₦airaland Forum

HateU2:
I'm not married. Here to read comments and share the card with d winner

TedBaker:
Ogun keh? Na only ottah farm dey dere ooo. Meanwhile biafrauds go jst dey yarn anyhow, bcoz deir states no dominate d list.

wirinet:
You people are just throwing shi.t around hoping to stain every one with corruption stench. How can you compare the case of AIT, Obiagbena and that of Tinubu.
Dopesi's excuse was that his company( AIT) did political campaign for PDP for N1.2 billion, meanwhile PDP denied knowledge of any such media campaign. We are yet to see the contract papers of said contract, terms of contract and signatories to the contract.

Obiagbena on the other hand said he was paid over N1billion compensation for Boko Harams Bombings of thisdays offices and for seizures of newspapers by Nigerian army. Also we are yet to see the papers for the compensation and how they arrived at the said amount, that is if it is even the FG's duty to compensate private companies for personal tragedies.

Now the one recieved by Vintage Newspapers was negotiated by NPAN for seizures of newspapers of members and was well documented. The money was received by NPAN and given to 10 members by the secretary of the organization. So what is their connection with Dasuki? It is now that the members are finding out that the money was from Dasuki and routed illegally through a private company. Having discovered this, some members have returned the money and punch has even suspended its membership of NPAN. So how is Tinubu connected.

You think if Tinubu want to collect money from Santa Dasuki, he will collect just N10 million, when a small fry like Dokpesi is collecting billions. What an insult.

shingu:
Am done advising yhu and tellin u d ryt tin cx i see u dont want to desist from ur foolishness #RemainFoolish #SayNoToFoolishPeople

shingu:

shingu:
pained ass....try to be unique and stop bn foolish all the time u knw it flows in u and ur family pls dont exhaust ur foolishness cx u bcm a dumbass leave small for ur children and generations of urs to come #Foolishness_At_Its_Peak #SayNoToFoolishPeople

GettysBurg:
Why do we keep deceiving ourselves? Where do you see corrupt people using their own names to receive corrupt proceeds?
They all use company fronts and this is the same pattern with all those involved in the dasukigate.

Dokpesi received his own share through AIT.

Obaigbena received his through Thisday newspapers.

Tinubu also received his share through The Nation papers. Which is owned by Vintage press ltd, a Tinubu company.

However, it is ONLY because Tinubu is APC, that he has the liberty to return and explain it away. In a real anti-corruption war, Tinubu should be in JAIL.

shingu:
as u get level naw reekado carry u for hin car abi FOOL OF THE YEAR and reekado go make ur account fat abi i cant blame u ur foolishness is hereditary it flows in ur blood its in ur family.....#SayNoToFoolishPeople

banki:
First you said it was 9billion as your headline says the the content says 9million

You kept mentioning tenure yet no where in the original response did you see his name

We know you guys want to drag everyone down with you Nigerians are not buying into it

Be you pop or apc

San buhari

shingu:
pls define hardwork and aw lil kesh;kiss daniel worked-less and pls do survey in ur neighbourhood by calling just 20 people and pls ask dem d most popular and who nailed 2015 amongst dem and who should av won it i dont hold anything against anybody in dat category but be reasonable before u open ur mouth like toyota camry door!!! #SayNoToFoolishPeople

dammytosh:
No i meant you because you don't have shame and value.

Your PM talk about success yet, don't know what integrity means.

Self success my f00t. Megalomaniac nincompoop

Shaftrod:
Aigoo? Can someone educate this guy that a registered company is a legal entity and quite different from the owner?The cheque was not issued in favour of Tinubu's name but that of the company's account as money for compensation when Jonathan was clamping down on the press using the soldiers.

dammytosh:
Don't waste your energy on that M0r0n.

912:
Your topic says 9BILLION collected by Tinubu. Your post is about the 9million collected by Vintage press owners of the nation news paper from PNAN. Which the board resolved that it should be returned to them.

Please its too early in the year for lies.

dammytosh:
The source also said 9 billion like you typed in your topic ?


Try harder. Liar

dammytosh:
This is one of the reasons i will support Social Media Bill.


Header 9Billion.

COntent 9 million to a newspaper.

too many eediots, very few bullets.

Shaftrod:
Tinubu or vintage press? Aigoo!

912:
Senseless post. OP its too early in the year for lies please

VINTAGE press Limited has returned the N9 million it received as compensation for the seizure of copies The Nation and SportingLife in June, 2014.

In a statement yesterday, the organisation explained why it took the decision.

It said: “We are again compelled to comment on the N9 million received by Vintage Press Limited as compensation from the government of ex- President Goodluck Jonathan through the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) for the seizure of our publications, The Nation and SportingLife in June, 2014

“We do this for two reasons. First, to restate the sequence of events that culminated in the payment , thereby debunking insinuations about the motive for the compensation. Second, to inform the public that the N9 million collected from NPAN on behalf of the Jonathan government has been returned to the association .

“This decision was arrived at on Wednesday by the Board and Management of Vintage Press Limited after a painstaking examination of the legal and moral issues arising from the compensation



“In our first comment published in the Saturday, December 12 edition of The Nation, we provided the background to the compensation. We recalled the mindless, illegal and unjustified seizure of thousands of copies of both titles by soldiers in major cities and towns across the country.

“Not only were copies of both papers impounded, our vehicles and drivers were arrested and detained in military barracks. They were released very late, in some instances at 7pm, when it was practically impossible to put the consignments in the market. “We know of no other newspaper that was so harassed and maltreated by soldiers who claimed that they had intelligence reports that newspapers vehicles were to be used by insurgents to ferry arms.

“Our response to this unjustifiable infringement of our rights was go to court to get justice and ask for Compensation. We briefed the legal firm of Femi Falana (SAN) to institute an action against the government and the military authorities and demand N300 million compensation.

“Soon after the clampdown, Jonathan hosted the NPAN in Lagos and the issue of compensation was raised with him. He promised to get back to the association through its president, Nduka Obaigbena, the publisher of Thisday. Obaigbena later briefed members that the government had agreed to pay N10 million to each newspaper. A mail followed from the association asking newspapers to submit their statements of claims for compensation.

“This development was discussed with our lawyer who advised that the N10 million compensation was reasonable, following which we resolved to stay action on the suit .

“At subsequent meetings in Lagos and Abuja , NPAN assured members that the government had not changed its mind . At the Abuja meeting in March but year, the association resolved that N1million be paid by each newspaper on receipt of the N10 million towards the acquisition of a befitting corporate office for it.

“In May, the secretary of NPAN, Mr. Feyi Smith, brought a draft for N9 million to Vintage Press Limited. The draft was accepted in good faith, believing it was from the account of the association and also from the appropriate department of government.

“Who was in a better position to deliver a draft from NPAN to Vintage Press than the NPAN secretary? Vintage Press, like other newspapers that received drafts/cheques from the NPAN, did not know that the money was paid to a private company by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and from funds collected by that office specifically for the procurement of arms ? This was until The Nation, in its edition of Friday, December 4, published details of the stupendous sums of money collected by individuals and organisations from the ONSA.


“Now, the source of the payment to us is beyond contention. We now know it came from the ONSA and routed through a private company, General Hydrocarbon Limited. This company is unknown to NPAN. Facts in the public domain show clearly that the money the company collected was for ‘energy consultancy.’

That this company would collect the compensation on NPAN’s behalf was never disclosed to the association in line with corporate best practice. As a business that subscribes fully to the tenets of sound governance, we are not at ease with this revelation.

“We are also uncomfortable with the revelation that the compensation was from the money earmarked for the purchase of arms for troops fighting insurgency.

“This point was stated clearly in our editorial of Wednesday, December 23 in which we said: ‘it is unclear to what extent the extension of the anti- terror war was due to fraud – related factors. But it is clear enough that the war effort was deliberately hampered by fraudulent activities.”

“It is a shame,” we said further, “that there is even a possibility, however slim, that media players helped to create an enabling environment for terrorists, wittingly or unwittingly, by linkage with Dasuki.

“In the light of the foregoing, Vintage Press Limited, publishers of The Nation and Sportinglife, on Wednesday resolved that the N9 million compensation be returned to the NPAN for onward delivery to the source of the money. A draft for N9million was handed over to Mr Smith today in Lagos.

“The Board and Management of Vintage Press have also resolved not to resume the legal action it asked the firm of Femi Falana (SAN) to initiate against the government and the military authorities but to regard the losses incurred during the period as part of the sacrifice The Nation has made to the enthronement of a new order in our country.

“It was noted with satisfaction that no law of the land was breached in asking for compensation and receiving same from the government but that with the sordid disclosures about the ONSA, Vintage Press cannot in good conscience regard the compensation as a closed case on which nothing can be done.

“However,, we find most uncharitable the infantile claim that the compensation was meant to compromise us. We were highly critical of the Jonathan government for its incompetence as we would of any government that we judge to be incompetent. We remain committed to our mission as a newspaper and declare that no individual or body can dissuade us from this noble cause.”