₦airaland Forum

Kobo

International crime organisations are engaging in oil-for-arms exchange in the delta.

If they don't cripple the activities of these organisations then their wont be any truce because terrorists will continue to have access to arms and will be emboldened.

No kind of talks will succeed in that climate.

The Niger-Delta people have been heard and so too should the Government use this to understand the disaffection of most Nigerians regardless of region. But if we don't check this now Nigeria may be another Siera Leone.

I grew up in PH and I sometimes wonder if anybody wants a society where 10yr olds are in doubt whether its faster to make money joining a cult group than going to school.

Please fellow United Fans

does anyone know whether we are making any progress at signing Santa Cruz

The protest is an endoresment of the status quo

Its very shameful, this activists are willing to exploit every opportunity to get in the news

I am not a fan of  Yar'adua right now, and I believe the average Nigerian has 1million and 1 reasons to either dislike or protest what Yar'adua does

But protesting an attempt at resolving the Niger-Delta crisis should not be be one of them no matter how effective we may think it is

The crisis in Niger-Delta is no longer some youths carrying claws to fight. Some inetrnational cartels are involved in multimillion criminal trades that need to be checked. This move to organize international effort at stopping these cartel is very strategic and I think is the right call.

I also think its necessary to tighten security of our boarders and discourage illlegal oil bunkering fueling the crisis in the regions.  We need to as much as we can make sure the Niger-Delta crisis is an internal crisis until its resolved.

Finally I think some of these so called activists should be careful not to be used by people who want no solution whatsoever to the crisis.

Guys lets pay some respect to this game we all love to watch

Its almost blasphemous to compare mikel to Zidane or Okocha

We have seen super-gifted players in football and Mikel is not one of them

Mikel should first catch up with his mates who played Junior world cup with him but who have risen above him. Yes I mean the likes of Fabregas and Messi.

people want to spend coins but they dont want Naira re-decimalised.

If 50k can buy a cup of garri or a stick of cigarett or even tomtom , tell me why people wont spend it??

All this people wey dey make gragra about coins if them reach UK dem go begin carry coins about.

John Obi Mikel is not in the class of players any coach will re-adjust his management style for.

Except am watching a totally different Mikel at Chelsea.

Whether the Olympic team succeed or not, I support Siasia. Victor Anichebe with dual Nationality who can afford to mess arround with Nigeria is not doing that. Why is Mikel so cocky

But if I were in Siasia's shoes, I would have demanded a written and published apology from him,not only to the coach and team but also to all Nigerians. After that, I'll include him in my list

U sure say no be Mikel dey fine public apology from his coach?

And what are you insinuating here? What meaningful contributions have you made to the discussion so far?

My point is the group of people you are so quick to abuse and hate will be the first set of people to vote for true fedralism if we are lucky to have a referendum on true fedralism.

So stop hating, think broadly and wider.

Ono

its amazing that it took you 4 posts to attempt to discuss issues rather than point fingers.

Ono stop hating!!!!!!!!!!

You can do better than that.

This mentality is exactly what is breeding so much rebels across Africa

We are not interested in discouraging our leaders from pushing our people to the wall, we rather call people coward for not fighting back when our leaders refuse to do the right thing.

What is point liberating your people from one slavery and then lead them into another slavery?

Ngige was slapped and kidnapped by Chuma Nzeribe before he went to aquire his own security.

Even though Ngige was trying to run a populist Government , he was not secured by ordinary Anambrarians, he went to aquire and arm bakassi boys as last minute resort.

That is a situation that should not be encouraged in any sane society as it breeds lawlessness.

I guess Morgan Tsvangarai should have aquired amunition and fought back against the State who soughtt to kill him rather than protect him. By so doing millions of Zimababweans will go down.

What a great characteristic of a true leader.

Afam lets be honest

Is it the immagination of western media that Robert Mugabe has been Zimbabwean leader for 28years?

Is it the immagination of western media that as of this day the 14/07/2008 that 1 Nigerian Naira exchanges for

1.00 NGN = 158,748,534.27 ZWD


Is it the immagination of western media that there is 85% unemployment and 4million percent inflation.

The Zimbabwean army is full of fools

I personally don't understand how in the whole of Zimbabwean Army their is no faction tired of Mugabe and his antics.

This is one of those few times you feel good being Nigerian because am not sure anybody can hold Nigeria hostage for 28years.

doncaster

9 out of 15 countries voted for the resolution and that is enough to pass.

But if one of the 5 countries with veto power decides to use its veto power, the resolution fails. Rusia and China are among these 5 countries.
Rusia is developing a troubling pattern of misusing its veto power.

They just veto for the sake it.

Excuse: the crisis in Zimbabwe is not a threat to international security. What a myopic definition of international insecurity.
Hellooooooooo!!!!!!!! the economic crisis in Zimbabwe has caused a mass exodus of people to other southern african nations. Hence the Xenophobic attacks we saw in South Africa.

Russia is becoming obsessed with disagreeing everything the West says for the sake of disagreeing.

How about requesting 300 Naira from the ATM rather than 30,000 Naira?

This will get more people using the ATM and by so doing decongest the banks as well as encourage e-banking as opposed to carrying more cash and being vulnerable to robbery.

Building a 21st century economy involves a lot, and this include's doing the small things that make the big things happen.

please lets not make this debate North vs South

It is rather a debate about maintaining a retrogressive status quo or charting a new progressive economic course as a Nation.

Siasia's decision to leave out Mikel is the best I have seen from a Nigerian coach for so long

God Knows what his faith in Chelsea will be , with Deco, lampard, Ballack I believe Chelsea have enough playmakers. Essien will have to fill in for Defensive Midfield since Chelsea have also bought Bosingwa.

Where does that leave Mikel?? Time will tell

His refusal to Join us at Old trafford has been the most pivotal decision of his career and will be for a long time.

RedHotchic

If you are passionate about making a difference you will come to understand that resignation does'nt advance those courses you believe in, in a country like Nigeria.

When u go someone will replace u and those who frustrated u out will spin the story why you resign and cook up all sorts of things that ur resignation simply becomes insignificant

Daily Sun, however, exclusively learnt “all things being equal the CBN Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo had been given the green light to re-present the Naira redenomination policy

He has not been asked yet officially

I thought they were about to fire him? Why ask his favors again?

Not sure anybody is asking for his favours, he is being asked to do his job.

That said, I will say so much commendations to Soludo for patience and humility against all odds.
It gets very difficult knowing that you are simply being villified for doing the right thing

Obaseki

You have said it all.

I don't even blame Mugabe too much because nobody likes to leave power. I blame the Military Brass in Zimbabwe who allow themselves to be collectively blind.

Are u kidding me, how does anybody rule a nation for 28years with 4million percent inflation, 85% unemployment and yet people buy his white supremacist propaganda.

Zimbabweans have a choice rise up and move on from their colonial past or clinge to it and remain in poverty

lol pretty girls have taken over our thread

remove which mask??

still waiting to be told this admin's economic programme and direction

BigB1 time and time again you have shown how misguided you are, so am never going to be disappointed in you.

Farida Waziri appoints former Bukola Saraki’s “Chief Security Officer”, ACP Abdulkadir Lanre Jimoh to head new team at the EFCC.

Last View on Wed 9th July, 2008
Last Modified on Tue 08th July, 2008 2:24:38 pm
Author: Posted by Admin Sahara
Saharareporters, NEW YORK

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appointed Abdukadir Lanre Jimoh, a recently promoted Assistant Commissioner of Police to head one of its key enforcement teams. Mr. Jimoh was the main “hitman” for the Sarakis in Ilorin, Kwara state. He is a notoriously wealthy police officer popularly known as “Lanre Olopa” in Ilorin because of his mob enforcement capabilities for the Sarakis . Jimoh has since resumed to the EFCC.

Saharareporters could not immediately confirm his new designation but EFCC sources said Bukola Saraki has directed Waziri to allow him manage “Governance Team” , a team formerly managed by Ibrahim Magu who has been redeployed to the Nigerian police headquarters in Abuja.

Sources in the Nigerian Police Force, which seconded Mr. Jimoh to the EFCC, told Saharareporters that his recruitment to the EFCC clears the way for a total take over of the agency by corrupt former and current state governors.

Last Friday, Mrs. Farida Waziri, who attended a two –day Commonwealth Business Council in London, fired 10 team leaders at the EFCC who were directly involved in prosecuting corrupt former governors. One of the top team leaders that was sacked is currently involved with the prosecution of James Ibori, the former governor of Delta State who faces multiple corruption charges before a Federal High Court in Kaduna. Also, the officer who investigated the looting of Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria PLC, the commercial bank ruined by the Saraki family was sacked.

Officers of the London Metropolitan Police met with Mrs. Waziri last Friday to discuss ongoing collaboration with the EFCC under her leadership, however, they are very disappointed to learn of the removal of key officers earlier trained at the EFCC to assist with UK related investigations, especially the removal of the officer investigating James Ibori’s case at the EFCC.

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Mrs. Farida Waziri, the new Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) boss has concluded plans to scuttle the ongoing trial of former governor of Delta State, James Ibori. The EFCC chairperson who is currently attending a Commonwealth Business Council meeting in London secretly redeployed Bello Yahaya, a Superintendent of Police back to the Nigerian Police headquarters in Abuja. Prior to his redeployment, Bello was the key EFCC officer who investigated Ibori for massive corruption and graft while he was the governor of Delta State from 1999 to 2007. Bello who had trained with the London Metropolitan Police, was the designated officer handling cases involving the London Metropolitan Police in Nigeria. Bello is yet to be given a new posting by the police authorities in Abuja. With his removal Ibori’s case will lose its key investigating police officer.

In what has now become a Friday tradition at the EFCC, Mrs. Waziri signed off on the transfer of Osita Nwajah, EFCC’s spokesman to Enugu where he will serve as an assistant director for the EFCC. The Enugu office is an outstation headed by a Head of Operations, several levels below Osita’s current rank in the agency. This is seen by observers as a demotion aimed humiliating him to resign. This is the second time Osita will be transferred in the last two weeks on the assumption that he is being deployed to serve as the media anchor for the Enugu office.

Also redeployed is the former head of the banking and fraud unit Muhammed Wakili, an Assistant Commissioner of Police who was until his redeployment the deputy director of operations. He is known to have acted for Ibrahim Lamorde, the former acting Chairman of EFCC. Wakilli has been deployed to Gombe a relatively new office which hardly handles more than a dozen cases per month.

Bukar Abba, the deputy director of organizational services at the headquarters has also been transferred to Gombe as an accounts officer. His former position like that of Dapo Olorunyomi has been phased out of the EFCC.

It is believed that in seeking to remove all of EFCC officials seen to be loyal to the former chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, Mrs. Waziri also removed Bala Ciroma, the head of operations at the Ministry of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. His office is also being scrapped because of his reported loyalty to the former minister of the FCT –Nasir El - Rufai, a known friend of Nuhu Ribadu. s friend, Ciroma is also yet to be redeployed by the Nigerian Police headquarters.

The head of legal operations in the Lagos office, Saidu Atteh said to be one of the finest officers in the Lagos office of the EFCC and Emeka Nwonyi, the head of operations in Gombe has also been redeployed back to the police headquarters.

Another investigator, Abubakar Madaki, who has worked on the corruption investigations of several former governors including those of Ekiti and Oyo State, Ayodele Fayose, Rashidi Ladoja and his deputy, Bayo Alao Akala, as well as the celebrated case of the “Vaswani Brothers” has also been redeployed back to the police in Abuja.

Also swept off is the highly dreaded investigator, Ibrahim Magu who until his redeployment was a versatile investigator who moved between Abuja and Lagos offices of the EFCC.

Saharareporters had revealed how corrupt former governors recruited Mrs. Waziri. We also reported that she received a list of officers to be removed before she resumed office. A presidency official knowledgeable about her so-called “restructuring” told our reporters that, “she has carried out the agreement between her, the Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki as well as Ibori to the letter”.

Another EFCC official who spoke on the basis of anonymity with Saharareporters said, “Her decisions have come on Fridays since she resumed office and all these Fridays of decision announcements are characterized by an all day power failure when even the agency's power generating systems remain shut down. This reality has led commission staff to dub every Friday as "Dark Fridays".

Those are the obstacles Micheal Aondoakaa and co are removing for Yaradua before he does his job as President

Why trying Saraki and Ibori for corruption charges is an Obstacle to President Yaradua, only BigB1 knows. I probably will understand when I begin to enjoy proceeds of Nigeria's loot.

ok am getting the gist

Yaradua's economic policy is to send "Ribadu to school"   

For the likes of BigB1 "for obvious reasons" thats a wonderful economic programme

[s]the next economic programme will be the appointment of saraki or ibori as CBN Governor[/s]

Its amazing how BigB1 comes to internet forum and call Yaradua admin a  success

Nigerians are shameless.

Here is a President who said he will declare state of Emergency on Energy. He met 1500 MWatt on assuming on office. 12months down the line we have 900 MWatt left. So much for emergency.

We were promised respect for rule of law, rather we have seen our Justice Minister who should have been a custodian of the law engage in more impunity than any justice minister in History.

and the list goes on and on

What is this administration's plan for the future? Tell us what Yaradua's economic policy is??

Look BigB1, go and tell your principals that we live in digital age. Everyone knows the truth.

Big B1:
It isn't about how you start, but how you end.
This is a complete insult.

Big B1:
Eventhough it's too early to praise or castigate Yar'Adua, but looking at all the mess Ribadu and OBJ created and left behind; I think Yar'Adua is doing a great job.

You can call the man (Yar'Adua) anything you want, but you can not call him a thief.
That alone for me represents a priceless honor and a step towards the right direction,

Clown

probably because he has a wife that steals on his behalf

Big B1:
It isn't about how you start, but how you end.
This is a complete insult.

We know where this is headed, in the twilight of his tenure they will start telling us they saved billions for us and improved virtually no infrastructure.

As per the laughable idea of the kidnappers using their ransom moneys to build schools, etc., like I said
that is very laughable. Visit some of the homes of Nigeria's wealthiest people and you will find crumbling
schools, hospitals, and non-existent roads about them, but somehow charity must begin at home with the
militants/criminals in the Niger Delta because of their 13%, right?

Which means they are not fighting for anyone's  freedom rather than their pocket

President Yaradua can make all the noise he likes, give all the orders he likes ,  He can not resolve the Niger-Delta problem. He does not come across as a leader who can resolve the crisis.


For me what is fundamental to this crisis is the battle for hearts and minds. President Yaradua and past leaders are so out of touch with the yearnings of most Nigerians, a fact which has created so much gap between the people and our govt. Thus exploited by these militants posturing as freedom fighters even though no one can show how they have used their resources gotten from ransome or bunkering to even build a classroom.


Lets face it, Kidnapping for ransome and oil bunkering in the gulf of guinea has become multi-million dollar business and nobody will give up that business and wait for hand outs from Govt. except they are given a reason to. This is where military force or the fear of it becomes useful.
However, no leader in Nigeria is qualified to use military force against the Niger-Delta boys until they begin to lead by example, working for the common good of the people, and seen to be  doing so as well as genuine respect for rule of law _{not Micheal Aondoakaa's version}

When this happens even the local people in the swamps of Niger-Delta will be very much happy to give the necessary intelligence informations to security agencies that will help bring these boys to book because everybody likes security.

But for now the President lacks the moral right to use Military force against anybody