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[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=498814.msg6593378#msg6593378 date=1282135397]Babangida did bad by killing his best friend. . . .and making this woman a widow

A man like him should be getting ready to meet his maker and asking Nigerians for forgiveness for his many sins. . .

I feel bad for the lady. . .[/quote]The woman says IBB held a grudge for her husband from secondary school days! Can you imagine? Yet, this was the same man that Vatsa thought was his best friend, he was Vatsa's best man and who could walk into Vatsa's house in the middle of the night, demand food, sleep over and the next morning, leave wearing some of Vatsa's clothes. . . Yet, he killed him!

. . .Some say, it was because Vatsa was increasing seen as the only brainy intellectual in the regime, his status as writer and poet was also growing at pace. IBB got jealous and that was Vatsa's end.

General Mamman Vatsa was one of a handful of top military men that was honest and professional to the core. The man never stole a single pin, he was a great loss to Nigeria.

[size=14pt]Police extort N20 billion from motorists [/size]
Ifedayo Adebayo
August 18, 2010 03:24AM

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The Nigeria Police made a total of N20.35 billion between January last year and June this year from extorting money from motorists at illegal checkpoints, a report by the global organisation, Human Rights Watch has revealed.

Emeka Umeagbalasi, the chairman of the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law presented the report in Lagos said checkpoints in the South East yielded the highest sums. Giving a breakdown of what is made from the different regions, Mr. Umeagbalasi said N9.35 billion was realised from the South East, South-South brought in N4 billion, while the South-West nets the police N4 billion. In the North Central, which includes Abuja, N2 billion was made, while the North East and North West brought in N500 million each.

"Of course that shows that the extortion is highly concentrated in the southern part of the country," said Mr Umeagbalasi.

Yesterday, the Nigeria Police dismissed the report as "embellished innuendoes and suggestive graphics aimed at reaching a preconceived conclusion". A statement by Emeka Ojukwu, Force spokesman, said the report lacked merit and should not be relied upon.

The report titled, ‘Everyone's in on the Game: Corruption and Human Rights Abuses by the Nigeria Police Force,' said, "one civil society group in Anambra State estimated that in 2008 the police collected approximately N540 million ($4.5million) in illegal ‘tolls' from some 70 police checkpoints along the state's roadways." Eric Guttschuss, a researcher at the Human Rights Watch, called on the appropriate authority to ensure that legislations are put in place to end the extortions. The group said the sum did not include the "wetin you carry" money, the pre-trial bail fees, and commercialisation of criminal enquiry, but concentrated on just the N20 illegal toll, so the figures do not represent the entire extortion sum.

"What the Human Right Watch is saying is that yes we know that police is corrupt and killing outside the law, now, what are the factors that make them corrupt and kill outside the law? This is where corruption comes in. The situation is if you are able to pay you will be released and if not you will die, the situation is that worse," Mr. Umeagbalasi said.

Corruption unlimited

The report observes that corruption in the force ranges from armed officers extorting money at checkpoints to top officials embezzling police funds, thereby depriving people from living in a more secured environment.

The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria claims yesterday that 34,000 individuals have been killed outside the law, "in the last 11 years, over 13,000 people have been killed within the context of ethno religious crisis in Nigeria, and then we now say that outside this about 10,000 might have died over police related unlawful killings. I am sure you know police can kill, but there is a legal stipulation, otherwise we say unlawful killing. Then another 10,000 died as a result of vigilante killing."

The 102-page report said there was lack of political will to reform the force and the impunity in the system means Nigerians are more likely to encounter police threatening them and demanding bribes than enforcing law.

"Good policing is the bedrock for the rule of law and public safety," said Corinne Dufka, senior West Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch. "The long-term failure of the Nigerian authorities to address police bribery, extortion, and wholesale embezzlement threatens the basic rights of all Nigerians." The report is part of the group's findings from a field research conducted in Lagos, Anambra, Abuja and Kaduna; and telephone interviews in Rivers and Ebonyi states, all representing different geo-political zones in the country.

The report revealed that in major Nigerian cities, armed police set up checkpoints every evening ostensibly to control high levels of crime, including armed robbery and kidnapping, but the checkpoints are in reality tolls at which officers attempt to force motorists to pay money by all means, using familiar slangs that are familiar with commercial motorists.

A long way

Mr. Ojukwu, said he believes that the Nigeria Police have come a long way from "its colonial era of oppression and has survived many years of neglect and under-funding." He said that the force has faced enormous challenges in meeting its obligations of ensuring safety and security.

He said in its efforts to sanitise the system, the force has in the last one year sanctioned 764 senior officers and 8,831 junior officers for various acts of indiscipline.

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[size=14pt]He was at her wedding as best man. . . He signed her into widowhood.[/size]

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Poor demonic IBB, his people have now taken to spreading lies and rumours.

[size=14pt]2011: Jonathan to declare ambition September –Presidency sources [/size]
Written by Taiwo Adisa and Leon Usigbe, Abuja
Wednesday, 18 August 2010

INSIDERS in President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency have confirmed the determination by the president to announce his 2011 presidential aspiration mid September.

Sources in Abuja, on Tuesday, said the president’s inner circle had picked a date in the second week of September for the declaration.

It was gathered that Jonathan had deepened his consultations since the last presidential media chat and had received representations from all category of Nigerians.

A source in the administration confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune that contrary to claims in a wired network claiming that Jonathan might not contest the next election, the president had been fully reassured that he stood a good chance of making desired changes in the lives of Nigerians by contesting in 2011.

“The president has intensified his consultations in the last months. But, as regards the 2011 election, he has been increasingly assured of the huge contributions he has to the lives of Nigerians at this critical stage.

“He has assured us that he will surely contest the next election,” the source said.

Also, a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Ima Niboro, said the report which suggested that the president might not contest was sponsored.

“The truth is that the president has not said he will not run. Neither has he said he will. At different times, he has given clear reasons why he considers it premature, in the interest of governance, to make any commitment both ways,” the statement added.

The source confirmed that by mid September, Jonathan would surely join the presidential race.

“He believes that when Nigerians are busy committing their lives and that of the nation to God, what he should do as a leader is to join them in prayers and not to distract them with politics,” the source further said

http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/9832-2011-jonathan-to-declare-ambition-september-presidency-sources

xterra2:
Instead of you to Bold the important parts
Always bold the important art in a LONG article like this please
People have things to do you know

The whole article is very detailed and spellbinding. . . I would have to highlight everything.
It is safe enough to say, fix your eyes on ANY paragraph to be intrigued.

At long last, the oil and gas sector is being completly reborn to serve Nigerians today and those yet unborn!
Please take the time to read it through, it is jam packed with serious info.

Dawgpound:
Naw I'll decide who I want not you kid.

Beaf a lil older. Niger-delta warrior type nigga. hhmmm

Respect yourself. You aren't a kid.

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[size=14pt]100 Days of Oil and Gas under President Goodluck Jonathan[/size]

Events of the last 100 days witnessed spirited moves by the Federal Government to build up the nations proven oil reserve through exploration of new frontiers for oil and gas production.  Days after assuming office as President, the NNPC announced that based on Presidential directive .

more oil finds and is putting finishing touches to a comprehensive framework designed to herald the intensification of exploration activities in the Chad Basin.

The NNPC stated that though it is too early to be categorical, there is a possibility that oil may be found in commercial quantity in the Chad Basin because of the discoveries of commercial hydrocarbon deposits in neighboring countries of Chad, Niger and Sudan which have similar structural settings with the Chad Basin.

Discoveries made in neighboring countries in basins with similar structural settings are: Doba, Doseo and Bongor all in Chad amounts to over 2 Billion barrels (Bbbls);  Logone Birni in Southern Chad and Northern Cameroun, over 100 Bbbls; and Termit-Agadem Basin in Niger totals over 1Bbbls.

Already, the NNPC New Frontier Exploration Services Division which is leading the charge for crude oil find in the entire Inland Basins is acquiring 3,550 sq km of 3- D seismic data for processing and interpretation in addition to the already acquired 6000km of 2-D data that is currently being reprocessed.

Currently over 600,000 seismic section and 30,000 well logs are being scanned and vectorised in good time for the eventual drilling. Before now, 23 wells have been drilled with two of the wells, Wadi-1 and Kinasar encountering non- commercial gas.

The NNPC New Frontier Exploration Division which is headed by Engr. Olakunle Olaosebikan is working in consultation with a renowned Geophysicist and Consultant to the United Nations, Prof. Deborah Ajakaiye who is leading a team of Nigerian and foreign Geologists/Geophysicists in the search for hydrocarbon deposit in the Nigerian Frontier Inland Sedimentary Basins, NFISB.

Interestingly, the search is not limited to the Chad Basin alone but covers extensive inquest in the entire Nigerian Frontier Sedimentary Basins which includes- The Anambra, Bida, Dahomey, Gongola/Yola and the Sokota Basins alongside the  Middle/Lower Benue Trough.

Serious Attention to Issues of Gas Supply to Power Plants/ Gas Master Plan
The question of gas to power was raised to the front burner with the unveiling of a two-point agenda for the gas sector to meet the administration’s aspiration of delivering enough gas to the power stations to ensure adequate power supply in the country.

Unfolding the agenda, the Minister of Petroleum Resources stated that the Federal Government is focused on ensuring expeditious implementation of the Nigerian Gas Master Plan to attain clear-cut short-term and some medium term objectives as well as to position Nigeria as a major player in the global gas market by securing the FID of the Brass Liquefied Natural Gas by the end of 2010 while refocusing on the Olokola Liquefied Natural Gas project.

The Minister listed the objectives of the two-pronged action to include sustainable supply of and delivery of gas to the power sector, implementation of a sustainable commercial framework for domestic gas through a review of the gas pricing to encourage investors by enabling them secure bankable agreements and the transformation of Nigeria into a regional hub for gas-based industries by signing up world class investors in the petrochemicals, methanol and fertilizers sectors.

Explaining the newly approved gas pricing regime, the Minister said currently the price of gas to power is two cents ($0.2) per mmbtu of gas, and that by the end of the year, the price of gas would increase to $1/mmbtu.

The price would graduate to $1.50/mmbtu by 2011 and $2/mmbtu by the end of 2013, adding that beyond 2014, it would increase based on inflation rate.

It is envisaged that this effort will move the supply to the power sector (and other sectors) from the current loose, best endeavour basis to one anchored on strict commercial agreements. This will move the process of gas supply and purchase in Nigeria to world class levels.

The Minister further disclosed that in a bid to concretize the commercial framework for domestic gas, a program is currently being worked out with the World Bank to provide security for gas revenues sold to the power sector in order to ensure that gas suppliers do not lose money for supplying gas to the power sector.

“With the World Bank Partial Risk Guarantee that was initiated in the Gas Master Plan, the problem of lack of confidence on the part of gas suppliers that when they supply gas they will not get paid is now permanently fixed. The World Bank mission is currently on ground in Nigeria working with our team on the gas agreements and perfecting all other necessary agreements in respect of the Partial Risk Guarantee,” the minister said.

Giving an update of the gas to power supply situation in the country, Alison-Madueke said gas supply was at all time high because all the gas plants in the country are “operating at or very close to full capacity” and repairs on all critical pipelines have been completed.

“Current supply on the western system averages about 700mmcf/d, enough to power virtually all operational power plants on that axis. In fact, there is a situation of slight excess supply capacity. In the East, both Afam VI and Agip’s Okpai IPP are generating about 900MW with a planned addition of about 200MW very shortly.

There is also excess gas available at the Okoloma Gas Plant to fire additional PHCN turbine at Afam V whenever they are available,” the Minister said.

Already a plan is afoot to bring additional 65mmcf/d from PanOcean, 65mmcf/d from NPDC and 195mmcf/d from Chevron within the next four to eight months.

Weeks later, the new gas pricing regime yielded its first major dividend with the signing of a Gas Supply and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) between the NNPC/Pan Ocean Joint Venture and the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN.

The Minister who described the signing of the GSPA as a key milestone in the drive to reposition the Nigeria domestic gas market for sustainable growth said with the new gas pricing regime, the gas market is set for unprecedented growth propelled by demand from the power sector and other gas based industries.

Speaking on the significance of the GSPA between the NNPC/Pan Ocean JV and PHCN, Alison-Madueke said “The importance of today’s event is anchored not only in the size of the gas supply, but in the integrity and robustness of the process for gas access and contracting that this agreement has come to symbolize in the evolving Nigerian domestic gas market.”

The agreement which was signed by Chief Festus Fadeyi, Chairman of Pan Ocean Corporation on behalf of the NNPC/Pan Ocean JV, the Managing Director of PHCN, Engr Hussein Labo, and Dr David Ige on behalf of the Gas Aggregation Company would guarantee the supply of 65mmcf/d of gas from Pan Ocean’s Ogharefe Gas Processing Plant to Egbin Power Plant.

According to her, for the Nigerian gas sector to realize its full potential, the processes that govern it must be bankable and robust enough to attract external financing and the contractual process must be such that enforces performance on all players in the value chain from producer to off-taker, adding that the new GSPA template that has been developed by the Federal Government is designed to meet those standards.

“The template stipulates all the terms and conditions for effective and bankable supply for gas to power in Nigeria. Having developed this template through a rigorous process of consultation with all stakeholders, the template is being customized for each gas supply transaction. I have directed that the template be loaded on the website of the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria.

This will allow potential investors in IPPs etc. to have immediate visibility of the terms and conditions of gas supply in Nigeria, hence expediting their investment decision,” the minister explained.

Also speaking at the occasion, the Minister of State for Power, Architect Nuhu Wya noted that the signing of the GSPA was like a birthday to Nigerians as it marks the end of epileptic power supply in the country.
“Right from today, there is no hiding place for anyone in the power sector.

There is no more excuse for not generating enough power. Last year the excuse was that there was no gas, with this agreement that has been signed here today, PHCN is sure of receiving gas to generate power; and I can assure Nigerians of regular power supply,” Wya said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/17/100-days-of-oil-and-gas-under-president-goodluck-jonathan/

[size=14pt]100 Days of Oil and Gas under President Goodluck Jonathan[/size]
Business Aug 17, 2010 Share | By Yemie Adeoye

Straight from his inauguration as President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan took the bull by the horn by embarking on some far reaching measures which in the last 100 days has positioned the all important oil and gas industry on the irreversible path of growth and sustained elixir.

Beyond rhetoric, the petroleum industry under the watch of President Jonathan has recorded great feats in the areas of transformation, the Nigerian content Act, push for the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, the implementation of the Gas Master Plan, improved relations with critical stakeholders, improved products supply, serious attention to issues of gas supply to power plants, issues of attraction of new investors to generate employment opportunities for Nigerians, improvement in the domestic usage of LPG, renewal of oil exploration activities in the Chad Basin and commitment to transparency in the industry.

Sustenance of Steady Supply of Petroleum Products Even before his formal inauguration as President, Dr Jonathan has never hidden his attitude of zero tolerance for scarcity of petroleum products in any part of the country. It is not surprising therefore, that in the last three months; the country has witnessed an unprecedented stability in the supply and distribution of petroleum products throughout the length and breadth of the federation.

The result is that with supply far out witting demand, the laws of economics is pushing the price of PMS below the official price of N65 per litre in some parts of the country, notable in the East and far North which has hither never enjoyed price parity with the rest of the country let alone price reduction.

To ensure that the current product stability is sustained, the President has since directed the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke and the NNPC to design and implement practical measures to ensure that steady fuel supply to all parts of the country is sustained in the medium to long-term basis. Also for the first time in almost five years the nation’s three refineries, Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries are working simultaneously contributing effectively to the drive to increase local refining capacity.

In distribution, events of the last three months have witnessed an aggressive drive by the state owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to increase its hold on the downstream sector via expansion of its retail outfit NNPC Retail.

As at the last count, NNPC Retail has acquired 427 affiliate stations in addition to its 37 mega stations and 12 floating filling stations as part of its strategic plan to own at least 50 percent of the entire filling stations in the country with the aim of squelching future artificially induced fuel scarcity.
Passage of Nigerian Content Development Act
The face of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria was changed for good with the coming of the Nigerian Content Act which was signed into law by President Jonathan. The law among other objectives seeks to ensure that Nigerians and Nigerian companies participate actively in the oil and gas industry with a view to boosting the local economy.

With full support of the President, the Minister of Petroleum Resources has since taken some aggressive measures in driving its implementation. Besides, the immediate appointment of an Executive Secretary for the Nigerian Content Development Board, the minister has ensured that a befitting office is secured for the agency in order to enable it function, while plans are already on for the development of the Board’s permanent site.

The multiplier effect of this new law is enormous. It sets the stage for the anticipated growth that the PIB will herald in respect of our national Oil and Gas asset portfolio. Post PIB, it is estimated that investment inflow into the industry will drive activities over the next five years in the magnitude unprecedented in the history of oil and gas in Nigeria.

Experts are of the opinion that the law has the potential to generate over 30,000 jobs in the next 5 years and has far reaching implications for the issues of technological advancement, long term cost effectiveness, post amnesty programs in the Niger Delta and the improved impact of the Oil & Gas Industry on our National GDP.

The Act among other notable objectives provides that Nigerian independent operators shall be given first consideration in the award of oil blocks; oil field licenses, oil lifting licenses and in all projects for which contract is to be awarded in the Nigerian oil and gas Industry.

It also stipulates that in the bidding for any license, permit or interest and before carrying out any project in the Nigerian oil and gas industry, an operator shall submit a Nigerian content plan demonstrating compliance with the Nigerian content requirements of this Bill.

The new law requires that a high proportion of these activities will be performed in Nigeria with increased participation of Local companies and indigenes. However, it is clear that such capacity is not currently available, but these gaps present significant business opportunities to grow required capabilities to support these requirements.

Petroleum Industry Bill
In keeping with the desire to continue with reform of the oil and gas industry, the government has reinvigorated the drive for the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill which would provide a legal framework for the reform.

In this regard, government through the petroleum ministry has re-opened negotiations with various stakeholders who have expressed reservation with the proposed law. This is to ensure that all stakeholders are carried along. Already this approach has begun to yield dividends as feelers from the National Assembly indicate that the Bill would be passed soon.

Transformation and Reforms
Contrary to the norm in the past where top government officials abandon policies espoused by their predecessors, President Jonathan stated on assumption of office that he would continue with the oil and gas industry reform in order to transform the industry into a modern one where international best practice would be the rule.

Attraction of New Investors
In the last 100 days, the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry has witnessed sustained inflow of investment both in the upstream and downstream sectors.

Conscious of the pivotal role the oil and gas sector plays in the Nigerian economy, the federal government through the petroleum ministry is doing so much to ensure that the atmosphere in the industry is conducive to increase and sustain inflow of investments. The recent interest of investors like the CCECC, China’s largest engineering company, to build three Greenfield refineries and one petro-chemical plant in the country is a testimony in this regard.

The refineries which are being constructed in conjunction with the NNPC will increase the nations refining capacity by 750, 000 barrels per day translating to over 45million litres of pms per day. In terms of job creation, experts forecast that the projects will collectively attract over 20,000 jobs.

While about 14, 000 workers would be required during the period of the planned construction, an estimated 6,000 workers are needed to run the three refineries and the petro-chemical plant when they come on stream. Other multiplier effects will include the generation of local businesses for auxiliary services, including suppliers of goods and services of all types to the industrial sites.

Commitment to Transparency
Ahead of the passage of the PIB which has clauses that propose to remove all forms of confidentiality in business transactions in the industry to enhance accountability; the federal government has commenced a transparency crusade in the petroleum industry. This has ensured that transactions are carried out in strict adherence to laid down rules and procedures that can stand public scrutiny.

Commitment to Opening up the Industry
Concomitant to the desire to boost local content in the industry the president has committed to opening up the industry. In this regard, the Federal Government has since granted approval for new gas pricing regimes for gas to power and gas to the manufacturing industry to encourage more investors into the gas sub-sector.

There is also plan to grow the upstream sector through a bid round for marginal fields to encourage indigenous companies and other small time players to have a foothold in the industry.

Improved Relations with Stakeholders
As at the last count, the President through the Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Alison-Madueke has been able to broker a truce with stakeholders, who thought the PIB was a ploy to victimize them.

She achieved this by opening up avenues for dialogue on issues that bother them and by allaying their fears about the PIB and the oil and gas industry reforms. These new vista of friendship and conviviality with stakeholders has also manifested in improved relationship with industry unions like NUPENG, PENGASSAN, IPMAN, MOMAN and DAPPMA among others.
Renewal of oil Exploration activities in the Chad Basin

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/17/100-days-of-oil-and-gas-under-president-goodluck-jonathan/

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[quote author=na_so link=topic=498248.msg6589179#msg6589179 date=1282072303]Abeg i no fit laugh [/quote]Poor Atiku, the man even fell down, plus his foolishness!

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[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=498258.msg6587808#msg6587808 date=1282059198]chei i now remember one nice dark skinned isoko girl wey i been dey with for Abuja. . .

that girl was fire. . .beaf. . una girls sabi d thing o. . hmmmn[/quote]
Chei!
Abeg, intro her friend Ezeuche so that after seeing double for three nights, his vision will align itself to reality.

EzeUche22:
Beaf,

You need to stop saying this 'south-south' and support One United Eastern Region. This 'south-term' terms gives me pain o! Aren't we all in the south-east? In the history of the world, I have never heard a people saying 'south-south.' Only In Nigeria will a fool claim he is from the 'south-south.'

The South South was created by Ekueme's submissions. It was to was a clever ploy to relive the Igbo of unfair regional stresses, while giving the minorities in the region political autonomy.

It has been a tearaway success! I hail Ekueme as one of the most (if not the most) far sighted statesmen this country has produced.
Igbo Kwenu!
God bless the man, he's vision is slowly, but surely freeing both the Igbo people and the Southern minorities. And it is working in such a way that they see mutual benefit in working together as two political blocks. It is a masterstroke.

The South South will never go away, get used to it.

EzeUche22:
He said he was mixed with Ijaw and Urhobo did he not?

I never said that, dude. You have a negatively inventive mind.

[quote author=paddy_lo link=topic=498258.msg6586994#msg6586994 date=1282052442]@Beat

Ezeuche must be going senile with old age. . cause i dont know what the heck he is rambling about. . .

Like u said we have 6 geo-political zones now. . that benefit the igbos and ijaws and middle belt minorities

and instead he is sounding retarded by asking to go back to 3 regions

which will mean the north will continue to influence the outcome of all elections

right now 4 regions of SS,SE,SW and middle belt can decide who becomes president

which is good for Nigeria. . .and also leads to de-centralization of power

[/quote]Exactly! I don't understand some people. Clowns like Eze want to be seen as a little "Aro warrior's", whereas their people and whole regions have been held to ransome by such small mindedness.

Regardless of the past, peoples on opposing sides with shared interests must come together, talk, build accords and concensus and move on for the benefit of all. South Eastern politics is the same as South South politics, same problems, same foe, same marginalisation. To a degree, the same can be said about South West politics, especially as concerns Lagos and Edo.

While the Ezeuche's find relevance in bondage; at this watershed point in our history, every group in the South and Middle Belt is groping forwards with some degree of trepidation, but with the single-minded belief that this time, the heavy yoke can be thrown off once and for all. It is a practical game of reaching out for mutual goals, no time for wimps. We can get there.

Political irrelevance only gives false potency to ranting mice like Ezeuche. It is a poisonous salve to a damaged inner soul. It creates and gains nothing, it is only damaging to its victim whose energy it uses up, while foxes walk in and gain all the gold.

. . .
Nonetheless , it is the PDP Party , despite it's huge representation in the Nigerian leadership stratosphere , that has produced the worst performing leaders in Nigeria everywhere !!!!!
. . .

[size=14pt]Gbawe! Again, I ask; what about your AC leader, the convict Tinubu and his drug money? [/size]
AC and PDP are all the same type of animal, there is no need pretending that one is holier than the other. That tactic just falls flat on its face, it is impotent, weak, stranded and confused.

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If a single Nigerian party can develop a forward looking ideology that will see the country developing, then they can rule forver. I wouldn't care.
Most Rwandans would hate to see Kagame gone and most Chinese would hate to see their state structure dissolved into something amoebic.

Gbawe: . . .
Most Nigerians can remember how OBJ dictatorially and vindictively suppressed the efforts of Tinubu to including witholding revenue allocation to the state of Lagos for upwards of two years, despite a court order mandating the federal government to release the funds !!!!! It is then obvious to most fair Nigerians that Tinubu's problems as Lagos Governor , is at least to do with OBJ's decision that "Tinubu must not succeed and the PDP must capture Lagos". I don't expect you to acknowledge that because your integrity is shallow. For the record, I am no fan of Tinubu but your focus on Tinubu while you ignore many of the dubious characters jonathan is now surrounded by , speaks volume of your hypocritical nature. . .

It is quite obvious that Tinubu is your hero!
How can you support someone involved in something as hideous and evil as the international drug trade and then sound holier than thou about others. Surely, that is two-faced.

EzeUche22:
I agree with your sentiments! I do not trust the Ijaw one bit. They fear our domination and they are continuing to try and annex Port Harcourt (Igwe Ocha). We must be wary of them, because we have not been able to subdue them.

We had a chance when we were in regional governments, but we treated them like our brothers. We should have silenced them like the Yoruba did their ethnic minorities in the southwest. When was the last time you heard anything from a minority group in the southwest? The answer is NEVER!

The Ijaws need to realize that we Igbos are the majority in the East. We make up 60-70% of the East. Not including some Igbo subgroups and our Ibibio brethren. The sooner they realize this truth of truths, the better! Oh I wish we had regional governments! The forceful annexation of their land would be a fitting payback for their treachery led by Adaka Boro!

This fictional 'south-south' needs to be done away with as well. There is no such thing as a 'south-south.' Do we see a 'north-north.' No!

Words of a fool.

Are you a clown or do you genuinely have a micro IQ?
If you hate Ijaw people thats your personal cup of tea, but when you begin to create history; it is a completely different ball game.
I believe you make these outrageous statements, because you are an outcast of sorts and think you can belong by being extremist.

Reading your words above is like reading murderous propaganda from Josef Mengele. Frankly, you sound mad.

In the first place, when did Yoruba people subdue minorities in the South West? I am sure neither Yoruba people nor the minorities of the old South West can recall that the dangerous lies you are forging here.
Do you know when the Mid-Western Region was created and why?

While others busy themselves rewriting the political map of the country in such a way that the deprived can begin to benefit, the Ezeuche's are disgracing themselves. "Look everybody, my pant is red!". . . Fool.

Yoruba:
Atiku is a shrewd politician that knows his onions;as he said earlier, he doesn't need OBJ's boy, Nyako , to endorse his return to the party , which he was a founding member.

It is also noteworthy to state that Atiku had been formally re-admitted into the party by the PDP chairman, whom also is a returnee. Hence, it is quite obvious that the PDP is now playing hanky panky by not granting Atiku his own waiver immediately.
Atiku is used to swimming in this type of river, and he knows that he will surely participate in the PDP presidential primary. For Sure!!!

This has to be one of the funniest posts ever on NL!!
Parents, make sure your kids stay away from whatever Atiku is eating and drinking, so they don't grow up to be "shrewd" like him!

[size=14pt]Jonathan Launches Roadmap for Power Aug 26[/size]
From Kunle Aderinokun and Kelechi Eze in Abuja, 08.17.2010

Special Adviser to the President on Power and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji disclosed yesterday that the Federal Government will launch the roadmap for the power sector on the August 26 at a ceremony, which will be performed by President Goodluck Jonathan in Lagos.

Nnaji, who dropped this hint yesterday in Abuja at the 2nd edition of Nigerian International Power Expo and Conference, said the task force had been able to develop a roadmap, which seeks to ensure that the problems in the power sector are finally resolved.
He explained that the whole essence of the roadmap is that to have a private sector-driven power sector in the country.

“The presidential task force is such that we have a short-term plans, intermediate plans and long-term plans for the nation’s power sector,” he added.
Nnaji noted that the intention of the presidential taskforce was to ensure that, if a target is set, it is met. He maintained that, so far, there had been improvement, however small, it might have been, assuring that, Nigerians will continue to witness improvement.

Nnaji, who is also a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Power (PACP), said the committee was set up to fast track decision making in the industry. He said, hitherto, decisions were delayed due to the bureaucracy in the civil service.

He added that realising the cost of such bureaucracy to the power sector, the President therefore decided that it was best for PACP to take decisions- in such a way that when there are issues, they are quickly addressed.

Welcoming participants, Mr. Ifeanyichukwu Agwu, Managing Director of BKG Exhibitions, organisers of the international expo, acknowledged that electricity demand in Nigeria, far outstripped the supply.

Stating that this was a challenge for the nation, he however said that, “it also presents enormous opportunities for investment in the sector for both local and foreign operators and investors.”

“It is therefore that all doors of business opportunities in the sector will be opened to further attract positive responses from both the public and private sectors at home and abroad,” he noted.

Agwu therefore expressed the hope that: “We believe that the policy framework, programme elements and incentives will become evident when the government unveils the power blueprint.”


http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=180856

^
It was just a harmless jibe.

L1b is most frequent in West Africa and among Igbo Nigerians, Mauritanian, El Hierro, Grand Canari, Algeria and Egypt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_L1_(mtDNA)#cite_note-3

Interesting!
No wonder my people trace their history to Egypt. . . Scientific proof!

The two regions, South South and South East suffer the very same problems, yet they eye only each other across a very high fence.
Let the past be gone, because it has become a prison. It is time for fresh shoots to take root and blossom.

gadogado:
you clearly dont know much about anthropology, what haplogroup are they in as far as Mt DNA and also Y DNA genetic markers

Aahh! The sound of a deflated Arab!

The offending story;

[size=14pt]Gusau’s resignation unsettles presidency[/size]
BY CHIDI OBINECHE
Monday, August 16, 2010

National Security Adviser (NSA), General Muhammadu Gusau (Rtd) has resigned, Daily Sun, learnt yesterday. The dreaded spy chief had resigned about a month ago, but President Goodluck Jonathan is yet to approve his resignation.
. . .

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/aug/16/national-16-08-2010-001.htm

Na wa for our press!

[size=14pt]Presidency denies Gusau’s resignation [/size]
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 01:15 Horatius Egua

The presidency on Monday described as false the purported resignation of Aliyu Gusau, national security adviser (NSA) to the president, saying the rumour was designed to cause disaffection in Aso Rock. A national daily had on Monday reported that the NSA tendered his resignation about a month ago and that President Goodluck Jonathan was yet to accept it.

A senior presidency source who spoke to BusinessDay on condition of anonymity said the rumoured resignation of Gusau, a fifth time NSA, was incorrect as the man “is still at his desk performing his duties as NSA to Mr. President”. “Gusau has not resigned and there was never anytime the man threw in the towel as been speculated by the report,” the presidency source said.

The report claimed that President Jonathan was putting pressure on the NSA to rescind the decision and that on that ground he refused Kayode Are, deputy to Gusau, to take over the responsibilities of the NSA.

The presidency source said that President Jonathan “is very unhappy with such falsehood”, adding that the originator of the false news was bent on causing unnecessary apprehension in government. “The report is not in any way enough to unsettle the president who is focused on touching lives within the short period available to this administration”, the source added.

The source stated further that “the author of the story and the daily were only been mischievous with the report.” BusinessDay’s investigations, however, revealed that at no time did the NSA tendered his resignation to the president as Gusau was sighted at the Presidential Villa on Monday, where he joined other top security chiefs to attended the weekly security meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.

President Jonathan appointed Gusau as NSA to succeed Sarki Muktar on March 8, 2010. Gusau served under former military President Ibrahim Babangida and former President Olusegun Obasanjo and was credited to have been one of the best security hands the nation has ever produced.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13767:presidency-denies-gusaus-resignation&catid=85:national&Itemid=340

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Nonetheless , it is the PDP Party , despite it's huge representation in the Nigerian leadership stratosphere , that has produced the worst performing leaders in Nigeria everywhere !!!!!
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[size=14pt]Again, I ask; what about your AC leader, the convict Tinubu and his drug money? [/size]
AC and PDP are all the same type of animal, there is no need pretending that one is holier than the other. That tactic just falls flat on its face, it is impotent, weak, stranded and confused.

[quote author=ondo_boi link=topic=498223.msg6583832#msg6583832 date=1282002122]IBB is far better than GEJ. GEJ does not know what being a president entails, he does not have the qualities of a good leader and finally hez to dull to be Nigeria's president. . . THE END[/quote]I just checked your profile and its definite that you weren't even born when IBB was ra'ping the country. I doubt you can even register legally.
All is forgiven for the above reasons.

IBB is a demon.

[size=14pt]PDP must give me Nwodo waiver or … – Atiku[/size]
National News Aug 17, 2010 Share | By Jide Ajani & Dapo Akinrefon

ABUJA—FORMER Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said yesterday that his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, remained legal and valid consequent upon the same waiver given to Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, who recently returned to the PDP to take up the party’s chairmanship position.

He threatened to head for court if the party did not accede to his request. This was just as the South-East geopolitical zone adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as presidential candidate of the old Eastern region for the 2001 election.

Atiku who spoke during an interactive meeting with media executives in Abuja, said he decided to file for a waiver which has been accepted by the party’s leadership.

The presidential aspirant embarked on a judicial tie-back reminiscent of his struggle to oust the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to disqualify candidates for election preparatory to the 2007 general elections which resulted in a landmark judgment in his favour. He, however, insisted that this time, too, he would seek legal redress if the party refused to give him a waiver.

‘We crafted the Constitution’

Atiku said: “I don’t need a waiver and I don’t see how PDP will get out of this. But if they try to get out of this, the courts are there to interprete. It is true, somewhere in the party’s constitution, that if you are a joiner or returnee, there is a provision which states that you cannot run for public office until you have stayed for one or two years.

“I want to state here that all those provisions where not there before. They were inserted by Obasanjo to stop Atiku. I am a founding father of PDP and we crafted the constitution and by the time we did it, Obasanjo was not even in PDP.

Secondly, after late President Yar’Adua came into office, the party felt there was a need to reconcile those who were either forced or frustrated out of the party to return to the PDP.

“The Alex Ekwueme report recommended unconditional return of members who left the party and a White Paper was issued by the party saying that all those who were forced out of the party, should be granted unconditional return to the party. These recommendations were accepted and it directed all state branches to issue registration cards to all returned members of the party.

“The question is: Is the provision contained in this White Paper superior to provisions in the party’s constitution? Now, it is a matter of legal resolution. What the lawyers are saying is that based on the White Paper and the acceptance and approval of this paper, I don’t need a waiver; but all the same, I decided to ask for a waiver and my application for a waiver has been filed this morning.

“I want to tell you that I will get a waiver because I moved out together with Nwodo because we were pushed out at the same time. And then Nwodo was my returning officer at the Action Congress convention in Lagos; so, I want to see how they, PDP, will deny me waiver.”

Sections of the PDP Constitution which deals with returnee members are: Article 8 (9) and 16 (4), and Article 8 (9) states:

“Persons who desire to rejoin the party after leaving it shall, unless exempted by the National Working Committee, NWC, be placed on probation for a period of time not less than a year.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/17/pdp-must-give-me-nwodo-waiver-or-atiku/

EzeUche22:
Do not think I would go down easily like those batty bwoys! I am d real don dada

Yada, yada, don dada, don dada, don dada, yada, yada, yada. . .

[size=14pt]GBOA!!!![/size]

--Ambulance ferries the fainting Eze to intensive care--

naijaking1:
@Beaf
What exactaly were you holding like a piece of rock so

Am a fine boy o! No be me be dat, na bluetooth!

Prof. Kayode Soremekun of the Political Science Dept, Covenant University Ota, Ogun State told Vanguard that interest of the United States in who emerges as the next president of Nigeria is in line with its position as a global power which studies “situational realities and align its interest with forces that can best protect such interests at any given time, especially as it affects its multinational oil companies.

“The US had a defined interest in having access to resources like oil and to that extent it will seek to ensure stability that will allow its multinational companies in the oil sector to thrive; and to the extent that Nigeria after 50 years of independence has no so clearly defined interest. It will have to rely on extra African powers to define its political and economic interest.

“Nigeria is a sub imperial power that has remained a toddler at 50, hence it must go through this phase where external powers will continue to shape its political destiny.

“Oil is a global energy commodity which is the life wire of industrial economy, and the global nature of the world economy has created a situation where it has become necessary to pay greater attention to events at the supply source of the commodity.

Said Soremekun” Oil Industry experts are quick to warn that the continued rise in oil prices would upset the global economy, consequently the United States has shown considerable interest in oil supplies from the relatively secured Gulf of Guinea, where Nigeria is a major player.

This to me, is the most worrying statement in the whole article. Especially the bolded.
If Nigeria had all these years, set up a forward looking set of goals and policies to guide us in our development, piercing statements like the above would never see time of day, talkless of being published in our 50th year. What a disgrace!

The questions asked by the quote above, strike at the very core of our nationhood;

[list]
[li]Who and what is a Nigerian?[/li]
[li]What is the contract between citizen and state?[/li]
[li]What are the responsibilities of state to the citizen and vice versa?[/li]
[li]What is the definition of our federation, or what is the definition of Nigeria?[/li]
[/list]

If at 50, we cannot answer or even begin to fathom answers for the above questions, foreigners will increasingly shape our destiny according to their interests; while Jos massacres will continue unabatted around the country, because there is no formal definition or meaning to the word, Nigerian. To the typical politician, Nigeria is a bottomless personal piggy bank, to the man on the street, it is a prison; the only bond between politician and man on the street, is that both were born within the same geographical boundaries, the same piece of land. Nigeria is not yet a nation.

Tippy Top:
Vanguard ngr is the most non partisan newspaper in Cloud cuckoo land (hehehe!) no wonder Beaf reside's there.

Na! Rather, papers I fear and avoid are Daily Trust and the Sun, oustide those two, I'm cool.