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What a stupid and shameless government people we have in Nigeria, keep shouting God and dont use thier senses. Why would a whole government allow someone under surveillance to travel outside their monitoring area. Is it that they dont have qualified people to monitor these people or at least quarantee and have them be watched 24 hrs. This is a shame. We are calling on God and can't use our brain. Patrick sawyer also eluded liberia government to come to nigeria, through the airport, i couldnt believe these stories, now we are all going to pay one way or the other, i wish Liberian government will be sued in international court for this incident.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has taken control of more than $480 million looted by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his associates after a court ruling, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

The money stolen during Abacha's 1993-1998 de facto presidency of the oil-rich African nation and stashed in banks around the world will be returned to the Nigerian government, the department said in a statement.

“Rather than serve his county, General Abacha used his public office in Nigeria to loot millions of dollars, engaging in brazen acts of kleptocracy,” Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell said in the statement.

U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington ordered on Wednesday that the funds, frozen by the Justice Department in March, be forfeited to U.S. control.

The judgment includes about $303 million in two bank accounts in the British offshore center of Jersey and $144 million in two bank accounts in France. Three accounts in the United Kingdom and Ireland hold at least $27 million, the statement said.

Claims to another $148 million in four investment portfolios in the United Kingdom are pending.

Abacha, who took took power in a coup, died in 1998. Nigeria has been fighting for years to recover his money, but companies linked to the Abacha family have gone to court to prevent repatriation.

Between $3 billion and $5 billion of public money was looted during Abacha's regime, according to Transparency International.

The Justice Department suit filed in November 2013 saying that Abacha, his son Mohammed Sani Abacha, their associate Abubakar Atiku Bagudu and others embezzled, misappropriated and extorted money from the Nigerian government.

They laundered funds by buying bonds backed by the United States using U.S. financial institutions, prosecutors said.

The assets were held in banks that included Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Holdings Plc and Banque SBA, according to the lawsuit.

In June, after a 16-year legal battle, Nigeria recovered from Liechtenstein $228 million stolen by Abacha and his associates.

As of last year, Nigeria had recovered about $1.3 billion of Abacha's money from various European jurisdictions.

The boss is in the house. Mine represents the go geta Man in charge.

Bro Fhemmy, i want to find out if the new rule on car tariff which was bumped from 30 to 70 percent is still effective or is thier any changes so far.

Hello can you tell me why your car is only for export outside usa, why cant someone residing in usa purchase these cars?

Charlie boy, you know you can be kind, educated, respected with a good reputation and holds one of the highest offices in the nation unfortunately ur son can turn out to be arabanko am sure justice oputa wishes different.

Guys this tells you that women dont like a man that comes on too strong, its all about psychology, every guy is nice as far as you pretend that you dont want anything from the female species even though she will like you to ask. He is a nice guy, sarcastically. If it happens in womens timeframe everything is great.

onoja12: I find it very insulting how Nigerians worship coloured skin and yet have no respect for there own, that's why the Lebanese, Chinese even hungry Indians treat them like trash, insult and beat them up daily and they take it happily, my friend I put it to you now that for the fact Dangote tried to help your sorry ass by given you a job and free training the only rubbish you can do is to come here to spoil his good name, who told you that dangote needs to polish his image to get a loan, if you have a problem with his staffs find the right way to channel it but as for trying to slander Dangotes good name for doing a good deed for you, then you must be wicked and you deserve nothing good, my advice immediately tender an apology and retract that statement with speed

(Mr i find it very insulting) You werent an eyewitness to this man's story. SO if you dont have a credible information you can't criticize him. 9 out of ten times this story happens to be true.

Write to the newspapers and television stations if possible use social media to tell this story. This is the reason why nigeria is deteriorating, if you dont fight back nothing will happen. Oga Dangote might not even be aware of what happened. You have the power to move this story use facebook and other social media. if possible use other international media too that is how information is diseminated because they used you as a guinea pig to get what they wanted.

One thing i know women do is pretend, believe me if you are dating a woman and u havent made advances to her, she will begin to think that something is wrong with you either your gay or you dont like her. Women love sex too the only thing is they know how to show self control more than a guy.

You are right my dear diesel engines tends to last longer just as in generators.

bebe2: ok, dnt know much about cars,

but i think Diesel cars can take alot of milleage and still perform well compared to petrol cars

I wonder if these policies were even debated and discussed in the house of reps and senate before moving forward. The same law that banned issuance of dollars by western union and other entities. I don't know if these lawmakers know about Globalization definition in this present time.

I just want to say that i learned a lot from this thread honestly and it helped me to make some important decisions regarding my project which is ongoing. I reside in California and due to the fact that my cousin was handling my project, i learned a big lesson about who you want to get involved in any housing project. I want to thank spyder, even though he didnt get a chance to come out and check out my project i know he is a very busy man that is why i give him kudos on how he takes his time to break down information on this thread. Spyder is also in high demand why not, because of the high standard that he has already set and the beautiful job that he does with his projects. Spyder i still have 3 more plots in Owerri for future construction will continue to keep in touch but i like your work which manifest itself. It is beautiful and professionally executed. I will also like to have an idea of how much was spent for this Port harcourt project not what you estimated so that i can have an idea of how much i will spend in my future project.

It also depends on the type of car make and model, there is a reason why cars are rated, there is a difference on engine performance regardless, which is also the reason a Mercedes will cost more compared to a Hyundai or a Toyota. Toyota s are known for their durability and engine performance while other cars regardless of how you maintain it tends to develop faults. There are competitions out there when it comes to car productions. Its also good to read car magazines to get more knowledge.

Bros you know ur stuff. Good job explaining.

lomomike: The higher the mileage of a car/engine, the higher the wear and tear history of that engine (considering friction, heat over time)

In simple terms, a higher mileage car, has experienced more engine wear and tear thus a significant reduction in torque and horsepower (performance). But that said,

An engine ability to still perform well squarely lies on the drivers driving manners, maintenance culture and materials used as replacement (quality of various fluids, fuels, replacement spare parts).


I used a carina ii 2.0Gli liftback 3 years ago and sold it with a mileage of 480,000 miles on the odoemeter yet, the engine was still very good, while some other cars hardly does 90,000 miles and the engine goes bad. It still boils down the drivers driving manners, maintenance culture and materials used as replacement (quality of various fluids, fuels, replacement spare parts).

Do you know why they do these we consider weird because they believe that cats will never hurt them, we humanbeings especially nigerians are wicked to each other even our own family.

Wow everyone is dissing bb now there was once when bb was one in town

benemeka: Once u are paying ur tithe, believe that u are giving it to God not Pastor or Rev Fr. I must tel u frm experience, tithe opens d gate of blessing and success. My former place of work paid me peanut as salary and i was faithful to God in payin my tithe. Do u knw wat happend, i didnt stay up to six month in dat company b4 i got a good job wit good salary and i stil pay my tithe til now. Tithe is sumtin dat is between u and God. Before, i didnt believe in payin tithe but i must tel today dat it is worth paying. For u to be succesful in life, do d following: pay ur tithe, save and make investment. I assure dat u ll neva regret doing dat.

Must you give that money to the pastor, sponsor a child for goodness sake, do something to change another persons life. I know in nigeria its all about brainwash about these churches.

If you truly want to spend your money, i wouldnt advice anyone to give these pastors your money claiming your tithe, look if you really want to make a difference, sponsor a poor child, do something for the poor people, it is a way better than giving your money to these greedy pastors who will spend that money on a jet or a mansion. If you visit the places where there are shipping companies here in usa, its all about churches pastor this pastor that are buying all these expensive cars. Living in mansions. I dont buy this tithe stuff despite that people claim is in the bible. I know if am able to spend my money on the poor and feed a poor child i will be more happy than given my money to these greedy pastors all of them period.

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manny4life: Discipline will start from the grassroots, meaning that when police officers know that they will be dismissed from their jobs, they won't extort money from innocent citizens "EVEN IF" their boss tells them to. Heck they will help expose their corrupt bosses. The journey of a thousands miles begins with a single step, like they say - BABY STEPS.

My brother everybody should thank all these phones with camera and you tube, All these corrupt officers who are brave and openly demand bribe will go down one by one if they dont know what their job is they are nuisance to the society and if this is the way to start punishing them then it is worth the try.

i-smoke-weed:
this is so 4kd up. how can a phone costing $600 be called a budget phone? abeg can someone please explain apples concept of saying that paying N90,000 for a phone is at a budget?

this phone is strictly for the big girls

when someone bring this phone to nigeria, we nigerians will like to get it for 20k thats all i have cheapskates. They want the best but dont want to pay the price.

solomon111: This freakingly stupidd american govt is busy giving Egypt $2billion military aid which the Egyptian military is using to kill its own citizens.
Nigeria on the other hand is fighting islamic terrorists whose long term goal is the complete destruction of the west,yet all the american govt is giving us is useless speeches instead of abrams,F-16S,and predator drones.
The american govt is penny wise,pound foolish.

Solo read the news, american government has contributed a lot to the fight against boko haram. They are training our military on how to fight terror, they donated robots and bomb detecting materials to the nigerian government. read the news papers may be you will be better informed.

Pain: And so what? US this, US that..IS THE U.S THE VOICE OF GOD? VOX DEI??

They are not voice of God but they are helping our government with the fight against terrorism, they have donated bomb detecting and detonating materials including robots, they are also training nigerian army in the fight against boko haram.

PapaBrowne: This is nonsense!
The US has no business making these kinds of comments when it has it's hands dirty in virtually every resource rich country in the world.They should go and deal with their issues in Syria and ask thier rebels to stop using nerve gas on humans before speaking of Nigeria.

What kind of press release is this. If you read between the lines, you will discover that they are more concerned about the civilian JTF than about Boko Haram. Condemning the killings by Boko Haram is alright if you release press statements everytime there is a bomb blast and not only when you feel there is extra judicial execution by either the military or civilian JTF.

I am never in support of extra judicial killings because many innocent people would be falsely accused and two because life is precious and any act that seeks to negate that principle always comes back to hunt society.
Now that notwithstanding, the Boko Haram sect deserves nothing less than to hasten up and go to paradise to receive their reward in the deepest place of hell where 72 demon virgins would be waiting with hot iron rods to defile their shithole. They don't deserve to reside on planet earth.

These Americans should back off except they want to support with technology and resources. We don't need all these kinds of press statements that tacitly seek to equate the actions of the military with that of the insurgents. Boko Harm has been greatly decapitated largely on the back of the Civilian JTF, not because of the killings of Boko Harm members but because the minds of the youths have been turned against the Boko Haram. Terrorism is an ideological war and if you can win the minds of the locals, you've won the battle. That is something the Americans have failed to do in their 13 years of war on terror.

My man i think it is important for you to be well informed before you slam america in the fight regarding terrorism. If you are a great news follower you should have seen where us donated a lot of bomb detonating and detecting equipments including robots and was also training nigerian military to help in the war on boko haram so check your facts before you start hating.

spyder880: As at now, the total money spent building this house stands at


FOUNDATION AND GERMAN FLOOR = N3,400,000.00
FIRST FLOOR WALLING = N1,420,000.00
DECKING SLAB = N2,458,400.00

TOTAL N 7,298,400.00

Spyder so you ve spent roughly over $45,000 dollars so far on this project, am loving it on how your able to break down the cost of these materials and labor. This is quite helpful when budgeting to build a duplex. I also think it will help the people who are ready to build but has no rough estimate. You are doing us justice, well done and keep it up. I spoke to you already and i will soon be next in line.

abouzaid: Nigerians are too judgemental. The poor woman needs help and if you can't give it then shut the hell up.

This thread is meant to educate people regarding responsibilities and the reason why it is good to plan your life.

buklan4real@yah:
beautiful babies.

but why did he ran for responsibilities..... nawa oo

Madam,God go b wit u nd ur babies

These are beautiful babies of course, but this also tells you that family planning is very important, because the responsibilities especially for poor families is enormous. I know that children come from God but at the same time God gives us brain to plan accordingly and not to be bringing children out of this world to suffer.

torkaka: Later now, one mofo will drive by my street in a luxury car, with he's number plates reading "ezego 1 of onitsha" while song praise singing characters will run their mouths, saying he is an international industrious businessman with global connect!

Gbam well said its already happening. i know some of these guys honestly you said it best

biafranqueen: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/30/health/rehab-racket-siu-cir-part-two
I went to this George's 50 th birthday party he rented a whole casino. Anyway they will spend 1 or 2 years and go to Nigeria and enjoy!

I was there too, my dear you see how people are making money, taking chieftaincy title with dry face nawa ohh they need to go back to nigeria where this will fit their modus operandi.

armyofone: Are you in need of personal connection?


Ejindu, who tax records show makes $150,000 a year running the clinic, branched out last year to provide addiction counseling at seven middle and high schools in the Pomona Unified School District.

Yes i know them.

I know all three of them all from Anambra. Wonders shall never end, all these guys have big houses in nigeria , some of them went home and became chiefs especially Godfrey iluonu, he even did a 50th birthday celebration here in los angeles at a place called hollywood park. These are the type of people that are giving nigerians living in california bad names. You will see them in mercedes, infiniti, range rovers and all these new model cars not knowing that they are defrauding the government. Before it used to be medical supplies, now is outpatient substance abuse counseling centers mostly ran by nigerians. Well one thing here is the law stands, not the same in Nigeria. You cannot get away with these type of crimes here where there are clear evidence and you cannot bribe anybody here because its not possible.