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Car Talk / Re: Have You Bought A Ride From Coutonou? -share Ur Experience Pls! by mcvities(m): 12:25am On Nov 21, 2015
femmy2010:


Seized vehicles would be auctioned to the general public at the end of every year.
Duty can not be paid for vehicles already in the country.

When do custom auction seized cars to the public. The date precisely and how can one get information about that. Is it published in a national daily or on Nigerian custom site because I have seen a lot of fake ones online. thanks
Autos / I Need A Toyota Car For N300,000. Any Hope by mcvities(m): 10:49pm On Nov 19, 2015
I need a Toyota car that is in very good condition for 300,000 naira as a first car for logistics. Do I have hope?

You can show me any other model of car for that price provided it is easy and cheap to maintain.

I just need a car for work and I have that amount for now.
Autos / Re: Cars Successfuly Imported From Cotounu And Delivered With Proofs(photos) by mcvities(m): 6:05pm On Oct 13, 2015
Good day Ovie

How Much will land Mercedes Benz C 200 or C 240 2005 4Matic ( Automatic) model both custom clearing and bringing it down to Calabar.


Waiting for your reply.

NYSC / Re: NYSC B 15 Mobilization: General Complaints And Enquiries by mcvities(m): 7:27am On Sep 13, 2015
Please advice.

I mobilized for NYSC batch B through my institution but I have not registered online on the NYSC website. I may or may not go for this batch depending on my current situation. Is it wise to register and be deployed and If I am not ready to go I abandon it or to forget the online registration and wait for next year batch. Someone actually told me to register, then by the time I am deployed, If I am not ready, I can abandon it and when the time for mobilization next year, I need not go through the process again since I already have my data on NYSC website. Please how true is this?

If I finally register, deployed and I did not finally make it, will it affect my mobilization and deployment for next year batch or how do I go about it next year. This is a matter of probability and I need advice urgently please. I don't want to make mistake.

Thanks
Business / Fairly Used Tecno Phantom A+ (tecno F7) For Sale At N24,500 In Nsukka by mcvities(m): 3:32pm On Nov 29, 2014
I have a fairly used Tecno Phantom A+ (Tecno F7) for sale and the current location is in Nsukka at N 24, 500. if you are interested or know anyone interested then reply this post and we will take it from there.
Health / I Need Accommodation In Calabar Near UCTH Urgently, A New Intern, Please Help by mcvities(m): 5:48am On Nov 13, 2014
Good day readers,

I just recently secured an appointment at the University of Calabar
Teaching Hospital as an intern and as I am typing this I do not
know anyone in Calabar and I need to start work this week as I
have got my posting. Please I need an accommodation close to
UCTH or someone to accommodate me for the mean time in
calabar while I search for a house to rent as I need to be in
calabar to start work. The hospital does not provide
accommodation for interns and this is posing as a great challenge
to me. I slept in a guest house when I went for interview and when
I collected my appointment letter and cannot do so now because of
the cost which is why I am writing this.

Please I need. someone willing to help and I will provide any
further information or answer any question concerning this

Waiting for your honest replies
Travel / I Need Accomodation In Calabar Near UCTH Urgently, A New Intern, Please Help by mcvities(m): 5:37am On Nov 13, 2014
Good day readers,

I just recently secured an appointment at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital as an intern and as I am typing this I do not know anyone in Calabar and I need to start work this week as I have got my posting. Please I need an accommodation close to UCTH or someone to accommodate me for the mean time in calabar while I search for a house to rent as I need to be in calabar to start work. The hospital does not provide accommodation for interns and this is posing as a great challenge to me. I slept in a guest house when I went for interview and when I collected my appointment letter and cannot do so now because of the cost which is why I am writing this.

Please I need. someone willing to help and I will provide any further information or answer any question concerning this

Waiting for your honest replies
Business / Re: YOUWIN Extends Application Deadline Till Jan 21, 2014 by mcvities(m): 11:36pm On Dec 29, 2013
sagitarius: My office is responsible for monitoring those who get awarded the YouWin grant, and trust me, there's no chopping there. You'll be closely monitored 2 ensure you carry out what you've applied for. The overall objective of YouWin is to create jobs through entrepreneurship so as to reduce dependence on white collar jobs. Extra allowances are paid 2 ensure strict compliance and so it's difficult for anyone 2 compromise. Those who are yet 2 apply but have good business proposals should go ahead and apply. If u need help, u could holla at me too at no cost at all. Cheers everyone

I have a business plan but will want the business to start in 2016, because of the complete forecast that I need to do on the location of the business and I need 2015 for my internship which I cannot exempt but the business plan is ready. Can I go ahead and apply and will they allow me the time frame. Thanks and expecting your reply.
Politics / Re: El Rufai's Accidental Public Servant by mcvities(m): 9:43am On Dec 21, 2013
Please kindly send me a copy, will lIke to read. . sandtacruz@gmail.com
Politics / Re: ASUU, NASU, SSANU Shut Down UNN indefinitely, Demand VC's sack by mcvities(m): 9:06pm On Dec 18, 2013
Mods, this post need to get to front page so that Nigerians will know what is happening currently in the University of Nigeria Nsukka after the protracted ASUU strike and lend their voice to it.
Politics / ASUU, NASU, SSANU Shut Down UNN indefinitely, Demand VC's sack by mcvities(m): 8:56pm On Dec 18, 2013
Barely one day after the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, suspended its 5-month old strike, the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, has been shut down indefinitely by the institution’s workers, Daily Post reports.

During the serious protest in the University on Wednesday, all the workers union demanded the immediate sack of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bartho Okolo.

According to Vanguard, it was the largest demonstration of members of staff of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, since the university was founded.

Academic and non-academic workers of both campuses converged on the campus in a spontaneous peaceful demonstration to demand the reinstatement of the Chairman of the Governing Council, Prof Emeka Enejere, who was said to have been suspended.

They chanted songs saying it was the Vice Chancellor, Prof Bartho Okolo, instead, who should be sacked.

After marching for half of the day and some members of staff addressed the press at the Freedom Square, they however, dispersed, promising to return for daily demonstrations until the Council Chairman was reinstated and other ills of the university which they alleged originated by Prof Okolo were corrected.

A professor told Vanguard that "the Federal Government would have to choose between only one man (Okolo) or working with all of us."

It has been gathered that Okolo is accused of corrupt practices and neglect of due process in running the affairs of the university.

Source:
http://nairastuff..com/2013/12/breaking-news-ASUU-nasu-ssanu-shut-down.html

Politics / At Last, ASUU Suspends Strike by mcvities(m): 1:04pm On Dec 17, 2013
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), today, announced the suspension of its over 5months strike.
ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Fagge made the disclosure in Minna while briefing newsmen.
The Union suspended the strike after a marathon National Executive Committee meeting held in the Niger State capital, yesterday.
The different chapters of ASUU are expected to hold congress meetings on Wednesday, following which academic activities  will resume in the universities.

The marathon NEC meeting was held to deliberate over the agreement signed Wednesday, last week, by the union executives and the federal government.
The meeting, Vanguard gathered was attended by ASUU branch chairmen and secretaries, the national executive members of the Union, coordinators and past leaders, including members from 52 universities.
Public universities lecturers have been on strike since July 1, 2013.

Details later.

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/last-ASUU-suspends-strike/
Politics / Re: The Real Armed Robbers Of Nigeria By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo by mcvities(m): 11:16am On Dec 15, 2013
According to the NNPC, Nigeria’s crude oil reserve is at 28.2 billion barrels. At today’s price that is $2.8 trillion. If no new oil is discovered in Nigeria and we continue to produce at 2.5 million barrels a day, our oil reserve will last for another 11,280 days. That is 30 years more.
From the DPR report, Nigeria’s total gas reserve is 182.8 trillion standard cubic feet (SCF). At today’s rate of $3.5 per 1000 standard cubic feet per day of gas Nigeria is on track to make $638.05 trillion dollars from gas. (Sorry, my calculator could not figure out the Naira equivalent).
In 1999, the average price of a barrel of crude oil was $16.56. In today’s dollar that is $23.08. The price stayed under $30 until 2004 when it jumped to $37.66 a barrel. In 2005 it went up again to $50.04. In 2007 it was $64.20. In 2008 it jumped to $91.48 and fell back to $53.48 in 2009. From 2011 till today it has remained above $86 a barrel. If the price of crude oil falls back to below $50 a barrel, Nigeria’s bloated government will not be able to sustain itself.
Only those benefiting from this insane structure that rips off a commonwealth of 160 million people will want it to continue. The other group of people who are not outraged enough to do something about it are the millions hoping to have the chance to soon be in a position to steal their own.
The real armed robbers of Nigeria are not those in prison. They are not those storming banks to cart away cash. They are not those dispossessing luxurious bus passengers of their possessions. The real armed robbers are not those stealing cell phones and pepper in Oshodi market. The real armed robbers of Nigeria are those who add before their names, bloated titles like Honorable, Excellency and Chief. They have robbed the nation blind.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/column/real-armed-robbers-nigeria-rudolf-ogoo-okonkwo
Politics / Re: The Real Armed Robbers Of Nigeria By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo by mcvities(m): 11:15am On Dec 15, 2013
In the last 50 years, Nigeria has made over $500 billion from crude oil. Some of that money showed up in fraud cases that gave us headlines like these: Iyabo, Bello, Obasanjo in N300 Million Scandal, Igbinedion Embezzled Edo’s N19bn — EFCC, Money Laundering: Group Sues EFCC Over First Lady Patience Jonathan's $13 Million Fraud; EFCC Arrests Bode George, Dabo, Accuses Them of N100 Billion Dirty Contracts; Former Governor of Taraba State, Reverend Jolly Nyame, Must Face Criminal Trial Over Alleged Stealing Of N2.4 billion while In Office; EFCC Files N700m Fraud Charges Against Dariye, Others; N100 Million Scam - Court Grants Boni Haruna's Aide Bail; EFCC Declares Ibori Wanted Over N44bn Fresh Corruption Charges; Jigawa State’s Ex-Gov Turaki’s N30b Used To Finance Third Term Project; $16B Power Scam: IBB’s Allies Call For OBJ’s Arrest; N5.6bn Pension Scam: Court Denies Former Oyo State Head of Service, Others Bail; N19.2bn Scam: EFCC Re-arraigns Timipre Sylva; N1.8bn Subsidy Scam: EFCC RE-ARRAIGNS ABDULLAHI ALAO, THREE OTHERS.
A Google search of fraud and EFCC and any of the former governors of Nigeria’s 36 states in the last 15 years will show you indictments in billions - from Bola Tinubu to Orji Uzo Kalu to Ahmed Yerima to David Duke to Peter Odili. Add members of the National Assembly and ministers from Deji Bankole to Patricia Etteh to Farouk Lawal to Chuba Okadigbo to SundayAfolabi. Do not forget the portion of our commonwealth that went to bankers like Mrs. Cecelia Ibru, Erastus Akingbola, Bartholomew Ebong, Okey Nwosu, Sebastine Adigwe etc. If you add up the billions, you will be able to account for the money Nigeria has made over the years.
Politics / Re: The Real Armed Robbers Of Nigeria By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo by mcvities(m): 11:13am On Dec 15, 2013
I asked Okupe how could the Coordinating Minister of the Economy know nothing about an over N200 billion naira subsidy on kerosene? Okupe said that he investigated the matter and spoke to relevant government agencies. At the end of his investigation, he said he found out that NNPC has been scraping for funds to make subsidy payment on kerosene. Okupe did not see any problem with that arrangement instead he felt we should commend the NNPC for finding the money to pay for kerosene subsidy. If NNPC could find N200 billion lying around somewhere this year, what did it do with similar money lying around last year and the year before when the government remembered to budget for kerosene subsidy?
To complicate matter, the trillion naira revenue from customs has been facing shortfalls. The Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service, Mr. Abdulahi Dikko, recently said that the service incurred a revenue loss of N603.2 billion between January and September this year. He made the statement during an appearance before the Senate Joint Committee on Finance and Appropriation. Dikko blamed the shortfall in revenue collection to various factors. N86.48bn was lost due to waivers, like the one that brought in the Aviation Minister Stella Oduah’s N220 million armored cars. He said another N59.5bn was conceded to the Niger Delta Development Commission. The customs also lost N96.94bn due to a ban on rice importation and another N76.1bn due to revenue loss to local manufacturers and assemblers.
Nigeria’s economy is 30th in the world with a GDP of $451 billion dollars. According to the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics, agriculture makes up 40% of the economy; services: 30%; manufacturing: 15%; and oil: 14%. Many of us do not know but Nigeria makes an average of $90 billion dollars in oil and gas revenue a year and another $10 billion from exports of other natural resources. Nigeria also makes N5 trillion from Federal taxes. From Customs duties, Nigeria makes another one trillion. That is a total of N22 trillion a year.
Politics / Re: The Real Armed Robbers Of Nigeria By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo by mcvities(m): 11:12am On Dec 15, 2013
In January this year, a presidential committee on public service reform discovered that top government officials in Nigeria take home N1.126 trillion a year in salaries and allowances – out of a national budget of N4.9 trillion. These public officers constitute just 0.013 per cent of Nigeria’s population. They include 108 senators who each make over $1.7m a year. That alone is $183.4 million (N28 billion). Then the 360 members of the House of Representatives each takes home over $1.2 million, which amounts to $432 million (N65bn). Again, each state governor collects an average of N200 million naira a month just as security vote. In a year, they each get N2.4 billion naira. So our 36 governors take home N87 billion naira on security votes alone every year. Add our 38 ministers and ministers of state, 100 plus heads of federal and state agencies, over 432 state commissioners, 774 local government area chairmen or caretakers, almost 10,000 councilors and you will understand where the N1.126 trillion goes.
While receiving an honorary doctorate degree from Oduduwa University last month, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala asked striking university lecturers to return to work because the government has set aside N220 billion naira for the development of tertiary institutions in the country. Dr. Doyin Okupe, the Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, showed proof last week that the money has been deposited at the Central Bank of Nigeria. Over the weekend, I asked him during a SaharaTV interview where the government got the money when six months ago the same Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said that the government could not find N90 billion for ASUU. Okupe said it was not important where the government got the money, after all, the government could not have stolen it.
Well, governments steal- especially this government. During an appearance before a senate committee in September, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was asked to explain why there was no subsidy figure in the 2013 budget for kerosene. In 2010, Nigeria spent N110 billion on kerosene subsidy. This figure jumped to N324 billion in 2011 and N200 billion in 2012. Suddenly, in 2013, there was nothing budgeted. Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala told the committee that NNPC should answer the question about kerosene subsidy. http://theeagleonline.com.ng/news/okonjo-iweala-unable-to-account-for-1-...
Politics / Re: The Real Armed Robbers Of Nigeria By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo by mcvities(m): 11:11am On Dec 15, 2013
During the oil subsidy debate, the Minister of Petroleum and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala calculated that Nigeria was spending N1.134 trillion naira on oil subsidy. On January 1, 2012, the government increased the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, from N65.00 to N141.00. With subsidies removed, the government said it would realize N1.134 trillion. The protests that followed forced the government to adjust the PMS price to N97. That increase would have cut in half the projected N1.134 trillion subsidy, meaning nothing less than N600 billion must have gone into the coffers of the government. That money is now entangled in the SURE-P program that is short on accountability.
On September 24, 2013 the Sun Newspaper published a story in which Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is said to be suggesting that Jonathan’s administration should be given credit because the federal government has saved N1.2 trillion from oil subsidy. http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/oil-subsidy-fg-saves-n1-2trn-says-oko...The story also says that the oil subsidy was N2.2 trillion in 2012 but has so far been reduced to N971 bn this year. All through the oil subsidy debate, the figure was N1.3 trillion. How did it jump to N2.2 trillion in 2012 after the subsidy has partially been removed? And with gains from improving capacities of Nigeria’s refineries won’t the current subsidy on its own be less than half of what it was in January 2012?
A ministry of finance committee led by Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede looked at the subsidy claims of 2011 and discovered that the Federal Government had overpaid importers and marketers of petrol by a whopping N430 billion naira. Last December, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala proudly announced that Jonathan’s government has recovered N29 billion naira from oil marketers out of N234 billion certified as stolen. A presidential panel was set up at the same time to look into what was really happening at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The Ribadu-led panel came out with a report that suggested that Nigeria had lost about N4.64 trillion in the last 10 years from deals Nigerian government officials signed with foreign oil multinationals. The Ribadu report also revealed that the NNPC had failed to report N86.6 billion to the government in 10 years by simple manipulation of exchange rates by officials of the corporation.
Politics / Re: The Real Armed Robbers Of Nigeria By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo by mcvities(m): 11:11am On Dec 15, 2013
These thieves are made up of a cabal of top security officials, retired and current military officers, top government officials, civil servants whose job it is to monitor foreign oil companies and report how much oil they pump out each day, militants who are charged with protecting oil pipelines, etc.
There are several other forms of theft going on in the refineries themselves. In 1997 a major contract valued at $215 million was awarded to Total International for the maintenance of the Kaduna refinery. During Sani Abacha’s dictatorship, Mr. Emeka Offor got $100 million dollars to maintain the Port Harcourt refinery for which he did nothing. When brought before a senate committee to answer questions, he told them off.( This is the same Emeka Offor who got an $8 billion NEPA contract to build the Yola/Bauchi transmission line as part of the $16 billion that Obasanjo’s government wasted on power. The original sum for the contract was said to be $6 billion.) In 2000, Nigeria awarded Italian company Comerint SPA a $7.6 million contract for turnaround maintenance for its 125,000 b/d refinery at Warri. In 2008, the Federal Government spent $57.9m for the turnaround maintenance (TAM) of the Kaduna refinery.
If the full amount spent in turnaround maintenance of Nigeria’s refineries in the last 20 years is made public, Nigerians will run amok and free all the armed robbers in Nigerian prisons. In October 2012, the Federal Government announced a plan to spend $1.6 billion on the turnaround maintenance (TAM) of the existing three refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna. Work is expected to end in January 2014 and that is when importation of petroleum products is supposed to end, if you believe the government’s argument during the oil subsidy debate. That is also when much of the subsidy is supposed to vanish. It is one month away. Now the government is busy planning to sell off the refineries. When the selling price is announced, don’t be surprised if it is less than the $1.6 billion dollars used in the turnaround maintenance.
Politics / The Real Armed Robbers Of Nigeria By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo by mcvities(m): 11:10am On Dec 15, 2013
Correct Me If I Am Right By Rudolf Okonkwo
Before the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, announced two weeks ago that an estimated $129 billion (N20.6 trillion) has been illegally transferred out of Nigeria in the last 10 years, I had been cranking some numbers about Nigeria’s economy. The EFCC estimated that just between 2009 and 2013, over $25.4 billion was siphoned out of Nigeria via the borders by way of physical movement of cash and financial instruments.
The actual robbery is more profane.
Before the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria sent a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan accusing the Petroleum and Finance Ministers of diverting or outright stealing about N8 trillion from crude oil sales proceeds between January 2012 and July 2013, I had been crunching figures about Nigeria’s oil industry. The figures I saw left me dumbfounded and frightened for Nigeria.
In this piece, we will try to follow the money, the Nigerian money. It’s an extraordinary journey into the fuzzy math the people who collect Nigerian revenue use to fleece Nigeria. The greatest tragedy, however, is that the people charged with managing Nigeria’s economy, from the Central Bank of Nigeria to the Ministry of Finance up to the Presidency either have no clue what is happening or are complicit.
The real armed robbers of Nigeria are not those in prison. They are not those storming banks to cart away cash. They are not those dispossessing luxurious bus passengers of their possessions. The real armed robbers are not those stealing cell phones and pepper in Oshodi market. The real armed robbers of Nigeria are those who carry titles like Honorable, Excellency and Chief. They have robbed the nation blind.
Nigeria is the 13th largest oil producer in the world. OPEC allocated a daily production of 2.5 million barrels of oil to Nigeria. At an average price of $100 dollars a barrel, Nigeria could be raking in $250 million dollars a day. In a year, it will be about $90 billion. In Naira, that will be about N40 billion a day and N14.6 trillion a year.
In the 2013 budget, Nigeria set the benchmark price for crude oil at $79 a barrel. At that rate, 2.5 million barrel of oil a day will give Nigeria $229.1 million dollars a day. In a year, it will be about $80 billion. In Naira, that will be about N25 billion a day and N13.1 trillion a year.
Nigeria also produces gas. According to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeria produces 8.0 billion cubic feet per day of gas per day(BCFD). 5.2 BCFD is for Associated Gas (AG), that is gas produced along with crude oil while 2.8 BCFD is for Non-Associated Gas(NAG), that is gas produced independent of oil production.


Of this amount 6.6 billion cubic feet of gas per day is utilized while 1.4 billion cubic feet of gas per day is flared. At a market rate of $3.5 per 1000 standard cubic feet per day of gas (SCF), Nigeria makes $23.1 million a day and loses $4.9 million dollars a day to gas flaring. $23.1 dollars a day adds up to $8.43 billion a year. In Naira that is a revenue of N3.6 billion a day and N1.32 trillion a year.
Irrespective of how the calculation is done or revenue collection enforced (equity crude; Petroleum Profit Tax, royalty, third party financing and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company), at the crude oil benchmark of $79 a barrel, Nigeria makes about $80bn a year. Add $8.4 billion revenue from gas, Nigeria makes a cool $90 billion or N14 trillion a year. That is a lot of money in any currency.
Revenues from oil and gas give Nigeria 80% of its income. Another 20 % comes from sources as diverse as mineral exploration and agriculture. In all, Nigeria makes over $100 billion each year from exports. So Nigeria is awash with money. The billions in internally generated monies from fees and taxes are stolen with ease as they trickle in. But it is petrol dollars that are the most attractive and the most easily embezzled.
Since 2009 crude oil thieves have been increasing the amount of Nigeria’s oil that they steal. According to the 2012 Ribadu Report, crude oil thieves now steal over 100,000 barrels a day. That is over $3.6 billion dollars a year. Some foreign sources put the figure of oil theft at 250,000 barrels a day. Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala recently told the Vanguard newspaper that the loss to oil theft could be up to $12 billion this year. http://www.daargroup.com/daar-group/latest-news/vanguardngr-oil-theft-fg....
Politics / The 7 Cardinal Sins Of Governor Sullivan Chime- By Enugu Group / by mcvities(m): 8:47am On Dec 15, 2013
By Ozo Christopher Ogbu
An Enugu group, the Enugu Rescue Group, ERG, has enumerated what it called the Seven Cardinal Sins of Governor Sullivan Chime’s administration, charging the regime of mindless looting and human rights violations.

In a Statement made available to the media in Enugu on Friday and signed by the group’s National Coordinator, Mr. Christopher Ogbu, ERG said called for the urgent intervention of the federal government, anti-graft agencies, and the Peoples Democratic Party to rescue the state before it is too late.

The group said: “It is with a heavy heart that we, the good people of Enugu State, send this SOS to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, the anti-graft agencies, and the Nigerian public over the reign of horrendous impunity and grand corruption in Enugu State.

“As a matter of fact, governance stopped in the State on May 29, 2011, when Governor Sullivan Chime was sworn into Office for a second term in Office. Not only is the state being mindlessly bled to death through monumental corruption and profligacy, we now live under conditions worse than Adolph Hitler’s Germany. Today in Enugu, Chimecracy, a system of government in which dissent is an anathema, no matter how reasonable, while impunity and tyranny by one man, his family and cronies is the order of the day”.

The group went on to enumerate the seven cardinal sins of Governor Sullivan Chime as ingratitude, inflation of contracts, contract sharing, money laundering, human rights abuse, poor worker welfare and perjury.

On ingratitude, the group alleged that “Governor Chime is one man whose political history is frost with innate ingratitude as though there is an unseen force propelling him to seek the destruction of all who made him”, listing the former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani, former Governor of the State and National Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Okweslieze Nwodo, former Governor Jim Nwobodo as well Senator Ike Ekweremadu and Members of the National Assembly form Enugu State as victims of the Governor’s alleged ingratitude.

On the alleged looting in the state, ERG sited the example of the ongoing investigation of the State Government by the anti-graft agencies following a petition by Mr. Osita Okechukwu against the government in the “N13 Billion” contract for the ongoing New Secretariat Complex awarded to the Arab Contractors.

The group said several experts insist that the project should not cost up to N5 billion in a sane society, describing it as a needless white elephant project.

They said: “Only greed and corruption, fueled by deliberate misplacement of priority could have pushed a Governor to embark on such white elephant project in a state suffocating with poverty and underdevelopment. Only such bottomless appetite for public funds could have pushed a Governor to pull down former secretariat structures, even against a groundswell of opposition from Enugu people, South Easterners, and against the wise counsel of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, all of whom saw the structures as the surviving legacies of the defunct Eastern Region, uniting edifice, and tourist attraction that were only suffering from lack of maintenance.”

The Enugu group alleged that the State was sinking under the weight of one man and his family who see Enugu State as their private estate, thus breaching the Procurement Act with reckless abandon.

It alleged: “A case in point is the looting that has gone on at the Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board. It is noteworthy that law enforcement agencies are currently investigating the thievery and looting going on in the agency.

“An instance is the petition to the Inspector-General of Police by the former Executive Chairman of the Enugu state Universal Education Board, ESUBEB as well as Chime’s kinswoman, Chief Mrs. Ethel Nebo-Ezeabasili, dated February 13, 2013 and entitled “Save my Soul: Threat to my Life, Harassment and Intimidation by Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo, Chief of Staff to The Governor of Enugu State”.

“The former executive Chairman explains that once she (the former Executive Chairman) accessed the sum of N3 Billion matching grant for the years 2009, 2010, and 2011, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo (Governor Chime’s point woman) hijacked and manipulated the processes. And after many flip-flops, Mrs. Nwobodo awarded contracts for a whooping 583 (Five hundred and Eighty-Three) projects to only four companies (New Techniques Nigeria Ltd, Raycon Nigeria Ltd, J & J Techno Nigeria Ltd, and Akota Work Nigeria Ltd.) to be executed by direct labour. But Nigerians should note that by Procurement Act, no contractor is to tender or be awarded more than a single project or one lot!”

ERG said the former Executive Chairman’s stand against such reckless and fraudulent sharing of contracts was what earned her a sack.

The statement further explained that in view of such alleged cases of corruption, it the Enugu group was not surprised that the Enugu State Government and Governor Chime’s Chief of Staff/“Woman Friday”, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo was currently undergoing investigation over charges of laundering multibillions that allegedly started on April 21, 2011.

“This is just few days after Governor Sullivan Chime was inaugurated for a second tenure and it is for such reasons as this that we insist that governance stopped in Enugu from May 29, 2011”, the group added promising to publish the complete dossier in volume 2 of the Rescue Statement, including the onshore and offshore businesses and real estates interests of the governor and the government’s cronies.

ERG also frowned at the alleged detention of the estranged wife of Governor Sullivan Chime and the First Lady of the State, Mrs. Clara Chime regretting that such nefarious act had made Enugu State the “new ugly face of human rights abuse in Nigeria”, while the State now “holds the loathsome record of the first state to convert its Government House to a Mental Home”, describing such as shameful.

The Rescue Group lamented that while such alleged mindless looting was going on in Enugu, the State’s workforce remained the least paid in Nigeria as any form of industrial action or complaint was allegedly met with brute force.

They also accused the Governor of lying to and deceiving Enugu people for 140 days during his illness saying it had therefore committed perjury.

“Contrary to the Oath of Office he swore to, Governor Sullivan Chime, lied to the people of the State that he was enjoying an accumulated leed to the people of the State that he was enjoying an accumulated leave, whereas he was lying seriously ill in overseas hospitals”, the group explained.

Read full text here:
http://saharareporters.com/press-release/7-cardinal-sins-governor-sullivan-chime-enugu-group-ozo-christopher-ogbu
Business / Re: Free Ebooks For Nairalanders by mcvities(m): 8:48am On Dec 14, 2013
I need the e book and will send you and email ASAP. sandtacruz@gmail.com
Music/Radio / Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards 2013 Winners! by mcvities(m): 2:38pm On Dec 09, 2013
1. Newscaster of the Year (TV)
-Gimba Umar (TVC)
-Female
-Chioma Ifeanyi-Obianiwa (STV)
2. Radio Newscaster of the Year (English)
-Juwe Ikechukwu (Raypower FM)
3. Newscaster of the Year (Indigenous)
-Tunji Olalekan (Koko Inu iwe Iroyin on Bond FM)
4. News Reporter of The Year (TV only
-Male
- Seun Okinbaloye (Channels TV)
-Female
  - Christycole Popoola (TVC News)
5. TV Station of the Year (National) 
-LTV 8
6. TV Station of the year (Regional)
- B.C.O.S (Ibadan)
7. TV Channel Of The Year
-WapTV
 8. Entertainment Channel Of The Year (TV)
- MTV Base
Nigeria
-Music Africa
9. Radio Station of the Year- 
-Lagos (Central)
 - Raypower 100.5 FM
-South-West
 - Royal FM Ilorin
-South-East
-Vision Africa Radio (Umuahia)
-North
 Liberty Radio 91.7FM (Kaduna)
11. Best Indigenous Radio Station
-Naija FM (Lagos)
12. Campus Radio Station of the year
-Unizik FM
 13. Campus Radio Presenter of the Year
-Larry Foreman (Unilag FM)
14. On-line Radio Station of the Year
- IGroove
15. Most Outstanding Pay Digital TV Channel provider 
-Startimes
 17. TV Programme of the Year
- Sports
-Sports Tonight (Channels TV)
- Drama
-Emerald Series
-Entertainment/Talkshow
-StarGist
Reality Show
-Nigeria’s Got Talent
Brands/Business
-De Market Place
18. Radio programme of the Year
-Sport
–Sports at Dawn (Rainbow FM)
-Comedy
–Comedy Happy Hour with D-Don (Rainbow FM)
 Talk Show
- Road Show with Freeze & Kaylah (Cool FM)
19. Most Popular In-House DJ
-Radio
-DJ Mewsic (Brila FM)
-TV
-DJ Smooth (Stv)
20. Most Popular TV presenter
- Uti Nwachukwu (Jara)
Female
-Adora Oleh  (adora Oleh Show)
(Sports)
Male
-Toyin Ibitoye (Channels TV)
Female
-Kemi Muyi Adeniyi (LTV)
21. Best Radio Presenter
National
-Ambrose Somide (Raypower)
-Female
-Anita Izedeh (Rhythm FM)
22. Most Popular Indigenous Presenter (TV/Radio)-Male
-Mc Ice Water (Eko FM)
-Female
-–Feyikemi Olayinka (Owuro Lawa on LTV)
23  Corporate Organization of the Year
-Manufacturing Industry
-Honeywell Group
B-Telecommunication
-Airtel
C-BANK
-Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB)
24. Outstanding Presenter of the Year (Radio)
Talk Shows
 -Lagos
 (Male)
-Sly Ojigbede (Classic FM)
Female
-Toke Makinwa (Rhythm FM)
-North
 (Male)
-Nwokedi Moses a.k.a BiG’ MO (Wazobia FM)
(Female)
- Amaka Udeh a.k.a Fresh (Hot FM Abuja)
South-West
 (Male)
-Don Tee (Splash FM)
(Female)
-Tope Alabi (Star FM Ibadan)
 -South-East
 Male
-Didi Egbuna(Dream FM, Enugu)
FEMALE
-Omalicha (Blaze FM)
 Sports
 Male
-Murphy Ijemba (Brila FM)
FEMALE
-Princess Fiona (Nigeria Info)
25. Sexiest On-Air Personality
-Male
-Chriz De Razor (Beat FM)
-Female
-Onyiye Gift Agriga (Kapital FM)
26. Print Media of the Year:
-Daily Independent
27. Best New Radio Station
-Lagos Traffic Radio (Lagos),
28. Actor of the Year –
-Male
-Bimbo Manuel (Tinsel)
-Female
 -Funmilola Aofiyebi Raimi (Tinsel)
29- Artiste of The Year-
-Male
-Davido
-Female
-Tiwa Savage
31. Cameraman of the Year (Male and female)
-Akinsoji Emmanuel (TVC)
32. African TV Presenter of the Year
-Male
 -Adesope Olajide  ( VOX-Africa Nigeria)
-Female
- Vimbai Mutinhiri- (Zinbabwe)
33. Indigenous TV Channel of the Year
-Oodua
34. Station Director/ Manager of the Year
-TV
 –Abiola Alabi (M-Net)
-Radio
-Evita Moussalli (Wazobia, Cool and Nigerian Info)
 35. Website of the Year-
-Premium Times
36. Blog/website of the Year-
-Bella Naija

Source: http://nigerianbroadcastersmeritawards.com/2013/12/08/behold-winners-at-nigerian-broadcasters-merit-awards-2013/#.UqT2d_9jMiY.twitter
Phones / Is It Possible To Use Laptop Keyboard On Android by mcvities(m): 9:40pm On Oct 17, 2013
Please is it possible to use laptop keyboard on android phones? if answer is yes, how

I don't mean external keyboard connected via USB or Bluetooth rather laptop keyboard connected .
Politics / Re: National Dialogue Outcome To Be Sent To National Assembly by mcvities(m): 10:06pm On Oct 16, 2013
National assembly that was held bound by one man and they couldn't remove a demonic section in our constitution will now sit on the outcome of the national conference. This is why we do not need to condemn someone that makes acomment rather objectively criticize his comment. Some people need to apologize to Tinubu for name calling.

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NYSC / Re: What Are The Favours You Gain As A Corp Member by mcvities(m): 9:02pm On Oct 16, 2013
Somat4ril: Tablet pc 4 sale.. Android 4.2 with 3g network and phone function. The keyboards inclusive.. At jst 30k

why not post the picture of the above tablet PC. or the make and some of the features. how old is the said tablet and I Hope that it is not faulty. I am interested so you can contact me. send me an SMS on 08182540631



although this forum is a wrong place to post this.
NYSC / Re: Nigerian Musicians That Served As Corpers? by mcvities(m): 3:00pm On Oct 02, 2013
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courage54: Just wondering weather all those Nigeria musician that claim to have graduated from different universities actually serves as a youth corper. If you no any that serves kindly share with us who and where they served.

please always your message before posting
Health / Rationalise This Medical Case by mcvities(m): 2:56pm On May 20, 2013
Sex: Male
Age: Adult
Admission Date: 6/05/2013

Chief complaint: Severe Headache

Past Medical History: Has visited a private Hospital and prayer house before coming to the Hospital

Vital signs: Temp. 36.50c ,Respiratory rate 24brpm,
Pulse rate 104bpm, BP 140/80 mmHg

On Examination: Chest is clear

Diagnosis: Complicated malaria

Plan: Admit, give IV D5W 500ml +
1 ampoule of quinine injection +
3ml Vit B complex stat,
then 500ml D5W 12hrly later.
IM Artemether 150mg daily for 3/7
IV Ciprofloxacin 200mg 2hrly for 48hours,
put urethral catheter
Do RVS, PCV & widal test
Result RBS 136mg/dl

Please I need a rationalization of the prescription based on the doctor's diagnosis. I met this case on my clinical rotation, especially the Cipro that was given, why was it given and is it rational.
Computers / Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by mcvities(m): 3:41pm On Aug 07, 2012
I bought an Hp G72 laptop but after booting i discovered that it does not have bluetooth, please, i want to know whether is it that the Bluetooth hardware (onboard Bluetooth) is not there or do i have to do any upgrade so that the bluetooth can start functioning. please i really need help on this issue. if it is hardware issue, how do i solve this problem. thanks

Sports / Re: Happy 25th Birthday To Lionel Messi by mcvities(m): 10:19am On Jun 24, 2012
My birthday mate, same month, same year, Happy birthday, you are a legend, dedicated and humble despite all the achievements, I am doing great at 25, surely will make my mark in this world. For now Messi rules...,

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