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Very funny,

But on the other hand, see how everyone is happy laughing with one cause : to celebrate the Joke.
How i wish and pray all of us Nigerians can be like this everyday, irrespective of tribe/religion.
Guess not a chance.

Still trying to understand and believe most nigerians are not crazy or naughts. Is this common to black man?? They all seem difficult to understand with no exception:

President GEJ once said the Gov know ppl behind BH, they even threatened to publish their names. BH is till killing and no names published nothing done.

Buhari could not account for missing N2bn of NNPC funds yet he claims he will fight corruption. He truncated democracy yet wants to be elected.

Bakare once said Nigeria's messiah is not Buhari, yet he becomes buhari's running mate in election. He once said there would be wild wild north, and now blames Gov for BH killings.
He enriched himself by taking from the poor, their offering, yet he is questioning Otedolla's source of wealth.

Are these guys not crazy?? SMH

@OP, what are you afraid of?? Na your mind wey dey play tricks on you. I am only wondering if you have really woken up, cause if you have i wonder what you hoped to achieve by posting your hallucinations here? Were you dreaming after posting it, we will become so afraid ... ?? na today?? As ckkris wrote:

ckkris: If na rofo rofo, no shaking, anyhow dem want'am 9ja people full ground.

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El-Rufai should have at least visited the state before writing his rubbish. Smh at those that feel nigeria ends in abuja. If according to el-rufai anambra is in poverty, how come the beggers here in anambra speak only el-rufai's language??

Quacks abound in every profession in Nigeria, as is in Mechanic, so is it with Doctors. I wish my mechanic was also a doctor, he has been working my car for more than 4yrs, and has rarely made a wrong fix, or used inappropriate parts. In, i have never changed a part more than once on the same car, and my car go there like once in 3-4months, except for servicing.

Andre Uweh: What a useless thread and a useless post above. It seems this poster is an attention seeker.
B---Bold
E---Enlightened
A--Amazing
F--Finesse

You could not have said it better. useless thread!

Get what the law interprets as corruption first. Mind you corruption does not just end in giving or taking bribe money.

Very lovely post ....

fesse: 11) And after all these, the Loudspeaker of the House of People said, let us inquire into the king’s claim that there be no money in the royal treasury. So they appointed Farcrook, son of Lawal.


"Ogunyemi Bukola"

Niaja i hail thee.

@ the bolded, did the people not see his name is Far-Crook??

Does he move about with police orderlies or bokoharam guards?? What a Joke.

Every body is scamming everybody, FG scam the masses, Otedola scam Farouk, Farouk scam house members and IG, house members scam contractors and marketers, contractors and marketers scam FG, masses scam themselves, scam scam all the way. 9ja we salute you !!! Who are you reading this scamming today?? Your boss?? Your landlord?? your tenant?? your workers?? your creditors?? Country of Scam the cycle is complete. Join the war against Scams now.

The PDP led government calls other parties opposition. Did you notice buhari is calling the government opposition? PLEASE WHO IS THIS OPPOSITION. From reading nigeria news, its clear that the opposition always twist statements and release false accusation. SO WHO IS THE OPPOSITION??
Just asking shaa ...

Full Report:

The full details of the $3 million bribery scandal involving members of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the Fuel Subsidy probe were revealed yesterday, as one of the major actors in the scandal has opened up on what transpired.

In an exclusive interview with THISDAY, chairman, Zenon Petroleum & Gas Ltd, Mr. Femi Otedola, who hitherto was suspected of being behind the $3 million bribery scandal, blew the lid on what transpired and how chairman of the ad-hoc committee, Hon. Farouk Lawan, and the secretary of the committee, Mr. Boniface Emenalo, had collected $620,000 from him in a sting operation masterminded by the security agencies.

The amount was part payment for the $3 million, which he alleged Lawan had demanded from him to exonerate Zenon Oil from the ad-hoc committee’s report.

As the scandal unfolds, it was learnt that operatives of the State Security Services have sent a video recording of the incident to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for further scrutiny and action.

Otedola, who was opening up on the issue for the first time, narrated how Lawan at the outset of the probe had approached him to get some insight into the workings of the downstream oil and gas sector.

Otedola said he obliged him and ensured that his managing directors of Forte Oil Plc and Zenon Oil appeared at the subsidy probe during its public hearing after both companies had been invited by the committee.

During the probe, he said the committee was informed in no uncertain terms that Zenon does not and has never made claims for subsidy payments from the federal government, as the company was engaged solely in the importation of diesel, a product that is not subsidised.
Zenon’s managing director, Mr. Kanmi Kareem Otaru, during the probe had denied that the company had anything to do with the subsidy regime. He told the committee, “For the avoidance of doubt Zenon never participated or benefited from the subsidy scheme or Petroleum Support Fund (PSF).”

According to him, going by the Act which established the PSF scheme, “Zenon couldn’t participate in it because we don’t have a network of PMS retail outlets which was one of the key criteria beneficiaries must meet and as such we are not qualified to participate to draw from subsidy payments on PMS. So we never collected as records will show.”

Irrespective of the clarification made at the hearing, Otedola said Lawan still approached him a few days before the report was to be tabled on April 18, 2012 before the House of Representatives, demanding money so that Zenon’s name will be kept out of the report.
“When this happened, I was very angry and reminded him that Zenon has never participated in the subsidy scheme and that it would be criminal to rope in the company for something it did not do.

“But Lawan responded, stating that several other marketers were playing ball and had offered the members of the committee large sums of money to ensure that their companies’ names were not published in the report,” he added.

Otedola, said initially he balked at Lawan’s attempt to extort money from him and told the legislator that he would not pay up, as Zenon had not committed any crime.

“Then a day before the report was to be submitted, Lawan called again, informing me that Zenon’s name had been included in the report.
“I, of course, was very angry and asked him to desist from his course of action, but Lawan insisted that I must pay up as other oil marketers had done before me.”

Otedola said he could not believe his eyes the next day when the report came out and Zenon’s name had been listed under the category of companies that had bought foreign exchange from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) but had not imported petrol.

The amount ascribed to Zenon in the report was $232,975,385.13. The report had recommended that Zenon and 14 other marketers that had bought the foreign exchange be referred to the anti-corruption agencies to determine what they used the monies for.
Otedola said at this point he again called Lawan demanding that Zenon’s name be removed from the list, as there was no way his company could have bought that volume of foreign exchange without importing products.

“I reminded him that the amount ascribed to Zenon was wrong as what the company bought was over $400 million for importation of products through the banks – Zenith, UBA and GTB – and that under Sanusi (CBN governor) there was no way anyone could have bought that quantity of foreign exchange and not imported the products having filled the Form M.

“Sanusi will simply clamp down on anyone who tries to pull that kind of stunt,” he said.
In spite of this, Otedola said Lawan still demanded that the members of the committee be given money in exchange for removing Zenon’s name from the report before it is considered in plenary by the entire House.

Otedola said he then asked how much would be required to make the committee happy, to which Lawan responded $3 million.
“I screamed at him, demanding to know why he was doing this to me. All he said was other marketers were paying up to keep their names out of the report so I should do likewise,” he said.

Otedola revealed that it was this point he decided to involve the security agencies to catch Lawan and his committee with their hands in the till.

According to him, “As a law-abiding citizen, I decided to involve the security agencies and they advised me to play along, which prompted me to offer to pay part of the money with the promise that I would pay the balance when my company’s name had been removed from the report.”

The security agencies, he disclosed, gave him serialised dollar bills for the sting job and there are call logs, video and audio recordings in the possession of the agencies to confirm all that had transpired between himself and Lawan.

He said on April 21, the Saturday before the plenary, Lawan came in person to his residence and collected $250,000 in cash, as the first instalment, “then the next Monday night he came and collected another $250,000.

“On Tuesday, at 9am, just before the House commenced seating, Boniface came and collected another $120,000.”
Otedola confirmed that during the sting, Lawan and Boniface collected a total of $620,000 in three instalments as part of the $3 million demanded from him.

He added that with the $620,000 that had been extorted by Lawan and the committee, during the plenary, Zenon’s name was removed from the list of companies that had bought foreign exchange but did not import products.

Otedola continued: “He (Lawan) now asked for the balance of $2.5 million, but when I told him that I had no money now that the money was in Lagos, he suggested that I should charter a plane to fly the money from Lagos to Abuja.”

Otedola stressed that his decision to get the law enforcement and security agencies involved stemmed from the fact that he had not broken any law, maintaining that as a law-abiding citizen, he was saddened by the fact that he was being blackmailed by of all people, members of the legislature.

“If you have information that an armed robber is come to raid your home, won’t you notify the police? So, that was the purpose of the sting operation.

“Besides, my integrity is paramount to me. I started selling petroleum products 14 years ago in drums and somebody who has never run a petrol station is trying to blackmail and extort money from me.
“If others (marketers) have paid money, maybe they are guilty. But I did not do anything wrong, so why should they extort money from me? As a law-abiding citizen, I had to involve the security agencies. Indeed, I’m very disappointed because I have worked hard to build my business.”

Insisting that he had nothing to hide or fear over what had happened, Otedola maintained if he was in the wrong he would not have involved the security agencies in the first instance.

In a reference to the strong denials made by Lawan since the scandal became public, Otedola stated, “When he (Lawan) demanded the bribe, I called the agencies. That is because I had nothing to hide. When the bribe was paid, why did he not call and report it to the agencies if he had nothing to.”

Meanwhile, THISDAY gathered that the videotape of the illicit transaction had been sent to the EFCC to investigate the incident.
When contacted, the EFCC, however, said it had neither received the videotape nor had it commenced investigations into the bribery scandal.

EFCC Head of the Media Unit, Mr. Wilson Uwugiaren, said the allegation had not been brought to the knowledge of the commission.
According to him, the only related matter currently being handled by the EFCC was the report of the ad-hoc committee that the commission was studying to establish the facts and track down anyone found culpable for the alleged mismanagement of the PSF.

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A Dog with a human heart where humans failed, Vote this Dog for president ... of which country?? Guess

Now what do you say when dead body gets accident?? So Terror now mixes with Thieving Thuggery, better not imagine the beast of no Nation that will evolve ...
Lets watch and see .

edicolove: You guys are unrepentant hypocrites. So you mean the students that were on third mainland bridge were there because of the violation of the constitution? Have any of them there ever seen the constitution before? Lol. You guys won't change. Open your cocoyam leaf ears and hear loud and clear! You have misplaced priorities! You were already demonstrating and making noise long before the constitutional lawyers started running their mouths. So you aint fooling anyone with your "fighting for constitution" blab. You were angry because MKO's name did not have enough swag. Simply put, MKO's name was not up to it. Stop going round in circles.

When we were in school, we had our priorities straight. We fought for important stuff. Not petty stuff like this. Imagine your statement "in their sphere of influence". That just gave you up. As a student of a Nigerian university, anything that concerns Nigeria is your sphere of influence. That is how it has always been. That is why the Nigerian student is called the voice of the masses! Of course you can never understand that because you know nothing of the Aluta spirit. We fought for justice and equity in our time not for swag and hype! You can never understand that because all you do in that your school is party and yahoo!

I LOVE THE BOLDED!!!
To the ones in red, i can only say "Ohh dear ...." smh.

Will the school remain shut till the court process is complete, even if it goes all the way to supreme court?? In this tussle its the grass that always suffer.

I guess so many are in denial of the OP cause just a peep into their past life gave them a shock as to how much they have contributed to the downward spiral. I have said it before, to change nigeria, more than half the population has to change their ways and reasoning. Its alarming taking not of the vices and corruption in every day life of a "common man"!!! For leadership to succeed, the leader and the lead must agree on where they are going and commit to getting there by all means. If you have just a leader that's committed, no matter how much laws he put in place the followers will find a way to break it. Just like Nigerians are doing outside the shores of this country, in countries with seemingly more focused leaders and law enforcement.

When someone posts repeated pictures telling an individual he has not met that its him, even when ignored he keeps saying "Hey thats you" "Hey thats you" "Hey thats you". It seems the man posting the pics has gone mad, or is about to go mad or was born mad or is obsessed with the picture. Am just wondering aloud.

El Rufai is gradually getting to the point of psychiatric no returns ... just gradually he will get there, its a pity what loss of relevance albeit power can do.

A tv program that adds nothing to the society. Very aimless program for idle minds. At the end of the show, the participants are no better in their lives except the one(s) that now has a fatter bank account, while the viewers are even more wasted throwing Months of their life into trash bag. I have never liked it and never will. For someone that says TV is just for entertainment, shows what most ppl watch on tv.

manny4life: Na wa for Nigerians, if we manufacture locally, they will say it's fake and call it names, when we import, they will blame govt for poor EXIM policies, say, why can't we produce back home and why is govt not protecting local manufacturers?

Like seriously, how can one please a Nigerian? Majority of our problems lies within ourselves, look no further but to ourselves as a contributing factor to the mess.

The sooner Nigerians especially the ones in NL realize this (the bolded) the better for Nigeria and for them. GEJ welldone and keep doing well hatters will fry ...

SMH

kayusfit: WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT IGBO WILL NEVER RULE THIS COUNTRY. IGBO is the dumbest and most dubious tribe in Africa. Product of a criminal called ojukwu. Rest in Hell coward.

What has this got to do with the topic?? Abi na igbo get the vessel?? Nawa ohh ppl get enough obsession for igbos. No go hug transformer oohh, it will give you a painful death, just drink 9 tablets of valium 5. When you wake you will face your problems and forget igbos.
Nsi nkita.

This will no doubt employ lots of Nigerian youth, Kudos to you CEO of FENOG. Oil minister its good FG identified with this great feat and we hope you provide enabling environ to duplicate more of such success.

But btw why so many haters?? Many nigerians dont ever appreciate anything good especially if its in a region other than theirs, yet they expect good things .... karma is a

No Way. Extremist? NO no no

Vikin: You don't love her as much as your ex... But you marry her oVer and over..

Hmmm.....are you sure?

Ohh yes am very sure. I didnt love her as much as the ex when i married her. Now i know i made the right choice. Now i will defend her with my life, over and over ....

I WILL. i will marry her, marry her, marry her, over and over and over and over and over till eternity. I agree i dont love her as i do one of my former girlfriend. But I cant imagine marrying any other woman than my wife should i do it again a million times. I will marry her over and over she is the other half i always wanted.

I pity these GEJ haters. You guys are really wasting your time. GEJ will complete his 4yrs with more than expected performance, and will win come 2015 easily.
You Haters better find work that will make nigeria better. The annoying thing is that you cant see that its a futile attempt trying to sell you product GMB.

He might win if contesting against fellow baboons and dogs, his edge over them is that he speaks english. but beware he may loose cause some zoo baboons are well trained and dont swim in blood like the weeping general.
Against humans ..... no chance!

egift: Here are things that have been said about Buhari:
- “Buhari is a forthright and very clearly a disciplined man. He has managed to cut the image of a person who abhors corruption genuinely”. - Nuhu Ribadu Chairman EFCC Daily Trust - 27th Feb. 2007,
- “Buhari stands out to be the most DEDICATED and PATRIOTIC leader" - Chief Olu Falae - ThisDay Newspaper, 23rd March 2007,
- "Buhari took any work that was given to him very seriously. He is reliable as he is hardworking and honest ”. - President Olusegun Obasanjo, in his book, Not My Will.

Can we have an independent comment on Mr Luck? Comparing Buhari to Jonathan is like Day and Night, respectively.

YOU FORGOT TO INCLUDE WHAT WOLE SOYINKA SAID ABOUT BUHARI, YOU ALSO FORGOT WHAT FELA KUTI SAID ABOUT BUHARI. ANIMAL IN WHAT SKIN?

Why cant the north find a good candidate? like Tambuwal??