₦airaland Forum

Vessi:
If no can't be the lingua franca of a multi ethnic biafra. unless the biafran state will be mono ethnic (igbo) comprising of the five igbo states and ignis in benue, anima, and rest of SS

Problem number one, last time I checked Benue is not a SE or Igbo state.

First of all what should be the geographical area of this entity?
is it igboland? southern Nigeria? south east Nigeria? or what?
let the niger deltans make their choice and then we can start the debate.
this is a carbon copy of the British system and if history can be trusted was rejected only less than 3 years after independence.
what happens to non indigenes residing in the bifran state? what about the alien biafrans residing and running business all over the country ( Nigeria )?
i believe biafrans should be given their state BUT all the SE &SS should forfeit the Nigerian citizenship just like the case of Sudan and South Sudan. you cant eat your cake and have it.

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Why are we having these kind of crime in the society?
This has nothing to do with poverty, we should learn to call spade a spade. The parents of these girls should be arrested Asap. The parents and the girls should face exactly the same punishment. As for the kingpin it is only death penalty that should be meted out to them without mercy. The babies were usually used for ritual rites therefore death for death thats the only way to control this menace

If really the past government left such why borrow money to pay federal parastatals since January as claimed by Ngozi Okonjo Iweala?

Are you part of the film act?

godunia:
Lie lie news,the terms of service of a public servant as contained in the public service is clear,35 years in service or 60 years of age before retirement. This ACT must be reviewed first before this can happen. I tire for journalist these days. De wake up n spew ignorance in d public.

Actually it is 30 not 35. It is only academic environment that have the 35 years service.
It is 30 years in service or 60 years of age, whichever comes first that is used for civil service employees

Long overdue. The over bloated salary of security personnel must be made to earn their paychecks

Nigeria needs vigorous economic policies

The bastarnister will run away from this thread rather than comment

In as much as we want justice for the poor Niger deltas they contributed in this mess. How can you blowup or break a pipe to steal oil and expect shell to pay for damage incurred by this act?

An investigation has commenced into how the federal government has been allegedly short-changed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in swapping crude for refined products.
Nigeria is feared to be losing money through opaque contracts in which crude oil worth billions of dollars is given to traders in exchange for refined imports, mainly gasoline, international and domestic watchdogs have said.
The anti-corruptionagency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Directorate of Security Services (DSS) launched the investigation last month.
A security source with knowledge of the matter said the DSS wanted to find out how the value of the crude and products was computed.
“It appears that the value of the crude was more than the value of the refined imported,” the security source said.
The contracts, known as offshore processing agreements (OPAs) are between Pipelines and Product Marketing Co (PPMC), a subsidiary of NNPC and three oil trading companies: Sahara Group, Aiteo and Duke Oil, the trading subsidiary of NNPC.
Expired contracts with Swiss trader Trafigura, Taleveras, Ontario Oil and Gas are also being examined, the sources said.
The PPMC head was among the NNPC and company officials called in the investigating agencies in the past two weeks to answer questions about the agreements, the NNPC sources said.
“It started about two weeks ago…he was called in to the DSS every day since Thursday and before that by the EFCC,” one senior official at the company said.
A statement from the NNPC said some of its officials were invited by the agencies “to shed light” on the contracts and that none had been detained or arrested as part of this investigation.
The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has said there was a revenue loss of at least $600 million due to a discrepancy between the value of the crude and the products delivered. The figure was taken from its 2009-2011 and 2012 audits of the oil and gas industry, the latest was released this year.
Some contract-holders have said that the discrepancies in value were reconciled.
Sahara, which receives 90,000 barrels per day for processing through an agreement with the Societe Ivorienne de Raffinage (SIR), said it was invited to the EFCC and submitted information to show that its contract was justified.
Aiteo, which also has a 90,000 bpd contract, could not be reached for comment. There was no response to a Reuters email and no telephone details were given on its website.
Duke Oil, an NNPC subsidiary, which has a 30,000 bpd contract, could also not be reached for comment. The listed phone number led to NNPC and it did not respond to an email.
A spokesman for Taleveras, that held a crude swaps contract between 2011 and December 2014 via Duke Oil, said that the company did not owe any money and it would deliver gasoline until June this year to balance out what it received in crude.
A spokesman for Trafigura said that the EFCC had requested information about their swap contract and it was provided by the company in the past month. Trafigura held a Refined Products Exchange Agreement, or swap contract, between Oct. 2010 and Dec. 2014. “Despite Trafigura facing extensive logistical challenges in delivering refined product into Nigeria…delivery would typically precede the corresponding swap of crude oil by an order of weeks – sometimes months,” the spokesman said.
“This reality led to ongoing supply imbalances…and ultimately reconciled, every two months over the duration of the term.”
The EFCC has investigated various oil scandals in the recent past, namely a fuel subsidy fraud costing the government $6.8 billion between 2009-2011. But due to a lack of political will from the top, only a handful were prosecuted with little result.

Sport is all about preparation and hard work. Talking of luck can someone remind me of that occation when Super Eagles fail to even qualify for African Nations Cup? Or when Falcons fails to win Nations Cup(women)?
Badluck indeed.

First of all what is their schedule?
What is their output production in the industry?
If they really worked and have really justified such bonuses, fine they should demand for such. But they dont expect output of 10 naira and demand benefit of 12 naira. Those days are gone

Patience. There are ways to treat traitors. Haste will make the party to implode but with time Saraki will be the ultimate looser, the only way he can win with his scheme is if APC as a party fails the citizens in the next 4 years.
He thought that Tambuwal succeed but their cases are different. At that time the presidency was very weak and individuals are strong, while now the presidency is very strong willed personality.
Secondly Tambuwal have the option of going back to his state as a governor but Saraki doesn't have such option after his senate.
Saraki gambles on the possibility of PDP regaining power in the near future but fails to understand that even if the party succeed to remain in contention it will take atleast upto two decades before Nigerians will trust them as a viable optional party (ie if APC Has failed terribly).
I foresee a senate pres. That will be disgraced from office by financial recklessness. And the funds that National Assembly were used to will not be available anymore. Just as well as that constituent funds. Legislative is legislative, as such has no role in executing projects

We are asked to use e-finance but what has the regulatory body (CBN) Done to streamline and monitor the system?
Its supposed to be simple and real time but I cant go to bank and join the quee for 3 hrs to make a transaction of 3-5 mins. I actually have to abandon all my online payment transactions (text, domain name services) becouse of this simple issue

We need full implementing of CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Check out yesterday's news. He did on NTA

YES To death penalty for kidnappers

Yes. The probe must go ahead.
There are institutions for that, cant remember when EFCC stops OBJ from working as a president. The only difference is there is no sacred cow among corrupt suspects. Even if it is Aisha Buhari (wife) the General will not interfare

Nice writeup, only termites will fail to understand just like the first to comment up there

GEJ you had 6 years to correct past mistakes, but you failed. Now what gave you the right to dictate to our choice?
If we want your contribution we wouldnt have voted you out.
Brace yourself for what you deserve...

Have they just woke up from their slumber?
No part of the nation should be marginalised, but it doesnt mean empowering these thieving wolves.
I believe all the states in Nigeria have men of real integrity and character. GMB would work with those not selfish wolves

Probe, Prosecute and Confiscate.
We voted for justice and sanity not presidential pardon.
Every culprit must be prosecuted irrespective of position or affliations.
The day GMB gives a pardon to any corrupt individual is the last day i will stop support him.

Any sane human being knows the basic trait of human sociology. He should have tried to identify with the common man on the street but he rather identify with those vultures around him, thats his choice and he must live by the consequencies of his delibrate actions.
This is an eye opener to others

Ride on the peoples' president