₦airaland Forum

ayanle456: An ape saying i dont have critical thinking. Stupiid slave

Dude, your IQ is next to nothing, accept it and move on. The people you (mother Afica - sub sahara) insult have been footing the greater chunk of your country's bills (thats if you call that your shit-hole "country" for over 25 years now. We did it out of love and care and we will do it again and again just to show you we're the better men, or should I say - better evolved species.

Learn to respect.

bittyend: What most of you don't understand is that Nigeria (as long as it exist) will always be a Northern, and Southern protectorate - regardless of all ethnic factions in both the North and South.. So, I see why the North always want power back after a Southern ruler - regardless of the tribe..

There are no permanent friends in politics, and we as Yoruba need to go with the side - which will benefit us the most... To be honest, Igbo politics will never be in the interest of the Yorubas because they're to individualistic to speak with one voice... And the Ijaws have proven to be almost similar to them... GEJ became the president of Nigeria because of SNC, and Obasanjo (Yoruba man) - but what have gained from his presidency?? All the juicy ministerial positions went mostly to Ijaws, Igbos, and Northerners..

The North on the other hand will always speak with one voice, as long as Islam is their religion (sad but true lol).. Politics is a game of numbers, and we will definitely benefit from aligning with the North than other parts of the South - from the upper Delta, to across the river Niger..

History 101: Southern politics have NEVER benefited Yoruba since the inception of Nigeria.. 1959, 1963, 1966, 1979, 1992, and 1999 - we were BETRAYED by the SOUTH!!

bittyend: What's wrong with you, and why do you hate Igbos so much? I'm yoruba and I love Igbo food, and the average Igbo man or woman. Igbos do a lot of talking, and arguing about Biafra - but the average man is not violent. Igbos are just on the paper chase just like most yorubas are. Get the hate out of your heart!! Igbos are not the problem!!

bittyend: The youths don't represent the people - yet they find joy in killing other tribes without blinking an eye? This madness has to stop! These people are stuck in stone age barbaric way of life, and if they can't learn that LIFE IS PRECIOUS and IRREPLACEABLE - they need to be taught the hard way. Trust me, I won't shed a tear if the whole North is NUKED tomorrow morning - they're phucking APES. Phuck those camel jocking piece of shyte, it's violence - if peace is alien to them.

bittyend: Gworo chewing, dirty almajiri - if I was in Naija - I'll shoot hausas/fulanis for target practice, and that's on my family's life. Don't you ragheads, cow f/ucking, gworo chewing, dirty mallams know some people HATE your guts with a passion? Hausa/fulani man's life is worthless!! Phuck your whole family, I'll kill hundreds of hausa/fulani if I need to.

bittyend: You remember how the Hutus massacred the Tutsis with machetes and spears in three days, huh? That's how the ethnic cleansing in Lagos will be before people in East get to Lagos. Heck, they would have to go through Ondo, Ekiti, Ogun and probably Osun before getting to Lagos - and those are some THOROUGH yoruba people. The deeds would have been done before there is call for a cease fire. You can ask the Hausas what happened to them in Lagos in 1999 - I was in Naija then, and I witnessed it. Phucking Hausa cripples were walking without a Pastor praying for them and dead bodies everywhere.

Be careful what you wish for!

I'm out for real, this time.

bittyend: Ok, I give up. We'll continue to live in isolation, and the same goes for the Igbos as well - and allow the almajiris to continue to ra/pe us. If you know don't under the basics of politics, you're on your own. The Igbos should be our natural allies, but ZIK messed it up for his own greed - that's why the Northerners have been playing us against each other because they know the say we speak with one voice - it's game over for them. This generation needs to mend that bridge, and forget about ZIK and Biafra - we need to forge alliances, and put the North in their place, period.

The Hausa/Fulani are our natural political enemies - the Igbos brought themselves in the fold with greedy arse ZIK and Ojukwu.

bittyend: Bruv, I'm not saying 'align' with Igbos, in the sense of entrusting them with our lives - it's like a chess game, and the act of having temporary allies - to achieve a certain objective. That's why America is so strong in foreign policies. We align with them to get what we want, and after that everyone will go back to doing what they do. It's just like business, you trade with whoever comes to you - to sell your goods, and make profits - but you don't necessarily need to befriend them.

bittyend: You need to STFU for a minute - and realise that we're in the INTERNET age. And who told you I've never lived in Nigeria, or don't visit Nigeria every year? You need to hop off your high horse, and realise that Nigerians who love their country know what's going on in that damn country.

We want TRUE FEDERALISM - so do the Igbos.
We want SNC - so do the Igbos.
We don't want Sharia law - so the Igbos.

If that's not common INTERESTS, I don't know what it is.

bittyend: WTF are you on about? This has nothing to do with tribes - it's called aligning with people you share common interests with. And we're not NOT freaking WESTERNERS - I hate that phucking word, let the oyinbos take that ugly word. We're SOUTH WESTERNERS and part of the larger SOUTHERN, NIGERIA.

And no one is building a Southern Army, and Nigeria ain't breaking in my lifetime - we just need to align with people we share common interests with - and get what we need as a people out of the damn country. We've been dominated for too long by the almajiri clans - it's high time we in the South, used our numbers to get what we all want, period.

Brother, make up your mind.

ayanle456: Ohio State is a good university. Our future is very bright. We are in a stretegic location in the world.

am not seeing a therapist. that was a joke.

Can someone slap this fool for me?

You went to Ohio State university - a nobody's university that probably enrolls students with 2.5 GPA. I assume you're there studying religion, sociology, or massage therapy after which you'll join your pirate or terrorist brothers in your horn of shame.

On the flip side, Am I supprised that this European wanna-be is high on his first contact with real human beings in the US? No! Why should I? After all, with the endless clannish wars Somalia has seen, any Somali would probably behave like he's on cloud nine as soon as his foot touches America.

So much for beautiful straight nose people with no nappy hair yet your run-down shanty cities are awash with guns and RPG and your people are only dependent on others for daily bread. Its likely your people still dey kaka for bush yet you're quick to call others pigs.

I'm still wondering why Seun has not banned this loud mouth joker.

ayanle456: the bottom picture is bantu. bantus are less than 5 percent. since the war its probanly less. somalis come in all color but u can tell by the nose and hair.

anyale456, I'm not big on bullying or hurting my fellow African, however, I wont mind paying anyone close to you $50 to smack your face and then spit on you.

You have the gut to tell us how "xenophobic" Somalis are. You insult the rest of Africa with filthy name calling yet you're here using a medium created by "big nose" African. You should be ashamed. Africans have paid in sweat and blood to make Somalia habitable yet what we get is a heap of insult from an uncultured ingrate like you.

I really dont blame you, I blame the Nigerian govt for not minding our business and letting you Somalis slug it out with Al Shabab or whatever you call them. So much for pure ethnic group that speaks one language. No wonder PhysicsQED said Somalis are arrogant, I need no more comfirmation, I've seen it from you.

But if you care to know, there is a new word in the universal political lexicon. That word is "Somalization."
Now, if you're really interested in the meaning of this new word I advise you to check out the links below and read the stories therein. Who knows, perhaps after reading the stories you'll change your "straight nose horn" of Africa to tail of Africa.

http://www.sharpedgenews.com/index.php/news/recent-news/1159-somalization-of-nigeria-worries-former-defense-chief-danjuma

http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/62946-The-Somalization-of-Libya-has-begun.

http://atlantic-council.ca/same-ship-different-coast-the-disturbing-evolution-of-west-african-piracy/

http://www.yemenfox.net/news_details.php?sid=2898

Kobojunkie: Whether you believe it to be the truth or not, is not the question here. Is the president justified in making statements that suggest that the creation of the entity Nigeria, which he currently governs, was a mistake, that is what the question is here. If your answer is yes, what makes him any different from people like Ojukwu, and other secessionist we have here on Nairaland, who have suggested that the problem with Nigeria is that the North and Nigeria were ever brought together and every group should go their separate way? And how do you unite a nation even as you suggest there might have been problems with the unification to begin with.

Kind of wondering what to make of the bolded. Is there anything wrong with self determination?

DivideUs: bro u get energy o, unlike you i don't get paid for dis, I'm out! enjoy ya victory oh you didn't convince anyone sorry

DivideUs, I read the page you linked ( http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/friedman-pass-the-books-hold-the-oil.html?_r=1) and its great. I mean its not like we didnt know the message before but reading it helps to reinforce the truth.

Nigerian leaders are washed-up, old, senile, serial-thieves. They dont believe in any thing that removes oil from the equation. In some sense, I dont blame them that much because the teachers in their school days only talked about management, manage this manage that - no one talked about creation of wealth. Now we're stuck with people who cant think outside the easy oil money.

On the other hand, the reason I currently blame them to a large extent is because they refused to accept the backseat, they refused to quit the scene, they still think they're relevant to the future of youths who want to probe the moon and stars - youths who're mastering and following electrons as they tunnel through barriers, youths who're dying to create machines that dont like the sight of oil. Unfortunately, these youths need the right environment to think, plan, and excel but the usual old-washed up politicians that only know three things - oil, ethicity, and religion wont let that environment come to fruition. Shame!

shymmex: I, as a proud Yoruba son - don't believe in greediness, nor capitalism.. I believe in pseudo-marxism, which is mixture of capitalism and marxism....

That's why we need to intimidate this timid president to give us what we want, which is regional government..

You hit the nail at the head. However, dont join folks that intentionally want to twist the "greed" I was refering to. The point is "greed" can serve different purposes - it can lead a criminally minded person to kill while a go-getter uses his to mine minerals in Mars.

I dont subcribe to this " mindless greed" (cut-throat capitalism) that Wall Street and GOP preaches, they want poor folks to pay for high cost of health insurance with $9/hr work at Walmart. However, I dont want to live in a utopian socialist country where citizens become laid-back and then make their FG their only God.

The reason I said you hit the nail on the head is because you realized we're culturally different, hence can function well in different economic settings. Each region can choose how much of mixed economy they want should we go your route of regionalism. Its this route that sensible people have been clamoring since eons. The earlier we head that way the better, we cant all be crammed into this one-size-fits-all economy/political nonsense.

ballabriggs: Bia Nwokem, is it the same greed that makes Isupenko sell fake Guiness in Aba? Warn yourself O.

You can use your greed to sell fake tomatoe while I use mine to explore the galaxies, its all your decision. One more thing, the last time I checked, Igbo man was not the one leding this country - I mean greed-free country with greed-free leadership. He also was not the one allocating all the oil blocks to himself, he wasn't the one responsible for $12.5bn gulf war oil wind-fall.

I'm wondering why Greed-free ethnic groups could not tell us how our monies developed wings and went AWOL.
Hate is dangerous.

ballabriggs: I agree, the Igbo man is a very greedy man.

Reagan said greed is good. Mind you greed is what drives capitalism, greed is why Europe colonized Africa - I bet you're living in UK or America. Do like like Boeing, Airbus - you fly in them? Greed of their leaders pushed their nations to explore and conquer lands, seas, and space which, by implication, gave you that technology. Give me Igbo greed any day - it drives the economy.

Beaf: Jason is just bitter that I exposed him as a fake, pretending to come from Delta state to cause ethnic dissent.
When challenged to name his village, he actually mentioned an Ijaw one! But is Itsekiri?
How is that possible? He doesn't even know the place he claims to come from. Why make the absolutely ridiculous claims to be an Itsekiri who comes from an Ijaw village (Guiness Book of Records!)?

Jason123 is alj harem. If you go through alj harem's posts here you will find the same constant rattling about "Beaf" like I'm sleeping with his wife or something. Its comedic anyway!

jason123: No we don't share the same views. He is a bigot! He hates his fellow Deltans of Ilajes origins. He believes Itsekiris should pay homage to the Oporaza family. He hates Edos. What comes out of his mouth are MOSTLY lies and twisted words to keep his oga looking good.
You have seen me insult other leaders and never GEJ because I respect him not because he comes from my region. Beaf is not like that, he is bias!
GEJ IS A NIGERIAN LEADER and should be seen as such! Ethnic propagandist like Beaf and Dokubo are reducing his power base! I'm in the UK and when guys talk about politics, you can sense that he is seen as a Ijaw president (not even Niger deltan)


All these things makes us as opposites as DAY and NIGHT!

beaf, perhaps jason123 is not from Delta State, but I sure believe he's not alj harem. I've read a lot of posts from alj harem and jason123 to decode their signature - grammar-wise, rhetoric-wise, you name it.

beaf, I think jason123 is a nice guy who wouldn't like to have altercation with you but he's now doing it because you probably riled him. On the flip side, beaf is a very vocal guy, straight-shooter, funny, over the top, nationalist - he still believes in one Nigeria more than most of us, and lastly, mean-sprited. Beaf can return blows and say some mean stuff to people if he gets pushed and this kind of personna usually gets miscontrued as being pushy, clannish, and disrepectful, but is it really?

If at all both of you are from Delta, then you'll complement each other.

On a different note, Delta state is one heck of a state I wouldn't mind having a border with. They're fine people, educated, can be laid-back sometimes and before you say jack they're holding the steering - wonderful people.

Anyway, you guys need to quit this e-fight.

jason123: HYPOCRISY UPON HYPOCRISY!

When are we going to be truthful for once?! The paid propagandist called Beaf now supports this statement. Btw, Diligence there is nothing wrong with your post. In fact, your post sums up the truth and I support it.





Its funny how this paid propagandist called Beaf supports the "focus on the message not the messenger" but did not say the same thing when Buhari made his speech!

Beaf, how much was paid for your soul?! Now, you can't speak the truth FOR ONCE, all you do now is stammer about like a deranged cow. What a shame! Your children will asking these same question when the time comes!

jason123:
SHUT YOUR MOUTH! You worker of deceit! I rebuke you!

When are we going to be truthful for once?! The paid propagandist called Beaf now supports this statement. Btw, Diligence there is nothing wrong with your post. In fact, your post sums up the truth and I support it.





Its funny how this paid propagandist called Beaf supports the "focus on the message not the messenger" but did not say the same thing when Buhari made his speech!

Beaf, how much was paid for your soul?! Now, you can't speak the truth FOR ONCE, all you do now is stammer about like a deranged cow. What a shame! Your children will asking these same question when the time comes![/quote]

jason123: However, I must point out that there was nothing wrong with GEJ's speech! He is perfectly right!

jason123, I'm a little bit curious on why you and beaf are now kind of mortal enemies.
Going by bolded, it looks like both of you share the same view.
I also know you guys are Delta peeps, if so why the beef?

To cut the long story short. GEJ was not the problem from 1914-2010, however, he became a major part of the problem from 2010 - 2012. Now the question is - what is he going to do about it? I believe we dont know the answer to that, only GEJ knows. I do hope his numerous doctorate degree holding special advisers help him lead us out of whatever the problem is. If its amalgamation - undo it, if its Electricity, give it to us. If its SNC, lets have it. If its maffia, expose and/or un-mafia them. If its our mono-economy, diversify. If its our unwillingness to work together, then lets have out-right seperation. If its education, give us more schools. If its almajiris, hold their parents responsible just as you un-almajirize them.

Whatever it is, we need solutions. I love you as a brother, I'm happy that an Ijaw is our leader, and I'm glad we're finally getting a break from military passi-passi. Notwithstanding, I want answers and solutions. We all have one shot at life, this shot I have now is all I've got and I dont want to waste it on a fruitless enterprise. Nigeria, as it currently is, is way worse than fruitless, it is a waste of space and we want this trend haulted and reversed. GEJ, you're now the president - which means the bulk stops at your table, please solve this mess or bow out. I do hope Nigerians politicians, both winners and losers, 'll give GEJ 3 years to show us what he can do.

abolo: The Ex militant natiional vice chairman israel akpodoro has pronouced war on the delta central senator pius Ewerido.

War! war!! war - them no dey tire Ah! in fact war has lost its true meaning in Nigeria. Move left instead of right, some people shout war. Try right - another go declare im own war, haba!

murtalaa: I am a proponent of division but not for the myopic reasons you cited. Issues of tribalism would come evn when you break nigeria into 36 independent nations. Ijaws cant stand Ishekiris, Idomas can't stand Igalas, Ikwerres cant stand Igbos, SS cant stand SE. Just break Nigeria along ethinic lines and you will see more ethnic problems especially in the south. The North will be relatively stable. I want Nigeria broken simply because it will be easier to manage that way.

The last time I checked Ikwerre and Igbos were not killing eachother and SS and SE were not accusing one another of cannibalization. You guys up north should lay off the East. All this phantom wars that'll erupt in the south is way over-played. We know better now. Should Nigeria cease to exist, no gun-shot will be heard in the East and I believe the West'll be fine too. I suggest you guys roll up your sleeves now 'cause it looks like your work is cut out for you with all the killing, bombing, sharia, flesh eating, muslims vs christians, and sunni vs shia going on up north. 1967 is over, nobody believes that propaganda anymore. If and when Nigeria goes down, the south has nothing to fear.

Even Hitler thought he was doing the world a great service, why not Bamanga Tukur's Boko Haram.

PhysicsQED: You'd probably be better off trying to make a purchase using sh1t than trying to buy something with Somali shillings. Terrible currency and a terrible country. The very a$$hole of planet earth.

Man! you're too mean to Somalia, lol! At least Somalia has an excuse (war), what about Republic of Mugabe, sorry, Zimbabwe - Elder Mugabe has Roberto Mugabized the value of their dollar to the extent it became completely worthless. I remember one poem we used to recite when we were in primary school, it goes like this - Africa my africa, Africa of proud warriors........ (cant remember the rest). Anyway, my take on it is - can we honestly say Africa is full of proud warriors? Africa, especially sub-sahara, with the exception of SA, has brought the roof down on her children.

As bad as USA is, its a million times better than African countries. Even if you dont become a millionaire, at least you can go to school in a well air-conditioned class, finish your work without running away from cultist, and graduate in record time without any hassles from lecturers.

alj harem: No sir, Buhari is not a tribalist, Just becasue of a statment you label him a tribalsit ?. Fulanis did not mess up Nigeria, Likes of Andy Uba, Asari, Boko haram, OBJ IBB abacha etc all destroyed Nigeria

It would be silly of you to label buhari's action as a fulani action.

Buhari is buhari and no one else

Andy Uba and Asari Dokubo of yesterday?
100000 Nigerians, perhaps, know Andy Uba.

Buhari is not the first person to lose election in Nigeria. MKO won an election, was denied his mandate, and was finally killed in cold blood, yet we didnt see Boko Haram. GEJ is only one year into his mandate yet we cant even let the man lead? Why cant people be honest with themselves for a second. Frankly, if it were in my powers to give mandates to aspiring leaders GEJ will not make the list, so also is Buhari, IBB, Atiku, OBJ and other hosts of callous usurpers we've had since independence. However, we already have GEJ and he should be given the space to show his quality or lack there of without all these "dogs and baboons soaking in blood."

Politicians know their power bases. They know, on average, the religious inclination and educational background of their bases and to that end, they know what kind of language riles and incites their bases. Its uncivil and criminal to tap into that for personal gain that can result in the loss of life of another man.

Buhari is not going to be the last man to lose election in Nigeria and decency requires that he gives peace a chance. Enough of the threats and rhetorics. And on a different note, why is it that no nigerian politician has lost a child in election riots? Why must it be poor people that keep losing every thing? I mean its not like I dont know that poor folks are always going to lose, but in Nigeria the poor man's loss is a double whammy loss. He loses in resources just as he pays with his life, yet hes quick to trust another politician over the other because of what? Religion, tribe? Screw that. My thing is, GEJ won so let him finish his term and go home to his wife and children. Nobody should pay with his life for all the jiggery pokery that takes place in our polity.

We lost young corpers during the last election, aren't we tired already?

Is Boko Haram really fighting injustice? or are they another extremist, bigoted, dangerous, and implacable murderous religious organization seeking to dorminate and enslave people of different ancestry and faith? If trully BH is fighting for justice, what is their justice critical point at which they'll lay down arms and accept they've achieved it? Is this critical point - instant death, dormination, or enslavement of people outside Northwest and Northeast?

We're living in uncertain and dangerous times, and its even more dangerous given the number of respected and highly placed Nigerians who have either selfishly or naively given legitimacy to an indefensible war against innocent Nigerians. These innocent Nigerians dont even know the location of Aso Rock yet they're the ones dying in this "Boko Haram's war against injustice."

Boko Haram didnt start today, it started way before 1945, the only little confusion now is that in 1940s it had a different name and make-up, nontheless it had the same agenda and purpose. This idea that Nigeria's criminal Boko Haram is for justice might gain traction if we dont tell Bamanga Tukur and his likes that BH is criminal and we wont let them push down this idiocy down our throat.

We've probably read the write-up below by Alabo-George, a columnist in DAILY TRUST Newspapers. So, in the light of Bamanga Tukur's recent comment that Boko Haram is fighting injustice, perhaps its imperative that we look at our national structure (states and regions), determine who is impoverishing us and then take the battle to him rather than kill innocent people at their places of worship, business centers, etc.
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Yes, forget these per capita figures! I agree the North is poor. Yes, I agree the poverty has bred millions of destitute persons, who have become instant and easy recruits for Boko Haram. But my question is: Who impoverished the North?

A caveat: I am an unabashed capitalist who believes that every citizen has a right to do good business and make profit. I salute hard work and do not disparage honest efforts. However, uncompassionate capitalism driven by pulleys of aristocracy breeds a brutal class order worthy of condemnation.

In my last article titled – “El Rufai’s amnesia: The day Boko Haram wore jeans”, I categorically stated that greed and the senseless chase for power by the Fulani aristocrats and political elites of the North are responsible for the extreme poverty of the North. I still and will always stand by that. My position did not go down well with my targets; they responded with vituperations.

Malam Sanusi’s statistics was intended to mislead us by ruffling the rudder of our common sense. See, Ekiti state has a 2012 budget 0f N88 billion; Kwara state, N90 billion; Cross River state, N144 billion; Anambra state, N82 billion; Enugu state, N74 billion. Now let’s look at the 2012 budgets recently passed into law by the four major Boko Haram occupied states – Kano state has a budget of N 210 billion; Borno state, 150 billion; Gombe, N94 billion; Yobe state, 80 billion.

A simple comparative analysis shows that Ekiti state has about the same revenue as Yobe and Gombe, but only 17 students passed WAEC and NECO in Gombe state last year, while Ekiti is known for its high literacy level. Gombe state has a bigger budget that Enugu and Anambra, why hasn’t MASSOB bombed anyone. Borno state has a budget twice that of Enugu state but the poverty and unemployment level in Borno state is more than thrice that of Enugu state.

Borno has a bigger budget than a Niger Delta state- Cross River, while the leaders of that state over the last decade have transformed it into the Nation’s leading tourist destination; those of Borno have transformed it into a Somalia.

Kano state gets the highest statutory allocation from the FG, because on paper Kano is the most populated state in Nigeria, yet Kano has about 1.6 million destitute almajiris. Kano has a budget almost thrice the budget of Enugu, twice the budget of Kwara, Anambra and Ekiti, but how come almost 90% of students in Kano fail WAEC? How come the poverty level in Kano is higher than all these states put together?

Why is the North so poor? From the figures above I have shown that Southern states with lesser budgets have shown better development performance than most North Eastern states with bigger statutory allocation and budgets.

Now, I need to tackle the sensitive question of revenue allocation that has infuriated the Malam Lamido Sanusi and Malam El Rufai and their likes. Niger Delta states get higher revenue allocation because they contribute virtually all the eggs in the national crate. That is expected.

Albeit the 13% remains grossly inadequate, the CBN Governor has suggested that his Boko boys are resisting the disparity.

I want to posit that the North-East through their aristocrats and ex-military rulers (except Gen. Mohammed Buhari) rake in more oil money (from the Niger Delta) individually than any Niger

Delta state, and collectively more than twice the entire Niger Delta put together. In this disquisition, I have attempted to show that 80% of crude oil and gas produced by indigenous companies is controlled by the North-East. It is an area they have well conquered through General IBB, Abacha and Abdulsalami. However, the loots never get back home.

In this first part I will attempt to describe the very uneven nature of the distribution of the nation’s wealth among the Northern aristocratic families and their military generals who for decades looted Nigeria. They did so blatantly, and while Nigeria was weeping about oil windfall loot and others, Nigerians would wail if they know how much of the nation’s resources these folks allocated to themselves and their business fronts before they stepped aside.

Let us therefore begin.

To the state of origin of Boko Haram: Borno State. Enter Cavendish Petroleum, the operators of OML 110 – with good yielding OBE field. This oil block was awarded to Alhaji Mai Deribe – the Borno patriarch, who even in death will remain the richest man dead or alive in the history of Borno state- by General Sani Abacha on the 8th of July, 1996. OML 110 has a proven oil reserve in excess of 500 million barrels (More than the entire 300milliom barrels reserve of Sudan). As yet with the capacity to produce about 120,000 barrels of crude oil daily from its OBE 4 and OBE 5 wells. At current production levels, the Mai Deribes net circa N4billion monthly in crude oil sales (Using current oil price of $100pb). Cavendish Petroleum’s N4bn monthly net dwarfs the monthly statutory allocation of Borno which is about N3bn and its internally generated revenue staggers around N1billion.

See his mansion, a tourist attraction - http://kyata.aminus3.com/image/2009-08-17.html

I will then shift to the centre of the Fulani aristocratic hegemony in the North East – Kano. Here.

Enter the Fulani Prince Nasiru Ado Bayero, Malam (Prince) Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s cousin. He is a Key shareholder and director in Seplat/Platform petroleum operators of the Asuokpu/Umutu Marginal Field with a capacity of 300,000 barrels monthly and a 30mmfcsd gas plant capable of feeding 100MT of LPG. The Ado Bayeros, Yar’Aduas and Atiku Abubakar are Nigerian holders of Intels. It is a private port that has grounded three Federal ports in the South. Intels is discussed later.

Enter South Atlantic Petroleum Limited (SAPETRO). South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO) is a Nigerian Oil Exploration and Production Company that was created in 1995 by General T. Y. Danjuma. General Sani Abacha awarded the Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 246 to SAPETRO in February 1998.

The block covers a total area of 2,590km2 (1,000 sq. miles). SAPETRO partnered with Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd (TUPNI) and Brasoil Oil Services Company Nigeria Ltd (Petrobras) to start prospecting on OPL246. Akpo, a condensate field was discovered in April 2000 with the drilling of the first exploration well (Akpo 1) on the block. Other discoveries made on OPL 246 include the Egina Main, Egina South, Preowei and Kuro (Kuro was suspended as a dry gas/minor oil discovery).

In June 2006, General TY Danjuma divested part of its contractor rights and obligations to China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for $1 billion (N160bn). Akpo exports about 230,000 barrels of condensate daily. Condensate export is not regulated by OPEC, so SAPETRO/TOTAL exports as much as possible each day. Egina exports about 75,000 barrels of oil daily.

Therefore, Akpo and Egina fields export just over 300,000 barrels of oil/condensate daily (three times what the country Ghana exports). SAPETRO (TY Danjuma) get 25% of this. Now, note I have not talked about the gas component – it’s about 2.5 trillion cubic feet. The money SAPETRO nets each month is more than the monthly statutory allocation of all the Niger states combined and also more than the oil revenue of Ghana. Do your math.

Enter AMNI (or is it AMIN?) International Petroleum Development Company. AMNI owns two oil blocks – OML 112 and OML 117. In the production sharing contract, AMNI gets 60% for owning the oil block and Total gets 40% for providing technical advice. OML 112 was awarded on the 12/02/1998 while OML 117 was awarded 06/08/1999 all by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar.


Operations started on both blocks 0n 26/02/2006. The licenses are due to expire 11/02/2018 and 05/08/2019 respectively. (Now you see why the next election is important?).

The Okoro and Setu fields in OML 112 are operated by Afren Energy, a company substantially controlled by Rilwanu Lukman. The Okoro and Setu oil fields have about 50 million barrels in reserve and currently produce/exports just a little below 20,000 barrels per day. The chairman of AMNI International Petroleum and Development Company is Alhaji (Colonel) Sani Bello a Fulani from Kontagora, Niger State.

Enter Oriental Energy Resources Limited, a company owned by Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, a Fulani and close friend of General Ibrahim Babangida. Also worthy of note is that General IBB’s first son is married to Alhaji Mohammed Indimi’s daughter – Yakolo Indimi-Babangida, who also serves as a director in the company. Indimi hails from Borno State.

Oriental Energy Resources Limited runs three oil blocks: OML 115, the Okwok field and the Ebok field. OML 115 and Okwo are OML PSC, while Ebok is an OML JV. All of them crown offshore oil blocks. OML 115 on its own is 228 sq. km. On OML115 Oriental Energy Resources Limited has 60 per cent while Equity Energy Resources AS, which Alhjai Aliko Dangote’s oil and gas investment vehicle has 40 per cent (Aliko Dangote is from Kano). On Okwok, Addax has

40% and on the Ebok field, Oriental Energy Resources shares with none: its 100%. AMNI produces twice as much as Cavendish Petroleum.

Enter Express Petroleum and Gas Limited floated by Alhaji Aminu Dantata, solely for the purpose of fronting for winning oil block(s) even though he and the company are in no way qualified for the award. General Abacha awarded him OML 108 on the 1st of November, 1995.

CAMAC Houston, a company owned by Kase Lawal bought 2.5% of Express Petroleum’s 60% holdings. The other 40% on OML 108 is owned Sheba E&P Limited an IBB tributary company.

SEPCOL operates the Ukpokiti offshore field in Shallow water Nigeria, which was acquired from ConocoPhillips in May 2004.

Enter Shebah Exploration And Production Limited (SEPCOL) . It is the operator of the Oil Mining License 108 offshore Nigeria. Head office is in Lagos, but ‘head quartered’ in Minna.

Enter Consolidated Oil. Conoil Producing Limited is an integrated upstream oil and gas company. They are the operator of six blocks in the Niger Delta as well as 25% Equity holder in the Joint Development Zone (JDZ) Block 4. Corporate Head office is in Lagos, but its ‘Headquarters’ is in Minna, Niger State.

Conoil signed a technical operator agreement with Continental Oil and Gas Limited (CONOG) to provide 100% funding and technical service agreement to operate blocks OML 59 on a 40% (Conoil) / 60% (CONOG) basis. Conoil entered into a Production Sharing Contract with the NNPC by virtue of an agreement executed on 17th October 2008. Conoil’s has overall potential hydrocarbon resources of over 1.0 Billion Barrels of Oil and 7.0 trillion Cubic Feet of Gas. General Ibrahim Babangida awarded the first oil block to Conoil in 1991. The company produces about 100,000 barrels per day.

Enter Rilwanu Lukman, another Fulani multimillionaire with fronted controlling holdings in Afren, the operators of AMNI oil blocks and also with very key interest in the NNPC/Vitol trading deal, Vitol is a London based oil trading company. Vitol lifts 350,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Nigeria.

Enter Intels and the Yar’Adua , Ado Bayero family and Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. The Oil and Gas Free Zone and Oil Services Centres, as well as Support Bases, are operated from government-owned facilities, leased to Intels under long-term agreements. Intels runs a ‘private port’, a venture that has systematically killed the Calabar, Warri and Port Harcourt ports. There are over one hundred major companies operating at the Intel facility in Port Harcourt. The company makes more money in profit than the government of Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta states put together. I shall give details and figures in the part two of this disquisition.

Finally, for the Part I of this disquisition, I introduce you to NorthEast Petroleum. The name is as clear as the message it sends. I do not need to write so much about NorthEast Petroleum registered as NorEast. NorthEast Petroleum Nigeria Limited is the holder of OPL215 license, covering an area 0f 2,564 square kilometres in water depths between 200 to 1600 metres.


NorEast is the parent company of Rayflosh Petroleum Nigeria which got the 2005 bidding round and was awarded the blocks OPLs 276 & 283 closing thereupon a Joint Venture Agreement with Centrica Resources Nigeria Limited and CCC Oil and Gas.

Not surprising, NorthEast Petroleum is owned by another Fulani businessman from the North East, Alhaji Saleh Mohammed Jambo. The license was awarded to him by General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida in 1991 and then renewed in 2004. So far $50Million has been spent on the very promising Okpoi-1 and Egere -1 exploratory well.

In the Part II, we shall finish the discussion. We will table other North Eastern billionaires who make more money than their states of origin from Niger Delta oil blocks.

With all these oil blocks owned by ‘North- Easterners’ in the Niger Delta, it should be clear to El Rufai and Sanusi who really benefits from the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme.

Sadly, National Bureau of Statistics reports from 2010 show Niger State as the poorest state in the Federation, and the North East the poorest region.

With these NBS figures, I rest my case.

http://dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=156894:deprivation-and-its-principles-why-the-north-is-poor&catid=6:daily-columns&Itemid=6

lagcity: Correction. The Bulk of Nigeria's resources doesn't not come from Old Eastern Region. I know that you people have been thought to think oil whenever natural resources are mentioned.

Anyway, I think your calculations are innacurate, GEJ will only Sweep SE and SS. The NE, NW, and SW will go to a Buhari/Fashola team. This NC that you ppl enjoy harping about has a significant Yoruba population, so I don't know what makes you think they'll join SE and SS. Count Kwara out of this alliance with SS/SE. Kogi will be a split, Benue might be a split but ACN is strong there. Niger state isn't going with SE/SS, Kaduna and Nassarawa aren't going with SS/SE. So you see my friend, the best you can hope for is half of Kogi and Benue.
Now, this is a democracy and we don't care if you produce oil or not. MAJORITY will win election in a democracy. Now if ACN/CPC team wins and you guys say you want to cause trouble. Oh well, God help you! No need for chest-beating, we will see.

You see - arrogance, triumphalism, and quick dismissal of your fellow man, are terrible qualities. Am I offended by your belief that SS/SE wont do any thing? No way. On the contrary, I'm quite happy to know you feel that way because that'll make you push the old Eastern Nigeria to the corner.

Believe me when I say "old Eastern Nigeria" 'cause I know where the boundary is. I'm not delusional about the presence of Yoruba in the MB so dont worry about who and who will be part of the devide that'll draw the line should you succeed in this your new alliance that you believe will take the resources of the East and dominate them forever.

I have no objection to your idea of majority that's now primed to take control of the nation. However, where we'll have a serious problem is if you think that the fate of the old Eastern Nigeria will be in the hands of this your new majority and that you'll breathe down our necks like you did in 1967 and nothing will happen. I wish you luck in this "21st century new majority democracy venture" that's geared towards pushing the SS/SE to the wall, I pray that it happens today rather than tomorrow.

Like you said earlier - we dont kick, we only scream. We shall see if that's true.

When the come comes, the happen will happen(quote from K.O Mbadiwe, Agada gbachiri uzo).

Goodluck.

lagcity: Abeg go and siddon joorr! Oil has been extracted from SS for decades and nothing is gonna change that. What can MASSOB puccies do? Even the MEND are smart enough to know who to mess with. MEND can't try nonsense with OBJ or Buhari. It is only Yaradua and Jonathan they can try that nonsense with. You guys can only kick and scream and we'll continue to laugh at you guyz.

This is where the problem lies. You cant do any thing, you cant do any thing - boom! he does a "thing." The bulk of this nation's resources comes from the old Eastern Nigeria, the same region, even as divided as it was, took Nigeria to the edge for 3 years.

I'll tell you this - if you want Nigeria to survive in 2015 there are certain ingredients that shouldn't be mixed together. The ingredients are: Pair candidates from SW and core north that are certain to sweep SW,NE, and NW and have them contest againt GEJ that's sure to sweep SS, SE, and NC. Like you said in your previous post that "Nigeria will burn if GEJ rigs the election," the truth is PDP will rig the election without minding how much trouble their action will get us into and then - boom! Nigeria starts burning, NW and NE goes crazy and SW mobilizes on the streets of Lagos leading the SE, SS, and to some extent, MB to think that whats happening is a grand plan by Hausa and Yoruba to take over Nigeria. Before you say Jack, a line is drawn like it was done in 1967 and its either you're "with us or against us." Now those people you refered to in your post as "puccies" are now telling you what their real names are.

Now, the question is - do I support the scenario above? Well, my answer is - if your idea of a nation is such that you're entitled or free to extract resource from a land or region and your appreciation is to consider the inhabitants of that land "puccies," then I wont have any problem helping to draw and enforce that line.

Comments such as the one you made above is very toxic and inflammatory and its the reason Nigeria is a mess.

Logic Mind: maybe when your relative is next slaughtered while being labelled boko haram, you'll understand what i'm saying.

Its going to take a huge amount of circumstantial evidence to successfully label or rope an innocent Igbo with BK tag. I'm mindful of the possibility of innocent people paying for what they're not aware of. I never said kill or punish Massob memebers 'cause that'll be a green light for FG to have a field day in Eastern Nigeria. The last time I checked Nigerians are still not legally permited to carry arms let alone bombs, therefore any Nigerian with IED will and must explain himself, be he Chinese, Korean, Hausa, Ijaw, Igbo, Berom, etc. What's going on in Nigeria now requires a shock and awe approach from the FG and we cant do that by saying - I dont want my people to be jailed or imprisoned even if they're involved.

Given what is happening now, I dont think any sensible person should be involved in any business that's bomb or explosive related. To make it simple, East is very sacred and precious for any wahabism, if any Easterner wants to be a muslim - fine, but importing wahabism into the East is a no-go area. Wahabism is one of the major roots of extremism and any Easterner that finds it appealing need not step his foot in the east again. We dont want homegrown terrorists.

Logic Mind: will you shut up there!

you want to give them more excuse to kill igbos?

how can igbo be boko haram?
have you ever seen a MEND aboki or a MASSOB Yoruba?

you believe all their silly propaganda against igbos.

For a start, I'll say you're insulting.

However, what makes you think there cant be an indoctrinated Igbo up north that thinks he's more Osama than Mbakwe, Okpara, Ikemba, Opugo, Uchechukwu Merije, etc ?

I'll say it again, if they find any Igbo Boko Haram they have my right to deal with him on the spot.

alj harem: I have already said that Boko haram is NOT a northern problem alone but the entire country.

Now It does not come as a surprise to me.

Although I am still shocked the way[b] Igbos people[/b] on this forum lie a lot and do false propaganda

Imagine someone saying "Yorubas plot to destablise the north" Another saying "Yorubas formed Boko haram"

For what propose I ask ?

Chai !!!! Yorubas get enemies o !

Even funny is " SOE in the SW" LOL

Funny right? If I ask you to back the bolded up hope you wont disappear again.

Anyway, I'm not sure I have time for a fruitless venture this morning, I'll only say this little - when Boko Haram finally goes down I wont be shocked at the sect's complete ethnic representantion. I've braced and consoled myself on the possibility of a minor chunk of BK being from the East (some indoctrinated wahabi wanna bes). My plea to FG is that when all is over - please lock all BK, seal off the prison, and throw away the keys.

dayokanu: Reason is other SW states are under ACN leadership leaving only Ondo and he feels he might be consumed by the ACN tide.

So he feels he has to get "protection" or endorsement from Abuja to save him from the impending loss

But where I feel he is getting it wrong is that most SWesterners had a raw deal from the PDP and associating with the PDP might not be the best option for him

But hes had about 3 yrs or so to prepare for this day. The only way to push back is by working for the people. Its not like theres some thing special in ACN, PDP, or whatever. What people want is delivery of democracy dividend, if he failed to do it in the last 3yrs then hes a toast with or without Abuja.

dayokanu: Reason is other SW states are under ACN leadership leaving only Ondo and he feels he might be consumed by the ACN tide.

So he feels he has to get "protection" or endorsement from Abuja to save him from the impending loss

But where I feel he is getting it wrong is that most SWesterners had a raw deal from the PDP and associating with the PDP might not be the best option for him

Do you think hes going to lose?

dayokanu: Tinubu is not contesting in Ondo state

Well, I dont know what hes afraid of then. I'm not very famliar with whats on ground in Ondo but the little I heard of Mimiko was not bad so I dont know why he should run to Abuja. I think if he sells himself to the electorate he stands a chance of winning. There is a big chance Ondo people 'll see him as the underdog and rescue him, but this race to Abuja - I doubt it'll do him any good.

Maybe I'm wrong, I thought winning implied getting more votes than your opponent. What is GEJ going to do for him - cast one vote? He should seek for his people's support rather than Abuja connection. I dont know much about Mimiko but both his name and his party sounds kind of nice to me and if I were to choose between Tinubu and Mimiko I'll go for the younger and more vibrant Mimiko. However, this his recent race to Abuja makes me feel like maybe hes not doing enough in Ondo to secure a second term.

Beaf: Help me ask these peeps, bro. There are certain things that are way to big to be ethnically belittled; boko haram is one.
One of the things that makes me proud as a Deltan is the fact that when Ibori thought he was a champ, it was we the Deltans that wrote all the letters to Abuja, the UK, US and EFCC. That is the way it should be.

I keep thanking God that a Yoruba man like ekt_bear has spoken so well on this thread.

ekt_bear has said some things that made me cringe, but on two occasions he wrote some pretty stuff that made me respect him. I understand we all have some much attachment to our ethnic groups but man some times you gat shed it and shame the devil. I mean, what is in there for you when someone you call your brother is caught with bombs and weapons? Man! disown the fool! If I see any Igbo with weapons and bombs and I happened to have a Knife - I'm stabbing the fool, I dont care if his weapons are to be used on other people - by the way is it other people that are worth dying? Man we need some common sense up in here. As far as I'm concerned, Suleiman or whatever hes called is on his own. His actions are personal and must be seen as such, it has absolutely nothing to do with Yoruba.

If any Igbo is a BK member - lock him up and throw away the keys. If and when he ever gets out of prison hes free to start his own one-man ethnic group.

There shouldn't be any investigation for any Igbo with bomb. If you catch one with bomb, bomb him - case closed, its not marginalization, its equal right.