refreshrate:


Not trying to get into an altercation or anything like that but could you kindly state one way the country is changing for good that you are seeing please?

our judicial systems and anti corruption agencies is now active.

your view

refreshrate:


Firstly the word is "liars" not sure where you got that thing you spelt up there from.

Secondly if you choose to accuse him as such could you please kindly state one...just one step in any direction to buttress your assumption as to how this administration is improving Nigeria?

Just one.

One

Thanks for the correction.

I guess we are in the same country and if you are not, you can ask people in Nigeria.
I am tired of telling fake people how this country is changing for good cos no matter what you tell them, they claim not to see anything due to bigotry and hypocrisy. even if Buhari is thier direct opponent they should support him for the love they have for nigeria.

Are people not ashame when they praise the last administration?
do they have conscience?

VampireeM:
MouthAction Govt! Please remove the word "Apology" cause this doesnt look/sound like one. Making an everyday statement like most lying Nigerian politicians without telling us how the issues will be resolved... what a clueless petroleum minister et President

you just wanted to type something.


What do you want again?

Nigerians should get rid of ingrates, liers and hypocrites like you.

People like you would rather die than see Nigeria improving for God knows reason...change your ways

we know

bad

very true

is this today?

thats the problem with Nigerians, we like and encourage hypocrisy.

We want a person that has looted billions and still drives a benz 190,
We like a person that goes to school without shoes and loot our billions.


Other than being a student, she is an ambassador and she might also have an investment.

its her personal life, if she like, she can put on N1b shoes afterall Dasuki,Dopkesi and GEJ didnt wear diamonds despite the money they looted.

Nigerians and Hypocrisy.

Tolexander:
Including the British and Italians?

Sorry i meant GEJ bro

is this also a political witch-hunt?

i maintain my stand anybody that supports GEJ should be mentally examined, the person must be ill mentally.

yet to be convinced GEJ govt. wasnt on a mission to divide and sale nigeria, they looted almost every kobo.

DETAILS ABOUT THE CASE.


$1.1billion Fraud: British Judge questions Jonathan’s integrity, stops Etete from getting N17 billion.


A British Judge on Tuesday refused to release $85 million (N17 billion) to Malabu, a fraudulent company controlled by Nigeria’s former petroleum minister, Dan Etete.
In refusing to release the money to Malabu, Justice Edis of the Southwark Crown Court declared that he was not sure the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan acted in Nigeria’s interest when it approved the transfer of the money to Malabu.
“I cannot simply assume that the FGN which was in power in 2011 and subsequently until 2015 rigorously defended the public interest of the people of Nigeria in all respects,” the judge ruled.
PREMIUM TIMES had reported how the Jonathan administration controversially approved the transfer of $1.092 billion from Nigeria’s JP Morgan account in London to Nigerian accounts controlled by Malabu.
The money was paid by global oil giants, Shell and ENi, for Africa’s richest oil bloc, OPL 245.
The former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, and the former Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama, signed the documents approving the transfer to Malabu.
The fraudulent deal, shaded in various layers of corruption, has been condemned by Nigerians and international transparency advocates and is being investigated by authorities in four different countries.

THE SEIZED $85 MILLION
The $85 million was seized at the request of Italian prosecutors who are also investigating the deal. The money was the last part of the OPL 245 largesse not yet distributed.
Sensing that the Muhammadu Buhari administration was yet to find its feet on international legal matters, Mr. Etete approached the British court and asked that the money be returned to him.
At a two-day hearing that started on November 23, Mr. Etete’s lawyers argued that there was no fraud in the deal and asked that the money be released to him.
While Mr. Etete argued that the money be released to him, the Italian prosecutor argued that “their investigation could lead to a potential forfeiture of the money down the road.” a source who has followed the case and was present at the proceedings told PREMIUM TIMES.
Malabu’s lawyers told the court that freezing the money was an assault on Nigeria and questioned how the court could imagine that Messrs. Adoke and Ngama would be a party to a corrupt deal.
THE RULING
While giving his ruling on Tuesday, Justice Edis said while he could not say for certain if the deal was fraudulent pending conclusions of investigations, it would be inappropriate to release the money to Malabu.
“I am not making any findings of fact about misconduct by anyone. I am simply assessing the evidence before me to determine whether a restraint order should be discharged which was granted by way of MLA (Mutual Legal Assistance between the UK and Italy) to support an investigation by the Italian authorities,” the judge said.
The judge also made reference to evidence provided by the Italian authorities that ex-President Jonathan was directly involved in the fraudulent deal.
“The suggestion from the wiretaps is that “Fortunato” was implicated and I am told that this was a reference in code (not subtle) to the former President of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan,” the judge said.
“Aliyu (Abubakar) is said to be associated with him and Aliyu received, in a way which was not transparent, $523m of the money paid for the OPL 245 licence in August 2011.”
PREMIUM TIMES had reported how fictitious companies owned by Abubakar Aliyu, a man referred to as ‘Mr. Corruption’ by anti-graft officials, received over half ($532 million) of the total $1.092 billion.
Mr. Aliyu, a close ally of Mr. Jonathan was recently quizzed by EFCC operatives for the first time despite being a central character in the deal whose investigation was virtually stalled during the Jonathan presidency.
ACTIVISTS REACT
Reacting to the ruling, Simon Taylor of Global Witness stated that “Given the gathering pace of the EFCC investigation in Nigeria under new leadership and a call by the Nigerian House of Representatives to cancel the deal in 2014, investors in Shell and Eni should demand to know why they were exposed to such risk.”
The UK based Global Witness has been at the forefront of the demand for transparency in the deal and other similar deals across the world.


Also reacting to the judgement, Dotun Oloko, an anti-corruption campaigner in Nigeria said, “In light of these allegations in a UK court, the role of the senior Nigerian officials involved in this deal, including Goodluck Jonathan, must now be fully investigated.”
With the ruling, Nigerian now has the opportunity to not only claim the money but also another $110.5 million of the funds held in a Swiss bank while investigations continue.

Below is a statement by Global Witness after the court ruling:
Court refuses to unfreeze funds from “smash and grab” raid on Nigerian oil block
Prosecutors allege that “fronts for President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria” received US$523m in proceeds of “smash and grab” OPL 245 deal
Southwark Crown Court today rejected an attempt by a company owned by the former Nigerian oil minister Dan Etete to unfreeze US$85m in proceeds of the corrupt deal for the Nigerian offshore oil block, Oil Prospecting Licence 245 (OPL 245), which was sold to Shell and Eni for $1.1bn in 2011.
The funds were restrained at the request of Italian authorities, who are investigating the sale of the block by Malabu Oil & Gas, a company secretly owned by Mr Etete, to the international oil companies.
The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) under Goodluck Jonthan acted as a middleman in the deal, and the court received evidence based on wiretaps that prosecutors allege show that the then President, Goodluck Jonathan, was directly involved. The deal deprived the Nigerian people of a sum equivalent to 80% of the country’s 2015 health budget.
“In light of these allegations in a UK court the role of the senior Nigerian officials involved in this deal including Goodluck Jonathan must now be fully investigated,” said Dotun Oloko, a Nigerian anti-corruption campaigner.
Evidence from US authorities presented to the court and included in the judgement “shows payments following circuitous routes which total $523m and which arrived at Abubakar Aliyu, aka ‘Mr Corruption’” […] “Aliyu’s companies are allegedly fronts for President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria”. The Crown Prosecution Service, acting at the behest of the Public Prosecutor for Milan (PPM), described OPL 245 as a case of “grand corruption”.
The OPL 245 deal is currently under investigation by the Public Prosecutor of Milan, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), and the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC have reportedly recently interviewed Abubakar Aliyu in connection with the case, and earlier this year interviewed Dan Etete.
Justice Edis of Southwark Crown Court turned down Malabu’s application to discharge the freezing order rejecting Malabu’s arguments that the Crown had failed to follow proper procedures in securing the freezing. Justice Edis concluded in his judgement:
It is extremely important that what I am about to say is not misunderstood. I am not making any findings of fact about misconduct by anyone. I am simply assessing the evidence before me to determine whether a restraint order should be discharged which was granted by way of MLA to support an investigation by the Italian authorities. That investigation is not complete (and appears to be still at quite an early stage). What misconduct it may ultimately prove, if any, will be a matter for the PPM and the Italian court if proceedings are brought. However, precisely because I cannot reach firm factual conclusions, I cannot simply assume that the FGN which was in power in 2011 and subsequently until 2015 rigorously defended the public interest of the people of Nigeria in all respects. Mr. Fisher QC who appeared for the CPS used the phrase “grand corruption” to describe the form of corruption in which the state itself is culpable. The suggestion from the wiretaps is that “Fortunato” was implicated and I am told that this was a reference in code (not subtle) to the former President of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan. Aliyu is said to be associated with him and Aliyu received, in a way which was not transparent, $523m of the money paid for the OPL 245 licence in August 2011.
“Given the gathering pace of the EFCC investigation in Nigeria under new leadership and a call by the Nigerian House of Representatives to cancel the deal in 2014, investors in Shell and Eni should demand to know why they were exposed to such risk,“ said Simon Taylor, a Director of Global Witness.
Suspects named in the Italian case include Eni and its current and former CEOs Claudio Descalzi and Paolo Scaroni, as well the company’s Chief Development, Operations & Technology Officer Roberto Casula and former executive Vicenzo Armanna. Other suspects in the Italian case include Dan Etete and middlemen Emeka Obi, Gianluca Di Nardo and Luigi Bisignani. Shell and Eni have denied any wrongdoing.
“It is clear from evidence in the public domain that high level executives in Shell personally took part in negotiating this deal. Citizens in the UK, US, Netherlands and Nigeria should demand that Shell and its executives are investigated in their respective countries,” said Nicholas Hildyard of The Corner House.
Shell and Eni have invested at least $1.8bn in purchasing and developing the block, which they own 50-50. It reportedly holds probable reserves of 9.23 billion barrels of oil, which if proven, would represent the equivalent of a third of Shell’s proven reserves, and two thirds of Eni’s.
Antonio Tricarico of Re:Common said: “$85 million paid by Eni and Shell for the benefit of Dan Etete’s company Malabu remains frozen in London. The time has come that Eni and Shell come clean about what they knew about this deal and who else this money was intended for.






Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/195233-1-1billion-fraud-british-judge-questions-jonathans-integrity-stops-etete-from-getting-n17-billion.html

A cable available to Southwark Crown Court, UK has revealed how a former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, was code-named “Fortunato” by Italian accomplices in the $1.1 million Malabu deal.
Italian authorities investigating the mega deal had provided evidence to the court indicating the involvement of the former president.
The court, presided by Justice Edis, said based on the evidence presented before it, “Fortunato”, meaning “the lucky one” in Italian, was implicated in the deal.
“The suggestion from the wiretaps is that “Fortunato” was implicated and I am told that this was a reference in code (not subtle) to the former President of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan,” the judge said.
By this revelation, “Fortunato”, is added to the long list of names Nigerians call the former president.
The court however refused to release the remaining balance of $85 million (N17 billion) to Malabu for the sell of Africa’s richest oil bloc, OPL 245 to oil giants Shell and ENi.

source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/195246-italian-cabal-named-jonathan-fortunato-in-1-1-million-malabu-racket.html

stianity and Islam and other religion will eventually ruin this peaceful earth one day..Mark my word

These foreign religions has finally destroyed people way of reasoning, i thought religion is meant to make the world a better place but its turning out to make the world hell.

God knows the harm these religions have done on earth is more than the good...as time goes, things keeps getting worse.

Can someone tell us what good religion has done.
The most religious nation is the poorest, the most violent, has the most criminals, clerics extorting poor people and recieving bribe in tithes from greedy religious politicians, made us lose our culture and our togetherness. After money and women, religion is the only thing that could come between two blood brothers thereby hating and harming eachother...Isis killing, Christianity destroying the world through the media. Propagandas everywhere..Its now a sin in Nigeria if you dont belong to one of those two when it is obvious is not our religion.

saw recently a picture of the Ooni of Ife on his kneels in chuch when Queen Elizabeth was on her foot, meanwhile they brought the religion thats to show you how bad our mind and soul has been colonized(Destroyed). I also read that a nigerian preacher was insulted and was forced to alight when preaching in a bus in the UK meanwhile they brought religion and despite that God keep blessing the white nations that shows how bad this religions has really hurt us.

How could you claim to be holy and Godly when you enslave people, destroy thier economy,destroy their culture.
Everything black is evil, devil is black, while angels are white thats a mental control hence you see them as angels and your fellow black people as devil hence feeling inferior..

Only God can come to our rescue.

Christianity and Islam and other religion will eventually ruin this peaceful earth one day..Mark my word

These foreign religions has finally destroyed people way of reasoning, i thought religion is meant to make the world a better place but its turning out to make the world hell.

God knows the harm these religions have done on earth is more than the good...as time goes, things keeps getting worse.

Can someone tell us what good religion has done.
The most religious nation is the poorest, the most violent, has the most criminals, clerics extorting poor people and recieving bribe in tithes from greedy religious politicians, made us lose our culture and our togetherness. After money and women, religion is the only thing that could come between two blood brothers thereby hating and harming eachother...Isis killing, Christianity destroying the world through the media. Propagandas everywhere..Its now a sin in Nigeria if you dont belong to one of those two when it is obvious is not our religion.

saw recently a picture of the Ooni of Ife on his kneels in chuch when Queen Elizabeth was on her foot, meanwhile they brought the religion thats to show you how bad our mind and soul has been colonized(Destroyed). I also read that a nigerian preacher was insulted and was forced to alight when preaching in a bus in the UK meanwhile they brought religion and despite that God keep blessing the white nations that shows how bad this religions has really hurt us.

How could you claim to be holy and Godly when you enslave people, destroy thier economy,destroy their culture.
Everything black is evil, devil is black, while angels are white thats a mental control hence you see them as angels and your fellow black people as devil hence feeling inferior..

Only God can come to our rescue.

she is making a whole lot of sense..That albino half cast man is a scam and an hypocrite. ..he his too fake

he his a tushed version of Fayose..PDP is full of stupid people.

;DNigeria future is very bright!!

If he eventually meets the bail conditions..The sureties should be investigated and i am not even sure anyone would come out even if they fit in for the surety..This is what you will see when you pray against the enemies of Nigeria; no need to mention names.

His hell starts from here no need to wait till any imaginary afterlife we are not sure about when for sure he looted the money when alive at least we are sure of his jail time then him and God will settle themselves in heaven

the tittle should be ' Another white man's statue'.

its ur turn, u bast.ard!
you are all criminals and animals so you shld be treated like one.


I am happy for Nigeria

We know already. ..That man is evil

We are waiting oo

We Nigerians need him more cos his kinsmen are the one milking nigeria's common wealth in his name, using kindmen's jet to loot, building universities with the poor's sweat and hike the fee so not even an average man can afford the fee...

see Jesus; they have done alot of bad calling ur name..

Pls come and deny them on earth here where they comit the crime.

vanguard don collect money..smh*

was it not the same Bode George that claimed to be saint and was talking like jesus christ in his recent interview..Only God can undo the damages religion have brought on our people...The most religious politicians are the most corrupt and the most religious nation is the most corrupt...something is wrong somewhere.

GEJ is a big disappointment. anytime i see any news about any lootin what comes to mind is GEJ's pictures with Oyedepo, Oritsejafor and other pastors and i wonder what is God looking...will they be questioned until they get to heaven when nobody is there??.No!..their trial will start here on earth and by God's grace they will be punished for using God's name for scam.


They are all a curse to Nigeria.

emmasege:
Hypocrisy of Nigerians stinks to the heavens. I see many people in Nigeria may be less concerned how much fuel is sold in the event that subsidy is removed.
Wasn't this the same move that Jonathan wanted to make in 2012 that majority of Nigerians stood vehemently against it? Where are the 'OCCUPY NIGERIA' folks? When it comes to Buhari's policies, some Nigerians send their brain on holiday & swallow anything presented.

Yes that is because people can at least trust Buhari a bit. Nigerians cant trust GEJ with thier money..look at what happened to the arms money, what about Abacha recovered loot they all grew wings under him. what would have been the fate of the money meant for subsidy under his watch?

If subsidy removal is part of the sacrifice to make to make this country a better place then lets give it a try at least in scarcity we do buy it for over 150 per liter..The God that delievered Nigeria from GEJ and his blood sucking folks is still with Nigeria and i see everything getting better by the day...Peace

Alwaysup:


You must be an unbeliever. So you think Oyedepo is a politician? Man call someone else leave the man of God alone. Soon you will understand what's going on in this country and their plans but with God Nigeria will never go down because of the men of God we have like papa Oyedepo. I laugh you, maybe your mind they tell you say the country money dey with am. Very soon you go hear say this government they borrow from am. Brother pray your way out and work. Connect yourself to this blessing. No where in the history of church we have 100,000 sitters. Be happy your country is the first they should know us for good things. And remember the church prayed for peace and that's what God is blessing us with today.

My brother why should we be happy and celebrate the religion of the slave masters, they imposed it on us..If they are really men of God, they wouldnt have enslaved us..They used religion to exploit us. an average man cant afford your so call universities..its a shame..Our pastors flying in jets and the followers on foot trecking, the keep enriching themselves why the country is in a bad state. The most corrupt politicians are the most religious..They pay tithes in millions from the money of the mass they looted and our so called pastor cant reject...Why would i believe a pastor when i know he his only doing his job, what he hi beong paid for...Church is a business

Alwaysup:


Bad mind that's why the economy of this country will keep on effect you. Contact your self .

Out pastors are the root of our problems...they endorsed GEJ..if Jesus really sent dem as they claimed..GEJ would have been our president but You know what..God is bigger than your shortsighted pastors hence he saved Nigeria...Oyedepo and Oritsejafor will still they us what they know about the arms deal

building with his share of the loot.

He endorsed GEJ, thank God he his God.

In Nigeria we can believe anything so far the person saying it holds a bible or Quran.

Why Would you believe a salary paid Pastor when you know he his only doing his Job with his preaching..


Even the bible says my people perish cos they lack knowledge.

Black people are the victim of all these foreign religion shortcomings cos they lack basic knowledge...all we know is how adam and eve gave birth to cane and abel then cant question how cane and abel gave birth without having sex with thier mom...smh

BeeBeeOoh:
Fighting corruption up & down, probing rat & grasscutter. Is this the main problem facing Nigeria now??.. some should ask Buhari this

No but People like you are the problem facing Nigeria now.

drberry:
Nonsense... Am I the only who's beginning to get tired of all this trial against GEJ'S administration?? The present administration should stop attempting to distract the masses from our current economic woes. It's not like they are even better. PRESIDENT BUHARI, IT'S HIGH TIME YOU STARTED EXECUTING YOUR CHANGE AGENDA AMD STOPPED ALL THESE DISTRACTIONS...

Why are you so heartless?

Do you know how many lives that have been lost due to this people greediness??

Are you a Nigerian?


If PMB administration would spend its 4yrs jailing this criminals..its enough.

They are certified theieves and blood suckers..
they didnt equip our Army and yet they gave them dealth sentence for not fighting BH without them supplying arms and you are still supporting them??...OMG!

I am ashame of people like you.

alcmene:
Buhari is an animal.....very deceitful and clueless thief

He will publish the name of the looters and the amount looted when he might have ROUGH-HANDLED the funds at his disposal


Believe Buhari to be a honest gentleman at your own peril

Why would you wish to ruin your country all in the name of envy..I know you supported GEJ, just tell us if he his better than him.

You know he his doing the right thing yet you will always look for a way to criticize i wonder if you will ever appreciate God in your life cos you cant even appreciate a good gesture that you can see..

I wonder if people like you share from the $2B loot..good for you if you do but if you do not and you are just trying to envy for envy sake them i am afraid Our generation is doomed...let the change you want start from you..Dont mislead people...What goes arround come arround; the people you misled today will use the false knowledge you gave them to hurt you tomorrow.

Peace

AWONEYAN:
Coppied from HIGHQUE 007. Post. Everyday i get scared of Nigeria and doubt if Nigeria would ever be the Nigeria we dream of, not cos of our greedy politicians but cos the mind of Nigerians have gone soo low...Our politician deprived us good government, loot our funds and has finally succeeded in programming our people's to think through thier mouth, not with thier head anymore..you see them distributing rice and recharge card cos of election and my people are not even ashamed of how much we are ridiculed.

I am not into any party or something but truth be told PMB is really doing fine and i really believe in his cabinet and i believe those guys wont disappoint.

I still cant comprehend why some bast.ard nigerians criticize a few month old Govt. and cant stone a 16years Govt. that took us 50 years backwards. is that not hypocrisy?

GEJ used to be a man i love so much cos of his calm and gentle attitude till i knew he was a scam and used by some cabals to fool Nigerians. They are all a disgrace to the entire human race and to thier religion...they are the reason why some people hate religion. they go to Jerusalem, Mecca and come back and steal in the name of Jesus and Allah then donate tithe in millions to churches and mosque...They distract us with religion and sometimes i wonder why Nigeria is this bad cos we are the most religious and i later realized religion made us vulnerable.

Despite the obvious looting evidence against the past administration i am yet to believe there are still some set of Nigerians that still support them, sometimes i just think they are Robot and If they are not, their children and great grand children will suffer it and may the almighty God rule thier entire generation the way the last administration ruled us.

God really love Nigeria if not despite the money they spent on the last election, they would have won.

Please Nigerian lets come together and support the present administration and i am sure it wont let us down. let us not be divided by religious, political party, ethnicity or anything.

I believe anybody inculding any politicians that still support the last administration should be lynched until then they wont stop thinking we are all fools. They are nothing but the enemy of the masses.


Pardon my grammatical blunders as i am writting this with an heavy heart...

One love Nigeria but jail Dokpesi, Dasuki, Bafarawa and the likes.

bless you brother

laprince:

Nice write up. However, you still show a lot of bias.

I agre but tell me how

smartsammie:
Corruption cannot be eliminated it can only be reduced. I am not a partisan and was not eligible to vote in the last election but all the same, lets be factual here. It is a known fact that the likes of OBJ who spent whooping amount of money on power and there was no outcome is corrupt . GEJ appealed to the senses of Nigerians with the I dont have shoe campaign. It was glaring that he was not matured for Presidency as of that time but was been controlled by unknown Cabals who left him after they have used him to loot the funds of Nigeria.

PMB who failed to detail his asset is not actually left out. But I think he is better than GEJ. Tinubu-Jagaban, hmmmmm who will one to play with fire!!! With the High revenue he generated from Lagos he did nothing significant in quote.

Fashola, 3 in 1 Minister really did not do anything extraordinary as people think because the internally generated revenue is alarming and cannot be compared to what he did.

Nigerian politician saying he or she is not corrupt is like a prostitute saying she is a virgin. Even the youths that keep on screaming... Hmmmmm I reserve my comments. From SU leaders to departmental excos who amongst them can boast of clean sheet in offices.

To make a Nigeria a better place is to make yourself a better person. I will love to stop here.

see...dont mislead people all in the cause of making a point.

how did PMB failed to details his assets??...he did what the constitution required. under GEJ few nigeria knew about CCB and most never knew it was constitutional to declare assets..thats not government..

About Fashola..I am not sure you reside in lagos. Everywhere you go in lagos you see Fashola's footprint..he did a lot in lagos and more of lagosians appreciate him so what are you talking about?..do you know almost state government institutions in lagos generate their own power supply, do you know oshodi? ..what about good roads and the rest..what else do you want?

what i know about Nigerians is that even if Jesus come down to rule us we wont be satisfied.

let anyone come out and tell me the present cabinet is not better than the last one.