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sucess001:
[size=26pt]The ease at which people have access to the presidency these days...

Jonathan has cheapened the office...imagine how many celebs took selfie with OBJ those days...

Later the current administration will be saying people should respect the office of the president...[/size]

Obama takes photos with kim kardashian. I hope you know how she shot herself to limelight?

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Nigeria lost over 2 billion dollars annually to oil theft during the Obasanjo administration. Oil theft and bunkering didn't strat under GEJ and it wouldn't end under him. Even if you elect Buhari tomorrow and he stay for 10 years, there will still be oil theft.
Soludo was speaking out of malice and he should respect himself.

Shell Nigeria loses 50,000 bpd to oil theft in '04
27 May 2005
Author: Tom Ashby
Country: All

LAGOS - Nigeria's largest oil producer, Royal Dutch Shell, lost about 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to organised theft in 2004, roughly steady on the year before, it said in its annual report.

Extrapolated to the whole industry in Africa's largest oil producer, the Shell estimate indicates that Nigeria loses about 125,000 bpd, worth $2 billion a year, to organised crime.

"There were periods of high theft activity, peaking at 60,000 bpd and low periods of 40,000 bpd, which compares to 100,000 bpd and 20,000 bpd respectively in 2003," Shell said in its annual report for Nigeria released on Friday.

Analysts and rights groups have accused high-ranking Nigerian government and military figures of involvement in the illicit trade, which is also linked to big international networks capable of exporting the oil to refineries abroad.

The high level of oil theft is one cause of a massive influx of sophisticated military hardware to militant groups in the Niger Delta, analysts say, where hundreds of people die every year because of ethnic, communal and political fighting.

These groups often play on feelings among residents of the impoverished wetlands that they are being cheated out of the huge riches being pumped from their tribal lands. Militant groups frequently resort to kidnapping, extortion, sabotage and occupation to get their point heard.

Shell said that the Nigerian security forces had intensified efforts to reduce crime in 2004, although the security situation in the inaccessible region was mixed.

"During the year, 32 barges, six ships, six tugboats and 10 road tankers were seized, together with 63 suspects arrested (two of whom were senior naval officers)," Shell said.

SEIZURE

In Nigeria's largest ever seizure of stolen crude, two senior naval officers were court martialled for their involvement in the disappearance of a seized oil tanker impounded for smuggling 11,000 barrels of oil.

The tanker is still missing.

Shell said there were a lower number of security breaches in the western end of the delta around Warri, but a rising number of "ethnic warlords" on the waterways in the eastern part around Port Harcourt.

"Criminals used the cover of ethnic conflicts to undertake crude oil theft," Shell said.

The number of community-related disruptions, including the forced closure of facilities, seizure of assets, blockades and disruption to drilling, increased by 10 percent to 176, the report said. But the amount of oil lost from these events fell sharply, from 45 million barrels in 2003 to 5.2 million barrels last year.

The number of Shell staff and contractors killed rose to 12 in 2004, from 11 the year before, from a total of 314 criminal incidents.

The company recorded a small drop in the amount of oil spilled in 2004, to 8,300 barrels from 9,900 barrels. It said 97 percent of the spilled volume was caused by sabotage.

After chopping rivers state money for fourteen years, its now you want to repent abi?

Not impressed

The APC manifesto will require over 30 trillion naira to implement over the next four. Years
Where will this money come from with falling oil prices?

This man is very blunt.

Obiagelli:
We need chad to defeat boko haram for us? Something is seriously wrong with Nigeria~ Muhammadu Buhari

This is senseless talk.

Euckybaby:
Wish portion of the bible

Can't remember. Will post it when I have the time

Christians are actually not meant to contest for political positions in governments. It is written in the Bible.

Ok Mercy.

Nigga looks like Balotelli.

Onitsha people - its lawyer not rawyer

200 deaths on the enemy side? Na wa o! This Boko Haram no dey finish? Abi na video game be this?

This was in 2004

Shell Nigeria loses 50,000 bpd to oil theft in '04
27 May 2005
Author: Tom Ashby
Country: All

LAGOS - Nigeria's largest oil producer, Royal Dutch Shell, lost about 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to organised theft in 2004, roughly steady on the year before, it said in its annual report.

Extrapolated to the whole industry in Africa's largest oil producer, the Shell estimate indicates that Nigeria loses about 125,000 bpd, worth $2 billion a year, to organised crime.

"There were periods of high theft activity, peaking at 60,000 bpd and low periods of 40,000 bpd, which compares to 100,000 bpd and 20,000 bpd respectively in 2003," Shell said in its annual report for Nigeria released on Friday.

Analysts and rights groups have accused high-ranking Nigerian government and military figures of involvement in the illicit trade, which is also linked to big international networks capable of exporting the oil to refineries abroad.

The high level of oil theft is one cause of a massive influx of sophisticated military hardware to militant groups in the Niger Delta, analysts say, where hundreds of people die every year because of ethnic, communal and political fighting.

These groups often play on feelings among residents of the impoverished wetlands that they are being cheated out of the huge riches being pumped from their tribal lands. Militant groups frequently resort to kidnapping, extortion, sabotage and occupation to get their point heard.

Shell said that the Nigerian security forces had intensified efforts to reduce crime in 2004, although the security situation in the inaccessible region was mixed.

"During the year, 32 barges, six ships, six tugboats and 10 road tankers were seized, together with 63 suspects arrested (two of whom were senior naval officers)," Shell said.

SEIZURE

In Nigeria's largest ever seizure of stolen crude, two senior naval officers were court martialled for their involvement in the disappearance of a seized oil tanker impounded for smuggling 11,000 barrels of oil.

The tanker is still missing.

Shell said there were a lower number of security breaches in the western end of the delta around Warri, but a rising number of "ethnic warlords" on the waterways in the eastern part around Port Harcourt.

"Criminals used the cover of ethnic conflicts to undertake crude oil theft," Shell said.

The number of community-related disruptions, including the forced closure of facilities, seizure of assets, blockades and disruption to drilling, increased by 10 percent to 176, the report said. But the amount of oil lost from these events fell sharply, from 45 million barrels in 2003 to 5.2 million barrels last year.

The number of Shell staff and contractors killed rose to 12 in 2004, from 11 the year before, from a total of 314 criminal incidents.

The company recorded a small drop in the amount of oil spilled in 2004, to 8,300 barrels from 9,900 barrels. It said 97 percent of the spilled volume was caused by sabotage.

Source: Reuters

will watch later

I thought the transfer market has closed.

Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face - Mike Tyson

vanen2:
Ok. I'm still Jobless. And yes, SURE - P in Benue is man-know-man

Why are you jobless? Aren't you educated? Don't you have a skill? Don't you have aspirations to become something in life?

san316:
Obj did not waste his first term doing nothing. he did a lot because he was trying to rebuild the battered image of Nigeria as a result of military rule. that saw to the return of investors and foreign donors to the country.

OK. He was trying to build our battered image from 1999 to 2003? What else did he do?

True that. Obasanjo wasted his first four years doing abslolutely nothing but travelling around the world.
It was during his second term that he started instituting economic reforms that benefited the country.
I believe GEJ will perform better in his second term.

Don't make a promise you can't fulfil.
Nigerians love corruption and they will hate you if try to fight corruption. #Bittertruth

Soludo's allegation was based on crude oil and condensate theft over the past four years. Every administration in Nigeria will encounter crude oil theft, the Obasanjo's administration encountered it, Nigeria also lost trillions during the regime.
It is baseless for soludo to accuse Ngozi for crude oil theft and the revenues lost due to the sabottage.

jmaine:
Their not voting GEJ is simply not because he hasn't impacted positively in their lives. To me it's good news that those voting for Buhari is simply not because GEJ hasn't done anything to help the "common man" on the streets . . . .

You have a point. I'm not a GEJ suporter but I find it awkward that someone who was assisted financially to support his enterpreneurial ambitions would actually turn their back on the people who supported them.
I don't know If I should call It annoying or stupid or selfish.

berem:
Youwin is a fuccking scam.

My sister, Youwin is not a scam. I was a participant in the first edition, although I didn't win, I went through the first stage to the second stage, and I personally know over 20 people who were awarded grants.

A friend of mine won in the last edition(he won 10 million) he just received his first tranche, his wife and three sisters won in the second edition.

I know some people who won the YouWin competition but admitted they won't vote for GEJ. They want to vote for Buhari.

I am sorry comfort

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He looks relaxed, and why is he massaging his breąsts?

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This is pure photoshop! Why did you guys photoshop out his pot belly?

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What the hell? This is what his belly looks like - exactly like that of a typical nigerian public office holder!

Out of shape, out of ideas.

But he's the grand patron of the miyetti allah and he's never condemned violent and fatal attacks of Fulani herdsmen on innocent citizens.

The noise and furor surrounding these 2015 elections have become similar to trading the Euro/Dollar Forex market on a 1 minute time frame. LOL

Thats exactly how I see it.

Real issues that should've been discussed have been shoved aside and all we talk about are trivial issues that shouldn't matter to a discerning mind. The elections have been turned to a gossip topic. This is damn wrong.

Like Soludo said, real issues that are meant to be at the forefront of national electoral discussions are being relegated to the background.
For example:

Nigeria's foreign reserves fall to $34.38 bln by Jan. 28 - cbank

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Nigeria's foreign exchange reserves fell to $34.38 billion by Jan. 28, down 20.3 percent from $43.16 billion a year earlier, owing to drawdowns by the central bank to defend the local currency, the naira.

Data from the central bank on Friday showed the reserves of Africa's biggest economy have steadily declined, falling 0.43 percent month-on-month from December, when they stood at $34.53 billion.

The naira has remained under pressure, trading outside the central bank's target band of 160-176 to the dollar as oil prices plunge. This is despite a devaluation meant to find the currency's true value and shore up Nigeria's foreign reserves.

Indeed, it important that we clarify and verify the educational and academic backgrounds of each presidential candidate but should that be the most important discussion during this critical economic and political period. Oil prices are crashing and they don't seem to be increasing anytime soon.

Neither of the political parties have outlined concrete and feasible plans to rescue us out of the economic turmoil that is looming. Our reserves are depleting: there is unemployment; education is falling; Most Nigerian graduates are unemployable; Jobs are being cut in the oil and construction industry etc

I have perused the manifesto of the APC and it looks like a love letter, filled with empty promises. It's no different from the transformation agenda, all political rhetoric and no plan or solution.

Take a look: [url]http://apc.com.ng/apcroadmap.pdf
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Is this how our democratic processes are meant to be?