Meet 10-Year-Old Nigerian Girl Studying In a UK University

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaBrdGDza5lRjuMpzU0er0tpFAbt5YH_Fl5PWy3TO8clTLSkiRemfMBkZS__Dwtvpu9Ady00c9XaUyaDOE9SnEJETPZN5XKtRNaPdEHhtfLHVUV_DvnQ2E6zOCYYPrE74ukbkgurMAEYB/s1600/Esther-UK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaBrdGDza5lRjuMpzU0er0tpFAbt5YH_Fl5PWy3TO8clTLSkiRemfMBkZS__Dwtvpu9Ady00c9XaUyaDOE9SnEJETPZN5XKtRNaPdEHhtfLHVUV_DvnQ2E6zOCYYPrE74ukbkgurMAEYB/s1600/Esther-UK.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Meet the 10 year old Nigeria child who lives in Britain and who has just been admitted to a university in the UK for a Mathematics degree. For some peope this may sound like a tale of tells but it is real.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At her young age Esther Okade who lives in Walsall, UK still plays with toys like any other 10 year old child.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She is the first youngest African at that age to be admitted to a university to pursue a degree in Mathematics. She will be attending the Open University.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Esther Okade is so brilliant that she is said to be the top student in her class already scoring 100% in the recent exams.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Esther has always wanted to go to University and for her being given an opportunity at the Open University of Britain is like a dream come true. She’s so ambitious that she wants to get a first class honors degree and run her own bank.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Esther’s mother has been encouraging her and says the process of her daughter joining the university has been quite interesting.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Credit: <a href="http://cctv-africa.com/2015/03/05/the-10-year-old-who-just-joined-university/">CCTV Africa</a></b></div>

Meet 10-Year-Old Nigerian Girl Studying In a UK University

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Official Lies: Morocco Recalls Ambassador From Nigeria

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9xQdMv-D2x1H_e-Wt0uwxGEMvZs5ODcocxnm1CZkdycKuATejrRfTDr8KN7oAkh8HMnjuAlUgwnM9edRRmvlYxuma31D0UAbHvDGSIVObio3cDitNZg-qQOR18UJAS8JoUOIGGOksa4s/s1600/GEJ+Marroc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9xQdMv-D2x1H_e-Wt0uwxGEMvZs5ODcocxnm1CZkdycKuATejrRfTDr8KN7oAkh8HMnjuAlUgwnM9edRRmvlYxuma31D0UAbHvDGSIVObio3cDitNZg-qQOR18UJAS8JoUOIGGOksa4s/s1600/GEJ+Marroc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and Morocco worsened Tuesday as the North African country announced the immediate recall of its Ambassador from Abuja, following a statement by the Nigerian government that the Moroccan monarch did not snub President Goodluck Jonathan as widely reported last week.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> King Mohammed VI turned down a request by Mr. Jonathan for a telephone conversation and possibly, an invitation to Nigeria, describing the move as “inappropriate”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Moroccan Foreign Ministry said the request was a devious move by Mr. Jonathan to curry electoral favour than a genuine diplomatic move.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The request by Nigerian authorities for a phone conversation between HM King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President was refused by the Monarch who deemed it inappropriate on grounds of the upcoming elections in Nigeria,” the statement, issued last week, read.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, on Monday, the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement refuting the claim of the Moroccans.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Nigerian foreign ministry claimed that King Mohammed IV of Morocco spoke to President Jonathan from France where he had gone for a visit.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also denied that the phone call was intended to confer electoral gains on Mr. Jonathan who faces a crucial electoral challenge from an invigorated opposition in two weeks.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Since the King was in France and not in Morocco, both leaders spoke extensively over the telephone on matters of mutual interest and concern that have nothing to do with the conduct of re-scheduled elections in Nigeria.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “It is therefore preposterous to suggest that Mr President’s telephone call to the Moroccan monarch was intended to confer any electoral advantage on the President,” the statement read.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The North African nation responded furiously Tuesday, denying the claim by the Nigerian authorities, and recalling its ambassador from Nigeria.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The office of Mohammed VI denied the King ever spoke to the Nigerian president. It issued a statement describing Nigeria’s claim that a discussion took place between King Mohammed and President Jonathan as “unethical practices.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The statement said it wished to state in the “clearest and strongest terms” that “there has never been a phone conversation” between the two leaders.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The King’s Office categorically denies the false allegations made by Nigerian authorities about an alleged phone conversation between the Sovereign and Nigerian President,” the statement said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Moroccan foreign ministry also rejected the position of its Nigerian counterpart in a separate statement.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The king has actually declined the request of the Nigerian government because it is part of the internal electioneering and this country’s fundamentally hostile positions with regard to the territorial integrity of the Kingdom,” the ministry said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The kingdom of Morocco expresses its astonishment and denunciation to these unethical practices that are contrary to the spirit of responsibility that must prevail in relations between states.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Morocco said it was recalling its ambassador for “further consultations”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Nigeria and Morocco have a history of frosty diplomatic relation due to the former’s support and recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic declared by the separatist group, the Polisario Front.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Polisario Front, which is backed by Morocco’s neighbour, Algeria, seeks an independence for the Western Sahara region of Morocco, a move the Monarch has violently resisted.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While Nigeria’s foreign ministry claimed the conversation took place, a top official of the government confirmed to <b>PREMIUM TIMES</b> that indeed President Jonathan was rebuffed by the Moroccan leader.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The official, who requested that his identity be protected, however denied that the president’s proposed telephone call had to do with politics. He said Mr. Jonathan had earlier spoken to Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and also wanted to reach out to Morocco on issues of mutual interest.</div>

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I've Not Returned and Will Not Return to PDP, I'm in APC to Stay - Atiku

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHudptcEVYDixtY3qwyzBcJwx9pq2TEB4jcbkrJePtCu4bv1uso8c8fz0hdGTZ3SNvwRg-J1w5NbIbdsEyLcpniIreUN4Tqo3c_b3f2itzK2TXBq-5GBfhmT0Py9YEsZV18j6JNZCeRQK/s1600/Atiku.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHudptcEVYDixtY3qwyzBcJwx9pq2TEB4jcbkrJePtCu4bv1uso8c8fz0hdGTZ3SNvwRg-J1w5NbIbdsEyLcpniIreUN4Tqo3c_b3f2itzK2TXBq-5GBfhmT0Py9YEsZV18j6JNZCeRQK/s1600/Atiku.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, has said that his commitment to the APC and the success of its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, and other candidates of the party in the 2015 general elections is unwavering and never been up for bargaining.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The former Vice President made the assertion against the backdrop of media reports of his purported return to the fold of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I remain irrevocably committed to the APC, as I promised in my concession speech at the conclusion of our party’s presidential primaries, and has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the victory of General Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates of our great party at the general elections,” the former Vice President is quoted to have said. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A statement by the Atiku Media Office in Abuja on Tuesday said that reports of Atiku’s purported return to the PDP or any other party is the handiwork of mischief makers focused on pitching the former Vice President against other leaders of the opposition party.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Atiku said that for the avoidance of doubt he is unequivocally committed to the unity of APC and that it will take more than the antics of mischief makers to break that bond.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Atiku noted that his return from Adamawa, where he convened a meeting and reconciled disagreeing camps within the party, towards ensuring victory for the APC, bears eloquent testimony of this commitment.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The statement reminded that the former Vice President currently supports the financial operations of the APC in many states, in most cases as a sole financier.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “I have backed my words and commitment with my resources to ensure that I bring my influence and support to bear on our party’s march to victory at all levels in the general election. That should be enough to shut up mischief makers bent on derailing the APC’s success at the March 28 and April elections,” he said. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Atiku Media Office observed that as one of Nigeria’s astute politicians and businessmen, there may be overtures from across political divides to the former Vice President, but restated that Atiku Abubakar has publicly stated his commitment to the APC and has privately rebuffed the approaches from all quarters. </div>

I've Not Returned and Will Not Return to PDP, I'm in APC to Stay - Atiku

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MUST WATCH VIDEO: The Obasanjo Interview You Must See

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbaNSUlCH2ZNJYGwpcbumk_rujw1DDDlDx2XoNLFEDjC7OpiwF8yzuoqJfyBMknrepiY4S0ifv5mZwD97Gg16aOxcEbgL80TEJEim7WYqH9-fiDPh5PCuYFXwVVcMWdc3kLsWXqxaLEvk/s1600/OBJ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbaNSUlCH2ZNJYGwpcbumk_rujw1DDDlDx2XoNLFEDjC7OpiwF8yzuoqJfyBMknrepiY4S0ifv5mZwD97Gg16aOxcEbgL80TEJEim7WYqH9-fiDPh5PCuYFXwVVcMWdc3kLsWXqxaLEvk/s1600/OBJ.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In this interview, former President Olusegun Obasanjo talks on Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan, Biafra, his book and many more.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It's a must watch. Find a seat and enjoy it.</div> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/llT7eOtod2I" width="640"></iframe>

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How PDP Thugs Held Vice President Sambo Hostage In Kano

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffwO7eUXhuFsceT9d7dqhlkZG7wy0_17aEpnCVjLreDDftvqxIVuZVNRbfsj3MFo6YjfhauvIDmxcYbxJZ1L_ZTQyhozJ2-TImd6haXXuLZPru8bjlFJJcqBe2FZwHfIMUro1GhAebdyg/s1600/Namadi+Sambo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffwO7eUXhuFsceT9d7dqhlkZG7wy0_17aEpnCVjLreDDftvqxIVuZVNRbfsj3MFo6YjfhauvIDmxcYbxJZ1L_ZTQyhozJ2-TImd6haXXuLZPru8bjlFJJcqBe2FZwHfIMUro1GhAebdyg/s1600/Namadi+Sambo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Vice President, Namadi Sambo had a raw deal in the hands of suspected PDP thugs in Kano on Monday when he was held hostage by hoodlums for twenty minutes before a negotiated settlement.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The incident which occurred at the Bayero University Kano (BUK) old campus shortly after the number two citizen rounded up official engagement in the university took the intervention of the Assistant Inspector General of police in charge of zone 1, Tambari Yabo before the Vice President regained his freedom.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The high risk drama began when dozens of heavily armed thugs posing as loyal party men beat the security cover around the Vice President and bare there fang before him.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Like a well rehearsed script, some of the thugs in unison chorused on top of there voices '<i>Bamuayi Bamuayi Bamuayi'</i> which meant “we are no longer with you”, while other shouted <i>'mungaji da aiki banza'</i>, meaning ‘we are tired of the job’.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The visibly shocked Sambo pulled himself together and before he could utter a word, an equally embarrassed AIG Tambari Yabo ordered his men to disarm the protesting thugs.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The thugs sensing the full implications of resisting the disarmament order by the top corp gave up there arms that paved way for negotiated settlement.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, it was at this juncture that top PDP stalwarts in the Vice President entourage moved in and demanded to know from ‘the boys’ why they chose to embarrass the August visitor.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The thugs struggling to explain their position told the Vice President how they had risked their life to keep PDP in the state, as they lamented that “no one has paid them a dime despite promises’.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The party officials were therefore directed by the Vice president to attend to their needs and save the party public embarrassment.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At the end of the public show of shame, the police handed off seized weapons as the thugs rejoined the Vice president convoy and headed to other areas of engagement in the city.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When contacted whether the police had effected arrest in line with the tough posture of ensuring violence free election, the Zonal Police Public Relations officer, ASP Rabilu Ringim requested for time to ascertain the matter.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As at press time; there was no words from him as further calls to his GSM line was not connecting.</div>

How PDP Thugs Held Vice President Sambo Hostage In Kano

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LEAKED!!! How Jonathan Awarded $500 Million Defense Contract To Arthur Eze For Purchase of Used Helicopters

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9lz60ghnnPTqN8nxXaWJkXrSVoi__GjvUyfdcqktVUcOkXHaFI3eskQPSPOesfv8Pc9o7ZsaxFjIoILeqwnNdSgfC0V9EmSHlk-tEmHEBdxmq8YwoTdvtASbS-85KWAI5XLSZTshPw-N/s1600/goodluck_jonathan_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9lz60ghnnPTqN8nxXaWJkXrSVoi__GjvUyfdcqktVUcOkXHaFI3eskQPSPOesfv8Pc9o7ZsaxFjIoILeqwnNdSgfC0V9EmSHlk-tEmHEBdxmq8YwoTdvtASbS-85KWAI5XLSZTshPw-N/s1600/goodluck_jonathan_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>SaharaReporters has obtained documents relating to a scandalously inflated $500 million defense contract that President Goodluck Jonathan awarded to Arthur Eze, a Nigerian businessman with a shady past, a close friend of the president and his wife, and a major financier of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Our security sources said some officers of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) were furious over the jumbo contract described by one source as “a pure waste.” The sources, most of them military personnel, told our correspondent that, in addition to its sheer extravagance, the contract has also saddled the Nigerian military with helicopters that have limited or no combat utility.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The documents obtained by our correspondent reveal that Mr. Eze, the chief executive of Triax, received the gigantic sum of $466.5 million in order to weaponize six Puma helicopters with the aid of an Israeli company named Elbit Systems. This meant that each weaponized helicopter cost close to $78 million. “For the price of each helicopter provided by Engineer Arthur Eze, the Air Force could have acquired seven top grade military helicopters,” said one of our sources.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Our sources also noted that the haste with which the contract was initiated, approved and executed raised serious questions. A memo dated November 20, 2014 and submitted by the Chief of Air Staff, A.N. Amosu, revealed that Mr. Eze had on November 4, 2014 submitted a proposal to the office of the National Security Adviser proposing to supply the upgraded helicopters to the NAF. The tone of Mr. Eze’s letter, obtained by us, indicated that he was deeply involved in sourcing and supplying hardware to the Nigerian military as it is embroiled in a fight against Boko Haram militants.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> An Air Force officer said he was alarmed at the alacrity with which Mr. Eze’s overinflated proposal was approved by the NSA’s office. The NAF followed with an equally quick endorsement sixteen days later.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One of our sources accused President Jonathan and Mr. Eze of using the refusal of the US to sell Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria as an excuse to engage in a large-scale squandering of funds involving the Federal Government and Mr. Eze’s company, the Triax Company Nigeria Limited. “In the US, a brand new AH Cobra attack helicopter costs around $12 million each,” said a source at the NAF. He added: “That means that, with $400 million, Nigeria could have purchased up to 40 brand new helicopters.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to the source, the Cobra attack helicopter is one of the best US-made helicopters. “It is highly effective in the battlefield. It would have given us big battlefield advantage over Boko Haram,” he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In an additional proposal, Mr. Eze’s company sought to purchase 4,000 57mm S5 rockets, 400 80mm S8 rockets, 500 general-purpose bombs, and 20,000 units of unguided rockets. His company also received a contract to refurbish three C-130 planes that had been sitting at the hanger of the Nigerian Air Force for several years.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A final invoice Mr. Eze submitted to the Nigerian government showed that he would receive $466, 500,000 to supply six upgraded Puma helicopters, four units of single-seater Sukhoi Su-25K (“Frog-foot”) Soviet-made ground attack jets, and two upgraded Su-25UB trainers for $330 million. In addition, he would receive $14 million for the shipping of platforms/ground support/line replacement of the six Puma helicopters; $44 million for some arms and ammunition earlier proposed; $37 million for the maintenance of C-130 engines, and $40 million for unspecified armaments for the NAF.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Our military sources stated that Mr. Eze’s invoice for the supply of the refurbished aircraft was massively inflated by international and Nigerian standards.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Several of the sources said Triax delivered the substandard equipment after Mr. Eze further padded the cost of the refurbished helicopters and the C-130. The sources revealed that, since February 15, 2015, when Chief of Air Staff Amosu showed off the helicopters and C-130 planes, none of the aircraft has been deployed even once to fight Boko Haram militants. “They are not in any combat-ready condition,” one officer fumed. “We are looking at a total waste of money for no good reason.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> SaharaReporters could not ascertain from Mr. Amosu whether the Air Force had taken delivery of the other items listed on the invoice Mr. Eze had signed and submitted to the NSA’s office.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Eze’s partners in the defense deals is Elbit Systems, an Israeli company that has been involved in several scandalous defense contracts in Nigeria, including a multimillion dollar internet spying project.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Our sources wondered why the Nigerian government, which is in a critical stage of counter-insurgency operations against Islamist group Boko Haram, would strike such an overinflated deal with Mr. Eze’s firm to purchase antiquated helicopters and other equipment that were virtually discarded by Romania.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One clear answer may be found in the fact that Mr. Eze is one of the biggest personal financiers of Mr. Jonathan’s re-election. The businessman, who also controls huge interests in oil fields both in Nigeria and other West African countries, has been funneling millions of dollars into Mr. Jonathan’s campaign, said an insider PDP source. The businessman is extremely close to Mr. Jonathan and is reportedly well liked by First Lady Patience Jonathan because of his lavish presents to her, including million dollar gifts.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Eze is a big-spending billionaire who is an expert at ingratiating himself with those in power. During the brutal dictatorship led by the late General Sani Abacha, Mr. Eze became one of the closest confidantes of the general and his wife. He received a huge windfall when Mr. Abacha handed him the $120 million contract for rural electricity and water projects in the southeastern states. Even though the contract sum was borrowed from the African Development Bank, Mr. Eze pocketed the money without doing any of the projects, a scandal that led to the firing of the bank’s chief executive.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At the height of Mr. Abacha’s repression, Mr. Eze used to fly traditional rulers from the southeast on frequent visits to pledge loyalty to the dictator in Abuja. The TRIAX executive even stated once that he would go into exile if Mr. Abacha gave up power to an elected government.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Eze warmed his way to President Olusegun Obasanjo. As Mr. Obasanjo sought to change the constitution to extend his tenure, Mr. Eze was a vociferous supporter of the scheme.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> His closeness to President Jonathan and his wife has brought him more riches through inflated contracts and great political clout. At the urging of Mr. Jonathan and his wife, the PDP national headquarters in Abuja allowed Mr. Eze to determine most of those announced as winners of PDP primaries for Federal legislative seats in the southeast, but especially in his home state of Anambra. In most cases, the businessman’s candidates were declared winners of primaries that were either not held or were heavily manipulated.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://saharareporters.com/2015/03/10/how-jonathan-awarded-500-million-defense-contract-arthur-eze-purchase-refurbished">SAHARAREPORTERS</a></b> report the BIG SCANDAL with pictorial evidence:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMxn-L80QpTGtZ4ep1cK5IAhQDBxxUv-f5bWe3ixluLaM_5ECTpEexiLKR1_E6mh4sqKcgclVPEKiibOMDzfJWuRv2zPEAKy1qML_qFZwtApV7utkBPGKs5mLUZ-l3AFdhfnB7NtxWtpE/s1600/GEJ+naf+fraud0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMxn-L80QpTGtZ4ep1cK5IAhQDBxxUv-f5bWe3ixluLaM_5ECTpEexiLKR1_E6mh4sqKcgclVPEKiibOMDzfJWuRv2zPEAKy1qML_qFZwtApV7utkBPGKs5mLUZ-l3AFdhfnB7NtxWtpE/s1600/GEJ+naf+fraud0.jpg" width="494" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6DgFCxA9-m3Iep7Yff_nDZgCLxjl2nRRZhSXzQeVuZRUfia108NdZrncQyEg_x5i_mdtAkym0QdKrO0FKaYdZjb9Pa36qqXZPpn12RGfBPDKi-_qEmiIB0IlWFKWEwqY38bN1G4rotSH/s1600/GEJ+naf+fraud1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6DgFCxA9-m3Iep7Yff_nDZgCLxjl2nRRZhSXzQeVuZRUfia108NdZrncQyEg_x5i_mdtAkym0QdKrO0FKaYdZjb9Pa36qqXZPpn12RGfBPDKi-_qEmiIB0IlWFKWEwqY38bN1G4rotSH/s1600/GEJ+naf+fraud1.jpg" width="494" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br />

LEAKED!!! How Jonathan Awarded $500 Million Defense Contract To Arthur Eze For Purchase of Used Helicopters

SaharaReporters has obtained documents relating to a scandalously inflated $500 million defense contract that President Goodluck Jonath...

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