Nigerians languishing in Egyptian prisons

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Over 1000 Nigerian footballers and students who left Nigeria in search of greener pastures in Europe and the Middle East are now languishing in Egyptian prisons

A 53-year-old Nigerian, who spent 21 years in a Cairo prison, Mr. Ganiyu Shola, told the Rep. Abike Dabiri-Erewa-led committee yesterday when he appeared before the committee.

He narrated the gloomy picture of how young Nigerians were being lured into leaving home by human traffickers only to be abandoned in Egypt.

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Educationists faults early enrolment of students into varsities

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Some participants at the Canadian Education fair in Abuja on Monday advised parents to allow their children to mature before sending them to the university.

They said that parents should instead send their children, especially those going abroad to preparatory schools if they want them to be in the top rated universities.

In an interview, the Associate Director of Admissions, Ridley High School, Canada, Mrs Julie Cameron described the experience of young students abroad as “terrifying’’.

Cameron advised parents to let their children go through basic preparatory institutions that would mentor them to go into the university with confidence and make good certificates.

She said that apart from being adequately prepared for higher responsibilities of studies, the students would also have the opportunity of applying and getting scholarships, if they made good grades.

The educationist also said a programme like the International Baccalaureate (IB), for instance, would afford the student the opportunity to study a second foreign language and would give them versatility.

She said that with the IB, when they gained admission into the university, they would be exempted from some of the courses and would find it easy because they already passed through the programmes.

“I think the first thing they need to do as parents is to ask themselves if their children are ready to step into the stage with older ones,’’ she said.

Cameron commended Nigerians studying in Canada saying “they are doing very well and have been very impressive.’’

Also speaking, the representative of Trinity College School, Canada, Mrs Tucker Barton, said that preparing students for university gave them confidence and direction.

She said that it would also provide them an insight into making career choices and excelling in their chosen course of study.

“Most of the students who come here tell us that they want to be doctors or I want to be an engineer and so many stuffs like that.

“And I tell them, I do not care what you read, just make sure you love what you do, not do what your parents want,” Barton said.

On her part, the Director of Admissions of Rosseau Lake College also in Canada, Ms Lynda Marshall, said the importance of foundation for students could not be over emphasised.

Marshall, who described the Nigerian students in the college as “focused, ambitious and always willing to try something new, said that they can do better if they are mature to take on
higher responsibilities.’’

The consultant for Bodwell High School in Canada, Mr Stephen Smith said a transitional school was very important in the educational development of a child.

“It enables them make friends, gain confidence before going into the university system.

“It is also an opportunity for them to apply for scholarships when they get good certificates,” Smith added.

The Canadian Education Fair, which opened on Monday in Abuja, was also held in Lagos last week with the aim of showcasing Canadian schools and its system of education to Nigerians wishing to send their children abroad for studies.

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Shell spills over 26,000 barrels of oil in 13 months

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Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, spilled in excess of 26,411 barrels of oil in 13 month period, January 2012 to January 2013.

At an average oil price of $112/barrel in 2012, according to US-based, Energy Information Administration, EIA, the volume spilled could have been sold for about $2.96million or N443.71million at ex exchange rate of $1 to N150. The amount is enough to fund a major infrastructure project in Nigeria.

Data posted on the Anglo-Dutch oil giant’s Nigerian unit website, www.shell.com.ng, showed that the volume of spill resulted from about 201 incidents in the period under review.

A further look at the data also revealed that the majority of the cases were as a result of sabotage and crude theft o0r 144 incidents, while about 55 of them were from operational mishaps. However, the causes of two of the spill incidents, which occurred in June, are as yet to be determined, YTD.

Spill Data
From the data, whereas sabotage and theft accounted for 75.4 percent of the spills, while operational reasons accounted for more than 20 percent.

However, the Wikipedia on its website stated that oil spills in Nigeria “occur due to a number of causes, including: corrosion of pipelines and tankers (accounting for 50% of all spills), sabotage (28%), and oil production operations (21%), with 1% of the spills being accounted for by inadequate or non-functional production equipment.

“The largest contributor to the oil spill total, corrosion of pipes and tanks, is the rupturing or leaking of production infrastructures that are described as, “very old and lack regular inspection and maintenance.
“A reason that corrosion accounts for such a high percentage of all spills is that as a result of the small size of the oilfields in the Niger Delta, there is an extensive network of pipelines between the fields, as well as numerous small networks of flowlines—the narrow diameter pipes that carry oil from wellheads to flowstations—allowing many opportunities for leaks. In onshore areas most pipelines and flowlines are laid above ground. Pipelines, which have an estimate life span of about fifteen years, are old and susceptible to corrosion. Many of the pipelines are as old as twenty to twenty-five years.

“Even Shell admits that “most of the facilities were constructed between the 1960s and early 1980s to the then prevailing standards. SPDC would not build them that way today.”

“Sabotage is performed primarily through what is known as “bunkering”, whereby the saboteur attempts to tap the pipeline. In the process of extraction sometimes the pipeline is damaged or destroyed. Oil extracted in this manner can often be sold,” it concluded

Data outline

Other issues captured in the data under the environment and society section also indicated the clean up status that is, whether Shell was able to recover any oil from the spill; comments on when the company planned to clean up the residual impacted areas or if it had already; photographs of the spill; and the Joint investigative team, JIV report.

The JIV Report, which often runs into many pages, usually contained more detailed information on each spill, and the discoveries made by the JIV team. However, in some cases not all the members of the team, which included the Host Community; Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR; National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA; State Ministry of Environment, SME; Nigeria Police; and SPDC. Also, there were no explanations as to why one or more of the parties did not sign the report after the conclusion of the investigations.

There are also some cases where the JIV recommended for further works due to residual impact at the incident site, even when in some cases there are no recorded impact to the environment in terms of structures, economic trees, ponds etc.

But some of the consequences of oil spills as recorded by Wikipedia, is that “oil spillage has a major impact on the ecosystem into which it is released and may constitute ecocide.

Other consequences include loss of mangrove forests, depletion of fish populations, and water hyacinth invasion and a host of others.

Specifically the online encyclopedia also maintained that “Spills in populated areas often spread out over a wide area, destroying crops and aquacultures through contamination of the groundwater and soils. The consumption of dissolved oxygen by bacteria feeding on the spilled hydrocarbons also contributes to the death of fish. In agricultural communities, often a year’s supply of food can be destroyed instantaneously.

“Because of the careless nature of oil operations in the Delta, the environment is growing increasingly uninhabitable. People in the affected areas complain about health issues including breathing problems and skin lesions; many have lost basic human rights such as health, access to food, clean water, and an ability to work.”

Shell response to spills

Despite recording the highest incidents and the highest volume of spills in Nigeria’s petroleum industry operations, Shell on its website maintained that it was “committed to minimising oil spills to the environment and to cleaning up all spills in the Niger Delta when they occur, as fast as possible, no matter what their cause.”

It also noted that it had “publicly reported oil spill statistics annually since 1995, and this website further enhances transparency by recording as fully as possible every spill that happens from our facilities as soon as it is possible to get accurate information.

“We work hard to reduce the number and volume of operational spills, which are under our control i.e. spills due to corrosion, human error and equipment failure,” while also tracking “the progress of our spill response from when we learn about the leak to when clean-up is completed and signed off.”

Shell went on to outline how it responds to spills, saying, “SPDC’s operators continuously monitor for leaks and respond to anomalies. In addition, any reports, either by community surveillance teams under contract to SPDC or by the public, are responded to immediately. SPDC first shuts down the flow of oil to the leak before steps are taken to verify other details about the incident in preparation for the response, which starts with containment. By immediately shutting down pipelines or flowlines that are damaged and containing the spills, we minimize the damage to the environment.

“To provide transparency with respect to the cause and consequence of the spill, a team including relevant government agencies and SPDC is accompanied by representatives of impacted communities when they visit the site, as quickly as possible after the leak occurs. This Joint Inspection Visit, or JIV for short, determines the spread, the volume and the cause of the spill.

“The government agencies include the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), the relevant State Ministry of the Environment and the Police. After the JIV, SPDC’s spill response team makes the necessary repairs and recovers as much of the spilled oil as possible. This is called the clean-up.

“After the clean-up, there can still be residual oil that has soaked into the soil, or oil that is sticking to vegetation. A post clean-up inspection, involving representatives from the same parties listed for JIVs, assesses whether the site needs further remediation to comply with international standards. If remediation is not required, then the spill site can be certified clean and the incident closed out.

“Remediation is a longer term process aimed at returning the site to its previous state. There are several ways to achieve international standards of restoration depending on whether the spill is on Land or Swamp terrain.

“Three methods of Remediation are in use on Land – Remediation by Enhanced Natural Attenuation (RENA), Remediation by Stabilization / Solidification and Low Temperature Thermal Desorption. The RENA technique is the predominant method in use and may be applied in-situ (treating the soil on site) or ex-situ (removing the soil to be cleaned elsewhere and returned site).

Crude theft and pipeline vandalism

The Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, recently decried that  “The nation is losing huge amount of money to the spate of vandalism across the country, both on crude theft and refined products.”

It added that “over N90billion was lost to crude oil theft against N10billion lost to refined products stolen in 2011. In 2012 alone, stealing of crude oil through pipelines reduced to N 42billion, while products theft increased to N20billion.”

Last November, US-based, International Energy Agency, IEA, reported that Nigeria was losing about $7billion annually to oil theft, adding that theft and sabotage often led to pipeline damage, and caused oil firms to cut output.

The IEA said, “Flooding and large-scale theft of crude drove Nigerian oil output to the lowest level for more than two years in October 2012. Oil production in the country fell to 1.95 million barrels per day in October, with production in recent months hovering between two million and 2.5 million barrels per day. The drop from September to October was around 110,000 bpd, leaving Nigerian production at the lowest level in around two and half years.

“By early November 2012, production levels were recovering, with export schedules showing increased volumes for December. It was enough to keep the country as Africa’s top producer ahead of Angola at 1.79 million bpd, but the drop comes amid growing warnings that the country must take action to avoid stagnant output in the future.”

Expressing concern over the develop0mentr, President Goodluck Jonathan said, “The unacceptable rising incidences of crude oil theft must be tackled frontally. Considering the direct adverse implication of the activities of crude oil theft on our national economy, I expect the Chief of Naval Staff and other service chiefs to immediately go to work to urgently bring the issue of crude oil theft to an end.”

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, followed this up with a “high-powered security meeting” held with the service chiefs in May 2012, in Lagos. The meeting “discussed how crude oil theft would become history in Nigeria, using a special task force,” she said.

She added that “In the last six months, the number of oil theft on Nigerian water had been on the high side. The meeting with stakeholders in the industry and service chiefs was to address the security lapses in the oil and gas industry. About $5billion was spent in the last one year on pipeline repairs.”

But nothing much had changed since then with regard to checking the menace of pipeline vandalism. Instead, even the security monitors are now regarded as big suspects in the huge business scam.

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NBC, NFVCB deny ban of P Square Alingo, other music videos

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The Nigerian Broadcast Commission, NBC, and National Films and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, on Monday denied banning the broadcast of some musical videos by Nigerian artistes.

Mrs Maimuna Jimada, the Acting Public Relations Officer of the Commission, disclosed in Abuja that the commission was not aware of the ban.

According to her, NBC was not in charge of banning musical videos. “NBC has not banned any videos as we are not in-charge of placing a ban on music videos.”

Some newspapers had reported that the commission had banned some new musical videos from being broadcast in the country for containing offensive materials.

The report named some of the affected artistes as P-square, Wande Coal, Timaya, Flavour, D’prince, Goldie, Chuddy K and Tillaman.

Jimada said NBC was solely responsible for ensuring that musical videos and audios made for public consumption were safe.

“ If a music video or audio has content that is not suitable for broadcast, we tag these videos and audio as ‘not to be put on air. Also we inform stations across the country not to broadcast them,” she said.

She said that if a video was tagged as not to be aired, its producers could still reproduce them with better content for broadcast.

Also reacting  on the matter, Mr Yunusa Tanko, the Deputy Director and Head of Corporate affairs, National Films and Video Censors Board, said the board was unaware of such ban.

He said although the board was in-charge of censoring the content of musical video, artistes failed to bring their works to the board for proper check before broadcast.

He explained that since the videos were produced for broadcast, it was also the duty of NBC to monitor their contents.
“The board has collaboration with NBC and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) in matters of copyright, piracy and censorship.

“Most times, these issues could fall under any of our jurisdiction because our functions overlap. NBC has the mandate to regulate content and music videos are supposed to be classified.

“Though piracy is supposed to be handled by the copyright commission, the censors’ board works to ensure that all content that passes through the board are classified,” he explained. (NAN)

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S-H-O-C-K-I-N-G: Man hangs self in Kaduna

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There was pandemonium this morning at Mando Afaka area of  Kaduna State when the body of a middle-aged man was found dangling on a mango tree.

The name of the victim suspected to have killed himself could not be ascertained as at time of filing this report.

However, men of Nigerian Police, Kaduna command have taken custody of the body. The body was brought down by the police and taken to a hospital for further examination.

His mobile phone was also retrieved from him and some contacts were made to reach his relations. More details later.

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Nigeria Ex-Police pension boss, Yakubu Yusuf jailed

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An Abuja court Monday afternoon, sentenced former police pension boss, Yakubu Yusuf to Two  years in prison for embezzling N23bn.

He pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of N23.3 billion and is to forfeit property valued at N325 million. However, he was given an option to pay a fine of N250 thousand.

He was the only person who pleaded guilty to the charges  out of eight suspects arrested and charged by the EFCC in connection with the fraud at the police pension fund where civil servant connived and stole and shared about N40 billion amongst themselves. More Details later

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NIGERIA: Total moves its foreign staff from Abuja to other cities

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French oil major, Total, has moved its staff from Abuja following the kidnapping of a French national last month, Chief Executive Christophe de Margerie said weekend.

This is the first time in recent history that a company has said it has evacuated foreigners from Nigeria’s capital due to security concerns, Codewit reports.

Western diplomatic sources told usearlier this week that embassies were not planning to remove families of their staff from Abuja.

“What we do first is to limit the number of expatriates, not because they have more rights to be protected than the others, but because they are a more interesting target, if I may say,” de Margerie told France 24 television.

He did not elaborate on the number of staff moved.

“In Nigeria, we have three installations … We moved our people from Abuja, which is the city that is most at risk, to Lagos and Port-Harcourt, and if necessary, we move them back to Paris,” he told the TV channel on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Extremist group, Jama’atu Ansarul Musilimina Fi Biladis Sudan, kidnapped a French national last month in the remote northern town of Rimi, close to the Niger border.

The group threatened to continue to target the French because of the country’s support of military action in Mali and its decision to ban the full face veil.

JAMBS, which broke away from Boko Haram, claimed an attack on a military convoy taking troops from Nigeria to Mali last week in Okene.

The group, thought to be a breakaway from better known Islamist sect Boko Haram, has risen to greater prominence in recent weeks.

It claimed responsibility for a dawn raid on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Abuja in November, where it said hundreds of prisoners were released.

De Margerie said Total had also moved some of its personnel out of Algeria.

Last week’s siege at an Algerian gas plant by Islamist militants, which ended with heavy loss of lives among foreign hostages, also prompted the French oil major to take extra measures to protect its staff in the northern African country.

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NIGERIA: Terrorists kill eight in embattled Borno

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Attackers killed eight people in a village in embattled Borno state, with at least some of the victims’ throats slit, officials and residents said Monday.

The military spokesman in the area, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, confirmed that an attack had occurred Sunday in the village of Gajiganna, but declined to comment on the manner in which people were killed, saying only that “lives were lost.”

Gajiganna is roughly 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the state capital of Maiduguri, the base of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, but it was not clear who was responsible for the latest violence.

“They were silent attacks and nobody knew what was happening until the morning when news began to filter from different neighbourhoods,” said resident Brah Chindo.

There were conflicting reports from the area, with some saying certain victims were shot and others had their throats slit, while others spoke of all eight with their throats slit.

“It is still not clear who carried out the attack because the attackers moved silently into these homes,” said a local official, who asked that his name be withheld.

A local government employee in the area said he was told that “some of the victims were shot dead in their houses while others were dragged out of their houses by the gunmen, after which they slit their throats.”

He added that “eight people were killed altogether.”

In a text message, military spokesman Musa said the death toll “is yet to be ascertained”.

Boko Haram, which has said it is fighting to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has claimed scores of attacks in Borno state, but criminal groups are also thought to have carried out violence under the guise of the Islamists.

A number of recent attacks in Nigeria’s northeast have seen attackers slit the throats of the victims.

In October, at least 40 students were killed in a massacre at a university housing area in neighbouring Adamawa state, an attack where many of the victims reportedly had their throats slit.

Boko Haram did not claim the student massacre, but many blamed the Islamist group, whose insurgency has left some 3,000 people dead since 2009, including killings by the security forces.

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Afcon: We’re ready for giants, say Cape Verde

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Unfancied Cape Verde say they are ready for the big teams at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after reaching the quarter-finals on their debut.

The Blue Sharks, best known for dumping mighty Cameroon to qualify for this tournament, dramatically edged Angola 2-1 Sunday to advance to the last eight of the competition as Group A runners-up behind South Africa.

While the Cape Verdeans prepare for the round of eight, Angola and former champions Morocco are heading home.

Cape Verde face the winners of Group B — probably Ghana — on February 2 at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in this Indian Ocean city.

“The strongest team in Group B is Ghana and we will probably meet them in the quarter-finals,” said an emotional coach Lucio Antunes, who sang a traditional song as his jubilant squad joined in at a press conference.

“We are ready and happy to play against them because they are one of the best sides in Africa and at this stage of the competition we have to come up against such teams.

“We will keep working well to try and win the next game.”

Vastly experienced skipper Nando put through his own goal against Angola on Sunday before the Blue Sharks rallied to win 2-1 through goals from Fernando Varela and Heldon.

“Emotions are really high, but we hope to continue to take this tournament step by step because we wish to go as far as possible,” said centre-back Guy Ramos.

The Netherlands-based defender said the footballers representing 10 islands off the Senegalese coast are not under pressure and the solidarity in the squad means they could extend the fairy tale run.

“It’s like a crazy dream. But this is not a surprise for us because we know what we are capable of and there is no pressure on us.

“We have some players who can decide a game for us in just a few moments and they did that against Angola.

“And we are not just a group of footballers — we are a family. When you are down, the group lifts you up.”

He added: “We have watched matches in Group B and the top teams are Ghana and Mali.

“It’s likely we will now meet Ghana, but we cannot expect anything less because at this stage we will face only the big teams and we are ready.”

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Mercy Johnson in Aboki remix hype by Ice Prince… thrill or disappointing?

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Enigmatic rapper, Ice Prince got everyone’s attention, fast, a fourth night ago when he announced on social networking site twitter that Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson will be part of a star studded list of artists to remix his currently raving hit song ‘Aboki’

Fans were anxious to listen to this remix not because of any doubt in the talent of Ice Prince to put together a solid collaboration; rather expectations peaked because Mercy Johnson was in the picture.

The remix which also features MI, Wiz kid, Sakodie and Khuli Chana eventually dropped and there have been mixed reaction ever since.

No doubt, many have hailed this song; calling it a powerful collaboration of the masters of minds. Wiz kid, Sakodie, MI, Khuli Chana and of course Ice Prince spat fast paced words that would leave anyone trying to catch up mentally dizzy. It’s a hot baked collaboration that further deepened Aboki‘s intensity and overall quality.

However, one cannot but acknowledge a weak, after taste of disappointment shortly after hearing Mercy Johnson.

Compared to the whole hype, she was barely noticed in the song.

In the thick of his verse, Ice Prince had asked ‘Mercy Johnson will you be my wify?’ to which Mercy replied (not singing) in an auto-tuned clouded background ‘Can’t you see am married’

And that was all!

The song raced on quickly to Wiz kid and others who helped finish the mind blowing song.

Click the link below to watch

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Those in favour argued that it’s still a collaboration with Mercy Johnson however long or short it turned out to be. Others have lashed out out at Ice Prince, calling Mercy Johnson’s inclusion ‘unnecessary’ and a mere stunt to add publicity to the song. To them, this collaboration would have still done well without the actress.

Ice Prince is saying nothing yet about an official video to this release but we expect that should be coming in no distant time.

Have you listened to Aboki remix? Did it meet your expectations and what is your take on Mercy Johnson in the song? Hit us with your comments.

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