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Politics / Re: Corpses Of ISIS/ISWAP Fighters Killed By Nigerian Forces In Lake Chad(Graphic) by TopHand: 8:19pm On Jan 10, 2019 |
God Bless you Brave warriors Success! |
Politics / Re: Amaechi: Reno Omokri Releases Audio Clip Part 1 About Amaechi & Buhari by TopHand: 9:18am On Jan 06, 2019 |
Gandollar:My friend do I think there is part 3, 4 or 5 to this tape? yes, maybe? but how does develop the country? it is trivial and petty, backbiting gossip that has nothing to do with development, PDP says they are better alternative to APC, ok how? how do they plan to reform the judiciary, what about education? will they let Uni's become self subsisting what about providing government student loans?, the security agencies how do we expand their growth and capabilities? Bros listen attentively Nigeria is not developed! we have rudimentary infrastructure at best, Reno can confirm this from his UK base, why gossip and not development, is this not election year? it is becoming very clear to Nigerians that PDP have no plans, manifesto, or programmes for this country, it is high time for PDP to sit up and become a real opposition party with real concrete plans |
Politics / Re: Amaechi: Reno Omokri Releases Audio Clip Part 1 About Amaechi & Buhari by TopHand: 7:51am On Jan 06, 2019 |
Fake pastor Reno your tape contains nothing special, so Amaechi complained that the president did not listen to some of his ideas so what is the problem? This PDP election strategy of trivial gossip is of no good to Nigerians, please tell Nigerians your PDP programmes and plans to develop the country stop disturbing us with petty insignificant information, |
Politics / Re: Pictures Of Benue Governor's Rice Farm Burnt By Hersmen by TopHand: 6:59pm On Jan 01, 2019 |
WIZDOM081:Thank you! down in the south we have already harvested our rice three months ago, even with modern high tech irrigation system you cannot grow rice in peak harmattan season and I can not see any evidence of the presence of any irrigation system on that farm, secondly the whole area is totally dry and hollow no sign of any growth of any kind, why is the governor playing politics with lives, what is the cost of wining an election? someone should please caution this governor! it is to early in the new year to be whipping up and promoting violence and bad will in his state. 1 Like |
Politics / Nigeria Loses $6bn From 'corrupt' Oil Deal Linked To Fraud by TopHand: 6:17am On Nov 26, 2018 |
By Russell Padmore Business reporter, BBC World Service A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn. The campaign group Global Witness has calculated the OPL 245 deal in 2011 deprived Nigeria of double its annual education and healthcare budget. Eni and Shell are accused of knowing the money they paid to Nigeria would be used for bribes. The Italian and Anglo-Dutch energy giants deny any wrongdoing. This unfolding scandal, which is being played out in an Italian court, has involved former MI6 officers, the FBI, a former President of Nigeria, as well as current and former senior executives at the two oil companies. The former Nigerian oil minister, Dan Etete, was found guilty by a court in France of money laundering[i][/i] and it emerged he used illicit funds to buy a speed boat and a chateau. It is also claimed he had so much cash in $100 bills that it weighed five tonnes Global Witness has spent years investigating the deal which gave Shell and Eni the rights to explore OPL 245, an offshore oil field in the Niger Delta. It has commissioned new analysis of the way the contract was altered in favour of the energy companies and concluded Nigeria's losses over the lifetime of the project would amount to $5.86bn, compared to terms in place before 2011. The analysis was carried out by Resources for Development Consulting on behalf of Global Witness, as well as the NGOs HEDA, RE:Common and The Corner. The estimated losses were calculated using an oil price of $70 a barrel as a basis. Eni has criticised the way it was calculated because it ignores the possibility that Nigeria had the right to revise the deal to claim a 50% share of the production revenues. Deal or no deal Campaigners say the deal should be cancelled. "We discovered that Shell had constructed a deal that cut Nigeria out of their share of profit oil from the block," Ava Lee, a campaigner at Global Witness told the BBC's World Business Report. "This amount of money would be enough to educate six million teachers in Nigeria. It really can't be underestimated just how big a deal this could be for a country that right now has the highest rates of extreme poverty in the world." Nigeria is the richest economy in Africa, but despite having large resources of oil and gas millions of people are poor. Campaigners say the deal deprived Nigeria of double its annual education and healthcare budget Lucrative OPL 245 It is understandable why Eni and Shell wanted to acquire the rights to develop OPL 245, because it is estimated to contain nine billion barrels of oil. But the process of how they secured the contract is dogged by claims of corruption. The court in Milan is weighing evidence of how a former Nigerian oil minister, Dan Etete, awarded ownership of OPL 245 to Malabu, a company he secretly controlled. He is accused of paying bribes to others in the government, such as former President Goodluck Jonathan, to ensure that process went smoothly. Shell and Eni are accused of knowing the $1.1bn they paid to Nigeria would be used for bribes, claims based on the content of emails which have since emerged. "Looking at the emails it seems that Shell knew that the deal they were constructing was misleading but they went ahead with it anyway even though a number of Nigerian officials raised concerns about this scandalous, scandalous deal," says Ava Lee from Global Witness. No wrongdoing The Anglo-Dutch and Italian energy giants insist they have done nothing wrong, because they paid the money to secure the exploration rights directly to the Nigerian government. Shell issued a statement to BBC World Business Report saying: "Since this matter is before the Tribunal of Milan it would not be appropriate for us to comment in detail. Issues that are under consideration as part of a trial process should be adjudicated in court and we do not wish to interfere with this process. "We maintain that the settlement was a fully legal transaction and we believe the trial judges in Italy will conclude that there is no case against Shell or its former employees." Eni has also denied any wrongdoing and told the BBC that it questions the competence of the experts commissioned by Global Witness and its "partners", as well as raising the possibility that the report by the campaign group is defamatory. The Italian oil and gas company said "as this matter is currently before the Tribunal of Milan, we are unable to comment in detail". In a statement it noted: "Global Witness together with its partners Corner House, HEDA Resource Centre and Re: Common had requested twice to be admitted as aggrieved parties in the Milan proceedings. On both occasions, the request was firmly denied by the Tribunal of Milan." Eni also said it "continues to reject any allegation of impropriety or irregularity in connection with this transaction". Biggest ever corruption case Campaigners believe this is a landmark case and the outcome of the trial in Milan will cause an earthquake to reverberate through the oil and gas industry. Nick Hildyard of the Corner House wonders if investors are comfortable. "Fund managers should be alarmed at this brazen dishonesty," he said. Nigeria's leader is being encouraged to intervene by Olanrewaju Suraju, from HEDA. "President Buhari should reject any deal," he said. The contrast between the way Italy deals with migrants and the actions of one of the nation's biggest companies has been raised by Antonio Tricarico of Re;Common. "The Italian government is discouraging Nigerian migrants trying to reach Italy by claiming that it will help them at home, but Italy's biggest multi-national, part owned by the state, is accused of scamming billions from the Nigerian people." The outcome of the unprecedented court case in Milan could force the oil industry to change how it conducts its business, especially in countries where corruption is rife, because more transparency about contracts and payments made would discourage fraud. |
Politics / Re: 2019 Poll: Anxiety In PDP As Atiku’s Policy Plan Extends To Second Term by TopHand: 7:38am On Nov 19, 2018 |
Some people keep on making statements like if Atiku wins, if he wins? wins what? even in the dream world Atiku does not win, in an alternate reality universe Atiku does not win, in regards to Buhari Atiku has no destiny to winning anything repeat nothing nothing to beat Buhari is an impossibility that can not happen, people do not like Atiku, they do not trust him, Atiku has to buy his way into every and anything, even this newly found love affair with the Southeast was brought with cash, meanwhile in the North and Southwest Buhari is loved, yes that is right loved and this fact that should sink into the heads the haters the insidious biased local warriors floating the universe. we do not love Buhari becos we are biased we love him becos he loves Nigeria, that is right Buhari loves Nigeria he has the interest of the country at heart, he wants us to progress, to develop, to move forward, this is why we his supporters will forgive and overlook whatever shortcomings and judging from all the recent results of bye elections in country PMB is just growing stronger, Buhari has beat PDP at every major election since 2015, even in kwara state Saraki is getting flogged by Buhari lol.. imagine! even receiving "made in Dubai" strategy 5 Likes |
Politics / Re: PDP Accuses Buhari Of Dividing Nigerians by TopHand: 7:20am On Nov 18, 2018 |
Let us be seriously honest with ourself despite all the shortcomings of APC, what is Atiku and PDP coming to sell? after 16yrs of failure, where we are is where PDP put us, is 16yrs not ample time to advance a country? PDP shamelessly says food was cheap, imagine? them boosting on imported food dumped by other serious countries, legacy of importation petrol, diesel, rice, tomatoes, toothpick. Since the government of PMB assumed power it has spent night and day rebuilding the broken neglected infrastructure of this country the exact opposite of what PDP did, the roads, the bridges, the railways, electricity etc this is the inheritance of the common man, the rich fly by air, they have standby generators, and when Boko haram raids their home state they quickly relocate to Dubai, Atiku can never win we are not that cursed, there are no battlegrounds for PDP in the Southwest, Northwest neither will the Northeast cast their lot with Atiku or PDP who sat back and did nothing as Boko haram ravaged their lands, so that leaves the Southeast we know that PDP will carry the Far-South and Southeast but by a vastly reduced margin than when they were in power, and if Kanu's Biafra call resonates with his base then you can do the maths 2 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: PDP Presidential Primary: Tambuwal Claims Other Aspirants Have Ganged Up Against by TopHand: 9:03am On Oct 06, 2018 |
Top Five PDP Canidadates 1. Atiku......... main delegate support zone Northeast, Southwest well liked in the SW, will get some votes from Northcentral chances of wining primary very good on paper remains the strongest canididate 2. Kwankwaso .main delegate support zone Northwest, most populous zone, however becos of his biased shortsighted politics is very unpopular in all other regions of the country, this is the man Gov Wike referred to as the APC mole fact which was reinforced by the cold shoulder response Kwankwaso received from Wike's main ally Gov Fayose while visiting Ekiti State. chances of win primary poor 3. Makarfi ......delegates support zone entire country, well respected not only by fellow presidential rivals but also admired by other political parties, chances of wining moderate 4. Tambuwal....main delegate support zone SS, will get some votes from Northwest, chances of wining moderate 5. Saraki.........main delegate support zone kwara/kogi and Southeast might get some from Ijebu zone chances of wining moderate |
Politics / Re: Labour Yields To Fg’s Pressure, May Call Off Strike Monday by TopHand: 7:48am On Sep 30, 2018 |
Shugavee:It is not about strike it is about solving by your problems by using your brain thats the way the white man solves his problems, if you r a cassava farmer why complain about the price of garri? can you not invest into skills and equipment and become a garri producer? does it not make sense for every oil producing state to build their own refineries? why do you have state dept of revenue, dept of agriculture, dept of this and that yet no dept of oil industries just imagine the revenues, employment and educational benefits to these oil producing States if only they invested in themselves, you delusional southerners say Northerners r not intelligent, the fact is that they r the most intelligent people in Nigeria ask yourself if crude oil is discovered in the North what will happen? and there is crude in the Northeast it is only a matter of time 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Labour Yields To Fg’s Pressure, May Call Off Strike Monday by TopHand: 7:23am On Sep 30, 2018 |
The simple fact is that majority of states have over bloated civil service, a civil service for most states which consumes 91% of their total revenue, they do not have the money to pay the workers the only way to increase and dispense guaranteed paid wages is by sacking half the workforce, the NLC should face the plain truth -- if the government stopped monthly oil allocation fund more than half the states will cease to function what am I say some like Kogi state will cease to exist imagine Fayose of Ekiti employing 2000 new teachers what kind of miracle is he expecting to happen 1 Like |
Politics / Re: My Osun Rerun Observations, By US Consul General by TopHand: 9:33pm On Sep 27, 2018 |
jumpandpas:If APC mess up we will kick them in the head and remove them there is substitute for good governance but it is too early for PDP to return to power they must suffer it is the only way they will learn 4 Likes |
Politics / Re: Osun Rerun Election Results: Live Updates As Collation Of Results Begins by TopHand: 5:07pm On Sep 27, 2018 |
Some people will not be able to chop tonite.......this APC wicked, like joke like joke PDP has been reformated ........loading ........pls wait ........error ........operating system missing PDP please contact your administrator for assistance 3 Likes |
Crime / Re: Aso Rock Driver Attempts Suicide Over ‘Poor’ Salary, Drops Suicide Note by TopHand: 4:56pm On Sep 27, 2018 |
tkshittu1:shh your mouth, the 2.5bn fraud which is under investigation is not govt money it is lobby money in which the First Lady's name was fraudulently used to dupe people looking for favours |
Politics / Re: Osun Rerun: APC Wins In Ife South by TopHand: 4:45pm On Sep 27, 2018 |
Episteme2:It is over APC wins Ife North APC 162 PDP 2 Osogbo ward 5 unit 7 APC 299 PDP 165 Ife South APC 283 PDP 15 Orolu ward 8 unit 4 APC 128 PDP 55 Orolu ward 9 unit 3 APC 41 PDP 64 So far so good |
Politics / Re: Osun Rerun: Voters Without White Handkerchief Stopped From Voting (Photos) by TopHand: 3:31pm On Sep 27, 2018 |
Ok no problem but the okada man can go |
Politics / Re: Osun 2018 Governorship Election Results From Polling Units & Wards (unofficial) by TopHand: 8:05am On Sep 23, 2018 |
29 LGA and PDP advantage 12k, Osogbo APC stronghold yet to declare expect landslide, APC has won the election |
Politics / Re: Osun 2018 Governorship Election Results From Polling Units & Wards (unofficial) by TopHand: 7:56am On Sep 23, 2018 |
timilehin007:confirmed results Ayedaade APC 10,861 PDP 10,836 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Osun 2018 Governorship Election Results From Polling Units & Wards (unofficial) by TopHand: 7:43am On Sep 23, 2018 |
Confirmed verified 26 LGA results total count PDP 238,255, APC 216118, all of PDP strongholds accounted for, APC strongholds still waiting, do the maths |
Politics / Re: Osun 2018 Governorship Election Results From Polling Units & Wards (unofficial) by TopHand: 8:26pm On Sep 22, 2018 |
This election is over, the despite the hyper about the Adelekes APC has annihilated PDP across the state, it is not even close 8 Likes |
Politics / Re: Osun 2018 Governorship Election Results From Polling Units & Wards (unofficial) by TopHand: 6:52pm On Sep 22, 2018 |
Oh dont worry no fear APC is wining, yes APC is going to win, it is early days but results coming in is going exactly to form, ADP is taking IWO and its environs, EDE/Osun west is falling to PDP, IFE Central and its environs is falling to SDP, all the rest is APC, but most interestingly is in all these opposition strongholds APC is coming second, PDP can not win this election Sen. Iyiola Omisore has spoiled things for Adeleke 16 Likes 3 Shares |
Politics / Re: INEC Budget: Fresh Hurdles As National Assembly Pushes Resumption To Oct by TopHand: 8:34am On Sep 09, 2018 |
This is a surprising revelation, this level and depth of shortsightedness exhibited by PDP supporters amazes me, can you not think beyond the present day? Okay let me enrich you by imparting some guaranteed verifiable steps of success in life " plan for the future, think not about today but tomorrow, the day after, next week next month next year this will give u access to different possibilities and opportunities" Now back to the subject at hand, this plan to neutralize the NASS, Saraki and any advantage PDP might exploit from nPDP defections was "OUR PLAN APC" the presidency does not need NASS, in fact NASS has been a big pain in the neck from day one, (NASS) we rather keep it under lock & key, on the other hand who do you think will have the greater headache after the primaries are over? PDP has 120 governorship aspirants, they have 13 presidential candidates some who are still nursing senatorial ambitions, Saraki genius this, Saraki genius that, Saraki played Tambuwal/Kwankwaso he edged them on, promising to support their presidential dreams then he stabbed them in the back typical Saraki ! totally self-centered lacking any shred of loyalty ready to throw anybody under the bus to save his skin and b4 anybody tries to rubbish my write up let me tell you I know what I am saying (apologies I am humble really) PDP presidential candidate will either be Ahmed Makarfi or Atiku confirmed |
Politics / Re: Enugu Airport A Shadow Of Itself - South East Governors Cry Out by TopHand: 7:09am On Sep 08, 2018 |
This why corruption is not good Stella Oduah was given 20 Billion Naira at a time dollar cost 110 Naira to upgrade the airport she transformed the money to personal money, when she was invited for questioning unfortunately some ignorant people rallied around her forgetting that it was their own commonwealth that she had stolen, that did not stop President Buhari from trying to remedy the situation becos the fact is SE needs a world class airport, this is very much in the interest of the economic growth of Nigeria, but Saraki & Co use the Senate to frustrate funding for this project, OP you did not complain then!!!. It does not matter APC PDP SDP what matters is good goverance, Since 1999 the South has occupied the office of the president for 14yrs yet it is a Northerner God bless President Buhari that is repairing all the major roads in the south, everytime ignorant unexposed youths from the south of Nigeria hurl insults at the North, the North is illiterate, the North is backwards the North is poor, yet it is the North that pushes this country forward, majority of people in the South are only interested in amassing personal wealth and fame, Southern youths think civilization is listening to the latest song, wearing hip clothes, using the latest phones nay you are just plain consumers, develop yourself develop your societies question and challenge your elected local leaders Ask Stella Oduah to give a detail account how she spent Enugu's Billions 12 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Re: Defection: PDP Battles Crises In Kano, Kwara, Benue, Five Other States by TopHand: 11:11am On Jul 29, 2018 |
ORIENTATION101:You are spot on in your analysis Dino is a goner no chance in hell, I dont believe Dogara will defect his political survival hinges on APC if he crosses over to PDP has you rightly stated the religious card with be use and he will lose woefully, with regards to Suswam to ignore him will be political suicide for PDP Gov Ortom is a poisonous apple he has failed in his duty as chief security officer of his state, he has failed to execute a single project in the state and he is owing his workers almost 12 months salaries if PDP stabs Suswam in the back and he defects APC comfortably wins the state, Kwankaso has shot himself in the foot, his blind ambition has cost him dearly his unhealthy need to always be the "man in charge" led to his falling out with Gov Ganduje his former disciple Ex deputy, Kwankaso is not as popular as he likes us to believe, his faction lost out to Gov Ganduje faction in the recent state congress and Shekarau will rather drink poison than support Kwankaso ambitions 12 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: Amaechi Inspects Ajaokuta- Itakpe Warri Rail Line (Pictures) by TopHand: 8:20am On Jul 28, 2018 |
kolaaderin:Exactly!!! just look at the huge amount of determined effort,concrete focus,and driven hard-work been invested across the country, in just 3 years inspite of the selfish greedy sabotaging efforts of the National assembly this govt remains committed to developing the commonwealth of this country, PDP had their opportunity they were blessed with the highest oil prices in world history, they choose to consume, they ate our inheritance and handed over broken pot holed roads, unstable electricity, insecurity, zero social housing, queues at the filling stations, rice importation the list go's on and on, since APC came to power PDP like the original ancient Satan has chosen to frustrate all efforts to develop this nation, they wish to take us back to the land of sin, what did they leave for us? heh? when a pickin asks his father what where you doing when all your mates were busy building houses, you went to the same school and worked in the same company,while you drank and ate your resources your mates invested now their children can enjoy their inheritances. The prove of the pudding is in its taste, go to the south east and try traveling on the deathtraps called federal roads, 16 wasted years even GEJ lost family members on these roads of death yet he refused to rectify the situation, PDP keeps propagating about the lack of cash flow in the land how can there be cash flow? if APC now have to funnel money into rebuilding those roads, those bridges that they PDP failed to maintained, they PDP invested $16billion on electricity and all OBJ gave us was a report titled "The excuses of failure", look at the road into Apapa port, Boko Haram under who's watch did the whole bloody saga begind? did PDP handover a national carrier? why then all the negativity about Nigeria Air?, PDP wants to rescue us take us and take us back era free flow consume and waste while world around us invests builds and develop, if their era was so good why did they leave us bad electricity, importation of petrol why rice importation and not rice exportation? why dilapidated pot holed infrastructure? we see the same faces, the congregating of the same usual suspects PDP their eyes glistering saliva dribbling from foaming mouths clutching their concealed knives as they await their second coming, Never again, we shall not let it happen we will not let it happen, we will face them where ever they appear, like in Ekiti state, fire for fire whatever they think they can do we can do better, we determine the game, the future belongs to us the future is bright 9 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Re: APC Chairman Oshiomhole Meets Galadima, R-APC Chairman (Photos) by TopHand: 9:14am On Jul 22, 2018 |
ojobek:The job of a good negotiator is to find common ground and mend bridges, Osho baba is a talented negotiator on any given day, an asset to APC sneaking, begging, cajoling, threatening is all part of the game 1 Like |
Politics / Re: 2019: PDP Resolves To Change Name After String Of Governorship Losses - This Day by TopHand: 8:40am On Jul 22, 2018 |
Sharpshooota:Nepotism is the worst form of corruption? urban myth, twelve good men from one village are better than twelve evil men from twelve different villages The president's healthcare and that of his family is the responsibility of the country, and the fact the Tinubus and Amaechis embezzled public funds does not make it acceptable 1 Like |
Politics / Re: 2019: PDP Resolves To Change Name After String Of Governorship Losses - This Day by TopHand: 8:17am On Jul 22, 2018 |
Minjim:Dont mind them they are not interested in changing their ways all they want is to get their hands on the national cake, have you ever heard one of them say corruption is bad? PDP can never win 2019 election 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Ekiti 2018 Governorship Election: Live Updates & Results Monitoring by TopHand: 1:34am On Jul 15, 2018 |
Its all over for PDP Fayose loses his own Irepodun/Ifelodun, INEC is not going to release any more results until the morning Pls Ekiti shun violence our security agencies be prepared Fayose always takes it to the maximum 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Ekiti 2018 Governorship Election: Live Updates & Results Monitoring by TopHand: 11:28pm On Jul 14, 2018 |
Ekiti East falls to APC, honestly expect Ekiti West and Moba to follow, on the other hand Ikere is going PDP, nothing from Ado Ekiti 3 Likes |
Politics / Re: Ekiti 2018 Governorship Election: Live Updates & Results Monitoring by TopHand: 10:03pm On Jul 14, 2018 |
Neyoor:Bros you are correct ooo Gbonyin has gone APC Gbonyin and Efon was very tight But is seems APC has overtaken, 3 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Ekiti 2018 Governorship Election: Live Updates & Results Monitoring by TopHand: 9:56pm On Jul 14, 2018 |
Neyoor:Efon is very tight but PDP has slight lead, Gbonyin has gone PDP |
Politics / Re: Ekiti 2018 Governorship Election: Live Updates & Results Monitoring by TopHand: 9:39pm On Jul 14, 2018 |
This election is is tight, PDP is putting up a good fight Efon, Ikole, Gbonyin have all gone PDP expect Irepodun/Ifelodun to follow suit since this is Fayose's homebase, APC on the other hand has captured Emure, Ise/Orun thanks to Prince Dayo Adeyeye very very big win consider these were all PDP strongholds just a couple of weeks ago, Ido/Osi thanks to Segun oni expect Oye to follow Fayemi's homebase, Ekiti west seem to be falling to APC. Officially it is still an open race with Ado Ekiti and Ikere the two largest Local govt still unknown, no looking good for PDP Fayose should have paid those salaries 9 Likes |
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