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Is nigeria a grave yard?

Am not too sure but I think their deeds before they became mentally challenged will be used to judge them

Wizkid (youur age mate if not younger) acquires a rolls royce and you are here looking for a girl to woo


God bless wizkid
God bless me

@op the best revenge for your dad and your brother is to be successful.

The picture is fine but there is nothing natural about it

She has got a talk show? Lawd have mercy

Hehehehehe
Can't stop laughing

this is the compensation alams might likely receive

https://www.nairaland.com/1233084/pardoned-convict-alamieyeseigha-may-receive

Hope is for the best

While I agree that mathematics is needful in our everyday life I think some topics which doesn't have direct relevant should be taken out from the syllabus especially as it relate to those who wouldn't major in maths

Desloaaa: my dear,get sometin doing,any decent job,irrespective of d meagre pay,dust off laziness and make up your mind,that you'll take care of your child,come what may.Adorption is not really a good idea on my part. I'd rather soak garri and salt with my child,than allow him enjoy fried rice and chicken with sm other..
What story will u tell him after today
Ninu ofi,ninu ola,lomo pandoro n dagba.The Lord is ur strength

Go away. you are not been logical here.
How could you prefer that the child lives with you in poverty with a high chance of becoming a criminal than to leave in comfort with bright future in another person's house?

@op the best advise is that you visit the social or welfare department as they are in the best position to help you.
All the best

There shall not be any barren in the land

Copy and paste

No credit to original source

Obj always a jolly good fellow


@op. Obj no get joy sha

He is rich and that's what matters not his dressing

Why not scholarship and why is it limited to nigerians in knust only?

Am shock to know that up till page 20 nobody has clearly stated the contribution of achebe in national development instead of ranting of tribal bigotry.

Achebe gave nigeria a national GOODWILL. Infact achebe is one of our greatest export from nigeria to the rest of the world in terms of human capital. That feeling of proud when as a nigerian schooling in a small india village your teacher looks up to you to explain the setting of things fall apart because the indian ministry of education has included it as part of the curriculum and your teacher is aware that just like you the author is a nigerian.

Achebe awakes the spirit of national moral uprightness. Get involved in an argument and you are sure to mention achebe as one of the moral characters of nigeria having not once been link to corruption in anyway despite the fact that he could use this international position to influence some contracts.

Achebe served as a role model, a source of inspiration for millions of nigerian youths all over the world a case in view Adiche C. Author of half of the yellow sun. Youths who otherwise would have been non entity but from the inspiration they derive from this man.



If you cannot see or know how these as stated above translate to contribution to national development then the shame is on you not achebe.

My problem with achebe is that he could have done more than critise he could have been actively involved in building the nigeria of this dream. I guess he never recovered from the biafran defeat

When things fall apart the center cannot hold.

By Wale Odunsi on March 21, 2013


A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, may be paid billions of naira, even though he had been convicted and granted state pardon.

The money is said to be the value of the assets seized from him after his trial for money laundering.

The reason behind the refund is that the presidential pardon he got from the current administration has restored his status pre-conviction, meaning he is now a free man.

Property and laundered money which were seized and sold to government are expected to be returned to him. Meanwhile, failure to achieve this on the part of the government means he must be paid equivalent of the worth.

After his pardon, since his rights and privileges will be restored according to Nigerian law, it is still uncertain if he will retrieve the items or the value of the items he corruptly acquired from the Nigerian government.

Meanwhile, legal practitioners have said the ex-governor under his new status can re-claim his lost assests.

Rights actvists, Femi Falana, SAN, said the precedence of an Appeal Court ruling on what pardon means, implies Mr. Alamieyeseigha can ask for his asset to be returned. “This is the implication of a full pardon,” he said.

He cited the case of Olu Falae versus Obasanjo. Falae had challenged the eligibility of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, to contest for presidential election in 1999 saying the former Military head of state was not granted full pardon by the then military junta.

“According to the Court of Appeal in the case of Falae V Obj, it means that a man who has been pardoned is a new man (homo novus) in the eye of the law. The conviction and sentence are wiped out and he is entitled to the full restoration of his rights and privileges as well as the return of his seized assets,” Falana stressed.

Mr. Falae, challenging the result of the 1999 presidential election in the suit, argued that Chief Obasanjo did not get “full pardon” from Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar after his conviction for involvement in the 1995 coup plot and therefore was not qualified to contest the election.

But the Court of Appeal while dismissing Mr. Falae’s argument had ruled that:

“The word used under Section 161 (1) and Exhibit 11 is “pardon”, and in this context, pardon may be with or without any conditions. It is clear from Exhibit 11 that the pardon granted to the 1st Respondent was not made subject to any conditions. In my view, under the Nigerian law, a “pardon” and ”full pardon” have no distinction. A pardon is an act of grace by the appropriate authority which mitigates or obliterates the punishment the law demands for the offence, and restores the rights and the privileges forfeited on account of the offence. The effect of a pardon is to make the offender, a new man (novus homo), to acquit him of all corporal penalties and forfeiture annexed to the offence pardoned. I am of the view, that by virtue of the pardon contained in Exhibit 11, the disqualification of the 1st Respondent was to suffer because of his conviction, has been wiped out.”

Lagos lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, also argued in his article that based on the Appeal Court’s ruling, which was not upturned by any superior court, Mr. Alamieyeseigha can demand the return of his asset. He said the ruling of the court suggests that Mr. Alamieyeseigha is free to make a claim for the property or their value.

However, some other lawyers disagreed with his interpretation.

Bamidele Aturu in his reaction said, “The forfeitures were made before the pardon was granted, so what happens if the properties forfeited to the Federal government have been sold to a third party.”

“When you forfeit something, it is what you forfeit that you will get back. Those goods have been forfeited to the Federal Government there is no way this act of pardon can release that. So I don’t know by what legal abragadabra that anybody will say that the forfeited goods should be handed over to him unless they want to perpetrate serious fraud on Nigerian people. Those properties have been forfeited and forfeited for life,” he added.

Another lawyer, Charles Musa, said forfeited asset cannot be returned to their former owners irrespective of a presidential pardon. But he said Mr. Alamieyeseigha can contest this in court.

“If you have suffered any punishment, the punishment remains,” Mr. Musa said.

“It’s left for his lawyers to argue that. He can go to court, but I doubt if he will succeed. What of those who served time, can they get the time back?” he questioned.

The National Council of States headed by Mr. Jonathan, had last week Tuesday, pardoned Mr. Alamieyeseigha and seven others.



Below are the asset seized from Mr. Alamieyeseigha which he could possibly reclaim.

Assets fraudulently acquired by Alamieyeseigha forfeited to the state

a. Account number 10659347 with Barclays Bank Plc, United Kingdom with a balance of GBP203, 753.34 as at 15th February 2005;

b. Account number 3239940 with UBS Warburg AG, 1 Curzon Street, London, W1J 5HB with a balance of $2.5 million as at September 2005; account number 338931 in the name of FALCON INC. with UBS Warburg AG, 1 Curzon Street, London, W1J 5HB;

c. Account number 7341553/7341596 FOR us dollars with Barclays Bank Plc at International Banking Unit, 88 Dighemis Akritas Avenue 1644, Nicosla, Cyprus; account number 7341588 for GB pounds Sterling with Barclays Bank Plc at International Banking Unit, 88 Dighemis Akrltas Avenue 1644, Nicosia, Cyprus ;

d. Bank account number 5005220454-7 in Denmark with JYSKE Bank at Bseterbrogate, 9, DK-1780, Copeenhagen V with a balance of at $2.5 million;

e. Bank account number 005482562491 with Bank of America United States of America in the name of Peter Aklamleyeseigh with a balance of $160,000.00

a. Property known as Water Gardens, London W2 2DG which I bought at GBP1.75 million in the name of my company known as Solomon & Peters Ltd;

b. Property at 14 Mapesbury Road, London, NW2 4JB which you bought at GBP1.4 million;

c. Property at 14 Jubilee Heights, School Uphill, London, NW2 2UQ, which you bought at GBP241,000;

d. Property at No. 68-70, Regent’s Road, London, N3 bought at 3 million Pounds Sterling.

Chelsea Hotel Abuja worth of N2 Billion for which N1.5 Billion was paid;

Two block of luxury flats at Plot 26 Bashir Dalhatu Close, Abacha Estate, Ikoyi worth of N45;

c. Acquired a property at John Kadiya Street, off Jose Marti Crescent, Asokoro, Abuja worth N350 million;

An Estate of six luxury duplexes at No. 1 Community, Road, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos worth N200 million

One Billion Naira worth of Shares acquired in defunct Bond bank

• Plot 916 & 917, Wuse II District, Abuja

• Plot 7, Cadastral Zone A6, Maitama Abuja

• Plot1267, Amazon Road, Abuja

• Plot 3375, cadastral Zone A6, Abuja

• Plot 1372-1374, Cadastral Zone A7, Wuse II, Abuja

• Plot 1281, cadastral Zone A4, Asokoro, Abuja

a. A personal bank account with Barclays Bank Plc which was opened on 5 January 2004 and the balance stood at £203,753.34 as at 15th February 2005.

b. A personal bank account with HSBC, London, but the account was closed sometimes in March 2003 while all the money in the account was transferred to Santolina Investment Corporation’s account with National Westminster Bank, London.

c. Personal account with Bond Bank in Lagos which was opened sometimes in January 2004 and the balance stood at N105-14.942.61 as at 16th September 2005 and another personal account in Oceanic Bank Plc (The Salo Trust) in the names of Enitonbrapa Alamieyeseigha, Embelakpo Alamieyeseigha, Ebipadei Alamieyeseigha, Oyamuyefa Alamieyeseigha, Saleaka Alamieyeseigha and Margaret Alamieyeseigha.

d. Account with Bank of America in the name of Peter Alamieyeseigha with account number 0054 8256 2491 which balance stood at $1, 600,000.00 as at August 2003.

• 247, Water Gardens, London, W2 2DG, which is the registered address of Solomon & Peters Ltd. This property was purchased for £1.75 million on 20/8/2003

• 14, Mapesbury Road, London, NW2 4JB. This property was purchased for £1.4 million on 6/7/2001.

• Flat 202, Jubilee Heights, Shoot uphill, London, NW2 3LJQ, purchased for the sum of £241,000.00 on 28/10/99.

• 68-70, Regent’s Park Road, London, N3 which was purchased in July 2002 for the sum of £3 million.

All the properties listed above have a combined value in excess of £S 381million

• A property at V & A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa worth over £1 million.

• Royal Albatross Properties 67 a company registered in September 2005 in Cape Town, South Africa.

• A property in 504, Pleasant Drive, King Farm Estate, Maryland USA, and another one in 15859, Aurora Crest Drive, Whither, California, USA, 906

Source: http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/03/21/pardoned-convict-alamieyeseigha-may-receive-billions-from-fg/?wt=2

Sincerely I personally don't like anything about him. He doesn't inspire or motivate me in anything. Not the way he talks and definately not the way he acts.

How do you report a criminal to another criminal

Despite the personal charm of david mark I wouldn't vote for him come 2015 because a vote for david mark is a vote for continuation of the status quo

Cos it was said by an african in africa is now an urban legend. If the whitemen have told us so we would have belived without asking for picture or youtube video.

Have you seen a picture of an angel or a or a youtube video of one?

Some event contravene science and logical thinking.

@ op have not see this scenario play out but I believe it is 100 percent possible whether by hook or crook. Anything and everything is possible

Why the need to fly 300 persons as supporters when ever their is a match involving nigeria. Why not liase with the different nigerian commissions and embassies around the world to have a nigerian fan base in their host country? So as to reduce the cost of transportation. Can't these people think outside the box

I would have been a christian but for christians...Mohammad Gandhi

If somebody tell me this kind thing I must surmon the person for our community juju.

Wicked punchline. Product of same sex

I chose not to believe that a sane person made a thread out of this picture.

Like this post if you think the op needs medical attention.

Virgin Finder: I have little or no respect for the NSCDC.

I place them in the same category with the Man O War,National Vigilante Squad(NVS) and the modern day Boys Scout.

They are a bundle of half illiterates(at best) and nobodies, to be honest.

Any graduate seeking employment in such corps should be heavily whipped openly.

And now they are allowed to carry arms, terrible!

My brother I share the same sentiment with you about civil defence. Unnecessary duplication of function

Damitism: Go and read deuteronomy 22:5

I think you lack understanding to that scripture. Did the passage categorically mention trouser?

Tell that to Sir Alex Ferguson

Sign of end time