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Politics › Re: Power Ministry Saves Up FG N119BN Court Judgement Liability by three:
Hmm.....

smartty68:
He explained that the judgement came “as a result of acts of officials of government who varied the Presidential approval without seeking further directives from him.” According to Fashola, the officials of government varied the Presidential approval without seeking further directive from him and then awarded the contract on that basis adding that the party who was the beneficiary of that contract “which the officials subsequently sought to withdraw” went to court and got a judgment.

Source:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/power-ministry-saves-fg-n119bn-court-judgement-liability/
Glad that he is aware of subordinates acting outside the law so he has no excuse for this.......

https://www.nairaland.com/3907603/exclusive-architects-crisis-nia-arcon/2#58514979

https://www.newdiplomatng.com/business/exclusive-architects-in-crisis-as-nia-arcon-registration-war-gets-messier/

Politics › Re: Power Ministry Saves Up FG N119BN Court Judgement Liability by three:
Really

smartty68:
The Minister, who cited the incident as an example of some of the problems inherited from the last administration, added, “But we have successfully reached a compromise on that matter where the judgment has been compromised for the entire sum of N119 Billion to N19,369,520. So, Government is no longer liable , under this new agreement, to pay that amount.”

Pointing out that the negotiations took about the entire period of his tenure as Minister to achieve, the Minister added that the successful negotiation was able to free up another N39.17Billion held under another Judgement in court to be used now for the supply of electricity metres to the DisCos .


Source:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/power-ministry-saves-fg-n119bn-court-judgement-liability/
What does 'compromised' mean here?


'held under' would mean that if the court finally rules against the Ministry the FG will still have to cough it out!
Politics › Re: How Saraki Fraudulently Obtained Court Order Freezing Sahara Reporters Account by three: 2:10pm On Aug 04, 2017
muzeze77:
That is a fake bank of America Web page.Bank of America landing page does not contain email address. Someone put the email address there to tie sowore. how do i know? Because i have been a bank of america customer for 18 years. Thats Fake find below mine
https://s3.amazonaws.com/njmatches/boa2017.png
You are Caucasian and went to Uniben.

Are you Sure this BOA account should belong to you?

I can't post 'your' image because that'll be infringing on your privacy.

Or is it someone else's

Please confirm.
Politics › Re: AMCON, EFCC Collaborate To Recover N4.6trn Debts by three: 12:45pm On Aug 04, 2017
Are they collecting from Amaechi?

Nagisa:
Former Governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed why he lost $39 million to fraudsters in Rivers state.

The Federal Minister of Transport who at his Senate hearing famously uttered, “I have never taken bribe in my life but if they send a girl to you and you sleep with the girl and do that favour, that means you are corrupt”, said that he lost the money because he was only human and was learning on the job.

Guardian reported about the fraud in 2015, After spending N8.54 billion on a proposed 1,000-bed Adolphus Karibi Whyte Specialist Hospital, the permanent secretary in Rivers State Ministry of Health, Somiari Harry yesterday said there is no physical structure at the site of the project.

Vital documents such as a memorandum of understanding and shareholders’ agreement between the state government and Canadian-based Clinotech Diagnostic and Pharmaceutical Limited, which received the $39.2 million to build the contentious hospital are said to be missing.



Harry told the Justice George Omereji-led commission of inquiry investigating the non-execution of the 15-storey Adolphus Karibi Whyte Specialist Hospital after the payment of $39.2 million (equivalent to N4.6 billion in 2008), to Clinotech, that besides some parts of prefabricated buildings littering around, containers and other equipment, there is nothing at the site of the proposed hospital to justify the huge amount the state government paid to the contractor.



According to him, the concept was for the hospital to provide world-class medical services in Port Harcourt. He said the estimated cost of the project was $98 million and based on this a memorandum of understanding and shareholders agreement were signed by the parties, which required that the state government would provide 40 percent of the funding, while Clinotech would provide 60 percent.

According to him, state government paid off its own 40 percent equity valued at $39.2 m (N4.6 billion) at the time to Clinotech, which in turn failed to contribute its own counterpart funding for the project.



Amaechi is seen in this video explaining how his learning on the job cost the people of Rivers state $39.2 million.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZxCeF2kugM


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Politics › Re: AMCON, EFCC Collaborate To Recover N4.6trn Debts by three: 12:43pm On Aug 04, 2017
Are they collecting from Amaechi?
Health › Re: NOIPolls: 88% Of Nigerian Doctors Seek Job Opportunities Abroad by three: 12:15pm On Aug 04, 2017
Soon other professionals will join if they haven't started already.

Eldee leave architecture enter music cut out.


These are the Accredited schols running a Masters program in Nigeria

Abia State University
Ahmadu Bello University
Ambrose Alli University
Anambra State Universty of Science and Technology
Covenant University
Cross River State University of Technology
Enugu State University of Technology
Federal University of Technology, Akure
Imo State University
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Obafemi Awolowo University
University of Jos
University of Lagos
University of Nigeria
University of Uyo

Source
http://www.arconigeria.org.ng/view-accredited-institutions


Total number of Registered Architects in 2003 (15 years ago)

= 1925 (2003 figures - Full Members & Fellows)

Source
https://web.archive.org/web/20031208162232/http://www.nigerianinstituteofarchitects.org:80/Members_/members_.html




Current Number of Registered Architects in Nigeria (including Full Members & Fellows retired numbers)

= 3438

source:
http://www.arconigeria.org.ng
http://arconigeria.org.ng/sites/default/files/downfiles/AccreditedArchitects2013.pdf





ARCON/NIA has registered 1513 architects in a space of 15 YEARS!!

that's approximately 100.8 architects every year for the last 15 Years!


Each of the 15 schools above has graduated a conservative average of 50 student architects a year. That's 50 students x 15 schools = 750 students x 15 years (2003-2017) = 11,250 potential architects (not counting those from unacreddited schools)

ARCON/NIA have registered a woeful 1,513 architects of 11,250 potential architects over the last 15 years.

They've been admitting 100.8 a year over the last 15 years when they should have been registering approximately 750 a year! 100/750

Culture › Re: Tonye Cole Visits Ooni Ogunwusi, Travels To UK With Him by three:

Culture › Re: Tonye Cole Visits Ooni Ogunwusi, Travels To UK With Him by three: 11:39am On Aug 04, 2017
samsilo:
He is going to London with Ooni and Obasonjo .Is Sahara not the company that colluded with hon Madam mininster Deziani to defraud Nigeria just llike Kola Aluko in the oil swap deals?
Lets keep celebrating thieves !!
Your thief my thief syndrome. If he/she is NOT my person na THIEF him be - confam one sef. If NA my person den na enemies dey do propaganda, in fact! "Na corruption is fighting back".

cry
Politics › Re: FLASHBACK: 15 Reasons APC (Buhari/Osinbajo) Will Get My Vote In 2015 Gbengasesan by three(op): 9:33am On Aug 04, 2017
Hmmmmm.....when will Gbenga raise all his 'power and influence' to kick Buhari out?
Politics › Re: June 2012 - Gov Fashola Indicts Lai Muhammeds Knightsbridge For Illegal Dredging by three(op): 9:31am On Aug 04, 2017
three:
All links except Thisday (content referenced via web cache) were live as at 2:46am WAT 26/01/2016

Lalasticlala, anonimi, gbawe, firefire, arresa
Illegal dredging in Lagos = Lagos floods
Politics › Re: Kogi State Governor Doles Out N1,380,000 Financial Assistance To APC State Chair by three(op): 9:30am On Aug 04, 2017
Very early on in Bello's administration, it was clear.
Politics › Re: TOLU OGUNLESI Explains How Sometimes Stealing By Public Officials Is Allowable by three(op): 9:28am On Aug 04, 2017
NormalCodes:
And this is one of the media aides the Dullari?

Amazing!
na so we see am oh!
Politics › Re: Federal Ministry Of Power, Works And Housing Press Release by three: 8:50am On Aug 04, 2017
Okay
Politics › Re: 5 Pending Decisions PMB Will Take On Arrival by three:
A 100% Healthy Buhari DOES NOT have the capacity to govern Nigeria 1984 not to talk about Nigeria 2017 and beyond.


Cabinet Reshuffle
Who appoints a cabinet of mismated dodgy individuals 6 MONTHS after inauaguration?

Report Of SGF, NIA Probe
The Farce is that Buhari is not corrupt. Okay who is Babachir working for? Is there ANY rational excuse for him still walking up and down a free man? (many should read Jeffrey Archer's Cleansweep Ignatius)

Board Appointments
Creative Incompetence is the hallmark of APC and governance

Delivering On Campaign Promises
Promises that they have since denied? Nigerians are gullible

meanwhile can someone please assure me that this https://www.nairaland.com/3964080/why-lost-39-million-rivers#59104181 is just a dream? $39million 'lost to fraudsters' and this dude is a current Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria?? huh
Politics › Re: The Million Dollar Question Saharareporters Omoyele Sowore Is Yet To Answer by three(op): 3:54pm On Aug 03, 2017
DutchBrah:
Don't you know company accounts are seperate from the owner private account. Sahararporters have staff to pay and other expenses from running and producing their media empire. They also have to remit taxes to the United States goverment annualy.
Do you think it is cheap to run a media empire with a studio in New York?Do you know the cost of rent there.
Why make up plausible excuses? Why not ask Mr. SaharaReporters?
Politics › Re: Cross River State: Capital Of Carnival, Clean Roads & White Elephant Projects by three(op): 3:52pm On Aug 03, 2017
divinehand2003:
That was a ballistic and bombastic project that ended up becoming a theatre of empty dreams. May God hold those politicians that sank that project responsible.
The one that wants to do N200B 'super highway' or the one that wants N to run for (vice) President?
Politics › Re: Igho Sanomi, Fingered In Diezani’s Alleged Scam Hailed In Don Jazzy’s #dorobucci by three: 1:24pm On Aug 03, 2017
This is the problem with Nigeria
Politics › Re: Why I Lost $39 Million Rivers Fund To Fraudsters – Amaechi by three: 10:14am On Aug 03, 2017
This is simply ludicrous!
Politics › Re: Refund Your Pensions To Kwara- SERAP Tells Saraki by three: 7:26am On Aug 03, 2017
Fair point.

The money should go back to Kwara.
Business › Re: Total To Boost Nigeria’s Oil Output By 200,000 Bpd Next Year by three: 7:17am On Aug 03, 2017
donestk:
Thank God for niger delta region....... Catering for one Nigeria.
Sadly.

This is why some traditional rulers get additional N700m houses in Abuja and why some ex-governors collect salary as pension
Business › Re: Barclays Bank Asks Nigerians With Less Than £100,000 To Close Their Accounts by three:
Adesiji77:
As far back as 2013, according to The Cable, the bank announced that it would focus on 70 countries globally and customers in those that are not considered as core as others. In recent times, high-security measures have made it more difficult for foreigners to open accounts with high street banks in the UK.
Imagine.

The country's profile just makes it harder to do business globally.

After, some will come with that lie that Nigeria has moved out of top 10 most corrupt countries
Politics › Re: Aisha Yesufu Forced To Resign As BBOG Convener Over Call For Buhari Resignation by three: 7:07am On Aug 03, 2017
I would have believed that Oby is still neutral
Career › Re: BREAKING: Federal Govt Bars Foreign Professionals Without Nigeria Certification by three: 7:06am On Aug 03, 2017
This policy already exists

Are we ready?
Politics › Re: Revealed: Tinubu Behind CNN Embarrassment Of Buhari by three: 12:27pm On Aug 02, 2017
This imo was cooked by Bourdillon and the guy in Kaduna.

He pretends to be on Buhari's side
Politics › Cross River State: Capital Of Carnival, Clean Roads & White Elephant Projects by three(op): 8:44am On Aug 02, 2017
Published May 17, 2017


Tinapa, Nigeria’s $450m white elephant

A photo taken on April 26, 2017 shows a view of the empty Tinapa commercial zone in Calabar, Cross River State. / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS


With its futuristic film studios, luxury shops and elevated light railway, Tinapa should be a showcase of Nigerian dynamism, a commercial hub for West Africa raking in millions of dollars.

But 10 years after it opened, the resort in south-east Nigeria is a ghost town and has become a symbol of monumental waste.

Its majestic contours and avant-garde domes rise defiantly out of the bush and palm trees. At the entrance, a giant signboard proclaims “Tinapa back on track!”

But the few visitors who venture inside are quickly disillusioned.



Apart from a few idle employees, not a soul stirs in the endless aisles of shops and warehouses that should have made the capital of Cross River state, Calabar, famous across Nigeria’s south.

“It’s empty there, we have no clients, it’s like a cemetery,” said one shop assistant in Da Viva, which sells the popular brand of wrapper skirts.

“Many have left already,” he added, pointing to shuttered premises.

A huge supermarket still displays clothes, furniture and foreign-made knick-knacks but in virtual darkness: the electricity was cut off some time ago.

Inside, an old man snoozes in the suffocating heat.

Tinapa, with its 80,000 square metres (861,000 square feet) of warehouses and shops, cost $450 million (413 million euros) to build.

But it has become a financial black hole for its backers.

– Economic development –

At the turn of the century, Nigeria was on the point of becoming Africa’s biggest economy and leading oil producer. Newly returned to civilian rule, everything seemed possible.

A handful of businessmen and architects got together and imagined an international centre of commerce and tourism in a free-trade zone.

Nigeria’s biggest banks fell over themselves to finance the project, which was opened in 2007.

“At that time, everyone was excited. Tinapa was going to boost economic development of the whole region and create thousands of jobs,” said Bassey Ndem, who was in charge of the project.

It aimed to attract Nigerian millionaires, who ordinarily jetted off to Dubai or London to go shopping, as well as make Cross River a commercial crossroads on the Atlantic coast.

A plush 242-room hotel with a view over the lagoon and a water park with slides were built to cater for the cream of high society and their families.

Alongside luxury tourism, imported goods would provide for Nigeria and its neighbours such as Cameroon, Chad and Niger, competing with the country’s commercial capital, Lagos.

“Everything was going well at first,” said Ndem. “At the peak, in 2009, we generated $30 million of revenue. But we faced a lot of resistance from the customs.

“They really didn’t want the tax-free zone to work.”

Goods were supposed to be exempt from import duties in the free-trade zone.

But from the beginning, the customs — which has a reputation for rampant corruption — blocked containers destined for Tinapa in the ports, paralysing business.

– Top down, trickle up –

Ndem left in 2012. None of his successors has managed to get Tinapa off the ground.

“There was clearly a lack of political will” to make the project succeed, he said, describing himself as angry and frustrated at a “wasted opportunity”.

For the economist and blogger Nonso Obikili, Tinapa’s downfall was largely because of a lack of existing infrastructure to transport goods: bad roads and an average-sized port.

“It was a wide project conceived with the deep sea port, which was supposed to enable big ships to come to Calabar,” said Obikili.

“It was the responsibility of the federal government but finally it wasn’t done,” he told AFP.

In the end, no big-name jeweller or pret-a-porter line wanted to invest in the paradise promised by its promoters and the hotel remains desperately empty.

The cinema studios have likewise been unable to attract Nollywood’s stars, who have largely preferred to stay in Lagos.

In “Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria”, the British-Nigerian author Noo Saro-Wiwa castigates the leaders in the country of her birth.

Few of Nigeria’s nearly 190 million inhabitants have benefited from the riches brought by oil; most still live in extreme poverty.

“This top-down approach to boosting Calabar’s economy seemed hollow,” she wrote.

“I’d heard Nigerian politicians’ endless talk about theme parks, tourist resorts, shopping malls and their ‘trickle down’ effects on the economy.

“But there’s no such thing as ‘trickle down’ in Nigeria — money trickles upwards or evaporates on contact with air,” Saro-Wiwa wrote in 2012.

AFP (via Punch)

http://punchng.com/tinapa-nigerias-450m-white-elephant/
http://punchng.com/tinapa-a-n60bn-investment-gone-moribund/

Politics › Re: The Million Dollar Question Saharareporters Omoyele Sowore Is Yet To Answer by three(op): 8:16am On Aug 02, 2017
GMBuhari:
I am suspecting a flattieeeee behind this handle ,


that's how another one claimed Hush puppy is JCrane 3 days ago

You mean only one Sowore is in Nigeria ?

Your next logic would be how come the other Sowore is using saharareporters private email ? Lemme help you , it could be the accountant , younger brother , relative or anybody other than the popular sowore



It could be company's investment account as the contact is Meryl Edge or something to which Sowore may have zero access


Heck it would be edit , cut and paste job printed on paper and snapped to make it look real , trust me I know
It could be this..

It could be that...

Why not confirm what you are meant to say from whoever before you say it?

The problem with bigoted people (reference to use of 'flattie' Mynd44, Lalalsticlala), they soon find that their lives are inexorably linked to the tribes they disparage.

Good luck
Politics › The Million Dollar Question Saharareporters Omoyele Sowore Is Yet To Answer by three(op): 2:24pm On Aug 01, 2017
So, following accusations of the ownership of an account with Bank of America / Merryl Lynch with a cash summary of $ 1,000,063.00, Omoyele Sowore has taken to online media to offer a categorical rebuttal.

However, the question left unanswered is

Who is the owner of the Bank of America / Merryl Lynch account in the stated sum, opened with the e****0@saharareporters.com email?

Politics › Re: Will Saraki Publish His Panama,UK and USA Accounts To Silence Sowore? by three: 6:58am On Aug 01, 2017
Hmmm...
Politics › Re: Land Use Act: Built Environment Professionals Condemn Senate’s Rejection Of Bill by three: 6:57am On Aug 01, 2017
The same reason the act was enacted in the first place is the same reason the effort to review it failed.

Some feed off the resources of others.
Politics › Re: BREAKING: Twitter User Shares Saharareporters 1 Million Dollar Account Balance by three(op): 5:24pm On Jul 31, 2017
razid:
How is Omoyele the same as Owoyele? No wonder they are so gullible and sheepish.
Look in the top right hand corner of the image.

Something doesn't add up
Politics › BREAKING: Twitter User Shares Saharareporters 1 Million Dollar Account Balance by three(op): 5:11pm On Jul 31, 2017
A twitter user has posted what is claimed to be the Merry Lynch / Bank of America account balance of SaharaReporters principal Sowore

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