₦airaland Forum

koruji:
What African Union are we talking about here? - oh you mean the group of no-good leaders whose chief objective is to sit tight till death like Mr. Khaddafi planned.

I actually agree with GEJ's positions here, but he probably didn't need to say it given that Nigeria is itself going through dire straits. However, the Western powers must have being seeking Nigeria's support, especially given South Africa's attitude. GEJ seems to be a tard too happy to oblige Western requests.

Bottomline, SERVES KHADDAFI RIGHT. Nobody called him into our affairs when he went public several months ago suggesting that Nigeria ought to be divided. [size=14pt]Like GEJ, Khaddafi was not necessarily wrong, but it wasn't any of his business[/size].

Thumbs up, African Union that would standby and let innocent people get slaughtered in the name of solidarity ? It's time for revolutionary ideas to move this dump of a continent.

[quote author=fried-rice link=topic=747955.msg9042603#msg9042603 date=1314729691]Every thing PDP is sponsored and paid for, Campaigns, thanksgiving service, rallies, etc.[/quote]To be fair, nobody mentioned any political parties in the story

paying for your protesters right ? good ol naija lwkmd

Salami: Student
Protesters Clash With
Thugs

Tue, 30/08/2011 - 2:30am | MAHMOUD MOHAMMED News
Politics Fight broke out at the Appeal Court premises in Sokoto between National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and thugs few hours after they conducted a peaceful protest over the suspension of
the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Salami.
Though the casualties recorded
during the clash was minimal, two thugs were reportedly manhandled by the NANS members.
Our correspondent, who was at the scene when the argument broke out at noon yesterday, gathered that the peaceful protest organised by NANS, Sokoto State Chapter, in conjunction Zone ‘A’ Act Coordinators of NANS, took a different dimension as the clashed with thugs over a misunderstanding. The thugs were said to have feared that the students would cheat them out of some motivation suspected to be money.
However, the police deployed to the scene to monitor the situation swiftly dispersed the
youths to avoid a possible break down of law and order.
Speaking in Sokoto while addressing a crowd of the students who converged at the premises of the Court of Appeal, the Act Co-ordinator of NANS Zone ‘A’, Comrade Isa Jabbi Usman, expressed satisfaction with the removal of Justice Ayo Salami, saying that if the situation was not properly managed, it could be taken advantage of by detractors of the country.
“Ayo Salami must go for

http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/4529/2011/08/30/salami_student_protesters_clash_thugs.html

duduspace:
Most people hear what they want to hear, the club also repeatedly stress that they are devoted to sustainably running the club. Money is available to buy afterall they've bought Gervinho and all these other players. What they can't do which should be clear is competing for the top talent with those who are not bothered with balancing the books, hence why our negotiations are long and drawn out and why we are missing out on top talent (each year our pull also lessens as the trophy drought continues).

They also need to keep their eyes open for young talent so that they can be caught young and developed hence why you have the Miyaichis, Campbells and co.

Take a look at the turnover in playing staff that Coogar pointed out yesterday, if I'm not mistaken within two years only 2 of a starting 11 remains, Arsene himself has stated that is not how to build a big club, he cannot come out and say he can't compete as that would be self defeating, anyone who isn't looking at things only from an emotional perspective can see what is going on.

That is the whole point I think Debo and I have been pointing out all the while, at present Arsenal fans need to readjust their expectations. I readjusted mine a while back but even then an 8 - 2 trouncing still hurt badly.

Ok point taken. But having the highest paid coach, in the richest league on the planet, doesnt do much to convince fans that you're struggling financially.

duduspace:
The board knows something you don't.
Arsene Wenger at present keeps Arsenal afloat with their financial strategy.
Have you read Nasri's recent interview?

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/08/30/2642751/manchester-citys-samir-nasri-concerned-over-arsenal-transfer

I've said it on here many atimes, Arsene has been selling to buy since about 2005, what keeps setting us back is the influx of money, I think he wanted to stop the rot right about last season but City threw a spanner in the works again. Like Slim pointed out at the time his statements about selling your best players and being a big club were calculated to get the board to loosen the strings. All these players could have stayed for Arsene if they didn't have their own lives to think about, if I'm not mistaken he even convinced some of them to stay beyond when they would have ordinarily wanted, Henry and Fabregas to name a few.

People keep on harping about him selling this or that player but I'm yet to find one of them who is annoyed with Arsene for selling him. Even most of the Arsenal legends who know their stuff asking Arsene to spend don't want him gone, they know he is still the best man they have.

What Nasri is saying translates to Wenger being sort of a liar then. He has repeatedly come out to tell the world that the club has made millions available for him to spend. May be he's just protecting his multi-million dollar salary.

proudly9ja:
Is Arsene making more money for Arsenal than SAF is making for Manchester United?

That's what i'd like Wenger disciples to tell us.

Wenger's 'new
£115,000-a-week
deal'

Wenger has been
handed a 20 per cent Arsenal
pay rise to £115,000-a-week
despite not winning a trophy
in five years, it has been
claimed. The Frenchman's three-year
contract extension is said to
pay him £6million a year,
ensuring he leapfrogs Cesc
Fabregas as the Gunners'
highest-paid employee. The midfielder earns £110,000 a
week[b]. The agreement, which gives
Wenger a higher salary than
rivals Sir Alex Ferguson and
Roberto Mancini of Manchester
United and Manchester City, is
also reckoned to include a bonus should Arsenal reach
the Champions League group
stage. Wenger is now the second-
highest-paid Premier League
boss, behind Chelsea's Carlo
Ancelotti. He earns £6.5million
a season and will get a £1m
bonus if Chelsea win the Champions League[/b]

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Arsene-Wenger-s-new-6million-Arsenal-salary-gives-him-wages-of-115-000-a-week-at-Emirates-article563541.html

This article is from a year ago, it's possible that it has even been reviewed upwards. We have a manager earning above the Manchester coaches but will not sign or pay players manchester salaries. I don't know who overlooks such things, Hill-Wood or Gazidis, but one or both of are obviously clueless. If he's earning this much inspite of the dismal results, why would there be an improvement ? What's the motivation ?

“It was very general, it was
non-specific, it did not give us
any details.

when you say it was very general, what exacty do you mean ? All human beings face general threats too, every second of the day.

stSunday, 17 July 2011
Governor of Borno State,
Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has
shed light on why the state
is conducive for activities of the Boko Haram sect
terrorizing the state and
other neighbouring ones.
The governor, who traced
the history of Islam,
fundamentalism and economic challenges of the
state, disclosed these in a
statewide broadcast to the
people of the state on
Saturday.
He said the World Bank had described the region of the
world to which the state
and North-East Nigeria fall
as the poorest and most
challenged parts of the
world, a development that makes the area fertile
activities of such dreaded
sects.
“The World Bank has
described the central
region of the Savannah- Sudan, comprising of the
areas covered by the
North-East Political Zone of
Nigeria, the Republic of
Chad, Eastern portion of
Niger Republic, Northern Cameroons and the Dafur
Region of the Republic of
Sudan, as being one of the
poorest regions on earth.
“The region has very little
and mainly dilapidated infrastructure, a
population with poor or ill-
education and highest level
of unemployment,
especially among the
youths, little or poor authority for mobilisation
of people for self-help, a
large number of hungry
and angry population,
inept and bankrupt
leadership, little or complete absence of
government control,
network and other factors
for economic progress and
social harmony of the area.
“The foregoing scenario provides a fertile ground
for the emergence of
radical organizations, such
as the supporter of APC Militia of
the Dafur region and
Jama’atul Ahlul Sunnah Lidda’wati wal Jihad, often
called Boko Haram by the
Nigerian media, in the
North-Eastern part of
Nigeria,” he said.

http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/Naija-news/message/6867

The Economist doesnt even go as indepth as i would have expected them to. I bookmarked the story above for reference. Mind you, north-east Nigeria is not different from north-west in terms of literacy and poverty .

dayokanu:
Thats why players in the Bundesliga league always dominate the WOrld cup

Highest goal scorers in the last 2 world cups have always been from the Bundesliga

When was an EPL striker highest goals scorer at the Mundial dullard

Mention the strikers' names now if you no dey fear ? A players claim to greatness rests on him scoring 2 goals in the knock out stages of the tie they were eliminated in the UCL. Ok add his assists together may be it will help him look good.

Pukkah:
Sun Newspaper found it difficult to distinguish between 'breach' and 'bridge'? Also, the usage was more than once.

Anyway, SSS needs to prove (in court) that this is neither a flimsy case nor a distraction as the security challenge on their plate right now is gargantuan.

. All these editors sef. Another one i noticed last week was the continued use of 'Wreck havoc' in place of 'Wreak havoc'.

Sss Arrests El-rufai Again, On Return From London Alongside Buhari.

State Security Services (SSS) yesterday picked up former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The SSS said el-Rufai had accused the security forces of receiving N286 billion for their operations but had nothing to show for it, which was why insecurity in the country continued to persist.

Spokesperson for the SSS, Marilyn Ogar, in a telephone chat with Sunday Sun said the SSS would want el-Rufai to clarify his allegation on the said money because what the security forces got through the National Security Adviser (NSA) was just over N100 billion.

Mrs. Ogar further said the former minister by his allegations published in one of the national dailies on Friday bridged the Freedom of Information Bill (FoI) by not cross-checking his facts before going to the press.

“The SSS only wants to verify from the former Minister of FCT his allegations that the security forces through the NSA received a whopping sum of N286 billion without showing anything for it. By his allegation, he has bridged the FoI law by not cross-checking his facts,” Ogar stated.

Sunday Sun also gathered that the former minister would be arraigned in court tomorrow.
El-Rufai, who was returning to the country from London alongside General Muhammudu Buhari, was led away by the SSS in the early hours of Saturday. The former FCT Minister is currently cooling his heels in an underground cell.
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/newsonthehour/2011/aug/28/newsbreak-28-08-2011-001.html

dayokanu:
Gomez scored 8 goals in last years Champions league. Infact only Messi scored more goals than Gomez.

Tell us which Arsenal player in history has scored 8 CL goals in one season

Can we say the Champions league is also a small stage?

Yes, the first group stage of any competition is a small stage. In the UCL, that's where we have 32 teams including ones like Cluj and Basel

dayokanu:
1. 4 of the 8 goals were against Italian teams Roma and Inter.

and the remaining 4 against FC Clujless, in the group stages. That means half his goals were scored against the most unknown team in the competition. 6 of his goals were in the group stages, the remaining two in fixture against where Inter eliminated Munch Bunch.

2. What accolades do ppl get for scoring goals?

you could get the golden boot if you end up as highest goal scorer in the competition. I believe Messi scored 12 in the same competition. That being said, since the inception of modern football, fact is strikers have grabbed most of the individual awards available.

3. Has any Arsenal player in the whole history ever scored 8 CL goals in a season

No. But an Arsenal goal scorer has won the European Footballer of the year(twice)

4. silly and senseless question. Is goal scoring the requirement to win awards? Has any Arsenal player in the whole history of the useless club ever won any of these awards. A strikers job is to score goals Gomez shyts on all Arsenal strikers in CL goal scoring

refer to my response in 2 for the first question here and my response in 3 for the second question.

Arsenal strikers are known to score consequential goals, against real European contenders. For instance Henry at the Bernabeau

dayokanu:
Gomez scored 8 goals in last years Champions league. Infact only Messi scored more goals than Gomez.

Tell us which Arsenal player in history has scored 8 CL goals in one season

Can we say the Champions league is also a small stage?

1. Against which teams were the 8 goals scored ?
2. What accolades did he get for scoring 8 ?
3. Is scoring 8 goals in a campaing the european record ? Is it even close to the record ?
4. Have players who have scored less than 8 goals in a UCL season become european/world player of the year or not ?

slap1:
Jeez! I remember o. . . "Gunz blazing". . . Took him for Dayokanu. Edoyad, I'm sorry bro. Gunners till I do like that. . . !

Oboye ! You just reminded me of my favorite signature. Infact i'm bringing back with BANG ! !

king of what of the section ? Nuisance or insanity ? No i nor want him title

i agree with OP, the western powers have a hand in this. They are seeking for a way to gain access to the oil around the lake chad basin.
Ok now ask yourselves this, how come after british colonization there are still parts of the country where a majority of the girls and boys will grow up to be illiterates ? Someone must have convinced them to adopt that lifestyle.

toba:
No u are mixing it. CONSECUTIVE is different from bundesliga games.

the last 3 consecutive matches he player all inclusive as a player to date are Bayern vs hamburg, zurich vs bayern and todays away game.

The first 4 consecutive i.e follow follow matches, MARIO GOMEZ FAILED TO SCORE IN ALL COMPETITIONS

onugo?

toba we get your point, i agree that Gomez is a small timer, small stage actor, nothing more. Akin to players like Darren Bent and James Beatie(remember him ?), infact i rate him below them cos of the kind of league he's shining in.

Aunty mukiyachi well done o,

But wait o, where are all gooners, do they know something i don't ?

Johndoe100:
To be honest I was surprised that we recognized the Rebels. I PERSONALLY have a soft spot for Gadaffi. He has been there for a long time but I like his style. I thought we Africns should have stood behind him and even helped out militarily.

stood behind how ? One man sits on the collective aspirations of a people for two generations because he's made of diamond i i guess. I have always wondered why these inhuman African leaders stay silent on such issues; giving the impression that they give a tacit approval to actions of their companions. Mugabe is next

muki i don't understand again o. Match thread for la liga matches that won't elicit more than 10 responses are already up but the thread for our match is yet to be found.

Skanas:
Obviously

Princess Binta Farouk-Jalingo,
who was born into Muri
Emirate Council, said that the
federal government and the
security agencies should not
waste their time and resources in trying to uncover
those behind the notorious
Boko-Haram as some well-
known northern political and
religious leaders are behind
the sect

Obviously, it's not obvious to those in power. Why else would they be wasting resources chasing after their goons rather than the real sponsors ?

The Chairman, Chanchangi Airlines Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi has denied sponsoring the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. A magazine publication had mentioned him among one of the men behind the Boko Haram terror group. Chanchangi stated this while addressing a press conference in Kaduna yesterday which he said was a reaction to a report published by an Abuja based monthly magazine which indicted him as one of the sponsors of the Boko Haram in
the North. The conference which was jointly addressed by the Managing Director and Executive Director (operations) of the Airlines, Mr. Trevor Worthington and Alhaji Musa Chanchangi respectively said, “the publication was not only false,
but misleading as well, because the Airline chairman is
a philanthropist who promotes both the western and Islamic education through a secondary school he founded
where indigent students of different religious faith enjoyed scholarship.ines, Mr. Trevor Worthington and Alhaji Musa Chanchangi respectively said, “the publication was not only false,
but misleading as well, because the Airline chairman is
a philanthropist who promotes both the western and Islamic education through a secondary school he founded
where indigent students of different religious faith enjoyed scholarship.

http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/4155/2011/08/22/boko_haram_chanchangi_denies_sponsorship.html

Northern Leaders Sponsor Boko Haram - Binta Jalingo Submitted by peterakpochafo on Sat, 08/20/2011 - 01:18 News Northern political and religious
leaders have been accused of sponsoring the deadly Boko Haram religious sect, which has wrecked havoc in several parts of the northern states including the nation’s capital, Abuja, through their terrorist activities in which several lives and properties worth hundreds of millions of naira have been lost.
Making this startling revelation during the annual women convention of the National Evangelical Mission, Owerri Road, Onitsha, a former Muslim now converted to Christianity, Princess Binta Farouk-Jalingo, who was born into Muri Emirate Council, said that the federal government and the security agencies should not waste their time and resources in trying to uncover those behind the notorious Boko-Haram as some well- known northern political and religious leaders are behind the sect. Princess Farouk Jalingo, who was a guest speaker at the National Evangelical Women Convention, said the federal government and the security agencies must deal seriously with the perceived sponsors of this notorious sect, the arrest of ordinary members of
the sect would make no impact as the country stands to lose.
“Some political and religious leaders of the north are the ones sponsoring this Boko Haram. If you don’t get the leaders and sponsors, the society will not be doing much in the eradication of this dangerous sect that has engaged in the destruction of lives and properties of fellow Nigerians.” Ms Farouk Jalingo, who was formerly married to the younger brother of Shehu of Borno, the el-Kanemi royal family and a daughter to the retired Major F. U. Jalingo, remarked that time had come for Christians to engage in serious prayers in order to eradicate the atrocities being perpetrated in the country.

http://www.nigerianpilot.com/?q=content/northern-leaders-sponsor-boko-haram-binta-jalingo

Kaduna
airlines operator denies
sponsorship
From NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna Monday, August 22,
2011 The Chairman, Chanchangi
Airlines Nigeria Limited,
Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi
has denied sponsoring the
Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
Chanchangi, at a press conference in Kaduna
yesterday, reacted to a
report published by an
Abuja-based monthly
magazine, which indicted
him as one of the sponsors of the Boko Haram in the
North. The conference, which was
jointly addressed by the
Managing Director and
Executive Director
(Operations) of the airlines,
Mr. Trevor Worthington and Alhaji Musa Chanchangi
said the publication was
not only false but
misleading because the
airlines boss is a
philanthropist who promotes both the
western and Islamic
education through a
secondary school he
founded where indigent
students of different religious faith enjoyed
scholarship. “We the management of
Chanchangi Airlines Nigeria
Limited, wish to react to a
publication in a magazine
headlined, ‘Boko Haram:
The Men Behind the Terror.’ On page 18 of the
magazine, our Chairman,
Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi,
was included as one of the
sponsors of the religious
sect. “The report is not only
false, it is misleading and it
is a figment of the
imagination of the
publisher, the writer. We
see it as the handiwork of mischief-makers who are
all out to tarnish the
reputable image of our
chairman, which he has
built over the years. “The
publisher threw professionalism to the mud
and went ahead to publish
a speculation in order to
sell his paper. In deliberate
attempt to cover up their
mess, the name of the writer or author of the
report was not included. “To put the record
straight, our chairman is
not one of the sponsors of
the activities of the sect
and he has nothing to do
with them. Alhaji Ahmadu is preoccupied with his
aviation business and
philanthropy works in an
effort to contribute
towards the development
of the country. “Contrary to the belief of the sect, our
chairman is a promoter of
both western and Islamic
education hence his
establishment of Gummi
Secondary School where indigent students both
Muslim and non-Muslim
alike are given
scholarships. “To this end, we are
demanding for an apology
from the publisher and a
retraction which must be
given same prominence
with the misleading report otherwise we will be
compelled to ask our team
of lawyers to institute a
legal action against the
publisher for libel as the
report defamed the person, character of our
chairman.
“We are giving him two
weeks starting from today,
August 21, 2011 to see to
our demands. “We are appealing to our
esteemed customers,
passengers and all other
business associates of our
company to disregard the
publication and see it as a tissue of lies concocted by
our detractors. As a
committed airline company,
we are working hard to
see to the needs of our
growing network of passengers. “Once more, we will like to
stress that our chairman is
not one of the sponsors of
the sect and, in fact, he has
nothing to do with them.
“His house is open to both Muslims and Christians
because of his
philanthropic and
accommodating life style.
60 percent of the
workforce of his company are non-Muslims and are
from different parts of the
country and the world,”
they said

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/aug/22/national-22-08-2011-010.htmlh the
reputable image of our
chairman, which he has
built over the years. “The
publisher threw professionalism to the mud
and went ahead to publish
a speculation in order to
sell his paper. In deliberate
attempt to cover up their
mess, the name of the writer or author of the
report was not included. “To put the record
straight, our chairman is
not one of the sponsors of
the activities of the sect
and he has nothing to do
with them. Alhaji Ahmadu is preoccupied with his
aviation business and
philanthropy works in an
effort to contribute
towards the development
of the country. “Contrary to the belief of the sect, our
chairman is a promoter of
both western and Islamic
education hence his
establishment of Gummi
Secondary School where indigent students both
Muslim and non-Muslim
alike are given
scholarships. “To this end, we are
demanding for an apology
from the publisher and a
retraction which must be
given same prominence
with the misleading report otherwise we will be
compelled to ask our team
of lawyers to institute a
legal action against the
publisher for libel as the
report defamed the person, character of our
chairman.
“We are giving him two
weeks starting from today,
August 21, 2011 to see to
our demands. “We are appealing to our
esteemed customers,
passengers and all other
business associates of our
company to disregard the
publication and see it as a tissue of lies concocted by
our detractors. As a
committed airline company,
we are working hard to
see to the needs of our
growing network of passengers. “Once more, we will like to
stress that our chairman is
not one of the sponsors of
the sect and, in fact, he has
nothing to do with them.
“His house is open to both Muslims and Christians
because of his
philanthropic and
accommodating life style.
60 percent of the
workforce of his company are non-Muslims and are
from different parts of the
country and the world,”
they said

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/aug/22/national-22-08-2011-010.html

@jenifa

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Kobojunkie:
story telling time!!! woohoo . I was beginning to wonder how much longer we would need to wait for this to happen as it has become near common place. We are still to discover where exactly the many mansions in Dubai, supposedly belonging to Ribadu, are really located.

The timing is especially disturbing, considering the Salami thing and all.

FG uncovers
corruption in
judiciary •N106bn
traced to judgment
procurement
•Judges own luxury houses in UK, UAE, S/
Africa Written by Taiwo Adisa, Abuja
Friday, 26 August 2011 THE presidency appears to be in a dilemma as to the nature of its intervention in the judicial arm of government, following the submission of a secret report which indicted a number of judicial officers of monumental corruption. Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune confirmed that the government is in possession of the document which detailed lots of underhand dealings in the judiciary. It was confirmed that unethical practices, such as judgment procurement and actual instances of corruption were probed by the secret committee. According to investigations, the report, which detailed incidents in the judiciary from 2006 to 2011, confirmed that a number of judges have been named as “living above their legal means.” It was further confirmed that a number of judicial officers were linked to what was termed “judgment procurement,” which was said to have gulped about N106 billion in recent years. “The bulk of that sum has been salted away in foreign lands to procure properties in the name of fake companies, fake children, schools and fake
associates,” a source privy to the document quoted the submission. “The last has not been heard of the development in the judiciary, as far as corruption is concerned. A report in the hands of the state has confirmed that some properties were bought globally, especially in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Africa and London. Some of the real owners are judicial personnel, whose total emoluments cannot in anyway justify the purchases. “Some of them have been found to send their children to some of the most expensive schools in the world, without taking loans. These are mind- boggling discoveries,” the source said. A source said that the government was worried that a sacred arm of government was being desecrated by certain forces and that some of those making the loudest noise about the situation in the judiciary were “mere poster images of corruption.” Though the source said that the government was working to ensure that its actions in the judiciary were not misconstrued as political moves, it was learnt that a decision had been taken to ensure that the guilty did not go unpunished. “The comprehensive report detailing the rot in the judiciary is in the hands of the highest authorities. I can confirm to you that those mentioned in the report as having been linked to improper conduct cannot go unpunished. The offences vary
from judgment procurement to undue influence on judges. It dates back to the Obasanjo/ Atiku era,” the source said. “It has become so embarrassing to the government that judgments of Nigeria, which were readily cited in the United Kingdom and other lands are no longer regarded. Law students outside the country no longer see the judgments from Nigeria as worth the paper on which they are written. It is a battle the government must fight to ensure a proper demarcation between politics and the judiciary,” the source said.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/27272-fg-uncovers-corruption-in-judiciary-n106bn-traced-to-judgment-procurement-judges-own-luxury-houses-in-uk-uae-safricaccording to investigations, the report, which detailed incidents in the judiciary from 2006 to 2011, confirmed that a number of judges have been named as “living above their legal means.” It was further confirmed that a number of judicial officers were linked to what was termed “judgment procurement,” which was said to have gulped about N106 billion in recent years. “The bulk of that sum has been salted away in foreign lands to procure properties in the name of fake companies, fake children, schools and fake
associates,” a source privy to the document quoted the submission. “The last has not been heard of the development in the judiciary, as far as corruption is concerned. A report in the hands of the state has confirmed that some properties were bought globally, especially in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Africa and London. Some of the real owners are judicial personnel, whose total emoluments cannot in anyway justify the purchases. “Some of them have been found to send their children to some of the most expensive schools in the world, without taking loans. These are mind- boggling discoveries,” the source said. A source said that the government was worried that a sacred arm of government was being desecrated by certain forces and that some of those making the loudest noise about the situation in the judiciary were “mere poster images of corruption.” Though the source said that the government was working to ensure that its actions in the judiciary were not misconstrued as political moves, it was learnt that a decision had been taken to ensure that the guilty did not go unpunished. “The comprehensive report detailing the rot in the judiciary is in the hands of the highest authorities. I can confirm to you that those mentioned in the report as having been linked to improper conduct cannot go unpunished. The offences vary
from judgment procurement to undue influence on judges. It dates back to the Obasanjo/ Atiku era,” the source said. “It has become so embarrassing to the government that judgments of Nigeria, which were readily cited in the United Kingdom and other lands are no longer regarded. Law students outside the country no longer see the judgments from Nigeria as worth the paper on which they are written. It is a battle the government must fight to ensure a proper demarcation between politics and the judiciary,” the source said.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/27272-fg-uncovers-corruption-in-judiciary-n106bn-traced-to-judgment-procurement-judges-own-luxury-houses-in-uk-uae-safrica

globexl:
$100 billion??
Ha ha ha. Dream on. That would Phcn among the top 30 most valuable companies in the world? No way. It must be a misprint or a gross exageration. We Nigerians love to exagerate , especially when it comes to money. For any Foriegn buyer, Phcn is not worth more than $4-$5 billion, no matter how  much our government says they have invested on it with their ten-fold inflated contracts.

my thoughts exactly, is apple even worth that ? Throwing around figures like we're talking about pebbles

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=744713.msg9009575#msg9009575 date=1314328808]What in the world is EOF?
The point is  our govt have been foolish to let foreigners control our oil. but we would be even more silly to sell off our energy as well.
you say brazillian company will bring you good life. has Shell brought you good life?[/quote]Shell is a private company that pumps crude and pays the nigerian govt for doing so, to the best of my knowledge she does that though with a couple of spills here and there. Don't mistake the responsibilities of Shell with that of the FG