UNBELIEVABLE: NDDC Spends N1.3b to Celebrate Christmas

In pursuit of his anti-graft crusade, President Muhammadu Buhari may have to beam his searchlight on the dirty activities going on in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.

If findings and documents obtained by Vanguard are anything to go by, NDDC is panning out as a cesspool of corruption.

The documents indicate that the agency, which is being supervised by the Presidency through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has brazenly ignored the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, PPA, in the award of contracts for projects and services, thereby allowing its cronies to smile home with huge amounts of public funds.

Over-shooting contract limit
he 2007 PPA sets limits on contracts that key officials of the commission can award; what the board can approve; what should be sent to the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, and what the Federal Executive Council should handle, in the spirit of transparency and accountability.

Under the PPA, the Managing Director of the NDDC, can award contracts that are not above N200 million while the board can approve jobs that are not above N1 billion. Specifically, any job above N1 billion must be subjected to a competitive bidding process and awarded by the FEC after being processed by the BPP, another agency under the Presidency.

Contract-splitting
However, findings show that the NDDC management has chosen to use contract-splitting as a weapon to award huge contracts beyond its limit without passing through the BPP, thereby making it possible for ‘insiders and their associates,’ particularly influential political elements, to make away with billions of Naira from the commission.

Ignored Jonathan’s directive
The commission under the current board, appeared to have ignored ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s directive to it not to award new contracts but to strive to complete abandoned ones so as to clear the backlog of funds being owed local contractors.

Contact bazaar
Contrary to the Presidential directive, the new board embarked on contract bazaar within the first two weeks of its inauguration actively acquiring even second-hand exotic vehicles at the cost of new ones.

Documents at the disposal of Saturday Vanguard show that within its first two weeks the managing director single-handedly issued a local purchasing order, LPO, valued at N888,175,500 million to a Port Harcourt-based car dealer to supply 40 assorted vehicles.

Of the vehicles ordered, four were armoured Sport Utility Lexus and Land-cruiser vehicles valued at N213.8 million. It is not clear when the vehicles were supplied and who is using them.

Shortly after the acquisition of the expensive vehicles, the commission ordered the procurement of security vehicles for the Nigeria Police at the cost of N12.5 billion to enable the police provide adequate security for the nine Niger Delta states of Abia, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Bayelsa, Rivers, Edo, Delta, Edo and Ondo.

However, to prevent the huge contract from getting to the BPP and the FEC for scrutiny and approval, the commission carefully split the supply job into 12 slots and awarded it at the cost of N985 million to each of the contractors.

Not done, the NDDC shortly after awarded another contract worth N2.7b to 30 limited liability companies suspected to be owned by close associates of key officials for what it called “Intelligence-gathering and management.” Each of the 30 firms got N99.7 million from the NDDC for the job which should have been handled by the security agencies.

The contract bazaar was quickly followed by another award of N1.6 billion job carefully split among 85 companies for the ‘procurement, transportation and delivery’ of waste disposal trucks to the commission.

Each of the ‘lucky’ contractors got between N61 million to N835 million depending on the strength of their connections with the top hierarchy of the agency and influential politicians managing the commission.

Internal disagreement
The contract bazaar has even led to some disagreement between the board and some accounting/procurement officials.

In one very despicable case, the commission ignored the professional audit query/advice not to award a ‘Quick-impact’ job valued at N715 million to one person to act as both contractor and consultant.

Brewing trouble
But trouble is currently brewing in the commission following the resolve of some aggrieved management staff and top officials to expose the rot in the establishment, leading to the release of financial malfeasance that has been going on in the place since the last board was inaugurated in November, 2013.

One of the documents indicate that the sum of N1.3 billion was approved and released for NDDC Christian Fellowship and NDDC Children and Disable families end-of-the-year parties.

While the Christian Fellowship reportedly received N500 million, the NDDC children and disable families got N800 million.

The commission is also said to have inexplicably moved the sum of N100 billion from its Access Bank account on Agip Road branch to an undisclosed location, in the heat of the last election, in which Buhari won thereby raising eyebrow among staff and stakeholders.

Petitions
Several petitions have been fired to the Presidency to move against the board and urgently launch a full scale probe into the operations and finances of the NDDC, whose contractual obligations now stand at a frightening N800 billion as of the end of July.

The debt is said to have risen exponentially following the award of frivolous and politically-motivated contracts to individuals and groups by the sacked board in the run-up to the last election.

NIDESTAF petition
One of the petitions now before the Presidency and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC was written by Niger Delta Stakeholders Forum, NIDESTAF.

In the petition dated June 15, 2015 and signed by the President, Benson Georgewill and National Secretary, Timi Oghalle, the stakeholders pleaded with Buhari to urgently raise a probe panel to ascertain the true position of the finances of the NDDC.

The group also asked the President to take steps to retrieve the funds of the commission from those found to have illegally taken them.

Director to brief Buhari
The happenings in the commission are said to have infuriated the supervisory department in the OSFG. It was learned that a director in the Presidency has decided to brief PMB, next week, on the massive fraud in the NDCC so as to clear his name and office.

Woman who Secretly Use Naija Ladies for Prostitution Exposed

Hmm! Desperate ladies from Edo and Delta states, the shame some of you are bringing to us is just too bad. This show of shame has reached the level that mothers now take their daughters by themselves to take demonic oath that would enable them travel out with this woman above for prostitution.

In fact, the big girls are made to take off their clothes in the process. See shocking details below:

According to a reliable source Madam Esther Otubo Nicole (pictured above) is a Human Trafficker who send Nigerian girls into prostitution in Dubai, she videotapes Edo and Delta ladies girls n*de and recruit them into prostitution in the Arab country. A source personally got the video of two different girls.

The email below was received from an anonymous source:

 There Is A Criminal On The Run And We Need To Track Her Down
This criminal is like none that you have come across before. She is a “Madam” and a human trafficker. She takes desperate young Nigerian girls on a s*x slave mission to Dubai or other Middle Eastern countries for prostitution.

Before they leave Nigeria, she would first swear the desperate girls and their mothers to some local shrine in the belief that such would place a curse of sudden death on those girls were they to disobey her.

The total amount she plans to get from each girl is about $30,000. The girl is to prostitute herself and collect money from men and keep giving such money to the woman until she agrees she has received $30,000 from the girl.

This Madam uses blackmail as an additional means of enforcing her plan. She takes avideo recording of each girl, who is made to stand fully n*de. She says to each girl that if she failed to pay her $30,000 when she gets to Dubai or elsewhere, she would release the video tape and that if she paid, she would delete the videotape. These girls apparently agreed to this. I use the word, “apparently” on purpose to raise questions about the voluntariness of these girls’ participation in this, ostensibly, some of these girls have not paid the Madam all the money she demanded of them.

That must have been what led to the Madam releasing these video. I have personally seen videos of three girls in such humiliation. People forwarded them to me in order for me to use DPA to help track down the woman that is behind all this.

A friend of mine and a member of DPA who discussed this with me yesterday over an inbox exchange has already taken some steps. He has contacted the UAE Embassy in Washington and the FBI Crime Alert. That is a reasonable action to take. Any other member of this group who knows what to do about this problem should do so.

Another Email sent in Read:
We Have Identified The Madam/Trafficker Who Videotapes and Blackmails Nigerian ladies in Dubai. We now have her particulars, and we are now seeking to get her arrested in Dubai.

There are many many Nigerian girls suffering under her control. These girls lack the ability to cry out. They are in slavery and bondage [all because of the greed for money]. We must set them free and we must have the Madam arrested.

Madam’s name is Otubo Nicole
Her Phone is: +971 55 837 88 59
City of Residence: She lives in Marina in Dubai
Country of Origin: Nigeria
Relative: She has a daughter who is serving on NYSC in Nigeria
Habit: She is a heavy whiskey drinker.

EXPOSED :IGP confirms Senate Rules forged; says no immunity for Saraki

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has dismissed a suit filed by Senator Gilbert Nnaji of PDP (Enugu East), seeking to stop the police from investigating the alleged forgery of the 2015 Senate Standing Order, as ridiculous, laughable and mere waste of time of the court.

The Rules being investigated was used for the election of the leadership of the 8th National Assembly, which produced Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as Senate President and Deputy.

The IGP, while responding to the suit, through a counter-affidavit, said no court of law in the country has the power to stop the Police from performing its statutory functions of investigating crimes...

He said Saraki, Ekweremadu, including the 72 political office holders covered by provision of section 308 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), is immune from investigation.

IGP Aresa insisted that principal officers of the Senate have no constitutional immunity from investigation.

The police boss urged the Federal High Court in Abuja, to dismiss the suit for want of jurisdiction, adding that investigating the allegation of forgery in the Senate could only strengthen the integrity of the upper legislative house and its leadership.

The police, while confirming the Senate Standing Order 2015 (as amended) was forged, said in its counter affidavit:

“The present Senate has not enacted any standing orders yet. As at the time of inauguration of this present Senate, no standing orders had been made. Till date, no such standing orders have so far been made.

“The practice is that at inauguration, the incoming Senate uses the standing orders of the preceding Senate. The immediate past Senate did not amend the 2011 standing orders and the 2011 standing orders have not yet been amended.”

The document, which was deposed to by Joshua Yohanna, of the Legal/Prosecution department, Force CIID, further averred as follows:

“I know that the plaintiff cannot prove that the so called 2015 standing orders were passed by the preceding Senate. That the so called 2015 standing orders were never made nor passed by the immediate past Senate."

It said the plaintiff knows that the present Senate leadership was not in a position to have passed the 2015 Senate Standing orders before its inauguration.

“The plaintiff knows that it is only after inauguration that the current Senate could pass the Senate standing orders. That what he is bandying about is not an authorised Senate standing order.”

The Police authority then urged Justice Gabriel Kolawole, who was the presiding judge, to throw out the suit as it simply constituted a nuisance.

UNILAG student opens up: I had Sex with 600 Men in one year

How would you describe a lady who slept with over 600 men in one year? You certainly won’t be wrong if you call her a s*x machine. Twenty-four-year-old Be­atrice Okeke (real name withheld), a desperate student performed the feat, as it were.

Indeed, for Beatrice, s*x is a way of life, a daily routine. According to her, she resorted to using what she has to get what she needs when her boyfriend who was sponsoring her education abandoned her following what she claimed were lies told against her by some of her jealous friends.

“My boyfriend whom I met at Onitsha when I went to visit an un­cle was sponsoring my education. We had agreed to get married as soon as possible. Then some people I regarded as friends started peddling lies against me and without confirming if what they were saying was true or false, he called it quits just like that. They told him I had an incurable disease.

So, I decided to help myself because my parents cannot do anything for me...
We are poor. My father used to be a driver but he is now a lumber jack while my mother is a full time housewife. Sometimes, she sells vegetables,” Beatrice explained.

She said that when her boyfriend walked out of the relationship, she got a job in the bar section of a hotel but her take-home pay could barely take her any­where. So, one day, she went to a night­ club with her friends and a man took her to his hotel room. The following morning, the man gave her N15,000 for services rendered and that was how she was hooked into prostitution.

Consider what she said: “They were paying me N10,000 a month and you work late hours. But if you go out to hustle in the night, you can get that kind of mon­ey within a day or two. About 600 men slept with me from last year to this year.”

But Beatrice is now singing a different tune. She said that she later discovered that prostitution is not the right thing for any lady to dedicate her life to. She said that she is tired of warming the beds of different men every night, adding that she wants to settle down and live a proper life.

Below is excerpt of the conversation she had with a reporter: - See more at: http://www.9jaonpoint.com/2015/08/unilag-student-opens-up-i-had-sex-with.html#sthash.hUxic5OL.dpuf

How would you describe a lady who slept with over 600 men in one year? You certainly won’t be wrong if you call her a s*x machine. Twenty-four-year-old Be­atrice Okeke (real name withheld), a desperate student performed the feat, as it were.

Indeed, for Beatrice, s*x is a way of life, a daily routine. According to her, she resorted to using what she has to get what she needs when her boyfriend who was sponsoring her education abandoned her following what she claimed were lies told against her by some of her jealous friends.

“My boyfriend whom I met at Onitsha when I went to visit an un­cle was sponsoring my education. We had agreed to get married as soon as possible. Then some people I regarded as friends started peddling lies against me and without confirming if what they were saying was true or false, he called it quits just like that. They told him I had an incurable disease.

So, I decided to help myself because my parents cannot do anything for me...
We are poor. My father used to be a driver but he is now a lumber jack while my mother is a full time housewife. Sometimes, she sells vegetables,” Beatrice explained.

She said that when her boyfriend walked out of the relationship, she got a job in the bar section of a hotel but her take-home pay could barely take her any­where. So, one day, she went to a night­ club with her friends and a man took her to his hotel room. The following morning, the man gave her N15,000 for services rendered and that was how she was hooked into prostitution.

Consider what she said: “They were paying me N10,000 a month and you work late hours. But if you go out to hustle in the night, you can get that kind of mon­ey within a day or two. About 600 men slept with me from last year to this year.”

But Beatrice is now singing a different tune. She said that she later discovered that prostitution is not the right thing for any lady to dedicate her life to. She said that she is tired of warming the beds of different men every night, adding that she wants to settle down and live a proper life.

Below is excerpt of the conversation she had with a reporter: - See more at: http://www.9jaonpoint.com/2015/08/unilag-student-opens-up-i-had-sex-with.html#sthash.hUxic5OL.dpuf

How would you describe a lady who slept with over 600 men in one year? You certainly won’t be wrong if you call her a s*x machine. Twenty-four-year-old Be­atrice Okeke (real name withheld), a desperate student performed the feat, as it were.

Indeed, for Beatrice, s*x is a way of life, a daily routine. According to her, she resorted to using what she has to get what she needs when her boyfriend who was sponsoring her education abandoned her following what she claimed were lies told against her by some of her jealous friends.

“My boyfriend whom I met at Onitsha when I went to visit an un­cle was sponsoring my education. We had agreed to get married as soon as possible. Then some people I regarded as friends started peddling lies against me and without confirming if what they were saying was true or false, he called it quits just like that. They told him I had an incurable disease.

So, I decided to help myself because my parents cannot do anything for me...
We are poor. My father used to be a driver but he is now a lumber jack while my mother is a full time housewife. Sometimes, she sells vegetables,” Beatrice explained.

She said that when her boyfriend walked out of the relationship, she got a job in the bar section of a hotel but her take-home pay could barely take her any­where. So, one day, she went to a night­ club with her friends and a man took her to his hotel room. The following morning, the man gave her N15,000 for services rendered and that was how she was hooked into prostitution.

Consider what she said: “They were paying me N10,000 a month and you work late hours. But if you go out to hustle in the night, you can get that kind of mon­ey within a day or two. About 600 men slept with me from last year to this year.”

But Beatrice is now singing a different tune. She said that she later discovered that prostitution is not the right thing for any lady to dedicate her life to. She said that she is tired of warming the beds of different men every night, adding that she wants to settle down and live a proper life.

Below is excerpt of the conversation she had with a reporter:
- See more at: http://www.9jaonpoint.com/2015/08/unilag-student-opens-up-i-had-sex-with.html#sthash.hUxic5OL.dpuf

Big Brother Africa 2015 CANCELED?

Big Brother

Popular Television Reality show, Big Brother Africa (BBA) may not be returning this year if this report from Ghana is true.

In an exclusive interview with Manager of Multi Choice Ghana, Anne Sackey,with Razz Newspaper Reporter Mustapha Inusah who published the story on ModernGhana.com, she confirmed that they at Multi Choice Ghana have received notice from MNET that this year’s edition of Big Brother Africa will not come off.

She explained that MNET did not give them any reasons as to why they will not be doing the Big Brother this year, but then, she personally thinks it’s due to sponsorship constraints. In her words: "They didn’t give us any reason though, but I think it’s mainly because of cash constraints as we all know the show is very expensive to put up".

Anne Sackey continued by saying that since the organizers don’t have a constant annual headline sponsor (s) for the show, it becomes difficult sometimes to get sponsors. “They don’t have fix sponsors on the show. Every year the sponsor changes, sometimes it’s Coca­Cola, sometimes MTN and other companies from Ghana have sponsored before" she said. When interrogated further to give more details on whether this is a publicity stunt or not, she stated that MNET is a separate company and that they have their target and strategies so until they write to them, she can’t answer any more questions on their behalf.

TILB Readers, how do you feel about this news?

5 Foods You MUST Avoid Before You Die

You’ve probably heard about foods, which boost your sex drive or raise your sex quotient. But did you also know that there are foods, which can be a total put off when consumed before sex.

We have listed the 5 foods to avoid before sex below….

Beans

Beans are a good source of fibre and proteins for our body. But they also contain a type of sugar that doesn’t digest fast and causes bloating and gas. We can all agree that a gassy and bloating belly is not ideal for sex.

Garlic

Garlic adds extra flavour to our food, but it is really a good idea before sex. It not only has a strong scent which can be an instant turn off but also has starches that can cause bloating.

Cheese

You probably didn’t expect cheese to make it to the list of foods to avoid before sex, but the truth is that cheese can be a smelly nightmare and can turn your partner off. Cheese breath lingers on long after it has been consumed, so skip this food if you want to impress your partner.

Red meat

A fancy steak meal may sound like a perfect night out but you might want to reconsider your choice of meat. Red meat is heavy and can take a long time to digest. This will leave you feeling sluggish and sleepy, which will surely affect your performance in bed.

Peppermint

While you might think that chomping on a peppermint for fresh breath is a good idea before sex, studies show that the menthol present in peppermint can reduce testosterone levels and this can affect your sex drive.

 

SHOCKING PHOTOS: Boy With Giant Hand Found Begging On Lagos Street

This young boy was spotted around Ikeja,Lagos roundabout .

He is suffering from elephantiasis,a disease usually common in India.It causes unusual swelling of the limbs and legs...According to reports on twitter,he came seeking for help all the way from the North ..

Unfortunately,no further details were provided..Hope he gets help soon..So sad..