HtwoOw: In saner climes, Osibanjo's challenge is a call to duty , some people would ask the government to iron their clothes , wash their pants and even spoon feed them if they could
Living in the western world's reality when indeed they live, have lived and continue to live in Africa , and those are the people who hail likes of FFK, Fayose, Metuah and Co
No Nigerian has asked Nigerian govt to give them free light, water or anything. The data I'm using right now was not provided by govt, however Obasanjo govt through good policies brought about GSM and ICT to Nigeria. That is all we are asking them to do in other sectors, if they can't then they should not act surprised in 2019 when we do the needful
Pataki: For a certified troll of course it is bollocks in your senses. Next time, when you want to troll, engage at least a little of your senses. There is an app called 'the brain.' It is free, cost you zilch and it is God given just like the oxygen you breathe. Download it and interact with it functionally. Trust me, you would be better for it.
diggz: Can you remember the bet we had some seasons ago? Assuming you choose Leicester as your alternate club at least you for don win league by now! You fit still decamp to the red devils, shekpe fc or Arab blue boys before it is too late bruv...
You remember that bet ? Dannnggg !!! Don't worry sha, this up coming season you will see
The more I look at the details, the more I doubt. 60 mil plus Giroud ? Hmmmm Meanwhile they say there's a Chinese Club willing to offer Higuain $50 mil per annum
Spy360: I don't hate him, I rate him. He is a legend, but very stuborn. @Edoyad, Henry's punditry has been detrimental to Arsenal as a club, he condemns players, managers decisions and club's policies. As an employee it is pure sabotage. Take for instance, he once said Giroud is not as good as Martial, but after the Euros he came back to say that Giroud needed a striker like Griezmann to be productive whereas everyone knew the reverse was the case. Wenger asked him to choose between his coaching job/license and his punditry, obviously he chose the later which suggest how terrible he is at making decisions.
Doesn't the fact that we have to compare a 29 year old athlete to a rivel almost a decade younger speak volumes about that Striker ? Giroud is not skilled enough to lead Arsenal's attack, everyone knows this and Henry told it as it is. Well, I hope that when you see Henry sitting on the bench beside Mourinho, you take it in good faith
Tell me how Many people IPOB, NDA, MASSOB or Saraki have killed this year ? Inspite of this fact that is the rubbish we're bombarded with while innocent people are being murdered by kinsmen of The president of and many of his advisers in this country .
Herdsmen Attacks Leave 81 Dead In Benue Channels Television. Updated July 10, 2016 AddThis Sharing Buttons Herdsmen, BenueSurvivors and victims of herdsmen attacks in Logo and Ukum council areas in Benue State have been recounting how 81 persons were killed in the last two weeks.
The traditional ruler of Logo, Chief Jimmy Meeme, who spoke to Channels Television on the invasion of rural communities said 70 persons were killed in six out of the 10 council wards in his domain.
He blamed the sustained attacks on his people by the herdsmen on territorial occupation campaign.
Eyewitnesses also claim that Turan, Mbagber, Yonov and Tombo communities in Logo were attacked on the same day while Varser in Ukum Local Government came under siege, leaving 53 persons dead.
A community leader, Terkura Suswam, also made a case for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
In Anyiin community, the matron at a local clinic, Kpadoo Asema, and the IDPs camp manager, John Imenger, spoke on the treatment and how the displaced persons were fairing in the face of lack and despair.
One of the IDPs in Anyiin camp, Aseer Yuam, grieved over the gruesome murder of her son by herdsmen in Tombo council ward while attempting to fetch food for his family from the farm.
The State Coordinator of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Garus Gololo, promised to track down those responsible for the attacks in Logo and Ukum.
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, lamented the inability of the security agencies to arrest the perpetrators of the coordinated attacks.
In his reaction, the spokesman of the Benue State Police Command, ASP Moses Yamu, dismissed allegations of neglect of duty by security personnel.
He insisted that only 22 deaths were recorded in Logo and Ukum local government areas.
MORE ON HEADLINES 7 hours ago Herdsmen Clashes: Plateau Governor Insists Ranching Is Better Option 9 hours ago.
opendo89: Please I want to understand what the standard process is in other climes. Although I am not certain, I think royalty controls the blocks in places like Saudi and Abu Dhabi. However, if we begin to agitate and these oil blocks are taken away from these people, are we not going to allocate it to some other persons. If the government as it is today takes over all oil blocks, the money will still enter private pockets. What the government should demand is just that the correct amount of taxes be paid plus all outstanding amount from IBB Era till date.
I'm not calling for revoking of licenses. I'm just saying it's a shady process that was used by past administrations, since IBB era, to enrich cronies. The money that is going into the pockets of people who only had kiss the butts of former presidents is unbelievable.
Recently, a Borno billionaire donated $15 million dollars to his daughter's university during her graduation. That's over 5 billion naira to an American University by a man from a region that has IDPs dying of hunger. Who knows if such people don't sponsor BH . The man in question, I think his name is Indimi or something, for his wealth from being allocated an oil block(s).
I hope to initiate dialogue on various social media platforms with #InvetigateNaijaOilBlocks soon. If they don't want to talk about it I will force them to do it. No matter how long I have to keep singing I will maintain my stand, Investigate allocation of oil blocks from IBB era till the last round of awards
This was written in Jonathan's time but status quo still remains. One year into this administration no finger has been pointed in that direction, no investigations, just nothing. All these 1 billion naira and whatever they are busy recovering , absolutely nothing compared to the money in this area.
We should start demanding for investigations into oil block allocations from the era of IBB till now. Buhari, Tinubu and all of them know this so why hasn't anyone started the proces ?
:[size=18pt] The richest oil blocks in Nigeria are owned by a few dozen people while half of the 160 million Nigerians live on less than S1 dollar daily. In this piece by Obinna Akukwe, he explains how our past leaders started the process of oil block sharing in the country and how it works. [/size] [b]Discretionary allocation of oil blocks. The oil block national cake sharing fiesta could take twists according to the mood of the Commander-in-chief at the particular time. The process of sharing Nigeria’s oil block national cake. Investigations into the activities in this sector are futile. The regime of President Goodluck is not showing any signs of changing the status quo. (Nigerian Bulletin)- The process of sharing Nigeria’s oil block national cake is as fraudulent now as when Ibrahim Babangida started the process of discretionary allocation of oil blocks to indigenous firms. Discretionary allocation of oil blocks entails that a president can reward a mistress who performs wonderfully with an oil block with capacity for cumulative yield of over $20 billion dollars without recourse to any process outside of manhood attachments. Babangida, Abacha, Abdulsalami and Obasanjo awarded discretionary oil blocks to friends, associates, family members, party chieftains, security chiefs and all categories of bootlickers, spokespersons and cult members without any laid down procedures. The recipients of such oil blocks will get funds from ever willing offshore financiers and partners to graciously settle the benefactors, the awarders, facilitators and the Commander-in-Chief through fronts[/b] . These settlements mostly paid into foreign accounts runs into hundreds of millions of dollars according to the potential yield of the block. Sometimes, the awarder (sharer of national cake and direct intermediaries) demand additional stakes in the bidding company. The awarder sends fronts as part of the directorship and management of the bidding firms without leaving a link to them. That is how the oil block national cake is distributed to a few Nigerians Signature bonuses which are paid when an investor successfully bids, wins and signs agreement with the petroleum ministry, running into tens of millions and sometimes hundreds of millions of naira ,is often waived off. There is actually no waiver; rather a diversion of what would have been paid to government t coffers is paid into private purse as appreciation gifts. That is why those in the Petroleum Ministry dread retirement as though it signifies going to hell fire. No matter how little your influence, something substantial must enter your hands especially in hard currency. [size=18pt] The nation loses billions of dollars in diverted revenue whenever any round of auction occurs. OML 110 with high yield OBE oil fields was given Cavendish Petroleum owned by Alhaji Mai Daribe, the Borno Patriarch in 1996 by Sanni Abacha. OBE oil field has estimated over 500 million barrels of oil. In layman’s language and using average benchmark of $100 dollars per barrel, translates to $50 billion dollars worth of oil reserve. When you remove the taxes, royalties and sundry duties worth about 60% of the reserve payable over time you get about $20billion dollars worth of oil in the hands of a family. OPL 246 was awarded to SAPETRO, a company owned by General Theophilus Danjuma, by Sanni Abacha in 1998. Akpo condensate exports about 300,000 barrels of crude daily. OML 112 and OML 117 were awarded to AMNI International Petroleum Development Company owned by Colonel Sanni Bello in 1999. Sanni Bello is an inlaw to Abdulsalami Abubakar, former Head of State of Nigeria. OML 115, OLDWOK Field and EBOK field was awarded to Alhaji Mohammed Indimi from Niger State. Indimi is an inlaw to former Military President Ibrahim Babangida. OML 215 is operated by Nor East Petroleum Limited owned by Alhaji Saleh Mohammed Gambo. OML 108 is operated by Express Petroleum Company Limited is owned by Alhaji Aminu Dantata. OML II3 allocated to Yinka Folawiyo Pet Ltd is owned by Alhaji W.I. folawiyo. ASUOKPU/UMUTU marginal oil fields is operated by Seplat Petroleum. Seplat is owned by Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero, cousin to the Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi. This oil field has the capacity of 300,000 barrels of oil daily. This translates to $30million dollars daily at average benchmark of $100 dollars per barrel. [/size]
Deducting all sundry taxes, royalties etc , this field can yield $12billion dollars daily for the owners. Intel owned by Atiku, Yarádua and Ado Bayero has substantial stakes in Nigeria’s oil exploration industry both in Nigeria and Principe and Sao Tome. AMNI owns two oil blocks OML 112 and OML 117 which it runs Afren plc and Vitol has substantial stakes in oil blocks. Afren plc is operating EBOK oil fields in OML 67. Vitol lifts 300,000 barrels of Nigerian oil daily. Rilwanu Lukman, former OPEC Chairman has stakes in all these named three companies. OPL 245 was awarded to Malabu Oil& Gas Company by Sanni Abacha. Dan Etete, Abacha’s oil minister owns Malabu Oil. In 2000, Vice President Atiku Abubakar convinced Obasanjo to revoke OPL 245 given to Malabu Oil. Etete had earlier rejected Atiku’s demand for substantial stakes in the high yield OPL 245 and it attracted the venom of Ota Majesty who revoked the licence. However, in 2006, Obasanjo had mercy on Dan Etete and gave him back his oil block worth over $20 billion dollars. OPL 289 and OPL 233 was awarded during Obasanjo era to Peter Odili fronts, Cleanwater Consortium, consisting of Clenwater Refinery and RivGas Petroleum and Gas Company. Odili’s brother in law, Okey Ezenwa manages the consortium as Vice Chairman. OPL 286 is managed by Focus Energy in partnership with BG Group, a British oil concern. Andy Uba has stakes in Focus Energy and his modus operandi is such that you can never see his name in any listings yet he controls OPL and OML through proxies. OPL 291 was awarded to Starcrest Energy Nigeria Limited, owned by Emeka Offor by Obasanjo . Immediately after the award, Starcrest sold the oil block to Addax Petroleum Development Company Limited (ADDAX) Addax paid Sir Emeka Offor a farming fee of $35million dollars and still paid the signature bonus to the government. Emeka Offor still retains stake in ADDAX operations in Nigeria. Mike Adenuga’s Conoil is the oldest indigenous oil exploration industry in Nigeria. Conoil has six oil blocks and exports above 200,000 barrels of crude daily. The oil block national cake sharing fiesta could take twists according to the mood of the Commander-in –Chief at the particular time. In 2006, Obasanjo revoked OPL 246 which Abacha gave to Danjuma because he refused to support the tenure elongation bid of the Ota Majesty. In 2000, Obasanjo had earlier revoked OPL 241 given to Dan Etete under the advice Atiku. However, when the Obasanjo-Atiku faceoff started, the Ota Majesty made a u-turn and handed back the oil block to Etete. During the time of Late President Yarádua , a panel headed by Olusegun Ogunjana was set up to investigate the level of transparency in the award of oil blocks. The panel recommended that 25 oil blocks awarded by the Obasanjo be revoked because the manner they were obtained failed to meet the best practices in the industry. Sadiq Mahmood, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum endorsed the report to then president with all its recommendations. As a result of the report Yarádua revoked eleven oil blocks. In April 2011 Mike Adenuga attempted to buy Shell’s OML 30 for $1.2 billion dollars. The Minister for Petroleum and Nigeria’s most powerful woman refused the sale of the OML30 to Adenuga citing national interest. This block was later sold to Heritage Oil for $800 million dollars eleven months later . This oil block business is so lucrative that Danjuma’s Sapetro divested of its investment in Akpo condensate for $1billion dollars. This business is second to none in Nigeria. That is why any attempt to investigate the activities in this sector will always be futile. The money is so much that they give bribes in millions of dollars. A birthday gift or child naming gift from an oil block owner to a government official could be as paltry as $2million dollars, and if the official’s father died, the condolence gift could reach mere $3 million dollars. When they want to bribe legislators, it is in millions of dollars and any ongoing investigation ends within weeks
. They are so confident that with excess money they can buy up Nigeria and they are succeeding. In the name of competitive bidding, which Obasanjo introduced in 2005, Officials bring companies overnight and through processes best described as secretive and voodooist they award blocks to party faithful, fronts and phoney companies. During the third term agenda, Obasanjo was deceived that the allocation of oil block to party faithfuls is to fund the third term agenda. With the failure of the third term, the beneficiaries went home with their fortunes and thanked God or Allah for buttering their bread. Senator Andy Uba co ordinate the award of the last rounds of oil block by Obasanjo in 2005 and 2007. The then minister of petroleum, Edwin Daukoru was a mere errand boy who took instructions from the presidential aide.
The regime of President Goodluck is not showing any signs of changing the status quo. Controversies have trailed the activities of the Minister of Petroleum and many players in the Industry accuse her of demanding stakes from every oil deal. It is hoped that President Goodluck Jonathan will remember his transformational promise to Nigerians and endeavour to face the hawks in the oil industry. The angst in the air is so much that if this monster of illegal allocation of oil block is not addressed, the much touted revolution could begin all of a sudden and all who condoned this illegality at the expense of hungry Nigerians may have nowhere to hide. The religious leaders should tell these oil block beneficiaries, awarders, fronts, brokers and all involved in short changing the Nigerian people to find means or returning all these back to the Nigerian people, through massive development projects. The voice of impoverished Nigerians is crying daily and if care is not taken the God who delivered Nigeria from Abacha dark days will visit them with calamities untold. With the rot in this oil block awarding system and other loot all over the Nigerian nation, something worse than revolution may happen.
I'm writing this especially for the very young among us. I know many of us are enthused by recent developments in the country, arrests , confessions , confiscations and what not. While the anti corruption drive is a welcome development, I cannot be deceived by these things because I know what real us and where it lies. I will be using this thread to focus our attention on what we need to be pressing for. Fayose's 1 billion Naira or Amosun's $1 million seems large right ? But those are just crumbs compared to what the government needs to be fighting if it really wants to increase national earnings.
[size=28pt]OIL BLOCKS[/size]
An oil exploration block is a large area of land, typically in 1000s of sq. kilometers, that is awarded to oil drilling and exploration companies by a country's government. It is either awarded by the government and paid for by taxes on the company, or it is auctioned by the government that owns the land.
raumdeuter: All human subconsciously profile people based on looks as a result of our experiences, If you want to enter a flight and see a man turbaned and looks arabian vs a normal white boy from Scotland, Who would you be wary of? which of them would you think might want to blow shitt up? But in reality the turbanned man might be a Professor and the white guy might be a meth addict.
Thats the truth. Black neighborhoods are les safe than white neighborhoods, even the moment a black man mans small money, he moves away from the black neighborhood.
Most of us black Africans sef, are more scared of blacks than any other races, A lot of my friends got mugged in South Chicago predominantly black. Black on black killings in Chicago every weekend average almost 100/weekend.
And due to the breakdown of the black family, blacks are more likely to not have a father figure, get into bad company more and likely get into crime more
Let me ask, if you were a police officer and see 2 black guys in the evening vs 2 whites, who would you likely be slightly more suspicious of?
raumdeuter: What is your own opinion about the thing, I believe you are close to law enforcement. Give me your own opinion
Not exactly law enforcement but security related. The thing is , I empathize with the police there cos like you said, the gun laws there are crazy man. I watched a video once where a white anchor asked the studio who would like to be treated the way blacks are, none of the white audience raised their hands up. If I was a police officer in Nigeria for example, I'd search someone dressed in Muslim regalia, in the present Nigeria , more thoroughly than I would say a southern Christian. Does it mean I hate Muslims or people from far north ? No, I'm just being true to present conditions. While there might be prejudice in the way white cops treat black folks there, I don't think its totally unjustified. There's a reason it's happening and while you all know that, it seems in in trying to be politically correct, most people shy away from saying it out. That's why I like Fox news small
raumdeuter: Yeah I dey kampe. The place of the cops shooting is just a few bloacks from where JFK was shot .
The killing of cops is very sad and despicable. These police are doing a very risky job in America where everyone has a gun, They have to be extra careful so when Police stop you be of your best behavior. Police don stop me a couple of times and our exchanges were very civil one of them actually let me off the hook and was particularly polite
As much as I sympathize with the black guys that were killed but killing police an extremely senseless thing to do. They could have advocated for more education to cops on how to handle minorities and also in schools on how minority kids should respond to police, being all confrontational wit someone that has a gun always end up bad, Anyone who attended Ife and witnessed Aluta would tell you that
WHen you go to black neighborhoods and they start killing themselves, they would pick the phone and call the same Police they were shooting to come save them. Let us try a social experiment and all Police avoid black neighborhoods for 1month and see what the outcome would be
If I am a police officer, I would probably avoid black neighborhood because 1. I dont know which of them has a beef and wants to kill the cops 2. You have to be extra sensitive before your exchanges gets politicized in the media
I'm happy you're safe but I disagree with you. You just generalized the whole issue when you know fully well that's not what happened. An evil insane man takes out his anger on a targeted group and I repeat, one evil man.
Politics › Re: Reno Omokri Mocks "Man Of God"(osinbajo) On Twitter Over Failed Promises by edoyad(op): 12:01am On Aug 01, 2016
