₦airaland Forum

tinsel:
Which correction again bro? We are reading here that Inec stood their ground?

I was only responding to the guy that attributed the protest and correction process (then ongoing) to use of smartphones

seborrhic:
No matter how much,eternal vigilance would overcome any bribe.
This is the advantage of using phones at polling units that Inec st upidly wanted to ban outright.
If not for the snapping and sending of the result sheet from the lg collation centre,the fraud would have succeeded.

First, inec never banned phones outright even from the very first announcement of the measure at the stakeholders meeting in Osogbo by the chairman of inec. Politicians only deliberately misinterpreted it to force inec to reverse the order.

Secondly, the protest/correction of the ayedaade result was not as a result of anything sent by phone but from the official collation of the wards results that already took place at the local government level which all parties agents have copies of.

Unlimited22:
If Omisore had contested under PDP, by now everybody for don dey go church.

APC would have won

Ede north and south LGs wouldn’t have voted massively for PDP and that is what tilted the scale.

TundeBricklayer:
PDP edge with 910, there will be rerun because of numbers of cancelation

Rerun won’t favour APC, that is if it ever gets to that.

Very soon, foreign observers will be monitoring elections of Students Union Government in this country.

In a self respecting nation, foreign observers should only be allowed for presidential election, but in Nigeria, foreign observers will even be making pronouncements on local government wards elections.

A pity.

Tedpgrass:
Is that Buhari in the 3rd picture in the grey kaftan

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Resemble am small but Buhari no get bear bear

Ioannes:
After all said and done, I still like and respect this lady. Nigerians aren't known to appreciate people who work for them. They'd rather lampoon them based on tribal and religious sentiments.

Okonjo Iweala supervised the emptying of the national Treasury that saw to Nigeria's descent into recession, yet they praise her.

Kemi Adeosun helped revive the economy and put Nigeria on a surer footing, while tightening the nation's purse and growing the Treasury. For that I respect her.

Commendable is the fact that she offered to resign months ago.

She should have consulted better before allowing her associates get her a forged document that she didn't really need to serve as a minister.

Ignorance is no excuse in law really.

This should send a message to Nigerians that grew up in the diaspora who are thinking of taking up political appointments in Nigeria. Better stay put where you are.

Nigeria is infested with lice and bedbugs of corruption and you'll get tainted if you come.

Godspeed Madame Kemi Adeosun.

The certificate wasn’t procured for her ministerial job. She presented same certificate when she was screened for the post of commissioner in Ogun State in 2011

danduchi:
What's brand new in that car ehhh? Sha still better than the other best graduating student that got a chicken and yam

It is a brand new MG car donated by Cosmas Maduka (Coscharis Motors). The Ooni who had earlier donated N1m to the entire graduating class and N250,000 to the best graduating student was called upon to present the car as the chairman of the occasion but he delegated that honour to another Oba who is a medical doctor (Osemawe of Ondo).

Many of the Obas present later individually donated various amounts to the best student.

That is “Principle and Practice of Murdering Your Husband”

What kind of reasoning do we get on nairaland these days? Must everything be politicized or ‘buharised’?

The lady only referred to the reaction of the people in her state to buttress her argument that people don’t generally appreciate or have regard for matters relating to environment. They don’t therefore see the environment ministry as important enough for their representative in the federal executive council when there are other ‘juicy’ posts.

Truth be told, how many Nigerians (even elites) appreciate the importance of environmental issues? Tell a professor not to dump his used car battery anyhow, he will tell you to come and swallow it. Now tell a typist that the used toners should be sent back to recycling plant because it can degrade environment.

Even President Trump regards climate change as a hoax hence his determination to unwind all measures previously taken to address environmental degradation.

Homeboiy:
And in his constituency in Lagos state

Them sit on bare ground to study


His already making same mistake Jonathan made

jos945:
nice work. (Mr VP)

It is named after him. Just an honour

BabaOwen:
If it was the Russian, Chinese or Iranian that said this,the Americans no go let us hear word with threat and sanctions.

The ICC should continue with their investigation

Can ICC stand the following actions that US intends to take as reported by BBC, if it continues the investigation?

What steps would the US take?

ICC judges and prosecutors would be barred from entering the US and their funds in the US would be sanctioned.

"We will prosecute them in the US criminal system. We will do the same for any company or state that assists an ICC investigation of Americans," Mr Bolton said.

More "binding, bilateral agreements" would be signed to stop countries submitting US citizens to the court's jurisdiction.

Mr Bolton said: "We will not co-operate with the ICC. We will provide no assistance to the ICC. We will not join the ICC. We will let the ICC die on its own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us."

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders backed Mr Bolton, saying President Donald Trump would use "any means necessary to protect our citizens [and] those of our allies from unjust prosecution from the ICC".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45474864

Esseite:
You read the message, pointed out the Melaye but could not point out the SAM before it..

The crux of his comment is not about Dino or Sam. He made a valid point about the training budget being non-claimable by the protesters.

The PDP man using what was done to Timi Frank in APC as justification is just hiding behind a finger. APC knew what it did to Frank was unconstitutional but they schemed him out because they never trusted him because he was fiercely loyal to Atiku.

It is the same APC that promptly promoted Nafena (the deputy publicity secretary) to replace Bolaji Abdulahi when he resigned and defected. Is Nafena from the same zone as Bolaji?

The PDP man using what was done

ukay2:
As a tradition, every year, FMN plc pays the witholding tax for all the shareholders and credit the actual amoung per share the shareholder has to his or her account....hence no need for deducting the witholding tax from shareholders........this is unlike most companies in nse

Wao. I just noticed that this year. May be because of the quantum leap

Thanks for the prompt response

Flour Mills of Nigeria declared N1 dividend per share but I noticed I was credited with gross amount this morning without deducting withholding tax.
Was there an amendment of the dividend rate at the AGM on August 30th? Anybody?

Jeezuzpick:
You and I, Nigerians as a whole, don't matter.

I got it.

Thanks.

For the purpose of correcting the error in the bill, YES. That is the reality.
The National Assembly will exercise that sovereignty on your behalf since you have already voted them for that purpose.

Jeezuzpick:
Can't this old man speak for himself?

This is the one president I have ever seen who never explains his actions by himself.

I just wonder if he really knows the implications of his actions or if he's even the one taking those actions!

He already explained himself in a letter to the relevant institutions that matter in this case as required by law. You are just being informed of his actions nothing more.

Bitterleafsoup:
Let them fix the error.
What a story, they just want us to believe he can comprehend and read pass his elementary 6 education.

Nobody can correct any error (even typographical) in a bill sent for assent or a law except it is re-passed by the legislature because it must be reflected in the Votes and Proceedings of the House.

Note that the legislature made some errors in the amended electoral bill earlier sent for assent in June which the president drew their attention to. That was why the new (now rejected) corrected version was passed again on July 24 i.e. the day they abruptly vacated. Apparently they didn’t do a good job of the corrections.

olumose001:
is this one an accident? this is just a scratch joor.. Happy for her sha

It appears to be minor in the picture but seeing that the airbag deployed, it should be more than just a scratch.

Ark111:
I wonder the kind of school some of us attended. The National assembly Joint committee, according to the news adopt N143 billion earlier presented by PMB. INEC is asking for more(N189Billion). From the various comments made by nairalanders here, shows that the alot of the political crisis in this country are as a result of blind followership. Any objective reader will not come here and be accusing PMB or hailing Saraki.I pity our youths.

Inec is not asking for more. Both the president and inec agreed that the needed sum is N189b. The president asked for 143b to be approved this year while the remaining N46b should be included in 2019 budget. Inec fears that 2019 budget may not be ready in time for February elections, so it wanted the National Assembly to approve the whole amount now instead of breaking it.

godfatherx:
You're wrong my guy, they like to be on top and do all the work, you as chairman just lie on your back.
Because of the law of gravity, a woman cannot get pregnant if she's on top.
#to much sense is worrying me

Hmmmn

The saddest thing is that if efcc had been the one that published the exact press statement released by Akwa Ibom state government just three months ago, Nigerians would have accused it of witch hunting.

So Nigerian legal immigrants in US are only 262,000 and we always talk as if we constitute half of USA population.

Just like I was reading the statistics of foreign (non-residents) students in US as at February 2018 which put Nigerian foreign students in US at just 12,144.

It appears we have the penchant to overestimate our population both at home and abroad.

sojiboy:
"The Honourable minister's response to the controversial vote of no confidence passed on him today by the lower legislative chamber of the Nigerian National Assembly is well-scripted and well put succinctly.

Apparently, Mr. Yinka Oyebode did a nice job because responding to such a nauseating and unprovoked action of the House of Representatives against Dr Kayode Fayemi and the Honourable Minister of State requires great tact and diplomacy which are all embedded in Mr. Oyebode's press release.

Nonetheless, I am highly disappointed in Mr Femi Gbajabiamila who moved the motion requesting that a vote of no confidence should be slammed on the duo. His action is unbecoming of a constitutional lawyer he prides himself"

Gbajabiamila did not initially moved the no confidence motion. He reprimanded the Ministers for delegating the duty of replying the invitation that was personally signed by the Speaker (the nation’s number 4 man) to the permanent secretary. That was an affront on protocols and the House. He is right.

He then moved a motion that instead of just sectorial hearing, a panel should be constituted to investigate Ajaokuta Affairs since the House is aware of various allegations against the Ministers of underhand dealings on ajaokuta. The motion was seconded by the chairman of Rules and business.

However, the mood of the members was for more combative action and instead of raising an amendment to Gbajabiamila’s motion, they asked the Speaker to call the question with the hope of voting it down. That would be a big parliamentary slap on Gbajabiamila face being the Leader of the House.

The Speaker sensed the imminent disgrace of the House Leader and called him over to his table and after consultations, the Speaker gave him a soft landing by providing further information that the Sole Administrator of Ajaokuta and all the staff of the ministry too boycotted the hearing which he adduced to instructions from the Ministers.

Gbajabiamila returned to his seat and in breach of parliamentary procedures, was recognized again by the Speaker to make additional motion to his already seconded motion which was yet to be voted on. Gbajabiamila jocularly attributed the breach to the day being “a special day”. It was this additional motion that called for the vote of no confidence and being in accord with the mood of house, was unanimously adopted.

All in all, what is really the effect of vote of no confidence on a Minister in a presidential system of government? NO effect whatsoever. Even in parliamentary system, legislators only pass vote of no confidence on the entire government (for the government to fall), if it just a Minister, it should be motion of censure. Gbajabiamila apparently just placated the ignorant fools in the house.

psucc:
"Reasons adduced"? The House were itched that none of the two Ministers could deems it fit to personally sign the letter and their reply only sent the same day they were required to attend. Whereas The Hon Speaker personally signed the invitation and it was delivered to them 2weeks ago.

These men are adding to Buhari's woes and to think that it was these crop of men that took Buhari 6months to appoint is the most disappointing.

The two ministers actually replied to the invitation earlier than the letter that is displayed here. Their earlier letter was the one read by the Speaker on the floor.

The speaker read 3 correspondences viz: his initial invitation letter; the Ministers reply to the invitation in which they explained why they would be absent; and then his own reply to the Ministers letter which he did on 27th February.

It was in the Speaker’s reply of the 27th February that he made the allegations of compromise against the Ministers and that is what they attempted to clear in their letter of 1st March which was delivered after the House session had begun and wasn’t read by the speaker.

Giel:
So no answer basically. You can't explain it.
You just wanted to type that I was being "ungiel"

What exactly do you want me to explain?

A poster accused you of replying her with temper which you denied.

I pointed out a line in the said post which I also noticed as coming off as if you were irritated which apparently you didn’t interprete that way (hence your denial of the accusation of having a temper)

Having been following your previous updates, I said it was unlike Giel’s characteristic way of posting and put unGiel in inverted commas to show it was a contrived word.

EOD

Giel:
And which one is "giel" and which one is "ungiel" again?

Not your usual style of posting