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Yoruba (at least those on NL) no wan use ear hear anything Igbo . So much hate, vile, bile and envy. No wonder Igbos are out-competing them in all spheres of life

If we say it ourselves, they say we are boasting. Now its coming from strange quarters. For those who do not know, the only country you may find more Yorubas studying than Igbos is in the UK. Go to continental Europe and get your mind blown out by the number of Igbos in grad schools. I was one and I know. Here in the US, the story is the same, as it is back in Nigeria.

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Five arrested for alleged trafficking in human parts
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Jide Orintunsin 06/04/2011 00:46:00
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The Police in Niger State yesterday arrested three Beninoise and two Nigerians for allegedly trafficking in human parts.

The Beninoise - Dogo Gobi Haruna, Sabi Dokodo and Hamisu Abdullahi - were reportedly arrested at 3am on Monday at a Police check point on the outskirts of Minna, the state capital.

They were apprehended with the Nigerian, Abdullahi Haruna, in an Abuja-bound commercial bus with registration number, (Niger) AL793KNT, with some human parts.

The Police said the fifth suspect, Adamu Jibrin, was picked from his Nyanya, Abuja residence, yesterday. He was said to be the prospective customer for the human parts from the Beninoise.

Haruna, it was gathered, was to take the foreigners to Abuja from Kebbi State.

The Police were said to be trailing the prime suspect, Atiku Gwandu, said to be an Islamic scholar based in Gwandu, Kebbi State.

Gwandu reportedly engaged the Benineoie to exhume the body of one Bio Gurma from his grave in Benin Republic. The parts were reportedly roasted and parked in food flask for conveyance to Kebbi State.

Gwandu allegedly gave the men transport fares and directed Haruna to escort the parts and the other suspects to Abuja, where Jibrin was waiting.

Jibrin was to pay the emissary N5million on delivering the parts.

The Police at a road block outside Minna reportedly arrested the suspects, who were carrying the flask draped with a white cloth.

On opening the flask, an offensive odour was said to have emitted from its content, which the Police discovered to be human parts.

The suspects were allegedly hired by some politicians who wanted to win this month’s elections at all cost.

“From our findings from the suspects, we believe human parts are being sought for by desperate politicians who want to win elections at all cost… because when we asked them (suspects), they alluded to this fact.”

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Richard Oguche, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) said: “Besides the four suspects earlier arrested, we have picked the other suspect involved in the human parts trade from Abuja and our men have gone to Kebbi State to arrest the prime suspect.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/32922.html

aribisala0:
let us hope the igbos will reciprocate and allows other to operate  politically in their space

Blatant ignorance. Igbo did same for yoruba far before Tinubu copied Nnamani and Orji Kalu. BTW, Igbos will not drag you to come reside in Igboland and get a political space to operate in. Those Igbos in Lagos were not invited to Lagos by Lagosians, were they?

PhysicsMHD:

There is an Igala Igbo connection. There is an intermingling of northern anambra Igbo and Igalas. You hardly know who is Igbo there. The name Attah is both Igbo and Igalla.

PhysicsMHD:
@ bold 4, you know this because. . .?

@ other 4, Akwa Ibom? Enlighten me.

I did read a certain WHO country report (2007, not so sure) where Abia was among the top 5 in health indices. Has things changed that much from 2007? There is nothing going on in Imo that is not going on in Abia and even more. I am from that general area.

ekt_bear:
@Nchara: These things happened for concrete reasons. The Hausa man is not inherently evil. He was certainly more advanced and sophisticated than you or I 300 years ago. Just things changed, the importance of those desert trade routes decreased, they had some bad leaders who didn't allow them to Westernize.

Try to be a bit more humane.

Those things I listed are undeniable facts, but those facts do not negate the things (bad) that are inherent in the south as well. We are discussing the crowdedness of Kano. Not so? Everyone was sophisticated in their own ways 300 years ago. That some were able to better document theirs does not mean others were less sophisticated.

PhysicsMHD:
cosmopolitan ≠ metropolitan  @ emmatok


I think he was saying Kano is more urbanized and crowded.

More crowded with people most of whom are either blind, crippled, diseased, beggarly or religiously fanatical.

jude33084:
MAKE UNA FORGET  ,, WETIN TRIP ME NA IM BE SAY NA WOMEN MAKE THE IGBOS JOIN LITERATE REGION

Go and check the JAMB records. BBC simply used female literacy to drive home  a point about health and child vaccination. Igbo men are more literate than other Nigerian males. There are are threads here on NL that show that.

Dr Ohakim? When did he become a Dr or is it the Orji Uzor Kalu type?

The analysis makes sense in the following areas

1. Poverty more in the North than South
2. Literacy level highets among Igbo women (but male too)
3. South more developed than North (Abuja is exempt)
4. Health index (although Abia should have been as green as Imo and Anambra)
5. Oil and gas were rightly credited to where they mostly belong: Niger Delta and parts of Igboland

Does not make sense in these areas:
1. Population attributed to ethnic groups: We do not have data to support that.
2. Yoruba is not = Muslims and Christians only. They have as many animists if not more, than the East
3. Ondo was missed out in the oil and gas
4. Wealth was skewed. Anambra and Imo, Delta and Akwa Ibom should be as purple, if not more purple than Oyo

Nigeria’s largest sex market
• Inside Benin City prostitution ring
By HENRY UMAHI
Saturday, April 4, 2011
Prostitutes on parade
• Photo: The Sun Publishing
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As the live band, known as the Zion Band, dished out different tunes at Time Out Fun Paradise in Benin City, capital of Edo State, two female dancers were serenading the guests with their suggestive dance steps. Indeed, their general stage mannerisms were erotic.

The dancers paraded contrasting features: One was very tall and slim. The other was not so tall but blessed with more flesh, especially in the right places. The atmosphere was lively. There was hardly an empty seat or standing space, as men and women squeezed their way in. The number kept increasing and fun seekers spilled outside. Those who couldn’t bear the choking ambience simply frolicked outside. In fact, there were more people outside than inside. Most of them were women and on business. They were commercial sex workers strutting their stuff and soliciting for patronage from men.

Time Out Fun Paradise could be described as world’s biggest sex market. It is a prostitutes’ paradise, a haven of sinful lust. There, women of various ages, shapes and sizes compete for attention. Indeed, the number of scarlet women on parade is simply amazing. It is usually a crowd, like political rally. And because of the stiff competition in the ‘market,’ the women adopt aggressive marketing strategies. They are desperate, throwing decorum to the wind.

The provocative dressing and weird make-up the women wear show the stuff they are made of. Most of them wear bum shorts and revealing tops. Some wear micro-mini skirts that barely cover their pants. Their breasts spill from the half-cup bra, which they throw into the faces of men. And, in their desperation, they woo men openly.

The more daring among them pull out their breasts for their prospective client to see and feel while bargaining, saying in Pidgin English: “Touch correct breasts, breasts wey stand well, breasts wey never fall.” The aim is to convince the customer to play ball.
Saturday Sun had a time out at the fun paradise penultimate weekend and witnessed scenes of debauchery. From about 8pm, the commercial sex workers begin to amass. Thursday nights are special nights: ladies nights. Heavy smoking and drinking goes on there, even as hawkers of recharge cards, water, cigarettes, condoms and sundry items also ply their trade. Business comes into full swing from 10pm.

Sex is not exactly cheap at the centre. Most of the practitioners peg their asking price at between N6, 000 and N10, 000 for an all night dalliances, while a quickie (short time or kpa kpa kpa) goes for about N2, 000.

However, it depends on the customer’s purse and bargaining power as well as the girls’ marketing ability. Time is also a factor in the sex trade. As the night winds down, price crash.
One of the scarlet ladies, who gave her name as Destiny, told the reporter that it was not her destiny to engage in the business. After some haggling and a bottle of Smirnoff Ice, she said: “If you give me N4, 000, I will go with you. I just need some money to take care of some things.”

Asked why she was bartering her womanhood for cash, she quipped: “Na condition bend crayfish.”
Although many of the commercial sex workers claimed to be students, investigations revealed that some actually engage in legitimate business in the afternoon but practice prostitution at night to augument their earning. Some of them work as waitresses in eateries and hotels in the afternoon but at night they transform to sex providers.

Saturday Sun checks revealed that most of the hookers are from the South-South states. They find Benin attractive because of vibrant nightlife occasioned by the dwindling rate of crime in the city in recent time. Again, some of them are girls deported from Italy and elsewhere, where they had gone to seek greener pastures.

Although Time Out is regarded as the hottest pub in Benin, it is certainly not the only place sex is sold and bought in the city. LJJ on Sapele Road is another sex rendezvous. A garden like affair with thatched roof, it is a perfect place for fun seekers. The icing on the cake is that waiters there also serve as pimps. Photographs of call girls are available for patrons to make their pick. So, if you make your choice, the girl’s mobile phone numbers will be given to you to reach her and discuss business.
On entering there, waitresses always announce, gleefully, that they have everything, including girls. When the reporter feigned interest, one of the waitresses pulled out her phone and wrote a telephone number. According to her, the number belongs to “one hot girl, who knows how to give value for money. Her name is Faith.” However, when Faith’s number was called, she said that she was “running things somewhere.”

Free girls are also on the prowl in the premises of Jonvee Kitchen. Some of them sit at tables and make passes at men. The more daring ones accost men leaving the place and offer their company. One of the side attractions at Jonvee is the performance of semi-clad female dancers, who entertain guests.
When Saturday Sun was there, a rotund dancer dished out suggestive stuff, as Makossa music blasted from the speakers.

A few meters away from Jonvee is De Konsolate nite club. There, sex workers keep vigil, in anticipation of patronage. They are alert, watching out for the slightest signal from potential clients.
A middle-aged woman simply known as Omowunmi runs a prostitution ring in Benin. To pick an “Omowunmi girl,” the client will pay for the girl’s taxi fare, food, drinks and N10, 000 per night.
Omowunmi, who cruises about town in a cute Kia sedan car, also supplies girls at rich men’s parties. Toast of social events, when a client ‘places an order’, she will send text message to her girls, briefing them accordingly Her girls are said to be some of the hottest in Benin City.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/living/2011/apr/02/living-02-04-2011-001.htm

Tales by moonlight

No surprises here.

Political Violence: South-West Still Wild West?
Tuesday, 29 March 2011 23:39 Sakin Babalola, Ibadan
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In this report, Sakin Babalola recounts the spate of violence across the six states of the South-West geo-political zone and suggests that except the federal government beefs up security, next month’s general polls would be a sham in the zone.

Negative and frightening political developments in the South-Western part of the country are pointers to the fact that the zone , except pro active measures are completed , will explode again during or shortly after the April elections .Thre is no intention to play the prophet of doom here, but based on circumstantial evidence here and there The only way out of this looming political quagmire is a free, fair and credible elections. Any departure from this would be a repeat of the 1965 and 1966 political upheaval of the period with the’’ WETIE ‘’episode, meaning pour petrol on cheats and set them ablaze.

The climax of the 1965 political crisis which resulted to the 1966 military putsch would this time be prevented because of the belief that military government remains an aberration and the military adventurists have been pointedly told to leave civilians to wobble.

From Osun to Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo, Ogun and Lagos States, are stories of woes, tragedies and horror said to have left many casualties from political campaigns and rallies all in the scramble for power.

In most cases, the opposition always fingers the ruling parties as oppressing them while the ruling parties often put up their defences, accusing the opposition of crying wolf where there is nothing. But in reality, in all rumours elements or atoms of truth would exist.



Oyo State

Oyo state in general and Ibadan the state capital in particular, has always been the centre of politics in the South-West. Literary scholar would forgive any hyperbole intended here by describing it as the fulcrum of Nigeria politics. The crisis of 1965 and 1966 started from Ibadan in the then House of Chief. What followed nationwide and the resultant effect was too gory than terms could give out.

Oyo state with the acronym, ‘Pace Setter State’ has the un-enviable record of violence and conflicts. The reasons are both remote and immediate, especially when related to the fourth republic politics. The remote aspect was because of the circumstances under which the incumbent Governor got into power. While the indigenes of Ibadan believed that Alao Akala betrayed their kinsman. Senator Rashidi Ladoja, the way he came in and with the misconception that he was a usurper who should not be allowed to rule for a second time, a section in the same town particularly the beneficiaries of his administration saw it differently. They hinged their argument on the fact that the constitution of the country allowed Alao Akala to be in the saddle at that time.

The immediate reason for the prejudice against Alao Akala was his second term bid, apart from not being an indigene of the town. In essence, the battle in Oyo state politics is between a section of group who regarded his second term bid as an aberration and the sectional sentiment of the non Ibadan people who argued that the entire state is not the exclusive property of Ibadan.

What also fuelled the political violence in the state is the emergence of ‘’sons of the soil’’ as the governorship candidates in most of the dominant parties. Action Congress of Nigeria is fielding Senator Abiola Ajimobi as the governorship candidate; while Accord party has Senator Rashidi Ladoja, ANPP fielded Mr. Ola Morphy and Action Alliance presented Taiwo Otegbeye. Labour Party also preferred an Ibadan man in person of Dr.Azeez Adeduntan. Attempt by Accord party members to impose an Ibadan man as the governorship candidate was rebuffed .The emergence of Barrister Adebayo Shittu, a Shaki man as the governorship candidate of the party was ridiculed by most Ibadan people who alleged that Adebayo Shittu is a ‘’Tebilik’’ man and an Islamic fundamentalist who might impose sharia on Oyo state if given the chance to rule.

Interestingly, there are two factions in the state PDP. A faction is being led by Alao Akala, while the other faction under the leadership of Senator Lekan Balogun and other prominent Ibadan indigenes have resolved to fight it out to a logical end to ensure that Alao Akala lost the gubernatorial bid at all cost.

While the intra party squabble is going on at one angle, with political thugs un-leasing terror on party men, the inter party conflict is becoming more devastating, turning the state to a battle field.

The ACN is seriously engaging the PDP on one hand and its faction is equally attacking it from the other hand. The Accord party is also not left out of the battle to dislodge the government of Alao Akala, as Ladoja is out for his own pound of flesh.

On the day when Alao Akala and his campaign team went to a town in Oke Ogun, thugs of CPC who were leaving a meeting in Iseyin were said to have met the convoy of Alao Akala when the governor had returned to Ogbomoso. They engaged the thugs of PDP in a free for all, leaving a member of the CPC dead and many government vehicles vandalised. The peace of Iseyin was disrupted for days. Self imposed curfew was applied for security reasons. When Alao Akala went to the town for his campaign some days after the violence, people kept indoors, apparently in protest.

Few days after the Iseyin episode was the Ibadn encounter. Thugs of Accord Party and those of PDP clashed at Iyana Church with scores of vehicles burnt down.

Politicians in all the parties are reportedly not helping the situation as they all habour thugs to foment violence. Security operatives attached to these leaders are aware of this.

If the trend persists, according to keen watchers, only God would prevent mayhem in the state capital.



Osun State

The situation in Osun state is equally pathetic, but not as gruesome as that of Oyo State. While the ACN is trying to consolidate itself and striving to endear itself to the hearts of the people, the PDP is bitter because of its belief that the judiciary compromised standard by giving the state to the ACN. These elections, despite the fact that it excludes the governorship race, are still generating a lot of tension.

It is more of war between the progressives and the reactionaries. Definitely, none of the group would want to admit being a reactionary. The coming into power by Aregbesola has obviously changed some things. People believe that the reforms which he began would positively transform the state. And the youths who are living under this optimism see their struggle as a just fight to reject oppression represented by the past regime of Oyinlola which hiked school fees in most of the tertiary institutions in the state.

On Thursday March 23, the dominant parties in the state engaged each other in verbal war .The ACN accused the PDP of being responsible for the elimination of its members in Osogbo, Olorunda,,Boluwaduro, Boripe and Ife local councils. However, the PDP in a swift reaction, accused the ACN of attacking its members in Igbajo,Iresi,Otan Ayegbaju and other towns.

The state scribe of ACN, Elder Adelowo Adebiyi alleged that PDP thugs have been terrorizing his member. On the other hand, the opposition said that the allegation was false Chief Sunday Ojo Williams the state PDP Chairman said that 1000memebers of his party had fled their homes because the. ACN thugs are after their lives.

The brains behind this crisis are the political intolerance of the leaders of the two parties. Both the incumbent governor, Aregbesola and Otunba Iyiola Omisore whose ambition to contest governorship election hit the rocks are said to be keeping an army of thugs called party security aids. The thugs being used by these leaders and others have allegedly sent many people to their early graves. Except the appropriate authorities called the two camps to other, nobody could guarantee peaceful politicking in the state.



Ogun State

For Ogun state, the conflict between the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Gbenga Daniel which began some years ago, reached its crescendo during the party’s primaries. While Obasanjo remains an institution in the ruling party, the fact must not be trivialised that Daniel was the state party leader going by their constitution. According to observers, the rigidity of the two leaders coupled with their vested interest on who becomes what in the state has been responsible for the dwindling fortune of the PDP and its possible collapse.

The emergence of PPN is symbolic of an electoral misfortune of the ruling party serving as a good omen to the ACN which lost power to the PDP in 2003 as a result of filial trust of Olusegun Osoba to Obasanjo.

Apart from the dramatic emergence of PPN in the political landscape of Ogun STATE which is tackling the ailing PDP on one side, the traditional oppositions like the ACN and Labour no matter how microscopic, are also there fighting from the other side.

Some days ago, a vehicle in the convoy of Jide Awosedo the Governorship candidate of Labour party at Ikene Remo Ayepe junction, crushed two Okada riders to death. The vehicles conveying the gadgets to be used by the party men was set ablaze by thugs suspected to be working for Tunji Olurin, the PDP gubernatorial candidate.

Some days ago, Gbenga Daniel courageously declared in the public that he would not support Olurin, adding that the forefathers of those who wanted him jailed would end up in prison Daniel pointed out to those who care to know that the PDP in the state has become shadow of itself. With this type of altercations between the political god father and the son, what is being pronounced could best be described by the biblical analogy, ‘’to your tent O Israel.’’`

There is no denying the fact that the conflict will not be limited to rhetoric when the real elections start.



Ekiti State

The political battle in the state named ‘’fountain of Knowledge’ ’is multi dimensional. Recallling what happened in that state in 1983, the former Ondo State lost notable indigenes like Chief Fagbamigbe, a publisher of repute to the crisis during the attempted rigged election for Chief Akin Omoboriowo of the National Party of Nigeria{NPN}

Since that time, the political sensitivity of the state had taken a dangerous dimension.

Today, politics in this election has taken many spheres. While the newly installed government of Dr. Ayo Fayemi like, his counterpart in Osun, would not allow the power just seized to be snatched from them again, the PDP believed to be a usurper would want to make a point.

We should also not forget the Ayo Fayose guy who would want to be at the Senate if the EFCC had allowed him, his expected victory in his senatorial zone notwithstanding.

In the middle of March, two supporters of PDP identified as Ayo Kehinde Faluyi and Michael Ipindola were killed in Ado Ekiti. The PDP fingered people who they said disguised in police uniforms to kill their members, alleging that they were ACN thugs. While Chief Olu Ojo, the state PDP Chairman alleged that the killers were ACN thugs, a chieftain of ACN denied the allegation outrightly. The fact remains that lives were lost in the incident.



Ondo State

The political injury inflicted on the Peoples Democratic Party in the state will take time to heal. Labour Party which also benefited from the hope restored in the judiciary equally treasured its victory and would go to any extent to protect its interest. Believers in chop and I chop politics have quickly decamped to the Labour party and decided to enjoy their own dividends of democracy.

The fight to finish battle for power in the next dispensation has equally started. On March 23 or thereabout, three people were shot dead in Obanla area with four people injured in Iro, during a clash between supporters of PDP and Labour Party .at a campaign rally. The PDP candidate for Akure South/ Akure North federal constituency, Mr. Adedayo Omolafe had to call off his campaigns slated for Akure to avoid escalation of the crisis .This was a signal for a more serious violence if this type of ugly trend was not arrested on time.



Lagos State

The centre of Excellence has been relatively peaceful, perhaps, due to purposeful government in the saddle there .The past violence which was caused by the activities of the underworld men has been effectively checkmated with the security operatives put on ground with their numberless Armoured Personnel Carriers coupled with the expertise of Police,

But the coming elections have apparently been threatening that peace. Recently, a supporter of ACN was reportedly shot in the leg by a yet to be apprehended political thug.

Comparatively, the level of violence in that state is relatively low to that of other states. While the PDP is struggling tooth and nail to win the state, the opposition has been told to keep off as their dream would remain unattainable.

Former Governor of the state, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently said, “PDP is jealous of Lagos. We have turned Lagos into a valuable and investment driven city.’’

Similarly, the Chairman of campaign publicity, Mr. Tunji Bello accused PDP thugs for attacking the campaign office of the deputy governor, Mrs Joke Orelope Adefulure at Idimu, adding: “What the PDP has resorted to is intimidation and violence against CAN’s determination to defend and protect Lagosians against violence.

There is no way violence could be absolutely avoided in the South-West in the forth coming elections. What the security agents- soldiers, police, security operatives and others should do is to help in limiting the incidents of killing during the elections and avoid changing the name of this zone from ‘wise wise west’ to the derogatory former name of ‘wild wild west’.

Mimiko, Jimoh Ibrahim clash at Akure airport
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Damisi Ojo, Akure 31/03/2011 01:46:00
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Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko yesterday raised the alarm over alleged plan by "businessman Jimoh Ibrahim to set Ondo State on fire".

He urged President Goodluck Jonathan to call Ibrahim, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, to order.

Mimiko, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Kolawole Olabisi, alleged that Ibrahim made the statement, when they met at the Akure Airport yesterday. The statement said Ibrahim vowed to make the state ungovernable for Mimiko.

The statement said: "The incident occurred when Governor Mimiko was at the Airport to be airlifted by a chopper for the campaign tour of Okitipupa and Ilaje local government areas of the state ahead of Saturday’s election. He met the private jet marked N605 belonging to Jimoh Ibrahim’s company, Global Fleet on the tarmac.

"Shortly after, Mr. Ibrahim led over 10 people out of the flight, including Ambassador Olu Agbi, Hon Jones Akinyugha Dr Tayo Fawehinmi, Chairman of the PDP in the State, Dr Tayo Dairo, Col Bade Omowa (rtd), Mr Ademola Adegoroye and other officials of the State PDP.

"Mimiko promptly moved to the group and exchanged pleasantries with them but Ibrahim distanced himself and refused to shake hands with the governor and when the governor moved to him, he pointed angrily in his face and bellowed.

"Look, I’m not interested in your greetings. I will ensure that we burn Ondo State down and burn you with it. Yes, you may be the Governor, but we may not be able to milk the cow but we can spill the milk. I’ve said my own and I will deal with you and your bunch of rabble rousers."

Mimiko was said to have left the airport quietly.

The CPS said the case had been reported to the appropriate authorities, and wondered why people could not play the game by the rules, if truly they have the interest of the people at heart.

"We want to warn that the era of gun point democracy is gone; the people of the state are no animals to be captured and caged at will. The Police and other security agencies should take judicial note of Mr Jimoh Ibrahimn’s vow of violence and be on the look out," Olabisi said.

But, Ibrahim denied saying he would set Ondo State on fire. He said: "I told him I don’t talk to kidnappers; and I have a right to choose who to greet. I have contributed a lot to Ondo State."

Recounting the encounter, the industrialist said the governor came to beg him: "We were there before him. While inside the plane, I saw an uninvited guest. He said he was there to beg me over my mother’s abduction. I told him to leave my plane and that I did not invite him. He tried to greet my colleagues in the plane and they refused to greet him. He felt humiliated."

Ibrahim vowed to reply the governor at a more auspicious time.

http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/32343.html

Imo, Abia, Anambra all have oil in commercial amounts. Imo and Abia are not in the Niger Delta (9 oil producing states) for nothing. Enugu also has oil and gas deposits that have yet to be quantified. Tyrant11 and his ignorant cohorts should try and learn about others. It is silly to choose to be perpetually ignorant. A simple search here on Nairaland with the phrases ''oil in Abia'', ''oil in Imo'', ''oil in Anambra'', and ''oil in Enugu'' tells the story.

Refinery to exploit the oil in Anambra

Abia oil

Abia oil

Oil in Abia

Oil in Imo state

Oil in Anambra
Not to talk of those in Imo and Abia

Nigeria finds oil and gas in commercial quantities in Anambra

12-08-03 About 30 tcf of gas and 1 bn barrels of crude oil has been found in the Anambra River basin in Anambra State, the Director of Engineering standard in the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr Patrick Onwumere, said in Awka.
Mr Onwumere who led a team of experts to assess the volume of gas and crude reserves in the Anambra River basin as well as gauge the preparedness of the state government in the establishment of an indigenous refinery through its oil company, Orient Petroleum Resources, said the team was impressed with what it saw on the ground.

His revelation was coming on the heels of a confirmation by the Managing Director of Orient Petroleum, Engr. Nnaemeka Nwawka that a large hectare of land for the construction of the refinery which would be sited at Otuocha in Anambra East Local Government area of the state had been mapped out. Nwawka added that the only thing delaying full acquisition of the land is the state governor's signature on the certificate of occupancy (CoO) for the land.
According to Onwumene, his team's visit was a preliminary move which has to do with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the area, the level of land acquisition promised by the governor, and the examination of the extent of work done so far by the Orient Petroleum Resources.

Onwumene also said he and members of his team were interested in seeing that the exploitation of oil and gas takes off earnestly in the state and expressed his team's satisfaction on the state's preparedness to accomplish their exploitation. He said Anambra State had three sources of oil supply which included, the existing local reserve from the Brass/Agip, import from Venezuela as well as the already discovered wells at Oroma-Etiti in Anambra West and Otuocha in Anambra East council areas of the state.
Onwumene said his team found that the state's oil company, Orient Petroleum Resources had maintained good relationships with the host communities, especially those bordering where the refinery would be sited. He added that with the take off of exploitation of oil reserves in the very near future, a lot of jobless indigenes of Anambra State would be gainfully employed.

Source: THISDAYonline

Sounds more like a Calabar/Akwa Ibom trado marriage list, which, BTW, is not so different from what obtains in some part of Igboland.

Eziachi:
A Nigerian immigrant stole the identities of 350 people to claim £1.3million in bogus tax credits in the largest benefit scam of its kind.

[b]Olaide Taiwo, [/b]35, hijacked the identities while working as a security guard for a number of large national companies.

He then used the names to claim tens of thousands in working tax credits.

This week he was jailed for eight and a half years – the highest ever sentence for tax credit fraud.

Taiwo is understood to have arrived illegally in Britain in 2003 with his wife. Although three applications to stay in the UK failed, in 2005 he was granted discretionary leave to remain.

It was during this period that his scam began. The father-of-two submitted more than 300 fraudulent tax credit claims between June 2004 and July 2008 worth over £1million.

When he was arrested, investigators found an ‘identity thieves’ paradise’, with stacks of fake passports and driving licences and £70,000 in cash lying around his council flat in Camberwell, South-East London.

The property was littered with paperwork detailing the names, addresses and national insurance numbers of hundreds of people which he had taken from employee payroll records at dozens of companies around London where he had worked as a security guard.

They also found templates for making false passports, birth certificates, NHS cards and driving licences.

Taiwo used the identities to open hundreds of bank accounts for the benefits to be paid into, but HM Revenue & Customs became suspicious about the multiple tax credit applications and arrested him in July 2008.

They believe he was the ringleader of an organised criminal network which included his sister-in-law who worked for a job centre.

But the rest of the gang are thought to have fled to Nigeria. Taiwo also tried to leave the country but he was arrested again on August 6 last year.

He was found guilty at Inner London Crown Court of fraudulently obtaining payments of tax credits, by using the names and addresses of individuals without their consent and acquiring criminal property.

Sentencing him, Judge Simon Davis ordered that he be deported at the end of his eight and a half year sentence.

He said: ‘This is a fraud on a substantial scale.

‘You lied and sought to manipulate with ease and confidence and with an arrogance that was astonishing.

‘You were intimately connected with every aspect of the fraud, stealing real details of real people to commit identity fraud on the large scale.’

Another member of the gang, Taiwo’s sister-in-law Olajumoke Ademuyiwa, 42, a Jobcentre Plus employee, was also found guilty of fraudulently obtaining tax credit payments in an earlier hearing.

Ademuyiwa opened the bank accounts into which the benefits were paid, but she is not thought to have used her role as a job centre worker to make false claims. Her husband, Oluyemi Amidu Taiwo – Taiwo’s brother – is thought to have fled the country. She is due to be sentenced in April.

Richard Young, senior investigating officer for HMRC said: ‘This pair blatantly hijacked the identities of over 350 innocent people and stole from British taxpayers by submitting over 300 fraudulent tax credit claims between June 2004 and July 2008.

‘They deliberately attacked and abused a system designed to provide financial help to the most vulnerable people in our society.’

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Igbo= 45% of Lagos population=8.5 million people of Igbo origin

Na small, small dey dey take lick hot okra soup

The Punch

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Lagos CPC endorses Igbo as deputy governor

Agency Reporter

The Lagos State chapter of the Congress for Progressive Change has endorsed the choice of a Christian from the South-East as its deputy governorship candidate.



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The state chairman of CPC, Chief Ajibade Emiabata-Balogun, said the choice was to ensure that all ethnic groups in the state had a sense of belonging.

He added that the move was to correct the perception that the party was a Muslim party for the Hausa and the Yoruba.

He said, "We are mindful of the large number of Igbo in Lagos and the important roles they play in the socio-economic development of the state."

The Chairman spoke at a reception hosted by Kosofe Local Government chapter of the party in honour of its governorship candidate, Mr. Nurain Mumuni.

http://odili.net/news/source/2011/feb/20/845.html

Anya m odi go mma? Lol! Zik was asking the camera man if he was well adjusted for the camera.

eku_bear:
I'd be happy to take that bet. How much money are you wagering?

Lagos guber 2011: What are your programmes for Ndigbo, Ohanaeze asks party’s candidates
By PETER ANOSIKE
Monday, January 17, 2011
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The Igbo apex socio-cultural organization, Lagos State chapter, Ohanaeze has asked the governorship candidates in Lagos State to state the programmes they have for Ndigbo living in Lagos.

Speaking to newsmen while monitoring the kick off of the voters’ registration exercise in Ikeja on Saturday, the President of the association, Chief Oliver Akubueze said Igbos in Lagos would want to know the programmes that the various governorship candidates in Lagos have for them before asking for their voters.

He said gone were days when Igbos were being taken for a ride by politicians who felt that they could deceive Igbos to get into power.

According to him, “this time around, every candidate must show in black and white the programmes that he has for Ndigbo before asking for their votes.” Akubueze said Ndigbo had resolved that they would vote for the candidate that shows commitment for their welfare and wellbeing.

“I am here to see the kick off of the voters’ registration exercise. For a long time now Ndigbo living in Lagos have been apolitical. They have been minding their businesses. But now we have turned a new leaf. We don’t want to be taken for a ride anymore. We constitute about 45 per cent of the population of the state and with this number we are not getting any thing. We are not appointed into the governor’s cabinet. We are not appointed into the boards.

“In the state there are over 57 parastatals and we don’t have Igbos in the boards. Our businesses are not being protected. This is not fair and it has to stop. It is because of this that we have decided to mobilize our people to come out in large numbers for this voters’ registration exercise and in April, we would also mobilize them to go out and vote.

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Dr Kingsley Moghalu - Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (Brain Behind Sanusi)

PhysicsRND:
Can you substantiate that?

Yes, Muoghalu is the brain behind Sanusi. Wetin Mallam sabi?