₦airaland Forum

Ayatullah:
[size=8pt]@Beaf, you will continue to f , l yourself with your blind support for Jonathan. SAYSO has said it all in his post. I ask you Mr. know all:
What did Jonathan know about culture. Can the president defend the cloth and cap he is wearing. History will show it that, that cloth and cap has nothing to do with Nigerian tradition, but a relic of the Portuguese. [/size]

Sharap dia!!! Buffoon.
I support GEJ without regret, but if you want comedy, click this link; http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ibrahim-Babangida/132555112192
If clicking scares the crap out of a caveman like you, here's a funny as hell snapshot of your idol's facebook wall.

oyb:
tell us something new

nigeria has always had 'potential' , its turning it into wealth where we get it wrong

beaf who had nothing but invective for thet bloody sharia banker with firing squad wet dreams has been strangely silent , eben as he handily credits the mans achievements (AMCON) to the messiah

dude is being sarcastic na. you should know the op is basically tying the comments in the thread to the greatest thing since sliced bread, presido extraordinaire GEJ the man who sweeps HOT 234next chicks off their feet with a single glance , the hero who foiled the independence bomb blast singelhandedly, and who has already saved nigeria

I believe the average !diot can see who started the thread. Go take your medication.

Brilliant post from GEJ, the usual pro IBB crowd can keep screaming till they are blue, cos their man couldn't set up a facebook (it was peppered by IBB haters ).
Check out IBB's sad facebook attempt (pure comedy ); http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ibrahim-Babangida/132555112192

Yes, all Nigerians (even those that have never been to an airport) know everything about Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea etc. None of them know a thing about Kano pillars or Enyimba. It is a real pity.
Yes Nigerians, be proud of who you are and preserve your culture.

[size=21pt]Goodluck Nigeria[/size]

oweniwe:
I wonder why the nigeria govt hasn't done anything about these boko haram group. If it were MEND or any other group from the niger delta, people go de shout. That's selective justice. Maybe its coz their activities does not threaten the country's revenue accounts. Otherwise, the FG would have sent 500 trailer load of soldiers to maiduguri

You are ill-informed, thats all, yesterday, I posted an article about the FG sending the army into Bornu state. This is the link https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-529956.0.html
and this is the article;

[size=14pt]FG to deploy troops against Boko Haram in Borno[/size]
News Oct 11, 2010 By Daniel Idonor

ABUJA—THE Federal Government is said to be contemplating the deployment of troops in the troubled Borno State following the bloody violence perpetrated by Boko Haram, a religious sect, which left 12 security operatives dead.

This indication emerged, yesterday, when President Goodluck Jonathan met with Governor Ali Modu_Sheriff of Borno State, behind closed doors, along with top security operatives in the country, over the state of affairs in the troubled state.

Fielding questions from State House Correspondents after the meeting, Sheriff said: “Everything will be put in place to ensure the place is not like a guerilla zone that they can just come and hit somebody and go back. I want to assure you that the commander-in-chief is doing everything possible to ensure the matter is put to rest once and for all.”

The governor told newsmen: “Twelve people died. Most of them were police personnel and one of them was my national vice chairman but I want you to understand that chief security officer of a state has a limit. In Nigeria the police operate under the Federal Government and no state has police or military.

Your being chief security office is by name, the deployment of military personnel has to come from the commander_in_chief and that is the one reason we are here to let the commander_in_chief know.”
Asked if the President has approved the deployment of troops in the troubled state, the governor said:

“These are security matters. My discussions with the commander_in_chief should not be a matter for the public, once is security it has to remain security. But I want to assure you that lives and property will be protected.”

Despite the fear being expressed by non_indigenes of the state over the growing violence, the governor said: “In Borno State, indigenes and non_indigenes will be protected. There is no difference between an indigene and non_indigene; lives are supposed to be protected. The protection of lives and property is the responsibility of government and government will do everything to protect them.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/10/fg-to-deploy-troops-against-boko-haram-in-borno/

wesley80:
There is absolutely nothing wrong with what he has said. The same people that had a problem with the first statement are obviously those still faulting what he just said and their problem still remains thesame - Simple Comprehension!

mikeansy:
Court can not stop SSS from investigation but they can stop SSS from harrassing or intimidating Dokpesi unnecessarily and hence enforce |Dokpesi's fundamental human rights.
I think this is a good move.

When national security is in question, those things tend to be detrimentally balanced with practicality. In simple words, if one threatens the state, they have effectively declared an act of war; therefore, if the slimmest evidence points at Dokpesi, he is wasting his own time. SSS won't even need to turn up in court, the judge can simply declare the matter to be beyond the courts jurisdiction.

Ujujoan:
He acted that way by implication! Why did he retire him? What's his reason? And yet he expects Ribadu to be grateful . . what nonsense!

Are you saying GEJ should have reinstated him back to active duty? What do you think that would have done to all the promotions that occured after he left, what do you think would have been the implications for the force structure?

The problem is really with Ribadu ever giving that interview. The whole thing was a stack failure that gave the impression of a man fighting to deserve more than his due. That interview is going to be his undoing, because there are several things which should never have been said. And it is sad, because, Ribadu's real error is in striving for a position for which he has not yet got the full qualities. He desperately needs some civilian experience, but maybe its too late and he's shot himself in the foot already. Newspaper headline after newspaper headline will come out of that interview and it will have a very negative impact on the man.

Ujujoan:
The man has a point!

Jonathat keeps acting like he did him a favour by retiring him when he was unjustly treated in the first place. Just because he let him back into the country doesn't mean he shouldn't be told when he's wrong! What he did wasn't a favour, but the right thing to do.

If they think he committed a crime, they should try him according to the law and give him the punishment he deserves.

But for every sitting President to treat him as he pleases, to further his own personal agenda, is just crazy . . . . and typical of Nigerian Politics!

Wild accusation.
When, how and where did the bolded ever happen?

Nigeria’s gross domestic product will overtake South Africa’s in the next three decades, Mboweni, who is now an adviser for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., said in an interview in Johannesburg. Its economy of $169 billion compares with South Africa’s $286 billion, according to World Bank data.

Our GDP can overtake SA's in much less than a decade, if we properly engage the masses, become ideologically driven and sort out our power problems.
There is a lot in the above, from federal structure to educating and interacting with the population; fleshing it out will take pages. But we can literarily explode economically once the right steps are taken.

Ribadu is one of Nigeria's greats. He is honest, straightforward and say's it as it is and will one day make a great president. But the time is not now, Ribadu is really in need of some civilian experience in politics to smooth out the raw edges left by the command culture he is used to. The whole interview was a serious mistake and a serious let down, but I'll advise his fans not to give up just yet, there is a future in the man, all he needs is the vital experience to navigate a civilian terrain. A four year senate stint should be enough.

The interview makes for very painful reading, but you can almost physically touch Ribadu's enthusiasm. You can find it here (its quite long, but you can read a few lines at least); http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/nvs/candidate-interviews-2-mallam-nuhu-ribadu-unfiltered-full-text-and-audio.html

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The foreign intelligence agencies will not give a separate result from SSS and NIA. They have provided Nigeria with tip offs, warnings, cash movements etc and continue to aid Nigerian investigations, ultimately though, the result will be provided by Nigeria and the culprits will be dealt with by Nigeria.

People crying about the efforts being driven by politics will find that the evidence is of an international nature, backed up by foreign intelligence services, so there will be very little wriggle room. All they are doing now is attempting to get public sympathy, but govt must press on and not be drawn into their shenanigans.

Dokpesi is obviously wasting his time. I see the case being thrown out.

[size=14pt]Goldman’s Mboweni says Nigeria may be Africa’s new economic ‘Gold Rush’ [/size]
Tuesday, 12 October 2010 01:00

Nigeria will be the next “gold rush” on the continent as investors take advantage of a booming economy, former South African central bank governor, Tito Mboweni, has said. [b]Nigeria’s gross domestic product will overtake South Africa’s in the next three decades, Mboweni, who is now an adviser for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., said in an interview in Johannesburg. Its economy of $169 billion compares with South Africa’s $286 billion, according to World Bank data.

“Nigeria is going to be Africa’s growth story for the next 15 to 20 years,” Mboweni said after returning from a visit to Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and the commercial hub, Lagos, as part of a delegation from Goldman Sachs. Nigeria is targeting economic growth of 10 percent in the coming years as it boosts spending on power plants and attracts more investment, finance minister, Olusegun Aganga, a former Goldman Sachs executive, said on September 3. The government is preparing to sell its first Eurobond of $500 million this year. Goldman Sachs, which doesn’t have an office in Nigeria, is bidding to advise on the sale of state-owned power-generation and distribution companies, the Bureau of Public Enterprises said on August 31. The government hasn’t said who will manage the Eurobond sale yet. [/b]

Mboweni is also chairman of Nampak Ltd., Africa’s biggest packaging maker, which is benefiting from its business in Nigeria, he said. Nampak manufactures bottles for Guinness beer and cigarette packages in the country. Nigeria has previously failed to convert its oil wealth into economic development. In its latest crisis, Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who took office in June last year, fired the chief executive officers of eight of the 24 commercial lenders and pumped N620 billion ($4 billion) to bail out 10 of them as the industry risked collapse. Sanusi said on September 21 that the economy will probably expand 7.78 percent this year, up from 6.96 percent in 2009.

There are a number of good, young technocrats in Nigeria’s government who will help sort out the “chaos” in the country, Mboweni said. A former labour minister in President Nelson Mandela’s first cabinet in 1994, Mboweni, 51, left the South African Reserve Bank in November after a decade at its helm, declining President Jacob Zuma’s offer to serve a third term. He was named chairman of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., Africa’s biggest gold producer, on February 24, three weeks after he was appointed to the same position at Nampak.

The Reserve Bank of South Africa is doing a “good job,” Mboweni said. Interest rate increases between June 2006 and June 2008 helped to curb price gains, he said. Inflation has been inside the central bank’s 3 percent to 6 percent target range since February, easing to an annual 3.5 percent in August.

Mboweni was criticised by South African labour unions for not cutting interest rates fast enough in 2009, which they said prolonged the economy’s first recession in 17 years. He lowered the benchmark rate six times to 7 percent between December 2008 and August 2009. His replacement, Gill Marcus, has cut the rate by 1 percentage point since then.

In his new role at Goldman Sachs, Mboweni said he has met with foreign investors, who raised concerns about calls from the youth wing of the ruling African National Congress to nationalise the country’s mines. His response to them is that the “center will hold” in the ANC, he said.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14324:goldmans-mboweni-says-nigeria-may-be-africas-new-economic-gold-rush-&catid=85:national&Itemid=340

LouisThoru:
it will never work, in fact only fools pay tax, government people will eat the money. how many people pay tax abroad, it will never work joo.

Bros, you de fear tax?
If "abroad" means Somalia, then very few pay tax, if however, it means places like Europe, the US or China, then everyone pays (except criminals). The good sides of taxation far outweigh any negatives; Lagosians are seeing its benefits and are quite happy, indeed they couldn't be farther away from  complaining.

@topic
Nigeria desperately needs to begin building all the institutions that make normal countries tick. We can't continue living in a society based on theft; those at the top steal like they are mentally handicapped, while bribing the sods at the bottom with lawlessness like not paying taxes and access to the most sensitive documents with a little egunje. But the current system of patronage takes back twice as much as it gives to its sorry customers.

I am quite encouraged by the raft of developments coming out of govt these days, which should see Nigeria becoming a more accountable country. Things might not yet be perfect, but a solid framework is being built.
No modern country runs without data, but our shamelessly corrupt Nigeria has made that a goal, because corruption hates leaving traceable tracks.
If all goes smoothly, the national unique Taxpayer Identification System will enable every adult to be counted and will serve as a reference point for all sorts of interesting data. For example, at the press of a button, figures for the contribution of women folk to the economy will pop out; at the press of another button figures for men between the ages of 30 and 45 from Ogoja will be available. Now thats real basis for planning!

It falls on each and every one of us to fight hard so that projects such as this one do not fall by the wayside, or end with the present govt.

We are heading slowly, but surely toward true federalism.
Some time ago, I posted about another project thats about calculating revenues raised at all levels by all LG's and states. It is a very encouraging and far-sighted article, just what Nigeria needs; here it is again;

[size=14pt]FG budgets N1.6bn to compute states’ contribution to national economy[/size]
Friday, 17 September 2010 01:16 Onyinye Nwachukwu   

The Federal Government said it has budgeted about N1.632 billion to carry out a “first ever” exercise that would enable states of the federation begin to compute their individual Gross Domestic Products (GDP) to the national economy.

The exercise, which starts almost immediately, would help the Federal Government monitor what each state is contributing to the national GDP, thus generating some form of competition among them. Shamsudeen Usman, minister of national planning commission, said on Thursday that the process would come in two phases: the first, covering the planning and pilot study while the second phase would comprise the training of enumerators and the actual field work survey.

He announced that the budgeted sum for the exercise is to be shared among the Federal Government, sub-national and the development partners in a 40:30:30 ratio, bringing their expected contributions to about N652,800,000, 489,600,000 and N489, 600, 000, respectively. GDP is the most comprehensive parameter for measuring the level of economic activity in any economy over a particular period and can be computed at the national and sub-national levels. Nigeria’s GDP, at the moment, is only computed at the national level but the minister said the disadvantage is that it does not provide information on the size of the sub-national economies that make up the overall GDP as is done in other countries like India, Ghana etc.

At the opening session of the first two-day sensitisation workshop on state GDP computation for Nigeria in Calabar, Usman said sub-national GDP computation which is relatively new globally is the most comprehensive and reliable measure of economic activity at the sub-national levels in federal economies. He said monitoring output at sub-national levels would serve as a basis for benchmarking the economies of the states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as well as generate healthy competition amongst them on periodic basis, while providing disaggregated data and information for improved management of the states’ economies. The minister was optimistic that computing GDP at state level would help facilitate transparency and accountability as well as help monitor and evaluate key programmes of government.

He further told the gathering that state GDP is expected to be developed within the national framework, using standardised methodology and procedures to ensure consistency and credibility of the results, adding that the exercise is intended to draw from experiences and lessons from these countries. “Given the renewed interest in expanding the policy space at the lower levels of government of Nigeria, it has become more necessary than ever before for the Nigerian statistical system to further improve its data generation efforts, especially in the area of revenue and expenditure. It is in this context that efforts are being made by the Federal Government to commence the production of state GDP for Nigeria,” Usman said.

At the event, Slyvester Monye, secretary to the planning commission, noted that the computation exercise is expected to produce the quarterly and annual GDP series reflecting detailed characteristics of the economy at the sub-national level.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13599:fg-budgets-n16bn-to-compute-states-contribution-to-national-economy&catid=85:national&Itemid=340

[size=14pt]ABUJA BOMB BLAST: Dokpesi Storms Court[/size]
Author: Date: Oct 11th, 2010.

Embattled founder of African Independent Television; AIT, and Director General of the IBB Campaign Organization this morning stormed the Federal High Court Headquarters building in Abuja in company of two file- clutching lawyers from the Chambers of Chief Kalu Agabi; an Abuja based constitutional lawyer and former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice for a yet to be confirmed purpose.

Chief Dokpesi who drove into the court premises at about 9: 46 am in a black colored Toyota Land cruiser SUV with tinted glasses and an armed mobile policeman in tow, dashed straight to 3rd floor of the court complex where the Registrar’s office is located. He spent about 23 minutes at the desk of a court staff in charge of signature verifications for affidavits before storming out of the court premises in a hurry.

Attempts by newsmen to ascertain the purpose of his visit was greeted with a repeated “Thank you very much” from the embattled media mogul.

The Edo state high chief was arrested, interrogated, detained and released penultimate week over an alleged complicity in the “Independence Bomb Blast” which rocked the capital city of Abuja during the celebrations marking the nation’s 50th Anniversary. Lives of hapless Nigerians were lost and many more injured as a result of the bomb blast.

Dokpesi’s lawyers who were left behind also declined to divulge their mission at the court and stated that in due course it will be made known. Both left minutes later after Chief Dokpesi.

Investigations by PM News at the IBB Campaign Organization revealed that the visit at the court this morning may not be unconnected with the decision of the embattled media mogul to stave off further “harassment” by security operatives through fundamental rights enforcement proceedings. Inside sources at the IBB campaign office who spoke on the condition of anonymity stated that the Chief has a right, like every other Nigerian, to put a stop to the “incessant harassment” which operatives of the State Security Services are dishing out to him.

Soon after his release, Dokpesi planned a media briefing which was later rescheduled as he was requested to return back to the Headquarters of the SSS for further interrogations less than 24 hours after his release. He has been reporting at the SSS and may have become exhausted from series of interrogations that he is seeking a legal option to a stop to it.

By Nnamdi Felix / Abuja

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/10/11/abuja-bomb-blast-dokpesi-storms-court/

[size=14pt]Government to create integrated automated tax system [/size]
By Bassey Udo
October 11, 2010 10:53PM

The Federal Government is to create an integrated automated tax administration as part of efforts towards a holistic development of the country’s tax system, in line with the present administration’s commitment to the principles of transparency and accountability.

President Goodluck Jonathan said this yesterday, in Abuja, at the opening of the 31st technical conference of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA).

Mr. Jonathan added that various multi-billion naira projects were recently approved for the development of a unique tax identification system to facilitate the development of a national taxpayer database.

The president, who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mahmud Yayale Ahmed, said a National Tax Policy was also approved early this year to underscore his administration’s determination to build an enduring tax culture in the country.

“We have recently approved various projects running into billions of naira for the development of a national unique Taxpayer Identification System, which will serve as a national taxpayer database. We are also in the process of approving another project for the creation of the Integrated Tax Administration System, which is intended to automate and create a seamless system of tax administration in the country.

“This, along with other initiatives in the tax system, show that government is aware of the importance of an effective tax system and will do all within its powers to provide one to the Nigerian people”, Mr. Ahmed said.

He added that the tax sector has significantly developed and fast becoming a major contributor to the development of the country’s overall economy.

“Nigeria’s tax system is today being held up as a model among its peers. This can be directly attributed to the tax reforms, which commenced about a decade ago, and which have been sustained by the present administration. We will continue to provide the necessary conditions and support required by the tax authorities to make taxation the bedrock of the Nigerian economy and a major sustainable source of government revenue,” he said.

Tax is important

Segun Aganga, the minister of finance, represented by Yabawa Lawani Wali, the minister of state for finance, said an ineffective tax system as a result of poor funding, lack of enabling technology, lack of training, and skilled human capacity, has always led to leakages and huge losses of government revenue.

Mr. Aganga said in most developing countries that depend on the development of natural resources as government’s major revenue earner, the tax administration system has been left behind by the transition from a mono-product economy to an industrialised and diversified economy, due to government’s inability to properly understand and cover transactions within the specialised areas covering oil and gas as well as telecommunications.

The minister expressed the hope that the conference, which focuses on the theme ‘Exchange of Information: Domestic and International and the Taxation of Specialized Sectors’, would come up with resolutions that would enable tax administrations of Commonwealth member countries utilise available skills and technology to maximise tax revenues from specialised sectors for national economic development.

Ifueko Omogui-Okauru, the chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), said the annual technical conference has always provided avenue for Commonwealth countries to deliberate on critical issues affecting tax administration in the countries.

Mrs. Omogui-Okauru noted the significant progress by government in the development of the country’s tax system and administration, though she noted that more work still need to be done, as is the case in most CATA member nations.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Money/5629274-147/government_to_create_integrated_automated_tax.csp

[size=14pt]FG to deploy troops against Boko Haram in Borno[/size]
News Oct 11, 2010 By Daniel Idonor

ABUJA—THE Federal Government is said to be contemplating the deployment of troops in the troubled Borno State following the bloody violence perpetrated by Boko Haram, a religious sect, which left 12 security operatives dead.

This indication emerged, yesterday, when President Goodluck Jonathan met with Governor Ali Modu_Sheriff of Borno State, behind closed doors, along with top security operatives in the country, over the state of affairs in the troubled state.

Fielding questions from State House Correspondents after the meeting, Sheriff said: “Everything will be put in place to ensure the place is not like a guerilla zone that they can just come and hit somebody and go back. I want to assure you that the commander-in-chief is doing everything possible to ensure the matter is put to rest once and for all.”

The governor told newsmen: “Twelve people died. Most of them were police personnel and one of them was my national vice chairman but I want you to understand that chief security officer of a state has a limit. In Nigeria the police operate under the Federal Government and no state has police or military.

Your being chief security office is by name, the deployment of military personnel has to come from the commander_in_chief and that is the one reason we are here to let the commander_in_chief know.”
Asked if the President has approved the deployment of troops in the troubled state, the governor said:

“These are security matters. My discussions with the commander_in_chief should not be a matter for the public, once is security it has to remain security. But I want to assure you that lives and property will be protected.”

Despite the fear being expressed by non_indigenes of the state over the growing violence, the governor said: “In Borno State, indigenes and non_indigenes will be protected. There is no difference between an indigene and non_indigene; lives are supposed to be protected. The protection of lives and property is the responsibility of government and government will do everything to protect them.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/10/fg-to-deploy-troops-against-boko-haram-in-borno/

luckyCO:
How do I register the components on my site. I don't think there is any option for that to happen on my Control Panel.
I was thinking as long as the site is dotnet framework whatever I used from the said frame work will serve.

Even now I cannot reference any class at all even an empty class.

Instead of just copying files to the server, are you actually publishing it? Under the Build menu item, select Publish Website. Then go to your publish location and copy the files from there to your server.

kITA TITA:
It is January 2009 and it is still relevant today; more relevent than in 2009.

I believe so.
It was quite a long read, but very worthwhile. Basically, Asari has been screaming out loud for almost two years now that Henry Okah is an immoral bank robber, murderer and gun runner who doesn't care about any struggle; but is possessed by how the struggle can pay his bills.

I note this article is from January 1, 2009.

Ex Inferis:
i called you a jacka55 only because you persist in proving you are one. fine points raised? what fine points? you keep parroting the official lines of the SSS as if they are saints, intelligent, impartial etc. they are only doing their master's bidding just like the EFCC and other such police apparatus are used for scare tactics. i'd rather believe Dokpesi, IBB heck even Okah than the SSS. if your precious SSS was so good how come they claim to have towed 65 vehicles (no evidence they did) based on intel received prior to october and STILL the bombs went off? they failed the victims and they failed naijans collectively and i wonder why heads didnt roll.

tell me one high profile kidnap or murder solved by the EFCC. or so far not one single suspect has been apprehended by the SSS from all the pipeline bombings or the Warri bombing incident or the real culprits behind the incessant religious unrests or the real arms dealers stockpiling their deadly cargoes within naija.

a bomb went off at the eve of political elections and in less than 24 hours its solved. even the FBI doesnt work that fast.

besides we only have your word that the FBI, MI6 and Interpol are involvd in the "investigations". im yet to see proof.

NO! i based my arguments on VERY SOLID GROUND. all i ask for are the following?

1. proof that it wasnt MEND that did it.

2. proof that Dokpesi/IBB did it.

3. proof that GEJ knows who did it

4. proof that the people in SSS custody are linked to it.

5. proof proof and more proof

im sure you are relatively smart enough to know that quoting official sources ("dont believe anything until the government denies it" and dubious newspaper interviews quoting "sources close to those who know" simply wont suffice. if GEJ knows who did it, and the SSS has concrete evidence, what the heck then are they waiting for? christmas?


no, not fun and games. political slandering, calumny and intimmidation.

same as above. applies to all your questions.

Kai!
You are so emotional and dude, nothing clouds the faculties as effectively as emotion.

So quoting the authorities is what you find annoying. Wonders!
Who would you prefer quoting, your vulcaniser or the crew from iya Basira's beer palour? You are asking for proof of a couple of things, yet you claim not to believe Interpol, US and UK intelligence agencies, as well as their Nigerian counterparts. Strange!

Regardless of how your emotions play, there are cold facts which cannot be ignored.
[list]
[li]Nigeria was alerted by foreign intelligence agencies about the bomb plot[/li]
[li]Financial transactions were traced between several Nigerian bank accounts and Okah, therefore all linked financial transactions (including the 4 million must be thoroughly investigated[/li]
[li]Dokpesi gave 5 "stranded" men he didn't know from Adam 500,000.00, yet economy class airfares to Port Harcourt are in the region of 11,000. Helloooooooo! [/li]
[li]Dokpesi claims the 5 Niger Delta Renaissance Network men could pay him 1 million for business, but be stranded by evening, to the extent that Dokpesi had to dole out a gargantuan 500,000.00 to help them. Helloooooooo!! [/li]
[li]How much would it have cost if the men had chartered a helicopter to drop them at their doorsteps in Yenegoa? Surely not 500,000.00![/li]
[li]Dokpesi claimed to have not the slightest knowledge of the text message, yet by miracle, he knew exactly what the 4 million was about! Chineke!! [/li]
[/list]

One thing that intrigues me no end, is the sudden love many unlikely fellows have developed for Henry Okah. Yesterday, he was a terrorist that Yar Adua had no business inviting to Aso Rock, today he is a hero to his critics, because he has been implicated in the Independence day Bomb Blast by several security agencies from the US, UK and Nigeria. . . Thats a strange one indeed.

snakova:
maybe if ya head wasn't full of poo, you would read between the lines. A group that is pro-zoning is castigated for a transfer of mere 4m? Do you know that one of the vehicles used in the bombblasts was a c-class benz? Even my poor boss controls a lot more than 4m. And whole story you put up is so incoherent that i'd say you really make those vanguard editors look bad. Obj n his love-vendor Gej all want to push us to the brink. If you can give me the answer to this questions, maybe i'd pay more attention to your reasoning: who carried out the blasts in March when those southern elders were having a meeting? Why is it that the SSS couldn't fish out the perpertrators then? Why hasn't the real 'gbomo jomo' cone out to discredit the earliers posts by the group, since the real 'gbomo jomo' also has access to his e-mail? We know Gej has power to oppress, just don't try to justify his actions and stupefy us with all this your nonsense, brainless talk.

So your boss controlling more than 4 million is the reason why Dokpesi's story is inconsistent and contradictory?
There surely are some very "clever" guys on NL! But, hey! Its so much easier to abuse than to actaully make sense. Is there something logical you can actually add to make Dokpesi's story sound plausible?
Unu go kill pesin wit laf o!

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Another shower of meaningless sentiment, instead of logic.

If a top security man calls a press conference to say Dokpesi has a case to answer, then indeed, Dokpesi has a case to answer. I don't understand how some people are mean enough to turn the blood of the innocent, spilt at the Independence Bomb Blasts, into a political football.

Ex Inferis:
this is utter nonsense and a barefaced lie. the FBI are not the SSS and i bet you if they do that then the Justice Department is in for a heavy lawsuit.

the people that are usually arrested as suspects are:

1. people who are physically linked to the crime/crime scene

2. people who are circumstantially linked to the crime/ crime scene

3. people who have strong motive for the crime

beyond these categories no one else can be legally arrested. when Timothy Mcveigh bombed the Oklahoma Building. was his family arrested? how about the shoe bomber, richard reid? come to think of it, why wasnt Mutallab's father arrested by the FBI then?


@Beaf

you keep proving you're a colossal jacka55. just like your master GEJ you keep harping on strenuous connections as evidence. so there was an exchange of N4m between Dokpesi and certain people. has the N4m being proven as integral component of the bomb blast?

NO!

so what evidence?

so Dokpesi has had prior encounters with certain people. have these people been proven as involved directly or indirectly in the bomb plot?

NO!

so what evidence?

so Dokpesi gave some people N500k, have these people or the money been implicated in the plot?

NO!

so what evidence?

the burden of proof does not lie with Dokpesi, IBB, MEND, Okah, Ciroma or everyman and his dog.

the burden of proof lies with GEJ and his Security apparatus for claiming they had local and foreign intelligence BEFORE the blast, for cliaming they KNOW the plotters.

Let them furnish us with that info.


as for political mudslinging, if GEj had not opened his fat dirty mouth to spew his incoherent verbiage that suggested IBB did it, we woudlnt be caught up in this quagmire. he started it, and now cant finish it.

anytime i see someone say IBB did it, or "hmm, the truth will soon be out", i feel sorry for them. the truth is obvious enough.

shame on you blind, deceitful, dense GEJ supporters.

sometimes i wonder if Boko Haram did it whether every single northerner wont be persecuted and hanged. we wouldnt have heard the last of it. now that its southern militants all the deluded scum of this miserable motherfuckery of a nation are making excuses and shielding outright terrorists.

meanwhile if the SS was so good and "high tech", why is the death of Bola Ige a mystery? or harry marshall's? or rimi's wife? or the endless kidnapping syndicates that are growing stronger everyday?

I am shocked that you can call someone a "colossal jacka55" and then totally avoid disputing the fine points they raised? Really strange, you need to put your emotions aside, they are clouding your logic,
You have based your arguments on very faulty ground, which is, that nobody has been found to be directly involved in the crime. I have a couple of questions to straighten your thoughts:

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[li]What do you understand could be the reason why 4 people are being held by the SSS? Fun and games?[/li]
[li]Why do you think the SSS won a case to hold the 4 persons for an extended period?[/li]
[li]Do you really think the SSS has suddenly become so powerful that they can use the CIA, FBI, MI5 and Interpol for local politics? Thats got to be the joke of the millenium![/li]
[li]For what purpose do you believe Dokpesi MUST report daily to the SSS office? Because, they like seeing him?[/li]
[li]Lastly, you might wish to read the quote below very closely:

Abuja — A senior security operative told journalists in Abuja yesterday that the security team investigating the bomb blasts that claimed 16 innocent lives in Abuja on October 1 has downloaded 700 pages of telephone conversations-text messages and voices - which were being investigated.

He also said the director-general of the Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Raymond Dopkesi, an ex-governor in the Niger Delta region, and others have cases to answer.  He warned against politicisation of the issue.

The  senior security official, who spoke with some selected journalists in Abuja yesterday, said Dopkesi's attempt to politicise the issue would not fly because all security agencies within and outside the country like the State Security Service (SSS), the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), the Interpol and others were deeply involved in the investigation of the matter.

The chairman of Daar Communications Limited, owner of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and RayPower FM, had told journalists on Saturday that he never participated in the bomb blasts and had no link whatsoever with the suspects. He said his arrest was politically motivated and designed to slow down the IBB campaign activities.

But according to the security officer who did not want his name in print, "The issue of terrorism is a global matter; you are aware of the UN Security Council's position - directing all member nations to be part of the investigation. The bomb blasts on October 1 in Abuja were clear cases of terrorism; therefore, all security agencies like the SSS, the NIA, the Interpol and other international agencies are deeply involved in the investigation of the incident."

The security officer who is also part of the investigating team said, so far, all telephone conversations-both text messages and voice among all the suspects including Dopkesi and a former governor in the Niger Delta running into 700 pages have been downloaded and were being investigated.

He added, "Dopkesi's interview with journalists weekend is uncalled for; his game is to pre-empt the outcome of the investigation; but we will resist all attempts by anybody or group of persons to politicise the matter; all stakeholders are only interested in a thorough investigation of the terrorism acts. In our investigation so far, Dopkesi, an ex-governor in the Niger Delta region and others have cases to answer.

"Assuming, according to Dopkesi, that the presidency is after him; will the Interpol and the international community allow themselves to be used for political agenda? In any case, his interview with journalists was full of contradictions. For example, he said he had never had any dealing with one of the suspects but he confessed meeting the person for the first time and giving him N4 million for accommodation.

"If he is innocent as he claimed, let him wait for the outcome of the investigation; the SSS granted him bail because it wanted to avoid politicisation of the issue; the SSS has a court order to detain all the suspects and with the way things are going it may have to review its case because the comfort of one man is not more important than the lives of 16 persons who were killed in the bomb blasts while others were maimed."

http://allafrica.com/stories/201010110254.html[/li]
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slap1:
I'm anti-IBB but don't you think your imagination is running well ahead of you? IBB didn't attend for reasons best known to him. Didn't they say he has a bad leg or something? He could have used that as an excuse. Again, if he masterminded the blast, it wouldn't have stopped him from coming because he would have known where and when the bombs would go off. Let's leave the man to nurse his dying leg and beam the light of our curiosity on GEJ and Henry Okah.

Dude, the gist is that there were many more bombs than the ones that went off. I read somewhere that the rest were jammed with high tech signals. It is widely reported that there were just two blasts, but there are a few pictures showing a soldier lying face down from wounds received by a third blast that happened right inside Eagle Square. Nobody knows the full extent yet, cos we haven't been told; but I guess in a weeks time, we might have a fuller picture.

Ibime:
None other than Odili in keeping with the IBB theme

Thats possible.
Odili has some really nasty gangster and underworld connections.

[size=14pt]NIA, SSS probe ex-gov over bomb blasts[/size]
•Operatives download 700-page text messages
Written by Taiwo Adisa and Leon Usigbe, Abuja
Monday, 11 October 2010

INVESTIGATORS probing the twin bomb blasts, which rocked Abuja on Nigeria’s Independence Day, have extended their probe to the doorsteps of a former governor, sources said on Sunday. The Nigerian Tribune was reliably informed that the investigators, including officials of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the State Security Service (SSS) have continued to comb the several communication networks with the aim of isolating information that could provide further leads to the bomb blasts story.

It was gathered that the agencies have pieced together information linking a former civilian governor to the bomb blasts, while other pieces of information regarded as damaging enough are being put together.

The SSS had, last week, secured a court order, which allowed it to detain the suspects already arrested in connection with the bomb blasts, which claimed no fewer than 14  lives.

Sources said that the Special Investigation Panel, set up to coordinate the bomb blasts issue so far has been told of the alleged involvement of the former governor, based on information pieced together by the different agencies.

The source, who refused to give direct insights into the text messages, said that the operatives had been able to track loads of communications with direct links to the bomb blasts of October 1.

It was gathered that in order not to overheat the polity as a result of the investigation, the investigators will for now not make the name of the affected suspect public.

It was also gathered that the top hierarchy of the SSS were unhappy that the Director-General of the Ibrahim Babangida Campaign Organisation, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, went ahead to address a press conference on Saturday where he painted the investigation as political.

Sources close to the investigation stated that the SSS believed that Dokpesi misapplied his freedom, following the decision of the service to allow him report to its headquarters from his house daily.

Said the source: “The press conference granted by Chief Dokpesi is being counted as a step that puts the SSS in a bad light. It was like a stab in the back, because the service granted him the honour of coming for interrogation from his house. It was aimed at avoiding a situation where people would politicise the arrest and overheat the polity but he has used that advantage against the service.

Unfortunately, the SSS does not do politics; it is concerned about the security of everyone, which is an onerous task.”

It was also confirmed, on Sunday, that the agencies had collectively downloaded up to 700 pages of text messages in the ongoing investigations thus far.

A source said that all those remotely connected to the October 1 incident were being closely monitored and that interrogations would be done at every necessary stage.

Another source said on Sunday: “Based on the international concerns on the Abuja bomb blasts, the investigators have seen the need to be cautious and painstaking. They are leaving no stone unturned in the process. So far, I can confirm to you that the investigators especially from NIA and SSS; have downloaded over 700 pages of text messages. All networks are involved and they have found useful information linking the ring leaders.

“Those being investigated include a former governor. The intercepted messages have proved to be very helpful. Because the United Nations is also concerned, the investigations have been far reaching.

The security agencies are saying that this is not politics. It is a national security matter and that they are determined to get to the roots of this.”

Meanwhile, the Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation has dismissed suggestions by Dr Dokpesi,  that he was considered for the same position in President Goodluck Jonathan’s camp.

A statement issued by the Director of Media and Publicity of the Goodluck/Sambo Presoidential Campaign Organisation, Mr Sully Abu, said in Abuja on Sunday that the Africa Independent Television (AIT) owner was never considered for the post as he alleged in a recent interview with the media.

According to the statement, “the attention of the Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation has been drawn to certain utterances by the Director General of the Babangida Campaign Organisation, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, to the effect that he was suffering an imagined political persecution because he declined to head our campaign organisation.

“Nothing could be farther from the truth. At no time was Chief Dokpesi considered for such a role. He never made it to anybody’s shortlist or long list.

“In any case, the claim defies political common sense as such a position is normally given to someone outside the geographical zone of the aspirant.”

The statement added that “Dokpesi, being from the South-South as President Jonathan, could never have been considered for such a position.”

http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/11935-nia-sss-probe-ex-gov-over-bomb-blasts-operatives-download-700-page-text-messages

Is Tpiah still on NL. What a gift!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/332822_Osisi_Kanku_gifde70c76b27bc9dd3d142c4f5c36f5296

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Make sense of Dokpesi's statements if you can. There is no sense in regurgitating meaningless rote.