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dein77:
Corruption is a general problem we're facing as a people. And taking away some powers from the state governors is a way of reducing corruption.

Try to examine the way LGAs operate. You'll find they are also shamelessly currupt.

Autonomy for LGAs is good but it will make no difference with the present level of curruption in Nigeria.

They should not be given autonomy. They are useless and more corrupt than the other tiers of government. I am talking about the local government in my area

LGA autonomy is not the problem, CURRUPTION is.

Kick curruption out and see Nigeria blossom

Why download a separate app for that, Avast does it perfectly, also my Samsung Note2 inbuilt sms app has a 'block spam message feature that works perfectly

Nobody remembers Mobutu Sese Seko anymore how he looted his country, Nigeria politicians have made him look like a learner, he doesn't look so bad now in the light of our present predicament.

Even Obasanjo now looks like a saint, its funny I told my Dad we couldn't have a worse president than Obj. I have never been so wrong. Jonathan keeps breaking his own record of curruption every day.

if you think it can't get worse, Jonathan will surprise you again and again.

Press Release - A High Court in the United Kingdom has lifted a secrecy order imposed on a 2013 legal challenge by The Corner House of a decision by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) not to freeze some $215 million in alleged proceeds of crime from a corrupt Nigerian oil deal.

The funds arose from the sale of one of Nigeria's largest offshore oil concessions, known as OPL 245, to subsidiaries of oil multinationals Royal Dutch Shell and ENI. Police in the UK and magistrates in Italy are now formally investigating the deal. Both companies deny any illegal conduct.

The OPL 245 concession was originally awarded in 1998 by the then Nigerian oil minister, Dan Etete, to Malabu Oil and Gas, a company that he set up and owns - in effect Etete awarded one of Nigeria's most lucrative oil blocks to himself.

In 2011, Shell and ENI paid $1.1 billion, plus a signature bonus of $200 million, to the Nigerian government for the concession. In a back-to-back deal negotiated by the Attorney General of Nigeria, the Nigerian government then undertook to transfer $1.1 billion to Etete's company, Malabu.

The deal effectively converted into money an asset that had been acquired by Malabu Oil and Gas in highly suspicious, possibly illegal, circumstances. Shell and ENI deny paying any money to Malabu Oil and Gas. But they were aware and in agreement that the deal was for the benefit of Malabu.

In 2011, a middleman acting for Malabu sued the company in the UK Commercial Court for fees he claimed he was owed for services rendered to Malabu in the sale of OPL 245. Pending the outcome of the case, the Court froze some $215 million from the proceeds of the oil concession sale.

The Corner House, together with anti-corruption watchdog Global Witness and Re:Common, an Italian Non Government Organisation, and Dotun Oloko, a Nigerian anti-corruption campaigner, wrote to this Court raising concerns that the frozen funds were proceeds of crime. The group also requested the London Metropolitan Police's Proceeds of Corruption Unit (POCU) and the Italian authorities to investigate.
Although the police sought action under the Proceeds of Crime Act, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) declined to initiate proceedings. The Corner House therefore sought a judicial review of the CPS's decision, arguing that:

the OPL 245 deal was corrupt and illegal under both Nigerian and UK law; it was likely, on the available evidence, that a substantial part of the monies paid to Malabu had been used to pay bribes; and the CPS's failure to act was unlawful.

The application for permission to bring a judicial review of the CPS failure to act was held in secret, at the request of the CPS, because of the danger of "tipping off" those being investigated by the police.

In March 2014, the High Court refused permission to bring a judicial review because the CPS had assured the Court that it was still considering taking action.

In July 2014, however, following the commercial court ruling in favour of the middleman, more than $110 million of the suspect funds left the UK for Switzerland.

The CPS did nothing to prevent the movement of this money. By contrast, at the request of the Italian authorities, the funds were frozen in Switzerland. Only following a mutual legal assistance request from Italy did the UK authorities freeze a further $80 million of the funds remaining in the UK.

Nicholas Hildyard of The Corner House says: "The CPS had ample opportunity to restrain the funds. It was invited, requested and challenged to do so but failed to act. The money was restrained only because of the actions of the Italian authorities. If Italy was able to get the funds frozen, what stopped the UK in the first place?"

Key figures in Italian oil multinational ENI are now under formal investigation by magistrates in Milan for alleged corruption relating to the OPL 245 deal. The corporation's new CEO, Claudio Descalzi; his predecessor Paolo Scaroni; and its chief development, operations and technology officer, Roberto Casula, have all been named as suspects in the bribery investigation.

Jamie Beagent of law firm Leigh Day who acted for Corner House in the judicial review proceedings, said: "We are obviously pleased that the funds have finally been frozen and that an investigation is now taking place into this murky affair.

It is only a shame that the UK authorities ducked their responsibilities in this regard and that it was left to the Italian authorities to pursue this matter with the appropriate rigour."

The Corner House, Global Witness and Re:Common are writing to the Chair of the UK Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Margaret Hodge MP, informing the Committee of their concerns and requesting that the Committee consider undertaking an inquiry into whether or not the existing UK legislation on restraining proceeds of crime is fit for purpose.

The PAC released in March 2014 a highly critical report on confiscation orders, highlighting the CPS failure to recover assets deemed proceeds of crime.6 A Home Office assessment of current legislation, undertaken by Michael Beloff QC, is widely understood to be critical of it.

The Home Office has refused to release Beloff's report to The Corner House

No investigation in Nigeria

The Nigerian government appears unwilling to investigate the deal. Some of those who facilitated it and believed to have received parts of the bribe still work for the administration.

But it has since become clear that more than half of the N171.32 billion ($1.1 billion) paid to Malabu Oil and Gas by Shell and Eni for the procurement of the controversial block, which is one of Nigeria's richest oil fields, was used to bribe Nigerian politicians and intermediaries who helped to secure the controversial deal.

According to a letter seeking the help of UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to freeze the assets of those involved, Italian prosecutors said some of the N83 billion ($533 million) slush money was used to buy private jets and armoured vehicles.

"We are investigating many money transfers to many people in various countries who received sums that vary from millions of dollars to thousands of dollars," Reuters claimed the letter reads.

British prosecutors acting on the request have already frozen two accounts with combined sum of N29.5 billion ($190 million) belonging to the chief intermediary, Emeka Obi.

Former oil minister, who was convicted for money laundering in France, Dan Etete, owns Malabu Oil and Gas. The company was incorporated five days before the oil block was awarded to it in 1998 during the regime of military dictator, Sani Abacha.

While trying to cover his link with the company, Mr. Etete registered the company with a fictitious director, Kweku Amafegha. The company also listed a fake address in registration documents.

Mr. Etete claimed in a British court in 2013 that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, demanded a slice of the oil block as bribe.

The Federal Government acted as a conduit for the fund after Shell and Eni raised concerns over transferring the money directly to Malabu due to Mr Etete's conviction.

PREMIUM TIMES investigation revealed that after the money was paid to the Federal Government account, it transferred N120 billion ($801 million) to Malabu's account.

The Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, and Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama, authorized the transfers.

The company subsequently transferred the money to shady companies with fake addresses.

Despite overwhelming evidences showing that Shell and Eni are aware that the money would be paid to a character with a shady background, officials of the companies have denied any wrong doing in the affair.

For instance prosecutors said that a senior official of Shell had a face-to-face meeting with Mr. Etete over expensive "lunch and lots of iced champagne" few moths before the money was transferred to the Nigerian government.

An email presented during the trial also mentioned that the Shell official who feted with Mr Etete would refer to someone in The Hague known as "Peter" over the terms of the deal. Curiously, Shell's CEO is named Peter Voser.

The Italian prosecutors are investigating the role of Eni's former CEO, Paola Scaroni and his successor Claudio Descalzi, for alleged international corruption over the scandal.

http://elombah.com/index.php/reports/27277-court-lifts-secrecy-order-on-legal-challenge-to-nigerian-malabu-oil-scam

aywhy93:
While surfing the worldwide web few days ago, on Google+ to be precise. I stumbled upon a very interesting status update from +Ethan Rossow, I couldn't resist the urge to +1 and reshare the status update. The update was all about a question many of us always have in mind but we often end up not asking maybe because we don't know who to ask and how to ask, while at the same time most of us have not even thought about the question before. Why do Smartphones cost a little amount to build and are being sold for a huge amount ? I will like to answer this question with the context of my friend's update.

Note that there are few reasons or circumstances surrounding this situation and I'll be using Samsung & the Samsung Galaxy S5 to explain and make my points clear in the illustrations within.

Samsung Galaxy S5 is built for $150 (which is within that range in reality) and sold for $800, that's now a $650 profit for Samsung, but there's more to it. Samsung now has to use $550 out of the $650 profit they made for advertising. We all know how powerful, efficient and sales-driving advertisements are, so if Samsung refuses to advertise this product and the company as a whole, then probably no one would know who they are or what they are selling, which means Samsung wouldn't sell anything.

Furthermore, designing of the phone, its engineering, packaging & shipping and also paying their employees are some other reasons why Smartphones are mostly built with a little amount and sold for a huge price. So, most of the money spent on Samsung and other flagships or high-end Smartphones are spent on its building, maintaining, processing and even advertising the product and the company itself. Back to Samsung's case study, at the end of that deal, building the phone for $150, spending $550 for advertisements & some other necessary stuffs and selling it for $800, they are still left with a $100 profit which is not too much for them as returns on investment.

Now, you've seen the main reason why high-end Smartphones are usually said to be built with just few hundred bucks and they always end up being sold for bigger amounts. What do you think about this ? please kindly share this post on your social network profiles and bookmarks. Blessings !!!

- See more at: http://www.stevenbergy.com.ng/2014/11/revealed-why-smartphones-cost-just-150.html

You have not included the cost of 'Research and Development', this runs into billions (dollars) also the cost of 'patents' they lease from other companies, etc.
Cheap smartphone makers neither pay for patents nor R&d and nobody sues them for infringement since they are so small that they are practically invisible.

BuddahMonk:
Me na Kickass shaa, its been long i visted the site though.

Why is Sweden always the haven for copywrite prosecution, i remember when Wikileak co-founder Julian Asange was dragged to a swedish court too for molestation.

Sweden hating the online community since 100BC

Can't the government take down the site if they don't want it? I don't get it, why are they allowing the site to operate if they want the founders that bad?

The Swedish co-founder of the Pirate Bay website is due to be hauled to Bangkok Wednesday following his arrest in northeast Thailand, with police from Stockholm waiting to press for his deportation to serve a jail term for copyright infringement.
Thai police said Fredrik Neij, 36, was stopped late Monday at the border with Laos wearing the same short-sleeved shirt as in a wanted poster issued to immigration officials by the Swedish embassy.
Neij was due to arrive at Bangkok's second airport later Wednesday where Swedish police were expected to greet him.
"Three Thai policemen will escort him on the flight to Bangkok and Swedish police will help us whisk him to the immigration bureau before he is handed over to Swedish authorities," Police Colonel Panlop Suriyakul na Ayutthaya told AFP.
He will be detained for an unknown period of time in Bangkok pending deportation proceedings, he added.
Founded in 2003, The Pirate Bay allows users to dodge copyright fees and share music, film and other files using bit torrent technology, or peer-to-peer links offered on the site.
Neij was the last of the original founders of The Pirate Bay, still used by millions across the globe, to remain at large after a 2009 conviction.
His arrest is a symbolic blow to a global community of online sharers of films and music, which the movie and music industry decries as systemic theft that costs billions in lost revenue each year.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/swedish-pirate-bay-co-founder-neij-arrested-thai-162232223.html

It is as real as TELEMUNDO

Is there a solution?

Mine is not working either

oyewolestephen:
op thanks for this...As anyone try the app with window phone to android phone. I am doubting if it will work

I don't think there is a Windows phone version, unless .exe apps work on windows phones.

The Windows laptop version works great I have tested it.

OmolodMilkman93:
I don't really understand how these tech business deals work,... But didnt Google just make a LOSS, selling at a lower price than they bought Motorola?

Google lost billions in the deal, maybe they saw something others didn't

The world is a evil place. Good people are becoming an endangered species

OmolodMilkman93:
Oya come take banana. How many bunches do you need to develop your app?

I prefer to buy my own, two billion in any currency will do but let's make it pounds sterling. That said, I prefer cheques. Lol.

By the way, Lenovo just bought Motorola, and I read somewhere that they are looking to buy BlackBerry too.

77al:
Just wanted to ask. Op are u d programmer of d app. If yes cool.

Who dash monkey banana, Lol. It was developed by LENOVO, a world leader in electronics manufacturing

OmolodMilkman93:
Bro, have you tried Sharing between Android and IPhone? I tried today but am having difficulties. its connected but when I send files, I get an error message on the receiving device.
Was unable to get screenshot to show you what I mean, but you have any idea on what could be the problem?

By the way, which one is Superbeam again?

I don't have an iPhone, have you tried the 'Apple optimization mode'

Ebubemg:
U guys need to use superbeam

Just tried superbeam, its ok but lacks the simplicity of shareit, also, shareit has more features and cost you nothing ($0)

That is a bloody lie. I have read articles of how much his constituents hate him because he neglected them.

Nine LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMEN bought him the form and you made it sound like the common man love him.

One reason I cannot endorse this man for president is the fact that his constituents hate him.

Hope the babies are not from baby factories. They should do dna test sharparly.

Apple has definitely found a way to brainwash people, I wasn't sure before but after reading this article I can say it boldly.

I just hope the extent of brainwashing is limited to buying behaviour.

Please join me Oooo. #bring our brain back#

https://www.nairaland.com/1946948/apple-brainwashing-products

Ibiyomee:
pls,where can i download?

fzmovies.net

Keemie:
I have successfully sent an mp3 file to the phone from the pc.
I want to send a file from the phone to the pc.
What you wrote is how to send a file from the pc to the phone which I have done successfully. Like I said before I want to do the opposite.

Click send on the phone while you click receive on your laptop

Keemie:
I want to do the opposite. I clicked send on my phone and receive on the laptop but the phone can't find the laptop while the laptop is waiting to receive.
I also clicked connect pc but the phone can't find my pc.

Check my last post again. DON'T click pc connect on your phone. Click ordinary receive on your phone.


POST EDITED

Keemie:
What do I click on the pc app

Click 'Send' on your laptop, click 'receive' (not pc connect) on your phone.

On your laptop, after clicking 'send' you'll see a box, drag all the files you want to send into it and click next. Your laptop should show an avatar representing your phone if you have clicked 'receive' on your phone, click the avatar

Restart your phone and try again.

Your phone will create wifi hotspot to receive incoming files, make sure you don't switch it off.

aieromon:
http://kc.lenovo.com/SHAREitSetup.exe

Correct man. Have you tried the pc connect? As in syncing your pc with your phone.

http://kc.lenovo.com/SHAREitSetup.exe

Or kc.lenovo.com


Download the one labeled 'fresh beta', it has more features.
Check pics below.

More

Screen shots

Upon all these wahala he no fit disappear.

Check another mumu in the link below

www.nairaland.com/1923298/man-implanted-horns-arraigned-court