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Politics / Re: Buhari Unveiled A Kitchen & Store-Room Cabinet Of 100% Northern Males - Egbejumi by OboloMAN: 3:42pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Behold the new kitchen Cabinet.
No More Niger Delta Fedora Hats.
No More Red Caps from the East.
Not Even The Caps from The Western Allies.
All we see are Mallams. Behold The king of The North. |
Politics / Re: Buhari Unveiled A Kitchen & Store-Room Cabinet Of 100% Northern Males - Egbejumi by OboloMAN: 3:42pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Behold the new kitchen Cabinet.
No More Niger Delta Fedora Hats.
No More Red Caps from the East.
Not Even The Caps from The Western Allies.
All we see are Mallams. Behold The king of The North. 4 Likes 1 Share
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Politics / Re: Buhari Unveiled A Kitchen & Store-Room Cabinet Of 100% Northern Males - Egbejumi by OboloMAN: 3:42pm On Sep 02, 2015 |
Behold the new kitchen Cabinet.
No More Niger Delta Fedora Hats.
No More Red Caps from the East.
Not Even The Caps from The Western Allies.
All we see are Mallams. Behold The king of The North. 3 Likes
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Politics / Re: Buhari is about to fail me by OboloMAN: 7:17pm On Aug 31, 2015 |
Reminds me of a movie The Lying Liars 4 Likes |
Politics / Re: Fear Grips Nlng Over Protest Letter By Rivers Youths Over Drydock by OboloMAN: 6:52pm On Aug 31, 2015 |
ladyF: “It is necessary here to note that before the feasibility study and road show of Decenber 9th 2014, organized by you there were no foreign or local investors (company or consortium) for the Dry dock, but to our chagrin NLNG had already named the project, Badagry Ship Repair and Marine Engineering, BSME”.
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Politics / Fear Grips Nlng Over Protest Letter By Rivers Youths Over Drydock by OboloMAN: 6:31pm On Aug 31, 2015 |
Fear is said to have gripped management of multinational gas corporation, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company, NLNG and her investors over a strongly worded protest letter presented by Rivers state youths and stakeholders over proposed location of its Dry dock. The letter which content made startling revelations previously unheard of lay overwhelming credence to the fact that NLNG in spite of its sustained denial was actually sponsor of the proposed drydock project in Badagry. In a nine page letter articulately written and copied to government and strategic agencies in the country by Youth leaders representing various youth groups in Rivers state, stakeholders and other youths of Niger delta under the aegis of Joint Niger Delta Youth Movement who were led by Niger delta activist, Ann Kio Briggs they were resolute over their demand.. Others who registered their presence in the civil protest to NLNG complex in Port Harcourt include; Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Rivers state chapter, Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo, National Secretary General of Ijaw Youth Council and Leader of Rivers Ijaw Youths, Engr Emmanuel Bristol Alagbariya, Leader Bonny Youth Federation, Barr. Simeon Wilcox among others to express serious disappointment and regret in the non inclusion of host communities who are critical stakeholders of NLNG projects, condemning in the process perceived high level deceit, fabrications and deliberate intention to foist crisis in the region. Part of the demands during the protest is to have the Dry dock located in any of the Niger delta states for the purpose of creating job opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths, they also demanded that NLNG should organize a road show in the Niger delta and assure the investors that they will patronize the investors and make available all their vessels to the dry dock facility to be built in the Niger delta. The letter submitted amidst tight security by NLNG neither deterred the youths who matched on within the NLNG premises to deliver the strongly worded letter received by one of NLNG’s key management officers. Some contentious issues were raised in the letter which reads in parts: “It is not in dispute that you NLNG conceived the idea and sponsored the disputed Dry dock feasibility studies, received, accepted, gave approval to the report and indeed mobilized banks and investors and also organized a road show to actualize and give effect to your desired decision to site the dry dock in Lagos as pre determined”. “It is necessary here to note that before the feasibility study and road show of Decenber 9th 2014, organized by you there were no foreign or local investors (company or consortium) for the Dry dock, but to our chagrin NLNG had already named the project, Badagry Ship Repair and Marine Engineering, BSME”. To further give credence to NLNG’s pre determined and lopsided feasibility study, the statement gave references to various reports including one made available by news giant Reuters on Friday June 19th 2015 which was also hoisted on NLNG website captioned ‘NLNG EYES $1.5 BILLION NAIRA DEBUT SHIPYARD IN NIGERIA’. The first paragraph aptly captured that ‘Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) is sponsoring the construction of the first major ship yard in Africa’s biggest economy at the cost of $1.5 billion, in its attempt to turn the country into a hub for maritime operations on the continent”. Reuters went further to quote NLNG spokesman, Tony Okonedo corroborating statements that indicate that they are actually sponsoring the dry dock project. The letter in part countered strongly and referred to as unsubstantiated,. NLNG spokesman’s claim that technical grounds like, Natural water depth; Proximity to an international airport and Proximity to an active offshore and onshore West Africa oil and gas hub were practicable parameters used to decide on siting the Dry dock in Badagry Countering the claims the Joint Niger Delta Youth Movement stated in its letter that it is yet to come to terms on why Badagry which natural water depth of 11-12 meters was chosen ahead of Bonny island with natural water depth of 14.30 meters and the Onne/Ikpokiri which has about 15.2 meters of natural water depth. On proximity to airport, it states that the distance between Lagos International airport and Badagry is about 68 kilometers while from Port Harcourt international airport to Onne port is about 40 kilometers, even as Bonny Island has the advantage of a mini air strip. Dissecting the issue of proximity to an active offshore and onshore West Africa oil and gas hub, it states “Niger delta is the most active offshore and onshore oil and gas hub in Nigeria and indeed in the whole of West Africa. Hear this: It is a global established known and accepted empirical fact that only the management of NLNG Bonny and its hired agents the Royal Haskoning DHV are disputing this very obvious fact”. The protest organized in the most civil and intellectual manner attracted the admiration of security operatives. There was staked consensus among, Ann Kio Briggs, Sukubo Sara Igbe, Bristol Alagbariya and Wilcox and others that NLNG’s hidden but now open agenda can never be allowed to see the light of the day, they assert that the decision will if allowed to fly will be detrimental not just to the present generation of youths in the Niger delta, but to those yet unborn. While they wait on NLNG to reply the letter they are strongly maintaining a capital NO stance to siting the Drydock in Badagry.
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Politics / Re: Amaechi Addressing Rivers People In Port Harcourt Today--- by OboloMAN: 7:17am On Aug 30, 2015 |
Suddenly Amaechi Lost His Voice. As a prodigal son We still welcome you to Rivers State. 15 Likes 1 Share
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Politics / Re: How Technical Consultants Advised Amaechi Against Monorail Project After Collect by OboloMAN: 10:47pm On Aug 29, 2015 |
staymore: N33B to construct a distance that will take N50 on taxi Amaechi Amaechi Amaechi |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Liverpool Vs West Ham (0 - 3) On 29th August 2015 by OboloMAN: 8:17pm On Aug 29, 2015 |
Well we didn't walk alone this time , We Walked With Chelsea #YNWA #BadDay 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: Rivers Monorail Project No Longer Tenable After Gulping N33.9b by OboloMAN: 9:33am On Aug 29, 2015 |
BishopMagic: N33.9B for a distance that will cost N50 using a Taxi. Yet nothing to Show For It. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Nigerian Boko Haram Member, 9 Others Sentenced To Death In Chad (Photos) by OboloMAN: 8:16am On Aug 29, 2015 |
Meanwhile Somewhere in the Zoo A dullard is advocating for special treatment for his misguided Brothers. Attack on Bokoharam is Injustice To The North - Buhari 2013 22 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Rivers Monorail Project No Longer Tenable After Gulping N33.9b by OboloMAN: 8:13am On Aug 29, 2015 |
AFTER receiving over N22 billion for its services, the technical partners to the Rivers State government on the controversial Monorail project, ARCUS GIBBS Nig Ltd, has said the project was no longer tenable. The company also disclosed that the planned commissioning of the first phase of the project in April by the immediate past administration of former governor Chibuike Amaechi was a hoax. The revelation was made by the Managing Director of ARCUS GIBBS Nig Ltd, Wiero Viguezang, while testifying before the Justice George Omereji-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the sale of valued Rivers State assets by the Amaechi administration in Port Harcourt yesterday. Viguezang said his company, which the Rivers state government engaged on March 1, 2010, to construct the multi-million Monorail project, was of the view that the project, which has gulped well over N33.9 billion, was no longer tenable, due to paucity of funds to proceed with the project. He admitted that so far, ARCUS GIBBS Nig Ltd has received a total of N22.9bn from the Rivers State government through the Ministry of Transport since March 1, 2010. According to him, paucity of funds and the eeming failure of the state government’s original technical and equity partners, TSI Nig Ltd, headed by the former military administrator of Rivers State, retired Brig-Gen Anthony Ukpo, to contribute its 80 per cent equity holdings, means the state cannot continue with the project. Responding to a memo written by ARCUS GIBBS Nig Ltd to former Commissioner of Transport, Geroge Tolofari, which was tendered by the legal counsel to the commission, Dr. Zaccheus Adangor, as evidence, Viguezang admitted that his company had written the memo for a pseudo unveiling of the technically uncompleted monorail with a view to using the media to deceive anxious Rivers people. “We actually wrote to the Ministry of Transport in January to arrange for the governor to unveil the monorail project in April for the attention and coverage of the media based on the expectation of the people of the state,” he said. He added: “Apart from the media coverage and public attention that it was expected to generate, the monorail was not technically and commercially ready. www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/08/rivers-monorail-project-no-longer-tenable-after-gulping-n33-9b-says-technical-partner/
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Business / Re: NNPC Shut Down Warri Refinery Over Crude Shortage.... by OboloMAN: 7:16am On Aug 29, 2015 |
Shortage Of Crude , Yet We keep Exporting Million Barrels Of Crude Oil On A Daily Basis. Nigeria is not just ready to refine it's own crude to prefer importing finished goods. Blame the oil Cabals 2 Likes |
Computers / Re: Rukky Sanda's Outfit To "DARK" Premiere by OboloMAN: 9:31pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
...That's one way to get noticed! - Anything for fame, Buhari should investigate this War Against Indicent Dressing 6 Likes |
Travel / Re: [GRAPHIC PHOTO] Bus Crushes Man In Benin by OboloMAN: 7:32pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
RiP to the Daily Departed |
Politics / Re: Buhari’s Appointments Unacceptable To Ndigbo – Ohaneze Youth Council by OboloMAN: 6:25pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
How long shall Ndigbo be pushed to the walls? 8 Likes
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Politics / Re: Buhari’s Appointments Unacceptable To Ndigbo – Ohaneze Youth Council by OboloMAN: 6:25pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
“those who describe you as a religious bigot do not know you. Frankly, I used to think that way when I was in the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, but all that changed when I joined the APC and have the opportunity to relate with you very closely as a politician that is truly detribalized in the true sense of the word. Amaechi To Buhari October 2014 There's is no smoke without fire, A leopard can never CHANGE 20 Likes
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Politics / Re: Commission Of Inquiry - Amaechi Sacked Cabinet To Award Monorail Project by OboloMAN: 6:01pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
Politics / Re: Appointments: I Can Choose Whoever I Want, Buhari Brags by OboloMAN: 6:00pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
Nairaland / General / Re: 9 Things To Do Before You Turn 30 In Nigeria by OboloMAN: 1:08pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
MARRY 23 Likes 4 Shares |
Politics / Re: Igbo Group Defends Buhari's Appointment by OboloMAN: 12:56pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
Politics / Re: Shun Corruption Or Be Ready To Leave Service, Buhari Warns Civil Servants by OboloMAN: 12:54pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
Sai Baba |
Politics / Re: Another Look At The Chat Showing Buhari's Appointment by OboloMAN: 12:51pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
Politics / Re: Nigeria_bound ISIS Chief Coming On Invitation. Daily Trust by OboloMAN: 12:41pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
Sai |
Politics / Re: Nigeria_bound ISIS Chief Coming On Invitation. Daily Trust by OboloMAN: 12:40pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
“those who describe you as a religious bigot do not know you. Frankly, I used to think that way when I was in the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, but all that changed when I joined the APC and have the opportunity to relate with you very closely as a politician that is truly detribalized in the true sense of the word. The problem that you have in politics which I have come to observe is that those who managed your image in the past did not manage it properly. They allowed the erroneous label of you being a religious bigot to stick. Amaechi October, 2014 2 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: PMB, APC Taking Nigeria On New Path To Regain Lost Glory – Onu by OboloMAN: 12:28pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
Story of a drowning Man 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Fire Outbreak At Bukola Saraki's House by OboloMAN: 12:26pm On Aug 28, 2015 |
Buhari |
Politics / Re: X-ray IBB Speech On Overthrowing GMB And His Today PMB Image,any Resemblance? by OboloMAN: 8:12am On Aug 28, 2015 |
Not far from the Current Reality as usual we were made to believe the Go slow attitude of the the duaradullard was due to the Rot by the previous GEJs Government. Only Time Will Tell |
Politics / Re: #northerners Trends On Twitter As Nigerians React To Buhari's Appointments by OboloMAN: 9:45pm On Aug 27, 2015 |
We've seen nothing yet |
Politics / Re: Retired Soldier Sets Self On Fire In Agege Lagos by OboloMAN: 8:35pm On Aug 27, 2015 |
Sai old Soldier |
Politics / Re: New Customs Boss, Col Hamid Ali Was On Abacha Tribunal That Convicted Saro Wiwa by OboloMAN: 7:54pm On Aug 27, 2015 |
Leopards Now Sheeps |
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