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Any analysis of the ownership of OMLs or OPLs will end up as depicted below, if done by the usual suspects. The only thing certain is that the Senator Enang's 80% claim is bogus


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For all practical purposes, Ojuyobo has successfully transformed himself into a full force to be reckoned with. We all have to admit that we all had one or more youthful indiscretions which are ultimately trumped by our adult discretions.

Jagaban Borgu, carry go.

May I suggest that you read the OP's article and make informed judgments by noting the difference between OPL and OML to wit:

OPL = Oil Prospecting License
OML = Oil Mining License

You can own several OPLs and invest billions of naira and yet come out with nothing in the end, on the other hand you can get lucky.

I'd pay more attention to the owners of OMLs if I wanted to make sense out of OP's article. A good question is "How many OPLs have resulted in the issuance of OMLs for the said blocks"

[quote author=Al_Qaadir]I believe as Northerner (not far north)that Gej is really trying for this country though he may not be perfect but he is far better to all other head of states we had have in this Nation and any people criticizing him for his action is doing that because of his hatred to the man nothing else.[/quote]Apologies in advance. Do you mind telling us why you thought it was essential to stipulate that you are not from the far North? If specificity is that important to you, why not just tell us what state or LGA you are from.

There are some people here that i personally observed that are agents of darkness trivializing what ever is coming from Gej but let me make it known to those people that no amount of intimidation can stop Gej and if any section of this country try any thing funny this country will be a history, i personally and many other senseble people from north has now seen who are our real enemies and their accomplice from the same south where Gej came from.

Don't introduce yourself as a coward with only your second thread. Please name names; do tell - you are safe here

South west people should support the northern minorities as the Igbo's are doing rather than keep supporting the same people that wanted to exterminate them during military regime.
There is a battle going on now reason with your brain dudes

Apologies one again, The above could be seen as a senseless statement by the fairest readers. How are the Igbos supporting the northern minorities, if you care to explain. What kind of support are you talking about, financial, moral, military, or what? Why are you convinced that the other Southern tribes do not support the Northern minorities? Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if your real name is Obioma.

Finally, Mazi Al_Qaadir, try to educate yourself on the tenure of the Northern minority heads of states we've had in our history. olodo

[quote author=isale_gan2]I think the civil engineers in our midst have answered the concern: It is supposed to!

Oh, another breaking news! Skyscrapers also "sway." All these humongous structures must have some flexibility, hence the swaying. I worked for years on the top floor of a 50-story building, and were told by the architect and developer that all tall buildings are built to withstand the frequent tornadoes we get in this part of the world. Glad I don't live in Chicago though.


Hmmm. Contradictory much? If it's a federal structure, you gonna blame the state government? [/quote]Indeed Skyscapers sway and that is expected. Bridges vibrate as well but the frequency and intensity of the vibrations in question seem abnormal.

BTW: sebi you suppose to sabi say if fowl tanda jeje, e no good make you take reverse vacuum cleaner blow breeze. Fowl yansh go open na.

You sef be enigmatic contradiction.

Coldfeet: when will you drop this your archaic manner of reasoning?

Are you an old lover of mine? If not please tell me how you know that I've had this archaic manner of reasoning which I now need to drop?

Ibu onye Sweet babe?

sebi our people talk say, what is good for the Mainland bridge is good for Onitsha bridge. make una help me figure out which one is the goose and which the gander.

Hmmmm. I wouldn't expect the noticeable vibration of a major bridge as a natural state of engineering affairs. I lived abroad for many years and never felt the vibration of any bridge or ever heard of any commuter with such an experience.

From the engineering stand point, periodic stimulus of a mechanical system, such as wind buffeting a bridge could cause vibrations. These vibrations, however, are more or less in harmony with the bridge's natural vibrations (which are really not supposed to be felt by motorists). If unchecked, the vibration can increase drastically, sending destructive, resonant vibrations traveling through a bridge in the form of torsional waves.

God forbid, but when de bridge fall down, make una no blame GEJ and the responsible minister. I believe say dat bridge na federal structure.

Mallam Keyamo, your APC (or APC or Axx where x is tbd) membership card awaits your signature when you are read.

Ojuyobo, Buhari, Okorosha (sic 'ekoile ), El Rufai, Fashola, Ribadu, and others are ready to stump for you.

Ngwakwe: I would have like to know you in real life but you look like or rather sound like a fake Nigerian

I suspect your one Nigeria slogan is for selfish interest.

How so? Please be specific but note that we don't have to have the same view on every issue to be one. How did you reach the conclusion that a person champions 'one Nigeria' for selfish reasons simply because that person called IBB a great Nigerian? Do you even now what 'great' means?

ADC is quite close to APC and since a simple majority of the electorate is illiterate and uses symbols to recognize who to vote for (think umblela and bloom sic 'Patience'), ADC should not reveal their new logo until this new APC releases theirs.

Grandpa Anenih, may have already commissioned the design of APC's logo to look like the one publicized by the defunct APC a few days ago.

What is good for the goose is good for the gander. If amnesty is good for MEND then it must be good for Boko Haram, but not Ansaru. QED

Izrhiell: Bros how many people him be na ahan

Bros, common sense suppose to tell you say na typo na, abi you ne dullard ni?

IBB na de kind person wey Offemmamu dem dey call Okunrin Meta.

This reminds me of my days as a student in the USA when we used to register domain names for a few dollars and sell them for thousands of dollars. Oyinbo spoil market by introducing dot net, dot co e.t.c

This group don hit jackpot, maga must pay.


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Love him or hate him, IBB is a great Nigerian and a genius.

TheBookWorm: Interesting point.

So who would you recommend among the PDP politicians as the best man for the job?

Personally, I think GEJ has done well with the hand that he was dealt. Even though there is more that needs to be done. But I recognize an old adage, "that Rome was not built in a day."

una good morning o.

Are you not the PDP Champion who is supposed to answer that question. Please don't play games with us, the whole world knows of GEJ's incompetence and if he is the best you guys can come up with, so be it. It is difficult to understand how people like you believe that there is no one more competent to rule Nigeria, within PDP, than GEJ.

The point remains that GEJ did not get to where he is on merit - I maintain that you guys are hypocritical. Shi kena.

You people are a tad hypocritical. If you apply your own standard to PDP, you will need to replace GEJ because we all know that he is not the best man for the job among PDP members.

Inquiring minds want to know:

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Ansaru has proved to be a formidable threat during its short existence, using dynamite to penetrate heavily-fortified compounds and taking foreigners hostage.

Ansaru was formed last January, though it rose to prominence only about six months later through the release of a video in which it vowed to attack Westerners in defence of Muslims worldwide.

"For the first time, we are glad to announce to the public the formation of this group that has genuine basis," said a statement issued by the group in January 2012 and quoted in local media.

"We will have [a] dispassionate look into everything, to encourage what is good and see to its spread and to discourage evil and try to eliminate it."

Its full Arabic name, Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan, means, "Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa".

This suggests that it has a wider regional agenda, marking it out from the more established Boko Haram group, which has focused mainly on bombings and assassinations in north and central Nigeria since launching its insurgency in 2009.

France's President Francois Hollande suspects Boko Haram is behind the latest abduction of French nationals in Cameroon - the first across Nigeria's border.

Motorbikes, reportedly used by the gunmen, are a trademark of Boko Haram, but Ansaru is gaining notoriety for taking hostages.

Continue reading the main story
Ansaru at a glance

Based in Nigeria
Suspected to be an off-shoot of Boko Haram, another militant Islamist group in Nigeria
Listed by UK government as a "terrorist organisation" aligned with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Released a statement in January 2012 to announce its existence
Said it would target non-Muslims "in self defence"
Full Arabic name is Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Bidalis Sudan (loosely translated it means, "Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa"
It abducted French national Francis Colump, 63, in December following an attack on a well-guarded compound in the northern town of Rimi, about 25km (15 miles) from Katsina city.

About 30 Ansaru gunmen used dynamite to force their way into the compound, seizing Mr Colump who, officials, said, was working on a wind power project.

Ansaru carried out a similar attack on Sunday, capturing seven European and Middle Eastern nationals from a housing compound owned by the Lebanese construction company Setraco.

It said the attack was to avenge "transgressions" by European nations in Mali and Afghanistan, where Western forces are battling Islamist insurgents.

In January, Ansaru said it had carried out an attack which killed two Nigerian soldiers as they prepared to deploy to Mali.

'Lost dignity of Muslims'
The group said it targeted the troops because the Nigerian military was joining the French-led military campaign to "demolish the Islamic empire of Mali".


Boko Haram has been blamed for many bombings
In December, French journal Jeune Afrique-L'Intelligent said Ansaru was led by the little-known Abu Ussamata al-Ansary.

It quoted a statement by him as saying that the Nigerian government was "incapable of defending Muslims in inter-religious violence with Christians".

The group also said it was fighting to reclaim "the lost dignity of Muslims of black Africa" and the creation of an Islamic caliphate from Niger to Cameroon and northern Nigeria.

Some analysts believe it split from Boko Haram, because it was opposed to the increasing number of Nigerian civilians - both Muslims and Christians - killed in bombings.

Instead, Ansaru wanted more targeted attacks, apparently arguing that violence should be unleashed only in "defence" of Muslims, the analysts say.

According to Nigeria's Standard newspaper, Ansaru has denounced Boko Haram's style of operation as "inhuman to the Muslim ummah [nation]".

The UK government blamed Ansaru for taking a Briton and an Italian hostage in 2011 in the north-western state of Sokoto.

The two died in March 2012 during a failed attempt to rescue them.

The UK has listed Ansaru as a terrorist group with links to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

Analysts believe that Nigeria's government will find it more difficult to end the Islamist insurgency now that two groups are operating.

The government is said to be working with counter-terrorism experts from several countries - including the US and UK - in an attempt to neutralise the threat posed by Boko Haram and Ansaru, amid fears that they could worsen instability across West and central Africa.



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COOLDUN: Follow the thread well you will see the people i was referring to, and you read my comment well when your eyes are normal then you can understand my comment well. The comment is meant for people who are not bigots, stupid and pompous.

I am not a member of any political party,i am not working for any politician ,and don't hate any politician, but i hate bad rulers. I am only voting card carrier . I will vote for any party with good manifesto and credible personalities.

Some people have stated the result of the 2015 election, with people who will rule and the tribe that is not supposed to rule the country. My advice to these fellow and his/her cohorts is never to underrate any body, people or party. No one is God that make the kings and rulers.

We supposed to hold the present regime to fulfill their election promises and not to be battling for the future rulers while the ones we have at hand have not done well as regards to their election promises few years ago. Are we for the good governance or the rulers?

As i said earlier read my comments well, if you are not a bigot, because only people who love and think for the future generation will read and understand my comments well.

What unusual idealism!!!

Alhaji, there are only two options come 2015 (1)GEJ (2)A Hausa/Fulani Candidate, so which would be your choice and why?

@Obinoscopy, you own case will be revisited. I no go let you wound me tonight. Dalu nu.

@COOLDUN,

abeg no vex, but do you work for GEJ's diplomatic corp? You made a very lengthy submission but for the life of me, I can't summarize your position in one sentence. Please who are those two you referred to in your post? Do Tell.


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Obinoscopy: Which agreement? We are a democratic country for christ sake and GEJ had every right to contest the election just as Buhari did.

It's obvious u're a die hard Buhari supporter. Well, hope you know I'm not partisan but I hate your man with passion because I feel he is selfish and will never represent me well. How can I support someone who Boko Haram (the extremists who killed innocent women and children) trusted to represent them and their cause.

I believe PDP has failed Nigeria but they will still hang on to power and fail us again if APC fields Buhari. I've adviced you guys the much I can. If you guys like, field in Buhari, the result of such election wld be obvious. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Which agreement? I'll assume that you are joking because I do not believe that you are ignorant of the affairs of our great country.

The beauty of democracy is that you have a right to hate Buhari with a passion just as I have the right to love Ojukwu (RIP), El Rufai, Pat Utomi, or Buhari himself. Note however that hatred will not have any positive influence on your objectivity when the subject of discussion is the person you hate. There goes your claim to being non partisan.

My advise to you is to remove unnecessary emotionalism from your analyst's repertoire, when you discuss national political affairs.

Obinoscopy: His silence on the matter led credence to the fact that he supports violence. I hope you are aware that the innocent corpers lifes and the lives of the southerners that were killed were killed by Buhari's supporters. If he had come and strongly condemned the act, perhaps it wouldn't have escalated to that level.

When Peter Obi was rigged out by PDP, he called out on his supporters to eschew violence. He told them he believed in the rule of law and in the judicial system. That is what Buhari shld have done as a patriotic Nigerian who loves his country.

You are certainly entitled to your opinion. Mine happens to differ from yours in this case and I consider most of your write-up above as mere conjecture. Nothing you've written up there conclusively proves that Buhari has any culpability as far as the post election violence was concerned. I actually believe that GEJ is more culpable, for if he had honored the famous gentleman's agreement, none of the post election deaths would have occurred. The highlighted texts up there further confirms what I am saying.

We may just have to agree to disagree on this matter.

thelastPope: Ansaru is probably the original jihadist BH!

Go and read up on the group and educate yourself. Once you've done that, you'd probably agree with everything I've written. dolo

thelastPope: Look dud! Even if you post this thing you just posted on NL one million times over and even beg Mark Zukerberg to help you spread it on facebook, only your fellow abokis will take you serious. The verdict is out. Northeners must stand up, condemn and give up BH guys and them FG will do the rest. That was what happened in Niger Delta. The elders stepped in and the boys listened and the rest is history. Amnesty was not yaradua's idea. It was the result of the meetings with the boys. Yaradua only agreed and that was actually one year after it was muted. GEJ is right! You cannot give amnesty to ghosts! You cannot pardon unknown people! Simple as!

Don't worry about BH, at the right time, the said amnesty will be instituted. The earlier a deal can be worked out, the better for all Nigerians.

What I urge you and others to worry about are the unchecked activities of this new group Ansaru.

rhymz: hahahahahah. . .this Ndu-Chucks guy is a BIGOT with a big mouth. GEJ should reward killers with Amnesty, so that another group can rise again from another region abi?
You are one of those people in the north fuelling underdevelopment and tribal-religious killings there.

Okwute angry Egyptians piafuka gi isi, mumu

Stop spreading lies, Boko Haram did not kill the 7 expatriates, Ansaru did.

[quote author=Sam_Ikenna]In summary, let the core north kill Boko Haram and Ansaru cells[/quote]Isn't it too soon for you to be looking for trouble? The core North should kill Boko Haram and Ansaru? Haba, this is a clear admission that the current administration led by GEJ is incompetent. We are at war and are being attacked by foreign led and sponsored Ansaru, and you want the North to fight that war?

GEJ needs to provide the necessary amnesty to our disgruntled youths, such as MEND and Boko Haram members and reabsorb them into society. Ansaru, on the other hand needs to be fought appropriately, this group attacked our troops headed for Mali with impunity and without any action or reaction from the federal government!! You should be outraged at this. The same group just executed foreigners in Nigeria and people like you are calling for core North to stop it.

Wake up and smell the coffee!! It is time to acquire drones to deal with these groups and other terrorists in the creeks of the SS - this is the responsibility of the Feds led by GEJ.

Obinoscopy: Buhari didn't condemn the post election violence until late into the day when his opponents cried out to him to do so.

A man who believed that he was just rigged out of a Presidential election, should be able to reserve the right to be silent on any issue he wants, without being deemed an accomplice to a crime for doing so. You know that very well.

thelastPope: Flawed analysis!

1. How can Tinubu's journey to Abuja have influenced anything? Did he make an announcement for everyone to vote GEJ afterwards? People already knew who they will vote for long before the election. lol

Item 1 above shows that you are quite ignorant of the way things work in Nigeria. The electorate in Nigeria is a far cry from that of the USA and INEC is no Federal Electoral Commission of the USA. I refuse to address your other points because of your naivety.

Obinoscopy: Not true at the bolded. Remember ACN endorsed Ribadu but what happened? The people voted PDP because they preferred PDPs contestant to that of ACNs. I'm surprised that you are unaware of the enmity people have towards Buhari. Christians and southerners hate him with passion because of his role in the post Election violence. He didn't come out to condemn the attack until when his opponents pointed it out. No wonder Boko Haram felt he wld represent them well in any dialogue with the FG.

Most of us saw through the so-called endorsement of Ribadu's by ACN - there was no "meat" to the endorsement. I hope you also remember that Tinubu was flown to Abuja to meet with GEJ on the eve of the election - the rest is history.

Just to correct you, Buhari had no role whatsoever in the post Election violence, if he did, he should have been arrested and prosecuted. There was evidence whatsoever that he committed any crime. You sir, owe Buhari an apology.

I suppose you'd agree with me that Terrorism and Corruption, are the most pressing problems we face as a nation. Most Nigerians also know, if they are honest with themselves that, Buhari would be the most effective leader to deal with both problems. We already know that GEJ is impotent in terms of dealing with these issues.

vanunu: We Nigerians should watch these APC men carefully, I don,t trust them at all, Just because the knew that the president will visit maiduguri next Thursday, they just hurriedly organized their own visit. What kind of politicians are these men.

Then he asks:

vanunu: How old are you

Well old enough to know what you think with. dolo

Obinoscopy: Buhari will win NO state in the southeast. The southwest will divided. Buhari will also lose out in the northcentral and parts of northwest. So I wonder how Buhari wld win. PdP won Buhari b4, they wld do it again.

If Fashola is on the Ticket, APC will sweep the SW and Edo. The political landscape in the North has significantly changed from what obtained when GEJ first ran. With Anenih running the PDP, I believe Buhari will win even more states than he won last time around, in the North - but time will tell.

@alex101, ngbe ndi Abriba piafuka gi blokos. Ewu can beer.