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PoliticsRe: Lawmakers Flee As Snake Falls From Roof Of Ondo Assembly During Plenary by vixpal: 4:50pm On Jul 25, 2019
grin grin grin

PoliticsRe: Ministerial Screening: APC, PDP Senators Clash Over Schedule Of Duty by vixpal: 4:15pm On Jul 25, 2019
KmniAutos:
I have this

Very sharp super clean
How much
PoliticsRe: Sule Lamido And Son, Mustapha In Germany After Travel Ban Was Lifted by vixpal: 2:56pm On Jul 25, 2019
Reno... If you know what am thinking
HealthRe: Olawale Sulaiman: Biography Of Neurosurgeon Who Performs Free Surgery In Nigeria by vixpal: 1:51pm On Jul 25, 2019
Great job brother
SportsRe: Super Eagles Begin Search For New Goalkeepers by vixpal: 11:02am On Jul 25, 2019
Search Google

PoliticsRe: Bola Tinubu Pictured With Gbemi Saraki by vixpal: 10:52am On Jul 25, 2019
PaChukwudi44:
Saraki came into politics in 2003 and already became no 3 in 2015.Tinubu has been in politics since the 90s and has not even smelled no 15
But Tinibu has been instrumental in the making of
No 1
No 2
No 3
No 4
PoliticsRe: Bola Tinubu Pictured With Gbemi Saraki by vixpal: 9:19am On Jul 25, 2019
kleverley:
And it became news
Yes... That is why you are wasting your precious time not only reading it, but also commenting on the news
PoliticsRe: Bola Tinubu Pictured With Gbemi Saraki by vixpal: 9:14am On Jul 25, 2019
Gbemi is a beautiful woman

PoliticsConfusion And Hypocrisy : Islamization And Sudden Love Elzakzaky by vixpal(op): 6:42pm On Jul 24, 2019
'' They hate Buhari, Hausa-Fulani and the North only for the fear of Islamization. But they love Elzakzaky that was advocating for Islamic State in Nigeria.

Can't you see how confused you are? �"-MA

PoliticsRe: Visa Restrictions Not Targeted At Members Of Buhari Government – US by vixpal: 4:14pm On Jul 24, 2019
PDP and Fake news

PoliticsPresidential Poll: PDM Withdraws Case Against Buhari, Cites National Interest by vixpal(op): 4:12pm On Jul 24, 2019
The Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, and its candidate, Pastor Aminchi Habu, on Wednesday, withdrew the petition they filed against President Muhammadu Buhari to nullify the outcome of the February 23 presidential election

The party, which contended that its logo was not included in the ballot paper that was used for the presidential election, had in the joint petition marked CA/PEPC/004/2019, prayed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja to void President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election and order a fresh poll

Meanwhile, the Justice Mohammed Garba-led five-member panel was set to commence hearing on the matter on Wednesday, when counsel to the petitioners, Mr. Aliyu Lemu, announced the decision of his clients to discontinue the case. In two separate affidavits that were deposed to by both its presidential candidate, Habu, and National Secretary, Abubakar Gwada, the party said it decided to terminate hearing on the case for the national interest. “That we have found other alternative ways of seeking redress for the complaints alleged in our petition.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/07/presidential-poll-pdm-withdraws-case-against-buhari-cites-national-interest/
PoliticsRe: United State Is Committed In Working With Buhari- Us State dept by vixpal: 2:08pm On Jul 24, 2019
Server crew... Undermining Democracy
PoliticsRe: List Of Nigerian Politicians Ban From Entering The US by vixpal: 2:07pm On Jul 24, 2019
Close this fake news thread
PoliticsRe: The Many Times Elzakzaky Has Been Detained By Nigerian Government by vixpal: 8:46am On Jul 24, 2019
indigenous234:
For me personally, I don't really have much problems with the IMN so long as their activities is restricted to the North. (mind you, Abuja is not part of the NORTH here)
Who told you Abuja is not part of the North
PoliticsRe: Keyamo’s Appointment Is Welcomed By Delta APC – Uduaghan by vixpal(op): 8:02pm On Jul 23, 2019
Grupo:
Hahaha. He behaves like a typical afonja who could sell his lineage for a pot of soup.

I was really surprised to find out he is not.
Tribal Bigotry.
PoliticsKeyamo’s Appointment Is Welcomed By Delta APC – Uduaghan by vixpal(op): 6:59pm On Jul 23, 2019
IMMEDIATE past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has applauded the nomination of Festus Keyamo from Delta State as a member of the Federal Executive Council, stating that his nomination is a welcomed by the State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Dr Uduaghan also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for transmitting his ministerial list in what he described as record time saying, “he yielded to the masses’ pressure to name a cabinet before the Senate goes on long recess.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/07/keyamos-appointment-is-welcomed-by-delta-apc-uduaghan/

PoliticsRe: Buhari’s Ministerial List Colourless, Stagnant, Uninspiring — PDP by vixpal: 6:31pm On Jul 23, 2019
PDP are now comedian
PoliticsRe: Breaking: Kwara Gov Takes Budget Meeting To 'special Needs School' by vixpal: 6:09pm On Jul 23, 2019
Nice one
PoliticsRe: The Seven Women Who Made Buhari’s Ministerial List (pics) by vixpal: 6:01pm On Jul 23, 2019
ABU as usual, well represented
PoliticsRe: MINISTERIAL LIST: Enugu State APC Rejects Their Nominee, Onyeama by vixpal: 5:54pm On Jul 23, 2019
Guzel:
That state that couldn’t produce 5 percent for APC
PoliticsRe: Shehu Sani Mocked For Not Making The Ministerial List by vixpal(op): 5:39pm On Jul 23, 2019
Natoski5:
You did you make the list..ooode
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” – Jim Rohn
PoliticsShehu Sani Mocked For Not Making The Ministerial List by vixpal(op): 5:27pm On Jul 23, 2019
Shehu Sani Mocked for Not Making the Ministerial List

PoliticsRe: Atiku Server Website Was Created On March 12, 2019-Witness, Election Held 23 Feb by vixpal: 3:36pm On Jul 19, 2019
Nawa, these people are just dumb... Scamming Atiku big time
Politics‘I Have Not Been Certified’, Atiku’s Data Analyst Tells Tribunal by vixpal(op): 2:44pm On Jul 19, 2019
Petitioners’ Witness 60, Joseph Gbenga, called by Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as an expert witness admitted before the Presidential Election Petitioner Tribunal, on Friday, that he had not been certified.

Gbenga, an Industrial Chemistry graduate from the University of Ilorin, described himself as a Database Analyst and Designer engaged by the petitioners to analyse the results of the presidential poll in 11 out of the 36 states of the federation.



Both Atiku and his party are by their petition challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the poll.

Asked under cross-examination by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s lawyer, Yunus Usman (SAN), if he had been certified to carry out the type of job he did for the petitioners, the witness said, “I have undergone training but I have not been certified”.

Fielding more cross-examination questions from the respondents’ lawyers, he said he carried out his analysis through the inspection of result sheets from 11 states.

He said could not get the certified true copies for Zamfara State, and had to rely on the pink duplicate copies.

He did not give the full list of the 11 states whose results he analysed.

Asked, he said he was not mindful of whether or not the petitioners won or lost in the 11 states.

He also said, “I am not aware that the petitioners conceded defeat in eight of the 11 states.

“If I applied my mind to whether or not the petitioners won or lost, I would not be able to come up with a professional and an unbiased report.”


https://punchng.com/i-have-not-been-certified-atikus-data-analyst-tells-tribunal/
PoliticsRe: Tribunal: Our Server Results Were Released By Unknown INEC Official —atiku by vixpal: 1:08pm On Jul 19, 2019
Dumb set of people... Dumb set of illiterates PDP followers
PoliticsRe: FG Achieving Great Strides With School Feeding Program. (pictures) by vixpal: 6:16pm On Jul 18, 2019
obembet:
How many people obeseve that all the beneficiary are muslims?
Bigotry, your brain is empty... Is it the first time you are seeing pics of school feeding programme?
PoliticsImam Abubakar Abdullahi Recognised By US Government by vixpal(op): 5:27pm On Jul 18, 2019
Imam Abubakar Abdullahi of #Nigeria selflessly risked his own life to save members of another religious community, who would have likely been killed without his intervention-DOS

SportsRe: Cristiano Ronaldo Is Again Among The Favourites For The Ballon D'or by vixpal: 5:02pm On Jul 18, 2019
Messi wins it
PoliticsHow Shell, Eni, Jonathan’s Ministers, Others Negotiated $1.3 Billion Deal by vixpal(op): 1:29pm On Jul 18, 2019
A major witness in the long-running Malabu oil scandal on Wednesday told an Italian court that Eni officials knew that the controversial payment made in the deal would go to Malabu oil company, controlled by Nigeria’s former oil minister, Dan Etete.

Vincenzo Armanna, former Eni manager and defendant in the corruption trial, said in his testimony that it was clear to everyone involved in the deal that Mr Etete would get over $1 billion, adding that there was no doubt the money was going to Malabu.

The former Eni manager appeared before the court in Milan to give testimony about his involvement in the controversial deal.

Reacting to the prosecutor’s comment that Eni’s legal officer denied knowing the money would go to Mr Etete, Mr Armanna alleged that they all knew as they drafted the agreements including the escrow agreement which mentioned Malabu.

According to Barnaby Pace of British transparency group Global Witness, who monitored the court proceedings, Mr Armanna also claimed that it was an explicit request by Eni, rather than Shell, to filter the money through the Nigerian government so that if asked by the media, they could say that they paid the government and not Malabu.

Backstory

The Malabu scandal involved the transfer of about $1.1 billion by Shell and ENI through the Nigerian government to accounts controlled by a former Nigerian petroleum minister, Mr Etete.

From accounts controlled by Mr Etete, about half the money ($520 million) went to accounts of companies controlled by Aliyu Abubakar, popularly known in Nigeria as the owner of AA oil.

Anti-corruption investigators and activists suspect he fronted for top officials of the Jonathan administration as well of officials of Shell and ENI.

The transaction was authorised in 2011 by Mr Jonathan through some of his cabinet ministers and the money was payment for OPL 245, one of Nigeria’s richest oil blocks.

Although Shell and ENI initially claimed they did not know the money would end up with Mr Etete and his cronies, evidence has shown that claim to be false.

Shell, Eni, Mr Etete, Mr Aliyu and several officials of the oil firms are being prosecuted in Italy for their roles in the scandal.

Fresh Revelations

On Wednesday in Italy, the prosecutor said that there was evidence that there were attempts to influence a witness and that people approached Mr Armanna and tried to intimidate him into withdrawing his evidence.

The witness in his testimony said he received $1.2 million from Bayo Ojo, a former Nigerian Attorney General, but claimed that it was an “inheritance”.

Mr Armanna also accused his former colleagues at Eni of knowing that bribes would be paid to Nigerian officials, adding that they were planning kickbacks for themselves.

He disclosed that the middleman, Emeka Obi’s companies were strange, and were both empty. They wouldn’t pass Eni’s due diligence, he said, stressing that all people involved would have to be identified and this was not possible. He added, however, that Eni saw the OPL 245 deal as a lifeline and source of big oil reserves as the oil giant was close to shutting down Eni Nigeria.

The former Eni chief noted that the role of Mr Etete and his conviction for money laundering were known inside Eni, as it was discussed and the company’s legal office knew about it.

Mr Armanna said Ednan Agaev, the other middleman, was very well known and respected, as he was close to Mr Jonathan and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. He also disclosed the pseudonyms given to different parties to the deal, saying Mr Etete was often referred to as “The fat man”, Mr Jonathan as “Fortunato” and former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke as “La Senora” and the project to buy OPL 245 was called “Clear Vision”.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported how a British judge had also said she was convinced the ‘fortunato’ referenced in various OPL 245 mails referred to Mr Jonathan.

Mr Agaev had in June spoken about his relationships with Messrs Obasanjo and others.

On the role played by Bello Adoke, a former Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Armanna said he (Adoke)told them the $200 million fee for Obi was too high. He added that at a meeting, Shell manager Peter Robinson and general counsel Nike Olafimihan said the payment could blow the deal.

The witness equally told the court that Mr Adoke confronted them all when they met in his office to negotiate in November, saying the problem was them trying to get kickbacks and they were all at risk of being arrested. He added that it was unusual for the attorney-general to manage the negotiations, saying the oil minister and president would normally make the decisions.

He disclosed further that the NNPC and DPR were also involved and opposed the deal, as they did not want money to go to Malabu.

Mr Armanna added that Mr Adoke eventually left the office and convinced Mr. Etete to accept the higher $1.3 billion offer though they still had issues with Malabu’s rights to OPL 245, considered questionable and which never passed the due diligence. He alleged further that the negotiations were all video taped while Mr Adoke’s assistant played back a video of Casula Roberto, another party to the deal, agreeing to some terms when they were dealing with details later.

The witness also disclosed that Mr Obi was cut out of the negotiations, noting that they thought Mr Etete would just pay him $40 million. He explained that he did not know about Mr Obi’s later meetings in Milan or with Mr Etete. He disclosed further that Mr Obi told him half his fee was for ex-petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke who he called aunty but he did not believe him.

Speaking on the kickbacks, Mr Armanna said he was told about cash being taking to Mr Casula’s house by Victor Nwafor, a security service agent in Mr Jonathan’s bodyguard. Mr Nwafor has already given evidence in the trial and denied knowledge.

Mr Jonathan, who is not facing any trial over the case, has also denied wrongdoing. Ditto Mr Adoke.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/341510-malabu-scandal-how-shell-eni-jonathans-ministers-others-negotiated-1-3-billion-deal-witness.html
BusinessRe: Tradermoni: Rekindling Commerce And Economic Productivity In The North East by vixpal: 10:02am On Jul 18, 2019
VRDroid:
The less privileged in the North need our help. I think the Southerners need to do more to help these poor Northerners who are slaves of Religious and cultural pollution.
After helping these people from Anambra

RomanceRe: My Pre Wedding Pictures by vixpal: 7:44pm On Jul 17, 2019
God bless you Dele and your wife

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