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Politics › Re: El Rufai's Amnesia: The Day Boko Haram Wore Jeans: By:ross Alabo-george by Myself2(m): 3:17am On Mar 24, 2012
Hell Rufai is nothing but a two-bit islamic bigot with terrorist sympathies
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Lionel Messi And Barcelona Accused Of Elaborate Syrian Rebel Weapons Plot. by Myself2(m): 8:52pm On Mar 23, 2012
[quote author=mama-gee][color=deeppink]Okay, I understand them calling barcelona shocked shocked shocked but messi?

That's just dumb![/color]
[/quote]How so,blondiehuh
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Lionel Messi And Barcelona Accused Of Elaborate Syrian Rebel Weapons Plot. by Myself2(m): 8:49pm On Mar 23, 2012
Sick retards
Politics › Re: Witness Tells Court How El-rufai Allocated Land To Himself, Family And Companies by Myself2(m): 5:43pm On Mar 22, 2012
The bloody fool has the lying effrontery to go on twitter and Thisday Newspapers columns and posture like a saint.Well I've always known El Rufai to be a heartless criminal,who is wont to exhibit cameleonic tendencies to fool gullible Nigerians.

God punish el rufai and his believers
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Everton Vs Arsenal (0 - 1) On 21st March 2012 by Myself2(m): 5:55am On Mar 22, 2012
Shoop a roo,shoop a roo,pay roop a roo
Shoop a roo,shoop a roo,pay roop a roo
Shoop a roo,shoop a roo,pay roop a roo
Shoop a roo,shoop a roo,pay roop a roo

That"s what Im talking about,be above 'em Toten-yam hurt spuds.Buncha irritants
Politics › Re: Is Boko Haram A Bargaining Chip In The North's Desire For Increased Revenue? by Myself2(m): 8:04pm On Mar 17, 2012
^^^
Lazy criminal Northerners,all they do is rush cap-in-hand to Abuja to collect so-called statutory allocations from the FG from oil sales;oil that they do not have.Idiots
Politics › We’ll Fight Insecurity In North, Say IBB, Abdulsalami, Atiku by Myself2(op): 8:01pm On Mar 17, 2012
[size=14pt]We’ll Fight Insecurity in North, Say IBB, Abdulsalami, Atiku[/size]

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/we-ll-fight-insecurity-in-north-say-ibb-abdulsalami-atiku/111651/

shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked
This is the height of hypocrisy and deceit;who are the ones sponsoring the so-called insecurity??Who and who vowed that they would make the nation ungovernable if they did not win PDP presidential ticket,who has been named as a major sponsor of the boko terrorist group??

Na God go punish una.
Education › Re: Can I Get A Job Or Do A Masters Programme With Third Class In Industrial Maths? by Myself2(m): 6:16pm On Mar 16, 2012
Who is this Freecocoa sef.
Cry on NL today, talk rubbish tomorrow.
What comes to mind with that name...free food, free sex, free money, free time (jobless to the extent that you spread ur bile-rotten clits on every thread).
Cant you take a cue from the DG of SEC and get a career or a spouse....see NL cant marry u. Else u'd have opened ur ''hoopla and rahrah'' to our "legislooters".
Use your brain and dont die like a "Buridan A.s.s".
Anti-pulchitrude!
Post ur certificate!
Ouuccch
Family › Re: Help! My Husband Wants Me To Change My Name From Ndidi To Sinmisola. by Myself2(m): 4:28pm On Mar 12, 2012
Your husband actually hates your Ibo identity,point this out to him and tell him how not-s0o-cool and chauvinistic it is for him to ask you to change your first name,as if losing your last name for him is not enough.
If he denies hating your tribe and insists on calling you Simi-whatever,you go ahead and reciprocate by calling him Anukporonku
Politics › Re: South Africans Reacts To Their Govt.'s Appology To Nigeria. by Myself2(m): 1:54pm On Mar 10, 2012
I just love this response by omonaijanimio

"Interesting thread. I am Nigerian. Live in Nigeria. Love it! Visited 11 countries in almost all continents. Worked in 3 countries (including SA) deploying technology on behalf of my global energy company (180 countries bro). Citizens of the world commit crime and also do good things wherever they find themselves. Most South Africans dont know this cos they're very simple and local. Please travel some. Why do South African women marry Nigerian men? Ask them why, hope your ego survives the answer. There are 400 SA companies here in naija. We also have several small and medium scale Nigerian companies in SA. We support the SA medical system with skilled and experienced doctors. Is SA a beautiful country? Yes. Would I live there? NO. Nigeria is also very beautiful and has limitless opportunities with the biggest market in Africa. Can Nigeria survive MTN and co leaving? They only got here yesterday. Will nationalize them in a minute. We did well without them and would continue to do so. We also have home grown Telcos (Glo, etc.) giving MTN a run for their money and also operating in other West African countries. Do we care if all Naijas in SA are deported? We are 160 million people. 4 in 10 black men is Nigerian. Who cares about illegal immigrants? Will Nigerians retaliate if even the illegals in SA are mistreated rather than being repatriated properly, if needed? Ask your government. They know. Can Nigeria go toe to toe with SA diplomatically? Ask Britain. We recently halted BA flights for messing with Arik airlines, and we kicked out the British and Nationalized BP in the 70s because of your sorry Black asses being enslaved by the Europeans. We need no favors from SA. We are no beggars - ask your women. We will survive and thrive anywhere - ask your women again. We are very loyal and proud, and SA is too inexperienced globally to mess with us. Our President is a PhD, while yours takes a bath and eats beetroot to prevent AIDS. BTW, after reading this comment, scoot to the front page of The Sowetan and see the abuses, murder, corruption, paedophilic and gerontophilic abuses being reported, were those also committed by Nigerians? Always looking for someone to blame are you? We are not Zimbabweans or any other panhandling SADAC folk. We will hit back where we can. A Nigerian did not become the richest African through BBE or apartheid era stolen lucre. Watch and learn fuckas".
Politics › Re: Islamic Bank, Jaiz, Begins Business In 3 Branches by Myself2(m): 8:04am On Feb 16, 2012
solaugo:
NIGERIA’S first licensed Islamic bank, Jaiz Bank Plc, has commenced full operations of non-interest commercial banking in Nigeria from three branches in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano.

At its inaugural annual general meeting, chairman of Jaiz Bank, Alhaji Umar Mutallab, said “this kind of banking is for all religions, because no religion wouldn’t want to help, especially funding critical project without using interest elements. Whether it is Christianity or Judaism, every community wants to borrow money without being bugged down with multi-layer interest structure.
Mutallab  shocked shocked shocked
Education › Re: Victor Ikpeba's Top Grammarian Grammar by Myself2(m): 1:24pm On Feb 13, 2012
Olalekan 0:
YOU GUYS NEED TO STOP MAKING A MEAL OF EVERYTHING,NOSA SPEAKS FAIRLY GOOD ENGLISH. THE ONLY FLAWS ARE HIS PRONOUNCIATIONS. AS A MATTER OF FACT,I CHALLENGE ANYONE GIVE AN INSTANCE OF WHERE tHE MAN'S COMMITTED GRAMMARTICAL BLUNDER ASIDE HIS POOR PRONOUNCIATIONS.
It's Pronunciation and Grammatical

You wouldn't know a grammatical blunder even if it was staring you in the face
Education › Re: Victor Ikpeba's Top Grammarian Grammar by Myself2(m): 1:18pm On Feb 13, 2012
He's comical,he'll make some chedda if he packages somefin grammatical in DVD
Education › Re: Victor Ikpeba's Top Grammarian Grammar by Myself2(m): 1:11pm On Feb 13, 2012
bawss:
I remember having to mute the volume in embarrassment after hearing Ikpeba score some reckless own-goals with his grammar during half time analysis.
He kept saying "the player slided" instead of slid repeated.

I think Amokachi is a much better speaker.
Amokachi that once said "Dont forget that it rained and the pitch is a wetty pitch"

Mtchew

He shades Ikpeba a mite though ,just a mite,in that department
Education › Re: Victor Ikpeba's Top Grammarian Grammar by Myself2(m): 1:05pm On Feb 13, 2012
showbobo:
shelsee(chelsea)
sheesharito(chicharito)
penaiity(penalty)
fawo(foul)
and he once said"I dont know why John Terry was just standing there like a Yellow Fever" grin
shocked shocked shocked

grin grin grin
Politics › Re: Allison Madueke And Chris Aire In Corruption Scandal(oil Subsidy) by Myself2(op): 8:30am On Feb 09, 2012
Politics › Re: Senator Obadara Calls For Diezani Allison-madueke's Resignation by Myself2(m): 8:29am On Feb 09, 2012
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=863635.msg10131232#msg10131232

She wont resign,I doubt she has that level of integrity
Politics › Re: Allison Madueke And Chris Aire In Corruption Scandal(oil Subsidy) by Myself2(op): 5:30am On Feb 06, 2012
OK2NV:
by merely scrollin down ur rant i got cramps. condense ur shitt next tyme.
Your father.
Was it only cramps you got?why not heart attack?
There's a reason the links are there,click on either of them and go and condense your shitt by yo loud-mouthed self,I just decided to post everything in their original texts,you got a problem wif that,then waka pass
Politics › Re: Allison Madueke And Chris Aire In Corruption Scandal(oil Subsidy) by Myself2(op): 4:34pm On Feb 05, 2012
Oil minister, her jeweller, and their sweetheart deal
On April 7, 2010, a day after her appointment as minister for petroleum resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke flew to Beverley Hills in Los Angeles to revel in a lavish party and fashion show put together by Christopher Aire, a United States-based Nigerian celebrity jewellry designer and merchant, whom she met during her 15-month tenure as minister for solid minerals and steel development.

By the time the bejewelled Mrs Alison-Madueke returned home a few days later to assume duties as Nigeria's first female oil minister, she had achieved three clear objectives from the trip - she had unlimited fun, acquired some of Aire's exotic gold and gemstones, and handed Mr Aire an invitation to become one of Nigeria's biggest crude oil lifters.

It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

At the time, the 47-year-old Mr Aire had nothing whatever to do with the oil business. His company, Solid 21 Incorporated, dealt strictly in jewellery and timepieces.

Those close to him said Mr Aire was content with his jewellery business and had no plan to venture into Nigeria's murky oil waters. But all that changed after his meeting with Mrs Alison-Madueke that fateful April 7.

As the minister was flying home, Mr Aire also kick-started the process of registering brand new companies with which he planned to lift Nigerian crude. On July 9, 2010, the jeweller incorporated Siseno Oil Nigeria Limited, with him and one Patience Iluobe (believed to be his relative) as directors, to carry out the business of petroleum products sales and distribution.

Twelve days later (July 21, 2010), Mr Aire, through his agents, headed again to the Corporate Affairs Commission, where he incorporated another firm, Caligeria Oil Limited, also for the purpose of conducting petroleum products sales and distribution.

This time, one of his US-based companies, Osiri Holdings, Ms Iluobe, and one Otaigbe Onyekwere Agba, were named as directors. Mr Aire also proceeded to incorporate a US version of Caligeria with himself, his bodyguard, Joseph Agbi, and Jivani Davoodian, a Californian lawyer, as directors.

Favourite crude oil lifter

Mr Aire passed the papers of his newly minted companies, which have neither fixed addresses nor personnel, to the Crude Oil Marketing Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Shortly afterwards - a month after the companies were born - Mrs Alison-Madueke discretionally approved the award of crude oil lifting contracts to the two firms, in violation of NNPC guidelines for lifting of Nigerian crude.

She also disregarded the fact that the "briefcase company" had no track record and lacked the ability to perform.

According to a stringent guideline released by the NNPC in early 2010, companies which wish to lift Nigerian crude must prove that they are bona fide end users and that they are established and globally recognised large volume traders with evidence of their global network, their activities, and volumes of crude oil handled in the last three years.

Such companies must also provide evidence that they are registered Nigerian companies with operations in Nigeria's oil and gas industry, and must have a minimum annual turnover of at least $100 million and net worth of not less than $40 million.

Applicants are also required to show commitment to the development of the Nigerian economy by investing in any number of opportunities that abound either in the oil industry or gas sector.

Besides, successful companies are expected to post a $1 million performance bond through a first class Nigerian bank in addition to the regular crude oil contract provisions.

In the same guideline, the corporation promises transparency, fairness and equity in the contract award processes.

"The NNPC further wishes to emphasise that there is absolutely nothing like ‘Presidential', ‘Task Force', ‘Ministerial', ‘Diplomatic' or any other form of special or privileged allocation, which can be peddled by hawkers or anyone," the guideline states.

Mrs Alison-Maduekwe approved this guideline, which was posted on the NNPC's website on June 24, 2010, over a month after she became minister. But by allocating crude oil to Mr Aire's companies without regard for these rules, the then minister, insiders say, demonstrated a penchant for violating laws, including regulations she helped put in place.

Those who should know at the NNPC say Siseno and Caligeria did not meet any of these requirements.

In fact, NEXT was able to determine that the companies do not have fixed addresses or personnel in Nigeria. Caligeria has Plot G19, House 34, Dan Alhaji Road, Barnawa, Kaduna, as its registered address. Siseno, on the other hand, listed Dollar Shop at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja as its operational address.

But visits to those addresses showed that these companies never operated out of those locations. Plot G19, House 34, in Kaduna is an unpainted residential bungalow, and residents and neighbours said no company known as Caligeria has ever operated in the building.

"Just because their owner knows the minister and hosted her well at his glamorous event in California, the companies are today two of the biggest lifters of Nigeria's crude oil," said a source at the petroleum ministry.

We have learnt that, between them, Mr Aire's two companies lift 60,000 barrels of crude per day, the highest for any established industry player and twice as much as well-known companies such as Addax, Vermont, Oando, Unicorp and others who are allocated 30,000 barrels per day.

The government, through the NNPC, subcontracts crude marketing by allocating crude lifting contracts of 30,000 barrel per day; but some traders like Glencore, Travigura, Vitol and Sahara get as much as 60,000 barrels per day.

Nobody got more than the minister's jeweller friend.

As usual, Mrs Alison-Madueke declined to state her own side of the story to our reporters. She called off an interview appointment scheduled with our editors for June 13. She also did not return calls and text messages seeking her comments for this story.

Mr Aire did not respond to our enquiries either. When our reporter called his California office, a spokesperson who identified herself as Adriana, requested that questions should be e-mailed directly to her. She did not respond to the email as at the time this newspaper went to print.

But the spokesperson of the NNPC, Levi Ajuonoma, rose in stout defence of his organisation, saying the organisation did nothing wrong.

"The process for crude oil lifting license is so cumbersome. If you don't meet the requirements, you cannot be approved to lift crude," Mr Ajuonoma said.

He confirmed that Caligeria, which he claimed had been around for a long time, got a one-year lifting contract that had since expired. He denied that Siseno was awarded contract to lift crude, saying "there is no such company on my list."

But information at our disposal shows otherwise. Caligeria's registration documents, obtained officially from the Corporate Affairs Commission, indicate that the company was incorporated less than a year ago and has a subsisting contract with the NNPC.

High level sources also confirmed to us that Siseno, also less than a year old, is on the list of our country's crude oil traders.

With the arbitrary allocations to his no-address companies, Mr Aire and his associates earn about $11 million a year in profit for doing virtually nothing. Crude lifters make about 50 cents a barrel per day, which cumulatively comes to about $30,000 per day in profit for the jeweller-turned-oil magnate.

Typically, what these ‘briefcase companies' do is team up with influential officials such as Mrs Alison-Madueke, lobby for contracts independently, and then sell their allocations to more established traders.

Mr Aire's companies also benefitted from Mrs Alison-Madueke's discretional award of contracts for the lifting of products from the Oso condensate (an extra light Nigerian hydrocarbon) and the Escravos liquefied petroleum gas terminal.

Our sources said Caligeria lifts 45,000 metric tonnes of condensate, while Siseno gets 30,000 metric tonnes of LPG from Escravos. Industry insiders said profit from this also runs into several millions of dollars.

Some industry operators described the obvious in calling Mr Aire's a "sweetheart deal".

"We just can't understand why briefcase companies without any track record became Diezani's most favourite companies to lift crude oil," said one highly placed source in the petroleum ministry, who did not want to be named for fear of reprisal.

"This is the highest level of arbitrariness and corruption I have ever seen, and this woman must be made to answer questions," the source said.

Allison-Madueke's bazaar

Arbitrary awards of crude lifting contracts to obscure companies is indicative of the corruption in the oil industry, which allegedly skyrocketed during the tenure of Mrs Allison-Madueke to a degree last seen during the Sani Abacha administration.

Insiders said that during her tenure, awards of contracts were characterised by bribery of top politicians, cronyism in allocation and indirect ownership in some of the lifters, and payment of huge bribes to high level facilitators within the petroleum ministry and the NNPC.

But this has not stopped Mrs Allison-Madueke, who has alienated the entire industry as well as her cabinet colleagues and senior aides to the president, from lobbying furiously for reappointment.

Sources say Mrs Allison-Madueke, who is close to the president, is also opposed by Patience Jonathan, the president's wife.

Despite what appears to be overwhelming opposition, however, insiders still rate Mrs Allison-Madueke's chances high, as the president finalises his list of cabinet ministers for transmission to the Senate this week.

Our investigation revealed that apart from Caligeria and Siseno, the former minister also trampled on due process in awarding crude lifting contracts to other companies such as Sullom Voe, Spog, Tempo and Tacomo. Insiders also accuse her of discretionary awards of Escravos liquefied petroleum gas contracts to Addax Energy, Avidor Oil and Gas Limited (believed to have connection to Vitol), Taleveras Business, Accoldis Limited (with connection to Spog), Elan Oil (believed to be another version of Traffigura) Tempo Energy Limited, and Blissfield Enterprises.

Yet, the bazaar did not end there. Mrs Alison-Madueke, our sources further revealed, proceeded to discretionally approve the awards of Oso condensate contracts to Algasco (also linked to Vitol), Optima Energy Services, Theydon Petro SA, Ocean Bed (with connection to Sahara Energy), Mangrove Energy, Havistar Petroleum (linked to Taleveras), Hyson, Ascon limited, Nipco Plc, Vitacan Services Limited, AMG Petro Energy, Energy Resources Management, Ultimate Gas Limited, Tempo Energy, Caligeria Oil Limited, Mez Technical Limited, Messrs Affiliate Global Exchange Limited, and Mezcor SA.

Most of these companies have little or no investment in Nigeria, as required by the NNPC guideline for crude oil lifting.

A stench of corruption

The former powerful minister worked through a group of very small, even shadowy, companies that always seem to get the best contracts from the NNPC in the upstream and downstream sectors and on occasion in the services industry.

The tangled web of questionable deals includes last-minute assignment of production rights in five large oil blocks to Septa Energy and the obscure Atlantic Drilling Concept Limited without a public tender. The practices also include the secretive award of kerosene allocations, crude oil allocations, fuel oil allocations, LPG and condensate exports, automotive gas oil and naphtha.

Oil traders, according to insiders, regularly pay substantial kickbacks into the offshore accounts of top oil sector executives.

Insiders say the Isle of Man has been a favourite jurisdiction for such offshore accounts. The funds are paid directly into the accounts from outside Nigeria and thus the funds never enter Nigeria and cannot be tracked internally. The funds are often then laundered through real estate purchases.

A source familiar with the arrangement said London remains the dominant location where funds are laundered in this fashion.

It is said that since Farida Waziri became the chairperson of the EFCC, the Metropolitan Police had enjoyed zero local co-operation in pursuing such matters. In fact, the source added, when the Met briefs the EFCC on such cases with a view to getting its assistance, elements in the commission promptly informs the target - for a fee of course.

Under Mrs Allison-Madueke, all sorts of gaps have been exploited. As at April this year, 600,000 metric tonnes of diesel had been imported, with importers shaken down at a rate of N10 per litre. We have no evidence that these bribes directly involved the former minister.

NEXT had also uncovered an elaborate bribery scam at the Petroleum Product Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), where oil marketers were compelled to pay bribes in US dollars in exchange for obtaining authorisation to import gasoline.

Our investigation at the time showed that oil marketers were instructed by PPPRA to call a mobile telephone number and pay a bribe of $8 per metric tonne of petroleum allocated to them, such that a firm with a 100,000 metric tonnes allocation would be required to pay a bribe of $800,000 in cash.

We were also able to establish in subsequent investigations that Mrs Alison-Maduekwe appeared to have violated Nigeria's procurement law by quietly signing away operatorship rights in five lucrative oil blocks to two barely established companies.

http://benorji..com/2010/04/oil-minister-her-jeweller-and-their.html
Politics › Allison Madueke And Chris Aire In Corruption Scandal(oil Subsidy) by Myself2(op): 4:19pm On Feb 05, 2012
Mrs Alison-Madueke can't be a judge in her own case. The central role being played by Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in the probe of corruption charges against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) may have called to question the avowed commitment of President Goodluck Jonathan to the fight against corruption in the country’s petroleum industry.

The President, in his nationwide broadcast last Monday, restated the irrevocable commitment of his administration to tackling corruption as well as entrenching openness and accountability in the petroleum industry.

As a demonstration of his commitment to those objectives, he said he would prioritise the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), and implement the recommendations of the forensic audit on the operations of the NNPC, punishing all officials indicted for misconducts.

To give effect to the presidential pronouncement, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), acting on a directive by Mrs. Alison-Madueke, swooped on the NNPC and the PPPRA as well as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), carting away volumes of official documents relating to the controversial N1.34trillion fuel subsidy payments as well as other transactions undertaken by the agencies.

The Minister also constituted two committees in her office headed by an independent auditor to review the KPMG and other audit reports on the NNPC and other parastatals in the ministry as well as undertake a comprehensive review of the management and controls within those parastatals.

But analysts believe that by taking a lead in the probe, Mrs Alison-Madueke, has put the entire investigation to question. A Benin City-based civil society group, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) stated the obvious when it faulted the role Mrs, Alison-Madueke has assumed in the probes, describing it as absurd and a charade to fool Nigerians.

"I find this absurd and cannot understand what is happening in this country anymore,” ANEEJ Executive Director, David Ugolor, said in a statement. “It is an irony that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, whose ministry is accused of corruption is the same person setting up the probe into her ministry. What will come out of such a probe?”

Mr. Ugolor continued, “The Minister is trying to be a judge in her own case. Nigerians cannot be fooled by this charade. It is in her interest for her to step aside for an independent body to look into the books she supervised. Our view is against the backdrop of allegations by the National Assembly that the Petroleum Ministry paid out more billions of Naira on PMS subsidy than was approved for it in the 2011 budget.”


Indeed, very serious corruption allegations have swirled around the minister in the past year, which appear to have strengthened argument by some Nigerians that she lacked the moral fibre to superintend over any probe of the oil and gas sector.

Last year, NEXT, one of Nigeria’s most respected newspapers, ran a series of investigative reports that linked the minister herself to monumental corruption. The government is yet to act on those allegations. In one of those reports, titled “Oil minister, her jeweller and their sweetheart deal”, the Minister was said to have discretionally licensed one Christopher Aire, a 47-year-old United States-based Nigerian celebrity jewellery designer and merchant, to be lifting crude oil.

Mr Aire’s company, Solid 21 Incorporated, which dealt strictly in jewellery and wristwatches, did not meet any of the criteria spelt out in the guidelines for prospective crude oil lifters. But, between July 9 and July, 2010, he incorporated two companies, Siseno Oil Nigeria Limited, as well as Caligeria Oil Limited. Both companies were to undertake the businesses of petroleum products sales and distribution.

A month after the no-address companies were incorporated, the minister reportedly directed the Crude Oil Marketing Division (COMD), the NNPC division in charge of crude oil marketing, to approve crude oil lifting contracts to them to lift 60,000 barrels of crude per day. That was done in clear violation of laid down guidelines requiring companies interested in lifting Nigerian crude to be bona fide end users, with established reputation as large volume traders with global network for at least three years.

In another report also published by NEXT, and entitled “Oil minister in N2.2b bribery scandal”, the minister’s name was mentioned in an elaborate scam which forced marketers to pay huge bribes in exchange for petroleum products import license by the PPPRA. There was also the allegation that she unilaterally assigned prospecting rights in some state-owned lucrative blocks to some briefcase companies without open and competitive bidding.

Irked by these allegations, for which government failed to act, a Lagos-based lawyer, Bartholomew Aguegbodo, sued the minister at a Federal High Court in Lagos. See Lawyer sues Allison-Madueke and “Last minute oil deals that cost Nigeria dear”.

Yet, there are several other allegations for which the minister has to answer questions. So, it appears bizarre that as tainted as she is by these allegations, the government has asked her to lead the effort to clean up the NNPC in particular, and the industry in general.

If government wants to be taken seriously in its bid to enthrone corruption in the industry, it must first probe Mrs. Alison-Madueke herself. It is only when she is found to be clean that she should be allowed to lead the reform of a sector fraught with monumental
http://saharareporters.com/news-page/analysis-why-allison-madueke-must-be-investigated-alongside-nnpc-pppra-premium-times?page=3
234next.com/csp/, /re_oil_minister_her_jeweller_and.csp
Jokes Etc › Re: Bb Porsche by Myself2(m): 2:10pm On Feb 04, 2012
^^^
The joke being that for a phone that costs about 320,000.00 naira to fall,wahala go dey.

I'll give him a 4,he tried
Politics › Re: Ringim To Retain Job Till Retirement In March by Myself2(m): 8:50am On Jan 26, 2012
Myself2:
Hafiz ringim has a long history of fraternizing with criminal elements,even as far back as when he was in Alagbon.

GEJ is playing with fire,I hope for his own sake he shocks Ringim sooner than later
GEJ listened eventually,he must have read my advise on nairaland cheesy cheesy

@ Ninapha
You are making some sense and appear to understand the complexities of the Nigerian state
Politics › Re: Borno Elders Warn Jonathan On Security Pact With Us by Myself2(m): 8:24am On Jan 25, 2012
@ OP

Why are those old men already shitting in their pants?? why the criminal Ali Monguno is second-guessing the FG could only be due to one reason:HE IS ONE OF THE BOKO HARAM FINACIERS

GEJ should not listen to them,he should go ahead and sign every security pact signable,with the US,Israel etc.We need 'em military bases in the North East ASAP
Politics › Re: Borno Elders Warn Jonathan On Security Pact With Us by Myself2(m): 8:21am On Jan 25, 2012
^^^
Yes,like Barrack Obama is the governor of Lagos state
Politics › Re: Ringim To Retain Job Till Retirement In March by Myself2(m): 12:37am On Jan 24, 2012
Hafiz ringim has a long history of fraternizing with criminal elements,even as far back as when he was in Alagbon.

GEJ is playing with fire,I hope for his own sake he shocks Ringim sooner than later
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Vs Manchester United (1 - 2) On Sunday 22nd January 2012 by Myself2(m): 6:38pm On Jan 22, 2012
Opa Wimhuh oh that must be his grad dad,I for say wetin join RVP with  Opa Williams
Celebrities › Re: Daddy Showkey Attacked By Assassins by Myself2(m): 1:39pm On Jan 20, 2012
[b][size=14pt]The speed with which nairalanders rush to make ignorant posts about issues they know nothing about has gone past amazing

Who said the attack on Showkey had anything to do with subsidy removal??
Recall that sometime last year,assasins stormed his Ojodu house,shouting out his name as they entered,they even shoved his son aside(the lucky chap had gone to the gate to open it and see who was shouting the father's name with such audacity),he was shoved aside and they entered and immediately shot at one of showkey's boys in the compound,killing him instantly.Then people accused ACN goons of being behind the attack,that they wanted to teach him a lesson for having the audacity to perform at all those GEJ presidential rallies,some others opined it may yet be that he may have fallen out with some persons with whom he attended the rallies over money issues,but one thing that is sure is this:

IT IS WRONG TO SAY THE GOVT OR AGENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT ARE AFTER SHOWKEY FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST SUBSIDY REMOVAL[/size][/b]
Politics › Re: Police Offers N50m Reward For Information On Escaped Madalla Bomb Suspect by Myself2(m): 8:34am On Jan 20, 2012
Reward or no reward,the IGP Ringim should be fired and investigated immediately

GEJ take my advise in your own interest and the over all interest of the nation
Politics › Re: Police Fired Tear Gas At 'defy The Dictator' Protesters, One Fainted by Myself2(m): 8:05am On Jan 20, 2012
chima12:
Pius Ikedia has just signed for barcelona.He will partner messi in their attack.
No you think because Messi is good,then Barca will keep signing short men??,my bet is on them to sign Rashidi Yekini and replace that their yeye Valdes keeper with Arugo Monkey
Politics › Re: » Fuel Subsidy: I Won’t Step Down – Alison-madueke | Vanguard Mobile by Myself2(m): 8:00am On Jan 20, 2012
Na wa

Politics › Re: Police Fired Tear Gas At 'defy The Dictator' Protesters, One Fainted by Myself2(m): 4:04pm On Jan 19, 2012
snthesis:
lai lai- i tink real madrid will sign messi in march
Yes,Barcelona will have to buy a replacement striker in the form of another in-form striker like Rashidi Yekinus  cheesy cheesy
Politics › Re: Pictures From Defy The Dictator Protest In Lagos by Myself2(m): 4:03pm On Jan 19, 2012
Oh no,Pa Braithwaite,whatever did paperweight politicians like Pat Utomi and dubious terrorist mini-heads masquerading as so-called "religious leaders" tell you in order to mislead you into following themhuh

Well I guess I'll find out from bros(who I imagine must be highly dissappointed)

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