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[url][/url][b][/b][b][/b]Starved Syria civilians flee besieged Damascus suburbLyse Doucet watched as the last few citizens of the besieged Damascus suburb of Moadamiya were taken to safety
Thousands of Syrian civilians have finally been allowed to leave the besieged Damascus suburb of Moadamiya.

The BBC's Lyse Doucet, who was at the scene, describes a tide of desperate people leaving the area, which has been closed off since March.

Supplies in Moadamiya had been running desperately short, and residents had pleaded to be saved from starvation.

The exodus of civilians has been made possible by an apparent relaxation of a blockade by government forces.

The Syrian army had previously said that rebel-held areas of Damascus such as Moadamiya could surrender or starve.

At least three of Damascus's suburbs - Yarmouk, Eastern Ghouta and Moadamiya - have been besieged by government forces for several months.

A tide of people fled Moadamiya today - some on stretchers, some crying, all showing the severe strain of a life under siege.

"We didn't see a piece of bread for nine months," one woman told me. "We were eating leaves and grass."

A little girl in a pink dress showed me her trembling hands. "We are all sick," she said, as she and her little sister clutched pieces of bread distributed by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society.

Some 20 buses were waiting at the entrance to Moadamiya to take residents to a government shelter.

But men, young and old, were kept in a separate queue. They will now be questioned about what side they are on, and what was their involvement in the fight.

The situation has become so desperate that earlier this month Muslim clerics issued a religious ruling allowing people to eat cats, dogs and donkeys just to survive.

[b]Starved Syria civilians flee besieged Damascus suburbLyse Doucet watched as the last few citizens of the besieged Damascus suburb of Moadamiya were taken to safety
Thousands of Syrian civilians have finally been allowed to leave the besieged Damascus suburb of Moadamiya.

The BBC's Lyse Doucet, who was at the scene, describes a tide of desperate people leaving the area, which has been closed off since March.

Supplies in Moadamiya had been running desperately short, and residents had pleaded to be saved from starvation.

The exodus of civilians has been made possible by an apparent relaxation of a blockade by government forces.

The Syrian army had previously said that rebel-held areas of Damascus such as Moadamiya could surrender or starve.

At least three of Damascus's suburbs - Yarmouk, Eastern Ghouta and Moadamiya - have been besieged by government forces for several months.

A tide of people fled Moadamiya today - some on stretchers, some crying, all showing the severe strain of a life under siege.

"We didn't see a piece of bread for nine months," one woman told me. "We were eating leaves and grass."

A little girl in a pink dress showed me her trembling hands. "We are all sick," she said, as she and her little sister clutched pieces of bread distributed by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society.

Some 20 buses were waiting at the entrance to Moadamiya to take residents to a government shelter.

But men, young and old, were kept in a separate queue. They will now be questioned about what side they are on, and what was their involvement in the fight.

The situation has become so desperate that earlier this month Muslim clerics issued a religious ruling allowing people to eat cats, dogs and donkeys just to survive.

[/b]Starved Syria civilians flee besieged Damascus suburbLyse Doucet watched as the last few citizens of the besieged Damascus suburb of Moadamiya were taken to safety
Thousands of Syrian civilians have finally been allowed to leave the besieged Damascus suburb of Moadamiya.

The BBC's Lyse Doucet, who was at the scene, describes a tide of desperate people leaving the area, which has been closed off since March.

Supplies in Moadamiya had been running desperately short, and residents had pleaded to be saved from starvation.

The exodus of civilians has been made possible by an apparent relaxation of a blockade by government forces.

The Syrian army had previously said that rebel-held areas of Damascus such as Moadamiya could surrender or starve.

At least three of Damascus's suburbs - Yarmouk, Eastern Ghouta and Moadamiya - have been besieged by government forces for several months.

A tide of people fled Moadamiya today - some on stretchers, some crying, all showing the severe strain of a life under siege.

"We didn't see a piece of bread for nine months," one woman told me. "We were eating leaves and grass."

A little girl in a pink dress showed me her trembling hands. "We are all sick," she said, as she and her little sister clutched pieces of bread distributed by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society.

Some 20 buses were waiting at the entrance to Moadamiya to take residents to a government shelter.

But men, young and old, were kept in a separate queue. They will now be questioned about what side they are on, and what was their involvement in the fight.

The situation has become so desperate that earlier this month Muslim clerics issued a religious ruling allowing people to eat cats, dogs and donkeys just to survive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24730536

kismo: My brother, Pensions Alliance Limited (PAL Pensions) has outstanding service delivery and competitive returns RSA. They will alart you as soon as your employer remits your retirement savings contribution to them and even when they didn't, you will know because they will notify you. They will tell you the vital documents you must not misplace and how to safeguide them so that you wouldn't have problem in accessing your savings after retirement. They have acquired two other PFA and UBA is their custodian. If you are in Lagos, they have their head office at Marina (UBA Building). You can visit www.palpensions.com for further information. Goodluck.

You just de-rep this PFA by telling us they have UBA as their custodian.

honeric01: I only know of 4.
BUHARI
SANUSI
BAKARE
UTOMI

Which Utomi? Hope its not the former head of Volk Nigeria

PointB: Is Melaye and his fellow travelers not seeing the rot in Lagos State concessionary agreement as recently exposed? Why is he and other so-called SW activist engaging in conspiracy of silence on that, but find it easy to campaign against a very hard-working member of the FEC, the most effective Aviation Minister in the past 2 decades. Is is because Fashola and Tinubu are untouchabe, while Stella is an easy prey?

Well, we have good news for you, Oduah Stella will not be hounded out of office by clowns and womanisers such as Dinosour Melaye.

#Stella Stays!

Is Dino Melaye from South0-West?

Handsomeemmy: fabricating? her spokesman accepted the fact that the said cars were bought, i expect her to prove her innocence and not throwing the ethnic card as some people have done in this country and on this forum.

my pains is that our judiciary is sick, because if not, people like Bankole, Etteh Orji Kalu. dariye, Jolly Nyame and their likes won't be walking free.

Most Nigerians and the leaders are corrupt, we the youth should pick the fight from somewhere and fight for our future, posterity will not judge us well if we continuing taking side based on ethnicity.

Please what crime did Pat Etteh commit?

Tholudee: Cute kids...that boy too resemble kule

The boy look like Aremu, Kunle's younger brother.

3Willywilly: Thank Gov Kayode Kayemi for making Ekiti the largest producers and exporters of Marijuana(India Hemp) in Africa

Thank you Deltans for being the sole investors in the Marijuana business.

FOUR presiding officers of the National Assembly have rejected official houses being built for them by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).

Senate President David Mark, House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha have cited insecurity and delay in the provision of infrastructure as the reasons for their action.

FCT Minister Bala Mohammed, who gave the hint at the weekend, disclosed that the authorities had consequently discontinued the construction of the N3 billion official houses by the construction giant, Julius Berger, at the Maitama Extension (renamed Goodlock Jonathan District) located behind the Lungi Military Barracks in the city centre.

The FCTA last year proposed to spend N1.5 billion on construction of the new official houses for the National Assembly’s presiding officers as well as another N1 billion for completion of the official residence of the vice president.

During the 2012 budget defence session before the House of Representatives Committee on FCT, Mohammed said the total cost of the project was N3.044 billion.

He said while N324 million was appropriated in 2011 for the new residences, only N146 million had been expended, leaving a balance of N178 million. He explained that for 2012, N1.5 billion would be required for the project.

Mohammed said that the National Assembly’s presiding officers that would benefit from the new residences were the Senate President and his deputy as well as the Speaker of the House and his deputy.

For the vice president’s residence, the minister said N2.452 billion was required to complete the project, which was already 66. 8 per cent completed last year.

Citing insecurity at their Apo Legislative Quarters in Abuja, the minister in February 2011 told the parliament during a budget defence that four principal officers of the National Assembly would benefit from a new set of residential accommodation being planned by the FCTA at the Maitama Extension Area in Abuja.






http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/national-news/135453-nass-presiding-officers-reject-n3b-official-residence

Sincere 9gerian: Exactly! There is already an established chain of LOOTING in Lagos and other APC controlled states. Here is the unbroken chain of LOOTING in Lagos- Fashola pockets 10% and awards the contract to Tinubu/Tinubu fronts; Tinubu pockets his own 10% or more, then sub-contract the project to an APC-compliant (local) contractor, who uses an axe to cut his share of the 'Eko oni ba je' cake before sub-sub-contracting the job to the final contractor. Lagos is bleeding massively.

You see looting, but what we see is good governance like we ve not seen since the UPN days.

The last of the Obe brothers. RIP sir.......

kay29000: Hmm! 108 views and no comment...no contacts. I am starting to believe what I heard...that people in this section just come here to steal ideas.

You should undestand most people are cautious of how they spend their hard earned money.

Truckpusher: Omo before me Mr Truckpusher put my money down say i do ......

I must do my appraisal drilling to know the potentials of that reservoir if it will require water flooding to be a good producer or natural flow without any artificial gas injection
and at the same time i must insert all the new technology of drilling to observe the bottom hole pressure before embarking on any form of completion.

Infact i must have serviced the well bore to the payzone for at least two to three yrs with all approach known to mankind before going for the full blown production of mankpory and chanfary

Any girl that comes with that no sex policy should be asked this simple question,

Are you a virgin? and if the answer is 'NO' Abeg commot wrapper make i enter joor! God punish you

Lol...........

You go even use 7" casing produce the well, cos the the production zone na like 16". Make sure it is horizontal to prevent water coning.

saintkola: This is commendable & I'm proud of RCCG.. That being said I'm not a fan of the auditorium expansion idea & believe churches in Nigeria need to be taxed!

If you were at the camp during the last convention, then you will understand the urgent need for a new auditorium.

Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea
Nigeria has long been known in the oil and gas industry as a hotspot for kidnapping. But while piracy in East Africa appears to be on the wane, offshore attacks appear to be undergoing a sharp rise off western Africa.

There have been several incidents of kidnapping offshore Nigeria so far in 2013, particularly off the coast of the Nigerian state of Bayelsa.

The most recent attack offshore Bayelsa was of two Russian and two Ukrainian oil workers in April, who were rescued by Nigerian police a month later. In February, three Ukrainians, two Indians and one Russian were kidnapped from an oil services ship off the coast Bayelsa.

These followed a number of pirate attacks offshore Bayelsa in late 2012, including the kidnap of an Italian crew of an offshore supply vessel.

In all, there were 31 incidents of piracy and armed robbery, including four hijackings, in the Gulf of Guinea during the first six months of 2013, according to the IMB. The IMB also noted the surge in kidnappings at sea and a wider range of ship types being targeted.

Armed pirates in the Gulf of Guinea took 56 sailors hostage and were responsible for all 30 crew kidnappings so far in 2013, with one person reported killed and at least another five injured. Attacks off Nigeria accounted for 22 of the region's 31 incidents.

"This is a new cause for concern in a region already known for attacks against vessels in the oil industry and theft of gas oil from tankers," a press release from the IMB stated mid-July.

On land there have also been several incidents this year, including the kidnapping for ransom of former Nigerian Oil Minister Shettima Ali Monguno in May by the Boko Haram Islamist group in May. Monguno was released days later.

Previously in April, nine workers attached to oil services companies were kidnapped by militants onshore Bayelsa.

More recently, in late July, a British oil worker was reported to have been freed after having been kidnapped at gunpoint from his vehicle shortly after arriving at Lagos international airport.

Iraq
Ten years after its invasion by the U.S. and its allies – and more than a year-and-a-half after the last U.S. troops left the country – Iraq remains a highly volatile and unsafe place, largely as a result of terrorism. Not a month goes by in which there are no bombings somewhere in the country, with Kurdistan being the only region largely immune from incident. Iraq's capital city, Baghdad, is often subject to car bombings, shootings and other violent incidents.

The country's oil and gas industry is not immune from this violence and there have been several kidnappings of oil workers during the past few years. Even Iraq Deputy Oil Minister Abdel Jabar al-Wagaa was kidnapped in 2007.

During 2012, there were several incidents of oil workers being kidnapped in the country. These included four oil workers who worked for Athens-based Consolidated Contractors Company, who were kidnapped near Basra's Rumaila oil field in May 2012; they were released after their captors were reportedly paid a $500,000 ransom. In December, a Kurdish oil worker was kidnapped south of Kirkuk while in the same month police had to rescue three oil company employees after they were kidnapped in Anbar province by an Al Qaeda-affiliated organization.

Kidnappings of oil workers have continued into this year; in June, two Iraqi Drilling Company workers were kidnapped in Kirkuk.

Colombia
Colombia has long been associated with violence and kidnappings, with the practice connected to revolutionary groups who usally prefer civilians, soldiers, government officials and the occasional foreign tourist as kidnap targets.

However, a "Country Risk & Threat Advisory Report" released in 2012 from strategic risk and security management firm KCS Group highlighted that oil workers are increasingly targeted in Columbia. "Kidnappings now represent a prime source of income for the guerillas, following Bogota's crack down on the narcotics trade," KCS noted.

Although "top targets" for revolutionary groups such as FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) and ELN (Ejército de Liberación Nacional) include people involved in agribusiness/cattle, merchants and traders and children (taken to pressure their parents), KCS noted that in 2001 there was a "marked increase in abductions of oil workers" who operate in areas where guerilla groups are active.

In March 2011, 23 Colombian oil workers – who were employed by Talisman Energy Inc. – were kidnapped in the eastern state of Vichada. Twenty-two of these workers were rescued a day later by Colombian troops. In June of that year, four Chinese oil workers were kidnapped by FARC and held for 17 months before being released.

Last year saw further incidences of oil workers being kidnapped in Colombia, including the kidnap by ELN of two women working alongside oil contractors in the northeast of the country.

Earlier this year, three oil contractors for Gran Tierra Energy Inc. were kidnapped by FARC in southern Colombia. They were released a day later.

The good news for oil and gas workers is that FARC is currently in peace talks that could see the Marxist group finally end its insurgency against the Colombian government after 50 years.

Colombia's neighbor Venezuela has an extremely high rate of kidnappings, according to KCS. But although reports suggest there are as many as 70 people kidnapped per day in the country (with ranchers and high-profile businessmen being the most common targets), Rigzone could not find any reports of oil executives or oilfield workers being taken

North Africa
The In Amenas attack certainly put Algeria on the global hostage-taking map in January 2013. Thirty-nine foreign hostages from nine different countries were killed in the attack, while BP and Statoil lost nine staff between them.

Algeria and several other countries in the Maghreb region of Africa have been involved in a very bloody struggle against Islamist insurgents for more than a decade. Incidents have included the kidnapping of European tourists as well as the killing of police, military personnel and civilians through bombings and attacks with small arms.

That In Amenas specifically targeted foreign oil and gas workers marks a worrying change in strategy by the region's Islamist militants. The oil and gas industry responded by examining its ability to protect workers at such facilities, with Statoil launching its own security investigation into the In Amenas attack headed by former Norwegian intelligence chief Lieutenant General Torgeir Hagen. In early July, Statoil reported that more than 120 people have now been interviewed by the investigating team, which is due to deliver its final report on the attack in mid-September.

Next door to Algeria is Libya, which has Africa's largest proven reserves of sweet oil. Since the Libyan Revolution in 2011, the country has been struggling to get its oil and gas production back above pre-revolution rate of 1.6 million barrels of oil equivalent per day. But escalating violence in the country has been holding it back.

The spring of this year saw a number of clashes erupt at various oil fields and gas facilities. More recently, in June, an armed group tasked with protecting the 350,000-barrel per day Sharara oilfield attacked the headquarters of the Petroleum Facilities Guard in Tripoli after reportedly becoming disgruntled about a rival group being allowed to supervise a drill in the area.

This kind of unrest is unlikely to tempt Royal Dutch Shell plc back into the country after it decided to abandon two of its exploration blocks there in May 2012. BP has also not returned its expat staff to Libya, maintaining a skeleton staff of around 90 in the country.

As far as kidnappings are concerned, no reported incidents involving oil and gas workers in Libya have occurred this year, although 80 Tunisian oil workers were abducted by an armed group in April 2012 before being released days later. Meanwhile, several journalists and media staff have been kidnapped in Libya this year. The UK warned in April that a high threat of terrorism and kidnapping remained in the country.

http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=128297&utm_source=WeeklyNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2013-08-16&utm_content=read&utm_campaign=feature_1

EAST AFRICA
By far, the most likely place for an oil and gas worker to be kidnapped is at sea. During the first six months of this year, there were 138 piracy incidents around the world, according to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre. Many of these incidents involve workers and sailors on platform supply vessels, oil tankers and occasionally oil platforms themselves.

Somali pirates have plagued the east coast of Africa for year by hijacking vessels and kidnapping foreigners. While cargo vessels and private sailors appear to be the main targets for these pirates, the oil and gas sector is seeing increasing attention as countries like Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique develop their gas resources for the global liquefied natural gas LNG market.

In early 2011, the Tanzanian government beefed up its maritime security in response to the threat from Somali pirates, specifically to allow the smooth continuation of oil and gas exploration activities in the country. This was after 11 cases of piracy in the country's waters in a 13-month period between March 2010 and April 2011, including an attack on an exploration vessel belonging to Ophir Energy.

This response to the piracy threat seems to have worked. In October 2011, seven Somali pirates were detained by Tanzanian forces after a failed attack on an oil and gas vessel.

Earlier this year, the IMB reported a marked decrease in piracy in the region for 2012 when compared to 2011. Just 75 ships reported attacks in Somalia and the Gulf of Aden last year, compared to 237 in 2011, while the number of Somali hijackings halved from 28 to 14.

During the first six months of 2013, there were as few as eight piracy incidents recorded in the Somalia/Gulf of Aden region, which the IMB attributed to actions by international navies as well as preventative measures taken by merchant vessel.

jagabanban: Oga Damojo,

That bridge has lighting. In fact, the entire Ikorodu Road is lit at night all the way to Mile 12. There was barricade at that particular spot (and several other spots on the Road) but people tore it down.

If the guy got robbed on the bridge as you implied, he "may" still have his life.

I am not apportioning blame to anyone here. However, whatever decision we take in life has risks. I guess he took the risk that led to his demise.

RIP to him anyways.

I think there are private security guards in all the bridges.

plaindealer: 1. ND is not the only oil producing region in Nigeria, Ondo state where the project was sited is an oil producing state too.

2. Chevron's oil activities is in Ondo state hence their involvement in the project in Ondo state.


3. ND is not the beginning and end of oil in Nigeria, oil id flowing in other regions too and it's about to start flowing in Lagos too.


4. Ondo and Ogon state are building the OK FTZ/Energy hub and a deep sea port to move LNG and other energy products all over the world in the same area.

5. Dangote is spending $8 billion on his Refinery in the same Olokola FTZ

6. Covenant Ground Refinery is building another refinery in the same Olokola (OKFTZ) in Ondo State too.

The FG and the rest of the shortsighted clowns in Abuja can sabotage and play their usual bad bele game, but their failed LNG project is not the only game in town. It's still full steam ahead for Olokola (OKFTZ).

This is going to be the new Energy Capital of Sub Africa and next in line is the Badagry Energy city...



Thank and like me for this wonderful education...

As a major Oil producing state, Ondo state is one of Niger Delta states. Niger delta is different from South-south, which is based on the geograpghy of the country. Abia and Imo are the other non South-south states that are 'Niger Delta', based oil production.

Alumnus: I intend to constantly invest a certain percentage of my salary on stocks for few coming years. But am confused on whether to make individual investment or go through Mutual Fund managers. I have been investing individually with my small funds before now but haven't tried mutual fund before.

Please your experiences and advice on Mutual funds in Nigeria will be greatly appreciated.

Surprised to read all these. Never had any problem with my investments. Please try Kakawa, Lead capital or ARM. They have products that give fixed return.

cecegorz: Tokunboh is a smart guy.
He has always being an heir apparent of sorts at FBN. Rose very fast in his banking career, then jumped ship into a political career, and probably learning from what happened to Remi Babalola that also left to join fed ministry of finance, he has beat a fast retreat into his familiar terrain.
Who knows, dude may have a shot at the GMD seat one day.

Aderemi Waheed Babalola made the Worst mistake of his life, leaving FBN to take up appointment as Minister. He was sidelined for telling Nigerians that NNPC is insolvent. He quietly resigned, after GEJ moved him to the Ministry of Special duties. He was one of the most respected Bankers in this 'Geographical space'

berem: Time to run to Alausa nakked to collect my own 100k!

Eko oni baje o!

I'll go with you......Make I protect you from badt boiz.

lagosbloga: Since they want a safe and stable investments they should choose sectors that offer relatively stable climate and in which they have both technical and financial muscle to pull. They may want to consider;

Option A They could invest in Nigeria's transportation sector depending on how much they have;

1. Importing used toyota, mitsubishi cars etc.
2. Importing motorcycles from Asia
3. They could set up their own vehicle leasing company
4. Their own commuter bus scheme like the BFS, BRT and LAGBUS schemes
5. Haulage business
6. Overseas Shipping from Asia to Lagos and
7. courier services

Option B They could invest in our finance industry

1. Their own micro finance bank

Option C Real Estate

1. Building and selling mini estates
2. Building Luxury Apartments mainly for expatriates
3. Building Tenement Houses in Highbrow Lagos or Port Harcourt

Option D I.T and Telecomms

1. An ISP to rival those dominating the sector
2. Become distributors of fast moving laptops, mobile phones, plasma TVs, DVDs and other electronic gadgets
3. They could also sell Ipods, watches, fashion accessories from Japan, Italy, France or the UK

Option E Petroleum marketing

1. Set up filling stations
2. Import and Supply diesel, kerosine and petrol


The list is endless there are still many more to cover.

Is this all you could think of? Importation, importation! And you expect Nigerian youths to work in Fuel stations and Motor bike selling coys? What happened to Steel mills, why not Vehicle assembly, instead of, sales of used cars.

billante: The ministers in GEJ cabinet dat is really pushing his transformation agenda is in this order

Min of trade nd investment
Min of finance
Min of agriculture
Min of aviation
Min of works
Min of transportation

Average ones
Min of solid mines&steel
Min of power
Min of education
Min of labour

Pls do we actually have ministers manning the following ministries
Min of science and technology
Min of housing of urban dev
Min of tourism
Min of water resources
Min of environment?

The above mentioned should pls tender their resignation letters go home and save tax payers money cause they have been caught sleeping on the bicycle.

You need to understand that the performance of Ministers, sometimes depend on their closeness to the President.

[quote author=dayokanu]If you have been following Ekiti politics, you would know the Opeyemi Bamidele/Fayemi squabble did not start today. The problem actually started after PDP rigged the Ekiti Governorship re-run between Fayemi and Segun Oni. Opeyemi Bamidele being the most popular politician in Ekiti ACN, was advised by some party leaders to start preparing for governorship election. The young Man started consulting with people across the state. This did not go down well with Fayemi, who was fighting to recover his mandate that was stolen the second time. It is this same reason that Dr Fayemi, stood his ground and made sure the Senatorial ticket wash handed over to Babafemi Ojudu, who clearly lost the primaries to Michael Opeyemi Bamidele (MOB). It is a known fact that Femi Ojudu is not popular in Ekiti. He is believed to be arrogant, plus the fact that he didn't have much money to share (He was Managing Editor of The News Magazine/PM News). MOB was Former Governor Adeniyi Adebayo, and Asiwaju's candidate, but they yielded to JKF as a sign of respect to the governor. MOB never contested for the primaries of house of Reps, it was handed over to him as compensation.

Dr Kayode Fayemi has done tremendously well as Governor of Ekiti, and I'll gladly vote him a second time. But, it is undemocratic to prevent other candidates from pursuing their ambition. ACN need to manage the situation, otherwise it is going to be an easy ride for PDP. MOB still remain the strongest individual in Ekiti ACN. Not even former Governor Adeniyi Adebayo can match his popularity.

Ekiti a gbe a ooo.

dBard: oya identify urself.. UST boy

Nkpolite, I hail oh.

[quote author=2ru-talk]90% of the roads in Satellite Town are not motorable. Its only a gullible fellow that will keep singing praises for this failed Governor called Fashola. As far as I am concerned if we take a comparative analysis of internally generated revenue of all the States in Nigeria and their developmental efforts so far, Fashola is one of the least performing Governors in Nigeria. Its only a docile fellow who cannot take cognizance of the huge internally generated revenue that accrues to Lagos State coupled with the accumulated huge amount of money released to the State (owed by FG to Lagos State during Tinubu's regime)that will come here to vomit rubbish.[/quote]Only a dumb fellow like you would use IGR and not entire income accrued to make comparison.

[quote author=P.Stacks]1. I am angry that the major share of the contract went to RCC. Everybody knows Julius Berger for their level of engineering proficiency. Julius berger should havd gotten all or the lion share. But its ok the part julius berger has, because upto shagamu, traffic reduces as some face Ijebu-ode and others face Ibadan.

2. I'm happy everything has a lot to opening Ogun State to the world , I'm glad my state Goverrnor has been seen in positive light.. Very gentle soft spoken man. U needed to see his wife speak on channels tv.. Very polished woman. Speaks like she's queen of England.
Ogun state would get a new lease of life.

3. I'm happy GEJ is not being detracted by his detractors and is just delievering on transformational agenda.. This is a massive transformation for Nigeria. I'm happy GEJ is right on course.. He might appear soft and slow. But everybody has their own style.. Slow and steady surely wins a race.

4. I'm happy GEJ a PDP man is seeing GOOD in my Governor an ACN man.. That's speaks volume of both characters...

Lastly I'm very happy that road is going to take only 48 months, so 2015 is already inviting GEJ. GEJ doesn't want it but 2015 is already wanting him..

This alone, if its true oooo!!!!!, walahi, GEJ already has my 2015 vote. If its not, I will hold my vote to myself atleast to know my power is in my pocket..

The person I'l give my power to in 2015 must better be an angel.
If electricity improves B4 2015 to say 8,000 mega watts and only this Lagos-Ibadan road is repaired.. My vote is already taking its direction. Not party but personality. Sai jonathan.. Jonathan sa ka yi..[/quote]How does speaking like Queen of England translate to improve welfare for thec people of Ogun state.

awodman: When Elumelu retired from Standard Trust Bank,people whr like why the heck..but here he is proving sceptics wrong..breaking new grounds and chasing the likes of dangote...I wish him the best...

He did not resign, he was forced out of the Bank by Sanusi.

awodman: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/140232-you-cant-decide-for-ekiti-people-pdp-tells-tinubu.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=you-cant-decide-for-ekiti-people-pdp-tells-tinubu

Fayemi has done tremendously well, and deserves a second term. But, this does not give Tinubu the right to determine who contests, or becomes the next Governor of Ekiti state. Fayemi, and MOB are Ekiti sons who I'm proud of. I expect Tinubu to be busy collection tolls on Lekki-Epe expressway. And to PDP, they should not waste their money on the next election, 'We' don't want them.

Jarus: Interesting. PM me on jarushub@gmail.com and let me update my knowledge on the 'news behind the news' of Naija's banking industry.

Amebo