4FACEADELEKE:
He is a credible candidate, but he have a very tough battle before him,and a lot of hardworking and strategic planning to do.His best shot will be under the PDP but will there give him ticket

Donald Duke Presidency will restore Nigeria to international acclaim, but will even be given the opportunity to contest? That's the problem unless independent candidacy is enshrined in the country's Constitution.

Balkan:
Buhari goverment is towing the DPRK line. You arm the fulanis to go and kill people in their land, cause troble intentionally and come back to take peoples land and give to you people who are immigrants from mali and tell us it the only way out.

We are not part of that game in SE and SS

Buhari and his band of APC nitwits are the worst thing to happen to Nigeria. Fact!

fratermathy:
When will they come to Akwa Ibom, Delta and Cross River?

I reported Jobayo Investment Ltd and many other filling in Uyo for selling fuel at the rate of N210 per litre last year. I even provided them with pictorial evidence. I called and sent mails. Guess what? Up till today, the said station still sells fuel at the same rate and no DPR official has gone there to investigate despite the many assurances I got.

I also reported some stations in Delta and Cross River but the stations are still selling. So why is the DPR selective in sealing stations and enforcing N145 per litre? Are they being political? Or they've possibly been bribed by the station owners?

I weep for naija!

DPR dudes are among the known corrupt officials of government. If a filling station settles them, they can go on and sell above the official pump price.

aieromon:


After playing a dull game all day,you want to steal a win at the last minute

Full time

CHE 0-0 LEI

Don't mind them. Leicester deserved to win this match.

fratermathy:
Even though this appears to be politically motivated, I still support it.

What is good for the goose is good for the gander. Infact, let goat & sheep herders, rabbit & fowl rearers, dog and cat breeders, and other animal rearers, breeders and herders rise up, form a union if they don't already have one, and demand for special attention the same way Miyetti Allah Fulani Cattle herders are doing.

It has never been heard of, anywhere in the world, that the government provides cattle ranches with tax payer's money for private businesses. If the government wants to play a fast one, they should do it across board. Infact, farmers should also demand for free lands to use or their farming too.

Cattle rearers are not the only people that require colonies for their cattle. Others who engage in animal rearing also needs colonies for their animals. What is good for the goose is also good for the gander. Afterall, Nigeria is one.

Rekyz:
I live in Owerri. Apart from government house area, no place is clean here after a heavy downpour. Anywhere you see roads (sub-standard roads) being constructed, just know that Rochas has bought a property around.

Spot on!

This Lalung sef! Ain't he funny? Government at all levels in Nigeria has been turned to a child's play! Imagine? He warned Ortom and he didn't listen! He even deemed it fit to 'broadcast' the so called warning to the whole world! What tomfoolery!

LionDeLeo:
Allowing the marketers to access forex at the rate of N204 is still another name for subsidy. Just that this time around, the product will not even be available as it will be more profitable to sell the dollars at N360 without any sweat. This is one of the areas the immediate past administration actually goofed.

NNPC mega stations at N145 while the masses are at mercy of other marketers is not even a logical option. Another room for some NNPC mega stations managers to quickly make their millions.

Total deregulation, na im win am.

It has become increasingly clear that this APC government is confused and lacks focus.

PapaBrowne:
Let me respond to all the 17 points listed.

1) This government brought us into the only recession we have ever experienced since 1985.
We the people of Nigeria brought ourselves out of the recession Buhari put us into with our usual dexterity and capacity to survive extreme conditions.

2) The Central Bank Governor knew what to do all along but Buhari was preventing him from doing the right thing by devaluation. As soon as Buhari got sick and went to London, the Governor presented his intervention program and passed it on to Osibanjo for approval. And that’s exactly what saved Nigeria. Buhari’s archaism is responsible for all the problems witnessed in the last 2 years.

3) Best stock market performance indeed. We were the worst performing last year.
Let me put it in perspective. Imagine in a class of 30 students, you carried 29th position last year with 10 over 100 as your score on the test. This year you now take 26th position with a score of 30 over hundred. Well, that’s an improvement when you are an olodo. But if you have been top ten in the class with scores above 70 over 100 for the last 10 years, you would definitely be hiding your face in shame.
Nigeria’s stock market cap grew this year but it was $80 billion in 2013 and has crashed down to $36 billion as at November 2017. There is nothing to celebrate. The stock market is 3 Times smaller than just 4 years ago.

4) When the price of Rice gets back to the N8500 it was in 2014, I will start to take them seriously. A rice revolution that jacked up the price by 100%. Hmmm. Something isn’t adding up.
Two questions: if we have increased local production, shouldn’t the price drop radically abi dollar affect the sand used for planting? Secondly, all I saw in the market this Christmas is imported rice. Where is all the local rice. I usually see them on newspapers but never in the market.

5) The Government is still talking about 4000 mw after lying to us that they achieved 6000 mw the other day. We haven’t moved an inch. There’s barely any improvement in supply. No new strategies to improve supply. 700 billion would go down the drain. Whereas Dangote alone is going to put up 12000Mw in Lagos within the next 2 years.

6) Paying pensioners is listed as an achievement!! That's a clear sign that there is nothing to list!!

7) The ease of doing business part is the only point that might backing. And clearly this all happened in the time Buhari was sick. Osibanjo took this seriously and some results started showing. As soon as Buhari came back, everything stopped. Again, this just goes to show that Buahri is the problem of Nigeria.


The rest of the things on the list are not worth the time. As only a shameless government would list such things in 2017 as achievements. That JAMB remitted more money is listed. Not how the money JAMB remitted has been used to improve the education system. That you have taken new loans, not what you used the loans to accomplish. That you are launching a tax amnesty scheme. Can you imagine? Its just pathetic.


If you notice, there is no talk of infrastructure development despite budgeting over N2.2 trillion for capital projects in 2017. That is a whooping $7 billion. That amount of money would build 1000km of brand new 6 lane expressway @ $7million per kilometer which is very expensive.
Or better still, the Abuja-Kaduna railway is 200km and cost about $874 million. With the capital budget for 2017, we would have built an additional 900km of the Abuja Kaduna type rail across the country.

But nothing. Absolutely nothing is anywhere on ground so they come up with a terrible list of achievements for the unintelligent zombies to dance to.

If what was listed was all that Buhari could achieve in more than two years in office, then Nigerians should look for another. All the so called achievements are things that are taken as usual in the life of any administration.

olokeded:
Mr. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday listed the 17 achievements of his boss.

He also noted that the coming year (2018) will be Nigeria’s “Year of Infrastructure” as the government has lined up a number of important infrastructure projects which cut across the various sectors.

Here are the 2017 major achievements of Buhari in 2017 as listed by Adesina



1. Nigeria exited its worst recession in decades. After five quarters of negative growth, the economy bounced back into positive territory. Agriculture was one of the stars of 2017, posting consistent growth levels even throughout the recession. Also, Inflation fell for ten consecutive months during 2017 (February to November).



2. The Naira stabilised against the dollar, after the Central Bank introduced a new forex window for Investors and Exporters. The stability has attracted billions of dollars in portfolio investments since April 2017.



3. On the back of a stable Naira and increased investment inflows, Nigeria’s stock market emerged one of the best-performing in the world, delivering returns in excess of 40 percent.



4. Nigeria saw bumper food harvests, especially in rice, whose local production continues to rise significantly (States like Ebonyi, Kebbi, Kano leading the pack, with Ogun joining at the end of 2017). The price of a 50kg bag of rice – a staple in the country – has fallen by about 30 percent since the beginning of 2017, as local production has gone up.



5. The Federal Government launched a 701 billion Naira Intervention Fund (‘Payment Assurance Programme’) aimed at supporting power generation companies to meet their payment obligations to gas and equipment suppliers, banks and other partners. The impact is being felt, the amount of power being distributed is now currently steady at around 4,000MW – higher than previously recorded.

6. The Federal Government began paying pensions to police officers who were granted Presidential pardon in 2000 after serving in the former Biafran Police during the Nigerian Civil War. These officers, and their next of kin, have waited for their pensions for 17 years since the Presidential pardon.



7. Nigeria rose 24 places on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings, and earned a place on the List of Top 10 Reformers in the world.



8. Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves grew by $12 billion, reaching the highest level since 2014. Nigeria also added, this year, an additional $250m to its Sovereign Wealth Fund. Also, Nigeria’s trade balance crossed over into surplus territory, from a deficit in 2016.



9. Nigeria successfully issued two Eurobonds (US$4.5bn), a Sukuk Bond (100 billion Naira), a Diaspora Bond (US$300m), and the first Sovereign Climate Bond in Africa, raising billions of dollars for infrastructure spending.



10. The Federal Government launched a Tax Amnesty scheme expected to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenues when it closes in March 2018.



11. The Federal Government successfully commenced implementation of a Whistleblowing Programme that has so far seen recoveries of tens of millions of dollars.

12. The Social Investment Programme – Nigeria’s most ambitious social welfare programme ever – rolled out across dozens of states. (Currently, 5.2 million primary school children in 28,249 schools in 19 states are being fed daily; 200,000 unemployed graduated enlisted into the Npower Job Scheme, and a quarter of a million loans already distributed to artisans, traders, and farmers).



13. The number of Nigerians facing food insecurity in the northeast dropped by half, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).



14. The Nigeria Customs Service recorded its highest-ever revenue collection, crossing the One Trillion Naira (N1,000,000,000) mark. [The target for 2017 was 770 billion Naira (N770,573,730,490); 2016 Collection was just under 900 billion (N898,673,857,431.07)]



15. The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), under the new management appointed by President Buhari in 2016, remitted 7.8 billion Naira to the coffers of the Federal Government. The total amount remitted by JAMB between 2010 and 2016 was 51 million Naira.



16. 2017 was also the Year of Nigeria’s Agriculture Revolution, embodied by the successes of the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI) and the Anchor Borrowers Programme. More than a dozen moribund fertilizer blending plants were revived under the PFI this year.



17. Finally, 2017 will be the Year that laid the foundation for a 2018 that will be Nigeria’s Year of Infrastructure. A number of important infrastructure projects, in power, rail and road, are scheduled to come on-stream or inch close to completion next year.

http://www.metronaija.ng/presidency-lists-17-major-achievements-buhari-2017/

Really?

Esseite:
This is just plain stupid.. maybe their is an exchange of brains btw the cows and its rearers.

A man increased fuel to N145 without pallatives..
Dollar sold at N365
Food stuff at the highest peak
15m retrenched from work
Cost of living extremely high
Transport just skyrockted

And the people should not air their grievances.

To worsen the matter, they are only irked that the so called group maligned the President as if the Kano State government is the mouth piece of the President. Dumb people in power.

RecessionistPMB:
The presidential team is really aware of the fact that the usual regurgitation of "Mr Integrity " can no longer sell, hence the need to repackage him in clear preparation for 2019.

Well, I have known PMB and no amount of repackaging will change my mind and no media repackaging will change the character and content of a man who is above 70years. It's only the gullible that will fall for this.

Airing of the documentary at this time, or at anytime at all, is senseless and a waste of precious television airing time. Who will want to watch such nonsense from a directionless and unfocussed government of Buhari who is clueless about how to steer Nigeria to the right path of economic and social recovery? With such men in power, Nigeria is perpetually doomed and irredeemable!

Ephemeral fuel crisis? Adesina has lost it, just like the rest of them in this senseless APC-led government. Power, or being in the corridors of power, does something to people, really!

The more you look, the less you see. If indeed the said marketers are hoarding petrol to create artificial scarcity, what is the government of the doing about it? Allow the infraction to continue? APC is a joke!

Do not be deceived. Atiku will run for the Presidency in 2019.

ZombiePUNISHER:
Buhari has turned a once noble agency to a tool of fighting perceived enemies...


Magu should be sacked and probed

If he is still serving, he should be backloaded to the Police. Buhari should give EFCC some legitimacy. Magu cannot be acting in perpetuity.

Groovenaija360:
If You've Not Received Your Nov/Dec Salaries,Contact Ministry Of Happiness – Okorocha Tells Workers

Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has approved the payment of November and December salaries for civil servants in the state.

He earlier today urged the state civil servants to approach the newly created Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfillment if they are finding it difficult to access their salaries.


The statement read:

“This is to announce that the Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has approved the immediate payment of the November and December 2017 salaries of Imo workers. This is to enable our esteemed Imo workers to celebrate seamless Christmas. Payments have duly commenced. Any worker encountering any difficulties with the approved payments should not hesitate to contact the Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfilment for immediate intervention.”

https://groovenaija360.com.ng/not-received-nov-dec-salaries-contact-ministry-happiness-okorocha-tells-workers/

Unfortunate! So, the so called Ministry is now Ministry of Finance or the relevant government payroll offices where such omission should be reported to. Okorocha and his cronies have indeed trivialiased governance in Imo State.

deji17:
[BREAKING] $1bn not for anti-Boko Haram war alone, Osinbajo says
Published December 19, 2017


Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja

VIce-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the much-criticised $1bn that state governors asked the Federal Government to withdraw from the Excess Crude Account was not meant for the fight against insurgency alone.



He said the sum was meant for all security challenges being experienced in all the states of the federation.


Osinbajo gave the clarification at the opening of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation/Secretaries to State Governments’ retreat at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

It will be recalled that the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Abdulaziz Yari, had, at a meeting of the National Economic Council last Wednesday, announced that the governors had asked the Federal Government to withdraw $1bn from the ECA to fight insurgency.

The decision had attracted criticisms from groups and individuals, including the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose; and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.

But Osinbajo explained that the governors resolved to approve the money for national security after a national security summit organised by the National Executive Council about two months ago.

He said the summit considered various security challenges across the country, including kidnapping, small arms trafficking, terrorist activities of Boko Haram in the North East, clashes between herdsmen and farmers, as well as cattle rustling.

The Vice-President said, “It was on account of the security summit that the governors at the Governors’ Forum subsequently decided that they would vote a certain sum of money, which has become somewhat controversial, the $1bn, to assist the security architecture of the country.



“It was to assist all of the issues in the states, including policing in the states, community policing, all of the different security challenges that we have.

“It was after the security summit that the Governors’ Forum met across party lines –again, I must add — in order to approve and to accept that this is what needed to be done to shore up our security architecture.”

Osinbajo’s explanation was, however, in contrast with the statement made by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the NEC’s meeting.

Obaseki was clear in his presentation that the $1bn was approved for the fight against insurgency.

He had said, “Pleased with the achievements that have been made till date in the fight against insurgency, particularly in the North East, the governors of Nigeria through their chairman announced at the NEC meeting that the governors have given permission to the Federal Government to spend the sum of $1bn on the fight of insurgency.

“This money is supposed to be taken from the Excess Crude Account.

“As you know, the issue of security, particularly with regard to the North East, is a very comprehensive response by federal forces.

“So, we expect that the contribution of the states to these efforts will cover the whole array of activities required to secure the country and counter insurgency.

“We expect that the amount will include but not limited to purchase of equipment, procuring intelligence and logistics and all what is required to ensure that we finally put an end to the scourge of insurgence.”

http://punchng.com/breaking-1bn-not-for-anti-boko-haram-war-alone-osinbajo-says/

An afterthought. Osinbajo should just quit politics. Too many lies and more lies to cover up one misdeed or another in government is not good for him. $1 billion is for nothing else other than campaign fund for the Presidency. Period! PDP is a trailblazer in this regard. APC is also populated by PDP decampees. Put two and two together and you will know.

smirn:

It's one step before another, let us finish with Dashiki, Daziani, GEJ, and the rest old thieves.

Buhari is a disappointment, to say the least. His so called fight against corruption is mere rhetorics.

presidency:
State House Press Release

Osbornegate: All Those Found Culpable Will Be Sanctioned- President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said all those found culpable in the Osborne Towers scandal will be made to account and appropriately sanctioned.

Receiving a report of the panel established to review the operational, technical and administrative structure of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), President Buhari described the discovery of monies in the flat at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, in April this year, as an ‘‘unfortunate incident which rightly aroused public interest and outcry.’’

‘‘All the circumstances surrounding the obtaining, keeping custody and disbursement of the funds have been examined by the Vice President’s Committee and all those found to be culpable will be made to account and appropriately sanctioned.

‘‘However, it must be understood that this cannot be done in a manner that jeopardises national security or exposes the operations of any intelligence Agency, which must, by nature be conducted in secrecy.

‘‘Suffice it for me to assure all that justice will be done consistent with our anti-corruption policies,’’ the President said.

President Buhari, while commending the Presidential Review Panel on NIA led by Amb. Babagana Kingibe, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, for completing their assignment expeditiously, expressed the hope that the recommendations of the panel and that of an earlier Committee headed by the Vice President to look into the Osborne matter will assist Government in improving the operations of the NIA and the overall National Security architecture.

‘‘Your Panel’s recommendation, informed as they are by your collective experience and expertise in this field, should in particular help to reposition the NIA to better perform its vital functions with greater professionalism.

‘‘The Osborne Tower incident and its aftermath has also brought to the fore the need to review the entire National Security Architecture, which has now been in operation as established 31 years ago.

‘‘Once again, I thank you very much for undertaking this national assignment, ’’ he said.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was present at the presentation of the report by the panel which has Chief Albert Horsfall, Amb. Zakari Ibrahim and Amb. Ezekiel Oladeji, as members.


Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
December 19, 2017

Story!

ZombiePUNISHER:



These people are liars
Lying is one of the prerequisites on joining APC
If you can't tell a lie
Don't think of joining or supporting APC
It's a party deep rooted in corruption and propaganda

APC will become extinct after the 2019 elections. Fact.

NgeneUkwenu:


Those opposing him on Social media are not from IMO State, hence he has been winning elections since 2011..

Are you cleared?

Really? And you think your governor won the 2015 election free and fair?

dukie25:
So who were those protesting against him yesterday?

When did Social media start carrying placards?

Good question. These people are delusional!

NgeneUkwenu:
The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday said that he did not have any opposition in the state.

In a statement made available to our correspondent by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, the governor boasted that no reasonable Imo man or woman could come out in protest against him or his administration.

The statement partly read,

“We want to take the floor once again to inform the general public that Governor Rochas Okorocha or his Rescue Mission Administration does not have any opposition in the state. The few elite, whose simple and compound interest is 2019 governorship in the state, do not constitute any opposition in the proper sense of the word and so, they only operate on the social media.

“We want also to state clearly that no reasonable Imo man or woman can come out in protest against Governor Rochas Okorocha or his administration because he has done for them what they never knew could be done by a government in the state.


“Why all these? Those who follow postings on the social media must have read what a faceless or non-existent group that called itself ‘Imo Peoples Action for Democracy’ with no fixed address or any existing human being behind it, had published threatening to ‘occupy Imo’ from Monday, December 18, 2017 to Sunday, December 24, 2017 in protest for reasons best known to them.

“When we saw that gimmick, we didn’t react to it because we knew it was one of such cock and bull stories. After all, a one-time speaker of the state House of Assembly had issued a similar threat last year and on the day he said he was going to have a rally against the government, he was not even in Owerri but in Abuja enjoying himself. At the end of the day, nothing happened.

“Today, Monday, December 18, 2017 nothing happened with regard to the empty threat to ‘Occupy Imo.’ Rather, supporters of the administration gathered in their thousands at the Heroes Square to celebrate President Muhammadu Buhari’s 75th birthday.”


Cutting the cake to mark President Buhari’s birthday, the Chief of Staff to Okorocha on Operations, Kingsley Uju, said, “Today, we are seeing genuine love in action. Today, the youths, women and general people of Imo State in their large numbers are celebrating a man who has done so well in protecting the unity of Nigeria and restoring the once-lost integrity of Nigeria.

“Today, we are celebrating a unique man who has transformed the fortunes of this great nation within a short time, a detribalised Nigerian, who enjoys the respect of the international community.”


https://www.google.com.ng/amp/punchng.com/my-opponents-only-exist-on-social-media-okorocha/amp/

lalasticlala

These people are so in love with cake. Imagine somebody called Kingsley Uju cutting a cake on behalf of the President to mark his birthday. These people are such fools, sorry to use the word but it has to be said. No doubt, Buhari is not even aware or have knowledge of this. These are the motley crew deceiving Okorocha into thinking that he is performing wonders in Imo State, but a day of reckoning shall come. Yes, it will surely come.

nkemdi89:

Yes they are not constitutionally, but in principle they are, even with this present dispensation it is worst, the governor has the power to choose the compol he wants to work with and if he isn't loyal to him, he picks his phone and called the IG direct. Which compol would love with his rank to be posted to force headquarters with any income generating position? Remember the posting of compol is political .

This explains why the CP in Imo State is anti-people and is at the beck and call of the governor.

nkemdi89:
Nobody should blame the police, they are answerable to the governor before any other person.

Police is not answerable to the governor. Nigeria Police is not State Police.

computerwiz2:
Police on Monday morning attacked protesters on a peaceful protest against the Rochas Okorocha government in Imo State.

The protest, tagged ‘Occupy Owerri’, which is expected to last for one week, was called by Imo People’s Action for Democracy, IPAD, against the policies of the Governor Okorocha administration.

Chief among the grouse of the protesters is the erection of statues in Owerri, the state capital, costing millions of naira, when the state is still owing workers salaries and pensions.

They are also opposed to the appointment of the governor’s sister as Commissioner for Happiness and Purpose Fulfilment.

The group had written to the police and the State Security Service for security during the rally. While the SSS gave approval for the rally to hold, the police asked that the rally be shifted till after the yuletide period.

But the group refused, arguing that the police have no right to stop it from protesting.

Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, the coordinator of the group, Aku Obidinma, said police fired tear gas at the protesters, beat them up and also confiscated their placards as they began the peaceful protest.

He said they won’t be deterred by the actions of the police.


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/252785-police-attack-anti-okorocha-protesters-in-owerri.html


lalasticlala

This Commissioner of Police in Imo State (what is his name again?) is anti-people he was sent to protect and evidently pro-government. His antecedents points to this fact. Peaceful rallies are held all over the world. It is legal. The action of this CP is unconstitutional and should be condemned by well meaning individuals in the State. Okorocha cannot continue to hold the people hostage without some form of protest againt his misrule. This CP should be posted out of Imo State ASAP as he appears to be too close to the executive. Courts decisions in the past have declared what he and his men did today illegal. We are in a democracy! Democratic tenets must be respected and adhered to at all times.

Okorocha is indeed a glutton extra ordinaire! The man has balloned in size since assumption of office in 2011 due to gluttony and greed. He has no comparison in greed and avarice. Fact!

sirequity:


http://headline.com.ng/nigeria-needs-single-presidency-tenure-six-years-ekweremadu/

Good one from Ekweremadu. His postulation is the only way out of the myriad of problems facing the country.
1. Single tenure of six years.
2. Rotational Presidency.
3. Devolution of powers.
4. Restructuring.

This is it!

askibee:



owkay kindly send me 50k

He may have been settled by the Commissioner for Happiness and Couple's Fulfillment!

Didn't know Orji Uzor Kalu is such a bootlicker! Which promised land is Buhari leading Nigeria to? Politicians sef. A man who left the party he formed to join the ruling party is not worth his weight in gold.