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Bill Gates offered Nigeria's House of Reps $10m bribe for speedy passage of compulsory vaccine bill – CUPP alleges Published 2 weeks agoon May 4, 2020 By Samson Atekojo Usman

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The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), on Monday, alleged that it has intercepted a human intelligence report that the Nigeria House of Representatives leadership was poised to forcefully pass the compulsory vaccine bill without subjecting it to the traditions of legislative proceedings.

In a statement issued and signed by the spokesperson of the opposition political parties, Barrister Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere and sent to DAILY POST in Abuja on Monday, the body urged lawmakers in the lower chamber to rise against impunity.

The body in the statement alleged that a sum of $10 million was offered by the American Computer Czar, Bill Gates to influence the speedy passage of the bill without recourse to legislative public hearing, a development they averted as anachronistic, adding that the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila should be impeached if he forces the bill on members.

The statement read:

“Opposition Coalition (CUPP) has intercepted very credible intelligence and hereby alerts Nigerians of plans by the leadership of the House of Representatives led by Femi Gbajabiamila to forcefully and without adherence to the rules of lawmaking to pass the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill 2020 otherwise known as the Compulsory Vaccination Bill which is proposing a compulsory vaccination of all Nigerians even when the vaccines have not been discovered.

“This intelligence is coupled with the information of the alleged receipt, from sources outside the country but very interested in the Bill, of the sum of $10 million by the sponsors and promoters of the Bill to distribute among lawmakers to ensure a smooth passage of the Bill.

“This will manifest in a wishy-washy public hearing which the promoters still insist on cancelling under the pretext of containment of the spread of the coronavirus. The intelligence is that the House will under whatever guise pass the Bill tomorrow 5th May, 2020 upon resumption.

“The Nigeria opposition rejects the Bill and urges opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives to confront the Speaker of the House with these facts tomorrow at plenary and resist every plan to illegally pass the Bill.

“We have been informed that the alleged deal on the passage of the Bill was struck during a trip to Austria a few months back while the financial support for the promotion of the Bill was allegedly received last week to mobilize for a push leading to the hurried attempt to pass the Bill by any means necessary.

“Nigerians are reminded that at present, there is no discovered/approved vaccine anywhere in the world and one now begins to wonder why the hurry to pass a Bill for a compulsory vaccine when there is none.

“What if the world eventually does not find a vaccine or cure for coronavirus just like it has not found a cure for HIV AIDS? What is the hurry in passing a Bill based on speculation or is there anything else the leadership of the House would want to tell Nigerians? Is this bill what will stop the mass deaths and infections rising in Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Gombe, Borno, Kaduna, Ogun, Bauchi and indeed all over the country?

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A new viral disease sweeps Africa

Nigeria warns over mystery disease which has left 15 dead and infected dozens more

Illness causes vomiting, swelling and diarrhoea, government says

the Independent,

9 February, 2020

The Nigerian government has warned of a “strange epidemic” which has left 15 people dead and infected dozens more in less than a week.

The outbreak of the mysterious disease, which causes vomiting, swelling and diarrhoea, was first recorded late last month in Benue State, southeast of the capital Abuja.

By 3 February, “the number of persons affected with the strange endemic has risen to 104”, said Nigerian senator Abba Moro, according to newspaper the Daily Post.

In a Senate resolution, Mr Moro, who represents a district in Benue State, named a number of victims of the disease, who all allegedly died within 48 hours of contracting the illness.

The resolution urged the country’s health ministry to dispatch experts to the centre of the outbreak to find out more about the disease.

It also called for the Nigeria Centres for Disease Control (NCDC) to establish surveillance measures to contain its spread, the Post reported.

Osagie Ehanire, the health minister, said in a briefing on Friday the illness did not appear to be Ebola or Lassa fever – two potentially fatal viruses which occur in West Africa.

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Nor did it appear to be the 2019 novel coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan China and has so far killed more than 700 people.

Mr Ehanire said the NCDC had now activated an emergency response operation in the affected area – with government officials suspecting chemicals used in fishing may be responsible for the sickness, according to the BBC.

He advised Nigerians who may have witnessed cases of the illness to contact the agency for free using the number 0800-970000-10.

The NCDC has been contacted for comment.

Oil prices surge

Oil prices are on their march upwards as Gail Tverberg and others predicted. Couldn’t be anything to do with Peak Oil or the world economy, could it? Lol.

The media seem to have latched onto problems in Nigeria (with a six-month delay). Miraculously, disruptions to Canadian tar sands caused by the fires seem to have had no influence on prices.

But then I’m no expert.

Oil prices surge as Goldman reports supply deficit

RT,

16 May, 2016

Global crude benchmarks are trading at six-month highs after Goldman Sachs analysts said the market is now in supply shortage.

Brent crude prices grew to $49 per barrel during Monday's trading. West Texas Intermediate soared to over $47 per barrel, their highest level since November.

"The oil market has gone from nearing storage saturation to being in deficit much earlier than we expected," Goldman said.

“The market likely shifted into deficit in May, driven by both sustained strong demand as well as sharply declining production,” the bank added.

That prompted the bank to raise its US crude price forecast to $50 a barrel for the second half of 2016 from a $45-estimate in March.

The biggest contributor to Goldman-reported supply shortage was wildfires in Canada's Alberta Province. Among other significant shortfalls are in Nigeria, where militant attacks on oil facilities have squeezed crude exports.

In the US, oil production has contracted to 8.8 million barrels per day (pbd), 8.4 percent down from 2015 peaks, as the country’s crude sector is suffering from low prices.

Supply shortfalls around the world have totaled 3.75 million bpd, wiping the glut that slashed oil prices from $114 per barrel in 2014 to $28 this January, according to Goldman.

The bank has warned the 258-403 million bpd surplus could return in the first half of 2017.

At the same time, OPEC countries continue their struggle for market share, having pumped 32.44 million bpd in April, a 188,000-bpd increase from March.

Global oil reserves are also preventing a full price recovery, according to analysts.

"The inventory buffer may be preventing full price recovery and the market is rightly nervous about the sustainability of outages," said Morgan Stanley, as quoted by Reuters.

Here Are The Oil Market Disruptions That Are Sending Oil Soaring

Zero Hedge,

16 May, 2016

The reason why oil has resumed its ascendant ways today is due to yet another focus, this time from the sellside, on the various disruptions in the oil market, following notes from Goldman, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley according to which the millions in barrels of oil taken offline as a result of the Canada wildfire and persistent Nigerian supply problems will push the market into equilibrium much faster than originally expected.

To be sure, this is nothing new: the mainstream media has been pointing this out for weeks with Reuters highlighting the supply loss in a handy table just last Friday.

Still, now that the sellside is pushing for an even flatter oil strip - recall that Goldman's full note said that while the market may get into balance faster than expected, a surge in low-cost production by OPEC members will result in lower prices in 2017 - the market has no choice but to follow.

So for those who missed it, here is the visual representation of the current oil supply disruptions courtesy of Goldman.

Large supply disruptions have pushed production sharply lower since mid-March
Key planned and unplanned outages since mid-February (kb/d)

This is what Goldman said:

The recent roll-over in production is the result of somewhat offsetting cross currents. (1) Production has rolled over faster than we had expected in China, India and non-OPEC Africa more than offset upside surprises in the US and the North Sea. (2) Transient but recurring disruptions have more than offset larger than expected Iran and Iraq production.And while some of the disruptions will stop such as maintenance, fires and strikes, some are likely systemic, for example in Nigeria, and we now expect production there will remain curtailed for the remainder of the year. Net, this leaves us expecting a sharp decline in 2Q output.

So with the Canadian disruption now contained, the fate of the "oil disruption rally" is now in the hands of Nigerian militants who are responsible for "systemic disruptions" taking about half a million barrels per day offline.

Finally, it is worth reminding what Goldman also said in its note last night, because while the press has focused on the near-term upside catalysts it appears to have forgotten the other side of what Goldman noted, namely the return of chronis oversupply at a time of all time high crude oil inventories.

The inflection phase of the oil market continues to deliver its share of surprises, with low prices driving disruptions in Nigeria, higher output in Iran and better demand. With each of these shifts significant in magnitude, the oil market has gone from nearing storage saturation to being in deficit much earlier than we expected and we are pulling forward our price forecast, with 2Q/2H16 WTI now $45/bbl and $50/bbl.

However, we expect that the return of some of these outages as well as higher Iran and Iraq production will more than offset lingering issues in Nigeria and our higher demand forecast. As a result, we now forecast a more gradual decline in inventories in 2H than previously and a return into surplus in 1Q17, with low-cost production continuing to grow in the New Oil Order. This leads us to lower our 2017 forecast with prices in 1Q17 at $45/bbl and only reaching $60/bbl by 4Q17.

We expect continued growth in low-cost producer output
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Iraq, Iran (crude) and Russia (oil) production (kb/d)

For now, the market only cares about the impact on spot, and as of this moment, WTI is up over 3% back to levels last seen in November of 2015.

Forget the Saudis, Nigeria's the Big Oil Worry

By Julian Lee

Bloomberg,

16 May, 2016

Drag your attention away from the Middle East for a moment. While policymakers have been focused on Saudi Arabia's oil market machinations, what really matters right now is happening 3,000 miles away in the Niger River delta.

The country that was, until recently, Africa's biggest crude producer is slipping back into chaos. A wave of attacks and accidents have hit infrastructure, taking Nigeria's output down to 20-year lows.

Nigeria's Output Woes

Oil prices are responding, rising to their highest in more than six months. Part of this is explained by the International Energy Agency lifting demand estimates this week. But taking both things together, it's easy to doubt whether current oil surpluses are sustainable.With no solution in sight to the problems that beset the delta's creeks and mangrove swamps, production from onshore and shallow-water oil fields looks vulnerable. 

If the latest group of freedom fighters seeks to outdo its predecessors, then deepwater facilities may be at risk too.The Niger Delta Avengers have certainly been busy, forcing Shell's Forcados terminal to shut in about 250,000 barrels of daily exports; and breaching an offshore Chevron facility in the 160,000 barrels per day Escravos system. 

In April, ENI had to declare force majeure -- letting it stop shipments without breaching contracts -- on exports of its Brass River grade after a pipeline fire.

It's hard to see any long-term let-up given Nigeria's record on fixing this problem. The previous wave of discontent, which hit a peak in 2009, only came to an end when President Yar'Adua offered amnesty, training programs and monthly cash payments to nearly 30,000 militants, at a yearly cost of about $500 million. Some leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the militant group, got lucrative security contracts.

But the failure to properly address local grievances means it was only a matter of time before another wave of angry young men took up the fight for a better deal for southern Nigeria. The crisis has been hastened by new president Muhammadu Buhari's termination of the ex-militants' security contracts and his seeking the arrest of former MEND leaders.

The Avengers now say they want independence for the Niger River delta.And it's not as if Nigeria's oil woes are limited to the militants. 

Exxon had to declare force majeure on Qua Iboe exports after a drilling platform ran aground and ruptured a pipeline, while Shell did similar with Bonny Light exports after a leak from a pipeline feeding the terminal.

Nigeria's Export Streams

Four of the five largest streams are partly or totally suspended

Source: Bloomberg

Volumes based on 1Q16 loading programs. Excludes condensate streams.

In its latest report, the IEA assessed the world's need for OPEC crude this quarter at 31.9 million barrels a day, with Nigeria contributing 1.62 million to the group's 32.76 million output in April.

Petromatrix, an oil research group, believes Nigerian production may now be little more than 1 million barrels per day. It won't take much more disruption to tip the global oil balance from surplus to deficit

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Climate change and terrorism in Nigeria

CLIMATE CHANGE FUELS BOKO HARAM

By Nafeez Ahmed

Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown Islamist terror group, continues to rampage across the country with growing impunity. Since its emergence in 2009, the group has killed 20,000 people and forced over 2.5 million Nigerians from their homes.

Women Across Frontiers,
29 February, 2016

Its expansion has been aided by growing ties with more established terrorist networks, especially al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), providing the group with “training and material support” according to the UN Security Council. Last year, Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS), active in parts of Iraq and Syria.

Boko Haram’s Islamist agenda is distinctively anti-women. Over the last three years the group has abducted over 2,000 women and girls, sold them or given them as “reward” to their fighters. Two years ago, the group garnered international notoriety for abducting 276 Nigerian schoolgirls in 2014. Since then, Boko Haram has vowed to ban all girls from attending school so that they can serve the husbands to whom they are—often forcibly—married.

But the brutal oppression of women by Boko Haram is only one dimension of the marginalization of women in Nigeria, which is worsening in the context of the civil conflict, and deepening social crises.

Growth for the few

From 1996 to 2010, the percentage of Nigerians below the national poverty line rose from 65 to 69 percent. In 2010, inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, rose from 0.429 in 2004 to 0.447 in 2010.

Nigerians in rural areas have it worse, with 66 percent of the rural population living below one US dollar a day. “Malnutrition is widespread. Rural areas and disadvantaged groups are particularly vulnerable to chronic food shortages and unbalanced nutrition.”

Women and children are the ones most affected by this extreme poverty. Nigeria is ranked 79 out of 86 in the OECD’s 2012 Social Institutions and Gender Index, and 120 out of 135 countries in the World Economic Forum’s 2011 Global Gender Gap Index. Over a third of all Nigerian children are stunted, and nearly a quarter underweight.

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Africa Economic Outlook report recently concluded that, “Gender gaps are notable in access to education as well as political representation. Although school participation has been improving at the primary level, the proportion of girls enrolled is still lower than boys across all levels of education, with the ratio decreasing at tertiary levels.”

Yet although Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy, “the growth has neither generated employment nor translated into poverty reduction nor addressed inequality in Nigeria,” according to the ADB.

The country’s economic contradictions are an ideal showcase of the failures of IMF and World Bank neoliberal reforms. “Nigeria’s uncritical embrace of Western-style neoliberal economic policy largely undermined the country’s quest for a sustainable economic development,” writes Nigerian scholar, Olumide Victor Ekanad of Redeemers University in Ogun State.

Petrocide

There are two further interlinked systemic pressures in play: resource depletion and climate change.

According to a 2013 report commissioned by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Nigeria’s crude oil production has decreased since its peak in 2005, largely due to the impact of internal conflicts, leading to the withdrawal of oil companies and lack of investments. Since then production has fluctuated along a plateau.

The DFID report noted that new offshore fields might bring additional oil on-stream, surpassing the 2005 peak – but also noted that rising domestic demand “at some point in the future may cut into the amount of oil available for export.”

The drop in investment has been compounded by the new economics of unconventional oil: higher production costs, a supply glut due to the need for faster and more frequent drilling, and consequently lower market prices.

With Nigeria’s population expected to rise from 160 to 250 million by 2025 and oil accounting for some 96 percent of export revenue as well as 75 percent of government revenue. the government has had to adopt harsh austerity measures. 
Sharp reductions in public spending, power cuts, fuel shortages and conditional new loans are likely to exacerbate economic inequalities and stoke further the popular grievances that feed groups like Boko Haram in the North.

This is hardly a new pattern. Nigeria’s history of neoliberal austerity and growth for the few has played a key role in driving young unemployed men into the arms of Islamist militants.

Environmental crisis

Compounding these systemic crises is a factor whose potentially devastating effects we are only beginning to understand: climate change.

Last year, a study in the American International Journal of Social Science found that the inadequacy of the government’s climate adaptation programs led to “exposure of the vast population of farmers in northern Nigeria to harsh environmental effects, consequently generating conflict.”

Study author Chukwuma Onyia, a former staffer in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), argued that “Nigerian’s over-dependency on crude oil rents, coupled with the behavior of political elites and the people-unfriendly market liberalizations foisted on Nigeria by the World Bank and IMF derailed the developmental focus of the state, and increasingly weakened its capacity to adapt to a changing climate, particularly in arid northern Nigeria.”

The failure to respond to Nigeria’s changing climate generated increased drought and desertification, in turn leading to “decreased agricultural production, economic decline; population displacement and disruption of legitimized authoritative institutions and social relations.” The net effect was an acceleration of the attractiveness of groups like “Boko Haram and other forms of Jihadi ideology,” 
resulting in escalating “herder-farmer clashes emanating from the north since 1980s.”

Indeed, the rapid spread of Boko Haram coincided with the shrinking of the region’s Lake Chad from 25,000 km squared in 1963 to less than 2,500 km squared, a phenomenon driven largely by climate change. At this rate, Lake Chad is set to dry up completely within 20 years.

The disappearance of Lake Chad has led millions of people to lose their livelihoods. The result has been a groundswell of discontent, waiting for an outlet.

“Living in poverty in Nigeria’s deeply unequal society, this situation breeds the kind of resentments that make both the educated and uneducated easily attracted to radical new religious movements, particularly those that preach equality and adherence to simple and pure religious values,” writes Ayo Obe, Vice-Chair of the International Crisis Group’s Board of Trustees.

“In this century, Boko Haram has emerged in Maiduguri as a new magnet both for uneducated youths displaced from their traditional livelihoods, and for educated youths attracted to its egalitarian, anti-corruption preaching. Moreover, Boko Haram had shrewdly established economic programs to provide means of employment, augmenting the group’s allure for the region’s disillusioned youth.”

Bullets can’t save lives

But the government has failed to address these deeper issues, focusing instead overwhelmingly on short-sighted military responses. This has led to the indiscriminate killings of innocent civilians and, at times, the deliberate targeting of peaceful protestors.

In a 2015 report, Amnesty International reported that 7,000 men and boys as young as nine have died in Nigerian military detention from starvation, suffocation and torture. A further 1,200 were extrajudicially killed and a total of 20,000 young men and boys as young as nine years old have been arbitrarily arrested and detained by the Nigerian military as part of its ‘war on terror’, mostly without charge.

Women, already facing gender discrimination in Nigeria, now face a worsening predicament caught between the misogyny of Boko Haram and the state’s resort to increasingly brutal and counterproductive counter-insurgency measures.

As Human Rights Watch Watch reports, in responding to Boko Haram attacks, Nigerian security forces have “used excessive force, burned homes, engaged in physical abuse, ‘disappeared’ victims, and extra-judicially killed those suspected of supporting Boko Haram.” Many of the victims of these crimes are women: “Few members of the security forces implicated in serious violations of humanitarian and human rights law, including violations against girls and women, have been prosecuted.”

As Western governments contemplate increasing military aid to Nigeria, they are overlooking the inevitable: the escalating insurgency is largely a symptom of endemic corruption, a failed economic system, and the protracted collapse of state institutions as a result of their inability to provide basic services to its impoverished population.

As these crises tear apart the fabric of Nigerian society, an extremist movement with a simplistic moral certainty and utopian promises is exploiting this deep discontent.