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liberty300:
I wonder how a typical day in Sahara reporters office would look like? I mean they would have dedicated there entire life in destroying a man that can't be clearly destroyed. Am sure they're made to recite anthems like "I vow to ruin GEJ and everyone that like him" as soon as they step into their office to work.

It's a shame

very funny

Episteme2:
Why haven't we heard anything about Lamido Sanusi's indictment of financial recklessness in CBN?

one after the other

this man has really finish nigeria reserve; his loot keep proping up everyday, just like abacha;s
he no dey finish, the way is loot dey prop up, abacha own dey learn

In a petition written by the coalition’s chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, and made available to journalists, the group said it is demanding a swift and thorough investigation into these allegations in order to recover the nation’s dwindling resources at the hands of unscrupulous elements and the deserved punishments meted out where necessary.
The Civil Society Network against Corruption (CSNAC), has petitioned the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the movement of N67.2billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The full petition can be found below:

23rd September, 2015
The Chairman,
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
No. 5, Fomella Street,
Off Adetokunboh Ademola Crescent,
Wuse II, Abuja.

Dear Sir,

REQUEST FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE MOVEMENT OF N67.2 BILLION FROM THE CBN UNDER THE FORMER PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN ADMINISTRATION FOR “SPECIAL SERVICES”

Civil Society Network against Corruption (CSNAC) is a coalition of over hundred and fifty Anti-corruption organizations whose primary aim is to constructively combat corruption vigorously and to ensure the effective monitoring of the various Anti-graft agencies in the fight against corruption and contribute towards the enthronement of transparency, accountability, probity and total commitment in the fight to eradicate corruption in Nigeria.

In its publication of the 19th day of September, 2015, the PremiumTimes, an online newspaper reported that the former President Goodluck Jonathan authorised the withdrawal of a whopping N67.2billion in cash money from the Central Bank of Nigeria between November 2014 and February 2015 for what was called ‘special services’ in the build up to the 2015 general elections. Insiders at CBN said the huge cash were carted away in bullion vans.

The report further stated that one of the withdrawals was made through a memo which originated from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, while the second was generated by the National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in charge of the Federal Government’s investment in the petroleum industry.

Furthermore, according to the report, ‘The first memo dated November, 2014 contained a request for the withdrawal of $47 million cash out of N10billion earmarked for release for an unbudgeted ‘special services’. In the memo with reference number NSA/366/S and titled:’Request for Funds for Special Services’, an official from Mr Dasuki’s office had drawn the CBN’s governor’s attention to a previous discussion and requested the release of the said funds by the bank’. The balance from the N10billion, the memo directed, was to be paid out in Euro, while a certain Director of Finance and Administration with the name S. A. Salisu, was authorised to sign and receive the haul of US Dollars and Euro in cash, on behalf of the NSA’s office. It remains unknown for what purpose the ‘special services’ fund was utilized.

Also, the second memo raised by NAPIMS and dated February 25, 2015 conveyed an instruction to the Director Banking and System Payment Department of the CBN to urgently pay in cash, the sum of $289,202,382 (N52.7 billion) to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). ‘Upon receipt of this mandate, please pay urgently the under listed beneficiary the cash amount indicated. Please debit CBN/JVCC Foreign Account No. 000000011658360 with the JP Morgan Chase New York and advise (sic) as soon as the payment is made’. The payment instruction in favour of the NIA was signed by one Okonkwo Godwin, General Manager, Finance, NAPIMS, with staff no 18526 on February 25, 2015. However, sources claimed the funds were taken away at night with bullion vans under heavy security cover. When contacted, according to Premiumtimes, "the CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications, Ibrahim Muazu declined comments as well as former spokespersons of the former president. However, a senior official of the bank on the condition of anonymity confirmed the report. He said ‘My brother, the report is true. Every detail is on point but since they claimed the withdrawal was for security services, anything could have been referred to as such. Nobody knows”

These huge withdrawals violate the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 which was signed by Mr. Jonathan. According to Part 1, Section 1 of the law,

“No person or body corporate shall, except in a transaction through a financial institution, make or accept cash payment of a sum exceeding- (a) N5,000,000.00 or its equivalent, in the case of an individual; or (b) N10,000,000.00 or its equivalent in the case of a body corporate.”

Section 16(d) of the Act says anyone who makes or accepts cash payments exceeding the amount authorised under this Act shall upon conviction be liable to a forfeiture of 25% of the excess above the limits placed in section 1 of the Act.

From the foregoing this is another case of high profile corruption and money laundering that deserves a thorough investigation to identify the key players and circumstances surrounding the movements of such huge sums of money. One would wonder how a president who signed an important Act such as the Money Laundering Act into law will now be responsible for flouting the same enactment, whether personally or through his stooges. This is a brazen disregard for the rule of law and due process that should be prosecuted appropriately to serve as deterrent.

In the light of this, CSNAC is therefore by this petition demanding that a swift and thorough investigation be launched into the allegations as contained above, in order to recover the nation’s dwindling resources in the hands of unscrupulous elements and the deserved punishments meted out where necessary.

Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

Olanrewaju Suraju
Chairman.
http://saharareporters.com/2015/10/05/csnac-petitions-efcc-over-n672b-illegal-withdrawal-under-jonathan

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john4reala:
Wow nice....

ceejaay

year 5 is blood m

i just hope nigeria can do something like this one day but i doubt it; alot of opposition will arise as a result of this

The African Renaissance Monument (French: Le Monument de la Renaissance Africaine) is a 49 meter tall bronze statue located on top of one of the twin hills known as Collines des Mamelles, outside of Dakar, Senegal. Built overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the Ouakam suburb, the statue was designed by the Senegalese architect Pierre Goudiaby after an idea presented by president Abdoulaye Wade and built by Mansudae Overseas Projects, a company from North Korea.[1] Site preparation on top of the 100-meter high hill began in 2006, and construction of the bronze statue began 3 April 2008.[2] Originally scheduled for completion in December 2009, delays stretched into early 2010, and the formal dedication occurred on 4 April 2010, Senegal's "National Day", commemorating the 50th anniversary of the country's independence from France.[3] It is the tallest statue in Africa.

Flying or driving into Dakar, the capital of Senegal, it’s impossible to miss this imposing statue.

That’s deliberate. The Monument to the African Renaissance is supposed to make a statement. At 49 meters (161 feet), it’s the tallest statue in Africa. In fact, it’s one of the tallest statues anywhere, beating the Statue of Liberty by several feet.

When it was completed in 2010, this giant statue caused a giant controversy. Feminists complained about the secondary status given to the female figure. Imams complained about her scanty clothing. Some complained about its Soviet artistic style, seemingly out of place in Africa, and the fact that it was built by a North Korean company. Lots of people, especially in the West, complained about its $27 million price tag.

Yeah, like the West never wastes money.

Sure, it’s brash, it’s bold, and it’s more than a little out of proportion, but it makes its point: Africa has a big future ahead of it. You see it in everything from Africa’s towering skyscrapers to its lively cafe culture, from its newly paved roads to its growing middle class. As a recent editorial by Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina stated, Africa isn’t like its international image, and big projects like this help the world see Africa differently.

Love it or hate it, this statue has become a major tourist site in Dakar. You can take an elevator up to the top of the guy’s head and look out over the city. People are even photographing it as they fly into town, or by flying a camera on a kite like Jeff Attaway did to take the photo below.

Hopefully the next major statement by an African government will be built by an African company.

pus33:

do you ave a website

Itstyme:
Anyone here going to University of Nicosia for this fall?

dont even tink of going to cyprus; find better country

Aareonakakanfo:
Hmmmn i will have to take my time you know

ok

Aareonakakanfo:
Chances are the queen of sheba must have been a very powerful/famous woman in Africa. its difficult o believe her popularity was all limited to the eastern part of Africa.

true

WhiteTechnology:
Just 2 pictures

want more pictures; google is ur bitcch

desposition

southernbelle:
the archeologists in nigeria would rather work with what the whites have done abroad instead of putting in effort to unearth the treasures that are in their own country. what a shame!

you are perfectly right; i dont even know we have any archeologists in nigeria

Sungbo Eredo: Nigeria's Hidden Wonder
The eredo's earth walls protect a powerful and ancient kingdom

Sungbo's Eredo is a rampart or system of walls and ditches that surrounds the Yoruba town of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun state southwest Nigeria (6°49′N, 3°56′E). It is reputed to be the largest single pre-colonial monument in Africa.

As a construction project, it required more earth to be moved than the Great Pyramid of Giza. More than 100 miles (160 kilometers) in circumference with some sections having walls which reach 70 feet (20 meters) in height, it encloses an area 25 miles (40 km) north to south and 22 miles (35 km) east to west. The Eredo served a defensive purpose when it was built in 1000 C.E., a period of political confrontation and consolidation in the southern Nigerian rain forest. It was likely to have been inspired by the same process that led to the construction of similar walls and ditches throughout western Nigeria, including earthworks around Ile-Ife, Ilesa, and the Benin Iya, a 6,500 kilometer series of connected but separate earthworks in the neighboring Edo-speaking region.

Sungbo's Eredo has also been connected with the legend of the Queen of Sheba which is recounted in both the Bible and Koran. In the Old Testament, she is described as having sent a caravan of gold, ivory and other goods from her kingdom to King Solomon. In the Koran she is an Ethiopian sun worshiper named Bilqis involved in the incense trade who converts to Islam. Local legends link the Eredo to a wealthy childless widow named Bilikisu Sungbo. According to them, the monument was built as her personal memorial. Her actual grave is located in Oke-Eiri, a town in a Muslim area north of the Eredo. Pilgrims of Christian, Muslim and traditional African religions annually trek to the holy site in tribute to her. It is believed that the Eredo was the means to unifying an area of diverse communities into a single kingdom.
The impressive size and complex construction of the Eredo drew worldwide media attention in September of 1999 when Professor Patrick Darling, an archaeologist then with the University of Bournemouth, surveyed the site and began publicizing his bid to preserve the Eredo and bring the site some prominence. Previously, the Eredo had been little-known outside of community residents and specialists in Yoruba history. Forty years passed between Professor Peter Lloyd's publication of his analysis of the site and that of Darling, requiring a complete rethinking of West Africa's past. ...1
Hidden in the Nigerian rainforest, the earthworks at Eredo are just a few hour's drive from Lagos.
While not approaching the complexity of a project like the pyramids in Egypt, the builders would have shifted an estimated 3.5 million cubic meters of earth during construction of the ramparts.
This is one million cubic meters more than the amount of rock and earth used in the Great Pyramid at Giza.

The wall marks out what the believed boundary of the original Ijebu kingdom, ruled by the 'Awujale' spiritual leader.

Civil wars and the arrival of the British eventually broke the kingdom's centuries-old Lagos lagoon trade monopoly. But the Awujale of the modern day town of Ijebu-Ode still holds a traditional position of responsibility.

Dr Darling, described the Eredo site as a breathtaking find with many of its remains relatively intact, though overgrown by the rainforest.
"We are not linking what we found to a city, but to a vast kingdom boundary rampart," he told the BBC.

"The vertical sided ditches go around the area for 100 miles and it is more than 1,000 years old.
"That makes it the earliest proof of an kingdom founded in the African rain forest."


Love story

But more intriguing still is the suggested link to the Queen of Sheba, one of the world's oldest love stories.
According to the Old Testament, the Queen, ruler of Saba, sent a camel train of gold and ivory to King Solomon.

Solomon wooed and married the queen after she became overwhelmed by the splendor of his palace and their son began a dynasty of rulers in Ethiopia.
The Bible dates the queen's reign to the tenth century BC and modern scholars have speculated that a link between Judea and an ancient African queen led to the emergence of Judaism in Ethiopia.

In a tale closely linked to that in the Bible, the Koran describes the Queen as a sun worshiper based in the Arabian peninsula who was converted to Islam.
Arabian legend names the queen "Bilqis" and links her to the incense trade which was then a source of great regional power.

Bilikisu Sungbo

But 500-year-old Portuguese documents hint at the power of an Ijebu kingdom [/b]and build the case for Sheba being on the other side of the continent.
Local people near to the Eredo monuments link the area to Bilikisu Sungbo, another name for Sheba, said Dr Darling.

Local tradition speaks of a great queen building a vast monument of remembrance and there is an annual pilgrimage to what is believed to be her grave.
The region's long history of gold and ivory trade and the cultural importance of eunuchs linked to royal households further support the Sheba link.
Dr Darling, a member of the African Legacy educational organization which is working with the Nigerian Government, said that Eredo could become Nigeria's first world heritage site, joining monuments like Stonehenge in the UK and the pyramids of Egypt.

[b]He said Eredo had remained hidden to the outside world because of the lack of scientific and archaeological research in west Africa.
"What is exciting about this for me is that we are beginning to bring out the tremendous political and cultural achievements of black Africa," he said.
http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/they-all-look-like-all-them/40200-sungbo-eredo-nigerias-hidden-wonder.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/353462.stm

Lushore1:
Thanks bro, i'm nigerian yoruba though my mum is yoruba from republic of benin. I will be opening a thread soon about yoruba in republic of benin.

nice one

@ Lushore1 am adding u to my list
keep it coming bro; thanks for keeping the yoruba nation flag flying;
are you nigerian yoruba
best wishes

sammyj:
Proudly Yoruba !!!

tribe

saraki is a big foool; you disobey your party and they decided to forgive ; just for you to accept their nominee for the senate leader and other post; you decided to outsmart them again; now bushmeat hunt d hunter

ibadantiti:
This man is never tired of propaganda... Shame

why

funlord:


This END is too soft na! He should use words like DESTROY, MUTILATE or COMPLETELY BE HEAD in the near future!

Joc86:
Waiting to see it happen.
Fearnorth.

i think personally this is the best time for biafra to start their war before boko haram ends;

Hadone:
We pray so

after 8weeks; we face the east
make i go sleep

Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, yesterday declared that the military would end Boko Haram insurgency in the next eight weeks to meet the three months presidential deadline.

One month has passed since President Muhammadu Buhari gave the military three months to put an end to the Boko Haram carnage in the North East.

Buratai, answering questions from journalists shortly after declaring open the 10th Nigerian Army Finance Corps Biennial Training Conference, 2015, held in Kaduna, noted that with the military winning the war on daily basis, it was possible to meet the deadline.

Burutai said: “We will end Boko Haram very soon; it is possible to meet the three months deadline. We are very close to the insurgents. We are defeating them on daily basis.”

He told officers and men that the Army has keyed into the change mantra of the present administration, especially in financial management, through the introduction of The Single Account, TSA.

Speaking on the theme: “Impact of evolving Federal Government financial policies on operational roles of the Nigerian Army amidst dwindling budgetary allocation,” Burutai said TSA has given the military new ideas on how to make judicious use of its funds.

According to him, the change slogan of the Federal Government has brought to life existing financial policies that were dormant in the country over the years.

This is as troops have arrested 33 suspected Boko Haram food suppliers in Damboa, Borno State.

The Army, in an operational update through its Director of Army Public Relations, DAPR, Col. Sani Usman, added that more abducted persons, including women and children, were rescued in the course of operations as troops also cleared Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs from a village.

Boko Haram accomplices, the Army said, were arrested following intensive patrols and vigilance of troops.

“The 33 suspected Boko Haram accomplices were arrested with large quantity of food stuffs meant for Boko Haram terrorists at Korode.

“Nine of the 33 suspects are from Korode, five from Auma, 10 from Geargube, four from Kausautaya, four from Bulbul and one from Dolomi villages,” Usman said.

He said, although, some of the suspects claimed to be traders; they did not however deny buying and selling food items to the terrorists.

The Army said interrogation was still ongoing to further unravel the level of involvement of the suspects.

Usman said troops discovered and successfully destroyed IEDs planted by Boko Haram terrorists at Sandia village, along Korode road.

“Furthermore, more men, women and children were rescued from the terrorists at Buduwa area, along Bama axis,” he added.

According to him, the rescued persons were part of those abducted at Buduwa general area in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, which was earlier occupied by the terrorists.

He said the Army was trying hard to ensure the safety of the rescued persons but not taking anything for granted as some of them are suspected terrorists.

In a related development, Nigerian Air Force, NAF, yesterday, said it has perfected arrangements to ensure that troops and equipment do not suffer high risk level again in the ongoing war. Chief of Air Staff, CAS, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, who made the disclosure in Abuja, warned all NAF commanders to ensure strict accountability for all personnel and equipment under their care.

Abubakar was speaking while declaring open a standards and evaluation seminar with the theme: “The Imperatives of Standards and Evaluation in the Nigerian Air Force.”

The Air Chief, who regretted that NAF had lost valuables and personnel to the war, said the ongoing air bombardment would continue to deny terrorists freedom of actions and the opportunity to capture military facilities or slaughter citizens.

“So far, the air operations in the North East are creating the enabling environment for the army to move unhindered in the conduct of their operations. We have substantially degraded the capacity of the terrorists to move freely in hilux vehicles, ravaging and murdering innocent citizens. God willing, they will never move freely again to slaughter our citizens or capture our military units.

“We will continue to do our utmost best to meet our statutory responsibility of defending the territorial integrity of the nation, acting singly or in concert with other security agencies,” he said.

Meanwhile, Defence Headquarters, DHQ, yesterday, asked the Presidential Committee on the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons to urgently implement the modalities to stem small arms proliferation in the country.

A statement by DHQ, through its Director of Defence Information, DDI, Colonel Rabe Abubakar, said Chief of the Defence Staff, CDS, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, made the call when the committee visited him in Abuja.

The CDS emphasised on strategic importance of this process to peace in the country, considering the presidential directive to end Boko Haram insurgency be fore the end of the year.

The CDS urged the committee to pursue the agenda to a logical conclusion adding that it was imperative for the committee to avail itself of the opportunity of collaborating with the armed forces in furtherance of its mission.

The committee, which was set up in April 2013, was designed as a rallying point in the efforts of government to stem the rise in small arms importation into the country to ensure the implementation of the international protocols endorsed by Nigeria and other ECOWAS member countries.

Speaking earlier, the committee chairman, Ambassador Gabriel Imohe told the CDS that his visit was to seek ways to foster mutual working relationship with the military with a view to working with existing security agencies to build synergy and curtail incidences of illegal importation and use of small arms and light weapons.

He noted that the committee had since created institutional framework in the country to tackle the issue in accordance with ECOWAS’ Convention recommendations in small arms and light weapons.
http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/boko-haram-insurgencyll-end-in-8-weeks-army/

i know where she lives; she live in my estate