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The Media Consultant to Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Mr. Clem Aguiyi, has commended the Senate for televising live the screening of Ministerial Nominees as the truth about Diezani Allison-Madueke’s legacy as Petroleum Minister, is beginning to emerge despite the conspiracy to diminish her sterling accomplishments on the altar of politics. In a release made available to media houses in Abuja soon after the screening of Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Mr. Aguiyi observed that the brilliant performance of the current Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),Dr. Kachukwu, during the senates’ screening, validated almost all the policies and actions championed and taken by the former Minister, which include: the unbundling of the NNPC to make it operate like a private company, introduction of stringent internal audit control mechanism, the PIB Bill, concern over the sustainability of the subsidy regime and shutting down of non performing refineries . Recall that Dr. Kachukwu, while reacting to questions by senators, reechoed the reforms and footprints of Mrs. Diezani Alison Madueke. He subscribed to the unbundling of NNPC into a private sector, while noting that there will be no removal of subsidy until palliatives were put in place. Kachikwu also disclosed that with the non-passage of Petroleum Industry Bill and PIB, Nigeria was losing 15 billion dollars yearly. Mr. Aguiyi noted that Mrs. Madueke, single-mindedly championed the Petroleum Industry Bill, which was designed to make NNPC more responsive and accountable, but eventually the passage of the bill was frustrated by both domestic and external forces, some of whom today are after the former minister. Kachukwu also told the Senate that he would continue to seek solutions even without the passage of the bill, using existing laws which was exactly what Mrs. Madueke resorted to throughout her tenure as Oil Minister. Mr. Aguiyi further commended Dr. Kachukwu for speaking from the courage of his conviction because, his averred plans to distribute free cylinders to every home with gas stations closer to homes, is in line with Alison Madueke’s stimulation of gas based industrialization. Mr. Aguiyi also noted that Mrs. Alison-Madueke, besides midwifing the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), also championed the introduction of local content in the oil sector and pushed for the adoption of the Nigerian Content Development Bill into law as a major priority. It became one of the very first acts of policy reform that was introduced in the infancy of the administration. Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Bill (2010), continue reading...http://africanfreepress.com/?p=6249
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I was able to pick out some questions from the video; What went wrong for the former Minister of Petroleum? Was she guilty of all the allegations leveled against her? Did the former Minister appear in court on Monday, 5th of October? Why did the EFCC wait for her to be invited by the Police in Charing Cross before invading her house in Nigeria? What was found after the invasion? video link below; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EenXbZJ71E |
By Abiodun Kuforiji Nkwocha What would you say if I told you that between last year and this year an estimated 11,000 people have been killed in Plateau State, mainly in Berom communities? What if I told you that over 40 villages have been sacked and some wiped out completely in Berom communities alone? If you were Nigerian you would try to correct me and say that I am probably talking about North East and not the North Central. You would be wrong. What if I told you that 11,000 is a conservative number? What if I asked you to station yourself at any mortuary and count the number of corpses that come in every single day from gun and machete injuries from the hands of armed Fulani men sometimes in cohorts with security agencies? Even if you were able to count the victims, I would ask you of the ones that are missing. I would ask of the bodies thrown in the wells. I would ask of hastily prepared same day burials because it is easier to bury the people today than to keep them and add the corpses of the next day to them. You would then ask me why? I would ask you what you have heard. You would tell me that you heard that the Berom people are cattle rustlers. Plateau protest, I would ask you how an 18 month old baby could rustle cattle. I would ask you how a 6 month old foetus even knew about cattle. I would ask you how whole communities collide and steal cattle. I will ask you how many cows are worth 11,000 lives. I would ask you how hundreds of thousands of people have had to flee their ancestral lands, farms and houses because they have been condemned to die for allegedly rustling cattle. I would ask you whether the wages of cattle rustling is death. Then you would wonder with me why cows only get rustled in Plateau. When places like Bauchi and Southern Kaduna and even in some parts of Gana Wuri in Plateau have more cattle than Berom land but have not witnessed the pogrom on the scale that Beroms have witnessed. Then you would be puzzled and ask me what was so special about the rustling in Berom land. I would laugh and ask you to sit down. I will tell you of land rich from the top to the bottom. I will tell you of the unmined lands of tin rich Kuru. I would tell you of the columbite in Bisichi. I would tell you about Gasish, Rim, Foron, Vat and so many other mineral rich areas. I would tell you about the Chinese with bags of money and determination to evade tax. I will tell you about the Hausas that sell minerals to the Chinese men. I will tell you about the Beroms that have been terrorized out of their land. I will tell you of exaggerated tales of rustling. I will tell you of isolated Berom youths in collision with Fulani youth. I will tell you of Fulani who have discovered that mining makes faster and easier money than herding. I will tell you of Fulani women who no longer carry calabashes with Fura da nono on their heads. I will tell of Fulani women that carry large pans filled with earth. Berom earth that is full of Tin, Columbite, Tantalite, Wolframite. You would need to sell hundreds of calabashes to buy a gun. But a pan filled with earth, keeps the men armed. I will tell you of a decline in cattle rearing that started since the 80s with education and when Fulanis started embracing dry season farming. I will tell you of hectares and hectares of land lying fallow. For their husband men are missing, fleeing, dying or dead. I will tell you about empty huts and houses. I will tell you about burnt settlements. I will tell you about the new owners. You would then ask me about government protection. I will tell you of a politics that looks away from the plight of dying people. I will tell you of compromised lawmakers, chiefs and kings. I will tell you of the rich that have shut their ears because the harrowing cries of the raped interrupt them as they count their gold coins. I will tell you about angry Berom youths who avenged senselessly the senseless deaths they have witnessed. You could ask me why the media keeps quiet. I would tell you the rat dances to the tune of the piper. You will see reason with me and then you will cry with me. You will agree with me that it is not just a war. It is genocide. And the spoils are beneath our feet. source www.africanfreepress.com/?p=6033 for rmore stories
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09 Oct, 2015 7th of October, 2015 Your Excellency, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(Rtd.),GCFR Commander-in-Chief and President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Presidential Villa, Three Arms Zone, FCT, Abuja. Sir, RE: YOUR ASSET DECLARATION AND THE CORRUPT MINISTERIAL NOMINEES: REQUEST FOR MORE CLARIFICATION IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY Save Nigeria Group (SNG) is the foremost registered coalition of human rights and prodemocracy organizations in Nigeria. It was formed as a child of necessity on 6th of January, 2010 by prominent human rights and prodemocracy activists and organizations in Nigeria to mobilize the populace to guard the nation’s democracy which was then threatened by the crises associated with late President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua’s sickness. We are non-governmental organization dedicated to the promotion of democracy, freedom, constitutionalism, security, peace, transparency and good governance in the country. Sir, after a crucial meeting of our organization wherein we appraised the issues surrounding your asset declaration and your ministerial nominees among other things, we resolved to write you to first convey our support for your promised anti-corruption war in Nigeria and to demand for clarification on the necessary details of your asset declaration to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as well as to inform you that most of your ministerial nominees are tainted and corrupt. Sir, the press release made by your media aide on your asset declaration leaves much to be desired about a transparent and sincere public asset declaration as intended by the law and by an avowed person of integrity and anti-corruption fighter. First, Nigerians had to wait for a long time to put pressure on you to make your asset declaration public as promised but unfortunately when this was eventually made public few weeks ago via a press release by your Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, his report on the said asset declaration to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) is lacking in exactitude and is shrouded in myth, it did not disclose the essential details of your assets thereby raising serious suspicion. According to Garba Shehu, the documents you submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), show that prior to being sworn in on the 29th May,2015 you had less than N30 million and one bank account(with the Union Bank);a total of seven(7) houses, which include two mud houses in Daura, two homes in Kaduna, one each in Kano, Daura and in Abuja; two undeveloped plots of land, including one in Kano and the other in Port Harcourt(which you are still trying to trace);farms in Daura, which include an orchard and a ranch with the total number of your holdings in the said farms comprising 270 heads of cattle, 25 sheep, five horses, a variety of birds and a number of economic trees; a number of cars, two of which you bought from your savings and the others supplied to you by the federal government in your capacity as former Head of State while the rest were donated to you by well-wishers...read more ;http://africanfreepress.com/?p=6011
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1. In this era of cyber terrorism, decency dictates that one should respond to false and defamatory allegations with silence. But there is a limit to how much any reasonable person can bear the tactics of these cyber terrorists. We all know that what makes a lie fly is the little truth contained therein. This happens to be the weapon used by most online news media to feed their weird obsession with defaming highly placed people. 2. The Madueke family is appalled at the ongoing media frenzy against Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke by a section of the mass media following an invitation to her by the British authorities last Friday for reasons which have yet to be disclosed. For the avoidance of doubt, the family would like to state categorically that it has no issues with any persons from the family being invited anywhere in the world to answer questions about their private or official conduct. The Madueke family believes in law and order, honour and due process. 3. However, it is clear that there is a deliberate and vicious campaign to demonize members of the Madueke family, with all manner of frivolous allegations. For example, an online news media gleefully published that Mr. Ugonna Madueke “owns at least three properties in the United States.” It even called the properties “POSH” and went on to state the addresses. THEY LIED. 4. Mr. Ugonna Madueke has NO PROPERTY ANY WHERE in the United States and has NEVER OWNED ONE. The USA is a country which runs on transparency, accountability and technology. A little honest effort by the online news media would have provided in a few minutes the true ownership of the properties at issue. 5. For historical accuracy, the Madueke family avers without any fear of contradiction that 11711 Scooter Lane (a three bedroom town house) in Fairfax, Virginia, was acquired by the Madueke family in 1997 when Ugonna was only 10 years old. Ugonna’s siblings lived in this property while attending George Mason University in Virginia, USA. Records available to the appropriate authorities in the United States can also show that 13116 Silver Maple Court in Bowie, Maryland, USA belongs to an uncle of the Madueke siblings and was purchased in 1995 when Ugonna was only 8 years old. As a student of the University of Maryland in 2002, Ugonna stayed with his uncle at the said address. All of this was before Mrs. Diezani was appointed to government office. No Madueke or a distant relation has anything to do with the ownership of No. 4227 Summit Manor Court in Virginia. read more...http://africanfreepress.com/?p=5948
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The media circus over the travails of former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who was arrested in London by the British National Crime Agency (NCA) over alleged money laundering and bribery offences is one more example of the odium Britain imposes on Nigerians and which partly accounts for Nigeria’s image crisis worldwide. The steady flow of bad news about Nigeria hurts badly and the plight of her citizens in jailhouses in different countries is heart-rending. No doubt, this situation diminishes the prestige of Nigeria and its citizens. However, even for such a controversial figure like Alison-Madueke, whom most Nigerians love to hate, her arrest was discriminatory, humiliating and on the surface should be seen as a grand design to continually subject Nigerians to repeated abuse. There must be a higher value placed on past and present holders of high public office abroad. The deafening silence of the federal government over the issue is reprehensible; the Buhari administration must unequivocally declare it as unacceptable. It is indeed disturbing that the NCA which arrested Alison-Madueke and four other suspects as part of its investigations has neither bothered to formally notify the Nigerian High Commission in London; nor the office of the attorney-general of the federation that a former Nigerian Minister has been arrested and is to be tried. Rather, the British anti-graft agency said it kept its investigation secret from the EFCC and ICPC because it could not trust the Nigerian government. In what initially looked like a coordinated action, EFCC agents raided Alison-Madueke’s Abuja home, ostensibly as part of the investigation. But in an update on its website, the NCA discounted any connection, saying its investigations began in 2013, and there was no specific corruption allegation against Madueke prior to her arrest. After she was granted bail, the NCA said it has no plans to charge the former Petroleum Minister, though it secured a court order to impound the $54,000 seized from her till April 2016. Nigerians are justified to wonder what motivations informed the NCA’s actions. If the NCA will not charge Alison-Madueke, then why arrest her and seize her cash? Truth be told, Nigerian government officials and politicians are burdened with perennially low reputation. Notwithstanding the public’s resentment of Alison-Madueke, it is clear she was not arrested at the request of the Nigerian government. The invidious brigandage displayed by the NCA negates all that law and morals stand for; and it is a telling lesson to the Nigerian people. Despite President Buhari’s commitment to wage war on corruption, the NCA have unabashedly demonstrated to Nigerians that their elected leaders cannot fight corruption, let alone change Nigeria. Nigerians overwhelmingly support President Buhari’s anti-graft war. It is spurious and leaves much to be desired that British crime agencies should be seen to be trying to push the President’s hand. If only for the purpose of regaining Nigeria’s national respect and bringing sanity to the war on corruption, the British anti-graft agencies should collaborate with Nigerian anti-graft agencies by furnishing whatever information they have on illicit assets and foreign bank accounts owned by Nigerian government officials in Britain. Where necessary, Britain should expedite the extradition of persons accused of corruption and embezzlement to face trial in Nigeria, as demanded by international law. The concern of Nigerians, and rightly so, is the hypocrisy and double standards of Britain when it comes to corruption involving other countries like Saudi Arabia. A case in point is the 2006 corruption scandal involving British BAE’s huge $86bn al-Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Amid mounting evidence of alleged bribes and kickbacks, BAE pleaded guilty to using secret shell offshore companies to make covert payments into a Saudi intermediary’s Swiss account. BAE also admitted to secretly paying $38m to lubricate Czech and Hungarian weapons deals, in addition to lying to US investigators. It is worth noting that the inquiry of the al-Yamamah deal by the British Serious Fraud Office was shut down, following pressure from Saudi officials, who threatened reprisals. Then British attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, cited national security when he announced the inquiry was being abandoned. Then Prime Minister Tony Blair shamelessly came out publicly to say he took full responsibility for the decision. Meanwhile, over $12bn was paid in bribes and corrupt commissions, via an array of agents and middlemen. Millions went to Prince Bandar – son of Prince Sultan, (Saudi defence minister) who used the money to buy the entire Cotswolds’ hamlet and surrounding 2,000-acre sporting estate in Glympton, Oxfordshire. According to US sources, another $30m was paid into Bandar’s Riggs Bank account in Washington. More millions were paid by BAE to Bandar’s agent, Syrian-born Wafic Said-linked accounts in Switzerland. Large amounts were transferred through an anonymous offshore company, Poseidon to Mohammed Safadi, a Lebanese, representing Prince Turki bin Nasser, who controlled the Saudi air force. In addition, BAE maintained a $120m slush fund to keep the “royal guests” sweet on their visits to Britain; providing lavish holidays, fleets of classic cars, choice drinks, trinkets and blond sex maids. In all these instances, there were no arrests or trials of the officials involved in the corruption scandals. This is hypocrisy that stinks to the high heavens. For those who might be tempted to argue that Saudi Arabia is not in Africa, it is worth recalling that BAE also pleaded guilty to corruption charges over a highly controversial sale of a military radar to poverty-stricken Tanzania, which then Development Secretary, Clare Short said at the time “stinks” of corruption, but which Tony Blair, forced through the cabinet. BAE paid $60m penalty as “an ex gratia payment for the benefit of the people of Tanzania”. So, what is it about Nigeria that brings out “the best” in British anti-graft agencies? Why is Britain all too willing and ready to arrest and humiliate Nigerian officials? Now and again, British authorities have taken delight in putting Nigeria in the spotlight on issues that do no credit to Nigeria’s image. The British seem to relish a reputation for embarrassing Nigeria. However one looks at it, the arrest of Alison-Madueke; who left office as the sitting president of the oil cartel OPEC, amounts not just to a lack of decency for a woman with a terminal illness; it is a disregard for Nigerian sovereignty and constituted authority and a deliberate flaunting of a bad habit taken too far. It is also an expression of lack of respect for Nigerian institutions and those who incarnate them; a superiority complex, or at best an ego-offensive posturing that considers Nigeria as a banana republic. This is unacceptable and must stop! source;http://africanfreepress.com/?p=5896
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By Clem Aguiyi When the Senate President unveiled the list of Ministers as submitted by the President someone called my attention to it and before I could say a word the fellow lashed out that he knew I will find fault with the list because to him I never see anything good in what Buhari does. On the president’s choice of ministers, I truly have no opinion despite being disappointed that we are recycling the same ‘not very good old hands with baggage’. For instance, I wouldn’t understand how Buhari who overthrew Audu Ogbeh’s as Minister of Agriculture in 1984 and incarcerated the man for as long as he was Head of State will 35 years later reappoint same Ogbeh as minister. Not that Ogbeh is a bad man but I still see no sense in Ogbe himself who was screened by Dr Olusola Saraki, father of the current Senate President some 36 years ago, and will turn himself to be screened by the junior Saraki for the same position of Minister. Ogbeh was flushed out by the Military under Buhari, he later served under Obasanjo, a Military dictator who turned a democratic President, as PDP National Chairman. The story was that he was forced to resign with a gun pointed to his head for daring the hold a different opinion from then President Obasanjo. Why Ogbeh wishes to serve under another militrician remains a puzzle only he can solve. What did Audu Ogbeh forget on the ministers table? Could it be that Ogbe and co have no political children to take over from them? We can’t grow this nation where we do not try some new hands with fresh minds and fresh ideas. Nevertheless, I believe President Buhari has a right to appoint his cabinet so long as it meets the constitutional requirement. If he is comfortable with the assemblage of the men and women he has recruited so far and in his heart convinced they are the saints and change agents we have been waiting for, so be it. I wish him luck. I wish him luck as Petroleum Minister even though I honestly think taking up that position will distract him from the major issues of governance. But if he thinks he can manage both and stay in good health to lead (without prejudice to the provisions of the constitution and the law), I will wish him well. I wish to tell those who think I see nothing good in President Buhari to perish the thought. And again I wish to correct that impression because I have written severally that Buhari may be anything but a thief, especially when you compare him with our past leaders, including those offering him all manners of unsolicited counsels. I also support his tough stance on corruption, something lacking in former President Jonathan. Jonathan may have tried to fight the monster but his body language didn’t suggest he was ready to wield the big stick. I disagreed with him on that knowing it could consume his presidency and destroy his reputation. The rest is now history. As per waiting for the change we were promised. The real change and new deal for me is in the current initiative of the President’s first daughter Zhara Buhari who incidentally shares the same beautiful name with my six year old daughter. Zhara Buhari was recently sighted at the Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camp, where she spent time with the people and fed some of them with food. Unlike some president’s daughters and sons, the news about Zhara wasn’t about lavish life style, drinking and partying in Paris and New York, wielding undue influence and being transactional. Her news wasn’t about any illicit drug habit and causing traffic gridlock due to her shopping spree. Hers is a simple story of young girl touched by the pains of others who took her time out to inspire other youths. The excited daughter of Nigeria’s president shared the pictures from her community service on Twitter and many of her followers were excited about the prospect of seeing her caring for others. I was excited too for the young lady who had clearly shown a good example of how to be a President’s daughter, how to be the first daughter of the first family hence I have taken this week to eulogize her. I will urge other minister’s daughters and governor’s daughters to emulate her rather than continue to scandalize us further with their ostentatious living, multi billion naira weddings and birthday parties. If Zhara Buhari is reading this I wish to let her know how proud of her I am. She may need to step up her volunteerism by becoming a strong voice and advocate of youth volunteerism in Nigeria because volunteerism is dead in this clime. We cannot build a nation where citizens do not sacrifice their time, resources and intellects to help others that are in need. There are lots we can all do to make our society a better place. I had said it once in this column and because of Zahra Buhari I will repeat that the better society we strive to build can neither be built by APC nor PDP. It can’t be done by the military or civilians. It can’t be built by the Federal or State Government. Our big and better society can be achieved by big citizens like Zhara Buhari and other youths when they take out time to provide community services. The future of this world belongs to the youths, Zhara and co. There are more than 1.2 billion young People (defined by the United Nations as between 15 and 24 years of age) in the world today, the largest group in history. These young people are key agents for social change, and are capable of providing the energy, creative ideas and determination to drive innovation and reform. Volunteerism is an important, and increasingly popular mechanism for young people to bring about positive change in society, and it is becoming more and more relevant as a mechanism to engage young people in global peace and sustainable human development. For instance, as governments, United Nations entities and civil society organizations debate and articulate the post-2015 development agenda, there is a strong call for a bottom up process in which young people’s voices are included and youth are actively engaged in the process, and volunteering is a viable mechanism for this course. Young people increasingly feel that volunteerism complements formal education in teaching the skills that are required for the job market, such as leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, planning, management, creativity, communication and negotiation. This is especially important given the current global economic downturn, where competition for jobs is increasing. I will urge the current government to find roles for the youths and work on issues encouraging policymakers, communities and youth themselves to empower young people as valuable but under-utilized resources. source;http://africanfreepress.com/?p=5912
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very soon na to the print shildren sure pass
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They usually dont value their lives till they loss it,thank God they no karry passenger sef bekos na the passenger for die |
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lalasticlala:look at his hand and his fingers :that the famous illuminati sign, Bastard always showing himself to fellow members! ![]() |
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