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@ ALL
If this is actually true, NIGERIA is just no match for the Al-Qaeda, i really feel sorry for this country called 9ja.
But on the contrary i think Mike Okiro wants to use this avenue to make money for himself because he would want the Federal Govt to boost security thereby making money for himself (this whole story sounds FISHY!!!)
whats even the reason why Al-Qaeda wants to bomb nigeria?[/color]
Mike Okiro didnot even make mention of the reasons and the avenue for disceminating such an information makes it look QUESTIONABLE[color=#990000]?

@Elosela
whats the source of that info u dished out, that cant possibly be true.
WTF
Whats his point showing that picture his oyinbo friends

@phatahkee & vicjustice

Hmmmmm!!!! I think i can remember one good thin about nigeria only if you can check out the link below and click on the headline

"Obasanjo Sold Crude Oil To Jamaica At $12 "

http://nigeriamasterweb.com/paperfrmes.html

UNBELIEVABLE! Obasanjo Sold Crude Oil To Jamaica At $12

Raked millions into his accounts


The last may not have been heard about the many dirty transactions carried out by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his cronies during his eight-year misrule of the country, as more revelations are emerging by the day.

LEADERSHIP Weekend can authoritatively reveal that the former president, in his characteristic fraudulent manner, sold crude oil to the Jamaican government at the cheap price of $12 per barrel, even when the product was selling for about three times that amount on the international market.

Using one Mr. Carl Masters, an associate of Goodworks International, Obasanjo appointed him as the oil liaison agent for the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ). Through him all the sales were made. Under this arrangement, it was discovered that Goodworks was to get 15 per cent of the total earnings from PCJ, while he (Obasanjo) would get 20 per cent through proxy companies acting as oil traders.

The PCJ was incidentally established in 1979 to act as the official contractor for the Jamaican government, working directly with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in all aspects of oil trading for Jamaica. The deal, it was gathered, was part of a bilateral agreement reached between the Nigerian government and Jamaica in October 1978 when the then Jamaican prime minister, Michael Manley, paid an official visit to Nigeria during the military government of Obasanjo.

According to LEADERSHIP Weekend’s findings, it was agreed that Nigeria, through the NNPC, would supply Jamaica with about 15,000 barrels of its crude oil daily, amounting to an annual volume of 5,475,000 barrels.

The price was to be determined by Nigeria, while Jamaica was to trade the product at the open market and earn a margin from the sale.

It was also learnt that although the arrangement for the supply was intended to be commercial, a long-term (90-day) credit facility was allowed.

LEADERSHIP Weekend also gathered that the understanding then was that earnings from the business be channelled into development projects in Jamaica, as well as ensuring energy security in that country.

Though the contract was supposed to be between two governments, its management and implementation were to be strictly commercialised; all contractors involved with the arrangement were to adhere to this, at the prevailing rate as determined by the Nigerian government.

PCJ lifted the first consignment in May 1979, through Vitol SA, and, from 1979 to 1984, PCJ cargoes carrying the crude were shipped to Shell refinery in Curacao N.A for refining.

This arrangement went on smoothly until 1984 when ownership of the refinery changed, and the contract was terminated and, subsequently, Froyle and Bentley were made oil liaison agents to supervise the trade on behalf of PCJ.

Our investigations, however, indicate that PCJ, which was hurriedly established apparently to make brisk business at the expense of Nigeria, has not met any of the requirements for going into such business with Nigeria.

At the time of the deal, it was required that for any company to embark on such business in Nigeria, it must have logistics for lifting, shipping, delivery and sale of the products.

In addition, such company was required to post a bond of at least US$1.0 million as well as make certain investments in the country. The company, however, could not meet any of these requirements due to lack of capacity.

Furthermore, it was required that due to the volume and uncertainties, the company must have been a trader with the NNPC. Yet, this was not the case with the company that was hurriedly put in place.

Instead of ending this illegality, in 1989, the Jamaican prime minister, while hosting the then Vice President, Augustus Aikhomu, asked Nigeria to increase the quantity of the crude oil allocated to his country.

This request was, later in November of the same year, raised to 20,000 barrels a day, bringing the annual lifting to 7,300,000 barrels, and the type of crude added to include Bonny Light, among other quality crude in high demand globally.

This went on until the short tenure of Ernest Shonekan as head of the interim government, when NNPC was directed to cancel such contracts and the companies were invited to re-apply in November of that year.

PCJ also re-applied but failed to secure a renewal, which Leadership Weekend learnt was for political reasons.

According to an oil expert who spoke with our correspondents, the decision not to renew the PCJ contract was due to the sore relation between the late General Sani Abacha, the then head of state, and General Olusegun Obasanjo.

But soon after his swearing in as president in 1999, efforts to re-establish the contract began, and it only took a visit by Jamaican Prime Minister Patterson to Nigeria and a subsequent one by the minister of mining and energy, Hon Robert Pickersgill, in December of 1999, for the good old days of milking Nigeria dry to resume.

Our correspondents gathered that Carl Masters, a Jamaican whose marriage to Leon Sullivan’s daughter was presided over by Obasanjo here in Nigeria, resurfaced and the lifting of Nigeria’s oil began again on October 1, 2000.

Between October 2000 and April 2006, PCJ lifted a total of 37,202,334 barrels of Nigeria’s crude, making US$2,799,340 during the six-month contract period.

As at the time Obasanjo left office last year, PCJ had a contract that allows it to lift 30,000 barrels of the nation’s oil every day or an annual lift of 10.95 million.

Our correspondents also learnt that the company’s audited records from 1979 to March 2005 showed that it purchased Nigeria’s oil at only US$13, while same was sold for more than US$100 in the international market.

On April 1, 2005, PCJ instructed the Jamaican Ministry of Finance and Planning to pay the net income without the management fee, while the management fee was paid into three companies linked to the former president.

It is equally strange that the arrangement was that from the Jamaica side, the secretary to the Board of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica would be a signatory, while the other official from Nigeria involved is Obasanjo.

When contacted on telephone, Levi Ajuonuma, NNPC group general manager, public affairs, feigned ignorance, insisting that he could not comment on the matter, and promising to make inquiries. When pressed further, he said, "Nigeria has such agreements with several countries, and Jamaica could be one of them since it is a friendly country."

It could be recalled that after he left power on May 29, 2007, one of the first places he visited was Jamaica, where he stayed for a long time, obviously to ensure that his accounts were intact.

brownbonno:
After all said and done "home is home".Remember this set of leaders will one day leave the stage.
We should be thinking on how to head back home and carry along all the good things acquired here back to naija.
We need sustainable development in Nigeria that span through energy down to other infrastructural development and maintenance.
Think about it,the OBJ administration was able to do all that he did with Diasporas,the banks are recruiting from the Diasporas,the list goes on.
The problem of Nigeria is the citizens itself.We must not expects the Oyibos to build a sustainable nation for us.
Nigeria need you all at one time or the other.

IF I MAY ASK WHEN LAST DID YOU VISIT 9JA, IF ONLY U KNEW
TRY TO REACCESS THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY THEN YOU WILL UNDERTSAND BETTER.

TRY COME BACK AND SEE THINGS FOR URSEF, EVEN IN THE BANK THERE'S POLITICS,
You can be in the bank for years without having any promotion while your co-worker with little or no experience will be made a branch manager all becos he or she has a very influencial father/uncle.
THE SYSTEM WILL THWART ALL YOUR EFFORT

@EloSela
True talk
Sometimes I even wonder, when UK is already too tight moreover must everybody travel to uk

@poster
THIS IS INSANE, Hw OLD are YOU ??
Beleive me,that guy has already left you

@toshmann
TRUE TALK

@wany
  True talk,
The people that like it in Nigeria have contacts and they can perpetuate evil,social vices and oppress they less opportuned, FOOLISH PEOPLE

Nigeria has almost everythin yet nothing seems to be working, because of BAD leadership,

IF NOT FOR BANKS WETIN OUR GRADUATES FOR DEY DO SEF, THANX TO SOLUDO AND OTHERS THESE ARE THE KIND OF PPLE WE NEED IN THIS COUNTRY,
NOT THOSE BBC (BORN BEFORE COMPUTER) FOLKS LIKE OBJ

@funkybaby
Thank you for the INFO.

These Uk peeps too like monii sef! They always have a way to collect peoples' monii by frontin some sort of nonsense. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!! (£1,000)

UK should be the only country that collects "Cash Bond" for visiting, student, dependant, marriage,hsmp etc

GOD BLESS NIGERIA AS WELL AS AMERICA.

I sincerely feel sorry for your husband and that THING he calls his brother is a SWINE for him to have an erection for the brother's wife.
I really feel this gurl has nt finished discovering her sef b4 she jumped into marriage (ARISTO).

HW COULD YOU, ??Dnt u have a conscience @ all,
PLZ dnt killl ur husband b4 his time.

@Everybody
Does this mean that the E-passport cannot be done outside Ngeria, so everybody will have to travel down to nigeria to obtain one, I guess this will cause rush and definately result to tauting, I realy fell for those illegals Abroad

Nigeria has what it takes to be one of the best country in the world, we ve got all the resources you can think of yet nigeria is till this backward. our leaders do not have vision & focus. We need visionary leaders to take us to the promise land.
Our leaders are only interested in our National treasury, imagine an ex-governor purchasing a jet worth $25million, a car worth N70million, please is this money not enough to fix atleast one of our refinaries. These peeps do not deserve to live yet they are treated like heroes.

The moment you step out to the western world then you will understand what am talking about where the "economy works".
Nigeria ought to have gone pass this phase long long AGO.

@poster
  Having two refusals on your international passport does not seem too good, that does nt mean that you can't be granted.

If I may ask?
which visa application did you initially opt for (visit,student)
why were u initially refused and what is your aim now?

Going by the WORLD rating of cars KIA is on the least (one STAR), beleive me NIGERIA is their market, those cars cannot withstand the tropics.
I will prefer 1998 toyota camry to 2007 Kia Cerato,

in terms of stability, durability they dont even match at all, Moreover toyota parts are readily available & quite cheap.

You can do otherwise if you have money to throw around. (DNT BE DECEIVED BY THE STYLES OF THEIR CARS)
These cars are TOYS,,,very very light & when the problem starts hmmm YOU will run MAD

THE REASON WHY WE USE KIA IS BECAUSE WE DONT PRODUCE & WE DONT KNOW HOW A GOOD & RELIABLE CAR IS SUPPOSE TO LOOK LIKE.

@poster.

So long as you intend to study your master in UK or US of A, I will advise you go for an E-passport indicating your other names since your Educational credentials have this name of yours. Because there could be somebody else with dsame credentials bearing that same name of your without the middle name.

Its absence on your passport will raise alot of questions by the ECO. DNT even consider applying like that, its very gross.

bowa:
hello,you not including your initials doesn't make the passport to be useless.u can go ahead with watever you want to use it for. Along the way u might encounter some problems like the names not corresponding with your certificates

The passport can still be used for anyother purpose (VISIT), but for the purpose masters you will definately encounter some porblems & the ECO won't be patient enough to sort that out.

bowa:
.but i believe there are ways you could go about it.you will sworn an afidavit to back your claims.

An affidavit is not enough because the ECO has seen alot of FAKES. with just #200 you will get one.

ALL THE BEST.

c4cancer79:
Ok I am sorry for the lengthy post, just wanted to visualize the whole dilemma that I am in. (besides my english is not very good)

Thanks for the acknowledegment.

c4cancer79:
So what are my chances of getting Student dependent visa.

With a bank statement of 100GBP, its relatively too low.The ECO will definately capitalize on it. Try to sort out how you can send the money to her account over there, i guess that will help.

c4cancer79:
I was told that its UK's law that they can't break a family so being her husband they have to give me the visa, although there is no guarantee.

That is not a yardstick, you must meet up with the requirements.

c4cancer79:
1. Can a dependent is able to get the visa on its own bank statement which is not strong, or in other case be sponsored by someone else in the home country, rather than the student's bank statement.

it makes more sense if the student in qestion has a good bank statement, though yours could be added as well.

c4cancer79:
2. Will ECO really give preference and be easy on the student's spouse visa or with above situation he will simply refuse it.

There is no prefrential treatment, it will be treated based on its merit.

c4cancer79:
My wife got student visa and she is in UK and its been 8 months, she has only 6-7 months left in her visa period.

The visa period left (6-7 months ) is too short. If actually you have been able to stay for 8months without her.What do you think the ECO will say about that

floyd:
Like the guy @ the US embassy asked me why I wanted to study in the US despite having a UK visa and I just told him that I felt US schools had a higher standard
The dude nodded his head, smiled, and said “that’s right” (with so much pride).
And that was it.

Thats one way round @ American Embassy (Americans and their EGO )

Some1 was also given his visa @ American embassy because he said "of all my friends am the only person that has not visited America so i want to go and see how it really looks like".

@c4cancer79
Your story seems to be very lengthy, but I could not comprehend much from it. I will personally suggest you rephrase the whole story or rather summarize it.

Try to read through before posting

floyd:
1. Possibility of getting a good job after graduation

You will definately get a good job after graduation in either UK or US but i guess UK is known for better education than any where else in the world.

floyd:
2. Ease of eventually obtaining permanent residency

Each country has its own immigration rules, but UK is known for its stringent rules. Based on that US is better.

floyd:
3. Quality of life

Both has good Quality of life, but i know the fun in US cannot be compared to uk,it all boils down to your life style & what u want. Weigh your options

IF I WERE TO BE IN YOUR SHOES I WILL OPT FOR US of A (land of many opportunites)

How did you get both visas @ dsame time. when peeps cant even get ONE lol

ALL BEST MAN!

Was your UK visa a student visa?
Which visa are you opting for in US?

I have seen cases where US embassy result in the cancellation of an already issued visa.(THOSE PEEPS ARE CRASYY!!!! SHIT HAPPENS) Be smart enuff to weigh your optionss and above all pray. Anythin could happen.

If I were in your shoes I will go for Uk 1st and latter apply for US,You might not have much problems based on immigration credibilty.

ALL THE BEST

@mrpataki,funkybaby,VOR,Akolawole

Can u apply for schengen visa with a passport that was stamped refusal by UK visa consular precisely 27th August 2007.
I learnt its suppose to be after 6months

The Question is, since UK is not schengen does the 6months wait also applies if I want to apply for schengen?? (VISIT)

EVEN IF YOU ANSWER THE STUDENT QUESTIONAIRE VERY WELL, YOU CAN STILL BE DENIED THAT IS NOT A YARDSTICK FOR ISSUING VISA THOUGH, Imagine sum1 denied because he paid all the fees & accomodation. He was told that " He is too Ambitious"

NICE ONE DUDE,

But on the contrary this guys Helicopter brings my mind back to 1910, the whole thinks looks crude & dangerous.
Aviation is not something to joke with because y'all know how it works once you are in the AIR.

THIS GUY SHOULDNT KILL SOMEONE ALL IN THE NAME OF INVENTION. REGULATORY BODIES SHOULD CERTIFY HIS WORK PROPERLY.

dem dey share monii for venezuela, wat are you still doing around?

WATS UR POINT ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL OR IS IT because NIGERIAN IMMIGRATION IS POROUS?
NA WA 4 PEEEPS SHA