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http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/24028-firm-demands-n200m-damages-from-oau-for-alleged-breach-of-contract.html

By Oseheye Okwuofu, Ibadan 1 hour ago

The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, will, next Tuesday, hear a suit filed by a civil engineering firm, Progress Contracts Limited, seeking N200 million damages from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, for alleged breach of contract.

The petitioner is accusing the university of breaching a subsisting contract signed on April 26, 1982, by both parties for the building of a Mathematics and First Year Laboratory Complex in the institution.

It accused OAU of re-awarding the project to another company, Messrs Gilda Nigeria Limited.

The petition reads: “Work on the project progressed steadily until a time when the university suffered financial setback and subsequently approached the plaintiff to split the project into three components marked Phases A, B, C, under which Phases B and C, comprising laboratories, were successfully completed through self financing by the contractor, who resorted to bank loans, while Phase A was also executed to the 2nd Floor level.”

The petitioner said when the university eventually received development grants from the Federal Government and donor agencies, it awarded the completion of the Phase A project to Messrs Gilda Nigeria Limited without terminating the subsisting contract.

The plaintiff is praying the court to declare that its contract with OAU subsists, and void the university’s contract with Messrs Gilda Nigeria Limited. It prayed the court to restrain the school from awarding the project to another contractor.

The firm is also asking OAU for N200 million as damages.

He is not dolling out money. These guys are actually engaged in community service. Aregbesola of course knows that it is a short-term program for the individuals involved. That is why those with qualifications are being trained for other jobs. However, this is a program that can be kept as a long term means of continuosly preparing and absorbing otherwise idle hands into useful employment.

That fool, Beaf, is a complete liar - if you don't want yourself to be embarassed look somewhere else for information,  particularly on Osun State.

jmaine:
You feel doling out cush would solve unemployment cries . . .wonder why other ACN governors are not dolling out cash as well . . .since it's the way to go . . .Short term succour can only take you far, but it doesn't solve the underlying unemployment issues. . . cos when it can be scrapped at any given point in time and the bonanza ends there . . .And such programmes would never stop social vices . . . so people harping on a tested and found wanting formula is not the way to go . . . .Let's pull out all partisan plugs aside

djustice:
Tinubu needs to start watching his back. Himself, Aregbesola and other ACN tyrants robbing Lagos State of development at the grassroots had better start watching it. What goes around comes around. They should go and ask Gaddaffi! People are REALLY pissed at them right now. Even ACN people that felt that the candidates were imposed on them by Bola Tinubu. His downfall will come from within his own party. They worked hard against him everywhere, but, with DPOs and the state commissioner of Police in his pocket, there was little people could do.

Tinubu is going down, and if Fashola stands with him, so is he.

jmaine:
No matter how hard people try to praise the OYES . . .that is an artificial scheme only for short term succour . . , . . Aregbesola OYES is similar to the poverty alleviation scheme in other states whose practice has being discontinued, cos the end product does not yield the necessary result needed to stimulate growth within the populace . . .it's akin to just dolling money to some lucky few . . . So if the FG starts dolling out money to say 100,000 youths . .we can all shout hurray, that indeed 100,000 jobs have been created while the skill set of the beneficiaries have not being harnessed for the much needed SME growth, required to improve the local economy . . . . OYES to me is the failed poverty Alleviation hand outs of other states since 1999 . . . . This short term approach does not impress me one bit . . .I don't need to wait for anybody to give me a stance in whatever topic we choose to discuss . . . . Like i said, The most useless governor is a tough call to make . . .but who cares, we are just having fun here . . .

Beaf:
[size=33pt]How can Aregbesola cut grass with 50billion? [/size]

Areosapien:
Is Bayelsa in the east? SMDH, fooking blockhead.

sley4life:
Bayelsa checkpoint killing: Eyewitnesses name killer patrol members

Eye witnesses of the October 16 killing of 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have identified the policeman who allegedly shot him dead at a police checkpoint.

The policeman is said to be popularly known as the “Boko Haram of the Nigeria Police.”

He was said to have shot Victor five times at different parts of his body and even when he was dead.

Our correspondent learnt that the policemen that mounted the roadblock on the fateful day was led by one Inspector John.

Prior to the incident,Boko Haram was said to have been a regular face at the checkpoint allegedly harassing commercial motorcyclists.

The policeman, our correspondent learnt, has not been seen at the checkpoint since the incident happened nine days ago.

Victor was killed on Sanni Abacha Expressway, Yenagoa for allegedly condemning bribery and the extortion of money from motorists at the checkpoint.

The deceased was said to be returning from church service in company with his mother when the incident happened.

Sources said his mother pleaded in vain to stop his son from being shot.

The policeman, who allegedly threatened to shoot his mother for attempting to help her son, was said to have removed a copy of the Holy Bible he was holding at the time of his death and replaced it with a pair of scissors.

But one week after he was killed, the police said on Sunday that Victor’s murder was still under investigation.

The Bayelsa State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Eguavoen Emokpae,  told our correspondent, “We are still investigating.

“All I can say for now is that people should exercise patient while investigation lasts. I have been to the Criminal Investigation Department and they said the report of the investigation was not ready.

http://news.punchng.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2269:bayelsa-checkpoint-killing-eyewitnesses-name-killer-patrol-members&Itemid=542

Beaf:
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Its The greatest "achievements" of your hero, Aregbesola are telling high stories, slapping a gentleman like Fashola and slapping women:
[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/552979_anti-slap_jpg50ae71a522ed4f3c3955d7be43a13e6c[/img]

Beaf:
It is clear there was a protest, but is is also clear that Warri was far from shut down as the OP claimed. He doesn't need to tell any lies to drive home his grouses with Uduaghan, otherwise people like me would conclude that he has dark ulterior motives which are not of benefit to Delta state.

Beaf:
You poor ACN souls. You always sound like you were bred in the gutter. Why?

frosbel:
[size=14pt]This is WHY I have Withdrawn all my support for ISRAEL.


I LOVE JEWS, But that Zionist State called ISRAEL is not of GOD by any stretch of the human imagination.[/size]



[size=14pt]It is Satanic , Period !!!!![/size]



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UYCO:
@ Beaf
You are a fool, you said you want the photograph, I gave you and now you are saying it is not Warri
CHECK THE ABOVE PIX YOU WILL SEE THE SIGN BOARD OF THE WARRI INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT UDUAGHAN USE TO EMBEZZLE OUR MONEY BEFORE CHEVRON GATE

Beaf:
It is very true indeed. The poor workers in that state have been the victims of every conceivable lie that their horrible governor can haul at them. Anyone that dares complain gets haunted down and harassed until they call black, white. It is a true representation of Aregbesola who is known to have slapped his female deputy as well as the gentle soul, Fashola.

Aregbesloa spends his time supervising politics and money sharing in Lagos, Osun might as well go to the pigs for all he cares.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/22/nigeria-sect-idUSL5E7LM0WD20111022

Oct 22 (Reuters) - Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect shot dead a state television cameraman in Nigeria's remote northeast on Saturday, union and military sources said, in what could be the first assassination of a journalist by the sect.

Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is forbidden", has been blamed by authorities for near daily shootings and deadly bombings around Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, which sits in the far northeast corner of Africa's most populous nation on borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

The sect's attacks usually target the police, military, prominent religious figures and drinking spots but in recent weeks journalists have been threatened by the group, which says it wants sharia law more widely applied across Nigeria.

Alhaji Zakariya Isa, a journalist working for the government-owned Nigerian Television Authority, was killed by gunmen who attacked him at his home in Maiduguri.

"Zakariya was shot dead at his house in Bulunkutu Gomari by suspected Boko Haram this evening. We shall go to claim his body tomorrow for burial," said Abba Kakami, the Borno state chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ).

"The NUJ will certainly take all the necessary steps to protect its members from further attacks."

A member of the joint military task force operating in Borno state confirmed the incident, but asked not to be named.

It was not clear if Isa had been specifically targeted by Boko Haram.

Boko Haram is growing in ambition and sophistication and authorities in Nigeria and abroad believe it has strengthening ties with al Qaeda's north African wing.

It claimed responsibility for Nigeria's first known suicide bombing in August, driving a car full of explosives into U.N. headquarters in the capital Abuja, killing 24 people.

It threatened reporters recently after the group claimed spokesmen who weren't part of the sect were being quoted in the media. The group has an ill-defined command structure and many people claim to speak on its behalf. (Reporting by Ibrahim Mshelizza; Writing by Joe Brock; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)

Beaf:
Aregbesola has taught them the dark art of telling high stories and dancing to the wind.

OAM4J:
Let just say I expected all the plans to have been put in place long before now and by now we should be seeing some actions and possibly some results.

I also noticed that the results of the blueprint will come by the end of 2015, after the next general election, so nobody can query any sign of failure of the blueprint before the next general election. Smart!

Beaf: --Beaf saunters in, spots the pot bellied koruji balancing on his lil thin k-legs--
--Cool, precise, deadly. . . Beaf lets off a single gold plated 9mm round--
--Obituary! --

UYCO:
The Special Assistant to the Governor of Delta State on Students Affairs(Comrade Frederick Mosheshe) submitted his resignation letter yesterday to the office of the secretary to the state government over what he called the high level of unemployment and system failure. The SA who was said to be visibly angry with the state government for its lack of interest in the welfare of unemployed youths, most of whom were used by the state government during campaign and later abandoned after election. In his word " I can not be in government when all my comrades are stranded and there is no hope to engage them productively, all effort to make the government see reasons to empower these youths have been proved abortive. If I don't resign in protest of their situation, what am I going to tell them when I am out of government"

As Aba Independent Power Project Comes Alive

By Mohammed Shosanya (Lagos)
Daily Trust, Abuja
November 8, 2007

It was pomp and ceremony last week when President Musa Yar'Adua led other dignitaries to Osisioma, near Aba in Abia State to perform foundation-laying ceremony of the Aba Independent Power Project.

The ceremony came at the nick of the time when Nigerians have traded their hopes for uninterrupted power supply in the country.

Suffice to say that in the last eight years of the previous administration, the power sector grew worse inspite of the controversial expenditure sunk on it and noises about improved power supply existed only in rhetorics.

And when the new administration came on board and promised to declare a state of emergency on the enmeshed power sector, many Nigerians praised President Yar'Adua to high heavens.

Things have not taken shape hitherto. Power supply is still elusive and Nigerians seem to have negotiated again there hopes for improved power sector under this fresh administration.

But,the foundation laying ceremony for the Aba Independent Power Project may have rekindled the hope of Nigerians that the days of interrupted power supply are numbered.

The Aba Independent Power Project (IPP) is spearheaded by an indigenous company, Geometric Power Limited, owned by the former Minister of Science and Professor of Robotic Engineering, Professor Bartholmew Nnaji.

Apart from the Aba IPP,the company has a sterling record having successfully built a 22 megawatts Abuja Emergency Power Project in 2001,which currently lit up the seat of power and its environs.

Besides, the project which will gulp a princely S250million,is targeted at supplying 140megawatts of electricity to the national grid. The funding of the project is a concerted efforts of local and foreign financial institutions that will pool their resources and expertise together to ensure that it came to life and satisfy the needs of Nigerians.

Among the financial institutions which have given their nod to partake in the project include; the International Finance Corporation (IFC), European Investment Bank[EIB] and African Finance Corporation[AFC].

Also, the foremost power specialist from Canada, Mr. Paul Nickson, is said to have been hired by the indigenous company to perfect the Aba IPP. Speaking at the foundation ceremony last week in Aba, President Yar'Adua described the project as the first major investment by a Nigerian in diaspora.

The President, who was represented by the Minister of State for Energy and Gas, Mr. Emmanuel Odusina said. "The successful completion, operation and management of the project will, no doubt, be a reference point in the nation's history of power generation,distribution and transmission"

According to the Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, the project would aid the revival of industries that were closed in Aba and other towns due to epileptic power supply.

While commending Geometric for siting the project in the state, Orji pledged the government's support for the project and warned the host communities against sabotage, harassment and intimidation of workers at the site of the project.

Both Special Assistant to the President on Power, Joseph Makoju and the Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr Ransome Owan, described the project as a veritable and potent force to change the face of the dwindling power generation in the country.

And to demonstrate the commitment and seriousness of Geometric Limited to smoothsail the project, its Chairman, Professor Barthol-omew Nnaji, noted in his speech at the occasion that an extensive environmental impact assessment of the project had been conducted, adding that the plant would commence operations in a year's time.

Report from Aba indicates that businessmen, investors and the likes have already embraced the project and have expressed willingness to work with the company to ensure its success.

One could only hope that the present administration provides more latitudes and enabling environments for private investors to invest in the power sector with a view to rescuing it from needless abyss.

Beaf:
kai! This Nayah babe is back, she turns my poor lil brain into jelly, makes me poor knee's knock like the Western railway.
I can't even concentrate on the topic! I go die o!

chima2011:
If someone steals from you and then you turn and steal back that thing from the person,  does that also make you thief?