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well thats hard t o say for now,as a Muslim i hav been told that the anti-christ will come as a tyrannical king that will later be portrayed by ppl as a god,
and he has one eye.

But sha theres somethin fishy about Obama,
on the day of his inauguration the earth stood still

i for one will never put a dime in savanah

@ poster,
u should make a suggestion to the admin to introduce the lying section,
pls dnt insult our intelligence.
We should be discussing politics in this section so this is my last comment on this thread.

i will support u,but pls i need ur pic on the toy(bike) and also the workshop u built the bike with ur "bare" hands.
It should be smthin very easy,u own the toy,u dnt need permission to take pic on it.

its about getting the licence where do u think they will get the N25bn in the midst of this financial crisis,
even if they go public to raise who do u think will buy shares now?

server34:
Things might just get better.

Do u hav any idea about wat u ar saying?
There is no production in Nigeria except oil, don't u know that every one of us lives directly or indirectly off the govt.
Its better left unimagined wat wud happen if the crude oil finish cos ppl are too lazy to go back to farms

how do u expect us to put hope on the descendant of a bigot

[quote author=Xavier. link=topic=229789.msg3435984#msg3435984 date=1233950857]My great great grand child will. Xavier junior.[/quote]https://www.easyfreesmileys.com/smileys/free-happy-smileys-819.gif u no go kill me

Kobojunkie:
@Poster, still waiting for the picture. Any hopes that we will get a picture of you on your machine soon?

thanks for this suggestion,
but i can bet u that the lair will never post the pic,cos he himself has never seen the toy(bike)

earTHMama:
Bad belle. make una live the bobo alone .

em,wat is bad belle,is it not Nigeria's money

I'd say attack both.

ar u trying to say that Igbos are ugly?

wait u actually believe that this liar made this picture he copied from a website with his bare hands,or didnt u see bare hands?
how can smone make a bike with his hands.

Assalamu alaikum,
Kala rasululahi salalahu alaihi wa salam,"wa man yu minu billahi wal yaumil akhir,fa kul kairan awli yas mut".
The Prophet Muhammad S.A.W said"Oh u who believe in Allah and the last day,say good or keep quiet".

May Allah guide and protect us,Ameen.
Jummah Mubarak.

Jarus:
You may accuse Yar'adua of inactiveness, inexperience, slowness, clueless,etc but one thing you cannot accuse him of is corruption and self-enrichment. The 'spartan' President is one that doesn't believe in accumulation and excessive materialism.

wat of his wife?

@ poster and thread,
this is the politics section not the bragging section

EFCC finds N500m in NERC’s man’s account 6/2/2009

From Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation

OFFICIALS of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have found N500 million in a fixed deposit account of a top official of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
The EFCC, which yesterday intensified investiga

tion into the N1.5 billion scandal in NERC, found the details of the transaction in the official’s home.

NERC Chairman Ransome Owan and his six commissioners were arrested on Wednesday by EFCC operatives over the financial scandal.

The others are: Abdul-Rahman Ado(Vice-Chairman and Commissioner, Market Competition and Pricing); Muhammed Baba Gana Bunu (Finance and Support Services); Prof. O.C. Iloeje (Research and Development); Dr. Muhammed Alimi Abdul-Rasaq (Legal, Licensing and Enforcement); Abimbola Odubiyi (Engineering Standards and Safety); and Dr. Grace Eyoma (Government and Consumer Affairs).

Their houses in Abuja were searched yesterday.

A source said: "After taking statements from the suspects, it was important to search their homes as part of our ongoing investigations.

"During the search at the home of one of the suspects, we discovered a tenor certificate on how he put N500million in a fixed deposit. The official is already being grilled on how he came about the money.

"Also, a major bend in the investigation was the retrieval of a list of how the suspects got N100million each as unspecified allowance. This is apart from the N1.5billion for which they were initially held.

"So far, we are still detaining the suspects and their interrogation is in progress."

Asked how long it will take to interrogate the suspects, the highly-placed source said: "Going by our investigations, we may even take them to court for trial from detention – if necessary."

EFCC spokesman Femi Babafemi said: "All I can tell you is that we are still investigating the suspects."

As at press time, there was no formal reaction yesterday from the NERC.

A source at the commission said: "Since our officials are incommunicado, we have no information on why they were held."

A national daily had on Wednesday quoted the General Manager (Public Affairs) of the commission as saying: "I don’t think we have such kind of money (N1.5billion) to give out contract because we are not a contract-awarding agency. The money is too much for our agency."


http://www.thenationonlineng.com/dynamicpage.asp?id=76497

Reps furious over probe reports, N2b unspent cash 6/2/2009



From Yusuf Alli, Onyedi Ojiabor and Victor Oluwasegun, Abuja

Members of the House of Representatives yesterday had a stormy session with their Speaker, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, and other principal officers over some outstanding reports.
But the House leadership survived a plot which was allegedly hatched by the Speaker’s opponents.

The House had barely retired into an Executive Session when members began to protest against alleged refusal of the leadership to present pending critical reports on investigations conducted by some committees.

Besides, they were reportedly angry that the leadership returned to the treasury N2.1 billion unspent funds.

The Executive Session is always held behind closed doors to enable members rub minds with their leaders.

A source, who pleaded for anonymity, said: "We had hardly started the meeting when tempers rose on why outstanding reports were being shielded from members.

"Amidst a shouting match, members demanded for reports on Power Probe, Finance and Oil Sector, and Ethics and Privileges findings on N2.3billion car deal, among others."

In fact, Hon. Independence Ogunnewe cited Section 88 of the 1999 Constitution to buttress the fact that the House is statutorily empowered to conduct such investigations, said the source.

"Members, therefore, asked the Speaker to make available the reports to all stakeholders. They also wanted the reports brought forward for debate in the next one week or two."

The House leadership said the debate of the reports was delayed by the 2009 Budget, but members were adamant on their demand.

"After frayed nerves were calmed, the House mandated its Committee on Rules and Business to list the reports for debate."

It was, however, learnt that the House might await the report of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the N2.3billion car deal before debating the findings of its committee on the alleged scam.

Another source also confirmed that there was tension at the Executive Session over the deduction from the January pay of overdraft taken by some members from banks to celebrate last Eid-el Kabir Festival and Christmas.

He said: "Some members were furious that the funds were deducted at once from their January salary without much left to survive.

"They were furious because the House guaranteed that the funds would be repaid by its members.

"They felt the House leadership ought to have intervened by ensuring a gradual reduction of the overdraft from their salary instead of being in one fell swoop.

"But the position of the House was that taking soft loans or overdraft is a personal finance decision of members and there is little the leadership could do about it.

"I think next time; members will negotiate the terms of soft loans/overdraft before applying for same."

The Speaker, who cut short his trip to London and returned home to douse the tension, said the House leadership meant well and had nothing to hide.

Bankole, who had spoken with some members on Wednesday, appeared at the House session yesterday.

His reappearance reportedly caught his opponents unawares.

The Speaker was said to have reminded members of their busy schedule on the 2009 budget and other oversight functions.

It was learnt that the Speaker renewed his pledge that the House leadership would not betray the confidence reposed in it.

A source said: "Following the Speaker’s reassurance, members calmed down and engaged in backslapping with normalcy returning to the chamber".

It was learnt that Ogunnewe pleaded that the House should "be able to act together and be part of every decision".

Before members’ embraced peace, it was gathered that some of them had engaged in many covert meetings on how to deal with their leadership.

According to findings, the aggrieved members had wanted the House leadership to step aside.

It was gathered that a caucus in the House was already shopping for Bankole’s successor from Osun State.

A source said the search committee had zeroed in on Gbenga Olugbodi and Ayo Adeseun, who were said not to be ready to be used to displace Bankole.

Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs Mr. Eseme Eyiboh said: "The Executive Session was a frank and brotherly one. Even though members engaged in shouting match, at the end of the day, we all shook hands to prepare for the days ahead.

"The House Committee on Rules and Business will handle how all the reports will be presented."

On the floor of the House, tempers rose over alleged failure of the leadership of the House to list the reports for consideration.

Some of the pending reports include the Hon. Ndudi Elumelu-led Power probe report, the Hon. Igo Aguma led adhoc committee on oil sector report and the Finance Committee report on unspent funds.

The bickering in the House started around 11.15 am when Speaker Dimeji Bankole, called for the adoption of the Votes and Proceedings of Wednesday.

A member of the House, Hon. Solomon Ahwinahwi, (Delta State) without being recognised, drew Bankole’s attention to the fact that the Votes and Proceedings and the Order Paper were not circulated.

Bankole asked him to sit down since the issue was already being addressed.

Besides, he reminded him that he was not recognised to speak.

But Ahwinahwi insisted on being heard.

It was obvious that Bankole did not find Ahwinahwi’s outburst amusing and he demonstrated that by his countenance.

The drama drew the anger of other members who joined Bankole to prevail on Ahwinahwi to take his seat.

When Ahwinahwi was persuaded to sit down, Bankole fished out a petition from the State Security Service (SSS), which alleged that Ahwinahwi assaulted an SSS operative.

Bankole instructed Ahwinahwi to meet him immediately after the plenary.

Thereafter, there was murmuring. Members were whispering to one another.

To douse tension, Bankole asked the House Leader, Hon. Tunde Akogun, to move a motion for the House to go into Executive Session.

After the Executive Session, the Minority Leader of the House, Hon. Mohammed Ndume, moved Order 5 (1) to draw the attention of the House to the Power probe report, which has been on the shelf for over one year.

Ndume said that he had made several attempts to obtain a copy of the report to no avail.

Banokole interjected and asked whether members had received the controversial report. The majority of the members chorused "No!"

Bankole wanted to know from the Chairman, House Committee on Power, Hon. Elumelu, why the reported had not been circulated.

Elumelu shifted the blame to the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Hon. Ita Enang.

Besides, members complained that they had not received the report of the Adhoc Committee on the oil sector and that on unspent funds.

Bankole said he was concerned that the reports were yet to get to members.

He directed that copies be given to members to enable them prepare their contributions when the reports would be considered.

He also hinted that the reports would be listed for consideration "some time in February and March."

Enang assured members that copies of the Power probe report would be made available to them next week.

Shortly after that, Bankole left the chamber, paving the way for the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Usman Nafada, to mount the saddle.

Another source who was at the Executive Session said that some members raised the capital vote of the House and the N2.1 billion the House leadership reportedly returned as unspent funds.

Other members were also said to have raised the N4 million advanced to some members before 2008 Christmas break.

Yet other members were said to have raised the issue of the probe of the N2.3 billion Peugeot car purchase.

Some members were said to have demanded to know why the leadership of the House returned N2.1 billion as unspent capital funds and how the amount spent was used.

He said that some members wanted to know how the House capital budget of about N9 billion was spent.

The source said that some members expressed deep concern that they were being asked to refund the N4 million advance they collected.

Eyiboh and Enang, confirmed that the House actually returned N2.1 billion capital votes as unspent funds.

Enang said that though some members expressed concern over the issue, the letter that indicated that the money was returned was shown to members.

Enang also said that another issue that featured in the Executive Session was how the Power probe report would be handled.

He said that it was agreed that the report should be distributed to members two weeks before it would be listed for discussion.

He said that the oil sector probe report had been circulated to members but those who did not get would be given.

On the N4 million advance, he said that it was an overdraft given to members who requested for it and that it had nothing to do with the leadership of the House.

Enang assured that all reports, including the car probe report, would be received and considered by the House.

http://www.thenationonlineng.com/dynamicpage.asp?id=76495

lucabrasi:
@poster
you really should do some reading and the underlying reasons for the return of the unspent funds,i promise you that rather than applauding them,you will be pouring vitriol on the technocrats and the executives.

the budget itself is not the problem but implementation like we all know,however because the capital expenditure is really difficult for the technocrats,ministers e.t.c to steal from because of the reps over sight functions,what they now do is spend all the recurrent expenditure which is easier to steal,put all these unspent billions in nigerian banks negotiating interests for them and simply take the interests and return the bulk money to government,as you can fathom from this,they have been sitting on their asses all year doing nothing and getting paid for it,rather than the executives bringing them to book,they pat them on the head for a job well done like you are doing now,the house of reps are powerless to do anything about it while nigerians are suffering, so in this instance the ministers especially for works and the ministry officials are the real devils,

in as much as i agree with u,i will like to point out that previously,the unspent funds from the unimplemented budget goes into private pockets,
the fact that the unspent funds are remitted back to the treasury should be considered a plus,we hav to start 4rm smwhere,
some day we might not hav to hear about unspent funds again if budget are fully implemented.

MrCrackles:
This is not fair
I have friends whose parents have looted the treasury in Nigeria in the past and presently,
But at the end of the day, they dont deserve to be put in stocks and pelted with rotten tomatoes!

when u ar fed on corrupt money,u ar also corrupt,cos genes hardly lie.

lucabrasi:
what the man has done and is still doing is in- excusable but i really dont see why her daughter's privacy should be violated in this manner,i hope the poster realises that this is an offence, and should take the necessary steps to pull the picture off or whoever is in charge here should block this, post the man's picture in his toilet or any private pics of him,not of his children especially a privateclosed account

wat do think will happen when Obama's children are schooling in a foreign country,while American teachers are on strike.

U can deny other ppls children education and expect ur children to get educated,
whether he sends them to Harvard and hires Albert Anstein,Stephen hawkings,Ben carsen as lesson teachers for them nemesis will surely catch up with them.

I agree with the poster,this is a plus for the slow govt of yar adua,

jamace:
Before Yar'adua's administration, did you even hear of unspent budgetted money not to talk of refunding it?

before yar adua came we never knew there was something called unspent funds,
previously these monies were diverted and share by the corrupt "luck" few,now at least the money is recovered and appropriated,
even though i'm not a fan of yar adua,i will commend him on this.

maxell:
oh, what part of Nigeria is Ransome Owan from ?

does it matter corruption is corruption

u needn't say her name,we know her and we ar familiar with her routine ethnic bashing

some1 should pls call these terrorists to order

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Official: Gunmen kill oil boat captain off Nigeria
By EDWARD HARRIS – 1 hour ago
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A private security official says unidentified gunmen have attacked an oil-industry vessel off the coast of Nigeria and killed its captain.
The official said the captain of the security boat died of gunshot wounds sustained in the attack early Thursday in Nigeria's deepwater offshore oil fields.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to company prohibitions on dealings with the media and had no further details.
Attacks on the oil industry have become common in three years of rising violence across the oil-rich southern Niger Delta. Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer.


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHJyop68FyJkZy4mhXIgmHhzZRvwD965G5N80

Vaswani Accused of Humiliating Nigerians
By Emma Maduabuchi
SNR Correspondent, Lagos

Accusations were made yesterday against Rajan Vaswani, businessman and head of the powerful Vaswani family, of threatening the life of Dr. Shirish Tanksale, and his family.
This accusation was made at a press conference in Lagos, by Chijioke Odom, Head of Campaigns of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), foremost rights advocacy group in the country, at the group's corporate office at Ikeja.
According to Tanksale, who ran the Rubee Medical Centre, Sango, Ota, until 1998, as a partnership with Veepee Industries Limited, trouble started for him when he requested for his 25% of the venture after his exit, April 8, 2008.
Tanksale and his wife, Jyoti Tanksale, narrated to bewildered journalists, how Vaswani has taken them through a lot of intimidation and torture and humiliating experiences with the connivance of the Nigerian Police.
They also stated that Vaswani boasted of running them out of Ota and forced them to sign an undertaken, which includes among other things, requires them to close up their practice and move it, together with his residence out of Ota.
Also inclusive was the victims should forgo their entitlements in Rubee Hospital, which totalled up to N640 million, and should own up to stealing N129 million and other financial irregularities.
Shirish and his family express a fears what would be their fate with Vaswani's threats who had boasted to him that he was not afraid of anybody in Nigeria, saying: "Nigerians are like black dogs. I feed them, they can only bark, they don't bite"
However, the CLO at the press conference called on the National Director-General of State Security Services (SSS), the Inspector General of Police (IGP), and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), to wade into the matter and offer protection to Dr. Shirish and his family, who are naturalized Nigerian citizens.
CLO also called on the IGP and the D-G SSS, NHRC and Police Service Commission (PSC), to summon the Commissioner of Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) to explain his role in the seeming complicity of his unit in what it called the running harassment and dehumanization of a Nigerian citizen by a foreigner.


http://www.independentngonline.com/bnew/article02

Assassinating me will a waste of resources,i'm not a politician

Kobojunkie:
if you argue that the people aren't suffering enough, then we should all tighten our belts cause it might get as bad as what we hear of in Somalia or even congo, as we speak.

and with the way we are going,it wouldn't be long before we arrive there