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Why 8 weeks - by that time the so called crooks would have concealed the loot. or 8 weeks for the news to die. Nigerians generally have a short memory. Siemens scandal happened about 3 years ago up till now no convictions


NIGERIA IS A BIG JOKE - i wash my hands completely

Justice Olubunmi Oyewole of Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced to 76 years a former course tutor at National Teachers' Institute (NTI) Distance Learning Centre, Abesan, Lagos, Olaleye Oladapo, for stealing, forgery and altering of tuition fees receipts.

Olaleye is to serve four years each, on the 13-count charge of which he was found guilty, including stealing, and two years each on the 12-count charge of forgery and uttering.

According to him, the sentence shall run concurrently, starting from September 25, 2007 when he was remanded in prison custody after the court refused his bail applications, while the court ordered the defendant to make restitution on the sums stolen to the coffers of National Teachers' Institute (NTI).

While delivering his judgement, Oyewole held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. The defendant was accused of receiving school fees from students who couldn't be bothered to go through the rigour of going to the bank; and was issuing fake receipts, while all the money was going into his private pocket.

He was initially arraigned before the court on an 88-count stealing, forgery and altering to which he pleaded not guilty.

At the end of the prosecution's submission, the defence made a no case submission.

However, the no case submission was only upheld in respect of 53 of the 88 allegations.

The prosecution then amended the charge to reflect the remaining 25 charges, in respect of which the defendants entered his defence still maintaining his not guilty submission.

However, Olaleye's counsel, Ademola Olowoyeye, entered a plea for clemency on Olaleye's behalf, despite insisting that he committed no crime.

http://odili.net/news/source/2009/apr/21/714.html

Process of implementing the gas master plan, to meet government’s  target of 10,000 mega watts of electricity by 2011, kicked off yesterday.

The master plan was designed to provide  necessary infrastructure to channel excess gas from oil exploitation, to power the numerous power generating plants being built in the country.

At the commencement of the two-day event, 15 potential investors shortlisted to run the new gas policy, including Gazprom of Russia, were announced, and the timeline of activities leading up to when they would be franchised  to start implementing their plans were released.

The shortlisted companies include Gazprom (Russia) and Britsish Gas and Centrica (Britain), GasNatural and UnionFanosa (Spain) and EoN Rhugas (Germany).

Others were Shell (Anglo Dutch), Chevron (USA), PTT (Thailand), Global Energy/ Hanover (Nigeria/USA), Statoil Hydro (Norway) Gail (India), Kogas (Korea), Oando and Sahara Energy (two indigenous companies).

Based on their charge, the new deadline to end gas flaring has now been put at 2011, when  investors who finally get the franchise would have started processing unutilised gas that is currently flared.

Making these known at the gas infrastructure  investor briefing yesterday in Abuja,  Group Managing Director,  Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr David Ige, said flared gas that is unutilised by the end of 2011, would be used by those franchised to provide various gas infrastructural facilities.

According to a presentation by Ige,  it  starts with the launch of the information memorandum and briefing session for potential bidders, while on May 8, they are to confirm their intention to bid and state composition of consortium if available.

May 16 will be the deadline for receipt of clarification requests, while clarifications by the Federal Government would be prepared by May 22 , the same day that clarifications (online or physical workshop) would be closed.

Deadline for the receipt of bids is September 18; announcement of bidders who passed stage one and opening of stage two Performance Offers will be done on October 16, while validation of bids and confirmation by the Federal Government of successful franchisees will take place on October 23.


http://odili.net/news/source/2009/apr/21/213.html

both party shoud be sent to jail

abs rubbish

A Freaking lie - Please watch the part of the clip before you coment

Freaking good idea. The principle behind this bill is to deny corrupt persons the ability to use their ill gotten wealth to fight the authorites.

The first thing Nigeria has to do is re orientate the police by providing a reasonable accomodation, schooling for their children, reasonable pay rise, more training, better welfare package and better police facilties until that happens we just have to live with this corrupt practise.

God Bless

I_laugh

most of your thread is about having sex with both male or female, are you sex starved and also why cant you have a reasonable debate without raining insults

Na wa o

ibedun:
pres-elect. Haba!!

What happened here cannot be blamed on poverty but greed and stupidity. I live in Ejigbo and we are surrounded by pipelines and the government have launched vigorous campaign over the last few years talking about the dangers of this very incident and that people should refrain from this dangerous act. In my view the government has really done its jobs. The campaign used all mediums in all our local languages, radio, bulletins, signboards - name it.

I grew up in the extreme poverty of Nigeria but I can categorically tell you this - POVERTY IS A CHOICE. But people make that choice over time. I have accomplished some of the things I set out to achieve.

Those poor adults you refer to chose to be poor - they often dont know it but if you analyse their lives thoroughly you will see the path they have taken enroute to poverty. The people who died on this and other occasions are nothing  but idiots and we should have no sympathy for them. 

You can eat and prosper anywhere in this world. It depends solely on the individual. We have a ready made universal excuse - Bad government!!!!
Give me a break!!!

GBAM

all these people jumping on the bandwagon of poverty. Poverty this , poverty that. Have you heard of the story of a boy who was born into abject poverty but decided enough was enough. You dont have to stupid or poor to know petrol is high flamable. how many examples of pipeline explosion have we had in Nigeria.

What has that got do with the Republic of Lagos. do you know history at all i suspect that you work for Nigeria.

asha 80:
Akuko ifo.

Please translate - Are you Nigerian or lagosian.

long Live BRF, Long live the people of Lagos State. We the people of lagos would fight for independence from this Nonsense you call Nigeria

[quote author=pres-elect link=topic=264201.msg3762077#msg3762077 date=1240338005]
ebelebe igba . . ike ga agwu ndi asiri

osisi, this is a result of ignorance. ignorance is the #I concomittant of poverty. crude ignorance, but the bad thing is poverty has a way of building a vicious cycle, now those 6 kids are born in abject poverty(not their fault) they grow(if child mortality allows them to grow) the parents send them out in the streets to hawk(to get some cash) the girls get early exposure------>sex/pregnancy/disease/etc . . . the boys------->gangsters, political thugs etc . . . . more premarital sex-------->more unplanned pregnacies . . . another generation of poverty stricken household in the making . .etc

yes, some people fall into poverty by mere stupidity, but most are victims of circumstances. e.g, this ur cousin's case, let me assume her parents gave her all she could have, and let me also assume the efulefu boy had great parents too who gave him a chance at life, and both lost their chances . . . we now have a family of 8, 2 of them(the parents) were stupid but 6(the kids) are a product of circumstances

this proves me right that most people in poverty are just victims of their circumstances. try escaping poverty in this day and age of recession.[/quote]You have proved what i said earlier . Poverty is a choice and you can either chose to accept the status quo or fight it. Even in the hashest of conditions one can still prosper.

who gives the right to any foreign embassy to humilate Nigerians.  The Fact of matter Nigeria is a major contributor of foreign exchange to these so called economies especially the U.K and U.s.  A typical students contributes an average of almost £25000 to this white ungrateful people.  All we demand is little respect.  I am very happy that the minister is looking into this shambles we call visa application system in Nigeria. 

You are told to bring this and that at the end of the day you are refused visa  and on top of that they rob salt onto one's injury and they also keep your application fee.  Freaking daylight robbery.  You are never treated like rubbish outside of Nigeria.  I have been to the French and U.s embassy in the U.k to my surprise everything went so smoothly even when i forget to book travel ticket  i was simply told to go and book the ticket and come back to collect my visa without paying another application fee.  Do you think that would ever happened in Nigeria

hi

can somebody please recommend a good php editor

u really conkers

did u just wake up

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dont forget to include My Recharge card.

Most Nigerians have sold their birthright ages ago. We are doomed when people lose their thinking facility

ElRazur:


Can you not see how ignorant you are? You really are a foolish person with such response. Do you know the etiquette of debating on a forum? I lost all respect for someone like you as you carry on making a fool of yourself and being an slowpoke.

You claimed to have lived in the UK, are you really sure about this? Your mentality will suggest you probably hang with "awon omo oni le" somewhere in Ojuwoye market.

I dont see how your logic or post even adds up. You asked for a response, you got one and now you revert to talking .b.ul.l.Poo.

Who is more ignorant? You or RichyBlack?

I dont know if you think you make a case with your post, but a lot of people here see you for what you are. An idiotic person. I mean, what kind of response is your post? Only a fool will make one like that.


What more do you have? What more can you do apart from talking shhiiiitt and showing the forum how idiotic you are? Go on surprise me.

ELRazur


You will soon learn not to waste your time with this guy.  His Brain is very far from his Ideology

[quote author=pres-elect link=topic=264201.msg3760608#msg3760608 date=1240323126]akinlabi,

extreme poverty can blunt common sense. extreme poverty can convert a virgin to a prostitute.
it can convert a graduate to a tout.
converts a doctor to a foreign toilet cleaner.
converts a pastor to a thief,
it can break families and damage marriages

i tell you this b/c i have seen extreme poverty in nigeria. i saw it first hand. it is easy to say common sense should prevail, but believe me, there has to be an inner strenght to do so. i was lucky and determined, but i refuse to see my achievement as due to hadwork alone, i believe my God played a huge role in my progress, but i also refuse to disparage those less fortunate.

poverty is no joke. the problem with nigerians is that they take their rage to wrong directions/actions.
but what i feel for them is pity. sad pity.[/quote]I beg to differ . do you agree that is Poverty is a choice?

your own mama too - foolish person

essentialB:
Yeah over 2 million naira per Senator per month for Salary. Other allowances and pecks of office is more than 5 million naira per senator per month.

that is incorrect. Yar adua salary is N3,514,705.00 per year so are you saying the senator earn more than the president

again - na wa o --

very sad .

it is true - just like someone who came to the U.k and he is looking for vulcanizer 

Lax75:
Guys, if only you could take a trip to Nigeria. My brother just got back from Naij like 3 days ago and he went to Abeokuta to do his to avoid the lagos congestion. He got his within a day w/out no interviews, police report or all that mess. Ofcourse he paid 30K naira but that was for the whole package including "settlement." He was able to make a good contact with an immigration officer there and he showed me his passport. The new electronic passport which I might add is quite impressive. If you try getting it here in the States they will just give you all sorts of run around.

Cool

Why hell does one have to settle to get a useless passport. 30k is on the high side. I understand they have two prices for passport issue

1. 10k  - offical rate which takes days or months ( because they have to send it to abuja)
2. 15k    - unoffical rate -  which you get by 4pm that day  ( it must be dhl taking to abuja and back)

Nothing works in that country

FBS:
what exactly is going on in this country? Dear Lord, please help us.

You asking God to come save from yourself.  you must be joking. common revolt , you wil not revolt ( pls enjoy your suffering and smiling) 

Tesco Filling station has constant 24 hr  fuel and no queues.   

desgiezd:
On a final note, as we drive around, for those of us that have fuel, please let us try and render little help to those stranded at bus stops but be careful in rendering this help. I did this to three women yesterday on my way to Ikorodu to get my additional 25 Ltrs.

This is very postive but unfortunately alot of Nigerians are opportunist with bad intentions u never hear of armed robbery or one chance.

soulamanne:
it is so hurtin how we all end up bearin all the pains.as a young man husslin,ve spent 100% more than the normal trans fair btw yday and 2day out of howmuch salary sef?i am really fed of this country.ve been thinkin all day if dreams ever come true here.no light and fuel we are usin to get gen workin don scarce, nawaooooooo God dey sha

You need grab hold of your destiny and do something about this mess . stop suffering and smiling