₦airaland Forum

BUTCHCASSIDY:
This is small. Cos I told the biitch I didnt understand Yoruba
She decided to insult me in yoruba with her girlfriend in front of me
They kept insulting me, laughing and calling me names.

Ezenwammadu:
Good for them unfortunately Africa has one less first lady because buhari said he won't one.

For allegedly helping their father plunder Nigeria of an estimated $5 billion in the 1990s, Mohammed and Abba Abacha, and other relatives of the late dictator, Sani Abacha, have been rewarded by the Nigerian government.

A secret deal between the government and the Abachas, wants the family to return part of the loot, in exchange for perpetual immunity against prosecution.

The deal, kept classified for months, was personally approved by President Goodluck Jonathan in July 2014, and jointly authored by the Attorney General, Mohammed Adoke.

The terms of the agreement, obtained by PREMIUM TIMES in March, have alarmed anti-corruption activists.
“The agreement is (also) a tragic triumph of impunity,” said The Berne Declaration, a Swiss nongovernmental organization, which for years has monitored efforts by the Nigerian government to recover hundreds of millions of dollars stashed by the former military ruler, and his family, in bank accounts across Europe, and America.

The agreement closes criminal proceedings for the plundering of the Nigerian treasury against the perpetrators and their accomplices, with the result that they go unpunished.

Foreign banks involved in the heist have also not been convicted of money laundering.
Worse, Swiss lawyers and other attorneys who helped facilitate the so-called out-of-court settlement, will pocket fees up to five per cent of all monies recovered from the family from banks in Switzerland and other countries. The government expressly agreed to pay one of the attorneys $28 million.

“This is all the more troubling because many of the banks involved have not been convicted of money laundering. It is equally incomprehensible that the Swiss lawyers involved may pocket up to 7 percent of the sum for their services, as this money belongs to the Nigerian population,” Berne Declaration said.

The base of the agreement is for the Abacha family to cooperate with federal authorities to have the stolen funds repatriated, in exchange for clemency.

On receipt of the assets, Nigeria will “end any and all legal proceedings and investigations against the settling parties (referring to the Abacha family)”.

The government will “recognise” properties owned by the family in Nigeria, the agreement says.
“The FRN (Federal Republic of Nigeria) will withdraw any and all civil proceedings against the settling parties,” one clause in the agreement states.

Another clause says, “The FRN will end, without any finding of liability or guilt, any and all proceedings of whatever kind including criminal, civil or administrative proceedings contemplated or pending in any court in Nigeria (including in relation to forfeiture and or restraint) relating to or arising out of any investigations into the resolved matter, …”.

“The FRN will provide to any government, authority or organisation, where necessary, information, clearance or such other documentation or support as may be required by any or all of the Settling Parties to ensure and guarantee unrestricted movement in and out of Nigeria or in any other state or country,” another clause adds.

As Nigeria’s military leader between 1993 and 1998, Mr. Abacha stashed away billions of dollars of public funds in various accounts abroad.
Transparency International estimates $5 billion was stolen.

The money include those in three accounts at HSBC Bank Plc, one in Standard Bank Plc in England; five accounts in Cítibank Private Bank of London; one account in Deutsche Bank International Ltd, in Jersey, United States; three accounts in Banque SBA SA and one in Standard Alliance Corporation in France.

There are also funds in nine accounts in Luxemburg and Liechtenstein totaling about $248.64 million and Euros179.14 million, which was transferred to the Bank for International Settlements (BI) in 2014.

In June 2014, Liechtenstein agreed to return $227m, while the U.S. froze some $458m hidden by Abacha in bank accounts.
Switzerland had earlier returned some $700m. By March 2015, the country agreed to return a further $380m.
The recovery of the money had been blocked by legal action brought by companies linked to members of the Abacha family.

The government’s initial charges against Abacha’s oldest son, Mohammed Abacha, was for unlawfully receiving government money from his father.
The Nigerian government agreed to the secret deal as a sort of plea bargain, to have the Abacha family drop its case, and allow the money to be repatriated.
Geneva prosecutors had also closed their own case against the Abacha.
Anti-corruption activists argue that granting immunity to those who helped in stealing the country blind will only embolden others to do worse.
They also question why the Nigerian government failed to lay clearly as part of the agreement how recovered money will be applied from the benefit of Nigerians.
“The agreement between Nigeria and the Abacha family, approved by the Public Prosecutor in Geneva, does not contain a single provision to ensure that the returned money will be of benefit to the Nigerian people from whom it was stolen in the nineties and who continue to suffer endemic corruption,” Bernes Declaration said.

“The entire arrangement is questionable,” said David Ugolor of the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice. “We must let Switzerland see the need to suspend further decision on the return of the money stolen by Abacha until all the terms are clearly established in a manner that would really benefit Nigerians.”

Anchored by Attorney General Adoke, the agreement compels the Federal Government to withdraw all pending cases against any member of the Abacha family at home and abroad, while all organs of government, including the National Assembly, were barred from asking questions with the intention of recovering the stolen wealth.

Also, the deal forbids the government from taking any action to limit the constitutional rights, including freedom of movement of the Abachas within and outside Nigeria and right to property, in connection with the theft.

Mohammed and Abba Abacha represented the Abacha family in the negotiations, which also involved international brokers.
Mr. Adoke represented Nigeria on the instructions of President Jonathan.

“I hereby confirm that the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke SAN CFR, has full authority to contract in that capacity in relation to the Repatriation Agreement between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Alhaji Mohammed Sani Abacha and Alhaji Abba Abacha,” the president wrote.

As part of the agreement, Nigeria will pay four per cent of the sums recovered and repatriated to Nigeria to Swiss agent, Enrico Monfrini of Monfrini, Crettol & Associe, which also entitled to another $5 million for litigation expenses.

Another 2.8 percent of the recovered or repatriated sum was agreed to be paid Christian Luscher of CMS Von Erlach Poncet Ltd (subject to a cap of $28million), while the Abacha are expected to settle the legal fees of their appointed agent, Nicola Boulton, of Byrne and Partners of London.

adeh39:
This is a very big question.

Honestly speaking, I do ask myself that question sometimes, Well, Firstly, It's not all ladies that behave like that, and as for the ladies that do, 70% of those ladies doesn't think it's a bad thing, especially ladies that were brought up in an environment where everyone call theirselves those kind of names. Even their parents. For example:

* Shade bawo ni? Oloshi nibo lo wa lataaro?*
*Hey Mad girl, where are you going?* and so on.

They see it as a normal thing, that's their own words of endearment. So they become so used to it that they even use it for their Suitors too, some married women does that too.

And as for the remaining 30%, it's either their boyfriend or fiance is someone that likes pestering or disturbing them, Or there is no Love in the relationship, because a woman that really love her fiance will never think of using those words on him.

That's all i can say for now. I may add to it later.

echobee:
. Pele oooooo.

publicenemy:
Becos they are local girls with local mentalities



A decent girl will always have more important thing to talk about,

have decent friends who wouldn't engage in such acts,

and be very plain with a guy she doesn't want to have a anything with.


These local Mushin and Fadeyi girls are the most local in Nigeria.

donbenedict:
How do u knw she does dat after u called her?

nerodenero:
Obasanjo was and is still part of the leadership crisis we have.

OBJ had 8 years to reposition Nigeria despite having the experience and resources, yet he was particular about his personal ambition which was the 3rd term agenda.

In a sane country, all our leaders when probed, won't escape Kirikiri.

By Laide Raheem – Special Correspondent,
Abeokuta


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has hinted
that for the nation to move forward, the
leadership must be upright.

He made this known on Thursday during a party
to celebrate his 78th birthday in Abeokuta.

According to him, “once Nigeria gets the right
leader, everything will fall in place.”

He further stated that if Nigeria does not get the
leadership question right, the country cannot get
right the questions of education, economy,
security and the will to tackle corruption.

He, however, maintained that an individual in
leadership position can make all difference
needed to move the nation forward.

He said: “The entire West African sub-region is
worried because a fraction of a population of 170
million people cannot be accommodated by any
nation in the region.

“Even Great Britain does not want Nigeria to be in
any form of crisis because they fear if one million
Nigerians forcefully migrate to the United
Kingdom, in ten years, there will be ten million
Nigerians.

“Leadership is the problem of this country. We
must get it right because if we don’t get it right,
we cannot get anything right.

“Whether education, economy, security or the
fight against corruption, we must first get the
leadership question right before we can get all
these things right.”

The former leader then reminded Nigerians that
insurgency groups cannot be suppressed with
force without dealing with the root cause of the
problem, which is poverty.

“Insurgency groups will continue to emerge if the
leadership of this country fails to deal with the
root of the problem. You can suppress it today,
but in fifteen years, it will come back because the
cause has not been uprooted.”

He said he believes with the abundance of human
and material resources in the country, no
Nigerian should go to bed hungry.

“I agree that no Nigerian child should go to bed
without food. Indeed, in my opinion, it should not
be limited to children, no Nigerian should go to
bed hungry given the abundance of resources
found in this country.”

STEVENcrack:
England is ranked 7th while nigeria is ranked 33th.

JaundiCe of d brain..

Diarrhoea of the mouth.