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These people don sell us finito, and we dey here fighting each other, tearing each other into pieces


God, Oh God my God, Oh God of Israel, in my next life, please, dont make me come as a Nigerian.

See Dimeji, swaggz lomo

The best speaker we ever had, and will be for a long time to come.

Dimeji Bankole Buys Speaker’s Residence, Wants To Rent It - To Speaker

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Reports from Abuja indicate that Dimeji Bankole, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, having been allowed to “buy” the palatial official residence of the Speaker, for a meager N45 million, wants to let the property to the current Speaker, for N40 million per annum.
Vanguard newspaper reported today that the current Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwa, has not enjoyed the official residence since he assumed that position, apparently because Mr. Bankole would not let it go.

But strangely, it is Mr. Tambuwal himself who recently informed members of the House of the rental proposal.

On November November 30, 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan gave leave to the Senate President, the Deputy Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, to “purchase” their official quarters.  Reporting that story, NEXT newspaper said that N1.5 billion had been made available in the 2011 budget for the construction of replacements for those properties.  The largesse, which was denied at the time by presidential Special Adviser Ima Niboro, was thought to be Mr. Jonathan’s way of garnering wide-ranging support for his April 2010 presidential bid.

Perennial “palatialization” and privatization of official quarters is a popular government game in Abuja.  In 2007, Patricia Etteh, then Speaker of the House of Representatives, awarded mouth-watering contracts of about N628 million for the renovation of her official residence and that of the Deputy Speaker.  The uproar which arose eventually forced her out of office
Months later, in 2008, President Umaru Yar’Adua approved N200 million in the budget of the Federal Capital Territory for renovating the renovations that were begun under Mrs. Etteh. 
In 2009, the sum of N200 million was again provided in the budget to renovate the accommodations being occupied by her successor, Bankole, and Deputy Speaker Usman Nafada.  The excuse was that the 2008 provision meant for the upgrade had not been “accessed”.

Jonathan’s November 2010 decision to allow the official occupiers of federal property to convert them to private ownership meant that the Senate President, Mr. David Mark, would be enjoying such largesse for the second time since he became a Senator in 1999.  He was one of those Senators who benefitted from the sale of the Apo legislative residence quarters of Senators between 2003 and 2007.

As a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Bankole had also benefitted from that sale, and it was in that Apo house he lived until he moved to the massive official residence of the Speaker last year. 

It would also be recalled that in December 2009, the Federal Government awarded a contract for the construction of a N7.5 billion “permanent residence” for then Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan.




His predecessor, Abubakar Atiku, had occupied the official residence of the Chief Justice of Nigeria during his years in office.  Upon assuming office, Mr. Jonathan took up the same residence until he acquired the sumptuous Akinola Aguda House, previously a Presidential Guest House.  It was in that residence, on February 26, 2010, that Jonathan as Acting President hosted United States Ambassador Robin Sanders following the sudden return of President Umaru Yar’Adua to the country and made his famous declaration, which was exposed this year by WikiLeaks: “I lack administrative experience.”

It is not yet clear how Mr. Bankole, who is facing a 15-count criminal charge at the Federal High Court in Abuja brought by the EFCC, managed to swing the deal to “buy” his former official residence.

In addition to those charges, Bankole, who was arrested a few months ago as he allegedly prepared to flee the country, also has issues relating to inflated contracts, money-laundering, and a controversial N10 billion bank loan he arranged without authorization as Speaker with which he bought the NITEL House in Lagos for peanuts.  Prior to that, he was also involved in a N2.3 billion car scandal in the House.

In May 2011, a SaharaReporters’ investigation found that Bankole also owned an astounding $1 billion in a United Bank of Africa domiciliary account being operated for him by his Principal Officer, Maurice Ekpeyong.

When things were rosy for Mr. Bankole, real estate was one of his special thrills.  He also owns a N7 billion hotel resort being built in Akodo, near the highbrow Lekki in Lagos.  In addition to properties in South Africa, the United States, Abuja and Abeokuta, he bought the 32-storey NITEL building in Lagos for N4 billion, allegedly in cash.

Two weeks ago, Mr. David Mark, a former Minister of Communications, accused the Jonathan government of doing nothing about NITEL.

"NITEL has just simply died and nobody is saying anything about it,” he said at the launching of the Senate Committee on Communications.  “That is tax payers' money that has gone down the drain and nobody is doing anything and we will just fold our hands and people will still talk nonsense.”

tpia@:
poster plz plz plz work on your written english.

i think that's more important or dont you agree.

So you are now the grammar police?

Of all people, you?

If I had to c/u-m every time you "blow grammar," by now, the universe would filled with nothing but my c/u-m.

DUh

^^^

Wetin consain you? Make him no chop?

Wallie:
Flying in Nigeria is terrifying!!!

I went to Abuja in 2001 and on my flight back to Lagos I noticed commotion about 4 rows ahead of me. I saw a guy got up from his seat and walked all the way to the back. Then I saw the guy sitting next to him singing and praying while looking at the guy walking away. Then people started gathering around the guy sitting next to the guy that walked away. I then overheard someone say that the guy’s private is missing and they were checking it to see if it was true. All of a sudden, the guy sitting behind them shouted that his was also missing and we were still about 20 minutes away from landing. Come see how the old and young grabbed and held their “thing”!

It is funny now but wasn’t back then. By the time we taxied to the gate, the pilot had already radioed to some military men that were waiting for all the guys involved.

People that saw the missing people’s private said that there was nothing there expect pubic hair. I didn’t see it myself as I wanted to get as far away from those people ASAP!

You watch too much Nollywood.

None.

I hate them all.

^^

You damn "lair."

Not surprised, the same person is a "chair holder" with one of the banks in Nigeria.

Eko-Ile, most stupidddd poster

Shy-One:
So now I hear about this airline with dirty airplanes, ticket sales on the sidewalk to the highest bidder, passengers being loaded from the tarmac and names not matching the manifest.  After hearing these well documented accounts by MORE THAN ONE passenger.  I fear and wonder what maintenance is being regularly performed on the body and engine of the aircraft itself.

Thats not new to us cos thats how we do our thang in Naija. Everynow and then, people die, we lose planes, some due to turbulence, others from intentional sabotage, no big deal.

We are a country of 150 million, not counting those in the diaspora and those wanna-bes like you, whats losing 200 people here and there. Death by plane is life's change agent for our middle class in Nigeria. It clears out the not too old to make way for the new. If not death by plane due to incompetence, then more likely by road as our roads are death traps, no kidding, and if you are lucky to escape death by those means, you can always count on your family members and relative unhappy with your N 150, 000 per month bank job  to make sure you are dead before your 50th birthday, voodoo, food poison and what not. And the thing though is that we like it that way, thats why we are the happiest people on earth, with life expectancy of 47.

Welcome to Nigeria. You like the rest of us here, may or may not see your 50 th birthday, depending on how often you travel within Nigeria. For the OP, only one more flight with Chachangi and he is a gonner.

BABE!:
OP:

Why the effizy? .

You are using effizy wrongly. At least, if you want to use the slang, learn how to use it correctly.

macjive01:
Bros no vex, but those people pushing the chachangi plane were they passenger already seated and were asked to come down to push start the plane ?


I'm asking cos I hv heard of something in that line happened at Kano.

They were people from the next flight.

Got to pitch in any how possible

thats turbulence and it has nothing to do with quality

it can happen anywhere at any time

All these ara okos

I guess that was his first time experiencing turbulence

Really ashamed of Nigerians. Too local!

Its called turbulence my lilly-livered OP

I love Molues

Mr, Cork:
only in Nigeria.     do  they jump-start the plane to fly?

Not really, they just push it until it starts

OAM4J:
You are good with Johndoe100, you really dont need johndoe300 besides it is against the rules to have more than one moniker. Cheers

Really?

What about this:

eku_bear:
ekt_bear banned by the spambot, please unban

Or you meant to say it is against the rules for people you dont like to have more than one screen-name?

Honesty is always the best policy.

musiwa.,.:
you dont make sense. There are white african. In their millions. Why do people assume only black people live in africa. You have white and black in the USA. So africa. There are white family who have lived in africa during the days of slavery, the same period micheal Jordan generation came to the USA.

So if you define Micheal Jordan an american , what do you define this white people whose generation have live in african.

i went to a private elementary school where every grade  my classmate were white and black.

Musiwa Adesegun, stop lying. You went to a public primary school. You didnt go to a private school, your parents couldnt afford it. Okay tell us, who were your classmates in primary school and what are they doing now?

Because the only person who ever attended primary school with Whites on NL is me. My  White classmates are well known all over the world. People like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Clinton, Bush, David Beckham, Justin Beiber, Einstein, Churchill were my class mates in primary school. Musiwa, stop phocking lying. You didnt go to school with White people, you were local.

r231:
not rich enough

I think Tinubu should be on the rist?


What is (N 3 billion x 48 )/ 150 = $ 1.2 Billion

Its funny how Tinubu and Jimoh Ibrahim didnt make the list


Tinubu pretty much owns everything in Lagos, Osun, and Ogun.

WHen did Arabs become White?

All these unexposed Nigerians sha


EVeryone na Oyinbo, even to some Ibos are Oyinbos

The OP is trolling:

jennyty:
Cos we handsome men are very hard to come by,

Cant imagine this got to the front page. Seun dey look for traffic by any means possible. SMH.

On this note, I sign out of NL.

My peoples are doing it great. Kudos to them

We will definitely regroup

Ibos watch out. You are our target

Screw his best friend or his dad. Whichever works for you better

^^^

Who told you I have time to read it properly?

^^^^

Egbon Reno omokri,

Bawo ni GEJ? How I fit get some contract with oga? I be goody goody boy o

I get reference. Alj Harem don agree to write me letter of good character.

aribisala0:
1. how much is actually profit?? in other words how much money does it cost to bring this oil out of the ground i.e (EXPENSES)

he cost of a litre of petrol, from exploration to the refinery, is about N12. I mean if we refine it here; from mining till the pomp price. It should be about N12.That is the cost per litre. But when you import from Britain or America or other countries, 66 per cent of the price of that import is tax put by those countries. More than two third of what we are importing is tax being paid to those countries.

2. i really do not know the Expenses figure but there are very few businesses in the world where this is less than 50% but let us be generous and say it is 20% that means total profit is 80%.

Profit is way more than 80%

http://nigerianewsday.com/menu/news-a-commentary/interviews/85-interview-nobody-can-be-compared-to-awo-prof-sam-aluko

Beaf:
^
Why do you always derail topics? I don't understand, is it a poor brain quality issue?

Mr. Reno Omokri,

You are not looking bad at all in the posted pix.

Olashore really prepped you well. Great job, Mr. Omokri.

^^^

Enough already. We don hear, you make $60 000 a year and work as an escort part time and cant afford a decent car. Anything else you want to share with us.

That you now have grey hair sprouting in your mon pubis? Or just had your first a/n/a/l at the age of 65?


If you were young and good looking, we might be interested in your no so busy, horrible private life, at your age those nitty-gritty of your s3x life are best kept to your lonely self.

SEFAGO:
3 indians is an ORM lol 

Na u sabi, idle hands is the devils workshop

Be the change you want to be in this world and go and try and win a nobel laureate no one is stopping you.

I am not idle.

Kobojunkie:
Me sef wey I dey US, dey find am hard to pull out close to 4 bucks for a gallon of gas ooo . . . na person for naija go come find am EASIER to pay 4 bucks for a gallon of gas?? Una rich ooo!!!

If you worked hard, it shouldnt be that hard.

Chicken change for people like me.

^^^ I hope the next bomb takes your fat arse out.

naijababe:
Which sarcasm? You're piss poor at it, stick to your other  talents jo.

lol!


I have no talent BTW. Just doing whatever comes to ma mind.