₦airaland Forum

It is now the turn of civil servants to receive the blame. APC will never change.

adellam16:
I dunno how. Dats what some witnesses said.

Okay. Do you live on the Lekki-Ajah axis?

So it took this people this long to show up? This happened yesterday afternoon.

adellam16:
did u also know dat d driver also escaped d scene?

You don't mean it. How? I saw this on my way to CMS this afternoon.

This is Photoshop. Where is The Seal of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on those photos?

Nobody is asking where is Aisha and her Children in the whole of this.

(CNN)The rancorous reign of the 45th US President faces a fresh controversy.

A Nigerian economic and social rights group has written to the White House demanding the return of $500 million of stolen funds, which it claims are being held by the US.
"(We urge) the administration to attach and release to Nigeria some $500 million worth of US-based proceeds of corruption traced to former Nigerian dictator General Sani Abacha," the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) wrote in an open letter.
The letter cites US obligations as a signatory to the UN Convention Against Corruption, and demands that the government "promptly initiate civil asset forfeiture proceedings" to ensure that the funds are swiftly returned to Nigeria.

Following the money

General Sani Abacha was a notorious dictator who led Nigeria for five years after taking power in a 1993 coup. He is alleged to have stolen over $4 billion during his reign, before his death in 1998.
SERAP's claim is the latest in a series of attempts to recover lost wealth from Abacha and his family, which has been frozen in accounts and assets around the world.
Switzerland has recovered and returned around $700 million to Nigeria to date, with further sums pending. The US Department of Justice had already seized $480 million in 2014, prior to SERAP's new claim, although this has yet to be returned.

The Nigerian government's focus is on reclaiming the funds it is due from these latter cases rather than the SERAP claim, says Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, Executive Secretary of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption.
Extracting the money from the US in particular has been a frustrating process for Nigeria.
"President Obama met with our President Buhari and made a commitment to return this sum to the government of Nigeria," says Owasanoye. "This has been subject to legal challenge, and the bureaucratic system in the US is hindering the return so far."
"Developed countries are very happy to recover money but very slow to return it," he adds.
The legal challenge comes from Godson Nnaka, a former attorney for the Nigerian government.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) says that the appeal must be resolved before the funds can be returned to Nigeria.

'Lawyer's feast'

The Nigerian government will face further obstacles before recovering the money.
Some of the forfeited $480 million is located in banks outside the US, which will require an even more laborious process to recover.
"The US has to get court orders for those countries to physically move cash back to the US to go in the pot of seized assets," says Alexander W. Sierck, a Washington-based lawyer who has represented SERAP pro-bono for several years in their efforts to recover Abacha funds.
"It is a lawyer's feast that that generates a lot of work -- but it is a slow process."
A further complication is the DoJ's determination to avoid allowing repatriated funds to be lost to corruption a second time, often seeking safeguards.
In the landmark case of Equatorial Guinea, a haul of assets worth $30 million seized from the ruling Obiang family including property and sports cars was repatriated in the form of charitable trusts, partly overseen by the US. A similar deal was reached over proceeds of corruption from Kazakhstan.

The US Congress has discussed a bill that would see the Nigerian funds placed in a charity to support the victims of Boko Haram, but Nigeria is unlikely to accept such an arrangement.
"The US should not impose conditions," says Owasanoye. "They can monitor to the use of the funds -- we are transparent -- but we are a sovereign state and the money should be returned to us.
The need is particularly acute as Nigeria struggles through a period of recession, he adds, claiming the money will be used for a range of social welfare projects.

Fractions of fractions

The World Bank estimated in 2007 that developing countries lose up to $40 billion a year through corruption, and little is successfully reclaimed.
"What is being recovered is a fraction of a fraction," says Emile van der Does de Willebois, the Bank's global lead for financial market integrity and asset recovery. "Legal procedures take time and an enormous amount of resources."
"Of any number of corruption cases you can only focus on one or two...(and) it is up to prosecutorial authorities to make a judgement on what is the most important case."
The process is further complicated by problems with mutual legal assistance and co-ordination, says de Willebois, as "victim" states often lack expertise in how to deal with financial centers such as Switzerland and the US.
But there has been progress, he adds, such as through a legal maneuver that allowed Switzerland to reclaim Abacha assets by classifying his family as a criminal organization, thus lowering the burden of proof required for seizure.
New initiatives such as the US Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, and European Union-led efforts to establish transparency in offshore holdings, also aid recovery efforts.
But asset recovery experts also say that the attitude of the new US administration will be critical for further progress on the issue, and the Nigerians await their answer from the White House with no little anxiety.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/15/africa/nigeria-lost-assets-trump/index.html

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Why do they prefer trophy girlfriends?

Islamic extremism could still render this null and void.

Nixiepie:
Shame

You are a beauty to behold.

Congrats! Your hustle paid. You didn't give him your phussy in vain. Your are smart for making him like your phussy.

With the events enfolding in the country now, the Yoruba and Hausa-Fulani collaboration will soon be tested. Will it stand or collapse?

With the events enfolding in the country now, the Yoruba and Hausa-Fulani collaboration will soon be tested. Will it stand or collapse?

With the events enfolding the country now, the Yoruba and Hausa-Fulani collaboration will soon be tested. Will it stand or collapse?

Alero3Arubi:

This is the height of confusion. did i get it wrong? should i have remained with him? please advice.

I feel like i am the problem. maybe i should just disappear. solve the problem for both of them. i really do love the incumbent.

Incumbent? Are you an office? Once una hear one word, na to the abuse and misuse am remain. I will be like, "Sir, meet my incumbent girlfriend" How does that sound?

APC with their penchant for taking picture surprisingly do not have any picture or voice recording to show for it like they did when GEJ called Buhari to congratulate him on his first electoral victory of his political career.

mayoor15:
And tell me how the government will succeed if there is corruption everywhere? If the government funds the education system and some set if cabals wipe off the money, what happens to it, since when has the government been funding our health sector, what do we have to show for it, all the sectors you listed, how will the government achieve success when there are saboteurs and destroyers everywhere, no meaningful policy will succeed in a place where there are more corrupt people than the good ones, until we rise together and fight corruption to a stand still, we will record little or no meaningful growth. Besides, Nigeria entered into recession late 2014, the government inherited a failing economy but the fact is, spending money is not the solution to recession, spending money is just like make up, with time it expires and rubs off, there is a need to invest in infrastructures that can sustain us on the long run, we can't because we want a sharp route out of recession, forget to plan for the future, let me tell you, in 3 months we can spend our way out of recession but does that solve our problem? No, it's like postponing the evil day. Just like what happened in 2007-2009, we postponed the evil day and are we not suffering the consequences Now, look at American economy in 2008 and now, didn't we go through recession then together? So my take is this, two years is not enough to succeed in all the 7-8 sectors you listed, let fight corruption and put on ground things that can sustain our economy in the absence of oil and we will start rising, we need to make our economy dollar independent, let go into massive manufacturing so that we don't depend on foreign goods that keep siphoning our dollar away, but tell me sincerely how all these are possible without we fighting corruption....

This government was elected for a reason. So far, they have only been telling us things we already know. A government that cannot stand criticism or take responsibility for its own failure cannot succeed. Besides Buhari, name those who are in government today that have not been part of the government of this country since 1999. You see, things don't get done by themselves or good intentions. Nigeria will hardly work when the delusion of a clueless and confused government is further enhanced by the activities of its praise-singing fan boys.

I cannot pretend that I don't remember their campaign rhetoric and political subterfuge. We all have to constantly work hard to improve ourselves to remain competitive. Buhari was without any meaningful engagement and positive contribution to this country for over 30 years but there were those who believed that he is competent by default and has no need for self improvement like most people. The man stopped attending the council state meeting for personal beef. It was more about him than it was about Nigeria. You don't just bring a professor who left the field for 30 years back to the classroom without consequences. Tell any prospective employer that the last time you worked was five years ago and he will definitely ask you what you have been doing for those five years. I wouldn't have voted Buhari if I had to vote.

She more concern about not having sex.

Has Trump twitted about it?

mayoor15:
And when God created you, he created you with brains, did you exchange it for biscuit or what?

Okay, let me break it down to your level so that you can tell me what you disagree with.

1) There was massive looting when PDP governed.

2) It The APC government to expose the corruption PDP in a scale never seen before

3) The APC government claimed it is not corrupt and that it has recovered trillions of Naira looted by PDP.

4) The average is worst off under the APC government.

5) The Naira has lost its more value under APC than it has under any government.

6) Nigerians now pay more for the same or less quantity of commodities under APC.

7) Most APC governors, ministers, legislators and party officials were, in recent time, members of PDP.

8,) APC approach to governance is clueless, emotional and clannish.

9) Two years on, the APC government is yet to convince Investors and Nigerians that it has what it takes to pull Nigeria out the the present situation.

As to whether I exchange my brains for anything, it is obvious that I did not. That's why I still posses the capacity to see through APC's humongous failings even in the midst of their anti-corruption showmanship. I am not in the business of praising a government when it does its job right. My job is to call them out on their failings. When the government does the right thing I just keep quiet. I only talked about what the fail to do or what they did wrong. The primary responsibility of a citizen is obey the law and stand up to a failing government, and not necessarily to praise the government.

Granted APC if fighting corruption, what is their achievement in the following areas that affect Nigerians the most:
1, Education,
2, Health,
3, Housing
4, Water Resources
5, Agriculture (Food security)
6, Tranportation

APC Economic Abrakadabra

With stealing and corruption going on: $1 = N216

With corruption severely curtailed and trillions of stolen money being recovered: $1 = N500 and prices of essential commodities on the constant rise.

PDP failed but PDP is definitely not the reason for APC woeful performance and catastrophic failure.
APC has a clueless, emotional and clannish approach to governance. - Teebillz 2017

cc: Seun, Lalasticlala

APC Economic Abrakadabra

With stealing and corruption going on: $1 = N216

With corruption severely curtailed and trillions of stolen money being recovered: $1 = N500 and prices of essential commodities on the constant rise.

PDP failed but PDP is definitely not the reason for APC woeful performance and catastrophic failure.
APC has a clueless, emotional and clannish approach to governance. - Teebillz 2017

cc: Seun, Lalasticlala

APC Economic Abrakadabra

With stealing and corruption going on: $1 = N216

With corruption severely curtailed and trillions of stolen money being recovered: $1 = N500 and prices of essential commodities on the constant rise.

PDP failed but PDP is definitely not the reason for APC woeful performance and catastrophic failure.
APC has a clueless, emotional and clannish approach to governance. - Teebillz 2017

cc: Seun, Lalasticlala

APC Economic Abrakadabra

With stealing and corruption going on: $1 = N216

With corruption severely curtailed and trillions of stolen money being recovered: $1 = N500 and prices of essential commodities on the constant rise.

PDP failed but PDP is definitely not the reason for APC woeful performance and catastrophic failure.
APC has a clueless, emotional and clannish approach to governance. - Teebillz 2017

cc: Seun, Lalasticlala

APC Economic Abrakadabra

With stealing and corruption going on: $1 = N216

With corruption severely curtailed and trillions of stolen money being recovered: $1 = N500 and prices of essential commodities on the constantly rise.

PDP failed but PDP is definitely not the reason for APC woeful performance and catastrophic failure.
APC has a clueless, emotional and clannish approach to governance. - Teebillz 2017

No big deal. Some people already done in London.

Never forget or look down on your village people. When you die, the are the ones who genuinely feel the pain. Look at the faces of those village women and you will see real and genuine pain regardless of whether the late person was helping them or not.

Don't rejoice yet. Buhari has turned the whole country to IDP.

Political oil.

Eaayah.

Oh, Brandy! I remember when Nigerian girls loved us for free or our maths skills.

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I will never forget the day bae cried when I played Westlife when it was just the two of us locked inside my crib.

Like this this post if you have ever been loved or phucked for free.