₦airaland Forum

Do they have a Governor in that state?

Maybe one of the ex is working at shoprite and she wanted to do Ntoor to him

deomelo:
Honest people like WS.

Well, here is Wole Shoyinka dismissing that..

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/193974-soyinka-denies-eulogizing-tinubu-says-tribute-concocted.html

laudate:
It has not come to.... what? The fact that you do not want to conduct research, and you want me to spoon feed you with info?

I am no longer interested in your own version. Have a good day.

laudate:
Haven't I asked you to go and do a search on the posts online on NL, from that period till date? You can also visit other Nigerian social media sites from 2006 till now, to confirm if it is true or not. You haven't even done that yet, and you are coming back here to ask me about 'my findings?' Do you expect me to spoon feed you with info, in this era of cheap data bundles and online search engines? Conduct your research, and draw your own conclusions please!

It has not come to that. Have a good day.

chukzyfcbb:
if you think that this will mean cheaper petrol, you are dull.

It means your petrol price is now tied in the hands of one man. He will blame the underlying cost factors why cost of petrol is high.
He will give excuses from Vandalism pipelines to Insurgency, to other crazy things just to justify petrol price or lack of forex to maintain equipments.

Doesn't Dangote produce cement? Is cement cheap in Nigeria, or don't you know that importing cement is cheaper than Dangote cement?

Nna calm down o, For now all the gains are just on paper , when action starts you will hear another thing. no be Naija we dey again.

if you are wise you will see that dangote is about to be the The sole dictator of 9ja Inflation rates.

You are shouting Monopoly. Do you know how many Nigerians that Dangote employs? If you are importing cement, all those factory jobs will be none existent.

Bolustical:
With all these, one would never see Dangote or wealthy Northerners from Kano brag about their investments (in billions)in the other parts of the country.

Meanwhile, ordinary gala hawkers and spare part dealers in 2*2 shops will be foaming in the mouths of how they are the richest.

Indeed, only empty barrels make the loudest noise.

Hahahahahaha. See finishing. If I say I, you say POB, omo na you sabi o.

laudate:
If you have the time, please do a content analysis of different threads on NL from 2006 till date, and review different threads on other social media sites, as well. Read through topics that relate to the ethnic issue. And you will find your answers, there....

Could you tell me summary of your own findings? You mean they have always display this amount of hatred to other ethnic groups since 2006 and possibly beyond '06?

Edge1:
Pls can you prove your existence in one sentence?
Cursed generation

Im sure you are referring to yourself.

thesicilian:
Will it make fuel cheaper and more available when it's completed?

At least you can be sure of availability of the product, while conserving USD that can be channeled into other development projects in the country. This is in addition to providing employments to Nigerians and the accompanying value chains.

deomelo:
https://dailytimes.ng/read-prof-wole-soyinnkas-tribute-sen-asiwaju-tinubu/


He actually did.

Hmmmm. Im a bit surprised. I know Prof and Tinubu has a special bond that dates back to their NADECO days and probably before then. But Prof does not come across as someone who will involve himself in this type of adulation of a former or current public servant.

Fake news. I support Buhari, Tinubu and APC. But Prof Wole Soyinka will not write this in defense of Tinubu. The masses will be the judge of political office holders. Both the past and the present office holders.

Courtesy of Pastor Sulaiwoman and his followers.

Edge1:
Pls can you show me the people?

Is something really wrong with some Hid!ots who believe any half-baked story?

Show you picture? You dont even believe that you exist.Why should anyone waste their time to convince you of anything?

usomine2014:
You have failed us, so we don't need your help

When one person start to answer "We", you should know that rigging don enter the matter. Moreover, the people that were presented with the farm implements did not reject them.

Buhari, carry go joor.

When you send them a dove, but they return your good gesture by sending you a hawk, that is also not a bad thing. Just do your own for God. Their hatred did not stop your emergence as President and definitely will not stop your progress and re election. History will be kind to you eventually.

laudate:
You are wrong! Chinua Achebe did not sow the seeds of hatred in their minds, like you claim. Those seeds had always been there, right from the end of the civil war. The contemptuous disdain many of them had for other ethnic groups, had always been a part of their outlook. All Chinua Achebe merely did, was to put it in writing....

But how come they were not openly and continously expressing the hatred until 2012 when Chinua Achebe wrote his book? Were they pretending before ? Were they angry but afraid to express their bitterness before?

laudate:
Sorry bro.' I know you are pained, but I speak only the truth. Gowon released Awolowo from Calabar prison. The facts are there in public domain. And when it comes to Yorubas helping Igbo, there are several cases I have come across personally within Lagos.

Ngozi Nwosu the popular Igbo actress, got a financial lifeline for her treatment from the Lagos State Govt headed by Fashola in 2013. Even the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwumi Ambode, presented a one million naira cheque to the immediate family of late actor, Obi Madubogwu, in December last year. It was collected by his widow Uju Ngozi Madubogwu. What were all the SE governors doing? Nothing.

After the civil war, most Igbo people got their house rents and properties back in Lagos, except for Ojukwu who led the rebel forces. So what are you talking about? I am not Yoruba, but I know several non-Yoruba families that benefited from the kind heartedness of Yorubas, over the years. So I speak from experience....

There was a bank robbery that took place in south east which was caught on tape last year. The policeman who happens to be Igbo was killed. There was a fund raising online that was spearheaded by a Yoruba man by the name Kayode Ogundamisi and published by a Yoruba newspaper Punch. If you go to the GO Fund me page where money was raised for his widow and family, majority of those who contributed are Yorubas. Yours truly is one of them by God's grace. There are too many cases like that.

She looks like 56 yrs old

The wahala started with Chinua Achebe last satanic book, There was a country. Then the divisive politics of GEJ and Ibos who think they have arrived with Jonathan presidency. The rest is history.

nairavsdollars:
1. SOUTH - SOUTH PDP Will Win The Zone By 80 percent votes

2. SOUTH - EAST is another pro- PDP region. PDP will win by 75 percent

3. SOUTH WEST will be shared 50-50 by APC and PDP.

4. NORTH EAST will also be shared 50- 50 by both parties especially if PDP fields a Northern cabdidate.

5. NORTH WEST will also be shared 50-50 by both parties

6. NORTH CENTRAL This region will also be shared 50- 50 by both parties.

Based on the numerical strength enjoyed by PDP in the South South and South East, i dont see APC winning the 2019 presidential electiom except a miracle happens

You were having the same malaria dream prior to the 2015 election. What happens to GEJ 2019 project? When will you wake up to reality? Why are you priming yourself for another heartbreak? Dissapointments stare you in the face but you seems to be living in denial.

Igbo again?
Abi na Igbo Amaka?

seunmsg:
Great development. That woman must come back and give account of how she presided over the massive stealing of our common patrimony. I still don't understand how someone with her kind of exposure could release $250million out of the Abacha loot without the mandatory national assembly appropriation and without putting in place any mechanism to ensure accountability. When she was MD of world bank, would she have released money to any country without the approval of the banks board?

She obviously choose to be loyal to Jonathan ahead of her country. Politics over her integrity. 2011-2014 was Nigeria's best years in terms of revenue proceeds from crude oil sale. Sadly, everything was frittered away with nothing to show for it. Hopefully, justice will be served to Jonathan and Ngozi one day for what they did to this country.

This latest development is also likely to be the reason why OBJ has been jittery lately..

$500m Abacha loot: Okonjo-Iweala to explain withdrawal

Posted By: Yusuf Alli, Abuja On: April 3, 2018


Former Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is to explain how about $250million of the $500million recovered from the family of the late Head of State, Gen.Sani Abacha, was withdrawn, The Nation learnt yesterday.

The cash was released to the Office of National Security Adviser( ONSA) without appropriation.

About $36,155,000 (N13,015,800 billion) out of the $250million was also withdrawn in cash “without any purpose” on March 2nd, 9th, 16th and 18th of 2015.

The Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has approved Mrs Okonjo-Iweala’s invitation. A letter of invitation has been sent to her.



According to a fact-sheet obtained by The Nation last night, detectives probing the whereabouts of the $500million have recommended that the ex-minister be interrogated.

A top source said: “Following preliminary findings, a strong recommendation was made to the Acting EFCC chairman for an interactive session with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

“Magu has approved the invitation of the ex-minister. We have dispatched a letter of invitation to her. We are hopeful that she will respond.

“Her presence is necessary because there were issues about the $250million released especially why $36,155,000(N13,015,800billion) was withdrawn in cash.

“She needs to assist the EFCC team on what became of the balance of $250million which was yet to be traced.

“She has to explain why some of the funds were diverted to extraneous matters including media services, opinion polls and personal matters.”



In another position of the fact-sheet, the Office of the National Security Adviser in a memo on January 12, 2015, requested the former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to transfer $300million.

The memo said: “Please refer to our meeting on recovered funds. You are please requested to remit the sum of $300m and £5.5m to the following account being ONSA share as agreed.

In response, Okonjo-Iweala via a memo to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan requested for the release of $300m from Abacha loot to the former National Security Adviser(NSA).

But only $250million was released to the ex-NSA.

The memo explained that this is to enable the NSA’s office to purchase ammunition, security and other intelligence equipment for the security agencies in order to enable them confront the ongoing Boko Haram threat.

“This request is sequel to the meeting you chaired with the committee on use of recovered funds where decision was made that recovered Abacha funds would be split 50-50 between urgent security needs to confront Boko Haram and development needs (including a portion for the Future Generations window of Sovereign Wealth Fund).

“This letter is to seek your approval to borrow these funds, for now, to disburse to the NSA. These funds form part of projected FG Independent Revenue to be appropriated.

“In light of this and for accountability, given the peculiar nature of security and intelligence transactions, we would expect the NSA to account to your Excellency for the utilization of the funds.”

On January 29, 2015, the ex-President responded to the ex-Minister as follows: “CME/HMF, approved.”

But Okonjo-Iweala had in 2015 insisted that she had no case to answer.

She said: Former President Jonathan set up a Committee comprising of the former Minister of Justice, former NSA and the former Minister of Finance to determine how best to use both the returned and expected funds for development.

The NSA made a case for using the returned funds for urgent security operations since, he noted, there cannot be any development without peace and security. Based on this, a decision was taken to deploy about $322m for the military operations, while the expected $700m would be applied for development programmes as originally conceived.
Following the discussions and based on the urgency of the NSA’s memo, Dr Okonjo-Iweala requested the President to approve the transfer of the requested amount to the NSA’s Office for the specified purposes.
But, as captured in the memo, she insisted on three conditions: a. only a part, not the entire Abacha funds would be spent on the arms; the rest would be invested in developmental projects as originally conceived b. the money was to be treated as borrowed funds which would be paid back as soon as possible c. the NSA’s office was to account for the spending to the President who was the Commander in Chief, given the fact that the Minister of Finance is not part of the security architecture and does not participate in the Security Council.
The attempt to link the former Minister’s name to any misuse of these funds for any purpose other than security as far as she understood it is totally false and cannot stand.”
A former Chairman of the EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu had claimed that Abacha “took over $6 billion from Nigeria.” He also said $2 billion was recovered when he was in charge of the anti-graft agency.


http://thenationonlineng.net/500m-abacha-loot-okonjo-iweala-explain-withdrawal/

Lai Mohammed raises alarm over unhealthy condition of imported rice

ON APRIL 2, 2018

BUSINESS, NEWS BY ADEKUNLE

Lagos

– The Federal Government has raised alarm over the unhealthy status of smuggled imported rice being dumped in the country calling on Nigerians not to consume them.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at a media briefing in Lagos said the government could not guarantee the healthy status of the rice having spent months on the high seas and warehouses. He appealed to Nigerians to complement the efforts of the government by consuming only locally-grown and processed rice which he said “is fresher, tastier and healthier’’. “We don’t know where or how imported rice is made or how old it is? It is reported that most of the rice dumped on us are old and probably rejected. “The citizens of those countries do not eat this rice. The citizens of Benin also do not eat it. But they send it to us. “Unhealthy foods are dangerous to health.

So let’s eat what we can vouch for,’’ he said. The minister noted that rice smuggling was the biggest challenge facing rice production in Nigeria. Quoting the Rice Millers Importers and Distributors Association of Nigeria (RIMIDAN), he said that more than two million metric tonnes (MT) of parboiled rice were smuggled into Nigeria in 2017.

Mohammed said that smuggled rice was primarily sourced from Thailand and India and came into Nigeria through the country’s borders with Benin, Niger and Cameroon. “In Benin Republic, the total demand for white rice (white rice is consumed in Benin, against parboiled rice in Nigeria) is 400,000 MT. “Yet the country, with a population of about 11 million imports between one million and 1.2m MT of rice annually. “Who are they importing for? Nigerians of course.

In fact, as Nigeria’s rice import falls, Benin’s rice import increases. “Most of the parboiled rice imported by Benin eventually lands in Nigeria through smuggling,’’ he said. The minister said that smuggled rice costs between N11,000 and N13,000 per 50kg bag, while Nigerian processed rice sells for between N14,500 and N15,000 per 50kg bag Explaining why price of local rice was higher, he said Cameroon and Benin Republics had lowered tariff payable on rice to 0 and five per cent respectively to encourage importation and subsequent smuggling into Nigeria.

He added that Thailand and India where the smuggled rice were sourced also gave a high level of subsidies to rice farmers and rice processors. The minister disclosed that the local rice producers had made some representations to the government on how Nigerian rice could compete favourably, in terms of pricing, with the heavily subsidised imported rice. He assured that the government would work on the presentations to formulate policies and take steps that will bring down the price of local rice.


Mohammed noted that less than three years into the rice revolution, millions of jobs had been created in the whole value chain in the country. He, therefore underscored the economic importance of consuming locally produced rice, especially in terms of job creation. “Nigerians should remember that every time they eat imported rice, they are eating the jobs that would have been created for Nigerians. “It is important for Nigerians to know that when they consume imported rice, they are creating jobs in India and Thailand and destroying jobs across our country. “Today, we have rice farmers in all states and all geopolitical zones. “In fact, most of us have friends and relatives who are farming rice. So if we don’t patronize their products, we are destroying their livelihoods,’’ he said.
He said the government would embark on a massive nationwide campaign to sensitize compatriots to the need to support the rice revolution by consuming local rice.

(NAN)

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/lai-mohammed-raises-alarm-unhealthy-condition-imported-rice/

Reps Minority Leader Mobilises Contractors To Abandoned Projects Sites Over Fear Of EFCC

BY SAHARAREPORTERS,

NEW YORK

APR 02, 2018
Leo Ogor, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, has hurriedly mobilised contractors to sites of various uncompleted projects in his constituency out of fear of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), SaharaReporters has learned.

A security aide to Mr. Ogor, who represents Isoko Federal Constituency in Delta State, confided in our correspondent that since the EFCC turned its attention to his boss, the former Majority Leader has been overcome by fear, a development that has worsened his blood pressure.

"Because of the trouble, my boss has decided to get some of the contractors back to site and they restarted work on some of the abandoned projects for which he may have collected the money," said the aide.

PHOTONEWS: Reps Minority Leader Mobilises Contractors To Abandoned Projects Sites Over Fear Of EFCC
Mr. Ogor, whose battle with the EFCC began in 2017 over alleged corrupt practices, including 20 constituency projects branded as “suspiciously unexecuted”, SaharaReporters, gathered, hand-picked contractors said to his fronts, relatives and cronies.

When SaharaReporters visited some of the project sites last week, contractors were seen working. Among sites visited werethe N2.1 billion Aviara-Uzere Road, awarded by the Federal Government in 2013; the 26.5 kilometre Isoko Ring Road Project traversing Ofagbe, Orie, Okpe-Isoko, Uro, Ada, Idheze to Ozoro, which was awarded in 2015; and the Araya Bible Site electrification project.

Others were Oleh, Ofagbe Aviara and Ozoro communities where four 500KVA transformers are to be delivered. Equally visited were two communities in Isoko South and North Federal constituencies as well as the Isoko Development Union (IDU), where transformers are also expected to be delivered.

Mr. Ogor has also got contractors back to Aya Primary School in Araya-Aviara and Uro Primary School in Uro-Irri, where classroom blocks are being built; Ekwerigbe Primary School, Egware Primary School, Ozoro and Uruogbe Primary School in Owhelogbo, where classrooms are being renovated. Contractors have also returned to Olomoro Health Centre, Okpadi community in Iyede, where they are installing solar-powered street lights.

Mr. Ogor distributed one note book each to primary pupils in his constituency and flagged off N200 million free medical treatment programme. In addition, he delivered classroom desks to primary schools in Aviara, Uzere, Idheze and Orie, contracts for which were awarded to his relatives and fronts, but abandoned.

In 2016, members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), during the defence of the commission's budget by the then Acting Managing Director, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, accused Mr. Ogor of hijacking projects to his community to exclusion of other communities.

Two weeks ago, the Delta State Bureau Chief of Daily Trust Newspapers, Mr. Victor Sorokwu, narrowly escaped being killed by unidentified armed thugs suspected to have been hired by the Rector of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, Mr. Job Akpodiete; Registrar, Mr. S. O. Onaibre; and the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the institution, Mr. Simeon Eduke.

SaharaReporters reliably gathered that the journalist was attacked while working on a report on the NDDC ICT Centre project at the Polytechnic, which has been abandoned by Mr. Ogor.

The journalist alleged that he was harassed, molested, arrested and detained by the Divisional Police Officer, (DPO), for over 10 hours at the Ozoro Police Station.

"I was on an official assignment to the abandoned NDDC ICT Centre at the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, where I was attacked by thugs working on the instructions of the school rector, registrar and the CSO. "I lost cash, phones and other valuables during the incident. I thank God for saving my life," Mr. Sorokwu said.

The EFCC, in June 2017, froze over N116 million in the accounts of five of the six companies with which Mr. Ogor secured contracts from some government agencies as constituency projects.

The EFCC is also looking into a “curious” payment of over N318 million to two of the companies by NDDC as well as the discovery of 30 accounts, including six belonging to his companies.

Last month, the commission secured a warrant to arrest Mr. Ogor over 20 constituency projects, which were tagged “suspiciously unexecuted”. The contracts, valued at over N500 million, were alleged to have been awarded to companies linked to Mr. Ogor.

The scandal around Mr. Ogor centre around contracts awarded by the NDDC, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons.

He was implicated in a Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin's petition against House leadership in the 2016 budget padding saga and insertion of bogus constituency projects.

http://saharareporters.com/2018/04/02/reps-minority-leader-mobilises-contractors-abandoned-projects-sites-over-fear-efcc

Alariiwo:
Remove Onu and others, it's either Oshiomole or Amaechi.

The fav. for the Job is Oshiomole.

Oshiomole is my favorite too

Preference in that order:

1. Oshiomole
2. Onu
3. Rotimi Amaechi
4. Wabara

sinaj:
Shey females do boxing too

Na wetin I tell one woman wey dey tell me say make I go do boxing.

swiz123:
what are the procedures to become a professional boxer

You want commit suicide?

A Nigerian Lawbreaker, sorry Lawmaker makes that in a quarter. Kini big deal. lol