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cpete:
600k...will it fly?

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As I drove to work this morning, a few things occurred to me — the correlation between my singlehood and my driving a car.
Apparently, I am a learner at this and whilst some people see the L sign and make way for me, others drag the road with me like its their birth right and don’t mind cursing me out should I not move at their pace. In relationships, it pretty much the same. Some guys understand that you may not know a lot about how the relationship should work and wouldn’t mind growing with you, some would bully you once you agree to date them and force you into different shady corners (or you allow yourself to be backed in the shady corner).
I used to be an advocate of no road rage as a passenger but now as a driver, my story has changed. Even though, most times, the driver on the other end cannot hear you, when he swerves to your lane, your cuss him out. It is necessary so you just get it off your chest to resume the peace he disturbed. In any ‘ship’, either the friend or rela-type, you need to let it out; let go and let flow. Communication is key. If you don’t, you will end up doing a bigger damage to the ship. It’s just that in the relationship scenario, your partner must be willing to hear you out and adjust but that is not why I am writing this piece, is it?
When accidents happen, people will queue to watch, shake their head in pity, insult any of the drivers that catch their fancy and side with the other one; depending on their mood. So also in relationships. Nobody (ok! Let’s just say most people) is happy that you are happy. The minute any issue crops up and you wash your dirty linen in public, people will be very excited that your story helped break their boredom routine. They will nod, exclaim and encourage you to tell them more but guess what? Ain’t nobody really care! People have their own issues and some are even secretly glad that your relationship has ended. They will laugh at you behind your back and move on to their own business. Notice how it’s only you who remains to pick up the pieces of what is broken?
You have accidents but you don’t stop driving. In fact, you keep driving that rugged car and may sometimes even love it more than the new model for the history you share; the times it got you through. Well, so it is in life. You won’t stop dating simply because your heart was broken (except you join girls in the hood AKA nuns and even there, you will be dating and eventually marry Jesus who, by the way, is a man). You move on. Get out there. Meet new people. Fall in love again and each time, hope for the best.
Finally, you know how one driver does a swerve to your late without indicating and almost causing an accident and all you wanted to do was chase him down and hurt him? Do you also remember other cars driving in front of you whilst asking permission ever so nicely and you just kinda forget the rude driver from earlier? Well, same thing in relationships! Some rude guy will sweep you off your feet and in a moment break your heart. You will try to do everything to get his attention back but whilst that is happening, some other guys will show up and help you forget the misery of your past. As I’ve heard it said ‘the best way to get over a man is to get under a new one’. I realise that there is always that ‘one who got away’. Well, so it is on the road too!
*This is a situation most of us, Lagos (Nigeria) drivers will understand. If it’s different in your case please share! By Enitan Fasuyi


https://medium.com/@enitanfasuyi/driving-relationships-b31fd5d7d2b9#.thtz69f8v

Bablarry:
Was there mehnn....

They'll tell you they have no jobs to offer but they'll train you.......

you know the drill na....

Oh boy don't even waste ur time n space
They will tell you all abt how u can make it on ur own then later ask you to pay for 14k. Well am not discouraging u not to go but if u want to b u own CEO then u can go. I bid u well.

I just got this sms now... how true are they? Don't wanna waste my transport fare cos I go curse them badly.

cramjones:
Dear Nairalanders,

It has been almost 4 years now that I joined the politics section of Nairaland. I have had a lot of fun with you guys, though a lot of you disrespect me on the guise of being anonymous, but I take that as the joys and grins of being on social media.

My campaigns on Nairaland have been tremendously successful, and I would mention a few of our successes:

-We have had over 10 articles of mine published in major Nigerian newpapers. Which shaped the political discussions in Nigeria tremendously. A particular article that was published by at least 4 Nigerian Media houses was the "The Chronicles of Missing things", published on Vanguard, Osundefender, Punch and News Rescue.

-CramJones have been mentioned on AIT at least 2 times - Airing his opinions. Same for Saharareporters "Keeping it Real"

-Our revelations have made the government of the day change plans that were anti-people.

-CramJones was the first in March to reveal how over $1 billion was distributed by GEJ and stated the amounts given to Dokpesi and Linda Ikeji. Revelations which everyone now sees today.

Though I no longer belong to any political party, I would like to say thank you for a very robust political discussion we've had here. I thank the moderators - lalasticlala, seun, ishilove and others who have tried their best to maintain decorum on this forum.

For this reason, I would be doing a Linda Ikeji-like end-of-year give away of $500. I will blindly pick a random commenter on this thread, who would be announced on Saturday as the winner of this cash price.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

-CramJones

I hope I win this. Merry Xmas and happy new in advance

nestaseyi@yahoo.com

R. Kelly features Wizkid on New Album “Buffet” | View Tracklist

It’s happening, folks! And no, it’s not a prank. multi-platinum selling, Grammy Award winning American superstar R. Kelly has just revealed the tracklist for his 13th studio album “BUFFET” and our very own Wizkid is on it! *screaming!!!*

“Buffet” will be released worldwide on December 11.

Peep the full tracklist below.

1. “The Poem”
2. “Poetic Sex”
3. “Anything Goes” feat. Ty Dolla $ign
4. “Let’s Make Some Noise” feat. Jhené Aiko
5. “Marching Band” feat. Juicy J
6. “Switch Up” feat. Lil Wayne and Jeremih
7. “Wanna Be There” feat. Ariirayé
8. “All My Fault”
9. “Wake Up Everybody”
10. “Get Out Of Here With Me”
11. “Backyard Party”
12. “Sextime”
13. “Let’s Be Real Now” feat. Tinashe

Deluxe Edition

**14. “I Just Want to Thank You” feat. WizKid**
15. “Keep Searchin’”
16. “Sufferin’”
17. “I Tried”
18. “Barely Breathin’”

http://notjustok.com/2015/11/12/r-kelly-features-wizkid-on-new-album-buffet-view-tracklist/

Real2020:
Typical yoruba OP hyping its own...was there steady power supply in Lagos under Fashola? Why are people so deficient of basic human reason.

Please don't make racist and tribalistic comments on this section ... Lalastical pls do the needful. Cos this Real2020 brain is not working well.

New minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has told staff of the Ministry of Power that Nigerians had waited long enough to get power, hence, the federal government had no choice than to deliver.
Speaking when he assumed office yesterday, he said Nigerians were anxiously waiting for results.
He said his thoughts were on how to bring together processes and activities of all the ministries under his supervision for effective service delivery.
Fashola assured the Ministry’s leadership of his willingness to learn from them, describing them as “career people” who had been on the job for a long time.

“We want information on what has been done, what remained to be done, and what are the future plans, we want to continue from there,” he said.
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He said he was also interested on how best to harness the available human resource and the physical assets in the ministry.
According to him, the information he seeks will assist as the administration hits the ground running, and that “we need to do more so as to regain lost time.”

Also speaking, the Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, demanded for a detailed ministerial briefing document to serve as a guide for “proper take-off.”
Responding, the Director, Human Resources, Mrs. Grace Papka, gave copies of the requested documents to the two Ministers, in addition to a time-table for proposed briefings by departments and agencies in the power sector.

https://www.today.ng/news/national/36993/nigerians-cant-wait-any-longer-for-steady-power-supply-fashola

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Despite what Jonathan was doing for the North, their interest was power and they got it
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor
In his days as the governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, otherwise known as DSP, was fondly referred to as the Governor-General of Izon Nation, because he presided over the only state with entirely Ijaw extraction and was seen as the leader of the struggle for the proverbial Resource Control in the Niger Delta. But his popularity and political career was cut short when he was impeached towards the end of December 2005 and replaced by his then Deputy Governor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, who later became Nigeria’s President following the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2010.
DSP landed in prison and he was in a sordid state until his godson, Jonathan granted him state pardon, lifting him out of the political doldrums.
Today, Alamieyeseigha still respected in Bayelsa, speaks on Jonathan, Obasanjo , Governor Seriake and Bayelsa State.
Excerpts:
Let’s start by asking what informed your choice of former President Jonathan as your deputy Governor in 1999?
One is that I came from Southern Ijaw Local Government, the largest in the Bayelsa State and may be in the whole country. My political calculation was to pick somebody from the Ogbia axis, that is the Eastern part of the state to balance the political equation. So, I needed Ogbia votes. Number two, I wanted a deputy governor    who had high level of intelligence and stable character like Jonathan.I also needed an establishment person and somebody who was not too ambitious that if I was out, he could stand in for me and could run the state. I needed somebody, who would not attempt to cause trouble if I traveled out of the state so that I could sleep well.   It was a combination of these factors that made me to choose Jonathan as my deputy then. I set out an objective criteria on the qualities I needed and when the late Chief judge of Bayelsa State recommended him, (I did not know him before), I readily accepted him. In fact, I had to drive in my car to his residence and asked him to resign from the then OMPADEC, where he was working at the time.
Within the period Jonathan worked under you, did you at any point imagine that he would one day become a vice president or president and what were those leadership qualities you identified in him?
Leadership comes from above. No matter how you try, if God almighty does not destine you to lead, you will not be a leader. For Goodluck, I knew that he    was going to be vice president of Nigeria as far back as August 25, 2005.   Former President   Olusegun Obasanjo had once told me that since his former vice, Atiku Abubakar and I wanted to take his job that it would be over his dead body and that unless he died, Atiku would not be president of Nigeria. He told me that since Atiku had picked me as his running mate, he would    disgrace us. He said that he was going to use my deputy to rubbish me before everybody. So, I knew.
But some say, like Balarabe Musa observed recently, that Jonathan was not prepared for leadership and that accounted for the loss of power by the South.
It is not right because Jonathan is more experienced than any president that has ruled this country in the past. How can you say that somebody who has been in office for 16 years is not qualified? If I may ask, which former president of this country was in power for 16 years? He was in office as deputy governor and was overseeing administration of local governments and was very conversant with the administration of local governments at that level. He was also performing the role of a deputy governor. He became a governor and is also familiar with governance at that level. He became a vice president and later acting president and a president. Which Nigerian has that pedigree? None. So, Balarabe Musa goofed. I am not aware of any special school that people go to become president. Academically, he is more qualified than any of them, and in our local environment at the University of Port Harcourt, he has street knowledge because he is locally bred.
Not everybody will like his style but I can tell you that if you sit down and catalogue what he has done for this country, no other president has done that. But it is his life style; he is a very quiet man, unassuming but with very high intellectual content. If Goodluck believes in something, the house can collapse but he will do what he believes in. He has a very strong character.   It depends on who is looking at him and from which angle. From the beginning, people’s mindset were fixed for him to fail and to manage that perception was another problem. But he did well. All these things that the APC is claiming to have done in 100 days are just claims;   you cannot fix the refinery in three months. Somebody must have done very serious work before. To do turnaround maintenance takes 18 months and not three months.
Some argue that Jonathan’s defeat in the election and the role played by the elite may create bad blood in Nigerian politics. Do you agree and what do you see in the future for Nigeria?
I have very radical views about that and I do not want to share them now. We are watching out what will play out at the national level. Will Nigeria or the ruling party still take us as part of Nigeria? Of course, they know that we are still feeding this nation. So, I think that they are conscious of that and they should also know that even the British could not conquer the Ijaw people.
We have the capacity to defend what belongs to us.  So far, so good, the appointments that they have made, none has come to Bayelsa. The Special Adviser to the president on the Amnesty Programme, Brig-Gen. Boroh, is   just coordinating the programme and I do not consider that as an appointment. Is that what we deserve? The Amnesty programme, we do not know whether it will end in December. We are watching.
The present administration has just completed 100 days in office, what are your reflections?
I have been a governor before and this question keeps coming. One hundred days in the life of a government with a mandate of four years is insignificant. There is always a learning period. You may say he was a military Head of State before but it is different. In military dictatorship there is nothing like the National Assembly; you give orders and nobody will question your orders. But the situation is quite different from a civilian government where you have to lobby. So, I do not want to use 100 days to assess a sitting president. But so far, so good! What is going for Buhari is the perception of Nigerians that he is an incorruptible leader.
The integrity and what he came with to government is what is helping him. If you go to the North and you mention Buhari’s name, ‘’Sai Buhari’’, they come like bees. Some of them do not even know who he is. You can spend money and Buhari will not spend and people will trek 15 kilometers to support him. That is the mystery he has built for himself over the years because people see him as incorruptible and straightforward. With this change mantra that they floated and anti-corruption as the vessel, people seem to believe what he is doing.
And once they say you are corrupt, they first finish you on the pages of newspapers before they start looking for evidence. It is a terrible country that we are in.
You will recall that Buhari had said from the outset that he belonged to nobody but to everybody. But his recent appointments have attracted some criticisms, making some Nigerians to refer to him as the president of the North. What is your reaction to this?
According to former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, President Buhari is the president of the North.
Some have argued that there are still a lot of appointments to be made. I may not be morally right to comment on this because my brother just left office as president. People may ask what did your brother do?   During President Jonathan’s administration, all the appointments, all the security architecture and all the revenue-generating sectors and almost everything went to the North West. A deity asked for blood and you give him oil, it is blood he wants and not oil. So my brother was giving them oil but the North was interested in taking power.  Jonathan did everything for the north. Despite what Jonathan was doing for the north, their interest was power and they got it.
You were at the stadium where Governor Dickson declared for a second term and former President Goodluck Jonathan openly endorsed him despite the fact that many other aspirants close to him are in the race. Do you think Jonathan was tactful?
At certain stage in life, if you have leadership qualities, your followers should be able to predict you and know where you stand. In politics, there is no neutrality. There is no need romancing with your subjects, quarreling with one another, wasting precious time and resources when you can come out straight as Jonathan did the other day. This would have been done long ago so that people would not waste time and resources by going to pick forms. Jonathan has been here for six and half years as Deputy Governor, governor for one and half years before he went to the federal level. So, this is a familiar terrain. All of us know the players by their first names and without going to the field, you will know who will win election and who will not win election. So, I am glad that at last, he came out openly. It is possible he would have been doing that privately but recently and on the declaration day, he impressed me because he came out openly in support of Governor Dickson. For so many reasons which we know as politicians in the state, having lost at the centre, you cannot protect your house for people to invade your privacy; it is not done.
But with the caliber of people who have indicated interest in the seat from the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), are you not afraid that winning the election might be difficult for Dickson?
Yes, some people use the media to promote themselves as leaders but I know that most of them that have picked forms cannot win in their pooling booths without help. We are also aware that some of them were given positions of responsibility in the past and we know what they did with them; we know their pedigree because by their fruits you know them. If they have made so much money and they want to use the opportunity of the election to spread it, or bring out some money for the electorate, so be it. But I can assure you that such will not win any election. These are people that were in the PDP and they did not take part in the last presidential election. They worked for the PDP against the APC. In the National Assembly elections, they were in PDP and in the state Houses of Assembly, they were also in the PDP. But in the case of the governorship, they want to be governor. So far, about 18 of them have collected forms in the APC and only one of them will become a candidate and these names, some of them are not even known by the APC at the national level. Of course, they know they would fail but the hope is that the APC government at the centre would give them appointments. It is a joke because the party has not been able to satisfy the original APC members not to talk of those opportunists, greedy and ambitious human beings. I do not think they have the interests of the Ijaw nation and Bayelsans at heart. We cannot be deceived because we know them.
 But do you think the average Bayelsa man will support Dickson given their accusation that he does not give them money like typical politicians do?
The election is already won by Dickson, given what he has been able to do in the state. His only offence is that he is not sharing money to people. State money should not be shared but directed to projects that will benefit the generality of the people. Dickson has tried to pay salaries and carry out infrastructural development since he came on board. So, I think that those who want to pull him down don’t even have the strength to do so. They are selfish people who have been enjoying government since 1999 yet they don’t want the younger ones to grow like they have done.
Let’s take you to former President Obasanjo under whose leadership you ran into a murky water. Have you have forgiven him?
Let me make it clear here that I have forgiven all the people who worked against me. It is not only Obasanjo but everybody. This is because everything that happened, who did what, I know? I cannot be living in the past because it does not help. It pains quite well but again, if it was not permitted by God, it would not have happened. And for me to be alive, I thank God. Sometimes when I reflect on where I am coming from, I even at times ask why I am still alive, having passed through what I have passed through. It reminds me of Psalm 23, somebody passing through the valley of the shadow of death. I passed through it several times. For me to be alive, I do not need to have anything in mind.
Have you interacted with Obasanjo since that saga and what was the closest you have been with him since then?

I have been at a very close quarters with Obasanjo twice. The first encounter was at the Katsina Airport during the wedding of the daughter of late President Yar’Adua. I did not even know that he was in the VIP lounge.    I wanted to use the rest room and here was Obasanjo directly sitting inside. I was even scared because he almost passed out.
I held his hand and he said DSP what have I done to deserve a handshake from you? There were other people; Kenny Martins and one of his political friends present. I said I was shaking him for two reasons. One was because of the Almighty God who created us. Number two is that tradition demands that we should welcome our visitors. Then Kenny got up and said, great leader, great leader and he came to hug me. The second encounter was when I was going to Dubai and if Obasanjo had known that I was in that aircraft, he would not have entered but I was already seated. We were very few in the aircraft. Because of fear, Obasanjo saw me and hysterically called me Fayose, Fayose and I told him that I was not Fayose. I said former president, Olusegun Matheew Kikiola Aremu Obasanjo, you are a devil incarnate. I said when we were small, our lesson teachers always talked about this devil and this devil and I never knew that the devil is a human being. I told him that you are a direct descendant of the devil. I told him that if you talk, I will throw you out of this aircraft.
I knew of truth that he did not sleep throughout the flight. The only thing he said was DSP, is it only you that entered prison. I too entered prison. He said you entered prison and I entered prison.    He kept quiet and I left. But I have forgiven him and I can even go to Otta. He is an elder. One thing I know of Obasanjo is that you can say anything against Obasanjo but he is a leader. If he says he is going to do this, he will do it. You can call Obasanjo any time of the day or night and he will pick the phone himself. He will be ready to sit down with you to solve any problem even though he will not allow you to talk. He has invited you to seek your opinion on how to solve the problem but he would not allow you to talk and at the end of the day, you begin to wonder why he called you when he already had the solution to the issue. That is the type of character that he is.
I know him. For me to say he is devil incarnate, he is.
What do you think that Jonathan did well and did not do well?
Well, I was not in government and cannot say what he did well and didn’t do well. As far as I am concerned I didn’t lift oil, I did not have oil wells and I didn’t get any contract from anybody.
But you must have received some presidential gifts like cash and other tangible things more valuable than contracts and oil blocks?
Yes, I had unlimited access to Jonathan and I used to have free access to his home. If I met him eating, I would join him and so on. Jonathan has no money. So, if Buhari is looking to extract money from him, he won’t find.
What if the money is hidden somewhere offshore?
That cannot happen anymore in this world.
Are you saying he is a poor man?
No, he is a quiet and highly contented Nigerian but not a rich man.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/jonathan-doesnt-have-money-alamieyeseigha/

My uncle though

The EFCC has started to investigate Amaechi, and Wike has no hand in it this time around
Posted By staffwriter1 on August 27, 2015
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A petition sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), by a Port Harcourt-based group, The Integrity Group, has sparked a detailed investigation into some financial transactions of the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi.

The petition accuses the erstwhile government of selling the Rivers State electric power projects and converting it to other uses through payments amounting to N60 billion to three companies all located at Trans Amadi, Port Harcourt.

The petitioners alleged that the transfers, made in US dollars, occurred within a space of one week between December 1 and 8, 2014.



Furthermore, the Integrity Group also explained that the proposed Karibi Whyte Specialist Hospital in Port Harcourt was a questionable sham which eventually cost a whooping N4.63 billion.

The petition also alleges that Amaechi appointed a firm of tax consultants, which was given a relatively exorbitant fee of 12 per cent of taxes collected on a much lower monthly collection target of N2.5 billion in the face of a monthly income of about N7.5 billion from the Rivers State Internal Revenue Service.

The consultants were said to have collected over N1.5 billion in fees within weeks of their being engaged by Amaechi’s government.

ThisDay reports that the EFCC responded to the petition in three letters titled “Investigation Activities”, and immediately swung into a detailed probe of Amaechi’s dealings as alleged by the petitioners.



All the three letters by the anti-graft commission exclusively obtained by THISDAY, were signed by the Head, Economic Governance, Olufunke Adetayo-Ogunbode.

While two of the letters with reference numbers CR: 30/EFCC/ABJ/EG/T4/Vol.26/386 and CR: 30/EFCC/ABJ/EG/T4/Vol.26/379, respectively were addressed to the Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of Finance, in respect of the sale of the state power projects as well as Clinoriv Specialist Hospital and Leisure Limited, which was engaged to have constructed the still-born Karibi Whyte Specialist Hospital, the third one with reference number CR: 30/EFCC/ABJ/EG/T4/Vol.26/380 was addressed to the state Accountant-General in respect of the activities of Messrs Collect Nigeria Limited on the collection of internally generated revenue (IGR) on behalf of the state.

One of the EFCC letters to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, read in part: “The commission is investigating a case of conspiracy, abuse of office and fraud. In view of the above, you are kindly requested to furnish the following: Details of all the assets sold to the NG Power-HPS Limited; total amount received and the account it was paid into; Sales Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding; House of Assembly resolution/approval; investments made from the proceeds if any; documents indicating due process; and any other information that will assist the commission in its investigation.”

In respect of the Karibi Whyte Specialist Hospital, the EFCC also requested the permanent secretary to furnish it with the following: MoU with Clinoriv Specialist Hospital and Leisure Limited; evidence of due process in the award of the contract; executive council resolution/approval; total sum allocated for the project; account number and bank where the funds were paid; status of the contract awarded to the company; payment certificates issued/valuation reports; contract award documents and; any other information that will assist the commission in its investigation.

On the tax consultancy allegation, the EFCC asked the state accountant-general to supply it with the following information: Details of internally generated revenue between 2007 to date; evidence of disbursement and five per cent retained within the period; the MoU between the state government and Messrs Collect Nigeria Limited; details of due process in the award of the contract; details of payment made to Messrs Collect Nig. Limited; House of Assembly resolution/approval; state executives (that is, State Executive Council) resolution/approval; and any other information that will assist the commission in its investigation.

The anti-graft commission concluded in each of the letters that the request for the specific information in the on-going investigation of the allegations against Amaechi’s government was “made pursuant to Section 38 (1) and (2) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act 2004″.

http://www.thescoopng.com/the-efcc-has-started-to-investigate-amaechi-and-wike-has-no-hand-in-it-this-time-around/

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Serious enquiries only contact me on 07057339343 or 07018122269

Recently, the sum of N37 billion Naira equivalent in USA dollars was allegedly recovered from a farm, which belongs to a former top government official under Goodluck Jonathan administration. The farm is located in Nasarawa state.
During the recovery operation, which lasted several hours, seven military Hilux trucks were seen, leaving the farm in Nasarawa state and heading to Abuja.
The ELITES gathered that the owner of the farm is not a native of Nasarawa state, as many top government officials in Abuja are known to own farms in the sate.
According to Citizens Untied for Peace and Stability, CUPS, a non-governmental organisation, since the emergence of Muhammdu Buhari as Nigeria’s president, many government officials, who dwelt in grandeur theft with impunity during the tenure of Goodluck Jonathan, are having immense difficulties finding where to hide their loot. This is because hiding ill gotten money in local and foreign banks is no longer an option.
CUPS further disclosed that, going by the security reports at its disposal, most of the usual exit routes of hiding loot are now being blocked. Invariably, many top government officials with loot, have now devised new ways of hiding their money.
Some of these ways include;
1. Farms.
2. Overhead water tanks at home.
3. Granaries at home and at relatives’ homes in villages.
4. Trunk boxes.
5. Underground bunkers for storing Yams and Potatoes.
6. Irrigation farms and plots.
7. Old cars that are no longer in service.
8. Underground fuel tanks at disused petrol stations.
9. Ceilings inside houses.
10. Family garves.
Aside the aforementioned, one other ingenious method the top government officials have devised in hiding the nation’s stolen wealth, is the use of converted houses. CUPS revealed that these officials have resorted to buying properties, and then convert some of the rooms into security cells. These rooms are then cleverly concealed with wardrobes, in which they hide their loot.

http://www.thenigerianblogger.com/2015/07/anxiety-grips-jonathans-ministers-over.html?spref=tw&m=1

millhouse:
Is it still available

Yes

aquakeed7:
Is d ps3 hacked to accept pirated games...and here is my WhatsApp contact as I wana deal asap!

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Fellow Nigerians, let me confess that in over 30 years of writing no President has ever reacted directly or positively to my constant admonitions, lamentations or commendations. Rather, most of the time, their aides, cronies and acolytes used to fire darts and barbs at us from every direction. We were called unprintable names that our parents did not give us and by now we are so used to being abused and harassed by those who can never learn useful lessons from the past. You can thus fathom a guess as to how I must have felt when Femi Adesina’s call sneaked in on me like a thief in the night.

I had written an article titled “A Desperate Memo to President Buhari” in which I tried to let the President feel the pulse of the people, especially those who felt he was being too sluggish about running the affairs of state. This memo to the President came on the heels of an earlier intervention titled “In Search of Patience” which unfortunately failed to achieve its objective. My mission had been to persuade my fellow citizens about giving the President some time to settle in before they start complaining about the pace and tempo of governance. I soon realised that rather than the dust settling down matters actually got exacerbated. In the desperate memo, I then attempted to tell the President some home truth about the things he could do urgently and without much ado. I took that chance because of the fact that I knew him to be a voracious reader of news, especially if it pertained to him. The gamble certainly paid off.

The President and his key aides read the “Desperate memo” which had gone viral. A particular online newspaper chose to sensationalise and slant the story in a manner I never intended or envisaged.  Their version was garnished with salt and pepper by exhuming an old picture of mine in which I had cried for my mentor, Chief Moshood Abiola, and it was now tilted and titled “Dele Momodu Weeps for President Buhari”.  If the idea was to draw a wedge between me and the Presidency, it actually backfired and failed woefully to paint me as someone who has dumped President Buhari within weeks of attaining power. One influential man in the Presidential villa, Nura Rimi, actually saw the post and felt sufficiently alarmed that a key supporter like me should not be allowed to turn his back on the Presidency. He mentioned his fears to Special Adviser Media, Femi Adesina, a childhood friend and brother from our early days at Ife. They decided to intimate the President on the necessity to reach out to me immediately. The President gave his instant approval.
I was away from the country when I received Femi Adesina’s call. My initial reaction before answering was that he was going to complain and grumble like most of his predecessors who only called whenever they felt you had written an unsavoury piece about their principal. At the very best, they would engage you in meaningless rigmarole, or issue veiled threats, by accusing you of being paid by their enemies. But Femi was refreshingly different. After exchanging pleasantries, he said “Bob Dee, the President would want to have a one-on-one meeting with you after reading your latest article.” The message sounded too unusual to be true because I had always seen Nigerian Presidents as the most unreachable human beings on earth. I told Femi I would be more than happy to head back to Nigeria to meet a man who has restored hope and dignity to every Nigerian.

The only problem was how to find a slot to squeeze me into the President’s over-tight schedule. I waited for about a week without an appointment and then suddenly I got a text from State Protocol: “Good morning sir. A window for you to see Mr President on Wednesday 15th July between 14.45 and 15.00hrs in his office has been created. Kindly note accordingly… SCOP” A similar text was also forwarded to me from Femi. I was pleasantly surprised when I received a written notice of audience from Permanent Secretary, State House, Engineer Nebolisa O. Emodi. Subsequent follow-up calls were made to my Lagos office as reminders to me.

The level of professionalism and efficiency displayed was commendable. It was a radical departure from the past when I met a previous Nigerian President in London and was invited to meet him in Abuja. I came for the appointment at the scheduled time but was unable to see him for days. The Chief Security Officer at the time was not so friendly. He took me into his office and lectured me on all the no-go areas of discussion in the Presidential Villa, which rendered my visit totally useless.

The Aso Rock I returned to last Wednesday was virtually transfigured. All the security checks were professionally handled. The guys were strict but friendly about it. Some even joked about following me on social media. In a matter of minutes, I was welcomed into Femi Adesina’s office by Senior Special Assistant, Media and Information, Garba Shehu. It was a happy reunion for the three of us old friends and I felt very much at home. I told Femi I wanted to pay courtesy call on the State House correspondents before meeting the President. I always give priority to my colleagues no matter how junior and went round shaking hands with most of those on duty. I promised to address them after meeting the President.

The day was made extra-special by the presence of the iconic diplomat and former Secretary-General of The Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, whose appointment to see the President was just ahead of mine. A great fan of my column, he came into the waiting lounge and he spoke for a couple of minutes with Femi and I. He inspired me as usual with his oratorical skills. “Dele, I continue to read your column with relish” he said matter-of-factly! 

Thereafter, I was soon invited to climb the stairs leading to the President’s office. Since there was no prior agenda sent about the topic of discussion, I had visualised the likely scenario and rehearsed accordingly. I also jotted down some salient points because I was determined to maximise the 15 minutes allotted to me without overstaying my welcome. For me, it was a rare honour and privilege to sit down all by myself with the President of Africa’s greatest nation. It was important to pour out the boisterous content of my soul in a jiffy.
As time ticked away while I waited, I engaged myself in an interior monologue, otherwise known as stream-of-consciousness in Literary Appreciation. Then came the appointed time and I was ushered into the President’s room. I was stunned to see the President already waiting for me by the door. Though we had met on two previous occasions, I didn’t quite know how this particular meeting was going to pan out because on those occasions he was still a co-contestant at first and an aspirant/candidate on the latter visit in London.

I’ve met several Presidents in and out of power but the aura is never the same. The Buhari I met at his holiday apartment in London about four months ago, after his speech at Chatham House, was not the Buhari I met and discussed with last Wednesday. The new Buhari has the power to do and undo.  As the aphorism goes, he can turn a certified and certificated pauper into an instant billionaire with a mere stroke of the pen, and vice versa. More importantly, the destiny of nearly 200 million complex beings resides within his palms.  Yet here was the powerful man himself welcoming and leading me to a chair very close to him.

President Buhari fired the first shot right from the second I walked through the door: “Let me tell the truth that I was forced to see you by your friends here…” Wow, he would rather give credit to his aides. That was uncommon in our clime. The President was not yet done on the issue because as soon as I sat down, he fired another salvo: “I don’t know if I should tell you this but I suspect Femi is working for you!” and we both exploded raucously. I’m loving this man more and more, I told myself. By then, he had inadvertently relaxed me totally and we were like two old buddies. I had been told endlessly about his supposed taciturnity; that you could sit with him for hours doing all the talking while the President would respond in only a few words. But to my biggest bewilderment and pleasant surprise, the President actually opened up to me and responded to my suggestions. In short we had a dialogue rather than the monologue I had programmed myself to expect in a worst case situation.

I was glad he had allowed two wonderful photographers, Bayo Omoboriowo and Sunday Aghaeze, to join us, as well as a cameraman from NTA. It would have been sad to tell the world the cordial nature of my meeting with the President without solid evidence. This is because he had asked everyone out after the photo-opportunities were comprehensively dealt with. I seized the opportunity to present a copy of my forthcoming book, PENDULUM: A Book of Prophesies, which is a compilation of some of my landmark essays in the last five years or thereabout. Not only did he show some excitement, he actually requested for my autograph: “Please, sign it for me so that people could see I got the original copy from you…” he said with that inimitable tinge of childlike innocence.  I couldn’t believe this was the same over-demonised Buhari who had been superfluously described in lurid colours by political opponents. If he was play-acting before me, then he must be a damn-good-actor, I thought to myself coolly.

We went into our discussions proper after the general interlocutions. I told him why I wrote the “Desperate Memo” to him; Nigerians were getting restless and impatient; they expect an instant miracle; the momentum he gained during the election was nose-diving and affecting his super-brand; the opposition was already creeping in and trying to take advantage… and so on. The President said he was aware of people’s expectations but they should exercise some patience as they would realise his vision and mission as events he was directing begin to unfold. He sounded like a man who knows what most of us don’t know. He’s the man in the driver’s seat and only he can see the blind spots.

I told him it is important to us that he succeeds because our opponents don’t believe things can be done better. I reiterated my belief that he cannot hand over Nigeria to typical politicians to run because they will wreck the entire process. I’m certain his Party is going to witness another combustion soon when he begins to assemble his team because political leaders prefer their lackeys to competent professionals. In spite of Party supremacy, he should not allow them to dump some garbage at his doorstep. He must insist on nominations that meet his avowed standards.

I suggested he should involve Nigerian academics in governance like he did as Head of State when he appointed Tam David-West, Ibrahim Gambari and others as Ministers before President Ibrahim Babangida repeated the same style by appointing Wole Soyinka, Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Bolaji Akinyemi, Tai Solarin, Sunday Olagunju, Sam Oyovbaire, and others in various capacities. I theorised that the relative success of INEC is attributable to the fact that Professor Jega brought in many Professors who did not have the propensity for accumulation of wealth.

I told the President that he should do everything possible to carry the youths along. I suggested he could move a few of his important public functions from campus to campus. I mentioned how American Presidential debates and major Presidential interactions are often held in a university community with students in attendance. I observed that this helps to inspire the youths in no small measure. Any government that has the youths behind it will ultimately succeed.

The aspect of my submission that gave the President amusement amidst the seriousness was when I spoke about the importance of searching for bright women to bring on board: “Sir, I think women are better managers of people and resources for several reasons…” I posited that a woman cannot marry two or three men simultaneously but a man can have four wives and ten concubines at a go and this would encourage corruption. I also elaborated further by stating that women are more afraid of going to prison than men. The President was filled with mirth and exploded in laughter whilst acknowledging the sense and sagacity of my words.

The President confided in me that his three biggest worries are insecurity, corruption and power.  He spoke a bit about how he planned to address these issues. Finally, as he saw me off to the door, he spoke about his efforts at combating crime and terrorism and had kind words for the Chadians in particular. He felt proud about Chadian interventions on behalf of Nigeria. He would love to see such cooperation from other African countries.

On the whole, I had spent more than my allotted time of 15 minutes but I believe both of us concluded that we had a good and fruitful discourse. Before I departed, I promised the President my support and assured him that I would always alert him of sensitive developments needing his immediate attention through my articles and Column.

May God grant our President favour to do that which he fervently desires for Nigerians and Nigeria! God bless our nation.  



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Your Excellency, Senator Ben Murray Bruce,

My name is Onyeka Nwelue. We met in 2011 for the first time, at the Pent, Eko Hotel. It was all dramatized by MTV and MTN. They invited some of us young people and gave us scripts and filmed it and showed it to the world.

2011 was a great year for me. It was when I had the rare opportunity of meeting you.  I was overly excited. I could see my life changing. I had dreams, a day before we met, that I would learn many things from you that would turn my life around. That meeting was the MTV Meets MTN with Ben Bruce. The video can be found online here: http://vimeo.com/54686313. I met you, my dearest Sir, and it was underwhelming, to say the least. It was a lot like visiting the Dalai Lama and expecting to meet the most charismatic man in the world, and then meeting a small town snake oil salesman in his stead. No offense meant, Sir; I am a writer, you see, and I have to use these metaphors.

I expected that meeting you will be a life-changing moment, but it wasn’t. I do not know if I should blame you for this. But if I don’t blame you, who do I blame?We were given scripts. We were told what to ask you by the MTV crew. It happened that, at the end of the day, some of us ‘actors’ didn’t use the scripts. We were about 6 ‘young’ entrepreneurs who were going to learn one or two things from you, Sir. I can assure you that I did not learn one thing from you, because you were very distant. You were not real to me, to any of us. Do you understand what I’m saying?

Let me go straight to the point. I don’t know if any of us ever got to really learn from you after that interview. We thought we would. We hoped we would. We were so excited to be meeting the great Ben Murray Bruce who would bless us with nuggets of wisdom to inspire us to go on to become juggernauts in our own right. But no. I did not learn anything. I hope that someday, I would. You will come down to the human level and say the truth and be real.

Everything you said that day was all lies. I know, because I looked into your eyes, and my God, it was so obvious. I also saw it from the way you talked down on us. The way you talked down on everyone. You are a practiced liar. Such unflinching condescension can only be achieved with repeated practice. These days, when I see you on TV, like when you launched the electric car, sounding smart and talking brilliantly, I shake my head and say, “This man and his sweet tongue. No one should listen to him.”

 You are a smart man. You can sweet-talk people into believing in everything you say. You are more brilliant than any of the Senators in the Senate. I know that you know this. This would be a good thing if you were a good man. But your brilliance is all for your capitalist mind. Everything you are fighting for is to favour yourself alone. You are a bag of contradictions. I am not trying to run you down. That, I cannot do, because as I have earlier alluded to, you’re a juggernaut. But this is for young people who have started buying into your tactics, so that they can be very careful. I have met you. I have interacted with you and I know you are good at building armies of loyal followers. I just want your followers to know what they are following.
Onyeka Nwelue
While we interviewed you, sir, I asked you when you would write your autobiography, so we would learn from you. You never answered. You will never answer a question directly. If asked your age, you would not say it without giving a background history. You speak well. You know you do. But that is where it all ends. All fluff and no substance. You would be an amazing actor. Everything you do is for show. You live for entertainment. You capitalize on the sensibility of many Nigerians. I would have been immensely surprised if you didn’t win the Senatorial seat of your zone. Who can ignore such an exceptional showman as you?

You told us a story: how you met the Jacksons. It was so easy for you, you said. You called and they asked you to come over. So I asked if it would be equally easy to get to you. Oh, yes, you were so smart to say yes. I asked for your contact and you asked your assistant to give me a number that was for someone else; someone who kept asking me to say what I wanted, that it would be delivered to Mr. Bruce.

Your shrewdness has been continuously shown since you became a Senator. You say now that you don’t fly a First Class when you’re travelling; the next minute, you’re seated in a First Class section of a flight. You talk so much about young people taking charge of this and that; your children are studying in the best universities in America. People like you who keep talking about emancipation and financial freedom are the ones holding the world down.

My anger is not that you gave me another number to call. My anger is that you looked down on me. You’re the kind of man who doesn’t really care. I have met wealthy and successful people, but you’re the only one I met that never impressed me or never attempted to address any negative perceptions about him. What I was told about you is what I found. Very stark! You are not apologetic about it, because you keep using your medium, STV, to push your personal propaganda and trying to push yourself to people as a purist. If this works, then I will believe that young people in Nigeria can be easily deceived. The deceptions applied by politicians have been glorified by your approach towards the exigency of penury. You understand the mentality of the poor. You understand the human predicament. You understand our psyche. You go use us well well!

I don’t want to continue. Just CHANGE, Mr. Bruce, now that you want to make COMMON SENSE and be realistic with all those ideals. Recently you started waxing lyrical on Twitter, saying all the right things and winning a lot of new supporters. The words were so sweet that I was almost taken in myself. But no, I know you, Mr. Bruce. You are cunning. I do not know what you aim to achieve by coming on Twitter to make all those plenty promises. But they say this is the era of change and anything is possible. If it is possible for you to change, and finally make good on a promise, any promise at all, I will shut up and retire to my home and never say anything bad about anybody again, ever. And I will write you a beautiful letter and praise you.

I know this is not possible, but I watch you with crossed fingers.

Thank you very much for reading this, but don’t reply.

Regards,

 Onyeka Nwelue

Onyeka Nwelue is an Assistant Professor of African Literature and Studies at the University of Manipur, Imphal and Visiting Lecturer of African Studies at the University of Hong Kong. He is currently on the Jury of the Woodpecker International Film Festival in India and his latest book is Hip-Hop is Only for Children. 


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Senate President Bukola Saraki on Monday attributed the inability of some state governors to meet their obligations to their workers and the entire citizens to the issue of corruption which, he said,  had assumed a worrisome development in the country.

Saraki stated this when the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission,  Mr.Ekpo Nta, led top officials of his agency to pay him a courtesy visit.

The senate president lamented that the embarrassing level of corruption in the country had taken a dangerous dimension to the extent that the three tiers of government were finding it difficult to pay salaries and provide basic social infrastructure.

He said, “The 8th Senate has a position on zero tolerance for corruption. We want to make it a priority. For us,  we have realised that it is truly endangering the entire system. It is affecting our national development.

“The cost of corruption on our national life is beyond financial cost. You see in some states now that they are not paying salaries, it  had led to poor funding of the education and health sectors and it’s affecting cost of governance and failure of public institutions and infrastructure.”

“For the eight senate,  making the fight against corruption a priority is a must and we are committed to that. Our goal is to work with you to reduce significantly,  the level of corruption in this country.”

He pledged that the eight senate would work closely with the ICPC and other anti graft agencies to fight the scourge.

He said, “There are  things we ought to do that would help prevention especially among the professionals. Bankers who notice that the account of an Assistant Directors is running into billions of Naira should have a way of blowing the whistle. We have to be creative to bring everybody along.”

The ICPC boss said the  Act that established the agency, which was enacted in year 2000, was the first Act of parliament that addressed corruption directly and that the United Nations convention against corruption came four years later in 2004.

He noted that the issue of corruption in the country has always been there, not that it was impressed upon the country by the International Community.

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