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I pity PDP, they should stop being pessimistic with everything the ruling party does.

Best man for the job. A go administrator who set specific measurable objectives and accomplishes them.

This indicates the seriousness with which Buhari will bring change, if FASHOLA delivers on these, surely he will not be far from a higher responsibility in 2019.

Round peg in round hole!!!

If that is the Supposed leader people are following to actualize the sovereign state of BIAFRA, then they need to examine their head.

I guess it is no longer resource control again but Biafra? Is this the reason Asari Dokubo visited Ralph sometime ago, to mobilize people against the government of the day and make governance impossible? Let us see how long they can sustain this protest. In 2012, when the whole nation rose up against subsidy removal, not one protest was seen in Rivers State, only in Lagos and Abuja we saw the agitation to reverse what was not feasible then. Since the free money shared to former militants is been terminated next month, it is obvious this is another opportunity to agitate for what will bring the warlords to the negotiating table.

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Cairo (CNN)[Breaking news update at 7:47 a.m.]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared an official day of mourning for Sunday to grieve for victims of the crash of the Russian passenger jet in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the Kremlin said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/31/middleeast/egypt-plane-crash/index.html

It was waiting to happen, it was too obvious!!!

The Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal is currently reading its judgement in the petition filed by the APC candidate Dakuku Peterside against the election of Governor Nyesom Wike.
PREMIUM TIMES brings you the live updates from the judgement of the three-member panel which is sitting in Abuja for security reasons.
10:41 The presiding judge reviewed the witnesses and stated that Peterside/APC called 56 witnesses and of the respondents: INEC-16; Wike-24; PDP-none. The panel states that the petitioners submitted three issues for determination.
10:46 INEC argued that the petitioners failed to prove their case polling unit by polling unit in line with Supreme Court earlier decisions.According to the panel, Governor Wike’s final written address on the petition is dated October 14.
10:55 The Tribunal is now reviewing Mr. Wike’s second major argument. Governor Wike’s first major argument is that most of the petitioners’ witnesses gave hearsay evidence, according to the tribunal. Governor Wike’s other major arguments, according to the tribunal, include: Petitioners are required to prove polling unit by polling unit but they only called few polling unit agents. Non-usage of card reader cannot be grounds for nullifying election.
Mr. Wike also argued that the election was free and fair and he was duly returned governor. He asked the tribunal to strike out the petition.
The tribunal states that PDP’s final address was on October 16.
11:02 The PDP argued that the Petitioners leveled allegations of crime against the military which was not joined as a party. The PDP also argued that non-usage of card reader cannot be grounds of nullification of election. PDP thus argued that the petitioners failed to prove their case and case should be struck out.
11:18 The petitioner, Mr. Peterside, argued that the card reader machine was made mandatory by INEC’s guideline and has the backing of the Electoral Act.
11:31 The tribunal adopts only one issue for determination – whether or not the petitioners have proved their case.
11:40 The Tribunal dismisses preliminary issues concerning the competence of the tribunal raised by the respondents. It is now dwelling on its sole issue for determination
11:49 The tribunal restates the petitioners’ allegations inculding poll being marred by intimidation of voters, non-availability of result sheets, snatching of electoral materials, non-collation of results at wards and LG levels etc.
11:50 The Tribunal states that the evidence of the petitioners’ witnesses is relevant and reliable.
11:54 The tribunal states that INEC has the power to insist on card readers. It is not open to anybody to act otherwise – tribunal
11:57 According to the tribunal, Exhibit A9 presented by the petitioners, which is a report by head of election monitoring team of INEC office in Rivers State, Charles Okoye, confirmed the allegations of the petitioners – Tribunal
11:58 The tribunal says card readers were introduced by INEC to ensure credibility and transparency
11:59 We don’t see any conflict between the introduction of card readers and the provisions of the Electoral Act, the tribunal states
11:59 A simple glance of the results (Exhibit A10) showed that the election was not conducted in substantial compliance with the Electoral Act, the tribunal states
12:01 According to the tribunal, an INEC witness said he was not aware of directive by the Commission on the exclusive use of card readers for accreditation.
12:05 According to the tribunal, INEC had directed that if the card reader failed the election should be postponed to the next day.
12:09 According to the tribunal, presiding officers called by the respondents as witnesses said they resorted to manual accreditation because the card reader failed. They said the were not aware of INEC’s directive to postpone the poll under such circumstances.
12:10 The tribunal states that the characters of voters called by Mr. Wike were impugned under cross-examination.
12:15 The voters- Mr. Wike’s witnesses- dodged questions under cross-examination and refused to answer questions on documents the petitioners confronted them with, the tribunal states
12:15 We are in agreement that the evidence of the witnesses of Wike and INEC is incredible and unreliable, Tribunal states
12:17 We are satisfied that the petitioners have proved their case, Tribunal states
12:18 We hereby order INEC to conduct fresh elections.
12:23 Tribunal sacks Nyseom Wike as Rivers Governor.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/192015-rivers-election-petition-tribunal-live-updates.html

12:10 The tribunal states that the characters of voters called by Mr. Wike were impugned under cross-examination.
12:15 The voters- Mr. Wike’s witnesses- dodged questions under cross-examination and refused to answer questions on documents the petitioners confronted them with, the tribunal states
12:15 We are in agreement that the evidence of the witnesses of Wike and INEC is incredible and unreliable, Tribunal states
12:17 We are satisfied that the petitioners have proved their case, Tribunal states

11:40 The Tribunal dismisses preliminary issues concerning the competence of the tribunal raised by the respondents. It is now dwelling on its sole issue for determination
11:49 The tribunal restates the petitioners’ allegations inculding poll being marred by intimidation of voters, non-availability of result sheets, snatching of electoral materials, non-collation of results at wards and LG levels etc.
11:50 The Tribunal states that the evidence of the petitioners’ witnesses is relevant and reliable

PDP Senators are more than COWARDS, they chickened out, Why all the noise?

Like him or hate him, for him to still be in power there must be something peculiar about this man.

Everything about Amaechi makes headlines, obviously he is on top that is why he is the topic.

For 16 years, PDP never delivered on any of there promises, so if APC and Buhari do not deliver on theirs, it is not new but an opportunity to kick them out in 2019.

Perhaps that is also the reason why we have man marrying man, mothers sexing up with their daughters in such climes.

Watching.......

As long as the legislators in the state house of assemble have not questioned what SECURITY VOTES are spent on and hold the EXECUTHIEVES accountable to these votes, looting of the states's scarce resources will continue unabated.

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What else do you expect, when we have a political class that have no values, a people that stand for nothing and everything.

Diaris God!!!

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I have a 2002 toyota highlander, fabric... I want to sell for 1.8 .. hope u don't mind

Is it also three row seat?

Wont you sell for 240k?

How about 1.7m? And what is the Odometer reading? Do you have a whatsapp number for us to chat?

The truth remains Oliseh and NFF were poor in handling this captaincy issue. For a player that served his country for 13yrs and is the captain of the team, you don't just wake up and relieve him of the position because he reported late to camp. He ought to be carried along in the leadership change process, and his new role be clearly explained to him before going public with the changes.

One of the properties in question that Saraki did not acknowledge in his declaration in 2007 was a property sold to him by El Rufai. When the prosecution lawyer Rotimi Jacobs SAN, mentioned it the court room roared.

I watched the rebroadcast on channels

http://www.channelstv.com/live/

The man has been humbled.....anyway, he is innocent until proven otherwise.

The law is about facts not sentiments!!!

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Why are they changing the rules? Do they have something to hide?