the ability to continue phucking Nigeria and manufacturing almajiri's at industrial scale. What can such a group of men be called, but parasites.

[size=14pt]Boko haram is all about oil.[/size]

Ross Alabo-George:

I want to posit that the North-East through their aristocrats and ex-military rulers (except Gen. Mohammed Buhari) [size=14pt]rake in more oil money (from the Niger Delta) individually than any Niger Delta state, and collectively more than twice the entire Niger Delta put together.[/size] In this disquisition, I have attempted to show that 80% of crude oil and gas produced by indigenous companies is controlled by the North-East. It is an area they have well conquered through General IBB, Abacha and Abdulsalami.[size=14pt] However, the loots never get back home[/size].

http://thewillnigeria.com/opinion/12652-DEPRIVATION-DERIVATION-PRINCIPLES-WHY-THE-NORTH-POOR.html

With the above, why is the North still poor and why the demand for more oil money? It is obvious where the money is going.
Aside Governor Lamido, you would be hard pressed to find any core-Northern governor that can give even the most rudimentary account of development.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/582610_alj_harem_jpgdc120a495c49e98c4b70d5819c0737d9

Beaf:

I used to be a very solid El-Rufai fan in the good old days, but these days the man acts like he has swallowed strong witches brew and utters words even toddlers would be ashamed to take responsibility for. Maybe he is actually going insane before our very eyes.
He certainly lost me as a follower long ago, and I doubt that he is keeping any of those who hung on.

Sad.

Eziachi:
If you use to be El Rufai supporter in the past, how can one be sure you won't turn on Jonathan when he becomes powerless like El Rufai
future, when today becomes the good old days?

1025:

@nuclearboy,
what do u mean no proof and what is proof?
abu qaqa was arrested in a governor's lodge in abuja - pdp gov
senator ndume was indicted by an arrested member and traces of msgs from his phone were made public by mtn - he is pdp.
FG paid N100m to the family of the slain leader of boko haram and N5m to youth corpers killed by boko haram.
henry okah mentioned jonathan in his statement in south africa but leave that one.
pdp chairman only last week told nigerians that boko haram are fighting for justice.
uncle, what other proofs do u want?
jonathan himself on several occasions told us that they know who the sponsors of boko haram are.
joe said they will delete boko haram by june and here we are. it is a time to wait and see.
let no nigerian be biased about the role of boko haram in the polity because i can remember vividly how jonathan arrested Chief Raymond dokpesi over the 1st oct bombing in abuja. dokpesi according to joe was the masterminder. then dokpesi was in the camp of ibb but immediately after his arrest, he declared for jonathan and till today, nobody has mentioned that case again. could it be that the bomber(dokpesi) is now bombing for joe instead of against joe?

Beaf:

When you reach a certain age, only wisdom and honesty should flow from your mouth. Eziachi, please respect your age so that I can respect you; not everyone is an immoral bottom dweller like you.
Face the topic, and maintain silence if you have no sensible counter-arguments. Leave flippant lips to younger ones. Thank you.

Grey hair is sacred.

Eziachi:
My age is not the issue, I am worried about your judgement, that you considered El Rufai to be worthy of been called his supporter in the past, why should, one trust your judgement today about Jonathan whom you again today a big supporter?
Its simply reasoning, I don't know what it got to do with my age or grey hair?
It a brainstorm based on what you said, I did not abuse you in any form or style as that is not my way.
I am not asking for your respect as it means nothing to me being on cyber space, it about discussing issues, just that some people take beyond what it is, exchange of idea by people who will never meet each other ever.

malc619:

FOLLOWING THE MONEY.......

frosbel: Now they blame GEJ for their violent tendencies , lol.

As usual Nigerians are a gullible lot, anybody who believes this nonsense needs a new brain !!

Eziachi:
My age is not the issue, I am worried about your judgement, that you considered El Rufai to be worthy of been called his supporter in the past, why should, one trust your judgement today about Jonathan whom you again today a big supporter?
Its simply reasoning, I don't know what it got to do with my age or grey hair?
It a brainstorm based on what you said, I did not abuse you in any form or style as that is not my way.
I am not asking for your respect as it means nothing to me being on cyber space, it about discussing issues, just that some people take beyond what it is, exchange of idea by people who will never meet each other ever.

[size=14pt]DEPRIVATION & DERIVATION PRINCIPLES: WHY THE NORTH IS POOR (I)[/size]
26/02/2012 06:24:00 THEWILL

[img]http://thewillnigeria.com/thumbnail.php?file=poor_658286182.jpg&size=article_medium[/img]

"According to official figures, the leading oil producing state, Rivers, received N1,053 billion between 1999 and 2008 in federal allocations. By contrast the North-eastern states of Yobe and Borno, where the Boko Haram sect was created, received N175bn and N213bn respectively. Broken down on a per capita basis, the contrast is even starker. In 2008 the 18.97m people who lived in the six states in the north-east received on average N1,156 per person.

"By contrast Rivers state was allocated N3,965 per capita, and on average the oil producing South- South region received on average N3,332 per capita. This imbalance is compounded when the cost of an amnesty programme for militants in the delta is included together with an additional 1 per cent for a special development body for the Niger Delta. To boot, the theft of oil by profiteers in the region diverts tens of millions more weekly from federal coffers." – Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.

Yes, forget these per capita figures! I agree the North is poor. Yes, I agree the poverty has bred millions of destitutes, who have become instant and easy recruits for Boko Haram. But my question is: Who impoverished the North?

A caveat: I am an unabashed capitalist who believes that every citizen has a right to do good business and make profit. I salute hard work and do not disparage honest efforts. However, uncompassionate capitalism driven by pulleys of aristocracy breeds a brutal class order worthy of condemnation.

In my last article titled – “Elrufai’s amnesia: The day Boko Haram Wore Jeans”, I categorically stated that greed and the senseless chase for power by the Fulani aristocrats and political elites of the North are responsible for the extreme poverty of the North. I still and will always stand by that. My position did not go down well with my targets; they responded with vituperations.

[b]Mallam Sanusi’s statistics was intended to mislead us by ruffling the rudder of our common sense. See, Ekiti state has a 2012 budget 0f N88 billion; Kwara state, N90 billion; Cross River state, N144 billion; Anambra state, N82 billion; Enugu state, N74 billion. Now let’s look at the 2012 budgets recently passed into law by the four major Boko Haram occupied states – Kano state has a budget of N 210 billion; Borno state, 150 billion; Gombe, N94 billion; Yobe state, 80 billion.

A simple comparative analysis shows that Ekiti state has about the same revenue as Yobe and Gombe, but only 17 students passed WAEC and NECO in Gombe state last year, while Ekiti is known for its high literacy level. Gombe state has a bigger budget that Enugu and Anambra, why hasn’t MASSOB bombed anyone. Borno state has a budget twice that of Enugu state but the poverty and unemployment level in Borno state is more than thrice that of Enugu state. Borno has a bigger budget than a Niger Delta state- Cross River, while the leaders of that state over the last decade have transformed it into the Nation’s leading tourist destination; those of Borno have transformed it into a Somalia.

Kano state gets the highest statutory allocation from the FG, because on paper Kano is the most populated state in Nigeria, yet Kano has about 1.6 million destitute Almajiris. Kano has a budget almost thrice the budget of Enugu, twice the budget of Kwara, Anambra and Ekiti, but how come almost 90% of students in Kano fail WAEC? How come the poverty level in Kano is higher than all these states put together?[/b]

Why is the North so poor? From the figures above I have shown that Southern states with lesser budgets have shown better development performance than most North Eastern states with bigger statutory allocation and budgets.

Now, I need to tackle the sensitive question of revenue allocation that has infuriated the Mallam Lamido Sanusi and Mallam Elrufai and their likes. Niger Delta states get higher revenue allocation because they contribute virtually all the eggs in the national crate. That is expected. Albeit the 13% remains grossly inadequate, the CBN Governor has suggested that his Boko boys are resisting the disparity.

[size=14pt]I want to posit that the North-East through their aristocrats and ex-military rulers (except Gen. Mohammed Buhari) rake in more oil money (from the Niger Delta) individually than any Niger Delta state, and collectively more than twice the entire Niger Delta put together. In this disquisition, I have attempted to show that 80% of crude oil and gas produced by indigenous companies is controlled by the North-East. It is an area they have well conquered through General IBB, Abacha and Abdulsalami. However, the loots never get back home.[/size]

In this first part I will attempt to describe the very uneven nature of the distribution of the nation’s wealth among the Northern aristocratic families and their military generals who for decades looted Nigeria. They did so blatantly, and while Nigeria was weeping about oil windfall loot and others, Nigerians would wail if they know how much of the nation’s resources these folks allocated to themselves and their business fronts before they stepped aside.

Let us therefore begin.

To the state of origin of Boko Haram: Borno State. Enter Cavendish Petroleum, the operators of OML 110 – with good yielding OBE field. This oil block was awarded to Alhaji Mai Deribe - the Borno patriarch, who even in death will remain the richest man dead or alive in the history of Borno state- by General Sani Abacha on the 8th of July, 1996. OML 110 has a proven oil reserve in excess of 500 million barrels (More than the entire 300milliom barrels reserve of Sudan). As yet with the capacity to produce about 120,000 barrels of crude oil daily from its OBE 4 and OBE 5 wells. At current production levels, the Mai Deribes net circa N4billion monthly in crude oil sales (Using current oil price of $100pb). Cavendish Petroleum’s N4bn monthly net dwarfs the monthly statutory allocation of Borno which is about N3bn and its internally generated revenue staggers around N1billion.

See his mansion, a tourist attraction -
http://kyata.aminus3.com/image/2009-08-17.html

[b]I will then shift to the centre of the Fulani aristocratic hegemony in the North East – Kano. Here. Enter the Fulani Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero, Mallam (Prince) Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s cousin. He is a Key shareholder and director in Seplat/Platform petroleum operators of the Asuokpu/Umutu Marginal Field with a capacity of 300,000 barrels monthly and A 30mmfcsd gas plant capable of feeding 100MT of LPG. The Ado Bayeros, Yar’Aduas and Atiku Abubakar are Nigerian holders of Intels. It is a private port that has grounded three Federal ports in the South. Intels is discussed later.

Enter South Atlantic Petroleum Limited (SAPETRO). South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO) is a Nigerian Oil Exploration and Production Company that was created in 1995 by General T. Y. Danjuma. General Sani Abacha awarded the Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 246 to SAPETRO in February 1998.

The block covers a total area of 2,590km2 (1,000 sq. miles). SAPETRO partnered with Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd (TUPNI) and Brasoil Oil Services Company Nigeria Ltd (Petrobras) to start prospecting on OPL246. Akpo, a condensate field was discovered in April 2000 with the drilling of the first exploration well (Akpo 1) on the block. Other discoveries made on OPL 246 include the Egina Main, Egina South, Preowei and Kuro (Kuro was suspended as a dry gas/minor oil discovery).

In June 2006, General TY Danjuma divested part of its contractor rights and obligations to China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for $1 billion (N160bn). Akpo exports about 230,000 barrels of condensate daily. Condensate export is not regulated by OPEC, so SAPETRO/TOTAL exports as much as possible each day. Egina exports about 75,000 barrels of oil daily.

Therefore, Akpo and Egina fields export just over 300,000 barrels of oil/condensate daily (three times what the country Ghana exports). SAPETRO (TY Danjuma) get 25% of this. Now, note I have not talked about the gas component – it’s about 2.5 trillion cubic feet. The money SAPETRO nets each month is more than the monthly statutory allocation of all the Niger states combined and also more than the oil revenue of Ghana. Do your math.

Enter AMNI (or is it AMIN?) International Petroleum Development Company. AMNI owns two oil blocks – OML 112 and OML 117. In the production sharing contract, AMNI gets 60% for owning the oil block and Total gets 40% for providing technical advice. OML 112 was awarded on the 12/02/1998 while OML 117 was awarded 06/08/1999 all by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar. Operations started on both blocks 0n 26/02/2006. The licenses are due to expire 11/02/2018 and 05/08/2019 respectively. (Now you see why the next election is important?).

The Okoro and Setu fields in OML 112 are operated by Afren Energy, a company substantially controlled by Rilwanu Lukman. The Okoro and Setu oil fields have about 50 million barrels in reserve and currently produce/exports just a little below 20,000 barrels per day. The chairman of AMNI International Petroleum and Development Company is Alhaji (Colonel) Sani Bello a Fulani from Kontagora, Niger State. Lest I forget, Alhaji Bello’s son- Abu, is married to General Abdusalami Abubakar's eldest daughter.

Enter Oriental Energy Resources Limited, a company owned by Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, a Fulani and close friend of General Ibrahim Babangida. Also worthy of note is that General IBB’s first son is married to Alhaji Mohammed Indimi’s daughter – Yakolo Indimi-Babangida, who also serves as a director in the company. Alhaji Indimi hails from Niger State.

Oriental Energy Resources Limited runs three oil blocks: OML 115, the Okwok field and the Ebok field. OML 115 and Okwo are OML PSC, while Ebok is an OML JV. All of them crown offshore oil blocks. OML 115 on its own is 228 sqKm. On OML115 Oriental Energy Resources Limited has 60 per cent while Equity Energy Resources AS, which Alhjai Aliko Dangote’s oil and gas investment vehicle has 40 per cent (Aliko Dangote is from Kano). On Okwok, Addax has 40% and on the Ebok field, Oriental Energy Resources shares with none: its 100%. AMNI produces twice as much as Cavendish Petroleum.

Enter Express Petroleum and Gas Limited floated by Alhaji Aminu Dantata, solely for the purpose of fronting for winning oil block(s) even though he and the company are in no way qualified for the award. General Abacha awarded him OML 108 on the 1st of November, 1995. CAMAC Houston, a company owned by Kase Lawal bought 2.5% of Express Petroleum’s 60% holdings. The other 40% on OML 108 is owned Sheba E&P Limited an IBB tributary company. SEPCOL operates the Ukpokiti offshore field in Shallow water Nigeria, which was acquired from ConocoPhillips in May 2004.

Enter Shebah Exploration And Production Limited (SEPCOL) . It is the operator of the Oil Mining License 108 offshore Nigeria. Head office is in Lagos, but ‘head quartered’ in Minna.

Enter Consolidated Oil. Conoil Producing Limited is an integrated upstream oil and gas company. They are the operator of six blocks in the Niger Delta as well as 25% Equity holder in the Joint Development Zone (JDZ) Block 4. Corporate Head office is in Lagos, but its ‘Headquarters’ is in Minna, Niger State.

Conoil signed a technical operator agreement with Continental Oil and Gas Limited (CONOG) to provide 100% funding and technical service agreement to operate blocks OML 59 on a 40% (Conoil) / 60% (CONOG) basis. Conoil entered into a Production Sharing Contract with the NNPC by virtue of an agreement executed on 17th October 2008.

Conoil’s has overall potential hydrocarbon resources of over 1.0 Billion Barrels of Oil and 7.0 Trillion Cubic Feet of Gas. General Ibrahim Babangida awarded the first oil block to Conoil in 1991. The company produces about 100,000 barrels per day.

Enter Rilwanu Lukman, another Fulani multimillionaire with fronted controlling holdings in Afren, the operators of AMNI oil blocks and also with very key interest in the NNPC/Vitol trading deal, Vitol is a London based oil trading company. Vitol lifts 350,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Nigeria.

Enter Intels and the Yar’Adua , Ado Bayero family and [size=14pt]Alhaji Abubakar Atiku.[/size] The Oil and Gas Free Zone and Oil Services Centres, as well as Support Bases, are operated from government-owned facilities, leased to Intels under long-term agreements. Intels runs a ‘private port’, a venture that has systematically killed the Calabar, Warri and Port Harcourt ports. There are over one hundred major companies operating at the Intel facility in Port Harcourt. The company makes more money in profit than the government of Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta states put together. I shall give details and figures in the part two of this disquisition.

Finally, for the Part I of this disquisition, I introduce you to NorthEast Petroleum. The name is as clear as the message it sends. I do not need to write so much about NorthEast Petroleum registered as NorEast. NorthEast Petroleum Nigeria Limited is the holder of OPL215 license, covering an area 0f 2,564 square kilometres in water depths between 200 to 1600 metres. NorEast is the parent company of Rayflosh Petroleum Nigeria which got the 2005 bidding round and was awarded the blocks OPLs 276 & 283 closing thereupon a Joint Venture Agreement with Centrica Resources Nigeria Limited and CCC Oil and Gas.

Not surprising, NorthEast Petroleum is owned by another Fulani businessman from the North East, Alhaji Saleh Mohammed Jambo. The license was awarded to him by General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida in 1991 and then renewed in 2004. So far $50Million has been spent on the very promising Okpoi-1 and Egere -1 exploratory well.
[/b]
In the Part II, we shall finish the discussion. We will table other North Eastern billionaires who make more money than their states of origin from Niger Delta oil blocks.

With all these oil blocks owned by ‘North- Easterners’ in the Niger Delta, it should be clear to Elrufai and Sanusi who really benefits from the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme.

Sadly, National Bureau of Statistics reports from 2010 show Niger State as the poorest state in the Federation, and the North East the poorest region.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/35947-nigerias-poverty-level-rises-hits-715-sokoto-niger-top-list-of-poorest-states.

With these figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, I rest my case.

Written By Ross Alabo-George
imaginasion@gmail.com

http://thewillnigeria.com/opinion/12652-DEPRIVATION-DERIVATION-PRINCIPLES-WHY-THE-NORTH-POOR.html

1025:

@nuclearboy,
what do u mean no proof and what is proof?
abu qaqa was arrested in a governor's lodge in abuja - pdp gov
senator ndume was indicted by an arrested member and traces of msgs from his phone were made public by mtn - he is pdp.
FG paid N100m to the family of the slain leader of boko haram and N5m to youth corpers killed by boko haram.
henry okah mentioned jonathan in his statement in south africa but leave that one.
pdp chairman only last week told nigerians that boko haram are fighting for justice.
uncle, what other proofs do u want?
jonathan himself on several occasions told us that they know who the sponsors of boko haram are.
joe said they will delete boko haram by june and here we are. it is a time to wait and see.
let no nigerian be biased about the role of boko haram in the polity because i can remember vividly how jonathan arrested Chief Raymond dokpesi over the 1st oct bombing in abuja. dokpesi according to joe was the masterminder. then dokpesi was in the camp of ibb but immediately after his arrest, he declared for jonathan and till today, nobody has mentioned that case again. could it be that the bomber(dokpesi) is now bombing for joe instead of against joe?

Degis:

Indeed, you can beat Joseph Goebbels at his game of misinformation. Is the Borno state's Governors Lodge not where Kabiru Sokoto was hiding?. Check your facts, Borno state is led by ANPP. Meanwhile, it was Kabiru Sokoto and not Abu Qaqa. BORNO STATE AND NOT FG paid 100M because it was a Judgement debt not because it caught its fancy. Will you stop misinforming gullible.