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Turai and her cabal will soon be in prison.

The net is closing in. Turai too, will soon be in jail.

[size=14pt]UK moves for Ibori’s extradition – Tribune[/size]
March 3, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi
■As Jonathan seeks amendment to Money Laundering Act

The government of the United Kingdom (UK) is said to be making fresh plans to have former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, sent to the UK for trial.

Some associates of the former governor are currently undergoing trial in the UK over alleged money laundering charges.

Though the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Mike Aondoakaa, had rejected moves to have the former governor extradited to the UK on the grounds that he was already facing charges in Nigeria, sources close to the government told the Nigerian Tribune that some officials of the UK government, who met behind closed doors with Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, had broached the idea.

British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, had, in a special congratulatory message to Jonathan on Sunday, asked the acting president to concentrate more on the fight against corruption.

http://nigerianbulletin.com/summary-plus-news/uk-moves-for-ibori%E2%80%99s-extradition-tribune/03032010/13614/

It might be necessary to actually sack and jail FEC members for the Nigerian populace to be satisfied. Probing isn't enough.

[size=14pt]Jonathan begins probe of agric ministry, others [/size]
By Ihuoma Chiedozie, Published: Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010

Indications emerged on Tuesday that several contracts awarded by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, including multi-billion naira dam and silo construction schemes, top the list of projects to be probed by the Federal Projects Assessment Committee, which was set up by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday.

The FPAC was mandated to assess the status of all ongoing Federal Government projects across the nation and subsequently report back to the government.

The committee’s scope of work involves the assessment of all ongoing projects in all the various ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

However, a source in the Presidency informed our correspondent on Tuesday that huge projects awarded in the recent past under the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources were of utmost importance in the mandate of the FPAC.

The source, who did not wish to be named, explained that “some of the projects that would be accorded priority attention have not really taken off even though funds meant for their execution have been paid to the respective contractors, while in other cases, the concerned projects have been abandoned half way.”

The probe, according to the source, will involve contracts for the construction of dams and implementation of irrigation projects in some states worth about N30bn.

The projects include contracts for the construction of a dam in Katsina State for of N1.19bn; the Ogbese dam project in Ekiti State, valued at N5.49bn; the Zobe dam project also in Katsina State valued at N6.86bn; the New Nigeria Farmers project in Kwara State for N2.82bn and other irrigation projects in various states valued at N3.71bn.

The FPAC will also probe the execution of silo construction projects sited in various parts of the country.

These include the construction of silos in the Federal Capital Territory in the sum of N4.17bn, Katsina State at a cost of N4bn and in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State for N1.73bn.

The utilisation of the N4.73bn released from the 2009 allocation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, which represents 25 per cent of the Federal Government grant for a tractor hiring scheme in partnership with private sector investors would also come under probe, it was learnt.

The committee will also assess the utilisation of the sum of N2. 892bn, being 40 per cent of a Federal Government grant to six selected private firms for the establishment of export handling, preservation and conditioning centres in six locations across the country.

Also, the disbursement of the Federal Government’s 40 per cent credit facility, amounting to N9.52bn, to ten selected rice processing companies for the procurement, installation and setting up of model rice processing mills will also be assessed by the FPAC.

The rice processing mills are to be cited in Adamawa, Benue, Ekiti, Niger, Kano, Taraba, Kebbi, Enugu, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ogun and Anambra states.

The source added that, besides the projects under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, ongoing contracts under the Federal Ministry of Works, especially federal road projects, are also of “top priority importance to the committee”.

The source noted that “billions of dollars have been sunk into the roads without any significant result”.

Other areas that would receive greater scrutiny, according to the source, are ongoing projects under the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, including the annual spending of over N600bn on subsidies, projects under the Millennium Development Programmes Goals (MDGs) and the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP).

The Acting President had on Monday set up the Federal Projects Assessment Committee to probe the status of all ongoing Federal Government projects.

It is expected that, by the time the committee turns in its report in three months time, some of the ongoing projects could be suspended or cancelled outright.

The expectation follows the mandate given to the committee by the Acting President, which includes carrying out a physical inspection of the projects to establish the level and quality of work so far done, and determine the professional competence of the concerned contractor.

The terms of reference of the FPAC are: Take inventory of all on-going Projects awarded by the Federal Government; assess the level of funding of each project; undertake a physical inspection of each project to determine work done and to ascertain whether it is commensurate to the amount paid to the contractors; evaluate the professional competence of the contractors handling the various projects; and determine whether the level of execution of the projects is in accordance with the terms of the contract agreement between the Federal Government and the contractor.

Also, the committee is to examine a plan of action that is realistic, practical and achievable including implementation phases for the execution of the projects; examine the reason given if applicable why the projects were not executed in accordance with the terms of contract agreement at the time of the award; and make appropriate recommendations to Government on how to fast-track the completion of the projects.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201003030561015

[size=14pt]Turai, CSO, ADC sued for hiding Yar’Adua [/size]
By AGENCY REPORTER, Published: Tuesday, 2 Mar 2010

An Abuja-based lawyer, Chief Kayode Ajulo, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to determine whether the inaccessibility to President Umaru Yar’Adua by Nigerians since he returned to the country on Wednesday is constitutional or not.

Those listed as defendants in the case, which was filed on Tuesday were the wife of the President, Turai; his ADC, Col. Mustapha Onoedieva; his Chief Security Officer, Mr. Yusuf Tilde, National Security Adviser, Gen. Sarki Muktar (rtd.); the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Abdulralman Danbazau and the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi.

Also listed as defendants in the case were National Association of Newspaper Proprietors, League of Editors and the Nigerian Union of Journalists.

The plaintiff wanted the court to determine whether the actions and conducts of the first to six defendants by disallowing the seven to nine defendants and the entire Nigerians to have access to the President are constitutional and have therefore contravened the provision of Section 22 of the 100 Constitution.

He also wants the court to decide whether the effect of the public statement issued by Adeniyi on Wednesday, purportedly on behalf of the President contravene Section 1 of the 1999 Constitution.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2010030215523815

Imagine Rilwan Lukman threatening to sack people. That over recycled dinosaur has overseen the weckage of our indeginous refineries.

ishmael:
Guy, you are correct. They are just trying to cut themselves off now because the core hausas have turned against them too. Danjuma was among those who killed Aguiyi Ironsi; Danjuma was among those who killed so many igbo officers during the 1966 counter coup and mutiny; and somebody is trying to call another person a slowpoke for referring to TY Danjuma as a northerner or hausa man. Danjuma was among those that spearheaded the civil war where millions of igbos were killed. Gowon, Danjuma, Damkat Bali, Joe Garba, Buhari, IBB, Abdulsalam, Shagaya, Victor Malu, David Mark, etc are the same people, AREWA.

You need to reconsider that 100%. Yes, the army consists of Northerners and Middle Belters, but you will be shocked to find that some in te core North consider the Middle Belt to be Southern Nigeria. Witness an article published on Sahara Reporters by a Turai boy;

He did all he could legally and otherwise to stop Goodluck from becoming acting president. When he failed he left the country because he probably couldn’t stand working under Goodluck. Guess who it was? A northerner? NO! [size=14pt]It was Aaondoaka. A man that was not only southern, but was as southern as any southerner can be. [/size] SO HOW DARE THEY CALL IT A NORTHERN CONSPIRACY?

http://www.saharareporters.com/letters/your-letters/5305-clarifications-about-wrong-or-misguided-statement-on-north-and-south-regarding-yaradua-and-his-people.html

Do you need better proof?

Oh yes! It is very wrong to call Middle Belt people Hausa, the Hausa's consider them to be Southerners. Abeg, lets welcome them to the South.

@OP

Dunce.

An IQ test should be mandatory before posting in the politics section.

He said while the challenge of restructuring the corporation was daunting, government would not rest on its oars until it achieved the desired goal.

"Fashioned along the lines of other successful national oil companies, the new NNPC will not get grants from the government.

"It will be operated as a business concern that is conscious of its mission, able to borrow from the capital market and pay dividends to its shareholders.

"It is a company that will acquire capacity to operate within and beyond our national boundaries.

"As a business concern, the new NNPC will be required to pay to the government royalties and taxes just like any other company," Jonathan said.

I cannot help but lof Jonathan. This indeed what NNPC ad Nigeria needs. Over the years NNPC has been a wide open conduit for the brazen theft of our money - straight out of the oil wells into foreign accounts.

. . .Next kick out the twin vultures, Barkindo and Rilwan Lukman.

Dis Guy:
. . . . and many southerners confused by it

Yes, it is as they say, "a double edged sword". It cuts both ways, harvesting both Northerner and Southerner.
That said, it falls on the aware Northerner to retort emphaticaly and unambiguously, "not in my name!"

NNPC Reform Irreversible, Says Jonathan
Adeola Yusuf
1 March 2010

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Lagos — Reforms in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is irreversible despite forces against the move, acting President Goodluck Jonathan has said.

Jonathan said this at the formal opening of the four-day 10th Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference in Abuja.

He said while the challenge of restructuring the corporation was daunting, government would not rest on its oars until it achieved the desired goal.

"Fashioned along the lines of other successful national oil companies, the new NNPC will not get grants from the government.

"It will be operated as a business concern that is conscious of its mission, able to borrow from the capital market and pay dividends to its shareholders.

"It is a company that will acquire capacity to operate within and beyond our national boundaries.

"As a business concern, the new NNPC will be required to pay to the government royalties and taxes just like any other company," Jonathan said.

He said the Federal Government was unwavering in its commitment to pursue the reform in the sector in order to achieve the desired objectives.

The Acting President expressed regret about the present situation where majority of Nigerians were denied the benefit of power supply, "which the petroleum industry can guarantee through gas".

"For Nigeria to be exporting gas and yet do not have this vital resource for domestic power generation is like a farmer, who after a bumper harvest sells off all his or her produce.

"The farmer spends the proceeds on other material things and consigns the family to living in hunger! It is not and will never be a wise proposition," he said.

Jonathan appealed to the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, saying it was central to the energy reform agenda of the government.

He assured that the implementation of the post amnesty programmes was on course, adding that government would no longer tolerate criminal activities and economic sabotage in the Niger Delta region.

Earlier, the Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Rilwan Lukman, had said the conference, initiated 10 years ago, had provided a forum for constructive dialogue by stakeholders in the industry.

He challenged participants to engage in productive discussion that would transform the sector.

http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/201003020499.html

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=405372.msg5613070#msg5613070 date=1267533441]@Beaf, stop preaching to the choir. When are you going to be honest enough to admit that the main point of the article's author is valid? Could your reluctance be due to bigotry? Anyway, have a great day. I think you've been exposed already. [/quote]You too, have a great day.
More than anything, cut down the myth of "Northern interest" and build a Nigerian interest edifice instead.

Every educated person can see the farce of "Northern interest". If I may ask, interest against what? Did ndu_chucks reply that it is a legitimised expression of bigotry? Are you living with enemies? On the surface, the concept of "Northern interest" is childish, but it really is a lethal tool against the mind of any Northerner carried away by it.

Turai and her crew will soon be in jail.

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=405372.msg5612908#msg5612908 date=1267532080]Oh boy, you need to start a new thread to address the issues you've raised above. It suffices to say that the proverbial son of the slave owner did not benefit from the said slavery. Almajiris for example, remain one of the most marginalized Nigerians.

The main point of the article presented by the OP is that there is absolute political naivety of the average southerner and even the educated ones such as yourself.  The southerner (their opinion leaders as well as the common folk) would time and again take a perfectly legitimate national struggle and convert into a regional or tribal one.  

You are yet to dispute this point.[/quote]Why are there 9 million almajiri's in modern day Nigeria? This puts close to half of all core Northern children in the almajiri bracket. Added to this, 45 percent of Northern girls are married by age 15. Both of these issues are things the Northern leaders should be fighting to make into national emergencies, but instead, they are fighting for some nebulous "Northern interest" that only fills their pockets with filthy lucre and impoverishes their people.

Almajiri's are deliberately created by Northern leaders. Uproot them, arrest them, hound them and lock them up. Percieved Southern opinion is by far the last of your problems.

. . .We be watching

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=405372.msg5612559#msg5612559 date=1267529098]. . .

Your internet rants, rascality, and thuggery has not changed the main point of the article presented by the OP .  . .[/quote][size=14pt]Which is that Aondoakaa is a Southerner![/size]
Anybody who makes such a statement is too low IQ'd and ridiculous to be taken seriously in any sense of the word.
. . .But of course, he did it in "Northern interest" and that is good enough for you. [size=14pt]Olodo![/size]

www.nairaland.com/attachments/180447_ROTFLMAO_gif3d0c775232c7f27cf80592785b9635b6

Every Nigerian criminal and trickster is now claiming "Northern interest".

ud4u:
What is his business, abi na busy body de woriam. Is Nigeria part of USA. That question is uncalled for

Yes it is. Wait and see how many of our politicians and trouble makers they will soon be jailing and closing down. Una neva see anytin!

ud4u:
Why was the diversion of the money without due consultation. The fact remains that he taught it will be possible for him to achieve but as soon as he realized that he is stepping on some toes he quickly withdraw his actions.

they can not fool us.

Who is this "us"? Tribalists and sectionalists serving weak tea? Abeg let us hear word jare!
Why not lets try transplanting river Niger to Chad or Cameroun and see if Nigeria will not survive. It will survive.

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=405372.msg5610110#msg5610110 date=1267483614]LOL, Wonders shall never end. Ibori is now a Northerner, Alams will also become a northerner, and all our enemies - the elite who hail from North/South/East, and West are all fighting for Northern interests and by your definition are Northerners. You are a very bright Ijaw person, dirimo eweri, rakumin dajij.[/quote]I assure you, the problem in the North is one of education. Your wicked leaders, despite disproportionately holding the top positions throughout Nigeria's history, have DELIBERATELY kept your people from school. There is no evil greater than keeping a man ignorant so that you can milk away his vitality and he becomes your ready tool when it is time to burn, loot and kill. That is why there are so many riots up North.

Northerners must be informed, educated and liberated from those thieves who claim to be fighting for the "Northern interest", when in reality, they are rap!ng and pillaging the North and the rest of the country.

. . .And yes! Ibori is now a brand new Northerner!!!!!!!! "The North is the only section of the country that has people gullible enough to fall for such bull."
He tried talking crap about how he was fighting for ND issues and was being victimised for that. We shut the fuc'ker down! Now he has joined those claiming to be fighting for "Northern interests".

Free yourself. Your people need intelligent (but grossly misapplied) minds like yours, turn away from trickery and skulduggery. Liberate, empower and EDUCATE YOUR PEOPLE. Stop this unsophisticated and ridiculous "Northern interest" bullsh!t.

nurexg:
@gunerz007,
Guy you a big fool for calling pepole from kano and kastina illitrate. Tell the person that is reforming your country banking sector if your father? or the only PhD holder in criminology in the nigerian army is your uncle? Dont be naive in passing your jugedment.

This dredging issue is a storm in a teacup.

The country faces other urgent and pressing matters that make this matter look like an attempt to sabotage Jonathan (which it is)with tribal / sectional issues.
The dredging pales in importance when compared to lack of jobs, rampant crime, health issues (malaria, polio, menigitis, river blindness. . .), poverty, kidnapping, lack of education, religious intolerance etc I could go on and on and on.

nurexg:
@gunerz007,
Guy you a big fool for calling pepole from kano and kastina illitrate. Tell the person that is reforming your country banking sector if your father? or the only PhD holder in criminology in the nigerian army is your uncle? Dont be naive in passing your jugedment.

I see where you are coming from, but Lamido Sanusi is one hell of an agbero that doesn't deserve even the briefest glance. There are other Norherners to mention, not the same old tired lot.

When a people can't clean their collecive a'rse. Others will do it for them.
Thank God for Obama, in George Bush's time an aircraft carrier would have been off our shores by now. A nation that is rich, yet its people wretchedly poor; a nation that habours, Mutallabs, Kala Kato, Boko Haram, international criminals like Ibori's and Aondoakaa is everybodies business.

Obama, please command us, demand things until our people start thinking right; at this moment, we are mad, but don't realise it.

riversman:
Spank ta ni

sorry she doesnt engage in such, she is civilized

You will say that, until you hear GBOZA! GBOOA!
--Up woman power! --

Turai and her crew will soon be in prison.

---Takes riversman to his aunty in Abuja for some corrective spanking---

aisha2:
Good morning my sweet potato. Thanks for breakfast in the bahamas. See you in paris for lunch. Mwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
@ black belle people wetin na, my darling will beat u oh

Plus belles femme! Mon chéri. . . You make me so weak,
a grown man like a leaf carried by a pleasing ocean breeze.
Let me waft you along to places unknown, electric. . .
---Places hot kiss on Aisha's lips. . . kisses her cheeks. . . neck. . . lower. . .
Did you enjoy the breakfast in bed? Oysters are a lovers delight.

Please wake to the joy of the best of Bayelsa and Delta. Bubble with joy my love;

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A29NgjRzAEU&hl=en_GB&fs=1&[/flash]

deb:
A little English and less abbreviation please? Non Nigerians also visit the site

So?

@topic

Can someone start a shrine where we can say bad and wicked prayers for Turai?

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=405372.msg5609521#msg5609521 date=1267475684]ranke dede means "May you live long", that is a prayer that is appropriate for your peers and leaders alike. Would you tell us the phrases Southerners of the ND used to worship Ibori and sing the praises of Alams after his escape from British authorities? I bet you those phrases were more like "We worship thee".

. . .

The main point of the article is that there is absolute political naivety of the average southerner and even the educated ones such as naijaking1 and beaf. The southerner (their opinion leaders as well as the common folk) would time and again take a perfectly legitimate national struggle and convert into a regional or tribal one. When are you people going to deal with this issue?

That point remains valid even here on NL.[/quote]Thankfully it is evident even to the blind that considerable effort was made by ND people to bring the criminal, Ibori to justice. His arguments about fighting ND causes were dismissed and he no longer makes such airy statements (ND people don't get carried away by crap talk). We fought hard to bring him to account, what was our reward? The FG protected him, now he is with Abba Ruma, fighting for "Northern interests". . . The North is the only section of the country that has people gullible enough to fall for such bull.
Ibori, the brand new Northerner!!!!!!!! I will die off laughter in this country!
http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5464780-146/story.csp

About "political naivety of the average southerner", don't worry, all your criminals (every last one) are going to be roped in by a massively focussed internation effort. After that, you will see that you are the naive one, believing dribblers, rap!sts, fraudsters and madmen are politically suave.

Rakumin dajij. Olodo.

[quote author=Ijele-igbo link=topic=406149.msg5609794#msg5609794 date=1267479477]I don't care to know what it extends to. Its still better than what we are practising now. Nigerian politicians don't understand what democracy is and you know perfectly well the system in Nigeria presently is not democracy. Nigeria is indirectly operating a capitalist economy.[/quote]

Damn!

Watch it, you are in the politics section.

^
Mutallab changed the game permanently, Kala Kato hardened it. The West does not joke with terrorist threats.
This has stopped being about oil, it is now a desperate life and death struggle. The war on terror has reached our shores. It is obvious that the West now believes that inequalities in Nigeria must be righted as quickly as possible to stop the growing threat.

@topic
Obama, please more commands are in order.