Guys, a little correction. Clause Bar (CokoBar)is a general bar/club that Nigerians in the UK go to every saturday. The crowd is not for her as many people have birthdays there on saturdays & that is the number of people who turn up most weekends, that's just the people going in to attend. I was there as it was my friend's bday as well butI heard charly boy was around somewhere but that was it.

In my opinion if the police prosecutors really wanted to charge her with any hope of conviction the charge should have been amended to "Involutary manslaughter". To establish involuntary manslaughter the prosecutor must show that the defendant acted with "culpable negligence" or while engaging in a range of other activities that could lead to death if performed recklessly.
Her driving against traffic violates existing traffic rules which if she had not been stopped may have caused a fatal accident and even after being stopped resulted (maybe indirectly)in a fatality.

This new charge seems a clever way to disguise settlement, either the police are stepping up their game and being more intelligent when covering up crime for a paymaster or they are just plain useless.

@Homar, Cremation is a process where the remains of a person is put through fire in a controlled environment called a Crematorium to burn the remains of the person into ash. It's just like when the mallam burns off coal, the white residue at the bottom of the suya man's grill is called Ash. normally, the relative of teh person who passed away take the ashes of the person and either store in their homes or scatter the ash in any location of their choice....(I'ts relatively harmless to the environment if spread in an open field away from anywhere it can be ingested by a living person or into the sea)

It's cheaper to cremate a body than full burial, the remians is burnt, ashes packed up, end of story.

Cremation, if properly managed as another person has suggested will leave a corpse free environment and hopefully reduce the plauge of rotten corpses casing diseases. and also ritualists will not be able to dig up any corpses for their rotten business.

I think the poster of this thread is rather evil to ask Nigerians to be patriotic. Only a wicked and obnoxious mind will ask nigerians to be patriotic based on what we have been facing for the past several decades.
Patriotism simpley means devotion and devotion means worship.  if we put the two words into context it means we worship or submit in totality to a cause/religion/country/relationship we believe in and also receive solace or comfort from it.

According to Abraham Maslow's heirachy of needs, we humans fundamental needs which makes us complete and function well and fit in where ever we are.  Now please tell me which needs our country has provided or even provided an enabling environment for us to thrive in.

We provide our own electricity majority of the time, we provide our own water, our own security, so what exactly do we have to "DEVOTE" ourselves to.  A country where you will be hunted and killed for talking about the ills of the govt,  or killed for contesting for a post where you have genuine interest in building your country, a country where absolute power reamins in the hands of those who have criminal and evil intentions for the collective resources of the country for their own selfish intension, in nigeria, greed is the order of the day and evil reigns and walks in the corridor of power. innocent lives are taken away with with so much impunity and disdain for the common man is openly exhibited.

My friends, nigerians are indeed patriotic to one another because ordinary citizens are the ones keeping the country alive.  were we unpatriotic, half of the country would have taken up arms and anarchy would have broken out.  We are trying our best to keep it together and we look our for our neighbours, IMO given the cards we have been dealt by our evil and corrupt leader, i'd say nigerians home and abroad are patriotic.

Chai, naija, judging by our security forces antecedents, some innocent people have been arrested and will soon be paraded on tv ( assumed guilty parade). or maybe some petty thieves locked away from a 10yr old case.

Na lie jor, dem no catch anybody, reports indicate that the hostages were killed before the rescue mission, so who dem catch wey go back to kill already dead people again!,

IMO, any contribution towards youth development is a positive one, much welcomed and higly appreciated.
There might be a debate on why what was given to where, but in a  country where such positive news rarely comes to us, I say we accept this gensture and not read too much into it.  Maybe in Dangote's or any other willing philantrophic nigerian's next gesture the other universities will also be favoured.

Thank you mr Dangote for this (no matter who you have dined and gone to bed with in the past to get such enormous wealth).

In my case the hardest thing I faced was adjusting to new life, new rules, fending for yourslef and ultimately taking responsibility for ALL my actions.

I worked different jobs while @ uni - and I paid all my fees myself ( i even had girlfriends sef).

I managed to plan well with what I earned, i was proactive when looking for work by approaching stores, companies etc even when vacancies where not advertised.

It's what you make it, hard if u see it as hard but managable with a little extra effort.

I don't think calling home should be that expensive, afterall theres BB and ichat and besides when you phone pple all the time and they don't phone you back maybe you should stop calling so much.

ABEG MY PPLE READ THIS, THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH EVIDENCE.

IT'S A BIT LONG TO READ BUT NO KNOWLEDGE IS WASTED!

A FORMER Nigerian state governor - who once worked as a cashier in a Ruislip hardware store - has pleaded guilty to embezzling millions of US dollars of Nigerian public funds following a ground breaking investigation by the Metropolitan Police Service's Proceeds of Corruption Unit.

James Ibori, 49, an ex-governor of Nigeria's oil-rich Delta State with presidential aspirations - siphoned off an estimated US$250million of state funds, that should have been used to improve the life of his electorate, for his personal use.



The money was lavished on a portfolio of luxury houses, fleets of top-of-the-range cars, fees at some of the UK's most expensive boarding schools, first class travel, expensive hotels and even a US$20 million private jet. His monthly credit card bills alone amounted to around US$200,000 in personal spending.

On Monday 27 February at Southwark Crown Court he pleaded guilty to ten offences relating to conspiracy to launder funds from Delta State, substantive counts of money laundering and one count of obtaining a money transfer by deception and fraud.

He is remanded in custody for sentencing at a future date.



       
One of James Ibori's London properties & his Bentley

In the first case of its kind Ibori was arrested and prosecuted following a long-running investigation by officers from the Met's Proceeds of Corruption Unit. The unit is a unique specialist team investigating the activities of corrupt foreign officials otherwise known as Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) who seek to launder stolen assets from their own country in the United Kingdom. The unit is funded by the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID).

Welcoming today's pleas, DI Paul Whatmore of the Metropolitan Police Service's Proceeds of Corruption Unit said: "We are pleased with today's guilty pleas which mark the culmination of a seven year inquiry into James Ibori's corrupt activities. We will now be actively seeking the confiscation of all of his stolen assets so they can be repatriated for the benefit of the people of Delta State.

"It is always rewarding for anyone working on a proceeds of corruption case to know that the stolen funds they identify will eventually be returned to some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world."

International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said: "Corruption is a cancer in developing countries and the Coalition Government has a zero tolerance approach to it.

"No British aid was compromised, but James Ibori's crimes have had a devastating effect on the lives of his fellow Nigerians - the very people he was once elected to serve. The millions he stole were meant to help them, but they were left to struggle in poverty as he lived in luxury.

"We are committed to rooting out corruption wherever it is undermining development, and will help bring its perpetrators to justice and return stolen funds to help the world's poorest."

The unit began investigating Ibori and his associates in 2005, whilst working alongside Nigeria's anti-corruption unit - The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ibori enjoyed immunity from prosecution in Nigeria until 2007, having served two terms as state governor for Delta State from 1999. Under Nigerian law politicians are granted immunity from prosecution while in power.

Nigerian-born Ibori moved to the UK in the 1980s where he married and set up home with his wife, Theresa Ibori, in Nower Hill, Pinner, Middlesex. He worked as a cashier at a building supplies outlet in Ruislip, Middlesex, earning around £5,000 a year.

In 1990, he and his wife were arrested and charged with stealing goods from the hardware store. They were later convicted and fined £300. A year later Ibori was again convicted of handling a stolen credit card and fined £100.

After moving back to Nigeria Ibori worked for President Sani Abacha's regime as a 'policy consultant' and entered the field of Nigerian politics, working his way up through the ranks of the ruling People's Democratic Party. Ibori was elected to become the governor of Delta State, in 1999. In 2003, he was re-elected as governor for another four year term, having lied in declarations to the independent Nigerian Election Commission about his previous convictions and financial status.

During that time he systematically stole funds from the public purse, secreting them in bank accounts across the world. His methods included the inflation of State contracts, kickbacks and the straight lift of cash from the State accounts by unscrupulous employees in his inner circle. He was helped by family members, including his wife Theresa, sister Christine Ibori-Ibie, his mistress Udoamaka Oniugbo, and a series of corrupt professionals - a UK London based lawyer, Bhadresh Gohil, a fiduciary agent, Daniel Benedict McCann, a corporate financier, Lambertus De Boer. All of them have been tried and sentenced in the UK courts (details below).

Bhadresh Gohil, a well-connected London based lawyer set up a myriad of offshore companies, provided false due diligence and acted as Ibori's de facto banker. He also assisted with the proposed purchase of an executive jet using stolen funds through a convoluted series of transactions involving a number of shell companies. A major break through in the case came when officers from New Scotland Yard found two computer hard drives secreted in his Central London office. When examined the full extent of Ibori's criminality began to unravel.

Enquiries revealed that Ibori used the money to buy a host of assets in the UK and Africa. They included:

Properties
= 7 Westover Hill, Hampstead. Bought in 2001 for £2.2 million in cash.
= 42 Great Ground, Shaftesbury, Dorset. Bought in 2005 for £311,000
= 49 Melville Road, Sandton, Johannesburg, SA, a £3.2 million mansion

Cars
= A fleet of armoured Range Rovers costing valued at £600,000
= A £120,000 Bentley
= A Mercedes Maybach bought for 407,000 Euros that was shipped direct to his mansion in South Africa

Ibori was first arrested by the EFCC in Nigeria in December 2007. Earlier that year, a London court, at the request of the Met Proceeds of Corruption Unit, froze UK assets worth £35 million allegedly belonging to him. His annual salary was less than US$25,000.

Two years later, a court in Asaba, Nigeria, Ibori's home town, dismissed 170 charges of corruption, saying there was no clear evidence to convict. The case was reopened in April 2010 by the EFCC. Attempts to arrest him were unsuccessful and he later fled to Dubai. He was detained there at the request of the Metropolitan Police in May 2010 and extradited to the UK on 15 April 2011.

Conviction and sentencing details of Ibori's associates:

Trial 1
R v. Christine Ibori-Ibie, Adebimpe Pogoson and Udo Onuigbo aka Okoronkwo (June 2010)

The aforementioned women were tried between 14 February 2010 and 2 June 2010 at Southwark Crown Court for offences of money laundering and obtaining money transfers by deception.

Christine Omatie Ibori-Ibie, 53 (4/7/58), of Woodhill Crescent, Kenton, Harrow, Middx was found guilty of four counts of money laundering and five counts of obtaining money transfers by deception. She was sentenced to five years in prison.

Christine Ibori-Ibie was subsequently subject to a confiscation order for £829,786.44.

Adebimpe Pogoson, 43 (23/10/68) of Barons Court, Church Lane, NW9 (Personal Assistant to James Ibori) was found not guilty on all counts

Udoamaka Onuigbo, 47 (8/12/64), of 71 Mayflower Lodge, Regents Park Road N3, business trader [Nigerian national] was found guilty of three counts of money laundering and not guilty of one count of money laundering. She was sentenced to five years in prison. She was Ibori's mistress and mother of his youngest child.

Udoamaka Onuigbo was subsequently subject to a confiscation order for £2.7 million

Trial 2
R v Bhadresh Babulal Gohil and Theresa Ibori (November 2010)

Theresa Ibori 44, (5/1/68), Ibori's wife, was found guilty of two counts of money laundering and found not guilty of three offences of money laundering. Theresa Ibori has been sentenced to five years imprisonment.

Theresa Ibori was subsequently subject to a confiscation order for £5.1 million

Bhadresh Gohil 47 (5/12/64) Ibori's London based solicitor, was found guilty on all counts, comprising four counts of money laundering and one count of prejudicing an investigation. Sentence was adjourned until outcome of Trial 3.


Trial 3
Bhadresh Gohil, Daniel Benedict McCann and Lambertus De Boer (8 March 2011)

Bhadresh Gohil pleaded guilty to all eight counts and was sentenced as follows:

Conspiracy to defraud US$37million - 7 years imprisonment. This related to the sale of shares owned by Delta and Akwa Ibom states in Nigeria whereby a shell company entity was created by Gohil to falsely claim advisory fees for the benefit of Ibori.

Conspiracy to make false instruments - S1(1a) Criminal Law Act 1977 - 5 years concurrent
Money laundering - S328 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (x2) - 3 years concurrent
Money laundering - S327 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (x4) - 3 years concurrent

On 8 April 2011 Bhadresh Gohil was additionally sentenced for Trial 2 to a further three years consecutive, making a total of 10 years imprisonment.

Confiscation proceedings for Gohil are ongoing.

Daniel Benedict McCann, 69 (10/7/42), a fiduciary agent of Valley House, le Vau Bourel, St Mary, Jersey, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment (concurrent on each count) after pleading guilty to two counts of money laundering and four counts of forgery.

Confiscation proceedings for McCann are ongoing.

Lambertus De Boer, 64 (13/7/47), a corporate financier of Cray House, Penfold Street NW8, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment (concurrent on each count) after pleading guilty to two counts of money laundering and four counts of forgery

Confiscation proceedings for De Boer are ongoing.




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@ Pennywise, Dates are cheap, but good relationships are priceless.

As a man, i can say there isn't a way into a man's heart. lets face it, most of us are stimulated by sight and since we see different things everyday, our minds are subject to variation based on what is before us at present.  in other word's men are confused a lot of the time.

While all the above mentioned (Sex, submission, understanding, patience) etc are all qualities that will ensnare a man unto a woman, the true way to a man's heart lies within his perception of happiness and if a woman can truly fulfil it.

Think about it, most of us do not always agree with our mothers, but without doubt adjudge her as the most wonderful woman in the world, this is becuase our perception of hapiness lies in the fond memories of how our mothers have been there for us and the role she has played over the years.

So please ladies, forget the way into his heart, just find out what he considers as being truly happy and ask yourself if you can achieve that.

Guys, please do be carried away by the "I must condemn govt" by force syndrome just becasue in the past nothin govt has done has benefited majority of us.

I for one welcome the move, how the govt implement is will determine their level of sincerity. It will be of benefit if people can pay rent as Fashola has said because if the thruth be told, it is criminal to be asked for 2 yrs or more rent in advance, where are pple expected to get it from other than to go and beg / borrow / steal , this is what leads to corruption in Nigeria when we are forced to pay mponey we have not even earned yet.

what if you change your mind and want to vacate before the expiration of your tenancy? will the landlord willingly refund your balance or play games until he / she finds a new tenant,
Let's be honset with ourselves, this would reduce the burden of loans people beg employers for years for a sum they will need to beg for again in a few yrs.

Besides in developed countries, rent is charged monthly, only in Nigeria have we no sympathy for our fellow human beings. I believe if you can afford one year pay, if not pay 6 months, "the bible teaches us to love our neighbours, not exploit them".

UJU, In my opinion I consider work to be work.
What you will get outside Daddy's company may not be different in terms of experience, exposure, social and business skills.

In every form of work we have to deal with clients to be profitable. However, if you work for someone else, you put in your 100% and get paid a salary. Work for your self / family you get dividends in return.

I'd suggest stick to what you know, people / staff will see your quality if you are that focused and get the job done.

whats the point of rummaging the whole of Lagos / Nigeria looking for a job when you can build YOUR family busniess with your intellect, passion and enthusiasm. Afterall, its your dad's business and not your brothers, If your dad so chooses, he can delegate each person to look after a certain part of the company and not necessarily be to your disadvantage when he retires.

Besides, when you have your own family, being a BOSS means u have loads of free time to be with Hubby and Kids!, all the best.

Ps. loads of people who are currently working for an employer wish to quit their job anyway to do something they have a stake in, why quit yours.

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I think WE nigerians should stop throwing stones as we all live in glass houses, so the gal kiss man /woman / frog inside film mean say she don wowo abi,
how about numerous men and woman who kiss/l*ck/s*ck and P*uck in private wat they will deny publicly e.g, suga daddy, suga mama, ugly girls - when famine dey ,
ugly fat aristo etc,
bottom line, the girl dey hustle for her pay, make we free am, were in mordern times, abi u see her dey nack for public ni,
me i like the gal lips sha, i can't lie,