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1. Sinator Saraki suffering from pilfering sacomata

http:///full-list-of-sen-bukola-sarakis-assets/

Breakdown of his properties are N120 million and $224 million incomes as annual rent from his landed properties in Nigeria and London.
BUKOLA SARAKI’S ASSETS
Plot 212 Musa Yar’Adua Street, Victoria Island, N700 million.
Others are a plot of land on Lekki Phase (block 72), N7 million;
Ibafo near Ajah, N5 million;
Buildings on number 42 Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, N750 million;
19 Roxton Road, Ikoyi, N500 million;
62 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, N100 million;
15A & B MacDonald, Ikoyi, N160 million
6 Vulga Street, Maitama, Abuja, N60 million.
HIS LANDED PROPERTIES
123A, Ashley Gardens, Thirleby Road, London, valued at $750,000. (N120 Million Naira)
56 Cheyne Court, SW 3, London, $900,000; (N144 Million Naira)
54 Ashley Gardens, Ambrasden Avenue, London, $2.5 million; (N400 Million Naira)
141 Ashley Gardens, Thirleby Road, London, $600,000; (N96 Million Naira)
Nell Gwynn House, Sleave Avenue, London, $400,000; (N64 Million Naira)
Ormond House, Ormond Street, S/London, $400,000; (N64 Million Naira)
53 Ashley Gardens, Ambrasden Avenue, London, $2.5 million, (N400 Million Naira)
70 Bourne Street, S/W London, valued at $4.8 million. (N768 Million Naira)

HIS MOVABLE PROPERTIES

Mercedes S320, N16 million;
Mercedes S500, N20 million;
Mercedes G500, N18 million;
Mercedes V220, N6 million
Mercedes 300E, N2 million.
Mercedes ML 240, N8.5 million;
Mercedes CLK 320, N9 million;
Mercedes E320, N11 million;
Mercedes G500 bullet-proof, N45 million
Mercedes S500 bullet-proof, N30 million.
Ferrari 456 GT N25 million;
Navigator, N15 million;
Peugeot 406, N2 million,
Lexus Jeep bullet-proof, N30 million
Lincoln Navigator bullet-proof, N25 million.


HIS CASH DEPOSITS IN DIFFERENT BANK ACCOUNTS
NIGERIA
Societe Generale; N11 million
Ecobank, Broad Street, Lagos, N350, 000;
Citizens Bank, Broad Street, Lagos, N390, 000;
Citizens Bank, Broad Street, Lagos, N600,000;
Ecobank Nigeria plc, Broad Street, N10.3 million,
Guaranty Trust Bank, Adeyemo Alakija Street, Lagos, N2.9 million.
Societe Generale Bank, Oke Arin Street, Lagos, N23 million
Guaranty Trust Bank, Adeyemo Alakija Street, Lagos.
FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNTS
Coutts & C, 440 Strand, London, £905,000; (N235.3 Million Naira)
Northern Trust International Banking Corporation, Merrillynch Piece Fender, $400,000 (N64 Million Naira)
Fortis Bank, Camoile Street, London, £2 million. (N520 Million Naira)

HIS FOUR CHILDREN
His four children Tosin, Seni, Teniola and Teniayo, are worth N741.89 million in cash,

HIS WIFE
Toyin Saraki, had a net asset of N1.49 billion as at 29 May 2003.



Source: Kwara Matters.


How many cars does one man need to move around in?

Extra-ordinary productivity attained through discipline and education. Can we do what they did or they are doing? No facebooking, maximum of 1-2 children per couple, death to treasure-looters, and less extravagant lifestyle by public officers.

This is one of true Nigerian heroes. Its unfortunate his business is caught-up in a bad debt.

This is a Kanu that wrote off 3 Million pounds Portsmouth football club indebtedness to him April 2013. May God grace be with him in this trying time.

I have a different perspective of the current approach. I believe the central mission should be loot recovery. We should not be incurring much legal bills in protracted proceedings to get them jailed.

Facts: We are broke - we need to avoid waste; these people have committed murder indirectly; records and evidences of all these transactions are intact; none of the accused is denying they collected money.

I really do not see the practical possibility of sending all these people to jail - it is complicated, especially, when the whole issue is tinged with political/tribal/ethnic sentiments. Maintaining these people in prison will also be a herculean task - Bode George, Rev. King, & Tafa Balogun unsettled prisons they were kept.

My recommended approach is to legally and efficiently retrieve every kobo collected by each of these people - they are rogues; without money they are harmless. Let's dispense with armsgate expeditiously there are many more loots to recover.

hinwazaka:
A silly and incompetent attempt to purge the tertiary institutions of lecturers and professors known for promoting industrial action and blackmail strikes. It won't get anywhere, rather it will irritate and propel them to commence a quick nationwide strike. I don't know who advises the President, but what I do know, is that the individual is a Mor0n

Mr. hinwazaka why do you always appear to oppose efforts to correct anomalies in our polity?

Not all lecturers are corrupt , and definitely majority of them do not enjoy going on strikes like you posited. There are evidences showing individuals who have abused privileges of their offices. There is an online video of an Ekpoma lecturer a couple of years ago - he was denied by the school authority and, unfortunately, the lecturer has passed away now. There is a recent case of a "lecturer" with Unilag accused of rape - he was also denied by Unilag and he is still facing prosecution. Lecturers will not defend a colleague who has been proven to abuse his privileges.

But there is no link between the title of this story and the content. Besides we have read the original letter of This Day Publisher sent to the EFCC.

Anyone who has illegally benefited from public fund should be made to face justice and the loots recovered.

God bless the Minister of Education. I hope this is being done with all seriousness it deserves.

A clean-up effort like this should not be limited to known areas alone - it should made open to all schools under the ministry's control.

Coordinated platform should be created for students, staff and concerned citizens to make confidential petitions against authorities that have been abusing their powers. Petitions can be investigated discreetly and appropriate actions taken.

In our different homes we have : students that have been or being victimized by powerful teachers/lecturers, students who wrote exams but never had any results, students who could not write exam because they did not buy handout, students who will not graduate because their project supervisor has traveled out of the country, students who paid for accommodation bus sleep in classrooms, students whose entire 4-5 years results can not be found and that is it!, schools who charge N500 for printing one black-white page document, schools who charge N12,500 for printing a two-page document etc.

Many victims of power abuse suffer in silence since there is nobody to complain to. If this project is honestly and forcefully embarked on this may further enhance the current government's image as anti-corruption regime.

kITATITA:
Ngozi is not a thief. However, she couldn't muster enough willpower to stop the thieving politicians. Her strongest excuse had always been 'the President approved'; remember the $2 billion from Excess Crude account and SWF.

I agree with you but I have, recently, learned no man born of woman is infallible.

When will Interpol help us arrest Saraki and other money launderers?

Are these "small thieves" convicted already? Our courts of "injustice" as rightly christened and law-enforcers become potent when small people are involved but shrivel when big fish commit crimes.

This man Saraki has a legendary record of stealing and corruption but no Nigerian judge appear to be brave enough to sanction him. How can we respect the soiled Senate or the stolid Judiciary that has consistently failed to prove the efficacy of the nation's laws.

The real thief (Saraki) stole a big sum of money, his security details (the small thieves) stole some of Saraki's loot. While the small thieves are apprehended and being disgraced the big thief will continue to the the No. 3 Citizen of the nation. Where is the change?

Sinator Saraki

One day one scandal

baconline:
B4 this regime came I usually collect parcels from EMS with a whooping fee, I remember collecting a parcel worth 200 dollars with 35 thousand naira, I went back there about 3 weeks ago to collect a larger parcel and I was budgeting 50k to pay when the attendant asked me to pay 3k, I was shocked ,I paid up and left b4 he changes his mind. Today I went to pick up a registered mail at the regular mail counter of the post office and I was told it was free ,Whaàaaaaatttt!!!!!!!! well I guess the so called body language has reached there too, hope this change spreads to the police, custom etc

Lucky you. The story is not the same for some as regards NIPOST services.

It appears we are now, honestly, getting down to business - please we need the money back where it was originally meant to be. God bless Nigeria

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It is high time an “Office of the Project Manager of the Federation” is created and a Project Manager appointed to develop a Project Management Office (PMO) and coordinate, monitor, track and give independent feedback on Project activities, especially infrastructural projects. Alternatively, a Special Adviser may be appointed to undertake this role or the Vice President of the Federation may add this role to his responsibilities.
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Thank God we still have patriotic Nigerians. Thanks for putting this in front-burner.

Our constitution has made provision for these roles already - Project execution and monitoring are constitutional responsibilities of the Executive (Presidency and Ministers). While the lawmakers have oversight function as one of their constitutional roles.

Creating a different office for project management will require legal or constitutional backing to have any meaningful bite. As Ministers works will be subject to sanctions of the Project Manager.

Good gesture.

But to save the lawmakers this type of trips they should give-off their illogical allowances to the Federal purse so that more money will be available to governments at the grassroots.

PassingShot:
...I have come to realize that the biggest problem in Nigeria is not corruption per se. It is the attitude of the majority of us who are victims of corruption towards those who have pauperized them and future of their unborn grand children. Many of victims of corruption, who complain hourly about poor state of things, are sadly same set of people who defend their oppressors with the last drop of blood in them.
It's very sad that democracy has not helped Nigeria as we thought. It has instead made people to get away with impunity upon impunity.

Bro, it is not easy for private citizens to stand-up to corruption. While some citizens who are privileged to have enough enlightenment know what to do and who to call when faced with the monster over 100 millions of our people do not even understand they stand any chance against corruption.

Go to Lagos or PH streets and see how touts (working for/with Police and government) forcefully collect fees from hawkers, see what chance the hawkers stand against these touts.
SME business owners do not have any structured taxing - government officials and touts visit anytime they want and harass them until they pay - should they fight them? Or who would they report to?

This is why many are forced to seeking connection to powerful people for survival on the street.

This is the type of news we have been demanding from our leaders - names, dates, evidences and of course action. We are shedding tears at the ordeal of the cyclist but if we add-up video clips showing circumstances in which lives have been wasted in the NE we may never stop crying.

This is why it is utterly appalling to see people like Saraki able to manipulate justice. Equally unsettling is the helpless appearance of the central government to solve many 'simple' problems.

APC victory is a call to extra-ordinary service of problem solving - they should not be seen to prevaricate or celebrate often. I do not know why they don't see the need to recover loots as a priority at this time when the nation is going through "recession".

Again there are cases of new corruption going on, even under PMB. PMB should please stay at home; lead and monitor his Lieutenants more closely while they also monitor their subordinates.

This does not look like propaganda...

This is the first real/true anti-graft achievement of the new government. We need more of this to convince us they are serious and deter other potential public thieves.

The 5 things we want to know are:

The amount of loot recovered form Dasuki
The amount of loot recovered from Dokpesi
The amount of loot recovered from Bafarawa
The amount of loot recovered from Aminu and
The amount of loot recovered from Yuguda

Anyone that still believes APC politicians are more honest than PDP's is inviting emotional disappointment. All this news coming out when the accused are still in custody of DSS/EFCC.

"" How would one trust government reports on these people considering the government recent antecedents?
"" Where is the video clips or other evidence to show this very statement was made at all?
"" Dasuki will come out and give us his own "original" version of what transpired - just wait and see.

Things have really not "changed". While the APC-controlled FG continue selling anti-corruption drive as their major attitude orientation it is obvious they are simply demagogues. They appear not to have no reasonable answers to peoples high expectations and have resorted to feeding us with sensationalism.

If they want to show us they really mean business the Minister of Finance should give us the detail of how much has been recovered so far from looters and the names of the looters. Until them we should just continue enjoying Nollywood scripts from the APC-FG. The nation is broke - more expenses are being incurred chasing after these people and trying them - so what is the point if no money is recovered at the end of the day.

The Crystal ball is right...Ribadu is too clean and light to lead PDP ; the race to 2019 is taking shape.

baby124:
This is a lie. The interbank rate and international transfer rate is 198 naira to a dollar. This must be black market rates OP is talking about.

Its a lie?! Please post the banks and addresses where one can get it at 198 naira or get it at all.

Going by the recent antecedents of APC/ President Buhari one cannot believe them anymore until one can touch their words.

aresa:
For every vengeful and negative rubbish you post, I'll reply with 2 passive news.

Mr. aresa it is not everyone criticizing the current government policies does so hatefully. The main issue now is peoples legitimate means of livelihood are under attacks by government policies and the government is not even talking about those facts at all.

"" Those foreign investors you have listed would eventually be discouraged when they are faced with the reality of currency restrictions.
"" You have listed two prospective investors but tens of foreign-backed investments are leaving our shores everyday.
"" Do you even have an inkling of how many businesses that have been made redundant or forced to lay-off bread-winners?
"" Many people commenting here do not work for government - in fact many fanatically fought for APC but the reality now is that the President and APC prioritize travel and propaganda to solving real problems bedeviling the people.

For your information:

""Any individual cannot access more than $1000 every month. But the average US university school-fees can be between $10,000 - $23,000 per annum. So how do you expect the expatriates (or the investors you are expecting) and Nigerians alike based in Nigeria to run their financial affairs that can only be done in dollars.

"" As it stands today if you want to do international transactions (involving paying for suppliers abroad for instance) there is virtually no dollars to use. Why? because the Buhari-led-administration has instructed so. How do you expect foreign investors to survive with such illogical policy.

"" But leaving a bad taste in the mouth is the revelation that the same government bragging "naira protection" has been running the Presidential fleets in dollar payments within Nigeria to a tune of about 2.5 billion naira. So the government can do business in dollars? but denying common people access to do their own normal businesses.

Tens of millions of unemployed youth, business-killing economic policies, millions of internally displaced people, agitation of thousands of ignored youth, over-paid public officers living flamboyant lifestyles, dwindling national revenue, persistent scarcity of fuel, oppressive revenue drive on already impoverished masses and rising insecurity across the nation. I see more future chaos, more confusions, and stagnancy.

We fought by their side believing they are compassionate and honest problem solvers but they are just dashing our hope of a new beginning day-after-day.

But why do we always get scammed?

Whao!

I still cannot believe this is the same President Buhari led administration we fought so hard to enthrone.

Why are these youth endangering other people's lives? We all know (God forbid) we have reprisal. We have more Igbo having businesses and leaving outside Igbo land.

The Nnamdi you are defending is just having a solitary moment - and probably not lacking any basic needs of life. So why dying for no just course?

Another drama. They will go about harassing people without proper investigation and evidences. They will make big headline, expend scarce resources on precipitous trials yet no kobo will be recovered from accused.

They have been feeding us fat with lies of how people have been returning stolen money - ask them just one name; just one name?

I don't understand why God continue giving us focus-less leaders.