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Very funny... I remember reading newspapers to my Dad in our sitting room and pronouncing Brig-General Aguyi Ironsi, the then Nigeria Head Of State, Agolo Iresi! |
Eziafa ka ego |
See 4 million votes form Kano alone.... . I pity Atiku and PDP. Come 2019, the flogging will be too much..On the day of the election, voting will start by 8:00 am and election will be called declaring Buhari the winner as early as 9:30 am |
Obi1kenobi:Like I wrote earlier, it is important that we are comparing apple to apple. The Ethiopian metro line (Light Rail Transit), cost is actually comparable to the Abuja metro line. The cost of the Ethiopian Metro rail is about $475 M, with one way length of 17 km and about 32 km both lanes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis_Ababa_Light_Rail Abuja light rail project 90% completed – Minister March 13, 2017 The FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello, said on Monday that work on Abuja light rail project has reached 90 per cent, as most of the rail stations are at their finishing stages. The minister made this known after his inspection of the project site in Abuja. Mr. Bello said there are 13 railway bridges, 50 culverts, 15 flyover bridges and 9 pedestrian overpasses and bridges that are all 100 per cent completed. The minister said the total length of the rail double track laid is 45.245 kilometres, thereby making it 100 per cent completed. According to him, out of the total 12 rail stations under construction, 10 are at advanced stages with painting and installation of mechanical and electrical works currently in progress. “The remaining two are being fast tracked, thereby making the entire stations 85 per cent completed,’’ he said. The minister said that the locomotive and rolling stock depot is 85 per cent completed, while communication and signaling are also 85 per cent completed. “The percentage progress of work on the power supply is, however, 20 per cent but adequate progress would be achieved soon,” he said. He said that due to the importance the present administration attached to the rail project, the FCTA would work assiduously to complete the project and make it operational as planned. He said that his administration was determined to assuage the difficulties currently being experienced by commuters in the territory, adding that this explained why rapid attention is given to the project. Mr. Bello also directed that CCECC, the company handling the project, to ensure that qualified Nigerians not Chinese are employed for the management of the rail service, since over 1,000 personnel are expected to be employed. The minister also embarked on a rail ride from the Abuja Metro Station behind the Abuja World Trade Centre at the Central Business District to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. (NAN) https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/north-central/226024-abuja-light-rail-project-90-completed-minister.html
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Obi1kenobi:Bro, your concern is not out of place, they are valid in a country like ours where corruption remains the capital and source of income for many individuals, plus we learn everyday. In reality, the cost of constructing the rail lines vary significantly from one project to the other for various reasons. Here is a link to an old article discussing the different cost for standard gauge rail lines. Also note that the Abuja metropolis rail line total distance is 78 km, which puts the average to about $10M /KM. Without specifics of the project (Bridges, soil condition, houses and land compensation, number of passenger stations etc) , it will be difficult to conclude that the cost has been inflated and this is not to say that they have not been. Also, note that these are projects that the current admin inherited with some of the negotiations completed prior to the new admin. http://www.chinaafricarealstory.com/2010/08/real-cost-of-chinese-railway.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuja_Light_Rail |
Buhari is too popular.... |
Obi1kenobi:Bros, what is the basis for you cost comparison? Do you have a template or global chart that validate your cost per KM? Did you factor in compensation cost to existing land owners? It is good to work off a reference point. |
kahal29:Thank you. I beg add the table of oil price, how much Nigeria earned from oil and local and foreign debt. It will show clearly howbNigeria has been raped under Badluck Jonothing |
Will Atiku Lead PDP Out Of The Trenches And Return Nigeria To Babylon? By Churchill Okonkwo BY CHURCHILL OKONKWODEC 05, 2017 When the Lamb of Otuoke that was pounded by the Hurricane from Daura in the 2015 presidential election, recruits the Chameleon from Adamawa (also pounded) for an unfinished battle, you know that the 2019 election will be ugly. In the fullness of time, there will be back-stabbing, chaos, violence, throwing of the kitchen sink politics to distract from real issues and peddling of lies. Already, the “smart investor” from Adamawa rather than explain to Nigerians the question mark hanging over his no-show in the US is telling dumb lies about Mr. President. Even though fabrication has long been part of politics, Nigerians should not allow politicians lie to polish their résumés and to cover up misdeeds. In addition to glaring lies, there will be startling exposés when they start trading accusations about who is more corrupt. I am already excited. On fighting corruption, President Buhari has not fully kept his promise, no doubt. But, in Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria will be worse off and pushed down the drain. If Atiku and Jonathan’s men known for acts of corruption with impunity are the only arsenal with which the PDP can use to challenge the troubling corrupt acts in Buhari’s administration, then, we are in trouble. I am left wondering if the wheels of democracy in Nigeria can ever turn without the grease of corruption. Atiku is not Jonathan’s or PDP first choice. If he was, he would have been their candidate in the 2007, 2011 and 2015 Presidential elections. Atiku’s seemingly upper hand in 2019 stems from the fact that the PDP has been in disarray with its political fortunes declining at such an alarming rate that an emergency life support measure is needed. So, the corrupt political hyenas in PDP have to resuscitate a dilapidated ambulance, Atiku. The bad news for PDP is that Atiku is an emergency ambulance running on dirty diesel and two flat tires. But he is still moving and lethal. No matter how Goodluck Jonathan, his surrogates, and PDP dress this up, the drafting of Atiku was a measure made out of desperation and fear. Fear that if the corrupt hyenas in PDP do not rise together to challenge the selective crippling effect of EFCC and DSS, they will all be castrated, one after the other. As is stands, corrupt opposition ranking members who have not been castrated have been tamed, forced to defect to APC or on the run. Here is a small list of corrupt PDP stalwarts so far castrated: Dame Patience Jonathan, Senator Ben Bruce, Sir Emeka Offor, Chief Olisa Metu, Lamido Sule. Those tamed include Shekarau, Apkabio, Kwankwaso, Obanikoro, and Andy Ubah, who were forced to defect, while Mohammed Adoke and Kola Aluko are on the run. When Atiku felt his back against the wall following the gradual crippling of his economic base starting with the termination of Intels’s contract with NPA, he knows he has to either succumb or rally the depleting troops. He chose the latter. With Atiku’s recent offensive, one does not have to be a wise man from the east to connect the dots and unearth the overwhelming plot that the undisputed corruption heavyweights are regrouping. What will be left of Nigeria after a full-blown battle for her soul in 2019 with the combined armory of Atiku, Ibori, IBB, and Saraki on one side versus Buhari and his government’s security apparatus on the other will be ugly. Before then, though, Atiku has much to do - and quickly - to feel the love of his brothers in PDP, a home where he has in the past been treated as a stranger. To spearhead PDP’s comeback, Atiku has to step on the heads of Makaffi, Lamido, Ekweremmadu, and others as well as manage the expected fallout of the battle for the chairmanship election the party at the December 9th Convention. Atiku appears to be stimulated and energized as he moves in to take control. The first signal that Atiku’s machinery is trying to highjack the party structure was made when the chairmen of PDP in the 19 northern states and the FCT rejected suggestions that the National Chairmanship seat of the party is sub-zoned to South-west. From Atiku’s calculation, this rejection will guarantee the selection of a chairman from the South-south backed by their governors and oil money. Atiku will need this money badly in the run-up to the 2019 election. Atiku’s hope for the 2019 election will also be aided by the iron-clad confidence and support of the heavyweights behind his ambition. If not anything, he can count on the support of the man he made the Senate President, Saraki, a PDP mole in APC. Atiku is fully aware that Buhari and the corrupt hawks running his government are afraid of opening an unnecessary second front by attacking Saraki head-on. So, that Joker at the Senate will be called to defect at the right time. He can also count on the support of Chief James Ibori, the only kingmaker who produced governors, senators and state house members from jail in faraway Britain. Recently, Ibori fired a warning shot at Buhari and APC, mocking them for “shedding crocodile tears” for Ekwueme. Don’t be shocked that both Diezani and Dasuki are behind Atiku’s muscle flexing. Dreadful! There is a saying that the child sent by his father to steal, breaks down the door. Sensing the momentum behind his return, Atiku is moving quickly to take control of the party he helped form. Former President Goodluck Jonathan appears to be buoyed too. He recently hit out at critics of his administration, saying his achievements in government are yet to be matched by his successor. My guess is that he was making reference to Mainagate not matching Dasukigate and Diezanigate. I flinched at the buffoonery of GEJ who apparently is engineering this grand design to return Nigeria to Babylon via Otuoke. Babylon is the land of waste and iniquity. It stinks with corruption. In Nigerian Babylon, corrupt PDP, reeling under pressure due to its stellar performance in escalating corruption will be back. The surgical, though selective, activities of EFCC will be halted if Atiku wins in 2019. Jonathan’s baggage, including Dasuki and Diezani will return with vengeance and roam free once again. APC crooks currently acting as the saints will return back to their natural habitat to continue raping the now empty national treasury at will. Scary! With the expected defection of Saraki, the PDP will reclaim the reputation of the largest political party Africa notorious for corruption. The level of looting witnessed in the era when “stealing was not corruption” will be a child’s play. Nigeria will once more be transformed to a political Golgotha of corruption. It’s going to be brutal in the new Nigeria, Atiku’s Babylon. If you are disgusted with the stinking corruption oozing out from the combination of Daura + Kyari +Malami under Buhari’s administration, imagine, just imagine where the combo of Atiku + Saraki + Ibori + Jonathan + Dasuki and Diezani will take Nigeria. I leave you to slowly reflect on that. As for my reflection, I am done. I have little, very little respect for both the APC and PDP when it comes to good governance and seriously fighting corruption. At this moment, however, the question on my mind as I observe the realignment of dangerously corrupt political forces behind Atiku is: Will Atiku lead PDP out of the trenches only to return Nigeria to Babylon? Your guess is as good as mine. http://saharareporters.com/2017/12/05/will-atiku-lead-pdp-out-trenches-and-return-nigeria-babylon-churchill-okonkwo |
Arsenella007:If your future husband sees you and start crying, should that not be source of concern? lol |
python1:Hehehehehehe. Unity beggars dashing chieftaincy titles upandan. 2 for 1 naira |
Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, nominated for Igbo chieftaincy title Published December 5, 2017 Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Igwe Omeluenyi 1 of Aguneese, Ezeani III of Nmaku Kingdom in Enugu State, Igwe Cyprian Nevobasi, has nominated the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, for a chieftaincy title. According to a statement by the Deputy Director, Information, State House, Mr. Attah Esa, the presidential spokesman will be conferred with the chieftaincy title as part of the First Grand Ofala to mark the traditional ruler’s 14 years on the throne, next month. The monarch was said to have presented the nomination letter to Adesina on Tuesday. Esa disclosed that his traditional cabinet chose Adesina “because of the good work you have been doing for the country. “President Muhammadu Buhari is God-sent to bring change to Nigeria, and you have been supporting him in the assignment, to the admiration of myself and my cabinet members.” The Igwe said he looked forward to a positive response from the nominee, noting that his first Ofala festival in 14 years promises to be a grand event. With Igwe Nevobasi during the visit were Hon Usa Igwesi, a former member of the House of Representatives, and Chief Emmanuel Okeke. Adesina thanked the Igwe, his entire kingdom, and members of the delegation, saying: “I am simply short of words.” http://punchng.com/buharis-spokesman-femi-adesina-nominated-for-igbo-chieftaincy-title/ |
It is becoming clearer who gets talent and who gets noise between the two. Mr P all the way. |
id911: No be only Atikulate, na Atikulose. Malaria dream. Keep hallucinating.... |
bamidelee:That is exactly why Python1 is praying that PDP will field Atiku. |
duduade:Rest assured, that as soon as he failed to clinch the PDP ticket, APGA will be his next stop. ![]() |
python1:Buhari is trying to succeed where PDP and the IB hero failed, despite low oil revenue..... IPOB youth will not take this. I learnt, work is earnestly going on in the 3rd Niger Bridge too. (3rd, because the I.B hero has completed the 2nd Niger bridge.. ) |
myboy2111:Even Fayose will defeat Atiku during the PDP primaries. Atiku is unelectable. The people urging him on now are only interested in the money that he has to share. ![]() |
id911:You are wasting your time with Atiku. Your useless self, first made mention on my post and not the other way round. Other wise, I have nothing to do with a failure like yourself and Atiku Lest I forget, when is your lord and saviour Atiku visiting the USA? I have purchased a ticket for him. ![]() |
id911:The shame is all yours. Your Atiku will still lose whether you support Jonothing or not. You are either a PDP, a Jonathanian or an IPOB yoot. Sore losers they all are. Prove to me that you are none of the above. |
python1:Even with free ticket, plus millions of dollars, Atikulate will not visit the USA as a private citizen... ![]() |
When did Dieziani and Stella Oduah have gender change? |
Why Atiku can’t visit U.S., by report Posted By: Mojirade Ojo On: December 4, 2017 Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar may have stirred the hornet’s nest with his interview with The Boss newspaper on why he has been unable to visit the United States (U.S.). He believes the reasons for denying him visa into the U.S. can only be explained by the U.S. government. But excerpts from a report however contradict Abubakar’s claim. In an interview with The Boss newspaper, published Saturday, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar stirred anew issues about his being barred from entering the United States (U.S.) and his being once denied a visa. He further complicated matters when he alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari was barred from the U.S. for 15 years, until 2015, a claim that was promptly debunked by the President’s handlers as ‘fictive concoction’. At the moment, there is no known indictment filed against the former Nigerian leader in any U.S. court, seven years after a Senate Report detailed money laundering activities against him, including being a recipient of a bribe by Siemens. Also, U.S. diplomats in Nigeria, have been dodgy declaring his status. His political opponents had challenged him and even taunted him several times to go to the U.S. on a visit, to test whether he is wanted for any financial crime. He is yet to take up the challenge as he brews another controversy. What is known is that Abubakar was the subject of a probe 10 years ago, by a U.S. Senate Permanent sub-committee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Carl Levin. The probe was motivated by U.S. government concern about corruption in the Third World and its corrosive effects on the development of honest government, democratic principles, and the rule of law. “It is also blamed for distorting markets, deterring investment, deepening poverty, undermining international aid efforts, and fostering crime. Some have drawn connections between corruption, failed states, and terrorism. Corruption also continues to be a massive problem. The World Bank has estimated that $1 trillion in bribes alone exchange hands worldwide each year,” the committee noted in its bulky report. Abubakar was not the only foreign Politically Exposed Person (PEP) probed by the committee. He had company in Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, now the 48-year-old son of Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mbasogo, the President of Equatorial Guinea (EG), late President of Gabon, Omar Bongo and three Angolan PEP accounts, involving an Angolan arms dealer, an Angolan government official, and a small Angolan private bank. The committee submitted its report on 4, February, 2010, three years after Abubakar left office. The report unveiled violations of U.S. laws by Abubakar and his fourth wife, Jennifer Douglas. It also included revelations about Siemens bribe paid into one of the accounts, and it possibly provided the basis for Abubakar being barred from entering the United States, since then. This Report examines how politically powerful foreign officials, their relatives, and close associates – referred to in international agreements as Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) – have used the services of U.S. professionals and financial institutions to bring large amounts of suspect funds into the United States to advance their interests. Using four case histories, this Report shows how some PEPs have used U.S. lawyers, real estate and escrow agents, lobbyists, bankers, and even university officials, to circumvent U.S. anti-money laundering and anti- corruption safeguards. This Report also offers recommendations to stop the abuses. Summary of the report on Abubakar case history From 2000 to 2008, Jennifer Douglas, a U.S. citizen and the fourth wife of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and former candidate for President of Nigeria, helped her husband bring over $40 million in suspect funds into the United States through wire transfers sent by offshore corporations to U.S. bank accounts. In a 2008 civil complaint, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that Ms. Douglas received over $2 million in bribe payments in 2001 and 2002, from Siemens AG, a major German corporation. While Ms. Douglas denies wrongdoing, Siemens has already pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal charges and settled civil charges related to bribery and told the sub-committee that it sent the payments to one of her U.S. accounts. In 2007, Mr. Abubakar was the subject of corruption allegations in Nigeria related to the Petroleum Technology Development Fund. Of the $40 million in suspect funds, $25 million was wire transferred by offshore corporations into more than 30 U.S. bank accounts opened by Ms. Douglas, primarily by Guernsey Trust Company Nigeria Ltd., LetsGo Ltd. Inc., and Sima Holding Ltd. The U.S. banks maintaining those accounts were, at times, unaware of her PEP status, and they allowed multiple, large offshore wire transfers into her accounts. As each bank began to question the offshore wire transfers, Ms. Douglas indicated that all of the funds came from her husband and professed little familiarity with the offshore corporations actually sending her money. When one bank closed her account due to the offshore wire transfers, her lawyer helped convince other banks to provide a new account. In addition, two of the offshore corporations wire transferred about $14 million over five years to American University in Washington, D.C., to pay for consulting services related to the development of a Nigerian university founded by Mr. Abubakar. American University accepted the wire transfers without asking about the identity of the offshore corporations or the source of their funds, because under current law, the University had no legal obligation to inquire. Executive Summary Combating corruption is a key U.S. value and goal, due to its corrosive effects on the rule of law, economic development, and democratic principles. In 2001, the Patriot Act made the acceptance of foreign corruption proceeds a U.S. money laundering offense for the first time, and required banks to apply enhanced scrutiny to private banking accounts opened for senior foreign political figures, their relatives, and close associates. In 2003, the U.S. supported the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, now ratified by over 140 countries. Also in 2003, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) formed an investigative group dedicated to combating foreign corruption by PEPs. In 2004, President Bush issued Presidential Proclamation 7750 denying U.S. visas to foreign officials involved with corruption, and Congress later enacted supporting legislation. A 2009 study sponsored by the World Bank analysed PEP controls worldwide and recommended stronger measures to reduce corruption. The Permanent sub-committee on Investigations (sub-committee) initiated this investigation to learn how U.S. laws apply to PEPs utilising the domestic financial system, and examine how foreign senior political figures, their relatives, and close associates may be circumventing or undermining anti-money laundering (AML) and PEP controls to bring funds that may be the product of foreign corruption into the U.S.. It is the latest in a series of sub-committee hearings examining foreign corruption and its U.S. aiders and abettors. During the course of its investigation, the sub-committee staff conducted over 100 interviews, including interviews of lawyers, real estate agents, escrow agents, lobbyists, bankers, university professionals, and government officials. The sub-committee issued over 50 subpoenas and reviewed millions of pages of documents, including bank records, correspondence, contracts, emails, property records, flight records, news articles, and court pleadings. In addition, the sub-committee consulted with foreign officials, international organisations, financial regulators, and experts in anti-money laundering and anti-corruption efforts. http://thenationonlineng.net/atiku-cant-visit-u-s-report/
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id911:Keep deceiving yasef. That is how you backed Jonathan and we told you that he will lose. The rest is history. Dey there make pant dey wear you. Atikulate train to no where... ![]() |
DamiBukola:I was expecting you to refer to yourself as Zombie. . You did not disappoint. Atiku should share his Visa refusal letter and the reason that was given. Atiku is wasting his time and money thinking he will ever become the President of this country.. |
plaetton:123 GO.. Wail some more. ![]() |
plaetton:We know you are a self identified Zombie. No need for you to keep repeating it. Continue to wail... |
plaetton:What took you so long? I knew you were still going to refer to yourself as Zombie and "MOLON" in IPOB voice. ![]() Continue to wail. Sore loser. |
id911:Dey there dey deceive yasef. Siddon there make pant dey wear you.. Issue based, na why Atiku no go fit enter plane go USA? Atiku is wasting his time and money. |
id911:The call for Atiku to visit the USA has been on for a very long time. Atikulate should gather enough balls to do the needful. Is that too much to ask for? |
This is a very simple matter. Atiku should just take a trip to the USA instead of paying millions for image laundering.... |
plaetton:I care less what an IPOB terrorist / PDP thinks. They are sore losers. EOD. |
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