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Capitalism is all about greed and expansionism, anybody hanging on territorial protectionism will be crushed by the forces of capitalism

Ovie Okpare, Warri

An unknown militant group in the Niger Delta region has reportedly blown up the Abura oil pipeline, a major oil trunk-line operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company around Osieta Avenue near Otu-Jeremi in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.

Our correspondent gathered that the trunk-line was reportedly bombed on Sunday morning about 6:40am by the militants causing serious fire outbreak in the area.

The incident occurred a kilometre near the West African biggest Otorogu Gas Plant, hosted by Otu-Jeremi, Iwhrekan and Otor-Udu communities across Ughelli South and Udu council areas of the state.



Local residents confirmed the incident.

A source said it was the swift intervention of fire service men from the Otorogu Gas Plant that stopped the fire from spreading to residential buildings.

There was no casualty in the fire incident that lasted for over five before it was put off, another source added.

The Abura oil pipeline is one the major trunk-lines that supplies crude to the Otu-Jeremi Flow Station and the Otorogu Gas Plant.

The Chairman of Ughelli South Local Government Area, Mr Paul Etaga, who had earlier visited the scene of the attack along with Lt. Col. U Abdusalam, Commander, 222 Battalion, Agbarha-Otor, Ughelli North council, confirmed the incident.
http://punchng.com/breaking-militants-blow-pipeline-delta/

you are saying this because he has won, if he did not win you will still say things to suit whoever won

Another consolation thread. how many more are we gonna see. keep it coming guys. Continue the cycle of betrayals you are known for

spyder880:
How do we maintain the coal camp embankment from growth of grass?
http://amazingviewpoints..com.ng/2016/11/about-grass-growing-at-ogbete-embankment.html

Herbicide should be sprayed on the grasses

welcome to national politics. you can as well roll back to your regional and ethnic politics where you can be a small god if you cant handle it

DSS probably had a gun to his head while he wrote this. after all his AD chieftains had been bundled up to abuja. welcome to national politics

Brown roofs

Alariwo2:
funny

yet Okorocha, Obiano or Uzor kalu can't untie Tinubu's shoes

ipob are just jealous

Okorocha just humiliated Tinubu in Ondo, same way Ekweremadu buried hiim in NASS

loopmangoat:
The guy is deeply pained that his god lost out
The first politician he mentioned is regarded as a nobody in Igboland
The man in question is a political harlot and an unstable one
The political harlot lost a mere senatorial election to his godson imagine!
The second politican another political harlot is a mistake which we will rectify in 2019
The governor cannot walk freely in the street without police escort because he knows he will be lynched

That is what i have telling these unintelligent folks, igbos have sent all their useless and rejected politicians to APC to stop them from taking advantage of our rejection of buhari. Now Okorocha have imposed an Owerri fist lady in Akure against Tinubu's wish. Its funny how they still think yoruba owns APC.

bcomputer101:
Is the OP high?


Abi no be five(5) children dey dis picture?

The lady in whites is a daughter in law, the little boy he is carrying is a grandson

PEACE, I am out for now, to come back later

olabukola:
To be honest Oke is suppose to have won this election. If not for anything to show The Kaduna Mafias that Jagaban still rains supreme in SW politics. This Akati victory spell doom for Jagaban Bogu. One by one Kuduna Mafias will change all the APC governors in SW including Ekiti to their prefered candidates if care is not taken. Their next target might be lagos and once they succeed its all over for the south. Now we have a flatty woman as first lady in SW too bad. This victory is not good form two angles in MHO.

This is the real situation on ground. I dont know why some people are running away from this stark reality by consoling themselves with diversionary theories

OPCNAIRALAND:
if we unplug that Oodua "rubbish" Iboland will perish. Heck...we havent even unplugged it and Iboland is already submerged in deficits.

Another news to prove that your comatose states are looking for where to hide with Odua nonsense


The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and his from Osun State counterpart, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola have disagreed over the need to sell national assets to finance the 2016 budget.

While Aregbesola urged the Federal Government to sell ‘idle’ national assets and spare the functional ones, Fayose opposed the idea, arguing that selling them would amount to auctioning Nigeria.

The duo spoke in Ado Ekiti during an interactive forum which was part of the activities lined up to mark the 20th anniversary of the creation of Ekiti State.


They, however, canvassed regional integration and cooperation as well as the revival of agriculture as some of the steps to revive national economy.

Aregbesola, who delivered a lecture entitled, “The imperative of unity,” said the biting economic problem was such that in the whole of the South-West region, only Lagos State could stand on its own.

He stressed the need to intensify efforts to revive agriculture, end oil pipeline vandalism and promote regional integration for meaningful development.

He said, “We should revive agriculture, especially food production. Agriculture gives us raw materials for industries and aids in no small measure in economic development. If we can improve on our productivity in food production through agriculture, we will eliminate hunger in our land.

“I want to urge Nigerians to end the ongoing vandalism of oil pipelines as the militants’ activities have been reducing the nation’s daily oil productivity level to between 700,000 and one million per barrel.


“The current vandalism of oil pipeline by the Niger Delta militants is robbing the nation of oil production of 700,000 to one million per barrel on a daily basis. This amounts to a huge loss of oil revenue to the country and has further led to the current recession in the country. An urgent concerted effort is therefore needed to stop the vandalism so that the country could get out of the recession.”

Aregbesola added, “It is high time the Yoruba nation and indeed the South-West united in terms of integrating our development strategies in education, commerce, economy, agriculture and tourism among others. There is no reason we should not unite for the best.

“The truth is that no Yoruba state, with the exception of Lagos State, can survive alone without collaborating with sister states. Therefore, we have to come together, pull together our abundant human and material resources.”

The governor described Ekiti people as men of integrity and courage and urged them to continue to support their governor for the development of the country.

“I congratulate all Ekiti people on the 20th anniversary of the creation of your state, my state, our state. You fought the Ekiti Parapo War which is an indication of unity of purpose. There is strength in unity.”

But Fayose, in his remarks, said selling the national assets was like selling Nigeria at a give-away price.

“Selling our national assets simply amounts to auctioning Nigeria. If we sell the assets because the country is in recession, what would be left of Nigeria?

“What would we call our own? Selling of assets is like moving the country backward. If we sell the assets to finance this year’s budget what would we sell next year? The Federal Government should look beyond its party and assemble economists and financial experts that would assist the President in his drive to bring the nation out of the present economic quagmire.”

Urging the Federal Government to uphold the principles of justice and equity, which he said were germane to building democracy, the governor said, “Justice is very important and without it, democracy is already endangered. If people are now beginning to contest against the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies for manipulation of elections, then democracy is endangered. It is political parties that are supposed to contest elections and not people contesting against inadequacies of the electoral umpire.”

http://punchng.com/fayose-aregbesola-disagree-sale-national-assets/

OPCNAIRALAND:
if we unplug that Oodua "rubbish" Iboland will perish. Heck...we havent even unplugged it and Iboland is already submerged in deficits.

another fraudulent claim. the reverse is the case. your insolvent states are looking for where to hide with oodua nonsense


By Adetutu Folasade-Koyi

BudgIT , a data-simplifying civic organisation has said 33, out of the 36 states of the Federation, are unable to fulfill recurrent obligations.

In 2015, BudgIT said only 19 states were in that situation.

Before President Muhammad Buhari’s administration officially declared Nigeria in a recession, few months ago, 17 states were reportedly able to meet up with recurrent needs, but, according to BudgIT’s report, only three states can now meet recurrent obligations.

A report released by the organisation titled ‘State of States’ showed that only Lagos, Rivers and Enugu [/b]are the states that can fulfill obligations to its workers.

Akwa Ibom reportedly placed [b]last on the table of ability to meet monthly recurrent expenditure commitments followed by Bayelsa, Oyo and Osun, said BudgIT.

Other weak states, according to BudgIT are Ogun, Plateau, Delta, Kwara, Adamawa, Abia, Benue, Bauchi, Jigawa, Kano, Cross River, Kogi, Imo, Ondo, Nassarawa, Yobe, Kaduna, Ekiti, Sokoto Borno and Taraba.

Zamfara, Gombe, Anambra, Niger, Katsina, Ebonyi, Edo and Kebbi were classified as states with fair shortfalls. The report focused on how much revenue is received and generated by the states, the total debt stock and the total recurrent expenditure of the states.

OPCNAIRALAND:
the humiliation of Tinubu candidate is the catalyst that produced a guy through whom Ondo has been returned to join a common political platform across Yorubaland.

Dude, you are getting there. It is tiresome but i see my efforts on you paying off. In one sentence a Yoruba already got it. I have to spend three and four pages of coaching to get IPOB there but its a relief you got the point now why we jubilate for Ondo and Yorubaland.

COntinue consoling yourself. Btw, i don't know why you think yorubas own APC. we have discovered how you take advantage of igbos rejection of buhari who is a total failure. we have corrected that. you must compete now, if you support a devil next time we will send all Lucifers in our region to join him too

aresssa:
Always funny when idiotic, moronic and and ignorant ipobs try to prove to you how shallow, idiotic and ignorant they are..



You don't have to impress me with your stupidity and clownish routines because I know already how sadly you and your kind are are nothing but aimless trolls with zero identity...

empty curses, no point made

ificatchmodeh:
Argue intelligently not insult.

Pleas help me remind them

aresssa:
To the ipob bigots with zero sense of identity, zero sense of belonging and self worth, the bond in Yoruba land and people transcends politics, bitterness, hatred and the kind of communal idiocies you losers practice in your worthless and unproductive villages..

Living in denial is Afonjas trademark


The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised an eyebrow over Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s weekend visit to Governor Ayodele Fayose in Ado-Ekiti, saying such a visit to Ekiti State is a slight on APC and contempt for the party’s leadership in the state.

Aregbesola was in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday on invitation of Fayose for the 20th Year Anniversary of Ekiti State.

At a public forum broadcast live on the state media, Aregbesola described Fayose as “omoluabi” and a hardworking governor who had turned around the fortunes of Ekiti State in terms of infrastructure.

Social media reports also quoted Aregbesola as saying that “Fayose is a reliable person” and that in spite of political differences, he and Fayose shared many things in common, while also reportedly saying that “sooner than later, there will be realignment of forces”.

Scuffing at the visit in a statement by the Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, the party described Aregbesola’s visit to Fayose as a slight on APC, stressing that it signposted the contempt into which the party and its leaders were held by the Osun governor after Fayose had caused severe pains in the lives of APC members, some of whom had been languishing in jail for about two years for the offences they did not commit.

He said: “Aregbesola’s visit to Fayose praising him as ‘omoluabi’ and for the achievements by APC-led government is not alone embarrassing but also awful in the face of sustained attacks on APC members, some of whom are still languishing in jail for about two years over trumped-up charges by Fayose.

“It is shocking that Aregbesola as a governor and one of the leading lights in APC in the South West and indeed the nation would be visiting Ekiti State without putting the leaders into confidence, more so on a visit to a man who once wished the President dead and had done unbelievable things both in Nigeria and abroad to bring Buhari’s government down.

“Worse still, Aregbesola was praising the man who will stop at nothing to bring APC-led Federal Government down after several years of failed attempts by the progressives to win the presidency of Nigeria.”

Olatunbosun also frowned at alleged misappropriation of APC’s authority with the Osun governor promising realignments of forces with Fayose “sooner than later”, saying such “unbridled” trading off of APC in Ekiti State to Fayose would never stand in the face of the governor’s molestation of APC members over the years.

“We find it most embarrassing and shocking that one of our leaders would be planning a re-alignment of forces with a governor that has made life a nightmare for our members, the same members that will participate in the said re-alignment that Aregbesola is talking about, without sparing a thought for members held in jail unjustly while other APC members are routinely attacked by Fayose’s men on the streets.

“We also find it spiteful that Aregbesola would sit with Fayose on this same programme where the latter berated Buhari to no end, including describing the President’s programmes as a theory that is compounding problems for Nigerians,” he said.

Warning that the state leaders would resist any attempt to draft the governor into any realignment with APC in the state and foist him on the party, Olatunbosun noted that Fayose had done enough damage to the integrity of Ekiti people, saying that now was the time for the real “omoluabi” in Ekiti to join forces to rebuild the ruins into which Fayose’s administration had left the state.

aresssa:
https://oduainvestment.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/SubLogos.jpg

Odu’a Investment Company Limited was incorporated in Nigeria as a Limited Liability Company in July 1976, to take over the business interests of the former Western State of Nigeria now comprising Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Ekiti States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

All your broke and insolvent states looking for where to hide their shameless head. All this nonsense odua to cover up your incompetent rusted roof infested states. Wake me up when Ambode pays Osun debts. Wake up to the new reality. states are the federating units

OPCNAIRALAND:
really?

Lmao. Has Obasanjo agreed to allow your Biafra? Your grandpas identification pass, the surrender documents and the declaration of a defunct republic and all the insignias of Biafra were supervised by Obasanjo. Would you like to see the pass of a defunct Biafran?

Miraculously, Obasanjo is also the Chairperson of the association of past global leaders. I dont see how Biafra can get around him.

If Obasanjo says yes to Biafra you will have a republic. If he says no, then you remain defunct and no republic.

So has Obasanjo said yes to Biafra?

Bros, Tinubu candidate has been humiliated. thats the main issue here.

OPCNAIRALAND:
my guy, I gave you like. But you think you are talking to Yoruba....this is Biafra guy you are talking to, a log of dead wood. They understand what Trump will do for Biafra even before he is sworn in but they have zero interest to discover what Buhari will do for them, 18months since he was sworn in....and they dont care!

true word.

all these are weak diversionary tactics. The guy you quoted is logical and followed my argument. All yoruba this yoruba that is pure nonsense. The world have moved pass narrow tribal bullshyte

aresssa:
To the ipob bigots with zero sense of identity, zero sense of belonging and self worth, the bond in Yoruba land and people transcends politics, bitterness, hatred and the kind of communal idiocies you losers practice in your worthless and unproductive villages..

all these consolations are of no use now

OPCNAIRALAND:
If there is schedule conflict in Oodua meeting and Nigerian meeting, Oodua takes priority. We dont mind sending reps to sit in the Nigerian meeting on our behalf.

Next time there is conflict with Oodua event let us know if you need us and we will dispatch reps.

No vex say we no make Kano.

Lol comedians everywhere, decision at Kano meeting triumphed who cares about your toothless odua rubbish

WhoRUDeceiving:
and you guys see why 17 years of the return to democracy has not changed even the mindset of people in the zoo. See the OP happy for APC victory across Oduduwa. No wonder roads in Ibadan are still the same since 1960.


Low standards, and sycophants galore...and they think they are making progress.

Too bad

Lack of political diversity is actually a minus, OP is dumb. One party system is inimical to democracy

OPCNAIRALAND:
Bwahahahahaha....at least you have a sense of humour and acknowledge it as a consolation visit (even though you wrongly named it compensation visit).

Well, now you are making progress and coming out of the dark side. Halleluyah!!

Do you know there is a organization called Yoruba Academy? Do you know what they do?

stop disturbing us with this nonsense. Your ass has been kicked. Yoruba academy? after recoiling into your tribal enclave in politics you want to do same in academics

BermudaTriangle:
The political astuteness of the Yoruba was beyond the comprehension of your forefathers talkless of you.
Did you think the Ibadan gathering of governors from yorubaland prior to this election was a yam festival ?

LOl, another comedian is here. You ran to Ibadan to hide from the real APC meeting in KANO. Okorocha and his team of BUhari loyalist defeated you. continue consoling yourself

This clown again. Lol

It is better to visit and copy development than for a state to cover their incompetence with development in another state. This is the type of unity we want. NOt covering unperforming states with the progress of another state

OPCNAIRALAND:
We did it!
Whether you are on Oke side, Akeredolu side, Jegede side, we must now accept the outcome and rally together for the sake of Ondo people and continuity in our region. Ondo people have always been outside of the political tent with rest, but they are with us now. This is a cause for jubilation.

You recall the moves recently of bringing Lagos and Ibile Holdings into the fold Oodua Investment and the reenergization of the DAWN programme to integrate. Lagos has commited to spend strategically to develop the hinterland so that our people living in Akure, Ogbomosho, as far as Ilorin will have easy commute via modern modes of transportation to move commerce and trade around. You can live in Akure and commute daily to Lagos or Ota to work. Improved productivity. You can take weekend to move from Lagos and go hinterland to see culture and traditions, it boosts wellbeing.

Our leaders have programmes to improve this region. We get most out of it when the political agenda guiding us is uniform and not in conflict.

We will sort out the differences later, as you all know. For now this win for APC in Ondo is a win for Yorubaland, period, and we should celebrate it.

May Oduduwa continue to bless Yorubaland, Ase!

Shameless afonja

OPCNAIRALAND:
Its part and parcel of the political intrigues we are reputed for. Your grandfathers witnessed it in Ibadan and in Lagod. Your Ojukwu witnessed it in Aburi. Your Ekwueme witnessed the same in 1999. Your warlord Kanu is witnessing it in Kuje and you just witnessed it overnight in Ondo. Teach it to your children that they will be shown this intriguness when our children become major players in Nigerian politics.

Its nothing new, you have seen it before, you are seein it now and will see it again soon...so why waste time worrying yourself over my traits to betray and backstab you by my intrigues? If after 50yrs you still havent learnt to know that im coming to stab you in your back and betray you then you are not fit to be in the same political landscape as Yoruba. The quicker you get Biafra the better for you....assuming you can convince that backstabber Obasanjo to sign the agreement to grant Biafra!

YOu are shameless

hahaha, see what the OP said on another thread he created

You guys remember Chris Ngige?

Ibos, his own kinsmen, did not deny that he is a good politician or that he could not govern well...they refused to vote for him simply on the grouds that he is in the same party eith Yorubas.

If an Iboman in association with Yoruba is viewed as a non entity in Iboland, why should our similar views of a Yorubaman in association with Ibo be viewed as tribalism?

Say NO to AKETI!


afonjas never disappoint