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My friend and brother the respected Mr. Akin Ajose-Adeogun, who is a historian by calling and a lawyer by profession, is a man for whom I have tremendous respect. I have often described him as the ”living oracle of Nigerian history” simply because he has a photographic memory, a knack for detail, first class sources and has read more books on Nigerian history than anyone that I have ever met before in my life. Akin has an extraordinary mind, he is a living genius and I have often urged him to write a book. You can ask him anything about anyone or any event in any part of our country, since or before independence, and he will give you names, dates and the sequence of events immediately and without any recourse to notes, books or sources. After he has given you the information he will then cite his sources and tell you which books to go and read in order to confirm what he is saying. I have learnt so much from him that I must publicly acknowledge the fact that I owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. He once told me something that I found very interesting and that reflected the semi god-like status that our earliest lawyers, including some of the names that I mentioned earlier, enjoyed amongst the people. These men were not only revered but they were also admired by all, including members of the British intelligensia, legal fraternity and elites. Akin told me that many years ago in the mid-80′s Sir Adetokunboh Ademola, who himself was one of the legal greats, who was called to the English Bar in 1934, who was the third Nigerian to be appointed as a magistrate in 1938, who was the third Nigerian to be appointed as a High Court judge in 1948 and who was the first Nigerian to be appointed Chief Justice of the Federation in 1958 said the following words to him. He said, ”when you saw the way that the earliest Nigerian lawyers conducted themselves in court and argued their cases you would have been filled with pride and you would have wanted to become a lawyer yourself. Members of the public used to fill the court rooms to the brink and sometimes even the forecourts and passages just to watch these great men perform and enjoy their brilliance and oratory. They spoke the Queens english and they knew the law inside out. It is not like that today”. This is a resounding testimony from an illustrious Nigerian and it speaks eloquently about where the Yoruba, as a people, are coming from and the stock and quality of minds that they are made of.

Yet the dynamism of the Yoruba and their innovations and ”firsts” did not stop there. It went into numerous other spheres of human endeavour quite apart from the law. Permit me to cite just two examples. The first lies within the field of medicine. Dr. Nathaniel King was the first Nigerian to become a medical practitioner. He graduated from Edinburgh University in 1876 and he was a Creole of Yoruba origin. Next came Dr. Oguntola Sapara who was the second Nigerian to become a medical practitioner and who graduated from Edinburgh University in 1884. He was followed by Dr. John Randle who graduated from Durham University in 1891, then Dr. Orisadipe Obasa who graduated from Edinburgh University in 1892, then Dr. Akinwande Savage who graduated from Edinburgh University in 1900, then Dr. Curtis Adeniyi-Jones who graduated from Durham University in 1901. Others like Dr. Oyejola who graduated in 1905, Dr. Kubolaje Faderin, Dr. Sesi Akapo and Dr. Magnus Macauly who all graduated in 1912, Dr. Moyses Joao Da Rocha who graduated from Edinburgh University in 1913 and many others followed after that.

The Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria are a nationality of approximately 50 million people, the vast majority of who are concentrated primarily within Nigeria, but who are also spread throughout the entire world. They constitute probably the largest percentage of Africans that live in the diaspora and they have made their own extraordinary contributions in virtually every field of human endeavour throughout the ages. Descendants of the Yoruba and indeed various ancient derivatives and forms of the Yoruba language can be found and are spoken in places like Benin Republic, Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, the United States of America and various other parts of the western world. Today first, second and even third generation Yoruba have settled down and spread all over the world and are amongst the best and most sought after lawyers, nuclear scientists, doctors, industralists, academics, writers, poets, playwrites, clerics, theologians, artists, film producers, historians and intellectuals throughout the world. Wherever they go they tend to flourish and excel.

This is nothing new and indeed has always been the case. The first Nigerian to be called to the Bar was a Yoruba man by the name of Sapara Williams who was called to the English Bar and started practising as a lawyer in 1879. Yet Sapara Williams was not a flash in the pan or a one-time wonder. Other Yoruba men followed in his footsteps in quick succession and were called to the English Bar shortly after he was. For example after him came Joseph Edgarton Shyngle who was called in 1888, then came Gabriel Hugh Savage who was called in 1891, then came Rotimi Alade who was called in 1892, then came Kitoye Ajasa (whose original name was Edmund Macauly) who was called in 1893, then came Arthur Joseph Eugene Bucknor who was called in 1894 and then came Eric Olaolu Moore who was called in 1903. Ironically Sapara Williams was not the first Nigerian lawyer though he was the first to be called to the English Bar. In those days you did not have to be called to the Bar to practice law and the first Nigerian lawyer that practised without being called to the Bar was a Yoruba man by the name of William Henry Savage. He was described as a ”self-taught and practising lawyer” and he was a registered notary public in England as far back as 1821. These were indeed the greats and every single one of them was a Yoruba man.

wesley80: I mean you have to understand you're talking about PEOPLE living in subhuman conditions because they have little or no choice.



Wrong, wrong, wrong. They contribute their quota to the State's economy through their productive activities and creating a huge market for consumer and other products. Without some of these Ghetto dwellers, Guinness, Star and others would struggle, no?



Depopulate in the MDG sense does not mean knocking down peoples houses and forcing them back to their villages like you and Fashola seem to favour. It entails giving people better alternatives in terms of outlook and living conditions, it's imperative y'all understand this.


How would you feel if I said you were thinking thru your anus? Of course I'm being metaphorical arent I?




Yeah, you saved the best worst for last didnt you? You really had to prove you're a nutter? SMH.
Yeah you're an environmentalist and I guess that explains your abysmal level of understanding of developmental issues - sorry pal. I wasnt really making reference to the "ecosystem" in an environmental sense when I mentioned it, I only tried to demonstrate the relationship in a society between the rich, middle class and the poor by likening it to the same kind of balance an ecosystem needs to thrive and flourish. The society needs a level of poverty to thrive - yeah quote me! The menial jobs and the low wages would only exist if there's a group willing to accept whatever is on offer, it's how the greatest nations on earth were built so when you speak of "depopulating" ghettos in the sense you and Fashola appear to favour, you'll be altering that naturally thriving balance the society needs to grow.

I have one statement for all the fallacy you have stated up there.

THE POOR DOES NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN SLUMS. !

ijaw citizen: Bla bla bla bla blah!

Who is asking?
Who is getting concerned over what's not their concern?

The truth is Igbos don't have the simple courage to talk to our face, they cowardly go behind the anonymity of the internet to make noise about how badly SS need SE. And by all standards, this is a new dimension of cowardice.

Asari whose mother is Igbo, said all that because of his parental connection with Igbos.

He is a non-entity in Ijawland, not to talk of the entire South-south. His person feelings for Igbos should not be confused for Niger Delta apology to Igbos who used force of arms to coerce us into Biafra, with was part of the larger problem Adaka Boro was running away from when he declare ND republic in 1966.

The truth is; It is Igbos who owe ND an apology and that is why SE must vote Jonathan in 2015, then we will consider whether to fully forgive you or not



I don't know how you imagine ND as a bunch of helpless people who can easily be conquered. Keep holding on to this stu.pid logic.

Igbos shouting "Ss need Se" must know that this is one of the clinically diagnosed symptoms of LANDLOCKOPHOBIA and to some extent inferiority complex. We Niger Deltans will just keep laughing at this funny joke of some defective brains. We won't even bother to respond to these empty threat of some landlocked landgrabbers. Pathetic!

Ahh, you are a bit wicked oooo, LANDLOCKOPHOBIA

ijaw citizen: The Igbo and Yoruba obsession on Niger Delta is really something I can't begin to describe.

We are no younger brothers to anybody, we are Niger Deltans and we are capable of governing ourselves and managing our resources should Nigeria come to an end without Yoruba & Igbo support.

We are also capable of fighting our own wars without your treacherous support. Niger Delta militancy which was executed by ONLY ONE of the ethnic groups in ND; Ijaws, should give you a clue of the strenght of the ND/SS people.

Let me make this very clear, When the time comes it won't be the current state boundaries that will determine the structure or composition of the Niger Delta, THE ETHNIC LINES IS WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE THE TRADITIONAL/ ORIGINAL NIGER DELTA. Not this current political lines (state boundaries) that constitute the SS.

When that time comes, Itsekiris may join their Yoruba and Edo relatives if they so please to form one nation with the Yorubas. Then the Igbo parts of Delta and Rivers states won't be SS anymore but SE.

By then, I'm very sure it would have dawned on the Igbos & Yorubas that we the Niger Deltans don't need any of them to survive as a country, even they try to use the forced of arms as earlier attempted by the Igbos.

Ah , good, i thought the SE people were your elder brothers ni ooo,going by the way they claim they will break out of the country and take you along in their arms . So you SS people even REJECT them ?

The Yoruba's are always ready to stand independently whenever it is expedient.

mekaboy: Well jonathan has used the SE well and we are really benefiting from the use. In terms of appointment and allocation.

Ahhhhhhh, that was the same way biblical Esau felt he was benefiting and licking his ten figers , when he was eating porridge from Jacob , you know the rest of the story

mekaboy: Yes SW is producing more oil because of their masters up north. The SE will produce for our own use and export. Why do you think the SS is calling for the SE again. They can't do without if the want to win.

How will SS want to join the SW that are slaves to the north that have been using the for years. So I will advise the SW and the masters in the North to allow us talk with the SS. As one Oyel region to another Oyel region. Lol , oyel talk to oyel. The SS has the oyel SE has oyel, technical and managerial ability.

They will SS will be better of with a region that has oyel, atleast we know that the relationship is truthful than one side having oil and the other having long throat for oil.

Btw, how old are you ? Are you a pre teen or teenager ?

wesley80: If you re-read my post I'm sure you'd finally understand I never said ghettoes were desirable but only pointed out that they are a natural consequence of skewed development and govt inattention. As for who should actually shoulder shoulder the blame, I also mentioned it was'nt entirely BRF's fault didnt I?

What do you then mean by "this line of thought about "Ghettos not supposed to exist" shocks me to the marrow"

wesley80: A growing - booming population can only be a curse if its potentials are not harnessed

How do you harness the potentials with very limited funds,if the bulk do not pay tax, they are a burden !,

wesley80: the ease with which you throw words like "depopopulate"

depopulate is simply to reduce the population of those living in the slum, the Millennium development goals has 8 goals, 21 targets nd 60 indicators. Goal 7 , target 7.10 focuses on depopulating slums.

wesley80: and your likening slum dwellers to breeding pigs leaves a lot to be desired, such uncharitable words gives you up as being crassly ignorant and unfit to discuss the issues herein

i said breed like pigs, a metaphor indicating having more children than they can cater for, a smart man can move away from a slum after a brief stay and proper planning, a slum is not where you plan to stay forever!

wesley80: . Do you realize a huge area like Ajegunle would fall into the "ghetto" class if a threshold were set? Would you recommend de-populating Ajegunle? If you say Yes then I have to ask if you understand the concept of the "Food Chain"? Those Ghetto dwellers are now a part of the Lagos ecosystem, take them out and you disturb a level of that chain that balances the Lagos ecosystem and the resulting negative domino would leave you running away from Lagos! It's one thing to sit your butt down and proffer ignorant policies, it's another thing to know what you're talking about.

Stop talking nonsensical shiit, i am an environmentalist, I am as ignorant enough to educate you. What do you understand by the ecosystem, introducing filth in to water bodies is a way to balance the ecosystem in your ignorant mind, most of the fishes and aquatic organisms in those water bodies are filled with heavy metals like lead, and not particularly okay for human consumption.

mekaboy: [s]Any small thing the SW pple will say the people of the SE are trooping to the SW, because Lagos is this and that. If north that lagos was once the capital, it won't be compared to anywhere in the east. Most Nigerians went down to the SW because it was the capital and major activities where station there.

Lagos became this developed with oil money. The SS pple where watching, they moved the Capital to Abuja and developed with will the same SS oil moneym

But the SW can't maintain the infrastructure without oil money. Oil block licenses will be withdrawn soon.

The north and their slaves in the SW have been taken the rest of Nigeria for a ride. The SS final got an opportunity to taste power, to rule Nigeria that they have been sustaining and developing with their oil money. The North have decided to make it ungovernable
, Plant bombs on the butt of their slaves in SW so they have no choice but to agree with the north.

GOD has compensated the SE with the oil and everything they need to be on their own shld Nigeria end today.

We are now ready for whatever. The power of the north which is the military has been taken away from them. Their oil blocks will soon be taken. Their own home bred soldiers Boko Haram has turned against them.

When it is all over and their region is desolate, all they have left is their slaves in the SW. That is why they have planted their suicide bomber all over lagos. As soon as they are going down, they take the SW down.

We are not calling the SS, we have our oil. Its the SS that has apologized, they have seen the truth, they know that despite the fact that we have nothing to loose or gain by who is president in Nigeria, we still voted for them.

They no that an igbo president cannot stop their amnesty program, and igbo president will make sure they get what they deserve. But what happens if the SE does not care about producing president since we have our own oil and everything we need? Will they sit and allow a northerner take back power, use the money gotten from their region to fund boko haram, end their amnesty program.

The level of cheating and deprivation given to the people of SS can't be repaired even if gej is given another 4 years. They will need atleast another for years from gej and 8 years from an igbo president to recover.

They have tested power, they know the truth. But they can't fight this battle alone. They need the SE. As for the SW just like you put metal in the mouth of the horse to control it by pulling, the north has put bombs in the SW to control them.

Our in is to dance alingo in the SE and watch. Either the SS come and beg us to help them, or sit and watch the north take power from them. And this time they won't have mercy. Once buhari takes over, he will probe jonathan and sentence him. Then the SS will attempt to protest, the north and their slaves in the SW will invade them, take their oil by force. Our own na sit down they look.

So they either come join resources with SE, if the north makes noise, we give a little token of oil to the US and other countries and they wipe them out. While they are bombing them, they will be bombing their slaves in the SW.

The northern masters have seen then ugly end, the know the SW cannot the trusted, if their region becomes totally destroyed the only place they can go is the SW. And the SW people might turn their back on them, that is why they want to use bombs to take over by force shld their region be totally destroyed.[/s]

Stop deceiving your self, the SS is currently using the Igbo people as a pawn, your are like the biblical esau that sold his birthright to Jacob for the pot of porridge .
G.Ebele Azikiwe Jona. is utilising the Igbo destiny and blessings (Aisiki yin lon lo). He is sucking it out and it will soon dry out, when the SS is through with you, they will kick you to the curbs,

Imagine if SS & SE forms a country, which region will preside ? the igbo abi? . you will be second fiddle to your SS younger brothers., What will you bring to the table ? At most 2 years, you will be seen as a liability and parasite.The SS will not stand the usual bullshit you offer.

Infact at the end of it all the SS will prefer to forge an alliance with the SW.

At the moment the current oil productivity is ranked thus: SS - SW -SE.

Omen100: Like the new name a friend of my gave to this fool, "The Hopeless warlord" I am an origin of Delta state, a state in the southern part of Nigeria and that "hopeless warlord" called Asari Dekubo doesn't speak for Me.

Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari, has described Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State as a traitor.

According to him, since the governor joined forces with the North to work against President Goodluck Jonathan, he has betrayed the people of the Niger Delta.

Dokubo-Asari, who spoke with journalists on Friday in Abuja, on Jonathan-Amaechi rift among other issues, said the 2015 general elections would “define and decide” the existence of Nigeria.

But the Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, told The PUNCH that Dokubo-Asari was entitled to his opinion.

She said, “I am sure those are Asari-Dokubo’s views. It is a democracy and so everybody has a right to abuse; whether those views are right or wrong is irrelevant. I do not think that as a government, we will respond to that; there is nothing to respond to in his allegations.

“Dokubo-Asari has every right to his views. But whatever he wants to say, the veracity of it is a different matter.”

The ex-militant leader said, “Rotimi Amaechi has been making disparaging statements against the person of President Goodluck Jonathan. He went to Kano State and declared there that he would contest 2015 presidential election as a running mate to a northern aspirant. He is free to do so, but the South-South will not allow traitors among us.

“If Amaechi has singled himself out as a traitor, he will be treated as a traitor; there is nothing anybody can do about it. Now that we have come out of slavery, nobody can take us back into slavery, it is not possible.

“If they like, let them ‘settle him’ and Goodluck, but we, the people of the Niger Delta, will not ‘settle’ and allow a traitor in our midst.”

On the 2015 presidential election, Dokubo-Asari said no “gang up” against Jonathan would stand.

He said, “I want to say that there will be no peace, not only in the Niger Delta, but everywhere, if Goodluck Jonathan is not the president by 2015, except God takes his life, which we do not pray for.

“Jonathan has uninterrupted eight years of two terms to be president, according to the Nigeria constitution. We must have our uninterrupted eight years of two tenures. I am not in support of any amendment to the constitution that will reduce the eight years of two tenures that Jonathan is expected to be president of Nigeria.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/amaechi-will-be-treated-like-a-traitor-dokubo-asari/

[quote author=Omo_Tier1]Contrary to what many of you think, dislodging PDP from centre is very easy! It takes the masses to pull off their eyes religious and ethnic sentiments scales, vote for a performer and protect their votes.

January 2012 mass protest clearly demonstrated that Nigerians can make PDP history the day they decide to. Surely it will be like a dream when the brooms start sweeping eagles square and I know many handles on Nairaland will become redundant immediately [/quote]The boldened is what makes it difficult, the scales will not fall easily. The bulk of masses can hardly decipher an unelected performer !.

As regard the january 2012 mass protest, if you will recall, an ethnic dimension was also introduced, and the protest was not nationwide, some regions did not join the protest.

[quote author=OK_2_NV][/quote]I make all possible efforts to avoid trolls,please stay off my path

i can manage a redeemable fo,ol, trolls are irredemable fo,ols

mekaboy: The proposed 300,000 barrel per day
Greenfield Lekki Refinery located in
Lagos may remain in the realm of
wishful thinking of the Lagos State
government and the stakeholders if
the alleged flaws in the new Petroleum
Industry Bill (PIB) are not immediately
addressed.
Some of the investors told LEADERSHIP
Sunday in Lagos that they backed out
of the project because of some of the
contentious clauses in the PIB before
the National Assembly. “The
International Oil Companies (IOCs)
driving the Lekki Refinery are
reluctant to risk their money in the
project because of some provisions in
the PIB. The bill is not in our interest.
We want the status quo to be
maintained as in pre-PIB Joint Venture
Agreement with the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and
the Lagos State government,” said one
of them. “Right now, I must tell you
that investors are worried that the
passing of the PIB in its present form
will automatically reverse the earlier
agreements.
The provisions of the PIB cede too
much power to the government at the
expense of the investors. There is also
this feeling among the investors that
when the PIB is eventually passed the
host communities’ equity participation
in the upstream oil and gas industry
will be increased. The 8 per cent the
IOCs think is right going but the PIB
will increase it to 10 per cent.”
He added that these facts, coupled
with frequent changes in the top
management of the NNPC by the
federal government, had made
sourcing of funds for the $8 billion
project difficult.
LEADERSHIP Sunday’s visit to the Lekki
Free Trade Zone (LFTZ), the proposed
site of the refinery, showed that the
envisaged 2017 streaming date might
not be realised as nothing was on the
ground to demonstrate the seriousness
of the investors to deliver the project.
It was observed that, since the signing
of the agreement between the Lagos
State government and the NNPC in
collaboration with a consortium of
Chinese investors known as ChinaState
last year for the establishment of the
refinery under a public-private
partnership (PPP) arrangement,
nothing tangible had been done.
If the stakeholders had gone ahead
with the construction of the refinery as
planned, it would have, in addition to
the above crude output, produced
500,000 metric tonnes of liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) per annum.
Under the arrangement, the Chinese
are expected to provide 80 per cent of
the funds, leaving 20 per cent to the
NNPC. The Lagos State government
will, in addition to providing the land
for the project, construct
infrastructure such as road to the site
and electricity.
Optimistic that the partnership would
work, Governor Babatunde Fashola,
who recently received a delegation of
the investors led by the group
executive director, engineering and
technology of the NNPC, Billy Agha,
said the state was set for the multi-
billion-naira refinery
The governor said the project was
coming at the most opportune time,
adding that the government did not
foresee any hurdle in the project with
the involvement of the Chinese
investors because the state was
already partnering with another group
of Chinese investors on the
development of the first phase of the
LFTZ.
The NNPC management hopes that the
Lekki refinery, when completed, will
provide over 7,000 jobs for both skilled
and unskilled labour

What is this nonsense you are coming up with, one of the scams of the PDP government, greenfield refinery a PDP SCAM. You will understand by 2015, why the SW is building bridge with the north to oust an inefficient PDP government at the centre, many of you are to shallow to understand this, you are so beclouded with prmordial ethnic sentiments.

mekaboy: You did not read the news that the chinese company that wanted to build refinery in lagos pulled out because there was no single trace of groundnut oil in the SW not to talk of crude oil. What will u be refining? Cocoa?

Bear in mind that evern your cocoa will be taken away by the north. Can you challenge the north? Igbos challenged Nigeria. But the north alone killed MKO abiola and you cld not do nothing. They planted bomb in lagos and you ran to merge will them and are begging buhari the oga at the top to contest.

since you have made this about oil,

Fact 1 THE SW currently produces more oil than the SE.

2 Lagos will start producing 50,000 - 80,000 barrels per day in 2014

Forget about the 1960's war, it is not fair to the 2million igbos killed. .

No permanent friend in politics, only permanent interest !!!, if the SW will need to work with the North for now, so be it. the political savvyness of the SW is on a higher scale than the SE if you will be honest with yourself, Rochas has joined to learn from it. Dont continue to allow the SS use you as a pawn in its chess game.

[size=18pt]Lagos oilfield to start production in 2014[/size]
January 2, 2013 by Stanley Opara



Lagos oilfield

Lagos oilfield

By 2014, oil is expected to be produced for the first time offshore Lagos State from the Aje gas and condensate field, which lies in Oil Mining Lease 113 in the Benin Basin, about 43 kilometres offshore Lagos.

The field is currently in the development planning stage, with first production expected in 2014, according to the United States Energy Information Administration’s website.

Aje field is expected to reach a plateau production of between 50,000 to 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. The water depth in the region is 3,000 feet.

Key shareholders in the field include Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum and Chevron.

Chevron was appointed as the technical advisor to the operator for the project and also assigned the responsibility of preparing a development plan for the field.

The OML 113 licence covers an area of 960 square kilometres and contains several prospects, including the Jubilee and Tweneboa fields.

OML 113 was originally known as Oil Operating Licence 309 and was awarded to YFP in 1991 to encourage the growth of the Nigerian oil industry. Following the successful discovery of the Aje field, the licence was converted to OML 113 in 1998 with a term of 20 years.

Aje was discovered by the Aje-1 well in 1996. The well encountered oil and gas over three zones of the Cretaceous Turonian age. It flowed at the rate of 60.2 million standard cubic feet of gas a day; 1,729 barrels of condensate a day; and 2,389 barrels of oil a day.

In 1997 an appraisal well, Aje-2, was drilled one kilometre east of the Aje-1 well. It confirmed the presence of oil and gas in the Turonian reservoir as discovered by the Aje-1 well and encountered a deeper separate additional zone of the Cenomanian formation.

A third well, Aje-3, was drilled by Transocean’s Sedco 709 semi-submersible rig in 2005. Although the reservoir quality was not optimum, the well encountered an oil and gas bearing column within the Turonian and Cenomanian reservoirs.

In the first quarter of 2008, another appraisal well called Aje-4 was drilled by the Transocean Deepwater Pathfinder drill-ship to carry out a complete appraisal of the field. Aje-4 well was drilled to assess the extent of the field and identify additional exploration targets. The well encountered hydrocarbon reserves in the main Turonian reservoir.

Drilling of the Aje-4 well confirmed the field contains a laterally extensive reservoir structure. The field was declared a commercial prospect in February 2009.

Appraisal of the field was based on 915km of 2D seismic data, 700km2 of 3D seismic data and an electromagnetic survey.

Aje is primarily a gas condensate field formed in a four-way dip closure trap. It contains gas and oil in the Turonian and Cenomanian reservoirs and an additional gas layer of the Albian formation.

Gross contingent resources of the Aje field are estimated at 380 million boe. Of this 28 per cent is oil/condensate, 20 per cent is Liquefied Petroleum Gas and 52 per cent is gas.

The field is planned to be developed as a subsea tie back to a floating, production, storage and offloading vessel.

A total of six producers are planned for the field. They will be connected to sub sea wellheads and associated flowlines and manifolds in 320-feet water depth. The flowlines will, in turn, be connected to the FPSO through risers.

Produced hydrocarbons will be processed by the FPSO and exported through the West African Gas Pipeline or through a direct pipeline to connect to the Lagos gas infrastructure.

mekaboy: Ofcourse thay produce more and supply more of the imported oil. How many minutes will the oil reserve last as soon as SS and SE break out.? Don't forget that majority of the fuel is refined outside and imported.

When we leave, where will SW see the oil to produce.

Dont be decieved, the current oil production from Ondo state is more than the oil produced from all the SE state, Lagos will start his oil field production by 2014. Refineries can be built in 18 months.

mekaboy: Whether asari is serious or north, the SS can't stand alone. They have tasted power, they won't let go to be bullied back into their shell after 2015 election.

If the SS cant stand alone, they also might not be able to stand you, what are you bringing to the table? In no time, you will be seen as parasites

mekaboy: The SE is fine by itself, we have enough oil to support Nigeria as the SS has been doing. We will refine ours and export more.

I am sure a liTter of petrol will be selling for about N10 because we will have excess. Do you think the SS will join the north that has bullied them for years? Or join the SW the slaves of the north?

You can as well sell a litre of petrol for 1 naira, btw, are you not supposed to be spending biafran pounds

mekaboy: For the SS to make any remarkable statement in Nigeria come 2015 they need the SE.

Imagine a northerner taking over 2015 and stop amnesty for ND militants and start amnesty for boko haram. With oil money gotten from SS? Of course SW can't say anything its only the SE that can question the north. But what's our business, unless the SS come and ask us to help them, we go sidon dey look.

Dont be decieved the SS will not breakout with you, the SE is currently a pawn in SS chess game.

mekaboy: The SS oil has been sustaining Nigeria since, the SE oil is untapped.as for if the SS will want to join the SE, you can ask asari dokubo.

Untapped where, you might be right though, but the SW seems to have a greater potential than the SE, Lagos and Ogun state have proven large oil reserves

mekaboy: The SS pple have seen their mistake, they have seen what the igbos saw and wanted to breakout, they can't break out alone, neither can they withstand the North and the SW alone.

They have seen who their real enemies are. Even in the last elections, they saw the role the SE played to make sure their person won.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, Dont tell me you are deceived by Asari, he speaks with both sides of his mouth a lot, he is saying all that because his ijaw man is the current president, and he needs a second term for him. dont take too highly political statement from asari, no permanent friend in politics but permanent interest.

mekaboy: Your talking about output in terms of distribution, when the pipe lines are blown up from the SS and only the refineries in SS and SE (orient petroleum) have oil to refine. What will the output in the SW west be? Groundnut oil.

No, i am talking of output in terms of current production, the SW currently produces oil more than the SE.

mekaboy: Just wondering, Since Nigeria depends on oil. If SS and SE that have oil unite and break out of Nigeria. What will happen to the rest?

War Start. Lol

OP, i have a feeling you are from the SE, at the moment Oil output from the SW is more than that of SE.

How sure are you that the SS will want to unite with those from the SE, since SS will contribute over 90% of oil?.

wesley80: ^ I just dont get people like you, this line of thought about "Ghettos not supposed to exist" shocks me to the marrow. Do you know "jack" about Lagos state? Like really do you even have a clue? How do you define a Ghetto? Is the population of Lagos state an asset or a liability? If you were to fashion out an economic policy you mean you'll recommend de-populating Lagos to say the size of Abuja? To what end if I may ask?
This whole line of thot has been circling on and on and you all are beginning to make it sound like population is the problem of Lagos rather than the obvious case of "skewed and poorly co-ordinated development". I put it to you that the population of Lagos is her greatest asset and those shanties and ghettoes you say should not be allowed to develop are just a natural consequence of the govts poor development plan.

Yes, ghettoes are not supposed to exist !!!!, it is an eye sore to the state, all over the world attempt should be made to depopulate slums,and not expand slums, even the MDGs recognises that in goal 7, target 7.10.

Many of the slum dwellers have no business staying in urban lagos, they also do not make wise decisions, they breed like pigs with no concrete plan for the offsprings thereby enthrenching a vicious cycle of poverty, hopelessness and an expanding slum.

I put it to you that the population of Lagos is her greatest asset and those shanties and ghettoes you say should not be allowed to develop are just a natural consequence of the govts poor development plan.

Yes the population is one of the greatest asset, but it can also be a curse, most especially when majority do not pay tax and create a nuisance value. You talk about govts poor development plan a cause of the ghettoes, i agree with you, but the biggest blame goes to the FG at the centre, and many other state governors not stemming the tide of rural-urban migration, lack of employment opportunities across the nation e.t.c

Michaeljones36: The only person I support for President is Fashola.

I would support Oshimole, Akpabio, or Rochas, but they are probably not running.
I would support Donald Duke, Awolowo, and even the Chinese Premier to be President, but they are not running.

The only thing I care about is rapid development.
Buhari and GEJ cannot deliver development, so I cannot support them.

You have to learn to simulate the minds of the bulk voters spread across regions, and present a candidate that will capture their varying sentiments, it is the reality about elections.

Dislodging the PDP from the centre is an arduos task i must confess, like in a game chess, you will have to make some sacrifice if you must win this game.

phreakabit: We'd never take a common stand with shady, dishonest folks. Not going to happen for obvious reasons.

OK, i wish you Goodluck j

Michaeljones36: 1. I was talking about Fashola running for President, not Buhari.

2. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAYS HAVE HIGHER TURNOUT!

3. Fashola runs the largest state in the nation by population. 6000 people move there everyday.

4. It's about the combination of taking votes away from GEJ and giving them to ACN + CPC + ANPP

I'll be back in a sec with more info.

The total number of voters for the 2011 presidential election in lagos was in the neighbourhood of 2 million .

sadly, Elections in nigeria is still hinged on regional and religious sentiments, and any good political strategist must put that in consideration in fielding a candidate. If you field in fasola a swesterner, you have suceeded in weakening the northern base, a segment of the north currently feel cheated at the moment having only tasted power 2years out of the total 16 years of current democratic dispensation.

2. shamefully, at the moment the SW / SS /SE do not speak the same political language.

IT IS IMPORTANT YOU STRIKE A BALANCE in fielding a candidate taking into cognisance this realities.

the best cndidates in terms of brilliance and ideology do not necessarily win elections.

Why did a relatively unknown shagari defeat Awolowo in 1979 P.E ?

Michaeljones36: Let's be clear.

Lagos State has 20 million inhabitants.
GEJ received 18 million votes and became President.
Fashola won Lagos state with 80% of the vote in 2011.

If Fashola brings Lagos State, and the entire South West, while TAKING AWAY those votes from GEJ, the election is finished.

APC will just need a few votes from the North to close the deal.

your analysis is terribly wrong, elections do not operate like that.

1. GEJ won with 22 million votes in 2011

2. Not all inhabitants of a state are qualified to vote

3. Not all those qualified to vote will register to vote

4. not all those who register to vote will actually vote.

only 1.5 million voters voted for Fashola in 2011, representing 82% of total votes.

my own submission about buhari as APC Presidential candidate is that he is possibly the most optimal candidate at the moment.

1. GEJ of 2015 will be weaker in the northern axis than GEJ OF 2011.

2. Most northern PDP GOVERNORS will not be seeking re-election in 2015, less vibrant PDP campaign

3. the main opposition parties will not split their votes in 2015, unlike 2011 (buhari / shekarau / ribadu)

4. More funds will be available for grass root campaign to the APC Campaign unlike 2011

5. The real opportunity area is the south west and north central, not the ss or se.

6. Based on the current realities a muslim/muslim ticket should not be placed forward, i have changed my mind on the buhari/fashola ticket.

7. Buhari will be fortunate to get 10-15% of the SS +SE votes, only if the VP candidate is one of the current governors from that region.

i will suggest a buhari / oshiomole (not sure he is a christian though) or buhari / rochas.

with this, it is possible to obtain over 50% votes for the APC.

This also signifies 3 years of Goodluck Jonathan Administration.

I think the "hurricane" prefix to Nebo perfectly fits him, we all know the consequences aftermath a hurricane,.... DISRUPTION OF POWER SUPPLY.

jackbauersballs: WTF is Curriculum Studies?!

To the best of my knowledge, UNILAG classifies all single subjects in education as curriculum studies, e.g if you are studying physics-education, chemistry-edu., geography edu.,e.t.c you are in the department of curriculum studies it is reputed as the largest department in UNILAG for obvious reasons.

[quote author=IGBO-SON]Commenting on the power plant being constructed at Ochudo city,the commissioner for Public Utilities,engr.Ben Oka,assured that the installation by the expatriate will be completed before the end of of this month and expressed satisfaction on the quality of work done so far.


Ebonyi oni baje o![/quote]Sounds incredible to come from ebonyi state.

Largest turbine power plant in Nigeria ? installation to be completed by end of this month ?

Surely, something is not adding up.

windows8: hey, op was right, I was dere live

Will you stop lying ? You were in the meeting as what?

waiter, politician, body guard , PDP thug.....

From your previous posts, you are still looking for a job, most likely a jobless graduate.

Ptimes: The spokesperson of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, has claimed that the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on several occasions, begged the leadership of the party to let him decamp to the PDP.

He said the governor was consistently turned down by the Nigerian ruling party.

Mr. Metuh, who spoke via a statement on Wednesday, “urged the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to be bold enough to tell Nigerians how many times he begged to join the PDP but was turned down”.

” The same PDP which Adams went on all fours, begging to join on several occasions has suddenly become the ” party of rogues” because of his desperation to justify the massive rigging and democratic aberration that was local government elections in Edo state.

Read details at: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/132203-oshiomhole-begged-to-join-pdp-but-we-refused-metuh.html

I am 99.999999999999999% sure, this is a lie.

The Ghanaian man has made valid points, sadly, i concur.

rhymz: Nigerians some times are hard to understand. Somebody raised a valid argument that everyone seemed to ignore. There are already existing automobile companies in the business of both assembling and manufacture yet we don't see any of these locally produced vehicles in any government fleet. Is it not cynical and insincere to blame the federal government even when it is clear that even they, state government are not supportive of the efforts of already existing local manufacturers. Innoson for instance has tried against all odds to go into the business of manufacturing vehicles, so far, he manufactures mostly the kind of buses used by the Lagos BRT buses, how has the Lagos government supported his effort? So far, the bulk of IVM vehicles are sold in the SouthEastern states, the question is why? I know IVM has a sales outlet somewhere around cele-ijesha-mile 2 roads, why are they not getting support from Mr Fashola if realy he is concerned and sincere about the plight of these people? The whole idea is ridiculous and seemed to be born out of parochial considerations to score cheap political points. how can any serious government go into a heavy duty sect like automobile assembly just so they can serve only the their own transport system? So he will just open an automobile assembly against the already existing ones just so he can assemble BRT buses alone, Dumb, dmub, dumb, dumb. . . and his praise singers are here licking his poo and buttt as usual. Nigerians and their subtle tribalism will never let them see the bigger picture, I bet if innoson was a Yoruba man, there will be no story like this dumb one making the news.

The more production plants set up in the country the better, jobs to be created, technology to be transferred. [b]why exhibit subtle tribalism in stating that Fashola should patronise innoson motors ? [/b]because he is an igbo man like you i guess. Are all government vehicles in anambra state, the location of innoson plants now made by innoson. Has ekene dilichukwu and all big buses of igbo transport merchants now made by innoson?


I will be glad to hear more production plants being set up anywhere in the country. Gradually, local competition will help to further strengthen and shape the automobile market.