Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday evening arrested Jide Omokore, an ally of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, and Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited.
According to reports, the arrest was in connection with a series of multi-billion dollar petrol import and crude export deals.
Mr Omokore, who is still in EFCC custody at the time of filing this report, has allegedly made revealing statements.
Atlantic Energy Limited was one of the companies that received multibillion dollar worth of public assets without due process by the Jonathan administration in 2011.
The company, which was created less than a year earlier and had not produced a droplet of oil, was awarded controlling stakes in two lucrative oil blocks – OML 30 and 34 – for just over $50 million each.
The deal, which was signed by the immediate past minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, gave Atlantic Energy Limited a controlling 55 percent stake in the oil block.
Curiously, Shell, which owned the remaining 45 per cent stake, fetched $1.3 billion for a single field after an open and competitive bidding process.
The company was also indicted for lifting crude oil, but only remitting a fraction of its worth to the government.
In 2012, Atlantic Energy paid $168m into the government’s account, but lifted about three million barrels – valued at over $350 million.
In 2013, it also lifted about 2 million barrels of crude valued at about $240million, but paid only $68million.
Similarly, in 2014, Atlantic Energy paid zero cash-call, but lifted about 500,000 barrels of crude oil, valued at $54 million.
SPOG, another of Mr. Omokore’s companies, is also being investigated by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, in an alleged N400 million petrol import fraud.
SPOG allegedly imported 3,000 metric tonnes of PMS but filed claims for subsidy payment of 13,000 metric tonnes with the Petroleum Product Regulatory Agency (PPRA), therefore pocketing N400 million more than it should have been paid.
Also, Seven Energy Limited, which owns Septa Energy Nigeria Limited, one of the business interests of Mr. Omokore, was also awarded the concession of OML 4, 38, and 41 towards the end of Mrs. Allison-Madueke’s tenure as petroleum minister.
Another company in the complex web of companies chaired by Mr. Omokore, Seven Energy, is partly owned by Energy Resources Management Limited, indicted in the import waiver scandal.
A Daily Trust report of December 2010 revealed that Energy Resources imported 250,000 metric tonnes of rice into the country without paying a kobo in import duties, levies, ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS), Comprehensive Import Scheme (CISS) and other levies because of the waiver it allegedly got from the presidency.
Fivatek Nigeria Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energy Resources Group, was also involved in the controversy-ridden National Fertilizer Company (NAFCON) before it was sold.
Mr. Omokore was alleged to have colluded with Sunny Essien, a former managing director of NAFCON and others, to funnel ₦10million into former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s campaign account, largely through the company’s account domiciled with the Abuja branch of the defunct Trade Bank.
He is believed to have been indicted by the judicial commission of enquiry, which looked into the finances of NAFCON.


http://www.thebreakingtimes.com/flash-efcc-arrests-goodluck-jonathans-ally-jide-omokore/

It was supposed to be a happy beach photo, but then excitement got the better of one of them and this is what we get. the facial expression of the girl on bikini leaning on the "superman" dude though.



http://www.juicygossips.com.ng/2016/01/what-is-wrong-with-this-photo-that-has.html

Nigeria's national basketball team players have expressed shock and great disappointment over the N600 President Buhari gave each of them last week in Abuja. One of the players was alledged to have said:
“Do you know that it’s less than $2,000 at the current market value? .
Is that what you are giving to NBA players for winning a competition for the first time in the history of Nigeria? If Senegal, whose women’s team have won the African cup several times, could still give blocks of flats to their players, what then are we saying when we give such an amount to our players?
We would have preferred to be honoured in other ways like getting the least of the national honours or a postage stamp with our photo. That would have been better than for us to get half of what young footballers from age grade competitions, who should have been given scholarships, got.”
She also lamented on the too much preference given to footballers over them , that those who advised the President were responsible for the poor state of sports in Nigeria.
“We got $100 as camp allowance and $500 as bonus for winning the African cup whereas the Eagles got $10,000 for winning a qualifying match to a tournament.
What we achieved was not just winning the cup but also getting an Olympic ticket – the only ticket for Africa. It’s not fair. We have been talking to other players to join us for the Olympics but how do we now market the team to them? Is it by telling them that no government official will ever visit their camp?
The CHAN Eagles have been visited by the sports minister but we all know that CHAN is not the same as the Africa Cup of Nations. Nobody bothered to visit us. We don’t need $2,000 because it can’t buy first class tickets; we want to be honoured properly. How can I leave New York for Abuja for a ceremony that gives me less than $2,000?

Maybe they think we are still in the era of Goodluck Jonathan when money was splashed on irrelevant things. they should all return the money if the feel its not enough, then we will take them serious.



http://www.juicygossips.com.ng/2016/01/dtiger-disappointed-with-cash-gift.html

See more photos here http://www.juicygossips.com.ng/2016/01/we-welcome-every-help-from-us-president.html

President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja today while speaking with United State's delegation led by the United States Secretary of Commerce, Ms Penny Pritzker at the Presidential Villa, said that his administration will continue to welcome the support and understanding of the United States as it strives to achieve greater internal security and socio-economic progress in Nigeria and also applauded ongoing American collaboration with his administration on security and development issues. The President told the delegation which included the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, and three others, that...
“I remain grateful for the reception accorded me and my team when we visited the United States at the invitation of President Obama.
“We discussed security, corruption, infrastructure, and many other issues.
“We thank America for sending experts to train our troops and providing hardware for our military because we must first stabilize the country before we can move it forward,”
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who was also at the meeting, said that although Nigeria currently faces serious challenges, it is also a time of great opportunities for the country.
“It’s time to diversify our economy [away]from oil. We’ve always talked about it, but never got round to doing it. The opportunity has come now. We have all it takes to be an agricultural nation. We also have solid minerals and we must develop our infrastructure in order to aid business.”
In her remarks, Pritzker told Buhari that she was in Nigeria with 10 leading American business men and women, at the prompting of President Obama.
“The purpose is to better understand the opportunities and challenges of doing business in Nigeria. Our team is very optimistic about your government’s commitment to security, good governance, fighting corruption, having reliable and regular regulatory policies.
“All these make us optimistic about working together. We are not here to sell policies, but to partner with you,” she said.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/we-welcome-every-support-from-the-u-s-buhari/

See more photos here http://www.juicygossips.com.ng/2016/01/patoranking-made-ambassador-for-lagos.html

The music star today signed the documents making him the official ambassador for the event which is slated to come up later this year. Congrats to him

See more documents here http://www.juicygossips.com.ng/2016/01/sahara-reporters-leak-email-of-how.html

Ruben Abati should never have stepped on Sahara Reporters toes, now what is coming for him is mightier than he ever imagined

Read more here http://www.juicygossips.com.ng/2016/01/breaking-nnamdi-kanus-bail-application.html

Justice James Tsoho of a Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed Friday for ruling on a bail application filed by leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and two others with respect to the charges of treason preferred against him by the Federal Government.
Justice Tsoho adjourned for ruling after both the defence and the prosecution made counter submissions on the bail application on Monday.
The judge had on January 20 shortly after Kanu was arraigned along with two others – Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi – ordered the Department of State Service to release the accused persons for remand in Kuje Prison.

Kanu was until January 20 in the custody of the DSS since he was arrested in a Lagos hotel on October 14, 2015 with respect to his agitation and radio broadcast for the secession of the Republic of Biafra from Nigeria.



http://www.punchng.com/breaking-court-rules-on-ipob-leader-kanus-baill-application-friday/

This is what you call "cover of the food"(Not original but similar to it)lol. A twitter user with handle @passiboo, she saw this advert on Instagram (A) and placed an order. What was however delivered was quite different. (B).

With all the mouth they made, NCC should not agree oo

Get more gist here http://www.juicygossips.com.ng/2016/01/mtn-seeks-out-of-court-payment-on-n104.html

Telecommunications Company, MTN Nigeria, has said it is considering settling out of court with the Nigerian Communications Commission over the N1.04tn fine imposed on it.

On Friday, at the resumed hearing of the suit it filed to challenge the N1.04tn fine, MTN’s lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), pleaded with the presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Idris, to give parties 60 days to explore the option of settlement out of court.

But the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), who was sued as the 2nd defendant, told the court, through his lawyer, Mr. Dipo Okpeseyi (SAN), that parties had been finding it difficult to settle out of court.

He urged the court to take it that all the court papers in the matter had been properly filed and served and that the case was still ongoing.

“This is a matter of national importance. There have been concessions in the past and nothing happened,” Okpeseyi noted.

In his own reaction, counsel for the NCC, Mr. Yusuf Alli (SAN), argued that the maximum period allowed by the court rules was 21 days for parties to file and serve written addresses.

After entertaining arguments from all parties, Justice Idris adjourned till March 18 for report of settlement or for hearing in the case.

The judge also held that all processes filed shall be deemed as properly filed and served.

He held that all the preliminary objections and substantive application shall be taken together on the adjourned date if need be.

Justice Idris had on January 12, 2016 turned down an application of mareva injunction by the AGF seeking to bar MTN from emptying its accounts in 21 commercial banks in Nigeria, in order not to boycott N1.04tn fine.

The AGF had expressed the fear that MTN could move all its funds out of the country before the N1.04tn fine could be enforced.

He had sought an order directing all the 21 banks to open a special interest-yielding account in the name of the Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court and move N1.04tn into it from MTN’s accounts.

But in refusing the application, the judge said the AGF did not place enough material fact before the court to prove that MTN was making any moves to repatriate all its funds out of Nigeria.

MTN had filed the suit to challenge the N1.04tn fine imposed on it by NCC for its failure to deactivate its unregistered subscribers.

Among other things, the company contended that NCC could not act pursuant to Section 70 of its establishment Act to impose the fine on it, adding that it was not given fair hearing before the fine was imposed.


http://www.punchng.com/n1-04tn-fine-mtn-seeks-out-of-court-settlement/

The man was seen in Ojulegba area of Lagos state. Lol, who needs a cutomized Gazebo when you can actually wear it.

Pidggin:


You can see the level of witch hunting going on. How much is a house in Dubai? They forget to add the names of millions of other Nigerians that own property in Dubai too

How is it a witch hunt please? why would a man who before assuming a public office had no much money to build a house in Nigeria suddenly starts buying houses abroad even before his tenure elapses. Where did he get money from, salary or government money?



meanwhile, please educate me, how much is a house in Dubai

More revelations

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http://www.juicygossips.com.ng/2016/01/shocking-revelations-uae-releases.html

Following the recent trip of President Buhari to the United Arab Emirates UAE for the World Future Energy Summit where he also meet with the UAE government officials and after their meeting signed agreement to help Nigeria recover all her stolen funds lodged in the country, It seems the UAE government are already keeping to their end of the agreement because SaharaReporters just got wind of list of Nigerian politicians with houses and businesses in the UAE. See more revelations below.

''FLASH: @NGRPresident gives Nigerian diplomats in UAE till the end of March to compile list of politically exposed Nigerians with properties''

https://twitter.com/SaharaReporters?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

BiafranPrince:
Hope the paedophile obeys this time, e don be for am

you are just a fool and a disgrace to ur generation.

President Buhari today caught some prominent members of his cabinet unawares when he arrived the Federal Executive Council 10 minutes to the start of the meeting. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari and National Security Adviser Babagana Maguno and 17 ministers were absent when Buhari arrived the Council of Chambers.

Only 19 ministers out of the 36 ministers were around. "I came too early"Buhari said. He then called for the recitation of the National Anthem. They were however not late as they arrived at 9.55am for the FEC meeting scheduled to commence at 10.00am. See more photos below...

Lol, Nigerians are unarguably the most funny people on earth, every thing is an idea which is subsequently turned into a trend. who can spot the blunder on the card

Very interesting article by Reuben Abati. Read below...


“What a relief, my friend!”
“What are you relieved about?”
“It is this David Adeleke and Sophia Momodu soap opera”.
“I tell you. It is a perfect subject for a good home video. But what is your own?”
“No. Nothing. I am just relieved that the parties involved have agreed to let peace reign”
“This will be about the third time I would hear of that matter being resolved.”
“Well, I think the Momodus and the Adelekes should just spare us.
They should not forget there is a child involved. They have suddenly made Imade Adeleke, the most famous victim of Baby Mama-Baby Papa palaver in Nigeria. Both Davido and Sophia and their supporters’ clubs should please protect the baby, and not make her a poster child for that kind of subject.”
“But me, I am enjoying the story oh.”
“Of course, too many sadists in our land enjoy other people’s misery.”
“But really, it is a simple matter. “
“If it were that simple, the drama wouldn’t be so entertaining. “
“What Davido wants, Davido gets. His father is rich. He is a famous musician. Davido says he wants custody of his daughter.”
“By taking her away from her mother by force, and giving her to his half-sister, and threatening to travel out of the country with the baby for medicals, without the mother’s knowledge or consent? A seven-month old baby, abducted at two months?”
“He gave reasons for that. He is talking about the biological mother taking cannabis and risking his daughter’s life”
“Cannabis?”
“Yes. Igbo”
“You seriously mean marijuana?”
“Yes, gbana as in Indian hemp. And Davido provided a medical report to confirm his claim.”
“You saw the medical report. You are sure it is genuine? Because I understand Sophia Momodu’s lawyers have written the lab to produce the original report of proof of drug abuse.”
“This their matter sef.”
“That’s why it is the child that is most important. I don’t like the way they have turned the young girl into a trophy to be fought over in a blood sport. We are in the age of the internet. Twenty years from today, someone could print out these funny details from the internet memory bank. A father, grandfather and a half-sister fighting a mother and her family over a baby and making sordid claims: It is not a fight that can be easily won.”
“I hear Davido says the Momodus cannot force him. He may even release a special song to make his position clear: No be by force.”
“Nobody is forcing him and his family to marry Sophia Momodu. They are just saying custody should be mutually agreed upon.”
“And he and his family are saying they want their daughter properly brought up. They too have a point. You should not take sides.”
“Ok. He is talking about Marijuana. When he was head over heels in love with the Momodu girl, he didn’t smell marijuana? I am sure if he was given Marijuana before he was allowed to inhale, he would willingly exhale?
“He insists he was just 21 years old. And that he was seduced by a full-grown woman who took advantage of his youth and innocence.”
“Innocence, indeed. Was he raped? Did he not have a relationship with her, and did he not showcase her everywhere? He was 21. If he could be tricked at 21, then he should live with the consequences. “
“You are taking sides. I know why. You are Dele Momodu’s friend.”
“I am making uncommon sense. I am saying why is Davido asking for Sophia Momodu’s birth certificate after the fact? When the thing dey sweet them, they no dey remember say na the thing wey fowl chop, him go shit.”
“But you can’t force any man to marry a woman. Why the girl too go carry belle for him junior brother? She suppose know say Davido sef him na pikin. You no see as him papa they follow am, make dem no carry big yansh, big chest, fine face, cheat him son for Lagos”
“Him try well, well. But Davido, your boy, him no sabi use rubber?”
“That girl look like person wey go gree rubber?”
“You dey craze”
“My own is that fathers should just keep an eye on their sons and daughters. Let mothers also keep an eye on their daughters. To avoid stories that break the heart like this one, fine girls should just know that you can’t detain any man with a baby. Er beg.”
“The values of the younger generation are different.”
“Some strict parents will still never have allowed this to happen.”
“Some of these children are beyond control.”
“But we all suffer for it. This is why Ghanaian ladies insist that Nigerian men are unreliable. They say they use and dump women.”
“They say they…?”
“That’s what I hear.”
“They or we?”
“They.”
“You mean you have tried the Ghanaian market too? Tell your brother something about ECOWAS romance?”
“You are an incurable gossip. Ashawo, somebody.”
“But talking seriously, it won’t be fair to condemn Nigerian men. I think this is a thing about Nigerian musicians. Those people too like women. Young women, old women oh…any woman. Even the women musicians sef, any man wey stand well… fiam”
“That is more important to them than their art? No wonder many of them sing such trashy songs”
“There is even one of them who has seven children from five women or so. And there is one they call Whizkid”
“Superkid?”
“Whatever. But there is this kid musician who also has a child from an older woman. There is this joke that when his parents heard, they quickly took charge of the situation, by telling the Baby Mama that while they would accept the baby, everyone could see that the Baby father is himself still a baby, too young to take care of another baby, not to talk of a grown woman. They pleaded that no woman should pakurumo..ko…”
“ Nice joke. I laughed. Him sef na pikin, he never grow finish to take care of pikin. The girl fled.”
“That’s why I say it is a simple matter. Davido should have consulted his seniors in this matter. That one that has seven children from five women did it so well, today all his Baby Mamas married or single, are friends.”
“Wow. That’s a real Baba of the matter. Who is he?”
“I can’t mention his name. He is happily married now to one of the Baby Mamas. I don’t want to be accused of disrespecting another man’s wife.”
“Let Davido and Sophia just make peace for their daughter’s sake. And when the matter is settled, Davido knows where to go for tutorials if he really wants to fish in this type of troubled waters.”
“But our musicians sha. They can fight?”
“Who again is fighting?”
“Olamide and Don Jazzy.”
“That face-off over awards at The Headies event? But they have apologized”
“No. You don’t get the point. Why should artistes or producers or label owners fight over awards? What I have seen is that our young artistes are obsessed with awards. They seem to be more interested in being given a plaque than developing their real work. It is this same problem with Nollywood actors. Any small award is treated as if it is the Nobel Prize.”
“I see that too. It is the Grammy award disease.”
“No true artist should work with an eye on winning a plaque. The best award is the acceptance of the market place, not by a group of biased judges. If you are good as an artist, you are good, nobody can take that away from you.”
“Quite true. But it helps to have some plaques on the wall, I must say.”
“How many of those musicians who were called the best new acts on the block in the 80s and early 90s are still making any impact today? When a work of art is good, it will be evergreen; when an artist is good, his talent will endure.”
“Some of these new kids are great though. World-class talents. In the last few years, there has been an explosion of real talent.”
“I want to hear more about talent. Great art. Not drama kings and queens, not Baby Mamas and Lab Reports.”
“You are just old-fashioned. Controversy is part of art. Life itself is about controversy. Controversy produces great art. In the world of artists, all things work out as raw material.”
“That’s why people insist artists are mad.”
“But it is not only artists that generate or attract controversy. Politicians do.”
“I know. Controversy is the soul of politics, but here it produces stress and oftentimes, tragedy.”
“I’ll give you one example.”
“Which is?”
“In Oyo State, Governor Abiola Ajimobi is trying to embarrass the Olubadan in Council by trying to determine how existing vacancies within the hierarchy are filled. He is introducing INEC guidelines to Ibadan Chieftaincy affairs!”
“How can he possibly do that?”
“He is asking for certificates of mental, physical and marital fitness before Ladoja and Balogun can fill the Otun Olubadan and Osi Olubadan vacancies.”
“Marital fitness?”
“When people ask for physical fitness, don’t you know it is all encompassing?”
“All that is politics. I am sure it will be amicably resolved. Ajimobi is smart enough to know that you don’t fight the traditional institution. Governors will come and go, the Olubadan is the owner of Ibadan”
“Don’t tell me. Go and tell Ajimobi”
“Don’t worry. He knows. He just dey make body. Body language, they call it.”
“But what is happening in Bayelsa is not body language oh. When the people of Southern Ijaw go to the polls tomorrow to determine who will be the next Governor of Bayelsa state, they won’t be joking; the state will be at war.”
“May be not real war; let’s say blood sport.”
“You are speaking grammar. I just hope the election won’t be inconclusive again.”
“It is a combat for political supremacy.”
“Put it like this: the outcome may determine the future of Bayelsa state.”
“No. Put it like this: the outcome will determine the future of the PDP.”
“You are quibbling.”
“Dickson is core Ijaw. Timipre Sylva is Nembe.”
“I don’t get it.”
“The mind of the core Ijaw voter will make the difference. We pray for peace.”
“I have an idea now. Yes. All things being equal.”
“That’s politics for you.”
“But there are other forces.”
“That’s why there is so much at stake, and a question of where the stakeholders stand.”
“I know. Stakeholders matter. They have just allowed MTN to buy Visafone.”
“Really? Is that a reward for the fine MTN is supposed to pay?”
“It is a business transaction, nothing about government.”
“Everything is about government. Has MTN paid its fine, before being allowed to take over a home-grown company?”
“We should study what happened. Why do Nigerians get licenses and approvals, run a business for a while and then sell to foreign interests? HiTV. Now Visafone. ”
“One glaring failure of local content!”
“Look, let’s discuss that after MTN must have paid the fine.”
“I hear they have sacked 2, 000 Nigerian workers at Visafone, already. They have taken over.”
“What?”
“Oh, yes.”
“Oh no”

A very wise lady, gone are the days when women wait for men to provide for their generation to come, women are also helping in it

Screen goddess Genevieve Nnaji is really a smart and intelligent lady, while majority of her colleagues indulge in unreasonable showing off of houses, cars and designer wears, the pretty actress is rather busy with business ventures, laying down plans for a generation to come empire. The actress who owns a real estate firm called Stick and Stones recently uploaded pictures of a new residential estate her firm has built with building up for rent already in Abuja, Yesterday she and a host of other business minded people dined with the IMF boss Christine Lagarde who is in Nigeria on a 4 days visit and you would agree with me that our pretty Genevieve did not just go there to eat... Wise women are rare.

http://www.juicygossips.com.ng/2016/01/genevieve-nnaji-dines-with-imf-boss.html

Adebola314:


DOES GENNY NOT KNOW THAT THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD IS FAR BENEATH HER STATUS?
Why bother to even post this picture of a civil service quarters estate?
If she is expecting applause, she should aim for a stand alone mansion in Maitama or Asokoro, not face me , I face you.
I am blaming Linda and her banana island mansion for these desperate measures of owning a hut or house by force by our celebrities
Genny,try harder please if you must advertise that you have something in Abuja. Have you not seen the Beverly hills mansions of your counterparts in Hollywood?

Ignorance is what you just displayed

Spadelicious:
Why all this hype? She's only renting the house, as confirmed by the agents handling the estate.
All this because of Linda Ikeji.
Fake news everywhere.

she owns the whole estate, and they are all up for rent, Maybe you should google about the owner of Stick and Stone

The whole estate belongs to her, Her company Stick and Stones is into real estate, I just love the lady. she is a huge inspiration.
gone are the days of ladies relying on me for such things

plain sense!!

hmm, words. IMF boss Christine Lagarde arrived Nigeria yesterday on a 4 day visit, She told held a closed door meeting president Buhari.

What do you guys think, wise words or just kush talking?

http://www.juicygossips.com.ng/2016/01/imf-boss-says-nigeria-does-not-need-imf.html

why is everyone talking about the tininess of the legs and not those ugly effects of excessive bleaching on her legs and hands