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Sagamite:
So in your world, it is guilty until proven innocent?

Based on the post that elicited my response, why would the writer single out Fashola as the innocent gov, when his co-governors have also not been indicted in any form for corruption? Now to the question, do we equate hard work with incorruptibility? Hell No. Fashola is definitely achieving but that does not make him incorruptible. Yes or No?

snapshot:
1.IBB, 2.All politicians that have looted this country, 3.The military,4.Timipere Silver,5.Yar-adua and all non performing elected officials with the exemption of GOV.BABATUNDE FASHOLA

Why do you assume that Fashola is not looting Lagos state? Did you probe him and found him not wanting? He might be doing good things but that does not preclude him from looting. You wait until he leaves office and you see his own open nyash too. Remember he is a Nigerian and a lawyer.

FG, UK at loggerheads over Tinubu, Ibori, Attah
Headlines Sep 10, 2009

By Ise-Oluwa Ige
ABUJA — THE Federal Government has rejected a request by Britain for release of evidence needed for further investigation and prosecution of three Nigerian ex-governors in a London court.

Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Michael Aondoakaa (SAN) made the disclosure in Abuja, yesterday.
The said ex-governors including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of Lagos State; Obong Victor Attah of Akwa Ibom State and James Ibori of Delta State were alleged to have involved themselves in activities touching on official corruption and abuse of office while holding power.
Ex-governors James Ibori, Obong Victor Attah and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

Ex-governors James Ibori, Obong Victor Attah and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

They were specifically accused to have pooled their respective states’ resources together to form an organisation styled African Development Fund Incorporation (ADFI) with the sole purpose of acquiring shares in ECONET, a telecommunications firm.

The ex-governors were said to have contributed whopping sums of monies running into millions of dollars into the ADFI Account with registration number 0140011552 while they held office.
We were cleared by EFCC —Govs

But in separate telephone interviews with Vanguard, yesterday, the three former state chief executives stood on common ground that they were cleared by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which actually withdrew the case from an Ikeja High Court because no prima facie case was established against them.

According to former Governor Tinubu; “I didn’t have any direct dealing with ECONET. The state government did and it was through Ibile Holding.

“What is my name doing there? There was no summon, nothing from anywhere. I have just returned from London. It’s sheer blackmail.

“How come something that was specially investigated by EFCC under Ribadu and we were all cleared suddenly came up again. Somebody somewhere must be up to some mischief. They will fail. My name must not be associated with this dirty thing”, he said.
Why FG won’t grant Britain’s wish —Aondoakaa

Confirming the ex-governors’ position Aondoakaa in his submission yesterday said he would not grant the request for more reasons than one including that the said allegation against the trio was investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and they were exonerated of committing any crime.
He said they were cleared in January 2009.

He accused former EFCC boss, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, as the brain behind the move by Britain to investigate and prosecute the three ex-governors offshore.

He said there was nothing he could do about the case, the investigating agency (EFCC) having returned a clean bill of health on the three ex-governors over the matter.

He said that it would be a different thing if EFCC on its own had said that it wanted to reopen investigation in the matter which it had not done.

He said as far as he was concerned, the matter was, for now, closed.
He added that even if the investigation is still on-going, he would still not have granted Britain’s request when all the ingredients of the alleged offence being investigated occurred in Nigeria and all the accused persons reside in Nigeria.

He said the proper place to prosecute such alleged offence, if there was any prima facie case against them, would be Nigeria and not London.

He said it was unfair and wicked for a disgruntled individual to stay abroad and be attacking the government of the day through the use of blackmail for selfish reasons.

He said he would not succumb to any blackmail.

He further said that Ribadu wanted to rubbish the President Yar’Adua’s government by the petition being pursued by Britain.

He gave the inclusion of the present Private Principal Secretary to Yar’Adua, Mr David Edevbie, as the one who signed the paper for the alleged questionable transactions of the ADFI as reason.

He said that he had the papers for the transaction and that there was nowhere Edevbie signed.
He gave a copy of the pact signed yesterday to newsmen for verification of his claim.

Aondoakaa (SAN) further argued that Ribadu, in an affidavit to the British investigating agency, claimed that ever since he was removed from office as EFCC Chairman, that Yar’Adua’s government has stalled criminal cases against powerful individuals with the exception of Henry Okah.

The Attorney-General said the affidavit evidence was not only economical with the truth but that it was calculated to rubbish him and President Yar’Adua’s government abroad.

He told newsmen that since he became the Attorney-General of the Federation, he never filed any nolle prosequi except the one he did in Okah’s case.

He explained that the role he played in Kalu’s case was in the interest of the rule of law.

He said that though his office is the one recognised by law to give approval to such request by Britain under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, he would not exercise that power in favour of Britain because it seemed the request was baseless.

The ex-governors were alleged to have sold the shares acquired for their respective states under alleged questionable circumstances which EFCC investigated for allegedly lacking in transparency.

Specifically, EFCC was said to have taken the ex-governors on for not returning the money recovered from the sales of the shares into the coffers of their respective states.

The regime of Mallam Nuhu Ribadu began the investigation but his successor, Mrs Farida Waziri in January, this year, exonerated the trio of committing any crime.

The Attorney-General who said he was not aware of the investigation said he was surprised to receive a request in June 2009 from Britain seeking evidence on the issue to prosecute the named ex-public officials before a London court over the matter when those involved had been cleared six months before.

Beatles fans call for return of MBE medal rejected by John Lennon
The MBE medal that John Lennon famously rejected has been unearthed in a royal vault and now, 40 years after Lennon sent the award back to the Queen, Beatles historians are calling for it to be dusted off and put on public display.


Published: 1:44AM GMT 06 Jan 2009
MBE medal that John Lennon rejected unearthed in royal vault
Lennon's medal was found in a cabinet at the Chancery Department of the Royal Household where it has lain untouched for years Photo: PA

The Fab Four were invested as Members of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1965, after topping record charts around the world.

But later Lennon decided that he had sold out to the Establishment and returned his MBE to Her Majesty 25th November 1969 as part of ongoing peace protests masterminded with Yoko Ono.

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In an accompanying letter Lennon said: "Your Majesty, I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against 'Cold Turkey' slipping down the charts. With Love, John Lennon."

Years later he was quoted as saying: "Lots of people who complained about us getting the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war.

"They got them for killing people. We deserved ours for not killing people. In a way it was hypocritical of me to accept it.

"But I'm glad I did really, because it meant that four years later I was able to use it to make a gesture."

Now Beatles fans have established that the medal has been located in a vault at St James' Palace and have written to Yoko Ono urging her to retrieve it.

The medal was found in a cabinet at the Chancery Department of the Royal Household where it has lain untouched for years.

It is still in the presentation case bearing the name John Winston Lennon, and has been stored along with his protest letter.

Beatles history experts regard it as one of the most important pieces of Beatles history and are calling for the medal to be exhibited in the city 40 years after it was returned.

It has been suggested that it should be given a permanent home at "Mendips", the childhood home John shared with his Aunt Mimi in Woolton, which was bought and donated to the National Trust by Yoko Ono.

Lennon had originally sent the medal to his Auntie Mimi and she kept it in pride of place on her mantelpiece, until John collected it and returned it to The Queen.

Liverpool Beatles Appreciation Society founder Gene Grimes said: "The Palace are sitting on a unique piece of Beatles history and it should not be left to gather dust in a draw.

"The medal is a vital piece of Beatles memorabilia and should be exhibited for John's fans to see."

A Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed that it was holding the MBE.

The spokesman said: "The Central Chancery would, without question, return any Insignia to the original recipient if they request it during their lifetime.

"If a recipient had not asked for insignia back before they die then it is assumed that they did not wish it to be returned, and any request from any other person for its return at a later date would be going against the original recipient’s wishes.

"The Central Chancery would therefore only consider releasing insignia if they had a direct approach from the recipient’s legal next of kin."


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/4128022/MBE-medal-that-John-Lennon-rejected-unearthed-in-royal-vault.html

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5454895.ece

Tpia,

Go back and read both posts of yours carefully (as I quoted them), pretending as though you did not write them, and then decipher what may have been implied in them.

Tpia,

At least one other person (Aloy Emeka) saw through your gimmick

even the Ajibola sef which is a valid Yoruba name[b] but in this instance, its use is very fishy.[/b]

something's strange here.
even the Ajibola sef which is a valid Yoruba name but in this instance, its use is very fishy.



something's strange here.

people involved in credit card scams and their names are Fowosere and Olowosago.



having said that, I still suspect some of the identities of these criminals.

Tpia,

You will do well to distinguish between implicit and explicit. You did insinuate that those guys are not Yoruba. That[b] implies[/b] that other people took up (may have taken up) Yoruba names to commit crime. What is it with guilty conscience?

Nigeria is finished.

Aloy Emeka

Are you daft enough not to understand what Tpia is trying to imply? That other Nigerians may have used Yoruba names to commit crime. I wonder if Yoruba use other Nigerian names too when they commit crime?

These guys should be castrated, imprisoned and deported to their villages

We = the different Nigerian groups, despite how one group sees the other and what each group tends to hide or deny

tpia.:
I'm not saying Yorubas dont commit crimes however.

Sounds too simplistic. You do not even need to say that. We know ourselves, don't we?

As far as I can remember, this is the third time a crime gang is busted in the US and they all happen to be from one Nigerian tribe. It really becomes curious when these gangs of criminals do so in a seemingly tribalistic manner. Why exclude others in your crime when you know you will end up being labeled a Nigerian and not a Yoruba? Have we exported our tribalism overseas?

Are they cousins

Nigerian (SW) criminal gangs busted yet again

http://naijanet.com/news/source/2009/sep/9/1000.html
Naijanet.com

Posted Tuesday, September 8, 2009


Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: 11 Nigerians face federal charges for credit card scam

BOB VON STERNBERG

Eleven people have been charged in federal court in the Twin Cities with fraud for a counterfeit credit card scam that allegedly netted them more than $650,000.


The defendants were charged last week with using the bogus cards to withdraw the cash from more than 170 automatic teller machines in the metro area.

According to the criminal complaint filed last week in U.S. District Court, the defendants obtained personal information about customers of Capital One Bank from an online source based in the Ukraine.

With the stolen information in hand, the defendants allegedly manufactured the counterfeit cards with that information. They were then able to obtain new personal ID numbers from the bank which allowed them to withdraw $652,205 from the teller machines.

According to the complaint, some of the stolen money was converted into cashier checks and used to purchase vehicle parts or vehicles with salvage titles; the vehicles were then shipped to Nigeria, and sold at inflated prices.

Some of the defendants allegedly recruited Nigerian residents in Minneapolis to buy vehicles at auto auctions, giving them cash to make the purchases.

According to a U.S. Secret Service affidavit, one of the defendants bragged about how he could not "get caught conducting his illegal activity" because he was "very good at covering his tracks."

Charged with one count of bank fraud and one count of access device fraud are Adekunle Kayode Ayeni, 27, Yewande Mariam Sholebo, unknown age, Adewale Alba Alli, unknown age, Olayemi Lateef Banjoko, unknown age, Idowu Ayinla Sadiq, unknown age, Abiodun Banjoko, unknown age, and Oyetoyin Oseni Atobatele, unknown age, all of Fridley; along with Bashiru Adelumola Fowoshere, 36, and Titilayo Abidewi Fowoshere, unknown age, both of Ramsey; Oriyomi Enitan Olowosago, unknown age, Brooklyn Park; and Ajibola Alli Fowoshere, 34, address unknown.

Eight of the 11 were arrested last Friday, when they also made their initial court appearance. Three remain at large.
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Where is the reason(s) given? Could not read any such thing in the article.

Unbelievable! Poly Rector Is OND Graduate

Johnson Babajide, Lokoja - 05.09.2009

THE existence of illegal tertiary institutions has been discovered in Kogi State, with the rector of one of them, Central Polytechnic, in Ankpa area of the state, alleged to possess an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) certificate.

Saturday Tribune gathered that many of the students attending such institutions are oblivious of their illegal status. The proprietor of the said polytechnic is also alleged to be carrying an OND certificate.

According to findings, the student population in the school is no more than 100. According to reports, the lecturers possessed Grade 11 teachers certificates and NCE certificates as well as OND certificates.

Officials the state Ministry of Education, a few weeks ago, stormed some of the schools, sealed them off and launched a manhunt for their proprietors.

Speaking on the issue, the Commissioner for Education, Chief Sylvester Onoja, said about eight of such institutions were existing in the state and some of them had been sealed off.

Onoja gave the names of some of the institutions as Dominion College of Education, Olamaboro; Moonlight Polytechnic, Central Polytechnic, Equitorial College of Education, in Okura Lafia; All States Polytechnic and Idama College of Education, in Iyale.

He promised that the government would move against the others which, he said, were yet to be visited. The commissioner charged parents to be wary of the illegal institutions, saying their graduates were unemployable.

The man na Yaradua inlaw

both the accused and the petitioner who helped him forge the documents must go to jail

Boko Haram Members Arrested In Lagos
September 02, 2009 14:57, 706 views

By Jide Osokoya

Four men suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect have been arrested in Lagos.

The men, Sulaiman Alli, Abdul Saniyu Sadu, Sulaimon Alimi Adeniyi and Abdul Hakeem Abdulrahamu were arrested on Sunday evening while allegelly distributing the sect’s pamphlets at the Lagos abattoir, Oko-Oba Road, Agege.

P.M.News gathered that the suspects, who had the symbolic Islamic long beard and dressed in the typical Islamic cleric manner, were busy creating awareness for the sect when on a tip-off, policemen from the Abattoir Police Station arrested them.

The suspects, who speak fluent Yoruba, with one of them carrying Yoruba tribal marks on his cheeks, were later transferred to Area ‘G’ Police Command, Ogba, where they were detained.

It was further learnt that the suspects were yesterday transferred to the State Anti-Vice Section of the State Police Command, GRA, Ikeja, for further investigation.

A police source told P.M.News that some of the pamphlets found on them were highly provocative.

The source also revealed that there were frantic efforts by two lawyers to secure their bail at Area ‘G’, but that they were not granted the bail as the case had already been transferred to the Anti-Vice Section of the State Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos.

Boko Haram, a religious extremist sect, on Sunday, 26 July, this year attacked a police station in Bauchi, Bauchi State, burning down the building and wounding policemen attached to the station. Some police officers were killed during the attack.

The mayhem within five days spread to other northern states including Borno, Yobe, Kano, Adamawa and Zamfara, leading to the death of over 1000 people, including policemen.

More than 600 members of the sect were later arrested as soldiers were drafted to the affected states and security was beefed up in the other northern states to forestall spread of the violence.

The Boko Haram sect, led by Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, claimed western education and democracy were against the teachings of Islam. According to them, their agenda was to ensure the practice of Total Islam in all the states of the north where there is a large percentage of Muslims.

However, after five days of violent attacks, killing and maiming of supposed infidels, soldiers attacked the enclave of the sect’s leader, Mohammed Yusuf, in Maiduguri. He was captured and handed over to the Borno State Police Command. However, a few hours later, police authorities claimed he made attempt to escape and was killed.

Also killed during the crisis was a one-time Local Government Chairman and a former Commissioner for Religious Matters in Borno State, Alhaji Buji Soi. He was alleged to be a financier of the Islamists.

As calm returned to Bauchi, Borno and other northern states where the Boko Haram members held sway, more than 400 women suspected to be wives of the Islamic fundamentalists and children were rescued by soldiers.

Ben Akabueze was not appointed by Fashola. Tinubu did and Fashola only, of course gracefully, retained him. Somebody made a point: If Ben, an Igbo, is considered a Lagosian, why are the deported almajiris not Lagosians? Or is Lagos only interested in adopting rich and economically useful others?

I asked that question based on the seemingly sycophantic manner you praised Ben. I agree that he could have become a later day repentant in mgt techniques, otherwise NAL Merchant Bank is not one of the banks we have today. Questions should be asked as to whether it was run down like our present day bankers are doing. Tomorrow if Erastus or Cecilia becomes a minster (something that is not unlikely in Nigeria), he/she will be seen as a super banker/manager.

What happened to NAL merchant bank under Akabueze?

This cannot be  a case of malaria infection. NEVER; Except she came into the EFCC cell already infected.

Na wah!

Each village clluster in the south should test the killer beans on a mammallian animal (rat, mouse, rabbit, goat, sheep, dog) and see what gives.

Cecelia Ibru is a bloody liar.

Mosquitoes ke?

Abi them give her malaria?

Malaria has a 6 week ingestion period. If Cecelia Ibru was battling mosquitoes last weekend, I expect she will not be ill till mid-October.

You are right generally speaking (although seven days is the minimum incubation period). However,this depends on the type of mosquitos that bit her and the volume of parasites injected into her. I guess her buxom body makes a good pillow for the bugs. She must have received kilograms   of the parasites

All these our big men and women are walking corpses. They are so unhealthy that the least discomfort sees them becoming sick. Same went for Tafa, Alams, and the other 419 man who died in police/prison custody. Even Orji Kalu and Nnamani became sick in prison, not to talk of Diya and Adisa. Compare them to the poor but rugged others who spend years in police/prison custody and come out unscathed. Bloated big men and women.

So how many vultures have you eaten?

Like Odili did.

May be the  era of road transportation in Nigeria is coming to an end. Every grandma and grandpa will be flying to and fro their farms

A cacophonius news given birth to by a bilious Almajiri journalist