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Some security operatives attached to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, are currently groaning under heavy debts as a result of the stoppage of their special allowance referred to as the Risk Cautious Allowance. Under former President Goodluck Jonathan, all the security agents enjoyed the allowance up until March, 2015, while his administration left those of April and May, 2015, unpaid. They have not been paid the monthly allowance since May 2015 when the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari came on board despite repeated promises made to them on the issue. The security officers include those of the Nigerian…
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President Muhammadu Buhari speaking at the Official Opening Ceremony of the China-Nigeria Business Forum in Beijing, China President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that technical committees be immediately established to finalize discussions on new joint Nigeria/China rail, power, manufacturing, agricultural and solid mineral projects. The president gave the directive Tuesday in Beijing after talks between his delegation and high-ranking Chinese government officials led by President Xi Jinping, his spokesman, Garba Shehu said in a statement. The technical committees are to conclude their assignments before the end of May. President Buhari had at the talks welcomed China’s readiness to assist Nigeria in…
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Amaechi/Senate Budget Controversy Don’t Resign, PDP Tells Amaechi The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has called on the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi not to heed the call by the National Assembly to apologize for his mischievous flippancy or resign from office. The State PDP hinges its position on the high regard the All Progressives Congress, APC led federal government has for him as an indispensable asset and his taunted closeness to the Presidency. The State PDP Chiarman, Bro. Felix Obuah wondered why a mere controversy over a ministry’s budget that is an…
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In recent times, I have heard many counsels and advices requesting believers and Christians in general to pray for their government and political leaders instead of criticise their activities. The base is that all government are of God. One would not want to argue the importance of that request to pray. However, I need cover in this article that prayers are enhanced by the commitment of a government to do the right thing. That is what you might call “Faith without works is dead.” Do we so quickly forget that we read a bible where God kicked off leaders…
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The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi not to heed the call by the National Assembly to apologize or resign, following the brickbats between the legislative arm and the executive, over the removal of the Calabar–Lagos rail project from the final 2016 budget. Presidency officials, yesterday, however, affirmed that the rail project was in the budget but removed by the committees of Appropriation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Rivers PDP, in a statement on Tuesday, by its Chairman, Bro. Felix Obuah, hinged…
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Nigeria agrees currency swap with China to shore up naira, help fund deficit China’s national flag is seen in front of a poster explaining the design of new 100 yuan banknote at a branch of a commercial bank at a business district in Beijing, China. Lin said a framework on currency swaps has been agreed with Nigeria, making it easier to settle trade deals in yuan. China has signed currency swap deals with countries ranging from Kazakhstan to Argentina as it promotes wider use of its yuan. Beijing also signed agreements to develop infrastructure in Nigeria, part of…
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In a White House memo dated Tuesday, January 28, 1969 to President Nixon, former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger describes the Igbos as “the wandering Jews of West Africa-gifted, aggressive, westernized, at best envied and resented, but mostly despised by their neighbors in the federation”(foreign relations document, volume E-5, documents on Africa 1969-1972). Kissinger’s description aptly portrays the Christian Igbos and their experience in Nigeria. Over the years, the Igbos have been the victims of numerous massacres, that they have lost count. Most of the violence directed against the Igbos have been state sponsored. One can say that the…
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Says OPC will mobilise house-to-house for Jonathan Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, and National Chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has asked Nigerians to brace up for years of nightmares, if they fail to re-elect President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 polls. Speaking at his Century Hotels, Okota office, while receiving Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, yesterday, Fasehun said Jonathan deserves re-election on account of his achievements since coming to power. He recalled the reign of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Major-General…
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It’s the start of the week and the world has been hit by arguably the largest data leaks in history: The Panama Papers. The Panama Papers consists of leaked data from Mossack Fonseca (Mossfon), a Panamanian law firm/offshore provider. Leaked documents shows that Mossack Fonseca has worked together with clients to launder money, shield off wealth, skirt around tax, engage in arms and drug deals and sanction evasion. The company’s director, Ramon Fonseca, stated to Reuters in an interview that the firm has set up over 240,000 offshore companies. The ‘vast majority’, as Fonseca mentioned, have been used for…
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” I repeat, the Calabar-Lagos rail line was never in any versions of the 2016 budget. And we have told Amaechi, to produce his version of the budget; the line and head that captured the Calabar-Lagos rail line. This is the third day, and he is still looking for it. There were a lot of errors in the budget which we fixed. For instance, the appropriation for the EFCC building was increased from N1 billion to N6 billion Naira. The East-West road was technically abandoned, and we increased funding for it. How can Amaechi be ranting, that he single…
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The member representing Ethiope East constituency in Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Evans Ivwurie, yesterday, recounted how he and security operatives in the area, chased Fulani herdsmen who were in the habit of attacking farmers in the area into the forest on foot. The lawmaker while giving details of his “Operation arrest, meet and engage their sponsor” campaign, said that instead of waiting for the Federal Government to combat the incessant attacks by herdsmen in the area, he had decided to take the bull by the horn and go after them rather than wait for the herdsmen to attack…
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When Dauda Yama retrieved his mobile phone from a neighbour’s house in January this year, he noticed a missed call from his daughter Saratu who had been missing for almost two years. The last time he spoke with Saratu was on April 14, 2014, when she rang to say men from the Islamist group Boko Haram had loaded her and her classmates from the Government Girls’ Secondary School in Chibok in northeast Nigeria onto trucks. Attempts to reach her again failed and two years on, 219 girls abducted that night remain missing, despite a global campaign, #bringbackourgirls involving celebrities…
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Intelligence agencies from different states were using the services of Mossack Fonseca, a Panama firm selling offshore companies, for years to conceal their activities, a German newspaper said Tuesday. Mossack Fonseca is currently in the center of an international tax avoidance scandal. It allegedly helped the rich and powerful evade taxes using offshore companies. According to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, secret agents and informants across the world, including the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) mediators, widely used the services of the firm and opened shell companies to conceal their activities. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) logo is displayed in…
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Only three members of President Buhari’s Federal Executive Council have access to President Buhari, investigations have revealed. The three ministers, former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Abdulrahman Dambazzau and former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, It is gathered are the privileged trio who barely enjoy access to the President. More recently, Minister of Budget and National Planning Udoma Udo Udoma has been seen at frequent meetings with the President owing to the 2016 budget scandal which portrayed the Nigerian presidency as incompetent and uncoordinated. President Buhari’s style of governance has…
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Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo Amid speculations of a possible exclusion from the Morgan Stanley Capital International Frontier Markets Index, Nigerian equities raced southwards on Monday. The Nigerian Stock Exchange’s market capitalisation dropped by N234bn to N8.478tn from N8.712tn at the close of trading on Monday. Index provider, MSCI, is seeking feedback from investors on the ease of access to the Nigerian equity market, a move that could lead to the country being excluded from the MSCI Frontier Markets Index. The consultation followed the introduction of restrictions on foreign currency trading, MSCI said in a…
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Zakzaky- Iranian Shiite The Kaduna State Government yesterday revealed that 347 persons were killed during the December 12 Shiite/Nigerian Army clash in Zaria. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Balarabe Lawal, disclosed this in a government submission at the ongoing Public Hearing of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the clash. Lawal, who led a six-man government witnesses before the panel, said that 191 corpses were taken from the Nigerian Army Depot, Zaria, and were buried in Mando area in Kaduna. He said 156 corpses were also conveyed from Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, to…
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I was invited to a Roundtable on Corruption by the Law Faculty of the University of Lagos, only to discover that some “Buharideens” had highjacked the occasion and were inclined to use it as a platform to promote the onslaught of “democratic dictatorship” in Nigeria. The topic was on corruption in Nigeria, but the mast-head in the hall was more specific. It read: “Winning the War against Corruption. This was easily seized on by government agents to imply that Buhari was well on the way to dealing a mortal blow to corruption in Nigeria. War Against Liberty The composition…
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Meanwhile, the Senate Committee Chairman on Land Transportation, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, maintained that the railway project was accommodated in the budget but was surprised that it was removed. Senator Ashafa said: “I confirm that the Lagos to Calabar rail line was not in the original document that was presented to the National Assembly by the Executive. However, subsequently at the budget defence session before the Senate Committee on Land Transport, the Minister for Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, did inform the committee of the omission of the Lagos to Calabar rail modernisation project and indeed sent a supplementary copy of the…
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The Senate, yesterday, gave what it described as a final warning to the presidency on its dealings with the legislative branch of government, affirming that it would no longer tolerate the presidency blaming the legislature for its failures. The assertion which was a direct fallout from brickbats over the removal of the Calabar – Lagos rail project from the final budget, came as presidency officials, yesterday, affirmed that the rail project was in the budget but removed by the committees of Appropriation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Lagos-Calabar rail The claim which was stoutly rebuffed by…
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) recruited five directors secretly at a time its revenue generation dropped by N2.17 trillion in 2015, investigation has shown. The directors’ recruitment was not advertised to enable other eligible Nigerians to apply, an act which is in violation of the federal character principles, sources said. The situation is now raising dust among staff at the revenue agency who are concerned about the consequences of such development. President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Tunde Fowler as acting executive chairman of the FIRS in August 20, 2015. Three of the new directors hail from the south-west region,…
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The Nigerian Senate has asked the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi, to resign his appointment as Minister or apologize to the Senate and Nigerians over the Lagos-Calabar rail project that has generated a lot controversies in the last 48 hours. Members of the National Assembly and the presidency have been at loggerheads after media reports alleged that the National Assembly members had removed the Lagos-Calabar rail project from the budget presented to it by President Buhari. The reports alleged that the National Assembly members diverted the money meant for the said project to the Lagos-Kano project, favoring the Northern…
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Libya tumbled into chaos after the US and others intervened to protect civilians US President Barack Obama has said failing to prepare for the aftermath of the ousting of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi was the worst mistake of his presidency. Mr Obama was answering a series of questions on the highs and lows of his time in office on Fox News. He said, however, that intervening in Libya had been “the right thing to do”. The US and other countries carried out strikes designed to protect civilians during the 2011 uprising. But after the former Libyan leader was killed,…
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Press ReleaseApril 11, 2016 The Senate today (Monday, April 11) advised the Presidency to come clean with Nigerians on the 2016 Budget and stop engaging in surreptitious campaigns of calumny against the Senate in order to cover up its serial errors. Reacting to claims in the media credited to the Executive arm of government on the 2016 budget, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, in a statement in Abuja, said the National Assembly had bent backwards to wring a coherent document out of the excessively flawed and chaotic versions of the budget proposal…
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A former Aviation Minister, Femi-Fani Kayode has disagreed with the Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, that former president, Goodluck Jonathan should be held responsible for Nigeria’s current economic challenges. Speaking in Kano state on Saturday, while hosting Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president, the Emir blamed the current hardship faced by Nigerians on Jonathan and the way he handled the affairs of the country when he was president. But in a swift reaction, Fani-Kayode took to his Twitter handle to describe Sanusi’s statement as “popycock,” which means nonsense, garbage or has no merit. “The Emir…
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The performance of the current administration under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has being rated ‘very poor and unimpressive’. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, who made this remark on Sunday, said his party had dashed the hope of many Nigerians with its change promises. He also warned the party against repeating the mistakes made by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which led to its ouster from power during the 2015 general election. Baraje, a close ally of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, while speaking during a media briefing in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital,…
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Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson says the death of Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha will not deter the Ijaws and people of the Niger Delta, but will rather serve as a catalyst for them to join other democratic forces to fight against injustice and oppression in Nigeria. Governor Dickson spoke at a commendation service organised in honour of the departed former governor of the state at Amassoma at the weekend, which had in attendance former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, his wife, Dame Patience, Dr Rachael Seriake Dickson, PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Ali Modu-Sheriff, National Assembly members, including former…
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Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col Muhammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd), Tuesday, triumphed at the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) Court in the first leg of his court action challenging his alleged unlawful arrest and detention without trial since December last year by the federal government. Against the objection of government, the international court in Abuja ruled that it has jurisdiction to entertain the suit brought before it by Dasuki for the enforcement of his fundamental rights to liberty and to own property as enshrined in the provisions of the Nigerian 1999 constitution and African Charter on fundamental…
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I am always depressed and very angry any time President Muhammadu Buhari blames the previous regimes for Nigeria’s existing economic woes and the deficiencies of his 11-month administration. Our president has spent the last 11 months telling us stories about how the country was badly managed in the past 16 years. The man who was voted to bring about ‘change’ has spent virtually the last 11 months blaming his predecessors while the country wallows in darkness, unending fuel queues, poverty, disease, hunger, unemployment and malnutrition. For me, this ‘waste’ mantra is a mere propaganda to cover up the failings…
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Abdulmumin Jibrin, Chairman of the Federal House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, says Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transport, does not understand his budget. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television, Jibrin said the executive arm of government does not even have a budget. “Let me say this very straight, I do not believe that the executive arm of government really understands the document they sent to the national assembly, or they have even studied what we sent back to them,” he said. “I have every reason to draw such a conclusion. In the first place, you saw all the…
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The operations of a syndicate using the cover of security agencies to vandalise petroleum pipelines and steal products that end up being sold for as low as N40 per litre has been exposed. Investigations showed how the undercover group from the southern part of the country connives with their northern counterparts to carry out this nefarious act. According to the website, run by Ahmad Salkida, an investigative Nigerian journalist based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the syndicate has established a distribution network through which their products are sold to presumed legitimate dealers. The vandals have at their…
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This column had, last week, passed off the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, as a quintessential professional, who does not live in the world of make-belief. I had argued then that it was for this reason that the man did not speak in muffled tunes on the true state of affairs in the oil and gas sector of our economy. Kachikwu had become a subject of controversy, following his unpretentious declaration. He had told Nigerians to brace up for some long-drawn crisis in the supply of petrol to end-users. He hinted that the product would…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari appears hell-bent on imposing the establishment of grazing reserves across Nigeria in spite of the many unpalatable implications it will unleash on unsuspecting Nigerians. On Thursday, 31st March 2016, I wrote an article on this column entitled: “Ranching, yes; grazing reserves, no!” The article called attention to what was then speculated as intentions of the Federal Government to launch this obnoxious policy aimed at handing over lands belonging to indigenous communities to Fulani cattle owners in the guise of establishing “grazing reserves”. Now, the masquerade has…
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Dr. Bolanle Ola Nigeria has been in chaos for several weeks with unending queues at fuel stations, poor power supply nationwide and increase in prices of commodities, even water. Dr. Bolanle Ola, a Consultant Psychiatrist and head of psychiatry department, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, tells PREMIUM TIMES there’s likely going to be negative impact on Nigerians’ mental health as a result of the country’s chaotic conditions. Thus, more people risk mental breakdown. PT: The country has been in chaos for several weeks. There are unending queues for fuel, no power supply and commodities’ prices, even water are…
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The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), the umbrella body of all youths of Ijaw descent, on Sunday in Yenagoa alleged that the recent arrest of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Robert Azibola, was an indication that the federal government would soon come after the former leader. However, the IYC led by Mr Udengs Eradiri, vowed that the youths in of the region would resist any attempt to persecute Jonathan, noting that it would mark the beginning of trouble for the federal government. According to Eradiri, the IYC president, that many people who have a close relationship with the former president had…
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The Department of State Security (DSS) have claimed that five Fulani herdsmen were abducted, killed and buried in a mass grave by members of IPOB in Abia state a few days ago. They have also claimed that there were up to fifty more bodies in that mass grave and that they are all Fulani. The implications of this announcement is obvious. It will create more tension and fear in the land and it will lead to reprisal killings in the north. Violence is never the way out and I have always believed that it has no place in any civilized…
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Efforts by some opposition parties seeking to nullify the election of Governor Seriake Dickson in the last Bayelsa Governorship polls suffered another major setback on Wednesday when the State Election Tribunal in Nyanya, Abuja struck out a suit filed by the Action Alliance. The case with suit number ETP/BY/2016/01, which was struck out on the ground of wrong filing, had suffered the same fate earlier at the Federal High Court Abuja, where Justice Ademola quashed it citing the same reasons. In its ruling, the court held that the petitioners for whom Mr Madabuchi A.O stood for were…
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Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has refuted reports that the National Assembly removed the Lagos-Calabar Railway line project from the 2016 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari. Hon. Jibrin who cleared the air on the controversy, challenged the presidency to tell Nigerians where the project was included in the budget. The Kano-born politician took to his verified Twitter handle, @AbdulAbmJ. “I actually find it shocking that even some National Dailies made the removal their headlines. A little research would would have helped”. “Lagos-Calabar Railway line was NEVER captured in the budget that was sent by the Executive.…
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At 23, when many people around the world are still at university, Gossy Ukanwoke, from Abia State Nigeria, had already started one. The young entrepreneur who is now 27, is the founder of Beni American University (BAU), Nigeria’s first private online university. Launched in late 2012, the school allows students to access their classes at any time of the day with any internet-enabled device. “We are providing executive programs for graduates who are looking for employment and want to build up their resumes, or managers who want to climb up the hierarchy of their companies,” says Ukanwoke. “We also…
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An activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has threatened to go to court if the Muhammadu Buhari administration goes ahead to borrow $5.5 billion from international creditors. Instead of taking loans to increase the nation’s debt profile, the Lagos lawyer advised the government to recover the $200 billion allegedly withheld by federal agencies and multinational corporations. Mr. Falana’s threat was contained in a letter to the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, dated April 8. In the letter titled, “Request for the Collection of Outstanding Revenue of $200 billion Withheld from the Federation Account or Stolen by Looters,”…
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What this guy Imo Jonathan is describing here is exactly in detail, the steps that were taken by the APC to bring down the government of His Excellency Dr Goodluck Jonathan.Now they want us to believe that is what the PDPis doing to destabilise them, and the reason for their planlessness, cluelessness and absolute failure. Read on to get a feel of APC myopic and delusional mentality. By Imo Jonathan. IN CASE YOU ARE STILL WONDERING WHAT IS GOING ON IN NIGERIA Yes there is a new government in power but the criminals are still very much around. If you…
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President Muhammadu Buhari may not be in a hurry to assent to the 2016 Appropriation Bill as he has noticed that some key aspects of the budget, which have to do with his government’s core infrastructure focus, were removed by the National Assembly, Buhari had indicated that he would review details of the budget ministry by ministry, when it is received from the National Assembly to ensure that what was passed was in line with his strategic agenda for the country. The National Assembly on Thursday transmitted the details of the budget to the President and before leaving…
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There is a saying in the land of my fathers that the party is good and enjoyable while it lasts, but the hangover can be a real headache. The honeymoon for the party of change has since run out, we are now in the season of hangover and it is proving to be a debilitating headache. The former Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the political godfather of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Asiwaju of South-west, the “owner” of Lagos and its people, the irrepressible Jagaban of Borgu, the Lion of Bourdillon, the ingenious political strategist of our time,…
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Civil society organisations, students unions and the organised labour have said they planned to organise a peaceful protest against federal government’s inability to solve the perennial fuel scarcity in the country. A statement issued in yesterday by the Co-facilitator of the protest, Livingstone Wechie, said the protest scheduled for Thursday next week, would also force the federal government to take necessary steps to ameliorate the sufferings of the people. Wechie said, “This protest is aimed at driving a strong citizenship position against the inability of the Federal government to address the burning perennial fuel scarcity, zero MGW/total lack…
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Your Excellency, Assalam Alaikum. It has been over six months since you graciously invited me to your office in Abuja. I must note once again that I was truly honoured and humbled by our one-on-one meeting. We spoke and interacted like two old buddies. What was more, I was all alone with you without a third party in the room. We spoke candidly and cracked jokes freely. I remember presenting you with an advance copy of my forthcoming book and you even requested me to autograph it for you which I did with such pride and gratitude in me.…
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*Lagos-Calabar N60 billion coastal railway removed *Idu-Kaduna rail line cut by N8.7 billion *Major federal roads slashed *Polio eradication, essential drugs for HIV/AIDS expunged *Agric/water resources re-allocated to constituency projects President Muhammadu Buhari appears set to return the 2016 Budget to the National Assembly to rework because what the lawmakers sent to him on Thursday for assent, according to Presidency sources, fell below his expectations. By implication, Buhari will not sign the Appropriation Bill into law, as earlier planned, before jetting out of the country this weekend to China for economic and business deals for Nigeria. The sources confirmed to…
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The Nuclear Security Summit(NSS) which ended in Washington DC last week has raised to the front burner the important question of the status of Nigeria’s nuclear programme. Many questions have been asked: Does Nigeria have a nuclear programme? Should Nigeria get involved in nuclear diplomacy? In other words, what are the benefits of Nigeria’s participation in the fourth National Security Summit (NSS) which ended April 1, in Washington DC, USA? The subject matter of nuclear technology evokes mixed feelings. While the benefits of nuclear technology abound in the pursuit of our national development aspirations, the tendency of rogue states…
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This is the man who bankrolled Buharis “change campaign”. You can call him the “Wingman”.
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President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja tomorrow for a working visit to China aimed at securing greater support from Beijing for the development of Nigeria’s infrastructure, especially in the power, roads, railways, aviation, water supply and housing sectors. President Buhari’s talks with President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Peoples’ Congress, Zhang Dejiang will also focus on strengthening bilateral cooperation in line with the Federal Government’s agenda for the rapid diversification of the Nigerian economy, with emphasis on agriculture and solid minerals development. It is expected that in the course…
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Nigeria might use money set aside for funding joint venture projects with foreign and local oil firms to make up any shortfall in the 2016 budget if government revenue projections are not met, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on Saturday. The West African nation has been trying to boost tax revenues and the non-oil income to fund a record $30 billion 2016 budget aimed at reviving Africa’s biggest economy hit by the slump in oil prices. “The Plan B is around the cash calls,” Adeosun told Reuters and the Financial Times in an interview in Lagos when asked how…
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PROMOTION SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS The Police service commission on the recommendation of the Inspector-General of Police has approve the promotion of eleven (11) senior Police officers: One (1) commissioner of Police to Assistant Inspector-General of Police and ten (10) Deputy commissioner of Police to Commissioners of Police with effect from 15th March 2016. The Names of the promotes are listed below. S/N NAMES FROM TO 1. AIG MOHAMMED KASTINA 2. CP ERO OGA 3. CP YUNANA Y. BABAS 4. CP DAN-MALLAM MOHAMMED 5. CP MU’AZU ZUBAIRU HALILU 6. CP RABIU YUSUF 7. CP SANUSI NMA LEMU 8. CP…
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The silence has been deafening. It is what some philosophers will describe as conspiracy of silence. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the main opposition camp, has been worryingly silent over critical issues affecting the nation. One is the nagging fuel crisis that has bedeviled the nation for some three weeks. The PDP, quite surprisingly, has not said anything on the matter that affects every Nigerian. There have been no punches for the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, which clearly miscalculated in the months before the crisis. Nigerians have continued to queue in filling stations without a comforting word from the…
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Unveiling a detailed economic agenda that specifically tackles the nation’s current challenges, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on the Nigerian people to remain patient and indeed expectant, assuring that the Buhari administration is firmly committed to revamping the Nigerian economy and fulfilling its promises. Acknowledging the pains currently facing the nation, Mr. Osinbajo expressed the determination of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to take decisive decisions that would positively resolve the current economic challenges. He said, “We acknowledge the pains and are concerned by them. Which is why we are working diligently to address the tough challenges inherited…
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Xi Jinping is stronger than his predecessors. His power is damaging the country “IF OUR party can’t even handle food-safety issues properly, and keeps on mishandling them, then people will ask whether we are fit to keep ruling China.” So Xi Jinping warned officials in 2013, a year after he became the country’s leader. It was a remarkable statement for the chief of a Communist Party that has always claimed to have the backing of “the people”. It suggested that Mr Xi understood how grievances about official incompetence and corruption risked boiling over. Mr Xi rounded up tens of thousands…
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A United States Academic report for The year 2015 has suggested that the Igbo people of South Eastern Nigeria are the most Brilliant black African Race. This doesn’t come as much of a shocker taking into account the Two Igbo students who broke records by gaining admissions into 8 Ivy League Schools. The students, Harold Ekeh scored 2270 out of 2400 on his SATs while Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna scored a 101.6 GPA. 17-year-old Harold Ekeh is a senior student at the Elmont Memorial High School in Long Island while Augusta Uwamanzu- Nna is a high-school student from Long Island, New…
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Top-rated Canadian-made private jets chartered regularly by the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, are now being flown by the new Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, and the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, investigations have shown. The development brings to question the new administration’s criticism of financial recklessness of the previous administration and its resolve to cut costs in the face of falling oil prices. The Bombardier luxury private jets with cozy interior, flown by Kachikwu and Emefiele belong to VistaJet Holding SA, a Swiss charter airline that…
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We Didn’t Vote Change For Agony & Tyranny, Falana Wails As NLC Set To Go On Nationwide Strike In response to public outcry against the excruciating pain faced by Nigerians, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is to declare a one-day nationwide strike against the insistence by the federal government to go on with the electricity tariff hike, ongoing fuel scarcity and current economic hardship Nigerians are facing under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Declaring open the Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting of the NLC, the President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, accused the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government of failing in…
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The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has expressed delight with the “progress” made by President Muhammadu Buhari in fighting corruption and insurgency, but regretted that the foreign exchange, forex, policy of his administration was significantly distorting and slowing down economic activity. It noted that while the forex restrictions have protected certain sectors of the economy, many other sectors are cutting production and sacking workers which have ultimately resulted in reduced investment and consumption. The global institution also observed that the President’s delay in forming his cabinet until November 2015 limited the scope for a timely and comprehensive policy response to…
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There is a saying in the land of my fathers that the party is good and enjoyable while it lasts, but the hangover can be a real headache. The honeymoon for the party of change has since run out, we are now in the season of hangover and it is proving to be a debilitating headache. The former Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the political godfather of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Asiwaju of South-west, the “owner” of Lagos and its people, the irrepressible Jagaban of Borgu, the Lion of Bourdillon, the ingenious political strategist of our time, the…
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In what could be described as one of the grand heists in President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has been fingered in allegations of N7 billion tax refund scam and also unilateral employment of 250 new staff into the agency without following due process. Information reaching us revealed that Fowler, a known ally of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, refunded N7billion to construction firm, Julius Berger, being excess tax allegedly paid by the company between 2012 and 2015. However, the issue of the excess…
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President Muhammadu Buhari will visit China on Sunday to sign a loan infrastructure projects deal worth about $2 billion and the low interest loan is to be deployed to finance the N3 trillion deficit in the budget. Though the exact figure for the loan is yet to be confirmed, the Presidency and Chinese foreign affairs ministry confirmed the visit. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, who disclosed this in an interview with Reuters, said: “I can’t tell you how much until the day the loan will be signed. Both countries will also be signing…
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Nasir El Rufai by John Danfulani “If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise, we do not believe in it all all” – Noam Chomsky The capitalistic and elitist philosophy of Kaduna Gov. Nasir El-rufa’i are against my populists and somehow communist principles. His belief that “you are on your own” is constantly colliding with mine holding; “we are in it together”. But situation and ambition of others “forced” me to work for the APC and by extension Mr. El-rufa’i in the 2015 polls (a fact that even my ardent traducers can’t deny). I…
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The governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has express his anger over comments credited to an ex-governor of the state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, where he was quoted as saying that Okorocha has destroyed the state. Okorocha described the criticism as unfortunate, stating that Ohakim has no moral right to make any statement in respect of his administration, as he lacked the will-power to lead the state, when he had the opportunity. In a statement signed by the chief press secretary to the governor, Sam Onwuemeodo, Okorocha, pointed out that in the four years of Ohakim’s governance,…
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Considering the level of investigations conducted on the Goodluck Jonathan administration, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may arrest the former president before May, 29, 2016, when the current administration would have clocked one year in office, a top official of the agency has said. The EFCC top shot, who spoke with our reporter at the weekend, disclosed that the arrest, two weeks ago, of the Managing Director of Kakatar Engineering and Construction Company Limited, Mr. Azibaola Robert, whom the official described as “closest kinsman of former president Jonathan so far,” was a clear indication that “we are…
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A new Mayor for the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South East London has been elected. Councillor Olugbenga Babatola takes over from the current Mayor Norman Adams. Councillor Babatola who represents Thamesmead Moorings Ward was first elected as a councillor in 2014. He served as Deputy Mayor over the past year and will take up his new duties as Mayor after his inauguration which comes up next month. Olugbenga Babatola Councillor Babatola’s election makes him the first ever African and Nigerian to hold the post in the Borough which has a very high number of residents of Nigerian and African descent.…
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By Femi Aribisala The innovation of the Permanent Voters Cards is designed to permanently disenfranchise the South. If this is not redressed immediately, the North will always determine the winner in Nigerian elections. If you did not see my column last week, it was because I did not want to rain on anyone’s parade. I wanted the euphoria over the bullet we missed by avoiding the riots that would have ensued had the APC been defeated to subside. But I am now back to tell you that the presidential election was a big INEC rigmarole. Long before Jonathan lost…
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Second Republic President, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, has described immediate-past President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as a ‘rare breed’ whose actions strengthened democracy in Africa and made the continent proud. Shagari’s observations were contained in a letter to Dr Jonathan dated November 20, 2015 bearing the caption: ‘Happy 58th Birthday’, personally signed by him. “Your birthday deserves to be celebrated both at home and abroad given your selfless services to our beloved fatherland. Your spectacular commitment in the development of our cherished values of democracy in Nigeria and Africa is legendary. On the African political landscape, you are, indeed, a…
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The actress was recently slammed a 5-year jail term by the Court of Appeal in Lagos after losing an appeal over the death of one Dr Giwa Suraj who she allegedly killed in an auto accident along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos, 10 years ago. Justice Jamilu Yammama Tukur of the Appeal court said he was granting the actress bail pending the determination of a suit filed by her at the Supreme court.
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The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has called for a revolution in Nigeria, saying that’s the only way to address the fundamental error of government. Bakare who said this during the 27th anniversary thanksgiving of his church on Sunday pointed out that the revolution should be a radical transformation of values which should transcend politics and change of government. He also berated the current government over its stance of waiting for an upsurge in the price of crude oil before reviving the economy Bakare said, “While appreciating the positive developments in our democratic experience,…
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By Okey Ndibe Excerpts. Nigeria’s political discourse is stuck, rather tragically, in a familiar binary pattern. On one side, there are the bashers of President Muhammadu Buhari; on the other, those who feel duty bound to defend the man at all cost. Between the two groups there’s not so much a debate as a shouting match, a verbal slugfest in which all kinds of indignities and epithets are hurled across a hard, sharply drawn line. The one side mocks the promise of Change that’s all but become a mirage. The other side dismisses the president’s critics as the tribe of…
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We Never Complained In 2008, When Oil Prices Fell From 148 To $38 A Barrel – Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
No one heard of Nigeria in 2008 when oil prices fell from 148 to $38 because we fixed it. They kidnapped my 83yr-old mother, demanded I go to television station and announce my resignation because I tried to stop subsidy fraud . Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was the guest of the World at the Grenoble geopolitical Festival which took place from 16 to 19 March. The “Iron Lady”, 61, served two governments as Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006, under President Olusegun Obasanjo, then, from 2011 to 2015, under the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan. Between these two positions, she was…
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People demonstrate against Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson in Reykjavik, Iceland in this April 5, 2016 files. REUTERS/Stigtryggur Johannsson/Files©Reuters Even sharp subarctic spring sunshine could not pierce the fog of political uncertainty that shrouded Iceland’s political circles on Wednesday — or even clarify the whereabouts of its prime minister. Less than a decade after it took a starring role in the global financial crisis, Iceland is back in the international spotlight as home to the first government leader likely to be toppled by revelations of offshore accounts contained in the huge Panama Papers leak. Amid official silence, baffled local…
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike swearing in the Justice Monima Wenike Danagogo led Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the violence/killings during the March 19 re-run elections on Wednesday at Government House, Port Harcourt. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Wednesday swore in the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the violence / killings that negatively affected the March 19 rerun legislative elections, with a charge to the commission to get to the root of the matter. The governor also on Wednesday swore in Mr Ugbana Isaruk as a Commissioner in the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC.…
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…says it’s a costly mistake bringing Buhari, APC to power. More criticisms on Tuesday continued to trail the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, with the Labour Party (LP), insisting that “Nigerians have made the greatest mistake” electing him and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to power. The party which was of the opinion that the President has placed Nigeria under siege, said, “Nigerians have entered one chance with the election of Buhari.” The National Chairman of LP, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam (Baraden Paiko), in a statement in Abuja entitled: “Nigeria under Siege”, said the country is in serious economic crisis.…
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Eleven million documents held by the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca have been passed to German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, which then shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. BBC Panorama is among 107 media organisations – including UK newspaper the Guardian – in 76 countries which have been analysing the documents. The BBC doesn’t know the identity of the source They show how the company has helped clients launder money, dodge sanctions and evade tax Mossack Fonseca says it has operated beyond reproach for 40 years and never been accused or charged with criminal wrong-doing.
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British Virgin Islands Image caption Home to many offshore companies – the British Virgin Islands The revelations in the millions of papers leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca uncovering a suspected money laundering ring run by close associates of Vladimir Putin may leave readers drowning in a sea of confusing terms and phrases. Although there are legitimate ways of using tax havens, most of what has been going on is about hiding the true owners of money, the origin of the money and avoiding paying tax on the money. If you are a wealthy business owner in Germany…
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Document Image caption A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. A huge leak of documents has lifted the lid on how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. The files were leaked from one of the world’s most secretive companies, a Panamanian law firm called Mossack Fonseca. What are the Panama Papers? The files show how Mossack Fonseca clients were able to launder money, dodge sanctions and avoid tax. In one case, the company offered an American millionaire fake ownership records to hide…
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Panama City A huge leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, has thrown new light on how the rich and powerful hide their wealth. It has also brought renewed attention on Panama itself, one of the world’s best-known tax havens. But what makes Panama different from other low or no-tax jurisdictions and how did it become this way? How did it all start? According to a 2013 academic study published by the Norwegian Center for Taxation, the history of Panama as a tax haven began in 1919 when it started to register foreign ships to help American…
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Telecom network operators are yet to live up to expectations. “My office has been inundated with complaints, petitions and calls on the fraudulent and unauthorised charges by network operators in the country,” said Adebayo Shittu, the Minister of Communications, at a recent meeting with the telecom operators in the country. “It has been alleged that these unauthorised charges have been so prevalent. This action must stop immediately or else severe sanctions will be imposed on any operator that violates this directive.” That was the latest in a series of warnings to the telecom network operators to get their act…
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the body empowered to meet the yearnings of Nigerians for stable, adequate and safe electricity supply, has taken the bull by the horn by releasing to the public, the rights of every electricity consumer. Read the rights below: 1. All new electricity connections must be done strictly on the basis of metering before connection. That is, no new customer should be connected without meter first being installed. 2. A customer who elects to procure meter under the Credited Advance Payment for Metering Implementation (CAPMI) Scheme must be metered within 60 days, after which…
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A pioneering businessman who opened one of the country’s first 24 hour off-licence and food stores in Kilburn has died aged 87. Hensley Euton Airey, best known for selling Jamaican patties and alcohol around the clock from his shop Airey Bargain Stores in Willesden Lane, passed away from lung cancer. Mr Airey discovered a loophole that allowed him to open all hours during the 1970s and 1980s. The canny shop owner would close one minute before midnight and reopen at 12.01am which allowed him to adhere to the legally permitted trading hours at that time. Queues would quickly form…
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Leaders of Ngodo, Mbaugwu-Uturu community in Isikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, have denied any involvement in the alleged abduction of five Fulani herdsmen by suspected gunmen. The herdsmen were allegedly abducted in the bush when their cattle grazed on some farmers’ crops in the community. The South East Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, who told journalists in Awka, Anambra State about the kidnap of the herdsmen, manipulated the local vigilantes in the incident. In a swift reaction, the President-General of Mbaugwu-Uturu Community, Mr. Maduike Damian, refuted Siddiki’s…
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One cannot help but to agree with PDP here, we have heard more blames than problem solving from APC than ever in the history of politics in Nigeria. APC has become a blame, and blame party. When are we going to see them solve myraids of problems facing the country? * Sheriff: APC governors plot to rig FCT elections The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the governing party, the All Progressives Congress to face the business of governance and stop pushing over its administration’s shortcomings to others. The National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff alleged…
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The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), on Tuesday, rejected an application for the adjournment of the trial of embattled Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, ruling that it has jurisdiction, as affirmed by the Supreme Court, to try him. Saraki is facing a 13 count charge of alleged false declaration of asset preferred against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). Saraki had today, appeared before the tribunal in continuation of the trial against him in company of not less than 90 lawyers. Although, Saraki’s lead Counsel, Kanu Agbabi, was absent in court, another SAN, Paul Usoro, and…
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Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday, said that the official launching of Abuja-Kaduna rail project would not be feasible on May 29. Amaechi disclosed this at Idu, Abuja, while inspecting the arrival of two new coaches by the contractors, China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC). Amaechi at the senate He said that the development was due to earlier refusal of Daughters of Charity Hospital in Kubwa to relocate for the alignment of the rail track. The minister however said that negotiation had been completed with the hospital, adding that a new facility, including a convent, would be built…
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Leak shows what much of the world’s 99% believes. It’s hard to know where to start in tallying up the explosive revelations in the Panama Papers, an analysis of leaked documents from global law firm Mossack Fonseca revealed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Yes, we’ve known for a while now that the shadow financial system was growing. But it’s another thing to take in 11.5 million documents showing the way in which Mossack Fonseca was working with big name financial groups like UBS, HSBC, Société Générale, and many others to help elites from the Communist Party leadership…
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If you want something to do, just grab a microphone and start interviewing anyone you meet in the streets and ask him/her a simple question: “Have you ever heard of the bombing of the USS Liberty?” The answer may surprise you. “Let’s just tell New World Order agents that the buck stops here.” Putin is still stretching his political muscle. He has recently declared that there is an information war going on. He said that for the past two years or so, the “Anglo-Saxon media” has done its best to demonize him. In 2014, the Telegraph had an article…
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“The Panama Papers are a scam, real documents turned over to a Mossad run organization that now has dirt on even more people and more power to make a very nasty world an even darker and nastier place.” “NWO agents will never learn. I will continue to make their lives miserable.” Whenever New World Order agents and the controlled media make an extraordinary claim with little or no sound evidence, you can be sure that you are going to listen to bizarre things, really crazy things, and unthinkable things. You may want to grab your munchies and sit…
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While attention was focused on Iran as a bogus nuclear weapons threat, US shadow government nuclear theft and proliferation, and nuclear terror bombing was hidden from us. Why? And by whose order? I keep using this image because it is symbolic of all of us being thrown off the roof that day. Veterans Today has been releasing the proof that the 9-11 event was not only the hoax of the century, but hiding what really happened from the public has put the US and the rest of the world in more danger than the threat all the real terrorist…
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Skyline, Old town, Panama City, Panama. Panama law firm cache dwarfs trove of U.S. diplomats’ cables 400 journalists, months of reporting behind data ‘torrent’ The Panama Papers, a huge trove of documents that reveal how a Central American law firm allegedly set up shell companies to help heads of state and international criminals conceal their riches, has already prodded regulators into action, rattled sitting politicians and spurred international calls for banking transparency. Here’s a look at what they are and where the revelations may lead. What’s in the documents? The 11.5 million documents — which take up 2.6 terabytes of…
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Given to the Mossad…to seed, fabricate and censor…just like Wikileaks Last week when VT published information gotten during the interrogation of a Turkish intelligence agent, Sawash Yeldiz, captured by Popular Party of Kurdistan (PPK) militia inside Syria, information tying Turkish President Erdogan to the Brussels terror attacks, we saw how real leaks are dealt with. The conduit for this information, European Department for Security and Information (DESI) Secretary General Haissam Bou Said, was threatened by Israeli security agents who may have had a part in the Brussels attacks and, moreover, DESI, an EU organization was threatened with sanctions for…
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Ministerial appointment: Sylva, Lokpobiri fight over N200 million balance, N1 billion campaign fund.
The suspension of former Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State by the All Progressives Congress(APC) has taken a new twist as investigations reveal that he has fallen apart with the Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri over N600 million ministerial appointment deal. A political movement in the Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the aegis of APC Bayelsa Good Governance Group, on Sunday said it had it on good authority that Sylva was annoyed that Lokpobiri had refused to pay the remaining N200 million because he only got the position of a junior minister.…
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The 2015 election results. Spooky. APC = 15424921 PDP = 12853162 1+5+4+2+4+9+2+1 = 28 1+2+8+5+3+1+6+2 = 28 Election held on 28 march, Now let’s go in to further maths APC – PDP 15424921 – 12853162 = 2571759 Means 2+5+7+1+7+5+9 = 36 Means 36 states in nigeria Date of election 28/3/2015 2+8+3+2+0+1+5 = 21 Means 21 states won by APC. Muhammadu Buhari! The 4th President in the 4th Republic was declared on 4th month, after contesting for the 4th time!!
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MR. PETER OBI RESUME NAME: Mr. Peter Gregory OBI, (CON) DATE OF BIRTH : 19th July 1961, PLACE OF BIRTH: Onitsha, Nigeria NATIONALITY: Nigerian MARITAL STATUS: Married with two children EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED · Christ the King College, Onitsha (W.A.S.C.) . University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B.A. Philosophy) · Lagos Business School, Nigeria (Chief Executive Program) · Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Mid to Mid Marketing) · Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A. (Changing the Game) · London School of Economics (Financial Mgmt/Business Policy) · Columbia Business School, New York, U.S.A. (Marketing Mgmt ) · Institute for Management Development, Switzerland (Senior…
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In six years of Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency, the opposition told us again and again the man was “clueless.” It made sure the tag stuck to him like glue. But now we have a new sheriff in town, with the APC claiming to be better at everything than the PDP. While that might still be subject to debate, there is overwhelming evidence that in the cluelessness department, the PDP is certainly no match for the APC. Here is a compendium from the APC textbook of cluelessness, provided within barely one year in office. If you want to know how to…
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The ruling on the discharge of trial against the former national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki was on April 4, adjourned by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The Federal High Court in Abuja adjourned ruling on the discharge of trial against Sambo Dasuki. The ruling was adjourned to further notice. It was expected that the judge presiding over the case, Ademola Adeniyi, would rule on Dasuki’s application to stall trial pending the compliance of the government on an order of the court granting him bail. However, the court clerk told Newsmen that the matter had being adjourned till…
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With serious deflection in ranks, break in command chain and little resources, our own home grown terrorists can as well go the lone jihad way. After all, as sadists, terrorists delight is in causing harm in whatever way. This is however not to draw up conclusions but just an opening out of a possibility for investigators and security organs. Firefighters are still battling to put out the rampaging inferno at Kano’s major Abubakar Rimi Market, Sabon Gari. At the same time, similar fireballs are being reported at the Birnin Kebbi major market. These cases of fire outbreaks are the…
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Ahead of its National Convention billed for May 21, 2016, the National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff has constituted four special committees, towards the overall rebuilding and repositioning of the party. A statement on Sunday, by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the setting up of the special committees is in line with the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party. According to the statement, the Committees, which are to be inaugurated on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, are the National Convention Committee, Reconciliation Committee,…
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TEXT OF SPEECH BY PASTOR ‘TUNDE BAKARE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 27TH ANNIVERSARY THANKSGIVING SERVICE OF THE LATTER RAIN ASSEMBLY DATE: SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2016 VENUE: THE LATTER RAIN ASSEMBLY, END-TIME CHURCH, 4, AKILO ROAD, OFF OBA AKRAN AVENUE, OGBA, IKEJA, LAGOS, NIGERIA. THEME: CHAMPIONING THE CAUSE OF A NEW NIGERIA CENTRAL TEXTS: I Samuel 17: 12-29; II Samuel 21:15-22; I Chronicles 20:4-8 PROTOCOLS. Preamble As we celebrate God’s faithfulness to our ministry in the past 27 years, we are also mindful of the state of the nation whose great destiny is up till now hanging…
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