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Corruption is a global problem made worse in Nigeria by ineffectual b..

We will get there hopefully

Keep celebrating a forger

I think the govt should have waited a month or 2 as budget implementation commeces before announcing this price regime a product of NDA deliberate sabotage of oil installations and the general economic crisis we are facing.

ipork come defend your brother

saraki the sick one

modath:
Issokay, stop wailing.... E go better..

see as you take finish the guy

. Yet some shameless unfortunate mentally ill patients will shout witch hunt despite the abundance of evidence that shows corruption of a fantastical nature was perpetuated under the regime of Jogogoro the oni ogogoro of otueke.

Time to test whether UK fantastically shields corrupt individuals from the law. No hiding place for the wicked.

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cktheluckyman:
To think that poo came from a southerner in the person of Heinekan Lokpobiri is what makes it more annoying!!! so because he got one stupid junior ministerial appointment from a Fulani man means he should sit back and allow the fulanis massacre his people

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Rubbish from the stables of wailington

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Iran Still a Leading Executioner of Minors, Report Says

By RICK GLADSTONE
JANUARY 25, 2016
Iran is one of the leading executioners of juvenile offenders, despite its improved legal protections for children and a pledge more than two decades ago to end the death penalty for convicts younger than 18, Amnesty International said Monday.

In a new report, Amnesty International said that it had documented the execution of at least 73 juveniles in Iran from 2005 to 2015 and that 160 juvenile offenders are languishing on the country’s death row.

The report casts doubt on laws meant to improve children’s rights in Iran in the past few years, including new discretion by judges to impose alternative punishments on juveniles convicted of capital crimes. In reality, the report said, these changes are attempts by the authorities to “whitewash their continuing violations of children’s rights and deflect criticism of their appalling record as one of the world’s last executioners of juvenile offenders.”

Amnesty International, a leading global advocate for abolition of the death penalty, had also recorded the execution of juveniles in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, and there are juveniles on death row in the Maldives and Nigeria.

There is little doubt among rights groups that Iran has executed more people convicted of capital crimes committed as minors than any other country.

“Iran is almost certainly the world leader in executing juvenile offenders,” Michael G. Bochenek, senior counsel of the children’s rights division at Human Rights Watch, said in a post on its website in April.

Amnesty International has released its report as a United Nations committee is reviewing compliance with the Convention of the Rights of the Child. In 1994, Iran ratified that treaty, which prohibits capital punishment and life imprisonment without the possibility of release for offenses committed by people younger than 18.

“This report sheds light on Iran’s shameful disregard for the rights of children,” Said Boumedouha, deputy director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Program, said in a statement released with the report. “Despite some juvenile justice reforms, Iran continues to lag behind the rest of the world, maintaining laws that permit girls as young as 9 and boys as young as 15 to be sentenced to death.”

There was no immediate comment from Iranian officials on the Amnesty International report. Requests for a response from Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York were not returned. The Iranian judicial authorities have previously sought to impugn reporting by Amnesty International about Iran’s use of the death penalty as biased and lacking credibility.

Elise Auerbach, an Iran specialist in Amnesty International’s United States branch, said Iran had in the past sought to sidestep criticism of its juvenile death-penalty practices by saying that offenders were not executed until after they had reached adulthood.

“They have executed juvenile offenders,” she said. “If the person commits a crime at age 15 and is not executed until age 21, they’re still executed as juvenile offenders.”

Ms. Auerbach said the report, written by researchers at Amnesty International’s headquarters in London, was based on information received from death-penalty opponents and human rights defenders in Iran, as well as from lawyers and relatives of juveniles convicted of capital crimes in Iran.

Now that Iran is emerging from an era of international sanctions and is seeking broader acceptance, Ms. Auerbach said, rights groups are hoping that the Iranian authorities “realize they have to act in accordance with international human rights standards.”

For years, Iran has ranked among the world’s top executioners. In July, Amnesty International said the Iranian authorities were believed to have executed 694 people in the first seven months of 2015, the equivalent of more than three people a day.

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mynd44 this seems like a badly concocted lie ni specific just a lying shia paraphrasing the news as he wants.

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LadyExcellency:
All thanks to Northern opposition across party divide for using Jihad to frustrate Jonathan Administration.

Cost the country trillions of Naira for the sake of a nonsense religious war while Northern leaders, opposition and Jonathan's adversary cheered

They are here for a memorial service to remember the feat of their achievements.

Janja.weeds

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Lies Like these doesn't make Jogogoro image as being a retarded drunkard any less true

IPORK one of your members needs you to shout witch hunting

This is indeed a sad sight, but the foolish militants were asleep through out Jogogoros' regime, that is why I am against amnesty, the money is better channeled to repairing the damaged environment than some occultic marauders destroying the environment for their own pocket

thatNUPEboy:
[s]Government Ekpemupolo, militant leader better known as Tompolo, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to relax the pressure on him at the moment, saying he did not support former President Goodlcuk Jonathan in the presidential election because he hated his opponent.

Tompolo, who has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said some “anti-Ijaw elements” around the president were misleading him.

Going down memory lane, the former commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), recalled his relationship with the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

“I do not think it was criminal for me to openly support one of my own, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for the presidency in 2015,” he wrote in an open letter.

“I did so out of conviction not because I hate you or because you are a northerner. After all, most of my personal friends and acquaintances are from the north.

“To cap it all, the memories of my robust relationship with your Katsina brother, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua are still painfully fresh and reminiscent of brotherliness.”

He advised the president to avoid treading a “dangerous dimension” by seeing Ijaw people as enemies.

Below is the letter:

[b]His Excellency,
President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR,
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Aso Rock Presidential Villa,
Abuja.

Dear Mr President,

‎I once again, deem it pertinent to write Your Excellency since your assumption of office in May 2015. Mr President will recall that at my meeting with you sometimes last year, I gave my commitment and pledge to ensure sustainable peace and development in the oil rich Niger Delta region and Nigeria in general.

At the meeting which I interpreted to be an ample opportunity and a template for peaceful co existence in the country‎, I made it known to Your Excellency that my support for your government as well as my commitment to a peaceful and secure Niger Delta region is paramount. But I remember also that I gave a humble advice on the need for Mr President to be weary of political cum crisis merchants, particularly those who are members of your own party, the APC. That advice arose out of the fear that most people who are members of your party, especially from the Niger Delta region, who are very known to me, take solace in evolving and concocting crisis to leverage upon.

I left the meeting fulfilled for three reasons. It was not because I had met with a new man in charge but because I ‎had an opportunity to air my views on the way forward. I had also successfully dispelled an unfounded perception that I do not want to see President you succeed having defeated my fellow Ijaw kinsman and close confidant. Thirdly, I did not use the opportunity of that auspicious meeting to arrogate to myself, as having the solutions to all the challenges facing the Niger Delta region.

This is worth emphasizing in the sense that aside me , there are several other dissatisfied, disenchanted, oppressed and agitated younger elements who still habour misdirected sentiments that I led a handful of ex agitators to surrender arms and embrace the Presidential Amnesty Programme in 2009, under late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, without immediately solving the myriad of problems facing our people. Little did such younger elements appreciate the fact that there can only be a process leading to the eventual succor ‎ for our people.

‎Nonetheless, I displayed an uncommon courage to ensure the sustenance of peace and relative security within the limits of my capacity and ability. Most Nigerians, if not all, are aware of the role I played in safeguarding and protecting crude oil and gas facilities during the last administration. I am sure even Mr President is aware of this development. As a patriotic Nigerian, I have never hidden my desire to do what is just in this regard even to the extent, that I have incurred the wrath of illegal bunkers and vandals.

Attempts To Demonize Me‎ And Ethnicise Niger Delta Issues

Mr President Sir, even at the risk of being repetitive, kindly permit me to recall the various efforts I have made to exonerate myself from the perfidious moves by some elements within and outside the Niger Delta region to always implicate me on any flimsy opportunity.

To such persons, calling me, the man behind every bad thing has remained the only avenue and pedestal to get political patronages. Although so many instances abound, the recent spirited move to link me with the nascent Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a group that has claimed responsibility for the various breaches on oil pipeline installations in the Niger Delta region.

To some around you, the only means of getting Your Excellency’s attention is to wickedly attribute the activities of the said group to me simply because ‎I have a running battle with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC). This is the height of desperation and hypocrisy on the part of such people.

For one, I have chosen to pursue my case with the EFCC to a logical conclusion because I am yet to be convinced that the purported case instituted against me does not have ethnic colouration masterminded by my traducers. Since the case is before a competent court of jurisdiction, I will refrain from making further comments on this.

However, ‎it will be in the interest of this great nation if Mr President takes a painstaking study of certain political actors around him, most especially those from the Niger Delta region. I bear no grudge against any of such, but I am convinced beyond any doubt that they have taken solace in perpetual misdirection and mischief as far as my person is concerned.

I make bold to say that there are several APC elements within and around your government who see anything Ijaw as criminal and anti-Buhari. Unpretentiously too, certain non-Ijaw ethnic merchants cum bigots have expressedly displayed open hatred for Ijaws in the Niger Delta region. Such persons have almost succeeded in warping a governmental mindset against Ijaws, whether in or outside your government. Please Mr President, this is a very dangerous dimension that is avoidable by your government.

Just as your people supported you as of right, throughout the presidential campaigns, ‎I do not think it was criminal for me to openly support one of my own, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for the presidency in 2015. I did so out of conviction not because I hate you or because you are a northerner. Afterall, most of my personal friends and aquaintances are from the north. To cap it all, the memories of my robust relationship with your Katsina brother, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua are still painfully fresh and reminiscent of brotherliness.

In this regard, it is only appropriate to judge people not by what is reeled out to the corridor of powers by their traducers but by their deeds and activities. I do not think I have done anything to warrant this needless mental onslaught that has been visited on me since Your Excellency’s assumption of power.

Finally, I am compelled to say that these ethno-political merchants are merely laying the foundation for an unavoidable crisis. They will be happy to see a ravaged Gbaramatu Kingdom and by extension, Ijawland under the pretext of looking for me. This is a very dangerous template such persons are laying and it is only good for Mr President to deploy the inner mind to stratify this unwholesome gimmick.

Once again, I thank Mr President for having the time to peruse this letter.

Thanks and as usual, accept the assurances of my highest compliments.[/b]

SIGNED

HIGH CHIEF GOVERNMENT EKPEMUPOLO (TOMPOLO)
The Ibe-ebidouwei of Iiaw Nation

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Lalasticlala dominique mynd44

I don't read letters from cowardly fools... this criminal should be smoked out, if he resist arrest he should be dispatched to the great beyond

The guy died a fools death... idiotu

Buhari fighting for all Nigerians despite the foolish amongst us keep supporting their oppressors.

Crokodey

Social Media contains the seeds of its own destruction, the rate at which lies go viral will erode confidence in social media as a dependable platform for reliable news.

Ekiters have entered an unpainted one chance vehicle one can only hope for the best worst outcome

demslayerrz:
He is doing the work he is paid to do, the kid have no shame and always ready to bring down his self acclaimed tribe cos of politics. Heard he do snatch ballot boxes for Tinubu and was later dismissed then he resort to insulting Tinubu everywhere on nairaland, blaming him for his own family problems. Lol

lolzlolz

emekakelvin:
I am sorry but this article is nothing but recycle old news except for the title which states that Buhari is corrupt. The article never said Buhari is corrupt, but the heading is nothing but a complete denial of the news.


The part which relates to Nigeria economy is actually like the part where an amateur tells a professional the way to do with a faulty machine. We already know Nigeria economy is undergoing restructuring and of such we expect such news.


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If only wailing zombies had a fragment of your brain they will lead better lives

What the article actually says unlike the wailing zombies quote mining ...

Pop quiz: Which oil rich economy hammered by the global slump in crude is in the throes of a full-fledged economic crisis — complete with rationing, civil strife and runaway inflation stoked by a weak currency?
If you guessed Venezuela, you'd be wrong. Although the South American country teeters on the edge of collapse and fits the above scenario, those same circumstances actually apply to Nigeria. Once a powerhouse of West Africa's economy, the effects of slumping oil prices have converged with mounting security concerns and widespread energy shortages.
The OPEC country, which produces more than 2 million barrels of oil per day, is resorting to rationing crude: In order to fill their tanks, citizens must endure long lines overseen by authorities.

[size=18pt]Nigeria "is caught in a macro hurricane," famed short seller James Chanos told the annual Sohn Investment Conference last week. With currency reserves running low, the country could have "a big problem" within a few years , he said. Calling the country "a borderline failed state," Chanos added that he was shorting South African assets, in part because of their exposure to Nigeria.

In the year that Nigerians elected a new president, oil prices collapsed by at least 30 percent. This week, Nigeria's stock market staged a relief rally after the closely watched MSCI Frontier Markets Index decided to keep the country in the benchmark, after warning last month that Nigeria was at risk of being booted from the index.
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Still, the outlook for Africa's largest economy remains grim. The extremist group Boko Haram has created significant political and security challenges for the embattled government of Muhammadu Buhari, and raise risks that could hit oil production.
"Nigeria is in trouble," Steve Hanke, a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins, told CNBC in an interview. Amid double-digit inflation, Nigeria's foreign reserves are dwindling as the government races to shore up a swooning currency, the naira.
Weak growth — Nigeria's economy expanded by less than 3 percent last year — has done little to curb soaring food prices, which have risen every month since December 2015.
Meanwhile, oil prices remain firmly under $50 per barrel, heightening the risk of what consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers noted in a 2015 report could become a "security shock," as weak growth feeds political instability. Currently, the country's 2016 budget assumes an oil price of $38 per barrel.
Razia Khan, chief economist for Africa at Standard Chartered, expects crude will rise later in the year, but growth is likely to remain muted. Khan noted that the International Monetary Fund "expects growth to decline even further in 2016, to 2.3 percent."
Oil gives Nigeria around 95 percent of its foreign earnings. Should crude remain at current levels, PwC expects growth to contract and oil revenues to dwindle to $20 billion. Meanwhile, the currency has already overshot PwC's worst-case forecast for this year, blowing past 320 to the U.S. dollar recently.
"The currency is junk and the government is incompetent and corrupt," said Johns Hopkins' Hanke. "The only sure-fire way to solve all these problems is for Nigeria to officially replace its junk currency."
[size=18pt]Nigeria still has limited access to capital markets, and a $6 billion currency swap agreement with China may help contain the naira's losses[/size]. Yet with oil still hovering near historic lows, analysts are skeptical Nigeria will see a turnaround anytime soon.
"Following a tumultuous year for the naira in 2015 we believe the any recovery in the currency will have to be supported by a marked improvement in the crude oil price," Standard Chartered's Khan said, adding that oil would need to rise to near $55 to offset the effects of an "oversupplied market."

Wailing zombies go soon die of hunger make Jonathan cut some for them oh imm loot with frog eyes go epp them

op's attempt to restore factory settings in the heads of those not blessed with intelligence should be commended and pushed to the frontpage.

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Firefire:
Good revelation.

Where are the resident APC Nairaland witch doctors cum zombies Food is ready for your usual gibberish and rants of fighting corruption. We are waiting.

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The rate you are falling you will soon find yourself in the romance section. .. You have gotten to the point GEJ foolery can not be defended rather you blame others for the world renowned ineffectual b.... acts of incompetence and gross negligence

Bobandgreat:
Please go and dress a masquerade and get paid.

Only if you do your homework kid

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Bobandgreat:
You lack intelligence. Are u related to Buhari? Which market have Fulani herdsmen burnt. Or u mean human market?

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A flie seems to stand a better chance comprehending the points being discussed

Foolish wailers be like we will not take it this is witch hunt but the witches involved keep vomiting stolen funds. sai Nigeria. .. We will get there inshallah

Sleeping with other people's wives robbs one of wisdom.

Why some useless fools are bombing pipelines here and there sensible people are making Nigeria a great place to live ride team change