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^^^I really dont care if Yorubas wanted to be liberated, all am saying is that one of their sons deemed it wise to liberate them from the stronghold of their northern masters and demanded for Biafran forces to actualize his cause which Ojukwu did. So I do not care to know who wanted what, but just to let you know that Ojukwu did not come up with the idea on his own ak47mann:He is so lame and I try as much as possible to avoid him |
A TEAM team of anti-robbery squad, Ikeja, Lagos, recently engaged a notorious gang of armed robbers along Lekki – Ajah expressway in a bloody shootout and arrested a member of the gang in the process. The arrested member of the gang which reports said specialized in snatching only exotic cars identified himself as Festus Ehis Aghatise later died on the way to the hospital following gunshot injuries he sustained during the cross-fire. But before he died, he reportedly mentioned some members of his gang including one Muyideen Mudasiru, a panel beater who he referred to as the man who normally changed and remoulded any stolen car (s) to a new shape before they were resold to ready buyers. Based on the confessional statement of late Agbatise, police detectives swooped on the panel beater in his workshop and arrested him. Though he admitted culpability, Mudasiru denied being a member of the notorious gang. He said his responsibility was only to change engravings on any vehicle and remould same for new buyers. He said the gang was always bringing Jeeps and Toyota brand of cars to him for re-branding. Crime Alert scooped that the late Festus was an ex-convict who only gained freedom in September last year after serving a jail term. Narrating how he joined the gang, the Osun State indigene said he decided to join the gang out of frustration. He said: “I joined out of frustration. One of my customers, Aghatise, usually brought vehicles to the workshop for me to work on. He told me he was a car dealer and usually paid me more than any other customer and that was how we became close friends. “But sometime in May 2011, I was arrested in connection with one of the vehicles I worked on. I was, however, released after the policemen discovered that I was not a member of the gang. Even Aghatise (now late) was also arrested and committed to prison custody. It was then that I was told that he was a car snatcher. At that point, I decided to stay away. But it was as if the devil was at work because things degenerated from bad to worse. I could no longer fend for my family. Out of frustration, I called Aghatise again when he came back from prison, to lend me some money which I intended to use to pay for my wife’s hospital bill. Original plate numbers “He told me to come to Sangotedo in Ajah, with my chisel and hammer where I saw several stolen vehicles. Immediately, I started working on them by removing the original plate numbers and marks of identification on the side mirrors and windscreens and replaced them with new ones. At the end, he gave me N50,000 and I left the rest of job for the painter who would re-paint the vehicles to different colours thereby making it impossible for the owners to recognize. So far, I have worked on more than fifty Toyota cars and SUVs.” Mudasiru said he did not know buyers of the remoulded vehicles adding that they normally came from different parts of the country. He noted: “I do not know their names. But they usually come from Port Harcourt, Delta and Kaduna. The rule at the workshop is that you do not speak with anyone. Everybody minds his business because if you try to be nosy, Aghatise would suspect you and deal with you.” At this point, Mudasiru introduced a melodrama to his confession. He looked up as if betraying emotion and, like a boy, sobbed in an emotion laden tone. He said: “I regret ever coming across Aghatise. I was tempted by the number of houses he told me he had built. I thought I could at least save some money to build a two-bedroom bungalow after which I would continue with my legal business. But see where greed has landed me now.” Vehicles recovered at the gang’s criminal hide-out included one Toyota Sienna with number plate EF 843 FST, two Toyota Matrix with number plate BU 247 EPE and CH 356 KSF and 13 Toyota Corolla cars with number plates: DD 58 MUS, CD 156 AGL, EL 273 GGE, EU 214 SMK, BZ 973 AKD, SQ 369 AAA, BU 337 BDG, TA 611 AAA, BU 746 BDG, BU 248 EPE, FJ 304 APP, BP 361 BDG and FF 361 KRD. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/how-i-remould-stolen-cars-for-buyers-panel-beater/ |
Same fate should be meted out on those agberos in Lagos |
The Kwara State Police Command on Tuesday paraded a 13-year-old boy identified simply as Azzez and another teenager, Bolaji Matthew, 17, on allegation of arson in Ilorin. The teenagers were among 14 other suspects arrested in connection with the alleged burning of the Mandate House on Thursday, during the nationwide strike and protests against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. The Mandate complex houses the campaign offices of President Goodluck Jonathan, Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and that of the Peoples Democratic Party. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ezekiel Dabo, said the teenagers and the other suspects were arrested in connection with the alleged burning of the building which, according to him, “is not a small offence.” He added that 13 people were arrested for alleged extortion while 11 suspects were also arrested at Maraba area of Ilorin for “instigating the violence and protest.” He stated that the 38 suspects would be charged to court. Dabo said the items allegedly recovered from the suspects include pillows, tyres, mattresses, generators, rams, chairs and bicycles. The PPRO said, “We arrested 38 suspects in respect of the protest against removal of fuel subsidy. Today, we are parading 14 suspects who were arrested in connection with the Mandate House incident. “There are 13 others we are not parading today, for some reasons. They were involved in extortion and mischief. The 11 we arrested at Maraba are the ones that instigated the breakdown of law and order. “Last week, you will recall that there was a protest and it was hijacked by miscreants who took laws into their hands. They damaged a lot of property and inflicted pains on members of the public. On Thursday, the boys that we have just paraded went to the PDP campaign office and looted it. “At the end of the day, they set fire to the building. This is a criminal office. The police swung into action immediately. Thereafter, three were arrested and subsequent investigation led to the arrest of 11 others. Investigations so far led to the recovery of some stolen items.” However, many of the suspects said they were innocent. Some of them said they were arrested on the road while some said they were arrested while carrying out business transactions in their shops. Azeez, who said his father is a battery charger, and his mother, a petty trader, added that he is a JSS Two pupil of a secondary school at Odutola, Ilorin. The 13-year-old boy said he had gone to collect his mobile phone from his friend when he heard that protesters had besieged the Mandate House. Azeez said, “I went to collect my phone from my friend at Geri Alimi. When I got there a boy told me that some people were looting at the Mandate House. I went there and saw the looters. On the premises, I saw Hyundai and different brands of vehicles. “When I left the premises, I saw this (pointing) bicycle in a gutter and I took it. They had burnt the Mandate House before I got there. I do not know anything about the burning of the house and I thought that they had thrown away this bicycle as one of its tyres was bad. That is why I took it and the police later arrested me.” Another suspect, Dauda Akeem, denied any involvement in the arson. He claimed that some touts forcibly took him to the Mandate House after he had declined to assist them identify those who burnt the complex. “I was at home on the day they burnt the Mandate House. I did not take part in the protest. On Saturday, the touts at the house came and told me to mention the names of those who burnt down the place. I told them that I did not know the arsonists. The touts forcibly took me to Mandate House and the police later came to arrest me there,” Akeem said. Meanwhile, the Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin branch, Mr. Rafiu Balogun, said the detention of the teenagers was illegal and barbaric. Balogun said the teenagers ought to have been kept at a juvenile home rather than being remanded with adult suspects. He said, “The offences they allegedly committed are bailable. Besides, the laws of the land do not allow such boys to be lumped with adults. They need proper counselling and not punishment. “I will talk to the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Peter Gana, and take appropriate steps in that regard.” http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/33679-kwara-police-parade-boy-13-others-for-alleged-arson.html |
As part of the ongoing reform in the power sector, a new electricity tariff, which targets an increase of between 50 and 100 per cent to the current tariff, will be out by next month, contrary to earlier reports that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) will release the approval this month, THISDAY has learnt. In accordance with the Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO), aimed at gradual increment in tariff to attract private investors, NERC had initially planned to release the new tariff for all categories of electricity consumers in November 2011 but wide consultations with relevant stakeholders had delayed the approval. The commission had in June 2011 announced an upward review of electricity tariff, as part of the last schedule of the 2008/2013 regime of MYTO, which became operational on July 1, 2011. MYTO was introduced in 2008 to ensure that prices of electricity were predictable and to mobilise funds for the power sector by attracting private sector investments through a tariff structure that guarantees adequate return on investment, while protecting electricity consumers against profiteering. Confirming the new time table for the release of the new tariff, the Chairman of NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi, told THISDAY Tuesday that the commission was still working on the new document. “By early next month, we will announce it, but we are still working on it,” he said. Amadi was silent on the actual figures involved under the proposed tariff regime, as he stated that the issues were yet to be finalised. However, statistics obtained by THISDAY indicate that under the proposed regime, the highest-paying electricity consumers, who now pay N15.60 per kilowatt hour (Kw/hr), will pay between N23.40 and N31.20. The Residential Two category of customers - residential customers with single-phase metres - where majority of electricity consumers belong, will pay between N10.85 and N14.60 per kw/hr. The Residential Three category of customers, will pay between N16.50 and N22, while the Residential One category – the lowest-paying customers, will pay between N3.30 and N4.40. The R2 category now pays N7.30 per Kw/h; while the R3 category customers are currently paying N11 per Kw/h, with the Residential One category paying N2.20 per Kwh. The new figures are, however, subject to further review before the final approval by NERC, after the consultations with the various stakeholders involved in the electricity business, including the consumers. Amadi had stated that MYTO provided for a periodic review of the cost parameters through the minor annual and major five-year review windows. He said the yearly review of framework took into cognisance changes in gas price, inflation and exchange rates, while the major review considered holistic changes in major parameters. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/power-reform-new-electricity-tariff-out-next-month/107382/ |
TWENTY-FOUR hours after the strike called by organised labour to protest the removal of fuel subsidy was called off, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was on the spot yesterday. The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) gave details of alleged corrupt practices and self-enrichment among fuel importers, particularly the NNPC, saying the oil giant embezzled N46 billion in nine years through the illegal importation and refining of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Top Customs officials, who appeared before the House of Representatives’ Farouk Lawan-led ad-hoc Committee on Subsidy Regime revealed that NNPC, since 2002, had been carrying out illegal importation of PMS and refining without payment of duties, thereby shortchanging Nigeria to the tune of N46 billion. Julius Ndubusi, a Deputy-Controller of Customs in charge of Tariff and Importation, who led other officers, said the amount had accrued from the approved N1 per litre on PMS expected to be collected as revenue by the Customs to be paid to the federation account. The recent allegation is coming on the heels of a similar one raised by the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation against NNPC last October where the House of Representatives heard that the corporation was owing the Federal Government about N450 billion in unremitted revenues. Ndubusi alleged that NNPC had prevented the Customs from obtaining actual records on its importation of other petroleum products and that the NNPC was also responsible for shutting out Customs from verifying all government payments on subsidy in the last seven years. He narrated how the NNPC, through some businessmen, bad been bringing in crude oil into the country and refines such at the Kaduna Refinery without following due process, later to be sold to unknown consumers outside the country. Also revealed was how the NNPC has been engaging smaller vessels to round trip imported refined products from mother vessels designated to Nigerian ports in a bid to evade customs tariff. One of the critical questions that the Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, failed to provide adequate answer to was why the annual cost of subsidy rose from N630 billion in 2008 to N1.3 trillion in 2011, even on the average of $100 per barrel of 33 million volume. The minister had cautioned the House and its committee not to criminalise the whole process of importation of petroleum products and the subsidy. Similarly, the Chairman of NEITI, Prof. Humphrey Assis Asobie, in his testimony, said that the practice by the NNPC lacks in transparency and due process, claiming that all subsidy claims by the corporation were unable to be confirmed by NEITI’s auditors. He said this was as a result of ambiguous information or no data on marine for shipment and transfers between Port Harcourt, Warri and Calabar where he raised concerns over smuggling of refined products into the country. But, Lawan who chaired the Committee, expressed dismay over the position of the minister who insisted that there was no cabal in the nation’s oil industry and that the N245 billion built into the 2011 Budget as subsidy was calculated for just two months. He further lamented that most of the revelations at the hearing were damning and disturbing, adding that the House of Representatives had realised how Nigeria is being shortchanged daily, despite efforts of government agencies to curb such criminalities. The Committee, however, promised to dig dipper into the alleged cutting of corners by NNPC as it reiterated it will call PPPRA to appear before it today. The House kicked against the composition of an eight-man committee by President Goodluck Jonathan to study the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The PIB, which had failed to be passed by the National Assembly in the last two years, according to the spokesperson of the House, Zakari Mohammed, was not intended to disregard the yearnings of Nigerians. Mohammed expressed displeasure over how the President composed the membership of the committee which he said gave a body language as if the House is sabotaging the PIB and as if the House is not doing anything on it. Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday informed the lawmakers that the ministry was against the deduction of government revenue by the NNPC from source even as she revealed that the ministry has continued to urge all revenue generating agencies to desist from the practice. The minister also told the lawmakers that the ministry disburses the subsidy to beneficiaries after having completed the due process of verification and audit. She, however, revealed that the NNPC deducts its subsidy at source before remitting funds into the federation accounts. The minister revealed that the ministry was embarking on agency-by-agency discussion on the issue to prevail on them to remit revenues into government coffers and wait for appropriation to off-set their expenditures. While reacting to the comments made by the former Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Hamman Tukur, an engineer, that the government was actually not paying any subsidy on fuel, the Finance Minister cautioned that people should be careful of the kind of information they volunteer to the public. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala told the committee that the actual landing cost of a litre of petrol is N123 while the distribution cost is put at N15.49k making the total landing cost to be at N138.49k. She added that the subsidy paid on a litre of fuel before the latest increase stood at N78 per litre. The minister, who was able to answer some of the issues raised, directed the Director of Budget, Bright Okogwu, to explain the underpinnings that made his office to propose the N245 billion for subsidy only to overshoot same in 2011. In his explanation, Okogwu stated that the N245 billion proposed was just a mere estimate with the assumptions that the government would remove the fuel subsidy within the year. He told the lawmakers that the proposal was contained in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) submitted to the National Assembly for consideration mid-year in 2010. He said: "As at that time, a decision had been reached at the executive level for subsidy to be removed. We had assumed that at some point in the year, the subsidy would be removed. “Actual subsidy payable by the government was dependent on three variables which include the exchange rate, volume of local consumption and the international price of crude oil. “Subsidy is an estimate and it depends on exchange rate, volume of consumption and the international price of crude. "In 2010, the average price was $81 per barrel. That estimate was done with the best information available to the Budget Office as at that time". Meanwhile, the House of Representatives yesterday expressed its reservations over the claim made by the government that it expended about N1.3 trillion on fuel subsidy in the 2011 fiscal year. The lawmakers, who were not convinced about the claims, queried the Finance Minister and ordered her to furnish the House with relevant documents on fuel importation. The lawmakers had requested the minister to explain the peculiarity in year 2011 while the National Assembly approved only N245 billion for same purpose in the budget. http://www.nigeriancompass.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11061:customs-nnpc-diverted-n46-billion-in-nine-years&catid=54:nigeria-today&Itemid=594 |
The Senate has backed punishment for officials involved in the diversion of fuel subsidy. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information and Media, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, said in Abuja on Tuesday government’s directive to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe subsidy payments was a welcome development. He said, “We think that those economic saboteurs should be brought to book. The Senate is fully behind this because the Senate started this investigation and the senate is also very willing to go all out to make sure that Nigeria is a country where everybody’s interest is fully protected. “Many things were revealed in our investigation; and it led to the naming of all those who unduly profited from the subsidy and we call on the investigative agencies that have already moved into action to ensure that no one is spared because those are the people that have brought us to this avoidable hardship.” Abaribe noted that the government should ensure that the outcome of the meeting between Labour and the Belgore committee was implemented. He said, “What we seek today is to ensure that whatever decisions are going to come out of the meeting between the Belgore committee and labour should be faithfully implemented. “And the only way you can bring the two sides together is not to take side prior to the negotiations; that is why it seems as if the senate didn’t come out frontally to make a pronouncement but l think events as at today has shown that the senate took the best possible position and helped to douse an imminent crisis that would’ve engulfed our nation.” The Senate also stood down the report of its joint committee on Finance, Appropriation and National Planning on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, because it did not capture the present situation on subsidy. President Goodluck Jonathan had submitted the framework with the proposal to phase out the subsidy regime beginning from 2012. It was the reasoning within the Senate that since the government had settled for a phased deregulation, the report should be sent back for further work. The committee, led by Senator Ahmmad Maccido, had submitted that the proposal on fuel subsidy as contained in the framework was premature as consultations were still ongoing. It recommended that sources other than relying on savings from proposed subsidy removal, as part of financing item for expected deficit should be explored. “In the event of any subsidy withdrawal all savings must be captured in safety net for targeted expenditures,” the committee recommended. http://www.punchng.com/news/senate-wants-subsidy-cabal-punished/ |
Senate yesterday warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) not to treat anyone found culpable in the mismanagement of fuel subsidy funds as “sacred cows.” The Upper Legislative chamber reiterated that they are the people who created the subsidy crisis in the first place. The Senate gave the warning yesterday through its spokesman, Eyinnaya Abaribe, in reaction to EFCC raid on the office of Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), following an invitation by the Petroleum Ministry to investigate the management of fuel subsidy scheme. EFCC’s operatives had on Monday stormed the PPPRA office in Abuja, demanding documents relating to the administration of petroleum subsidy. The invitation to the EFCC to investigate the management of the fuel subsidy scheme followed demands for transparency and accountability in government, especially in the oil and gas sector. Shedding more light on why the Senate did not take a position on the fuel subsidy crisis, Abaribe said: “The best way is not to take sides. That is why the Senate did not come out frontally to make a pronouncement, but I think the Senate took the best position and help to douse an imminent crisis that would have engulfed our country. “I commend the leadership of the Senate as the role of the Senate was pivotal to the resolution of the crisis. Usually, an arbiter does not take centre stage. Because we are committed to our role to protect the interest of the Nigerian public, the Senate has to take the responsibility of bringing the two sides together. “The only way to bring the two sides together is not to take side prior to the negotiation. That is why it seems that the Senate did not come out frontally to make a pronouncement, but I think, as at today, it has shown that the Senate took the best position and help to douse an imminent crisis that would have engulfed our country. “What we seek today is to ensure that whatever decision that is going to come out of the Belgore committee and Labour will be faithfully implemented.” On the EFCC’s invasion of PPPRA and NNPC, Abaribe said: “I think it is necessary to state here that the Senate did commence investigation into the management of the subsidy and so many things were revealed during our investigation and it led to the naming of all those who unduly profited from the subsidy scam as we have known it now,” he said. “And we call on the investigative agencies to ensure that no one is spared because those are the people that have brought us to this avoidable hardship. We think that those economic saboteurs should be brought to book. Senate is willing to go all out to make sure that everybody’s interest is fully protected. “We do not know what the recommendation that you will get from there would be the one that will be in the interest of Nigerians. When the committee probing BPE was meeting, I promised you that their recommendations will be in the interest of Nigeria and that was exactly what happened. “So, we also said that the committee will come up with it its recommendation and it will be in the interest of Nigeria. I don’t think that it will in anyway be detrimental to what is going on with the investigative agencies of government.” http://www.zimbio.com/Nigeria/articles/_iwApFHW8et/Subsidy+scam+Senate+reads+riot+act+EFCC |
^^^You should have noticed by now that I dont really like joining issues with you, cos logical debate is not your forte. For the records, Ojukwu never planned to seccede or fight any war, he had always advocated for the Aburi accord, which Gowon reneged. Stop feeding into every dammn thing that is thrown at you and pick up a book. |
^^^Mumu shut up and stop saying what you dont know From: The Military Governor, |
^^^Banjo(a Yoruba) wanted to liberate his people and solicited for Biafran forces, which Ojukwu made available to him. I can show you the letter Ojukwu sent to him before granting him that favor. So refer that your question to Banjo, cos he led the soldiers |
OMG am so loving this "Occupy your Resources", So Yoruba should go and occupy their caves ;. |
Another rascal on the loose. St[i]u[/i]pid people |
LWRMS = Laugh wan remove my subsidy |
Yoruba and their rants. We never asked for them to join us and do not wish them to join cos they are never to be trusted. At the end their leaders have been bribed(as usual) and what did they gain from the protest |
^^^Kobo how about i come pay your bride price and ban you from visiting NL, you could be more useful making babies you know |
^^^Shut the f[i]u[/i]ck up, you Tinubu c[i]o[/i]ck socking biaatch |
^^^And is there any Nigeria spring? Kobo please dont start this new year with all these your baseless debates. |
^^^You guys should forget all these, fact is fashola is the last person to ask the president to withdraw the military troops when he cannot guarantee the safety of Lagosians. Is it not the same fashola that sent ACN agberos to descend on the toll gate protesters, abeg what kinda bipolar person is that |
^^^Eze Igbo, nwa ada anyi nwanyi aghotaghi ndoro ndoro ndi Yoruba na eme. Am glad we didnt participate in that fraudulent protest. Yes i choose ethnic stand cos those behind the protest wanted to use the platform to unseat Jonathan and also to their own selfish cause, you even see some ex and failed politicians condemin corruption, some even proferred solutions on how to make nigeria a better place and that makes one wonder why they didnt do all that while in power. These Yoruba activists disappeared when Obasanjo was in power only to come spew rubbish now. Am sure their Boko haram tactics is gettin slower in making nigeria ungovernable hence they opted for the protest. I know Ogugua personally and she loves everything Igbo but just that activist part of her didnt make her understand d politics behind the protest, just like what happened to Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu. Eze iga adiiiiiiiiiiiiiii |
noiseless: Olodostein:Ogugua is a full fledged Igbo woman, Confirmed. Lets not be too rigid on her. Na dedicated activist oooh ![]() |
chmod777:Very very healthy. And they were not looting as well. Much respect |
^^^Be careful what you wish for |
Nice one GEJ, he has shown that he is keen to protect the lives of the people living in Lagos even when Fashola is only busy looting dry the cofers of the state |
These Yorubas should stop ranting. Ibadan will be the next place as Yorubas have decided to be wrecking havoc to that country |
This is how it should be done. So unfortunate NLC tricked some people and they took to street only for them to go and negotiate with the FG and money exchanged hands. Igbos knew it was all ruse from the begining. Kudos Abians |
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his like a car with no head light speeding in the middle of the night
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