The Scope Of Corruption In Nigerian Oil Is Truly Horrifying

Goodluck Jonathan says he wants to reform the oil industry. Really?

IN AUGUST Nigeria announced that oil production had reached a record 2.7m barrels a day but few experts believed it. Oil is also being stolen at a record rate and traders’ figures show output at well below the government’s figures. Information about Africa’s biggest oil industry is an opaque myriad of numbers. No one knows which ones are accurate; no one knows how much oil Nigeria actually produces. If there were an authoritative figure, the truly horrifying scope of corruption would be exposed.

 

The finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a genuine reformer, has estimated that 400,000 barrels of oil a day were stolen in April. But different government ministries give conflicting figures on how much oil Nigeria is producing, suggesting that they cannot agree or they just do not know. Nigeria could measure how much it produces, say experts: it has some of the most advanced technology in the world to do so, but chooses not to.

Boko Haram unrest: Gunmen kidnap Nigeria villagers

 Boko Haram has taken control of several towns and villages in the north-east

Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped about 40 boys and young men in a raid on a remote village in north-eastern Nigeria, residents say.

People who fled Malari village in Borno state and arrived in the state capital, Maiduguri, late on Friday said the men had been taken on New Year's Eve.

Last year Boko Haram abducted about 200 girls from a boarding school in Borno.

More than 2,000 people were killed in militant violence last year in north-eastern Nigeria.

Boko Haram has been waging an insurgency since 2009, and is seeking to create an Islamic state in north-eastern Nigeria.

Don’t blame me for Nigeria’s exit from ‘92 AFCON- Aloy Agu

 

Current national U20 team goal­keepers’ coach, Aloysius Uzoma Agu, in this exclusive interview with Saturday Sunsport dis­missed insinuations that he was responsi­ble for Nigeria’s exit from the 1992 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal. Our correspondent caught up with the former RC Liege of Belgium shot-stopper in Lagos, where he shared his experience in the national team.

NLC Should Give Kudos To Worker-Friendly Osun Govt, Despite Allocation Dip from N4.6billion to N1.1billion

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Osun asks NLC to authenticate claims over unpaid salaries from state council

…Says Osun can never be ranked among states with anti-workers posture

The State Government of Osun on Thursday asked the Nigeria Labour Congress to allow its state council from Osun provide it with reliable and verifiable information about the government/workers relationship to avoid falling into the error of generalizing its alleged anti-workers’ posture by some states.

Give him 60years, Jonathan can’t still fight corruption, terrorism…read why

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Nigerians to use their votes to express their dissatisfaction with President Goodluck Jonathan for his inability to fight the two main challenges facing the country, corruption and security, despite having six years to do so.

In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party stated that even if Jonathan ruled the country for 60 years he cannot fight corruption and terrorism.

Gbagaun! Gbagaun!! How Jonathan Will Lose in February

Goodbye to Goodluck – President Jonathan

By Aminu Uba Alhassan

Be Informed! This is the total number of eligible voters in each of the Six Geopolitical Zone in Nigeria by INEC

SOUTH EAST:
Abia 1,481,191
Anambra 1,758,220
Enugu 1,301,185
Imo 1,611,715
Ebonyi 876,249
TOTAL = 7,028,560
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Eid el Maolud Holiday: Aregbesola says “Let’s live in peace and harmony”

*Tasks Muslims to pray for peace

Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has called on Muslim nationwide to pray for peace as the country enters a new year and as it prepares for the crucial election of 2015.

This was contained in message sent to adherents of the Islamic faith on the occasion the Eid el- Maolud (birthday of Prophet Muhammad) celebration.