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Part Two: The Crime Scene and the Convenient Fog

In the previous part, I told you about the script. The one in my head. The one that made me nod at the television and say, "It's a tiny minority. They hijacked the religion."

Now I want to walk you through the crime scene.

Not the actual scene of any single attack. I mean the pattern. The thing that happens over and over again, like a machine. Because once you see the pattern, you cannot unsee it. And the pattern is the first piece of evidence that something is very, very wrong with the story we have been told.

Here is how it goes.

A man—or a group of men—does something unspeakable. They drive a truck into a crowd. They detonate a bomb at a concert. They walk into an office with rifles. And within minutes… minutes, before the blood is even dry… the same people who always appear on television to explain these things start saying the same sentence.

This has nothing to do with Islam.

They say it before the police have even confirmed the attacker's name. They say it before anyone has looked at the attacker's phone, his computer, his bookshelf. They say it before the investigation has begun. Because the investigation does not matter. The conclusion has already been written. The script has already been handed out.

And here is the thing that took me years to notice… and I want you to sit with it for a second. They never say that about anything else.

Think about it. In America, if a man walks into a school and starts shooting, no one says: "This has nothing to do with gun ownership." No one says: "He hijacked the Second Amendment." Americans argue about it. They fight about it. They look at every possible cause. They do not immediately announce the one thing it cannot be and then forbid anyone from asking.

If a man commits a crime in the name of a political party, no one says: "This has nothing to do with politics." People investigate the politics. They interview his friends. They read his manifesto.

But with this one thing—this one religion—the conclusion comes before the facts. And anyone who asks the question is told that the question itself is a form of hatred.

I want to be very clear about something. The men who wrote this script are not all liars. Some of them are afraid. Some of them are trying to be polite. Some of them genuinely believe that if we just refuse to say the words, the problem will go away.

But here is what they have forgotten. A fog does not make the road disappear. It just makes it harder to see where you are driving.

And who benefits from that fog?

Let me give you a few candidates.

First, the politicians. If you can tell the public that the enemy has no ideology, then you do not have to name the ideology. And if you do not have to name it, you do not have to fight it. You can go to the podium, you can look somber, you can send thoughts and prayers, and you can do nothing. Because what are you supposed to do about an enemy that does not exist? You cannot win a war against a mystery.

Second, the money. I am not going to go deep into this right now—we have a whole chapter on it later—but I want you to hold a thought in your head. If the ideology comes from certain countries, and certain foundations, and certain oil fields, then naming the ideology is going to make some very rich people very uncomfortable. And rich people have a way of making their discomfort everyone's problem.

Third—and this one hurts—the comfortable lie benefits us. You and me. Because if we believe that this is just a few crazy people with no real connection to anything, then we do not have to change anything. We do not have to ask hard questions about what is being taught in mosques funded by foreign money. We do not have to look at our own countries. We do not have to think about theology. We can just keep drinking our coffee and letting the experts handle it.

The fog is not just a cover-up by the powerful. It is a blanket for the rest of us. And we like the blanket. That is the uncomfortable truth.

But now—and this is where the fog starts to thin—let me ask you a simple question.

If the attackers have nothing to do with the religion, why do the attackers keep telling us they do?

I am not talking about what the experts say. I am not talking about what the politicians say. I am talking about what the killers say. The men with the blood on their hands. The ones who are about to die. The ones who survive and go to trial.

They keep saying it. Over and over. In their videos, in their writings, in their last words. They say they did it for God. They say they did it for the Prophet. They say they did it to establish the law of their faith. They quote verses… specific verses, from a specific book… and they quote them accurately.

Now. When a man confesses to a crime, and he tells you why he did it, what do we call the person who insists he must be lying?

We call them in denial.

And yet—and this is the part I cannot get past—when these men confess, our leaders and our commentators rush to the microphones to tell us that the confession is wrong. That the killer doesn't understand his own religion. That the men who have studied the texts all their lives, who have memorized the verses, who have built their entire lives around this book… they don't know what it means. But the politician in a suit? He knows.

Do you hear how insane that sounds?

I want to be careful here. I do not believe that every Muslim is a killer. I do not believe that everyone who reads the book comes to the same conclusion. That is the whole point of the investigation… to find out why some people do, and some people don't, and what the book actually says about it. We are going to do that together, with eyes open.

But the fog is the first weapon. Because the fog is what stops you from looking. It is what makes you afraid to ask. It is what makes you turn away from the evidence and go back to your coffee.

And here is what I have learned. The men who are afraid of a text have never actually read it. They are afraid of what it might say. They are afraid of what you would find if you looked.

So here is what I am asking you to do. Think about the last time you saw one of these attacks on the news. And remember the exact words of the people who appeared on the screen. And ask yourself: did they show me the evidence? Or did they just tell me the conclusion?

Because that is the whole game. The conclusion without the evidence. The verdict without the trial.

In the next part, we stop accepting the conclusion. We go to the book. We are going to open it together. We are going to find the verse that the extremists quote… the one that has a nickname that should make your skin crawl.

The Verse of the Sword.

I am going to show you exactly what it says. And then I am going to ask you why the most important people in the world—the ones who tell us what these texts mean—have spent years pretending it doesn't exist.

Believeintruth:
did Obasanjo empower thugs to attack opposition?

No. Obasanjo style was total elimination. Where is Harry Marshall or have you forgotten how he was killed in his house?

AntiChristian:
➜So where are they now? Are they still walking with God in the grave or still in the sky?
➜ Let holy spirit give you a definite answer since they didn't die according to your Bible?
➜So Abraham's bosom is in his grave?
➜ Where? And is Jesus too not a Prophet of Israel according to your Bible?
➜ It is clear that the gospel of John is different. That's why it is not synoptic like the first three. The author clearly had an agenda from the start. It was not even Jesus speaking that he already made Jesus divine right from the first verse associating him with God when Jesus himself never did that directly in the earlier gospels.
➜ Mere studying the gospels independently you'll see the development if you have eyes. Mark is the least developed and the earliest. Matthew and Luke copied one another in some parts verbatim which shows they used similar manuscript for those parts. John as I said is the most farfetched and it doesn't matter whether you agree or not.
➜ One whose eye is open yet couldn't see can never be made to see. "Indeed, it is not the eyes that are blind, but it is the hearts in the chests that grow blind" comes from Surah Al-Hajj (22:46) in the Qur'an.

1. Abraham and Adam both walked with God, too. (We know Adam, after getting cursed, died eventually.) Does any of this mean they are in the sky and not dead? 😒😒

2. Abraham's bosom is a reference to the place of rest for descendants of Abraham who also walked with God, i.e attained righteousness in their lifetime. Abraham could not be in his own bosom since he cannot be descended from himself. And yes, the place of rest for the righteous dead is the grave; this is at least the case until their eventual resurrection by the YHWH of Israel, whose covenant they upheld in this life. 😒😒

3. Jesus Christ of Israel is a prophet, a Priest, a King, the Lord of the Sabbath, the Messiah, the Constitution and Law in the Kingdom of God(a nation that is not of this earth), the Truth, i.e., the Word out of the mouth of YHWH of Israel, and the Eternal Life of God... he is more than just a prophet of Israel. 😒😒

Read the Gospels! Anyone who has couldn't miss it! 😒😒

4. Let me get this straight! Even the other Gospels highlighted the divinity of Jesus Christ of Israel through the many parables, analogies, and proclamations made by Him as well as those around him, because the writer of John took to focusing on the very statement about the same divinity; you take that to mean that the writer had a dubious agenda separate from that of all the others whose texts highlighted many of the same things? 😒😒

5. So, because Matthew and Mark, according to you, mind you, copied themselves verbatim, you expect that John should have done the same... copied from the other writers rather than focus on the perspective and message that was revealed to him as he learned from his master? Interesting! 😒😒

6. I don't see the meaning in that statement at all. Ignorance and arrogance are the two major reasons for blindness.😒😒

Mavor:
Ok, thanks. Should be in when I wake up tomorrow morning. Quick question - How did you quickly relocate your funds from your Nigerian bank account to your Canadian? If this is too security sensitive for you, don't answer. Thank you.

I have not relocated shi shi. I spend money from my naira dollar card since I came.

The Canadian bank account I opened because I needed to pay for their credit card I made wire transfer since then I have not done anything with it. I use my Naira dollar card for stuff.

Normally I would have not used their credit card but certain stuff I want to buy requires credit cards like their postpaid SIM card.


The only fund I pushed to my Canadian acct was from my Nigerian dom acct and it was just $500 which I used in paying their credit card.

Every other thing I am doing like paying of rents I use my naira dollar card

Poor thing. Why did they remove it from its habitat? No conscience.

Kobojunkie:
1. Left what world? Enoch is revealed to have walked with the Lord and was never seen again. And Elijah was said to have been raised in a chariot into the sky; nowhere is it written that he left the earth. 😏😏

So where are they now? Are they still walking with God in the grave or still in the sky? Let holy spirit give you a definite answer since they didn't die according to your Bible?

2. In their graves? 😏😏

So Abraham's bosom is in his grave?

3. Jesus Christ of Israel himself proclaimed that John was the last.

Where? And is Jesus too not a Prophet of Israel according to your Bible?

4. Your conclusion is based on the supposition that a person's understanding of information remains stagnant/static- incapable of evolving- as the message is revealed and implemented. That is mostly nonsensical logic. Instead of copy-pasting scholars whose heads are up their arses, try to come up with something more original next time.😏😏

As for John supposedly de-apocalypticizing the gospel, I think that is hogwash! The actual apocalypse, linked to the End of the Days of the Law of Moses, happened in the disciples' lifetime... it was long expected and unavoidable. So, to say that because one author did not write much about it, it was an attempt to de-apocalypticize the Gospel is nonsensical. 😒😒

It is clear that the gospel of John is different. That's why it is not synoptic like the first three. The author clearly had an agenda from the start.

It was not even Jesus speaking that he already made Jesus divine right from the first verse associating him with God when Jesus himself never did that directly in the earlier gospels.

Mere studying the gospels independently you'll see the development if you have eyes. Mark is the least developed and the earliest. Matthew and Luke copied one another in some parts verbatim which shows they used similar manuscript for those parts.

John as I said is the most farfetched and it doesn't matter whether you agree or not.

One whose eye is open yet couldn't see can never be made to see.

"Indeed, it is not the eyes that are blind, but it is the hearts in the chests that grow blind" comes from Surah Al-Hajj (22:46) in the Qur'an.

Racoon:
Nigeria, Africans and other third world countries were colonized, pillaged and bastardized by most of these developed countries.

However, their former colonial vassals are now being seen as plagues that must be avoided @all cost. This is grossly inhuman, grossly insensitive and anti-human.

Nigerians this is the golden time to fight the heartless criminals holding Nigeria to ransom of its 66 years of forced but failed nationhood.

Lithuania did not colonize or pillage any african nation historically or otherwise, Mr Racoon .

Lithuania is a tiny european nation that was colonized for over 200 years by Russia and for some years by Germany in world war 2.

Plus, you got to drp this story you are spinning. We are where we are because folk like you vote for tinubu like leaders.

THE DAILY FOUNTAIN
DAILY DEVOTIONAL OF THE
CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)
DATE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 06, 2026
TOPIC: GOD DOES NOT MAKE EMPTY THREATS
READ: 1 KINGS 11:26-39

Now Solomon’s servant, Jeroboam son of Nebat, was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His widowed mother’s name was Zeruah. Jeroboam rebelled against Solomon,
27 and this is the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the opening in the wall of the city of his father David.
28 Now the man Jeroboam was capable, and Solomon noticed the young man because he was getting things done. So he appointed him over the entire labor force of the house of Joseph.
29 During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as Jeroboam came out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself with a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
30 Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he had on, tore it into 12 pieces,
31 and said to Jeroboam, “Take 10 pieces for yourself, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I am about to tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hand. I will give you 10 tribes,
32 but one tribe will remain his because of my servant David and because of Jerusalem, the city I chose out of all the tribes of Israel.
33 For they have abandoned Me; they have bowed the knee to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My eyes and to carry out My statutes and My judgments as his father David did.
34 “‘However, I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand but will let him be ruler all the days of his life because of My servant David, whom I chose and who kept My commands and My statutes.
35 I will take 10 tribes of the kingdom from his son’s hand and give them to you.
36 I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city I chose for Myself to put My name there.
37 I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel.
38 “‘After that, if you obey all I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and My commands as My servant David did, I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give you Israel.
39 I will humble David’s descendants, because of their unfaithfulness, but not forever.’”

THE MESSAGE:

Sin is rebellion against God. "I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected Me and worshipped foreign gods" (verse 33; GNB). And rebellion against God will provoke rebellion from men. We can't command authority when we are not under authority. Solomon forgot that the loyalty of men to his leadership was simply the making of God. Sometimes, leaders don't know that true followership is a gift from God, not their own making or power. So, as part of the consequences of Solomon's disobedience and rebellion against God, a revolt against his leadership broke out.

As the leadership of Solomon continued to come under attack, God moved to perform His judgement against Solomon. He sent prophet Ahijah to announce to Jeroboam His intention to take the kingdom away from Solomon and give ten tribes to him, leaving Solomon with one tribe, for David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake (verses 29-32). God gave Jeroboam this great offer and presented to him the terms and conditions: I will make you king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory if you obey Me completely, and live by my laws and commands. God does not make empty threats and promises, so we must tread with care and holy fear. We must avoid over familiarity with God! It is very dangerous to look down on God's instructions and commands. Be warned!

PRAYER: Dear Father; help me not to look down on Your commands and instructions.

Nteogwuija:

The thing is simple. Meter everyone and let everyone pay Band A tariff. Those who can't afford the price will either adjust their load or look for alternatives. It's simple.

Your APC have removed subsidy on virtually everything yet there's no revolt. Band A people are not revolting. So what's your excuse?

Yeah, that;s it, but again, government does not want to do it. Neither does the oppostion. It doesn't win votes..so we keep on with a loss making power system

Even the subsidy removal APC did was because we were on our last legs finacially, and our usual source of loans were not willing to lend us more money unless we removed subsidy on fuel...and then dangote was about to come online, and the oga was not willing to sell fuel at a loss in the name of subsidy to nigeria.

But Nafiu Bala is the autentic chairman of ADC according court judgement,so if Baba did not emerge from Nafiu,no work done.

HOW ATIKU AS CHAIRMAN OF PRIVATISATION COUNCIL SOLD NIGERIA'S COMMONWEALTH


For eight years, from 1999 to 2007, Vice President Atiku Abubakar sat as Chairman of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP), the highest decision-making body for the sale of public assets. His Director General at the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), the secretariat that implemented the sales, was Nasir El-Rufai. Together, they superintended the most comprehensive transfer of public wealth to private hands in Nigeria's history.
The legal cover was the Public Enterprises (Privatisation and Commercialisation) Act 1999. The promise was efficiency, jobs, and an end to wasteful state enterprises. The outcome, as documented by the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Privatisation in 2011, was the opposite.
According to BPE's own testimony before the Senate, 122 companies were sold between 1999 and 2011 for only N146.4 billion. The Senate Chairman, Senator Ahmad Lawan, told the hearing that 80% of privatised agencies were not performing. Senate President David Mark declared at the hearing: "Privatisation, a failure."
What was sold was not scrap. It was the industrial backbone built with oil money since the 1970s.
THE STEEL AND ALUMINIUM HEART WAS RIPPED OUT
The most scandalous was the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), Ikot Abasi. Nigeria invested $3.2 billion to build Africa's only aluminium smelter. BFIG Corporation, a Nigerian-American firm, won the competitive bid with $410 million. BPE denied them the right to sign the Share Purchase Agreement and instead handed the plant to UC RUSAL of Russia for $250 million. At the Senate hearing, lawmakers heard testimony that it was sold for as low as $130 million. The Senate Committee called it "like dashing out the company." The Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2012 ruled the sale to RUSAL was illegal. The plant has remained substantially idle for over a decade, with six major stoppages since 2008. 3,000 direct jobs and 10,000 indirect jobs in Akwa Ibom disappeared.
Delta Steel Company, Aladja, built at a cost of $1.5 billion, was sold to Global Infrastructure Nigeria Limited for $30 million. In February 2025, BPE Director General Ayodeji Gbeleyi admitted to the House of Representatives that the $700 million asset was sold for $30 million even though BUA offered $31 million - a higher bid. The buyer immediately used the plant as collateral for bank loans, defaulted, and AMCON had to buy the bad debt for N22 billion. Nigerians paid for the same steel plant three times.
Ajaokuta Steel, on which over $1.6 billion had been invested, was concessioned for a $30 million annual fee to the same Global Infrastructure. Jos, Oshogbo and Katsina Rolling Mills, Nigeria Machine Tools - all sold.
CEMENT, PAPER AND SUGAR - INDUSTRIES THAT FED THE NATION
Benue Cement Gboko sold to Dangote Group, Ashaka Cement to Blue Circle, Cement Company of Northern Nigeria to private investors, West African Portland Cement's government stake sold off. Savannah Sugar Numan sold to Dangote, Nigeria Sugar Company Bacita sold, Sunti Sugar sold. Jebba Paper Mill with 1,200 workers, Iwopin, Oku-Iboku Newsprint Manufacturing - all sold and shut. The paper mills that were supposed to make Nigeria self-sufficient in paper production became warehouses.
NITEL - HOW A PROFITABLE NATIONAL ASSET WAS KILLED
NITEL was not a liability. In 2002 it posted N15 billion profit and had 1.2 million connected lines and over 12,000 workers. The first step in its destruction was handing it to Pentascope, a Dutch firm barely a year old with eight staff including a janitor. Within a year, NITEL moved from profit to N19 billion loss and 250,000 homes lost their lines.
Then in 2006, after three failed attempts including a $1.25 billion deal with Investors International London Limited (IILL), 75% of NITEL/MTEL was sold to Transcorp for $750 million in a negotiated sale. The cable from the US Embassy described it as the largest privatisation but confirmed what Nigerians knew - it was a giveaway. About 7,000 workers were prepared for sack with N25 billion severance. Transcorp could not pay the balance of $250 million, could not pay salaries, and the company collapsed. From 12,000 staff in 1999 to 2,000 by 2006. Transcorp later asked for the sale to be revoked.
OIL AND HOTELS FOR FRIENDS
African Petroleum was sold to Sadiq Petroleum, National Oil to Conoil, Unipetrol to Oando. Eleme Petrochemicals, valued at over $1.2 billion, 75% was sold to Indorama Singapore for $225 million. NICON Hilton Abuja was sold to Transcorp. Volkswagen Nigeria, Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Kaduna, Leyland Motors, National Trucks Manufacturers Kano - the automotive dream ended.
The climax of impunity came on May 17, 2007, in the dying days of the Obasanjo government. A 51% stake in Port Harcourt Refinery was sold to Bluestar Oil for $561 million. Bluestar was a consortium of Dangote Oil (55%), Zenon Oil owned by Femi Otedola (25%), Transcorp (5%) and Rivers State Government (15%). It triggered a four-day strike by labour. President Umaru Yar'Adua cancelled the sale after investigation. It was never challenged in court because it violated the Privatisation Act itself.
THE AFTERMATH WE LIVE WITH TODAY
The model adopted was asset stripping, not technical partnership. Buyers did not bring new technology or capital. They stripped machines, sold land, retrenched workers and used assets as collateral for loans.
That is why Kaduna that had 35 textile mills employing 70,000 workers in 1985 had only 3 mills with 5,000 workers by 2007. That is why Aba, Kano, Jos became unemployment zones. That is why Nigeria today imports aluminium, steel, paper and cement it once produced.
The Senate report contains damaging allegations of corruption, presidential interference, abuse of due process in selection of core investors, valuation, pricing, and use of proceeds. SERAP, after reading the full report, asked President Buhari to refer the entire privatisation process from 1999-2011 to EFCC and ICPC.
Under Atiku's chairmanship, government properties were not privatised. They were auctioned. The wealth of a nation built over 30 years was transferred in eight years, and the factories never worked again.


Here is what the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Privatisation (2011) - chaired by Sen. Ahmad Lawan - actually found. This is the official record that the message you shared is referencing.
What Senate heard in public hearing August 2011:
BPE DG Bola Onagoruwa told Senate: Only N146.4bn was realized from 122 companies sold from 1999-2011. She claimed 66% performing well, but Senate Chairman Lawan countered that 80% are not performing.
This is where your N300bn vs N5tn claim comes from - Senate never valued at N5tn, but it did find gross undervaluation.
Senate's key examples of undervaluation:
From Senate hearings and SERAP summary of the full report:
1. ALSCON Ikot Abasi - Built with $3.2bn. BFIG (US-Nigerian) bid $410m and won as preferred bidder. BPE denied them SPA and sold to RUSAL/Dayson for $250m [other testimony says $130m]. Senate heard: "ALSCON valued at $3.2bn sold for $130m". Supreme Court later ruled in favour of BFIG in 2012.
2. Delta Steel Aladja - Senate heard it cost $1.5bn (some records say $700m) and was sold to Global Infrastructure for $30m . In Feb 2025, BPE DG Ayodeji Gbeleyi told Reps that Delta Steel, a $700m asset, was sold for $30m even though BUA offered $31m higher bid.
3. Ajaokuta Steel - Valued at $1.5bn, concessioned for $30m annual fee in your message. Senate listed it among undervalued assets at $30m.
4. NICON Insurance - Worth N6bn, allegedly bought with fake MoU/cheques
5. Nigeria Re-Insurance - Worth N50bn, sold for N1.5bn
6. NITEL/MTEL - Senate history: Attempt 2001 to Investors International London Limited (IILL) for $1.25bn failed. Sold to Transcorp July 3 2006 for $750m for 75%. WikiLeaks cable confirms same: 75% stake sold for $750m, with N25bn severance for 7,000 staff. Later revoked, then re-sold.
The full report said most of the 120+ firms were "either completely dead, or operating at capacities worse than before."
List the message asked for - major 30+ from report:
The committee examined (not full 122, but headline ones):
Steel/Aluminium: ALSCON, Ajaokuta Steel, Delta Steel, Jos/Oshogbo/Katsina Rolling Mills, Nigeria Machine Tools
Cement: Ashaka, Benue Cement (BCC) Gboko, CCNN Sokoto, WAPCO, Calcemco
Sugar/Paper: Bacita, Sunti, Savannah Sugar Numan, Jebba/Iwopin/Oku-Iboku Paper, Newsprint Manufacturing
Oil/Downstream: African Petroleum (AP), National Oil, Unipetrol, Eleme Petrochemicals (sold to Indorama for $225m), Port Harcourt & Kaduna refineries - attempted sale to Bluestar Oil for $561m (51%) on May 17, 2007 - later reversed by Yar'Adua.
Telecoms/Aviation: NITEL/MTEL, NICON Hilton Abuja (sold to Transcorp), Nigeria Airways (liquidated 2003, 2,500 sacked)
Others: Volkswagen Nigeria, PAN Kaduna, Leyland, Federal Superphosphate, National Trucks Manufacturers Kano
What Senate concluded vs your message:
TRUE in message: Framework (Atiku NCP, El-Rufai BPE), ALSCON undervalued, NITEL $750m failure, Delta $30m, refinery $561m reversal, massive job loss - all confirmed by Senate.
EXAGGERATED in message:
• "N5 trillion for N300bn" - Senate figure is N146.4bn from 122 firms, with no official N5tn valuation - figure is activist estimate adding replacement cost, not market value.
• "500,000 jobs lost without severance" - NLC never published audited 500k number; Senate heard 7,000 NITEL staff, plus thousands in steel/textiles, but no consolidated figure. Job loss was real but number is estimate.
• Direct link to banditry - Senate never made that link. That is political commentary.

On electricity, Atiku did not sell the DISCOs in 2013 - that was Jonathan - but he started and designed the process that led to it.
Here is how it connects:
1. Atiku's NCP started the NEPA unbundling
The first major step to reform Nigeria's power sector was taken under Obasanjo regime under the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) chaired by Atiku Abubakar. In August 2002, the Atiku-led NCP directed BPE to split NEPA into 18 firms - 1 transmission, 6 generation, 11 distribution.
That became the legal framework for the Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005, which created PHCN and its 18 successor companies.
So when people say " Atiku wanted to sell NEPA", it is because his council was literally empowered to determine how NEPA would be privatised.
2. What was actually sold in 2013 - the Atiku plan executed
By end of 2013, PHCN ceased to exist as all six generating companies and ten of the distribution companies had been privatised.
Total proceeds: About $3.3 billion was to accrue to government from 5 GENCOs and 10 DISCOs. BPE put total sale figure of GENCOs and DISCOs at $1.27bn and $2.6bn respectively. Another record says $2.5bn total (N916bn).
Investors bought 60% equity and took over November 1, 2013.
Names you know today:
• DISCOs: Ikeja Electric - NEDC/KEPCO, Eko Electric - West Power & Gas (Otedola), Abuja DISCO - Kann Consortium (Adenuga), Enugu, Port Harcourt (4Power), Ibadan, Kano, Kaduna, Jos, Benin
• GENCOs: Ughelli, Egbin (Sahara), Kainji/Jebba, Shiroro, Sapele
Transmission (TCN) was not sold but given to Manitoba Hydro Canada as management contractor.
3. Why Nigerians link it to Atiku's privatisation failure
Same pattern as ALSCON, NITEL, Delta Steel:
• Pre-qualification was theatre: Technically stronger bidders were pushed aside. DISCOs were sold to companies with no power sector experience but with political connections - exactly what happened with Pentascope in NITEL.
• Performance covenants not enforceable: DISCOs signed Service Level Agreements to reduce losses, meter customers, invest in transformers within 5 years. Six years after 2013, ICIR found investors left meter and transformer burden to consumers after acquiring $1.3bn DISCOs. Grid collapses remained routine.
• The "investor who did not pay" pattern: Just like NITEL, many power investors paid 25% and struggled to pay balance, loading DISCOs with bank debt instead of capital injection.
That is why critics say Atiku's model - sell the asset first, hope investor will invest later without enforceable penalties - was copy-pasted from 1999-2003 to 2013.
In Atiku's own words during his 2015 economic plan, he identified PHCN as a mafia that needed to be defeated. But as Chairman of NCP from 1999, he was the one who designed how NEPA/PHCN would be sold.
So electricity was not sold under Atiku, but the blueprint that led to the 2013 sale - unbundle NEPA into 18 companies and sell 60% to core investors - was approved under his chairmanship in 2002.

profchudo:
Please, I need advice from Nigerians who have successfully secured professors for Master’s admission in Japan.

I am honestly getting frustrated with this process, and I would really appreciate some guidance from people who have gone through it.

I have a B.Sc. in Biochemistry and I am currently trying to secure a professor for the April 2027 Master’s intake in Japan. For over a month now, I have been sending approximately 15 emails daily to different professors across various Japanese universities. At this point, I have sent over 200 emails.

Unfortunately, I haven’t received any positive feedback. The responses I mostly get are that the professors are already retired, their laboratories are full, they are not accepting new students, or they cannot supervise international students at the moment. In many cases, I don’t even get a response.

I understand that finding a supervisor takes time, but sending so many emails daily without making any meaningful progress is becoming discouraging.

My question is: Is there an easier or more effective way of finding professors who are actually accepting international Master’s students in Japan?

For those who have successfully secured supervisors:

1. did you simply email professors individually, or is there another approach that worked better?
2. Are there particular universities or departments where it is easier to find available supervisors?
3. Is it possible to identify laboratories that are actively recruiting students before sending emails?
4. Would you recommend applying directly through university admission channels instead of contacting professors individually?

I am particularly interested in Biochemistry-related fields, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology and other related research areas.

I would genuinely appreciate advice, recommendations or even personal experiences. At this point, I just need to know if there is a better strategy because the current approach is becoming exhausting.

Thank you.

Try Soka university,
Straight forward admission process,
No professor needed or it may not be so in some faculties shaa.

The school is good and Cameroon people are much there

Racoon:
Yes! What Nathasha did is an arrest-warranting offense by the EFCC. However, APC politicians have been brandishing raw cash same way endlessly with the same EFCC seating as lame ducks

arrest for what?

DrTee1:
Many good lessons here, but Ife South LGA isn't in Oyo State. It is in Osun. You aren't likely to forget or miswrite the State you served, isn't it?

Was this story made up? Some of its details look a little too vivid for a 21 year old mistake you, quite rightly, didn't make.

It is something ill never forget. And I have told this story many times. I have more vivid details to provide as a matter of fact, but decided not to, so it does not become to long of a read. Also, describing how that girl dressed was watered down here. If I should give the full details, people will not believe... Funny enough I have even have more crazy stories. I still know the names of all the prefects in that school while I was there. I still know the name of the guy who impregnated Nike.


Ife South, is in OSUN STATE. Quite Correct. Not Oyo State.

The Community is Aiye-Oba to be precise. Just before Olode. That road leads you from Osun State to Ondo State. There is that Government Water Treatment facility close to the Community. Forgotten the name of the Community before Aiyeoba.

The Principals in the Schools in those Villages would swap their female students.Yes. They never slept with students in their schools but would get girls from other schools while other principals will get girls from the School I taught. In fact dont get me started. I can tell you every corner and detail of that Aiyeoba. Led to a real big issue with me that he did not want to sign my final clearance when I was done with Service.

The Corpers Lodge is the older one Storey Building. There are only two one storey buildings in the Community. The Obas house/lodge and the Cooperative Building.

So it sounds funny but that matter made a huge impression on me to be very very careful. I still remember it vividly till this day and will continue to.

emkz:
Haba, Mr Peter Gregory Obi.

did APC ask Atiku to sideline Bala Nafiu that led to this court case?

When Obi left ADC, Punch reported as follows:

"I left the ADC for the same reason I left the Labour Party: the severe, orchestrated litigation and internal crises deliberately designed to ensure that I… do not effectively participate in the electoral process," he stated.
https://punchng.com/why-i-left-adc-peter-obi/?amp

Obi, was APC responsible for the internal crises in ADC?

When did Atiku sideline Nafiu? The same Nafiu that sent in his resignation as chairman! Bros slow down to dey lie.

I like what the man did, a real n***a...

“Father, I come to you in the Name of Jesus Christ. I come stand in the gap and now confess the sins of myself and those of my ancestors to the third and fourth generation as a result of our pride and haughtiness in various forms, Father.

I confess all my obstinate pride and rebellion (Acts 7:51); I confess all religious and denominational pride, all ambitious pride and the iniquity of a critical spirit with sharp words and actions and even the yearning after and seeking of vengeance, Lord.”

“I also confess the times where I could not be taught anything because I thought I knew everything and I confess my haughtiness and proud eyes, in Jesus Name. I ask that where I listen but never hear that You will open my heart and my ears to understand Your Word and Your ways and I also confess where I was unteachable and also judgmental in my behavior.

I confess my inflated opinion about myself, my arrogance, my proud behavior and even where I received satisfaction in my own achievements, where I did not think much of others and where I did not have time for others who did not have “my stature” and “my intelligence”.

“Father, I confess where I became intolerant towards others because they did not have my understanding, intelligence and abilities and also where I isolated myself from people just because they were not who I wanted them to be and/or because they were not like me.

I confess where I wanted to change others and even took over their roles because they were not as “perfect” as I was. I confess the fruits of suspicion and mistrust and self-deception and where I became legalistic and I ask You to kill any legalism in me. I also confess the times where I challenged and attacked people with the Bible like an advocate, knowingly or unknowingly.”

“Father, I confess where rejection and fear resulted in me becoming perfectionistic and thereby also becoming puffed up with pride and rebellion.

I confess my self-justification and where I rejected those in the church, thereby not following Your command of brotherly love and acceptance of the beloved and to walk in love. I confess where I justified my own rebellion and also my disobedience to Your Word and Your ways as a result of my sins and the stronghold of pride and haughtiness in my life.

I also confess my pride regarding my wealth, my furniture, my assets, my car/s, my income, my career and even my position in the church.”

“Furthermore I confess my pride in my bloodlines, my ancestry, my parents’ bloodlines and their achievements and even where they caused pride or racism in me as a result of all these things.

Father, I confess the hardness of my heart and that I have a heart of stone as a result of all my pride and haughtiness.

I confess where I refused to submit myself to You and to fully trust You, as a result of my pride and rebellion.”

“I confess where I gave the honor and glory to myself instead of giving it all to You, as a result of my pride and haughtiness.

I confess all my mocking, my foolishness, where I despised others and also my proud looks of contempt and pride because of my hardened and proud heart.

I confess all my disrespect, dishonor to my parents and other older people, my disrespect towards authority through arrogance and lies. I confess all my greed, scandal, strife, slander and arguments, in Jesus Name.”

“I confess all my stinginess, gluttony, laziness, my sexual lustful offences and also all my sins committed in drunkenness. I confess where I compromised Your Word not to live in sin, to walk in righteousness and not to follow the lust of the flesh and the ways of the world.

Father, I ask that You will kill all structures of sin regarding pride, obstinacy and rebellion in my life and teach me to understand that I must live a life of humility in agreement with Yourself, and that all these things be crucified in my life.”

“Teach me to understand that the old man in me must die and that I must live a new life in You while You proceed to do a work in my heart so that I will not proceed to be bound by a stronghold of pride, rebellion and obstinacy in my life.

I confess and renounce any interest in any form of the occult and the dark supernatural.

I confess where I unknowingly allowed this stronghold of pride to counterfeit the workings and manifestations of Your Holy Spirit in my life.”

“I pray that You will loosen my ears, my eyes and my tongue so that I can hear and see and speak in and through Your Holy Spirit.

Father, if I opened myself for any false tongues or any spirits of religion or any other demon spirits by the laying on of hands, because my pride kept me from seeing or hearing the truth, then I ask for deliverance from all the mentioned spirits, in Jesus Name.”



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I really feel for the lady, y did she go back to her country with her pregnancy, Rip

jamafa:
Same Obj that bullied all AD governor then😀 DX guy nah small pikin for politics. Election was going on, dem don announce election results when voters were still on queue to cast thier votes

did Obasanjo empower thugs to attack opposition?

Those was a massacre.
Republican voters are strange They are not celebrating the flip
They are silent assassins.did their job voting out GOP then went home.

Has anyone ever told you how impressive your writing is?
You might want to consider making something out of it.
Godspeed.

10thTenthMan:
Maybe not cost me my life but caused me a whole lot of problems.


NYSC
2005
Oyo State to be precise. Ife South Local Government Area.


An SS2 Student (Let us call her Nike) who lived in the community that I served as a Corps Member, but she attended the Secondary School in the next Community. I taught at the Local School in the Community where I served. But Like I mentioned, Nike also resided in the same community as mine but for some reason attended the School in the next neighboring community, some 30 minutes walk away.

Now when we resumed as fresh Corps members we noticed Nike would come around as she could speak some English and express herself. But when that batch left, we the new batch were not really as welcoming.

However, I suddenly noticed she would appear at odd hours (Late in the evening) alone to my room door in the Corper's Lodge. The Room were typical face-me-I-face-you configuration and my room was the last on the left hand side before the back entrance/exit. She didnt need to come through the front and walk down the hallway where she could be easily spotted. She could and would sneak from the back and push open the Net Door to my room.

Back then the 3 Loader CD/DVD Players were a thing and I had one. "Nike" would appear for a few nights claiming to ask if I needed water or any errands I wanted her to run for me. To me this was harmless. Then she would take "pure" water sachets and drink some, and then lay on my bed on her belly, arse shooting into the air and legs a bit spread open. With one leg straight, thighs a bit open and the other leg bent at the knee. Like climbing an imaginary step on the surface of my mattress. I simply ignored this as a teenager that was not taught self composure. Then she would nap or feigned napping and then leave.

Then two nights in a row, Nike pushed open my net door and was in my room. While I played music. And she would dance seductively. The first time she danced seductively I simply ignored it as "just a typical corrupt teenager".

The second time when she pushed my net door and walked in without knocking as usual, this time her dressing was wild...a short wrapper (intentionally tied and looked like a mini skirt) paired with her school top (white shortsleeved shirt with the badge on the breast pocket). She had no bra underneath. I could see the whole outline of her upper body. The wrapper also made out the outline of her panties. The school top she wore though buttoned, made it worse by opening a little bit after each button, revealing parts of her raw cleavage. When she pushed my net-door and walked in, I noticed she had bathed too. Not locking that net-door was a problem- I realized. And the music that I usually play a bit loud in the evening another problem.This second time she would dance slowly to the Bob Marley collection I loved to play while asking "Corper **** do you have Milo or something I can eat "? I told her I had nothing. Then she sits on my bed (not really a bed per say but a 14 Inch high Mouka Foam/mattress on the floor) with her legs a bit spread open. I could clearly see her white panties. She didnt care. I chose to tell her I had nothing that she could eat and went back to making lesson notes or marking scripts, cant recall which. Eventually she laid down on the bed. Time went by, and let us say about 20-30 minutes latter she got up and left disappointed. I knew she was angry but the question is WHY DOES THIS TEENAGER WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH ME? All of a sudden for the past 1-2 weeks she has been trying to be close and sneak into my room.

After that day I stopped playing my music loud at night. Now the Community is where everyone knows everyone. So when ever Nike would be coming towards the lodge area, I would luckily hear other teenagers and kids call her name and hear them chat and I would immediately lock (bolt) my net-door and close my main door. She came multiple times and would knock but I wouldn't answer the door. After about 1 week Nike disappears. Completely. I stopped seeing her. Just like that. Stopped hearing from her. Stopped even seeing her around in the Community. It was almost as if she travelled and left the community.

Now I noticed something after her attempts. I had noticed that whenever I would go into the community to patronize the provision stores , I felt someone would always sneak away. I felt someone was avoiding me. But it was a bit funny to me because in life people usually only concern themselves about when people stalk them and not when people avoid them. But my senses would spot someone move away or change direction whenever I was walking within the Community. I didnt take it to be much.

On one sunny afternoon (I think on a weekend) the Head Boy, Head Girl, Boy Social Prefect and Girl Social Prefect were at the Lodge and I would engage them on what they plan to be in future and would tell them things that they need to be good at. Then they started speaking Yoruba and mentioned "Nike bla bla bla..Nike bla bla bla ".amidst chuckles and whispers. I mean Didn't understand Yoruba but of course I know the name Nike. Then out of curiosity I ask them what is the matter with Nike and why they are talking about her! Then boom.. Head Boy says "SIR NIKE IS PREGNANT!"......Preg what?!!!! These kids start chuckling "SHE IS PREGNANT SIR" . Then they explain to me that she has been ashamed of coming out to the public. They tell me it is a local lumberjack (agbegilodo) that impregnated her. That Guy is as built as the Incredible Hulk. My entire body, head to toe is one of his chest muscles. I am 5'7 and consider myself average. This guy is 6ft plus muscular, black like charcoal, and a brutally built Orangutan cross with a Silver Back, that had a baby with the Incredible Hulk and the baby grew up to be a giant muscular black incredible hulk! Now add the fact that the guy has small pox or chicken pox scars all over his face!!!!!

I was busy thinking what would have happened and how it had happened, and how could little 16-17 year old Nike handle such a man? Were they dating?did he rape her? ...Then it dawned me...NIKE ACTUALLY WAS TRYING TO SEDUCE ME TO HAVE SEX WITH HER SO SHE COULD PIN THE PREGNANCY ON ME. YES. SHE HAD PLANNED IT ALL OUT WITH OR WITHOUT THE MAN WHO IMPREGNATED HER. AND SHE HAS BEEN THE ONE RUNNING AWAY AND DUCKING WHENEVER I STROLLED INTO THE HEART/CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY. She had intentionally thrown herself at me. She threw herself at me, and expected me to take the bait. If I had touched Nike, Nike would have accused me of being the person who impregnated her.

And back then NYSC was crazy with the policy that should a corps member impregnate a lady from a Community, they would facilitate the marriage. Paternity Test, I had known about, but it was not very popular and the technology was not common in Nigeria back then. Thirdly, what would I have told my family and friends and the school and the government ? That I had sex with a minor because I could resist seduction from a Child ? It would have been really irresponsible of me. My dear Mother would have died from the disappointment.

That experience made me never to accept ANY WOMAN THAT THROWS HERSELF AT ME. IF YOU LIKE, BE BILL GATE'S DAUGHTER! I WILL ASSUME IT IS A SET-UP!
Also made me hate hookup girls and prostitutes (a good thing if you ask me) due to the fact that they solicit and throw themselves too.

If anything I thank God for not taking the bait. Even if I was able to wriggle out of it...imagine the shame and disgrace. The wahala from NYSC. The news going round among other Corps members. The LI and ZI having to intervene. Naah.

Sleeping with a Minor is wrong , now even if she was an adult It isn't worth it at all. Naaah.

Zonacus:
Hey bro, I see you created the thread, did you win Merrybet pfp?

No

Democrat want to nationalize Starlink and SpaceX because they are a vitdl national intelligence assets.
He also wants a 5% wealth tax.

NEW: Robert Reich calls for the "defunding" of Elon Musk, calls for Democrats to go after Musk's companies.

"Democrats ought to [start] laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink & SpaceX... It should be a public corporation."

Does he want Musk to drop another $50M on the… pic.twitter.com/0jiljf0CtG

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 25, 2026

NASA failed to beat codts,Elon Musk did.

budaatum:
I've edited mine too.

It doesn't have to "compared to the subsidy debt".

Ordinary mes (not a typo), not paying for the electric we use is bound to cripple the Gencos in the long run, how much more all those Federal bodies who haven't paid.

Sorry, but I don't have figures for them all.

The government agencies not paying electricity bills is not what cripples the sector. It's the subsidy payments. I'll tell you why.

If a government agency does not pay its electricity bill, they'll simply be cut off and that reduces the problem. Those agencies can also be sued and the company would recover their money.

I've been tracking this issue for a very long time, so I know why people talk about it and I know why it's not as big a problem.

This was a huge problem when we were under military rule because NEPA was a government agency and there was nothing that it could do because we were under military rule.

Since 1999 the Federal Government made it clear that government agencies must pay their bills and those that don't pay will be disconnected.

Since private companies took over the sector they have been disconnecting and suing government agencies.

And the evidence is there, the Aso Rock Villa installed solar panels in order to reduce bills, UCH was once disconnected for weeks because they did not pay bills, etc.

But the reason why subsidy is such a huge and crippling problem is because there is nothing the power companies can do about it.

The law says that they must sell below cost price and they will be punished if they don't, but they have no way of forcing government to pay subsidy debt. Many power companies are suffering because of this subsidy debt and they have had to go to Aso Rock to plead with the president to pay the subsidy debt.

This decision is a follow up to the meeting President Tinubu had with the Chairmen of Power Generation Companies (GENCOS) in Nigeria at the State House, Abuja.
The government has finally agreed to settle the outstanding debt of #4tillion naira. Hopefully we can now move forward… https://t.co/fks3LSh9BW pic.twitter.com/TrB2xg5klX

— Omorosiola (@omorosiola1) October 15, 2025

Chucks13:
See as he talk as if to get both passport na rice and bean matter.

Pls yu these boys go and look for work to do and stop talking nonsense here.

Yu wey nor even commot Nigeria dey asked about passport.

Na so nonsense thing came here 3 weeks ago and said he got British passport within 6 months he arrived UK and I said past the passport data page here or drop the serial number or tell yur location we il send someone to meet yu for verification till now he ran away. Nonsense useless liar everywhere.

Una ho just come dey yarn shit forgetting there ate pipu here who have travelled and dome in abtoad here.

I did laugh, lol. Took 4 years to get my British passport at Eleke in 86. And that's having been born there. Had to supply info covering every single year I'd lived there. It was no joke.

irumole1975, get both. That way you be like killing two stones with one bird. No pun intended..