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This beats me:

The robbers, numbering over 50, were said to have gone to the street in four buses, three cars and one jeep.

This is a 'platoon' of robbers!

Nigeria is screwed, very screwed. intelligence gathering is simply non-existence.

”We immediately gave them the money my husband just collected from somebody. Not quite a minute after they left, another group entered our flat and demanded for their share of the money.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200711301322160

Yar'Adua knows full well he is occupying an office under and illegal transfer of office. Two wrongs cannot make a right. if Yar'Adua himself wants anything good for Nigeria, he will insist that his mandate come under a transparent, free and fair election. Which means new elections needs to be organized in the next year.

well said.

let me know if you get for that budget, I would surprise.

Group20: You and I: corrupt.

You are corrupt, good for you but count me out!

where did you live President that uses N6mill for food every week??

or the one that has N20,000 in 1999 but now his farm is laying 'golden-eggs'

save us your yabbis about corruption.

In a subsequent interview with Nigeria's Leadership newspaper Mr Aondoakaa made clear that one of his concerns was that the letter requesting assistance was not signed personally by British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, but by a state lawyer.

"The law that gave me the power of Mutual Legal Assistance says the Home Secretary should send a request.

"A state counsel will send a request to me, not even his Home Secretary, and you want me to sign. No! Are you considering the bigger image of Nigeria?" he said.

so let Home Secretary send the request to AGF. simple or the british cannot folllow simple issues??

At least OBJ tried. He fought his enemies who were corrupt.

well Ibori is not Yaradau enermy. so case closed.

lol the same "court" whose rulings are none binding on the US and the very Europeans who set it up?
African mentality na wa.

exactly.

Africans still subject themselves to 'slavery'  isreal never obey any of ICJ rules. And our Senate is above ICJ, its time we show this to the world.

The world we treat us, the way we want to be treated; slave or independent  people.

Hear Ajibola speaking:

According to Ajibola, as a member of the United Nations, Nigeria has no choice but to abide by the decision of the ICJ not minding whether it was able to put its house in order by ensuring that the appropriate legislative agency ratify such a decision

shocking!
and Akinjide:

"where an agreement is subject to ratification under the Nigerian Constitution, such as in the Nigeria/Cameroon Bakassi controversy, the signature, that of President Obasanjo, does not, in international law, establish consent by the Nigeria state to be bound.

The signature of President Obasanjo only qualifies the signatory state to proceed to the ratification of the document if it wants. But the signature does not create an obligation to ratify.

"Ratification involves two distinct procedural acts: the first is the act of the appropriate organ of the state, that is, the Senate in the case of Nigeria.

This is ratification in the constitutional sense under Section 12 of our Constitution or the Crown in the case of the United Kingdom or of the Senate in he United States of America.

so we know ajibola is doing obj work; trying to save face. what a country!

@bankole,

If yaradua can work on all what you listed below, 70% problem is resolved. so we dont need british. it means nigerians can solve their own problem only the 'will' to do so lacking

1. First of all, the infrastrusture has to be improved for better monitoring and policing.
2. There are law enforcement officers working in foreign countries, who can be utilised to augment the Nigerian police.
They can help with training and be in many leadership positions based on their training. They must also be well paid and repartrated with all expenses paid.
3. More trainers can be sent abroad for training, and they in turn become trainers at home.
4. Further recruits into the police should be olny educated men and women, who are in turn well paid and well equiped to do a good job.
5. The rank and file should audited to weed out the bad and ill-educated eggs. The rest should then be re-trained to a better standard.
6. There should a laid down law and rules on renumeration. It will spell out how much you earn as a recruit , first, second and consecutive years. An incentive for longevity pay and retiremnts will be spelt out clearly and adhered to.
The rank and file will also be allowed to do collective bargaining for renumeration.

Chief Awoniyi was involved in a car accident along Abuja-Kaduna expressway two-weeks ago

if true sad but he was an old man.

anyway, this what happens when there is no proper medics(paramedics, airambulance, well equiped hospital, motivated workforce) available. what could be treated early alway result in death

if you can write below, why should Yaradua now need british police to write same for him??

Nobody is saying dont get help but are you sure the help is not at your doorstep:

1. First of all, the infrastrusture has to be improved for better monitoring and policing.
2. There are law enforcement officers working in foreign countries, who can be utilised to augment the Nigerian police.
They can help with training and be in many leadership positions based on their training. They must also be well paid and repartrated with all expenses paid.
3. More trainers can be sent abroad for training, and they in turn become trainers at home.
4. Further recruits into the police should be olny educated men and women, who are in turn well paid and well equiped to do a good job.
5. The rank and file should audited to weed out the bad and ill-educated eggs. The rest should then be re-trained to a better standard.
6. There should a laid down law and rules on renumeration. It will spell out how much you earn as a recruit , first, second and consecutive years. An incentive for longevity pay and retiremnts will be spelt out clearly and adhered to.
The rank and file will also be allowed to do collective bargaining for renumeration.

Getting some training from the British

and who is giving the british training?

this is INEC of Iwu, OBJ, Adedibu:

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Oyo State, yesterday tendered two different results collated during the April 14 governorship election in the state, at the resumed hearing of the election petition filed by the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) gubernatorial candidate, Senator Abiola Ajimobi against the election of Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala.
The two different results have been admitted as exhibits by the tribunal sitting in Ibadan. The Head Operations Department of INEC in the state, Mr. Olubunmi Ariyo admitted that some results were either altered, re-written or cancelled, confessing that the results entered for Alao-Akala were altered on the results sheet.

This guy is atleast HONEST!

there we go again.

they keep removing subsidy since 1984 and still have not finished

shocking!!! beyond words. what a pack of fools runing  Nigeria.

Okiro-IG said, "The Nigeria Police was created by the British and therefore, inviting them for the purpose of assisting us in certain area of need should be likened to a son looking up to his father for help. The invitation of the British police should not generate any controversy. They were our colonial master. In fact, the Nigeria police was formed by the British government and like father and son, a son should look up to a father over an issue he feels he is not too experienced on.

these are shameful statements. disgusting

when are throwing this crazy, foolish OBJ back to prison for good this time

Obasanjo said the last Senate and House of Representatives under the leadership of Senator Ken Nnamani and Hon. Aminu Bello Masari were duly served the Green Tree Agreement between Nigeria and Cameroon on the ceding of Bakassi for ratification by the National Assembly.
He was however silent on whether or not the agreement was ratified by the National Assembly.

He cant even understand the basic difference between 'informing' and getting 'written' approval. what a charlatant!

Bakassi people are now speaking up:

The Bakasi leaders further noted "while thanking the generality of Nigerians for their maturity and understanding displayed this far, we wish to state that the struggle for a sovereign Bakasi land is our collective dream and relentless struggle."

Among those who signed the release are Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, Chief Patrick-Ene, Mr. Gabriel Etim, Mr. Joseph Etene, Bassey Ita Edet and Chief Emmanuel Etene among others.

What the f**k this yaradua waiting for?

where are the ground forces or his he going to call the british??

This yaradua is a weakling, the more he waits, the better french and Cameroun are better prepared.

example: you see how turkey started moving it forces towards iraqi; quickly everyone was listening to them.

you can stay at hill station hotel. Its at ibrahim taiwo road, jos g.r.a. The rates are fromlike 5k upwards.

Good old 'Hill-station'. I love the swimming pool. is it still same old self; clean, good staff?


Try these:

http://www.lesrosiers.sampasite.com

http://www.ecotourhills.com/services.htm

I want to come to Seycelles but cant get good bargain.

Can you get me one? 5-star hotel.

Get Visa to North Cyprus within 7days.

This is nothing but Turkey.

Northern Cyprus is poor, if you really wanna enjoy go to Cyprus itself.

They will not even allow you to cross to Cyprus without a visa from Nicosia; the capital divided into two: north and normal Cyprus.

below will educate you:

By Tunmise Adekunle, 11.29.2007
THISDAY Investigations

If you are a Nigerian business traveller to South Africa, you have to tread, or rather, fly with caution. You may lose all you have to a specialised robbery syndicate in Johannesburg as soon as you arrive.
THISDAY checks revealed that in the last two weeks, no fewer than seven Nigerians have been victims of this syndicate that has attacked over 50 Nigerian business travellers in the last few months.
Dozens of Nigerians are also said to be daily harassed and subtly threatened by immigration officers in South Africa whenever they arrive aboard a Nigerian airline.

The syndicate is believed to include a strong network of immigration officials who allegedly leak the information provided by Nigerians on their landing cards to the robbers.
The information usually contains the addresses the Nigerian visitors would stay on their trip. The cash declaration form also provides sensitive information with which the syndicate works.

Sources say the attacks on Nigerians are not unconnected to the fact that Nigeria travellers carry huge sums of money on their trips, and they are easily identified by the airline on which they arrive the country.
It was also gathered that the robbery is hatched during the immigration check of these travellers, and by the time the traveller is through with declaring all currencies and valuables, he/she leaves the airport only to be attacked by armed men who dispossess them of their valuables.

Folake Mumuni, a British Airways staff in Johannesburg, is one of the latest casualties, while Kaliko Olowole, Managing Director of ZK Advertising, Nigeria; Yinka Folami, Group Account Director, Insight/Grey Advertising, Nigeria; Kehinde Tejumola Idowu, a model; Deji Longe, electronic installer and consultant with Multichoice Nigeria on DStv; are a few of the casualties who have recounted their experiences to THISDAY.
Most victims would want to remain anonymous for security reasons.

THISDAY also gathered that most of the victims are robbed of all their belongings, including luggage and international passports.
Some victims have had to come back to Nigeria with their travel certificates, while some others are stranded in South Africa because they have no travelling documents to return home.

Mumuni’s experience happened about two weeks ago when she went to Johannesburg. She was reportedly trailed to her house in River Club, Johannesburg, where she was dispossessed of all her belongings, including her Nigerian passport, by three armed men. Though, she confirmed the incident to THISDAY on phone, she could not give a full account of her ordeal because she was about boarding a flight out of Johannesburg when THISDAY spoke with her.

Olowole was attacked on September 30, 2007 when he went on official assignment. According to him, “I got to Johannesburg on that fateful Sunday; my friend came to pick me to Midrand. As we were getting home, we just saw a car behind us then somebody jumped off the car, pounced on the security man at the gate, pointed a gun at him, while the other two well-dressed guys followed us in and held us hostage. I parted with all my belongings including my international passport, which they later returned to me. They are mean South Africans”.

Another victim is Folami, Group Account Director, Insight/Grey Advertising in Nigeria. He was attacked on July, 15, 2007 when he went to Johannesburg for the production of the Gulder Lager commercials.
Folami recounts: “I went to Johannesburg to tidy up the post production of Gulder television commercial with our production partner in South Africa, Red Dot Production, which is run by Chris Briggs. We arrived at Johannesburg at about 5.50 am and I called Chris, who sent his driver to come and pick me. We left the airport at 7.20 am for Protea Wanderers Hotel, Ilovo. After ten minutes of my arrival at the hotel, Chris came in hugged me and before we knew anything, a man hit him at the shoulder and when he turned back, he wanted to fight him. You know most white guys South Africa have military training.
“But as he was about doing this, another emerged from no where with a gun, cocked it and pointed it at Chris’ stomach, telling him to lie down or he would be dead. By that Chris lay down and told me to do the same with his driver. They took my entire luggage, my laptop, my Nigerian international passport and every other thing I had on me. I had to come back with a travel certificate issued by the Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg”.

The experience of Idowu is not totally different, only that as at the time of writing this report, she was stranded in South Africa due to lack of travelling document to come back to Nigeria. According to the student of the Lagos State University who spoke with THISDAY from South Africa, “when I arrived Johannesburg on October 6, 2007, it took two hours for our luggage to be cleared and by the time we were through with that and the immigration checks, I left with my friends, Adebisi Showemimo and Waribi Martha that came to pick me. At about 8.45 am around Ilovo mill, a car came from no where and three guys came out of the car and pointed their guns at us. They asked me to open the boot, we did and they took my entire luggage, my money, my international passport, while they also collected bags and other valuables from Adebisi and Martha. As I’m speaking to you, I do not have even a travelling document to come back to Nigeria”.

THISDAY also gathered that three Nigerians came back to Nigeria with travel certificates issued by the Nigerian High Commission in South Africa, because they had also been victims of the airport robbery syndicate.
Marketing Manager of Virgin Nigeria, Seun Shoyinka, who was on board, confirmed the predicament of these three Nigerians. According to him, “I cannot confirm their names now until I lay my hands on the manifest for that day”.

There was also a story of three managers of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) who were on a training trip to South Africa about three months ago. They were followed to their hotels and stripped of all their belongings. They reportedly came back to Nigeria with travel certificates.

Another victim, Deji Longe, volunteered to speak with THISDAY. He is an electronic installer and consultant with Multichoice Nigeria on DStv installations and repairs.
His own ordeal was on September, 23, 2007.
“I got to Johannesburg at 6.30 am and we were not cleared early enough. The robbery happened at around 8.30 at Park More, Sandton. We were trying to locate our destination when a car with three guys emerged in our front. We reversed and they drove towards us. We were forced to stop and the guys came out of this car with guns. They collected 10,000 US Dollars from me. My laptop was taken; my passport snatched and other valuables. I had to come back to Nigeria on travel certificate.”
Longe confirmed that “once you declare your currencies and valuables at the airport, they follow you and unleash terror. The worst is that all complaints made to the police authorities in South Africa have produced no result. They claim they are hindered.”

The South African High Commission in Nigeria refused to comment on the issue when contacted by THISDAY.
Officials said the High Commission would soon address a press conference over the issue.

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=96550

The country's parliament has refused to approve the 2008 sports budget, unless the Nigeria Sports Commission (NSC) can account for the money it that it was allocated this year.

Of the 43 million dollars allocated, the NSC has accounted for only six million dollars.

The NSC has a deadline of Thursday to explain how the 2007 budget was spent.

Finally some action


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7117517.stm

we need all the help we can get.
We have tried it on our own and it hasn't worked !!

so who was helping the British? US? Russian?

what a joke.

so why dont simply call them back to re-colonise Nigeria!

Now I know why Watson made his famous statement.

Alan Greenspan does not force a lender to give money to someone without confirming repayment ability,if you take risks and they backfire, you take the heat. Simple

there you go pretending to know more than the people that started the shit

"Quite frankly, there was a race to lower standards to generate more loans," says a former mortgage broker with a major bank in the Chicago area. And for good reason: A merely "good" mortgage broker could easily take home $250,000 a year. But most of them were bringing in $500,000 to $750,000 as long as they cranked out enough loans -- and damn the consequences, says the former mortgage broker. "It was like kids in a candy store. You had to be a complete screw-up not to make money. There were basically no guidelines, no restrictions and no oversight."

-->Greenspan is the No1 culprit on the list!

this is absolute rubbish from yaradau! most disgusting!

or better still why cant he ask Brown to send a britico to be executive president so they can help us repair nigeria.

or I forget:

what about the road; call germans

what about agriculture: call Zimbabwe white farmer

what about electricity: call France

what about telephony: call south africa

what about school: call Finland

what about Palm oil: call Malaysian

Foolish government, foolish country!

Worldwide loses due to sub-prime loans in US will reach $400bil predicted respectable Investment Bankers.

Who is responsible for this huge losses?

None but the much acclaim 'Alan Greenspan':

In his best-selling book, Alan Greenspan describes how well he managed the economy during an "age of turbulence." Unfortunately, he's largely responsible for the current dose of it.

As chairman of the Fed, Greenspan took the federal funds rate down to 1% in 2003 and left it there for a year. Even as the Fed began raising rates, Greenspan's exceptionally low interest rates "planted the seeds for the housing bubble," says Robert Rodriguez, a money manager at First Pacific Advisors who saw the emerging subprime mess early on and has managed to dodge most of it so far.

Greenspan's role in the current mess doesn't stop there. He encouraged the use of adjustable-rate mortgages in a 2004 speech, which was "an insane, idiotic recommendation," says Rodriguez. The following year he endorsed subprime loans to help marginal borrowers get into houses. And true to his somewhat naive brand of Ayn Rand libertarianism, Greenspan dismissed calls for more oversight of the mortgage business. This gave free rein to our next culprits: greedy mortgage brokers who had no problem pushing inappropriate loans on borrowers so that they could reap lucrative fees.

This brings me back to Naija. what will happen to naija once Soludo leaves? will the shit start to hit the fan?

Remember things are not always what its painted by these finance guys.

@babycool,

thank you.

I am impressed. can you send me more picture of obudu? I never knew it is so nice.

You can of course, edit yourself from picture if you dont want me to see your sweet face.

ummm, I wont visit SA for N1mill naira.

It is a dangerous country. Probablity of getting killed or robbed is trippled compare to Nigeria.

Crystal Clear statement. What is this coward Yaradua waiting for

The Senate is constitutionally right. And I support what the senators did because their action is in accordance with the law. First of all, there is the Bakassi Local Government Area as one of the 18 local government areas of Cross River State. And you will see that in the First Schedule Part I of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria. If you also look at Section 3(1) of the Constitution, it states that there shall be 36 states in Nigeria. And Section 3(6) also provides that there shall be 768 local government areas. One of these local government areas is the Bakassi. So, Bakassi Local Government Area is entrenched in the constitution. Therefore, you cannot transfer Bakassi or cede it to any foreign country without amending the constitution. And I challenge anybody to fault that argument.

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Absolutely. You cannot do anything on this matter until the 1999 Constitution is amended. Secondly, the people of Bakassi, and there are almost 200,000 of them, are Nigerians. When you transfer their territory to a foreign country, do they retain their nationalities as Nigerians or they become the nationals of the foreign country? In any case, no government has the legal power to transfer its nationals to a foreign government or territory? Those who are attacking the Senate, I want them to answer all these points. And importantly, the President of Nigeria, when he took office, he took oath as President i.e the oath of office. He also took the oath of allegiance. And in these oaths, he swore to protect the integrity of the country. Ceding part of the territory of Nigeria to a foreign country without going through the legal process is not part of obedience to oath of office or part of obedience to oath of allegiance. In my view, nobody can fault the decision of the Senate in this matter. It is legally and constitutionally right. If the President of Nigeria at that time entered into an agreement with his counterpart in Cameroun or with the government of Cameroun, such agreement cannot be effective – to transfer Bakassi to Cameroun – until such agreement is ratified under Section 12(1) of the 1999 Constitution and in accordance with our treaty obligations and the customary international law. These are the principles that apply; whether it is a unitary or federal state

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Of course, there are precedents in history. The exchange of Greek and Turkish population in 1925 applies. And these are dealt with copiously in books on international Laws. And that principle applies, not only to federal states but to unitary states. Even if Nigeria wants to implement the ICJ’s judgment, you cannot implement it without obeying the provisions of our constitution. Any such implementation is ultra vires, null and void. Our constitution has to be amended in conformity with its provisions. Before you can alter the constitution or in order to implement any obligation of the ICJ or other international laws, no head of state has the power to flout the constitution and his oath of office under the guise of carrying out international obligations or implementing a judgment of the ICJ. The internal law and the constitution are very important and sacred. Any other approach is chaos and anarchy

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Our 1999 Constitution is not in conflict with ICJ’s judgment. You have to amend the constitution in order to implement that judgment. The 1999 Constitution was there before the ICJ’s judgment was delivered in 2002. So, how can something in existence before the judgment be in conflict with something that came into effect or alive after the constitution? You see, it is not as if the judgment was there before the constitution was made. The constitution was there before the judgment was delivered. So, anybody who says that the constitution is in conflict with the ICJ’s judgment is talking nonsense.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2007112712114651

“In the course of their discussion, the British Prime Minister kindly requested Mr. President for what assistance Nigerian Government would like the British Government to render. Mr. President told him that he would appreciate any support the British Government could give us in the matter of improving the security services of this country.

what a confused President?

when we Nigeria ever do something using their brain?

when we Nigeria ever conduct basic research into their own environment, listen to its people and fashion out a Police that meets Nigerians need.

“We also have instructions to put together a high-powered committee comprising experienced senior Nigerians who have distinguished themselves in the service of this country in the Police Force to come together to look at the past and join us to look at the future.

so who among them is a not thief?

Stupid Police, foolish government:

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200711271422214

@janami,

where is that place in your profile in Nigeria?

looks very good to be naija

This utterly ridiculous charge came about because she let her students name a teddy bear 'Muhammad'.

what does that mean?  when you are in Rome, you do like Romans. It is that easy!

were there no Senate when Baba (OBJ) signed the agreement?

Good but this is what you get when you have dictator as President.

That said, OBJ did not represent Nigeria at the 'Green Tree' agreement.

He was playing to galary thinking the WEST will back his 3rd term like they are backing Musharaf now.

Enough: where is yaradua action on this? when are the 'ground-forces' getting deployed? are we a toothless giant?

Mr babasin is saying fund southern Cameroun to secede. . .of what benefit is that to you?

This will keep the Biya and his frency boys busy while we consolidated and secure Bakassi.

The ownership of the land has not changed, the Bakassi people still own their land, no one has chased them off and placed Camerounians there.

You are joking right?

They will be subject to Camerounia law and rule. The land does not belong to them anymore, they are being relocated to some part of Calabar while cameroun send his own people to occpuy the land. This shows very little you have on this.