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Newspapers will name every jick and harry as people who speak for the North to sell newspapers. Nonsense.

Na wa o. No other Nigerian was given a gold card invitation. We are watching.

National leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is to attend the three-day National Convention of the United States Democratic Party that kicks off today in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Tinubu, who was invited to the convention by the party in recognition of his political activities as leader of opposition in Nigeria, will be at the ring side to watch the nomination of President Barrack Obama as the party’s presidential candidate for the November election.

The Republican Party at the weekend confirmed the nomination of Mitt Romney as its candidate.

A statement by Special Adviser on Media to the former Lagos state governor, Mr Sunday Dare, reads: “Tinubu receives a gold card invitation which is prime and with this, he will be joined by three other eminent personalities - Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state, Speaker Lagos state House of Assembly Adeyemi Ikuforiji and former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos state, Mr Dele Alake.

“On Thursday, at Bank of America stadium, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will deliver their nomination acceptance speeches.

Four years ago when President Obama was inaugurated, Tinubu also enjoyed a ring side seat at the event in Washington.

Tinubu’s invitation to attend the convention comes after a successful one week lecture tour, town hall meeting and book launch in Washington and Chicago.

He delivered a lecture at the prestigious Wilson Center for International scholars on the challenges facing Nigeria’s democratic experiment and offered solutions to problems of under development facing the country.

Similarly at a town hall meeting in Chicago with Governors Rauf Aregbesola and Abiola Ajimobi on hand, Tinubu spoke extensively on Nigeria’s search for true federalism and highlighted the fault lines in the country’s practice of federalism.

At the convention, Tinubu is expected to discuss how to entrench true federalism in Nigeria in his private discussions with the leading figures of the Obama administration and seek the US support for Nigeria to hold a free and fair election in 2015.


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PhysicsQED: Edo and Delta are already oil producing. That's probably why there has been no uproar from the governments of those two states yet - they already have significant oil elsewhere.

Enugu and Anambra have already had some disputes about the oil thought:

https://www.nairaland.com/874190/orient-petroleum-oil-blocks-also
https://www.nairaland.com/896185/enugu-community-igga-owns-oil
https://www.nairaland.com/896522/enugu-anambra-war-over-oil

The Kogi state government has a legitimate concern, but they should go about resolving it without creating too much controversy or animosity.

^^^+100

Another blunder by so-called Igbo Elders/Leaders. Even Eze Gburugburu Onlytruth is wiser than this lot. When will they learn the fundamental wisdom in the saying that One must not expose his dirty laundry to the public. Silence and resolution within the community would have been a better way out.

Now they are exposing their foolery to the whole world. olodos.

Malawian: I understand that the reservoir might extend into kogi territory, but are any of the wells inside kogi terrotory? KOgi eople should drill their own wells and if the strike oil, go ahead and claim it. How can they fold their hands while anambra was toiling and slaving only to come and lay claims To oil wells in anambra territory simply because the said reservoir extends minimally into their territory. @ All these oily soupers, you want to take oil money from anambra and give to your kinsmen in kogi abi? Igala should relax, igbos like you guys and will settle you guys. No other leaches will be entertained. Anambra is NOT niger-delta. Shikena.

Why are you people spreading lies like this? Sir, when was Anambra toiling and slaving to find oil in the blocks involved? Only Orient Petroleum did any toiling and slaving, Anambra State does not own the oil blocks or the refinery in Anambra.

Do you have an idea where the geophysical location of the reserves are? If you do, kindly share the information, but I'd venture to guess that your statements are based on ignorance. Can you support your statement which implies that the reserves in the oil blocks are located in Anambra, with facts?

If wells are located in Anambra, then the locality may be due some royalties. That's it!! As far as naming Anambra an Oil Producing state without naming Kogi and a few other states the same, the jury is still out on that.

Time to educate folks.

I'm of the opinion that if Anambra state is declared "an oil producing state" because of the oil blocks which gave rise to Orient Petroleum's refinery, then Kogi and a few other states should be declared "oil producing states" as well with all the accompanying benefits.'

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The first map below shows Orient Petroleums's oil blocks 915 and 916. Now OPL916 is where their refinery is located. The second map shows an old map of Nigeria which shows the location of the refinery (i.e. OPL916)

As we can see from the maps, OPL915 extends to Kogi state.

we can conclusively state that oil block OPL915 covers the following states:Anambra, Kogi, and Enugu while OPL916 covers Anambra, Edo, Delta, Enugu, and Kogi. Declaring Anambra state "Oil Producing" without according the same rights to the aforementioned states is outright cheating by Mr. President and should be vigorously challenged in court.

My Anambra brothers, Nwanne m, see ya in court.

Eze Onlytruthdenial is desperately looking for reasons to keep his hope for a separate country alive. He remains in complete denial that, its not gonna happen. the pic below depicts Eze's denial.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/648223_rak_jpg3be10a689dcae3eda0158a90666e866e

This story cannot be true. In the United States while coins and currency a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor, there is no law mandating that a private business, must accept them.

Any business is free to develop its own policies on whether or not to accept cash. All Apple needed to do was to send the truck back to Samsung without accepting the coins. I'm sure Apple will not have any trouble stating that they have a policy which limits the amount of coins acceptable to, say $20.

conyema12: I love objective discussions without insults... If you are ready for that , now tell me how the state is not a major stakeholder if it is to benefit from the tax employments, royalties, social responsibilities, possibly direct foreigh investment and others too numerous to mention. Must every indigene of Anambra be paid dividends every yr for you to knw they are not stakeholder...

Most times common sense is not common my Brother..You should join the leagues of ppl congratulating the state cos they are major STAKEHOLDER.

Let me quote one of the claims by the governors:

Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, told the gathering that he set up the committee that established Orient Petroleum, appointed its first board and secured a licence for it to exploit oil in 2002.

Here is a former governor admitting to you people that he used his position as a governor to establish a public corporation and appoint its first board - this is a corporation where the state does not own a single share. I am not going to say more, but if you don't see anything wrong with the Governor's admission, you don't deserve my attention.

These governors had no choice but to do their ordinary duties of providing roads and other incentives to Orient Petroleum. This is the normal duty of governors, what the hell are they taking credit for, as if they did something monumental?

The credit belongs to Chief Anyaoku, Ekwueme, and other officers of orient Petroleum Resources, the owners of the refinery. This company has been working on bringing this refinery online since 2002!

Obi claimed to have spent N4billion on the project, you people should be asking Obi what he spent N4billion on!

conyema12: Onwu-chuks, why cant you acknowledge a wonderful development... Does it matter if it is privately owned. The fact that the State is a major stake holder speaks volume. Plz try and be positive..dont always look for points to blindly criticise. Atuoro omara omara atuororo ofeke ofenye isi na ohia.. A word is enough for the wise

Ignorance is not a virtue to be coveted and it behooves you and others to prevent your so-called leaders from continuing to rip you off while you cheer them along. You claim that the state is a major stake holder in the refinery but you are ignorant of the fact that both the refinery and the its associated oil blocks are wholly owned by Oriental Petroleum.

Anambra or any other state owns 0% shares of that company. The former governors are probably share holders and not the state. The state should benefit from employment and tax revenues - thats a good thing which should be welcome.

Why are the governors taking credit for the success of 100% privately owned corporation? The state has 0% investment in Orient Petroleum the sole owner of the refinery and oil block which is supposed to supply raw materials.

Obi supposedly spent N4billion to facilitate the opening of the refinery. Lets hope he can account for what exactly he spent the money on.

Truckpusher: Wetin this one go smoke again

smoke ke? e be like say you get groundnut sized brain if na de first thing wey enter ya head after you read my post be dis.

you sabi wettin big picture mean at all?

Who be all dis new users with weird userids wey just register days ago? who send una come

OAM4J: Partiality of Igbo moderators is killing Nigeria slowly.

Goodness gracious!! Thanks man, I couldn't figure it out.

Odunnu mi, kindly translate this for me: pasialety of ibo modearato kil naigernia sloli.

On a serious note, it takes at least 2 to fight. As long as you people keep engaging the same folks you are accusing, you sir, are also enablers of the very actions you are complaining about.

Trust me, if you stop whinnying and do not visit the threads whose topics you are complaining about, the threads will die naturally. Now, if you people like pain like sadists, you will not take my suggestion.

ACM10: Mallam Ndu_chucks demand. You are bent on maintaining some form of foothold in the south. If you call the demands above foolish, then yours is insane.

Unlike you, I believe in the rule of law and the democratic process. We must work within our existing system while improving it and amending the constitution, as we move forward.

It appears you people have not learnt from the mistakes your parents made which included seeking change criminally by forcing the civil war on our nation. The war was lost and even your hero Ojukwu learnt that the only way to move forward is to participate in the political process, hence he ran for offices and formed a major political party.

Thankfully, fools like you people are in the minority. Your fellow brothers and sisters, Nigerians, will smoke you out and imprison you promptly, as soon as you stick your necks out too far. I remind you that the evidence which may possibly cause Nnaji to go to jail and which have already cost him his job, were supplied by his own people and brothers.

Nigeria is indivisible without unprecedented violence which people like you and other cowards hiding out in diaspora cannot handle. You people are well advised to give peace a chance, come out of the bush, and learn how to practice democracy - the days of head hunting with spears and Abriba warriors have been over for decades.

This idea is more sensible than foolishly calling for secession or the outright breaking up of our dear nation. Nigeria will and must remain as one nation with equal opportunities for all.

We must also implement the revised state-of-origin system to allow Nigerians who have lived in any state for 1year, to enjoy the same benefits as indigenes of the state.

Mr. President should save us the damage control crap. If Nnaji committed no offense and the lie that Nnaji resigned voluntarily is true, why did GEJ accept the resignation? Why did he not reject the resignation and stand by one of his most competent ministers?

Everyone knew that Nnaji owned Geometrics before he became the minister, no one expected him to abuse his position by sharing inside information with his own company - information which obviously propelled the company into becoming one of the final candidates for the acquisition of several government owned plants.

If Nnaji did nothing wrong in the eyes of Mr. President, then I'm afraid, Mr. President is part of the problem. NASS should do the right thing and investigate Nnaji and his company.

billante: Another thing I don't understand is why would he want to buy a power plant( afam power plant) while he already has his own(geometric power plant)

It is called unnecessary greed enabled by sheer stupidity.

Onlytruth: So, I have finally concluded that the GREATEST LIE ever told in the Nigerian nation (from amalgamation till date) is that Igbo is dominating anybody.

That is a GREAT LIE from the pit of hell, and GOD will punish any group that uses this lie to deny hardworking Igbo people their fair share of proceeds from their hard labor.

Any group or individual continuing to peddle this lie will NEVER see progress!

Isee!

Signed,

Onlytruth.

Ndu di n'eziokwu 1 of Igboland, Eze Ndigbo Nairaland.

Goodness gracious!!! Olopa ewo n'tepe. (Policeman, na catch dem say make you catch lawless people, which one be curses na?) dan tselewa

Eziachi: All phoney story the poster had been pestering just because he doesn't like Jonathan, how does it make sense to you?
I thought that Nnaji works for Jonathan and not your mister integrity Sambo?
Since when do you fire someone that was appointed works for somebody else?
Why can't you guys stick to what all of us read from the same source, which is: Nnaji resigned and his boss accepted it and thanked him for his services. Where do you guys get your secondhand stories from?

Eziachi, nwanne m, the only authentic biafran warlord still active and kicking, why do you think this thread is about not liking Jonathan?

Please kindly tell me why your anger is not directed to the some stakeholders in the Southeast, who foresaw the likelihood of Nnaji coming from the backdoor to emerge as the sole supplier and distributor of power to the region in future, and thus submitted evidence agaist Nnaji, to the authorities.

Truth be told, our own brothers from the East did Nnaji in.

Dede1: This lame conjecture you stood up in the above post is very asinine and does not closely represent what I read from a certain news media about Nnaji’s share and reason for resignation.


http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nnaji-why-i-resigned-as-minister-of-power/123481/

Stop being lazy, here's a direct quote from the same article. Why did you ignore it?

Nnaji said he had met with the president Tuesday afternoon, during which he (president) informed him (Nnaji) that he was using his company as a proxy to buy shares on behalf of the president in Afam power station through the privatisation process.

Dede1: I can not simply fathom what I have read about Nnaji’s resignation from some goons on this forum. When does resigning any appointment on slight instances of conflict of interest turn into a fraud? In USA, a mere head of governmental agency will resign on a slight indication of conflict of interest.

B Nnaji did the honorable thing by resigning his position due to an assumed conflict of interest and suddenly tribal irredentists turned such act into tribal bashing.

Dede1, did you miss the fact that Nnaji was using his company as a proxy to buy shares on behalf of the president in Afam power station through the privatisation process? Was this an honorable thing as well? Please lets call a spade a spade. Trust me, many of us are sad about Nnaji's resignation - Sambo through GEJ did the right thing because one must amputate certain limbs to save the rest of the body, atimes.

Onlytruth: LOL ndu_chucks has misfired again. Everybody knows that in the Nigerian system of government, the final buck stops at the BTW I believe that Nnaji left because he did not want to be a distraction to the president's agenda.
Too many retrogrades are after the president and his transformation agenda. Nnaji understands this very well, hence his resignation. His company is even more important to him. lol
I would leave too if I were in his shoes.
Nonsense.

One would have thought by now, you, Eze Ndigbo NL gburugburu, would have been sober and become more sensible and less tribalistic. Unfortunately, you have not changed at all. Nnaji resigned because his company is more important to him and because he didn't want to deal with the "retrogrades" kwo?

Let me remind you that Nnaji was buying shares of nnaji's company for the President, supposedly without the president's knowledge, by proxy. Nnaji's actions were too risky and quite dangerous to the President. Sambo saw this, and took corrective measures which the President rubber stamped. As usual, because the thief in this case is from your tribe, you've chosen to brush all the facts aside. For that, I say, Okwute Israelis piafuka gi isi. olodo

[quote author=ekt_bear]The VP doesn't have the constitutional power to sack ministers, does he?[/quote]You are getting bogged down with semantics. GEJ had to rubber stamp the sacking one way or the other. If GEJ had not supported Sambo's action by "asking for Nnaji's resignation sacking, he himself would have been in hot water.

Dede1: Please chucks, do you remotely believe this conjectural crap especially the part that states “Nnaji was confronted at the NCP meeting and then Vice-President Namadi Sambo, was not convinced and he walked Nnaji out of the session”?

I am very disappointed in you. Even a market woman knows that dictates of protocol do not permit the VP to question a minister on issues such as the case alleged in post.

nwanne, if you live in Nigeria and in Abuja in particular, and are additionally well connected politically, you wouldn't make this kind of a dumb comment. The political class is in mourning as we speak because most had faith in Nnaji who has proved that he knows what it takes to resolve oour power problem. sambo was so shocked and surprised that he walked Nnaji out of the meeting, which he (sambo) chaired. You can dispute this fact all you want, but it is no longer news throughout Abuja.

ngwanu, use your peanut sized brain and explain to me, the rational for Nnaji's abrupt exit. Both GEJ and Nnaji blind sighted Sambo, who rightfully took the right steps to return credibility to the system.

You people should be ashamed of youselves for allowing tribalism and bigotry to affect your better judgements.

My people, please use your brains. If the vice president walked a whole Minister out the session, that leaves GEJ with no option but to rubber stamp the sacking. That an official report was made to President Goodluck Jonathan on the conflict of interest of the ex-minister and the President decided that Nnaji must go; is a matter of formalities and academics.

A Man Of High Integrity,

I am very disappointed and heartbroken. Nnaji!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Some stakeholders in the Southeast, led by a powerful moneybag, foresaw the likelihood of Nnaji coming from the backdoor to emerge as the sole supplier and distributor of power to the region in future. The management of a power plant in Aba by Geometric Power alluded to their fears.”


According to sources, the Southeast stakeholders capitalised on the implication of Geometric Power in the bid process to petition the NCP and the Presidency.

Another source said: “Based on the petition, which was verified by security agencies, Nnaji was confronted at the NCP meeting where he explained that he had resigned as a director of Geometric Power and put his shares in a blind trust.

“But the Chairman of the NCP, Vice-President Namadi Sambo, was not convinced and he walked Nnaji out of the session. The bids were later cancelled, based on Nnaji’s conflict of interest.

“An official report was made to President Goodluck Jonathan on the conflict of interest of the ex-minister and the President decided that Nnaji must go.

“What pained the government was that it had assured the international community of a transparent process and the involvement of the minister’s firm cast a doubt on the integrity of the process. It was like drawing back the privatisation process.”

A government source said: “This development has grave implications for the timelines for the privatisation of the power plants and the DISCOS.

“We will be forced to adjust the timelines and we might be seen by investors as unserious.”

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CHESSBOARD: Ndu_Chucks , why would you always read write-ups from down up , when OBJ was buying Nicon HIlton hotel and Refinaries through chinese firms did you do anything, GEJ and Nnaji could have done the same but Nnaji show how Transparent he is, beside You forgot his company has already Bidded for them before he become a minister.
Aboki reason small na, Can Hausa man resign from his post, never he will tell you that the company belong to his grandfather while he just managing it , yet Bart Nnnaji is not the 1st Igbo to do that. Dora, Ngozi, Ezekwesili also did.we keep our integrity

You are certainly not an epitome of sharpness of mind or brilliance and I don’t have time to train you here. It suffices to say that there is no ambiguity in the fact that Nnaji was using his company as a proxy to buy shares on behalf of the President (GEJ) in Afam power station through the privatization process.

This act did not take place before Nnaji became minister, olodo. Do you now see why Nnaji had to go abruptly? Note that the President has said nothing about selling his shares in the said company. Bunch of Barawos.

The only way for the President to protect himself, after the scheme was exposed was to play dumb and act as if the whole affair was engineered by Nnaji alone. Soon enough the press and certainly NASS will start asking for more details on the whole affair.

@Billyonaire, you go soon fall my hand, at the rate you are going. You don’t want to engage me in this new scandal of the President’s – you’d do more harm than good to your superstar and uncle, if you do.

Mallam El-Rufai, missed the involvement of Mr. President in this scandal, like most people. He missed the following, buried in published reports:

Nnaji said he had met with the president Tuesday afternoon, during which he (president) informed him (Nnaji) that he was using his company as a proxy to buy shares on behalf of the president in Afam power station through the privatisation process.

The red text above must be the real reason why Nnaji left his position abruptly. The President himself was going to benefit from the deal because Nnaji's company was buying shares for the President. When that fact was exposed, Nnaji had to be sacrifised, if not GEJ himself would have been in big soup.

Bunch of Barawos. These people act as if there are no real people behind blind trusts, thieves hiding behind proxies.

Nnaji said he had met with the president Tuesday afternoon, during which he (president) informed him (Nnaji) that he was using his company as a proxy to buy shares on behalf of the president in Afam power station through the privatisation process.

The red text above must be the real reason why Nnaji left his position abruptly. The President himself was going to benefit from the deal because Nnaji's company was buying shares for the President. When that fact was exposed, Nnaji had to be sacrifised, if not GEJ himself would have been in big soup.

Bunch of Barawos. These people act as if there are no real people behind blind trusts, thieves hiding behind proxies.