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So, There are boko-haram moles who have access to the frontline and Aljazeera is happy to show them off. Aljazeera's soldier has been known to them for years. But like Brig. Gen Olukolade said, there is no reason why civilians should be in such locations. What kind of civilian wears a bootleg military uniform in a warzone? hmmmm....You harbour evil you, you see evil.


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Ah Koraa!!!! Aye e ta Pao!. Apayan!

A pristine paradise - these are not words you often hear to describe the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria.

But you get to appreciate the area's natural beauty whilst wading across lily covered creeks and trekking deep into the forest, accompanied by birdsong.

Welcome to the Niger Delta before the oil.

"I'm on the plank now so walk right behind me," a guide said as we squelched across a muddy swamp trying not to sink in too deep.

After walking for about an hour and a half from the village of Kalaba in Bayelsa state, I caught the first glimpse of an expansive tranquil lake through the trees.

On the shore are shelters made of wooden poles draped in material.

Every two years several families set up a camp at Lake Masi where they fish for just three months.

"After preparing the nylon and woven basket nets we go into the lake and drive the fish into one area," Woloko Inebisa told me.

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If this pond is polluted, hunger is the answer”

Woloko Inebisa
Fisherman in Bayelsa state
"By fishing every two years we allow the fish to grow large. If we fished every year there would only be very small fish here," the 78 year old told me as two men in dug out canoes adjusted the nets inside a section of the lake that had been fenced off with cane reeds.

Smoke drifted across the camp as women dried the fish over home made grills above smouldering fires.

"I will use this money to pay my children's school fees, to buy books for them, to buy their school uniforms and to do everything for them," said mother-of-three Ovie Joe.

When these families return to their villages they will continue to grow crops but will have raised some capital from the fishing season.

"We have water for drinking and plenty of fish. But I'm not just here to feed my stomach - I'll save up money for when I go back to the village," Mr Inebisa said.

No birdsong
Just a few kilometres away near Taylor Creek is a very different picture.

An oil spill from June 2012 has left the ground covered in a dark sludge and the trees are all blackened by fire.

Environmentalists believe local contractors often pay youths to set fire to the area where the spill has occurred.

This can reduce the spread of the oil but has other detrimental effects on the environment.

Despite extensive flooding late last year the oil has not dispersed and there are still signs of the rainbow sheen on the surface.

Your ears also tell you all is not well - there is hardly any birdsong as the pollution has sucked the life out of the area.

"When I walked here the crude oil was spilling out so fast I couldn't even get near the spill point itself," said Samuel Oburo, a youth leader from Kalaba.

Running through this area is an underground pipeline belonging to Nigeria AGIP Oil Company - which is partly owned by the Italian oil giant, Eni.


It says numerous leaks near Taylor Creek were all caused by people breaking into the pipe - sabotage.

On 23 March Eni issued a statement announcing the closure of all its activities in the area because the theft of oil, known as bunkering, was so rife.

"The decision was made due to the intensified bunkering, consisting in the sabotage of pipelines and the theft of crude oil, which has recently reached unsustainable levels regarding both personal safety and damage to the environment," the statement read.

People in the village suggest corroded pipes as a possible trigger of the spill and they doubt it was caused by sabotage.

'No prosecutions'
The breaking of pipes and theft of the oil is so rampant in the Niger Delta that experts believe several interest groups are involved.

"There is a high level conspiracy between the security forces, the community and oil workers to steal the oil," says environmental campaigner Erabanabari Kobah.

"That is why people are not prosecuted and convicted even though the crime is happening at an alarming rate," he says.

There is very little transparency when it comes to the awarding of contracts to clean up any oil spills.


Fishermen like Jeti Matikmo have to trek two hours to find clean water before casting their nets
This has led to increased incidents of sabotage as some believe the more oil spills there are the more money there is to share around.

The pollution is having a terrible impact on the environment.

"There is oil here. We are suffering," said Jeti Matikmo, carrying a pole on his shoulder on which bundles of fish were tied.

"Many of our crops are not growing well because of the oil spill and we are not killing fish in the ponds anymore.

"So we have to trek for more than two hours to where it is clean and where there is no oil."

Back at Lake Masi a crowd gathered as two men waded ashore dragging an enormous woven basket behind them. It was heavy with fish.

"There's nothing like pollution here. Although if the oil prospecting companies come they may find oil and all that could change," said Mr Inebisa.

"If this pond is polluted, hunger is the answer," he said adding that in his entire life he had not gained a single coin from the oil of the Niger Delta.

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Kai Aminho, you don chop money wella, See your overweight face.

Eko Atlantic: Ajumobi is commissioning, Fashola is commissioning, jonathan is delivering speech.

I love this democracy.

DrummaBoy: Well, the much publicized newly constructed Mokola (Ibadan, Oyo state) bridge is billed for opening today.

This NL took time off to takes photo shots of the new bridge prior to its commissioning

Ajumose gbo gbo wa ni O

Oyo oni baje O... Ibadan oni to shi O

It's going to be a One way, right?

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Afam4eva: I remember how dirty and unkempt that bridge was a few years back. I'll have to commend the governor on this.

maybe you are referring to the one at Iwo road on your way to Lagos.

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Abati dey para

Lusola15: Wic video it shows what. Trust me I can make a better video. I can be fooled by dt rubbish u call a video

have seen the one uploaded by saharareports tv?

slimghost: And your point is? Do you know how Amaechi came to be the NGF Chairman in the first place? Pls don't dabble into things you don't know.

Are you sane? I just watched a video that shows Amaechi got 19 votes while baba Jang got 16.

The wicked laugh after the counting is so funny.

Listen to Akpabio's Akpan accent. Open now! open!

Prof Corruption: Nigerians do know the type of leaders we have now. I pity the likes of Mimiko and Akpabio.
At the height of his glory, Fayose once said if Obasanjo asked him to slap IBB that he would do it with all joy without asking for further clarifications. What happened to Fayose at the end of it all?

Where's Senator Ibrahim Mantu et al today-the all powerful movers and shakers of OBJ's third term? Where is Senator Jonathan Zwingina?

I am so ashamed of Mimiko to say the very least. Mimiko has no iota of honesty in him. Wao!!! Tinubu was right after all.

I've always known Mimiko was a PDP stooge.

alpha conde: The chinese will say in pidgin
U never chi chumchi

rubbish

Toole Toole, agbaya, Onidoti.

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cogitoErgo: yoruba convert in england, hausa muslim in saudi, when and where are we getting igbo convert?
it like there is a conspiracy to tanish nigeria's image globaly!

Come to Malaysia(Sabah/Sarawak) and Indonesia. Dem full here plenty.

which information una dey use style collect with all these intelligence gathering thread?

they said it was rigged, but only 35/36 people voted. Ara me riri.

Ola Johnson: Ade Obayemi, J. F. A. Ajayi, A. I. Akinjogbin, A. E. Afigbo, Jamil M. Abun-Nasr, Murray Last, R. A. Adeleye, Adu Boahen, B. O. Oloruntimehin, J. E. Flint, Michael Crowder, J. B. Wester, R. Cohen, E. J. Alagoa, A. F. C. Ryder, E. A. Ayandele, Sa'ad Abubakar, S. A. Balogun, Obaro Ikime, K. O. Dike, Saburi Biobaku, S. A. Akintoye, Tekena Tamuno, A. I. Asiwaju, Segun Osoba, A. Fajana, G. O. Olusanya, Robert Smith, and so on.

Gbayi, database lomo.

Nigeria is Malaysia Apart from electricity, internet, good roads and nice shopping malls.

Mudley313: Overami or Ovonramwen was the last Oba or King of the African Kingdom of Benin, also sometimes referred to as the Benin Empire (not be confused with the modern country of Benin) which occupied an area mostly within what is now Nigeria. For many years prior to Ovonramwen coming to the throne British influence in the area had been expanding and strengthening but Benin remained independent but that independence, particularly the trade monopoly the Oba held in the region, aroused the jealousy of elite colonial investors and businessmen. They were determined to bring Benin with its palm-oil, rubber and ivory wealth under British control. Ovonramwen came to the throne in 1888 as the 35th Oba of Benin and in 1892 signed a treaty with the British to abolish the slave trade in the region and making the Kingdom of Benin an autonomous protectorate of Great Britain.

However, powerful forces were arrayed against the king, particularly the Vice-Consul James Robert Phillips and Captain Gallwey of the Oil Rivers Protectorate. Their goal was the full annexation of Benin to the British Empire and the overthrow of the Oba who stood in their way. In 1896 a British column led by Phillips went to meet with Oba Ovonramwen in Benin City but did not get to see the monarch who was occupied with performing important ceremonies at the time. Another expedition was launched despite warnings from the Oba not to come as their visit was timed to coincide with the celebration of the annual Igue Festival; a time of much ceremony when all outsiders were encouraged to stay away. The British were asked to postpone the visit for two months but Phillips refused and sent the king his stick; a traditional sign of insult and a deliberate provocation. As a result, when the party entered Benin territory they were ambushed and massacred with only a few managing to escape.

In February of 1897 the British launched a full-scale attack on Benin City which fell after eight days of fierce fighting. The Kingdom of Benin was totally destroyed, many inhabitants killed, the city looted and many valuable artifacts taken as trophies. The accused mastermind of the ambush and massacre of Captain Phillips and his party, Ologbohere, was put on trial and hanged. Oba Ovonramwen was to be hanged as well but after his surrender was deposed instead and exiled to Calabar with his two wives where he died in January of 1914. The king had actually had nothing to do with the massacre, knowing well enough that such an act would only provoke a war he could not hope to win, which is exactly what happened. The area of Benin was annexed and allowed for further British expansion into the interior of West Africa. However, despite the exile and death of the last reigning Oba of Benin the royal family continued on and still does today in the person of Crown Prince Solomon Akenzua who succeeded as Oba Erediauwa of the Benin people in Nigeria in 1978.

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How far na? abeg i fit save am for my blog?

Look at those mercenaries, look at their faces, White people have been using Mallams against us for centuries

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Sai Buhari 2015...

Ba dole bane! look for another slogan. Sai, is arrogant and offensive.

karpentar: your line of arguement will be different if his name was ikechukwu emeka.

hmmmmmmmmmmm.....kai, i don't think so.

So Afrocandy now represents the entire igbo tribe. The letter writer should pack well.

They got him young.He was 15 when he converted. Warning! Don't let your children near the Pakis and Somalis. and secondly it's only in Nigeria that his nationality is being debated. He is British, they should deal with. Give him a 600,000 house and monthly stipend. Crazy white people