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http://thenationonlineng.net/new/southeast-traders-shut-markets/

Major markets in the Southeast were yesterday closed in protest against the presence of Boko Haram detainees in the Ekwulobia prison, Anambra State.
Traders planned to stage a mass protest at a well-attended meeting of the South East Amalgamated Traders Association held in Onitsha last Saturday.
The meeting drew participants from various traders’ unions and associations in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states. They strongly condemned the transfer of the Boko Haram prisoners to Ekwulobia prison and requested President Muhammadu Buhari to remove them.

“At our meeting in Onitsha last Saturday, many participants were very angry over the alleged attempt by the Federal Government to spread terrorism and terrorists to Igbo land. We have made it clear that we don’t want Boko Haram prisoners anywhere in the Southeast and the government has no reason whatsoever to bring them here. Their plan is to expose us to danger and we must resist it,” one of the traders’ leaders said.
All markets in Enugu, including Ogbete Main Market, Kenyatta Market and Garriki Market, were locked. Onitsha was also totally paralysed.
Imo markets were closed as the traders joined the peaceful protest.
In the commercial town of Aba, Abia State, however, all was normal.

Ebonyi traders also failed to join the protest.
Governor Dave Umahi explained that since the suspects had already been taken to Abuja, the protest was unnecessary.
He said: ”The traders have the right to protest but there was no need for the protest because we(Southeast governors) had enjoined the Federal Government not to relocate any Boko Haram prisoner to any prison in the Southeast. Those suspects brought to Anambra State have been taken back to Abuja.

“The state decided against the protest for the reason that the governors of the region had intimated the Presidency on their opinion on the matter, and so no need for anyone to encourage people to take to the streets, Umahi said.
According to the plan, traders in Abakaliki were expected to gather at the Abakpa main market at about 8am. They were to march round the state capital before converging at the Government House gate where Umahi was expected to address them.
Riot policemen took over the market to prevent the traders from embarking on the protest and to avert a possible breakdown of law and order.

Ebonyi police spokesman Chris Anyanwu said that the police had to tighten security.
He said: “We got wind of plans by traders in Abakaliki markets to stage a peaceful protest over what they alleged as relocation of persons suspected to be Boko Haram members to some prisons in the South-East. We had to mobilise our men immediately to major roads and locations in the state to avert any breakdown of law and order”.
Following the closure of markets and banks in Anambra State, Onitsha traders moved in a motorcade to Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area.
The protest, which paralysed activities in the state was led by the South East traders Association coordinator, Chief Okwudili Ezenwnkwo.

But the protest was greeted with criticisms from Transform Nigeria Movement (TNM), led by Comrade Obi Ochije, who described the protest as “senseless” and “unnecessary”. He blamed it all on Governor Willie Obiano.
He said: “it is shameful and unfair for market leaders to be closing markets without considering the poor, the widows who have nobody to cater for them.”
The rights activist said civil society groups were appealing to Obiano to stop closing markets, but hailed him for his efforts in fighting for Ndigbo on the issue.
National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki’s team was in Anambra State to discuss with Obiano how to resolve the issue.
The seven – man team and Obiano held a closed-door meeting that lasted late into the night.

And after the meeting, Obiano told reporters that the matter would be resolved soon.
The meeting was attended by the Obi of Onitsha, Nnaemeka Achebe, Catholic Bishop of Awka, the Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor, Anglican Bishop of Awka, Most Rev Alex Ibezim, the Monarch of Umuoji community, Igwe Cyril Enweze.
Others are Ezenwankwo, Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Apostle Theo Okpala, National Legal Adviser of Association of Town Unions (ASATU) Ephraim Illozumba and the Union’s President, Dr. Jude Okolo.
Chairman, National Association of Igbo Traders, Chief Anayo Nweke, said they were aligning themselves with Senator Uche Ekwunife and Southeast governors in condemning the action of the Federal Government.

Besides, he said since the Federal government was compensating the Boko Haram victims, it should be extended to Ndigbo who lost their property in the North as a result of Boko Haram.
Addressing the traders yesterday at the Ekwulobia Township Stadium, Ezenwankwo, said any gun shot at the environs of Ekwulobia would be seen as declaring war in Igbo land.

He said the traders and the people would not rest until justice was done by the federal government by taking the Boko Haram inmates back to where they came from.
The market leader in the Southeast said that relocation of the dreaded inmates was a ploy to Islamise Ndigbo, adding that the people would not fold their arms and allow their people suffer unnecessarily

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/dont-demolish-ladipo-market-without-alternative-rep-tells-ambode/

A House of Repre­sentatives member representing Amu­wo Odofin Federal Constituency, Lagos State, Oghene Emma Egoh, at the weekend faulted the demolition of some shops at Ladipo market by the state government.
He said the government must make an alternative ar­rangement if it wanted to re­build the market.

Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Egoh said it would be unfair for the government to push traders out without pro­viding an alternative.
Although the lawmaker dismissed insinuation that there were political motives in the government’s action, he urged the state administra­tion to handle the matter in a manner that it would raise less dust.

He said: “I asked myself that why are they demolish­ing Ladipo market, the an­swer I gave to myself was that the Igbo did not vote for APC and that is why they are doing this and I still said to myself that that looks sim­plistic because I know a lot of Igbo voted for the APC also. Ladipo market is not in my constituency but a lot of people from my constitu­ency work in Ladipo market that is where they earn their daily income and I am wor­ried that that market is being demolished.

[size=15pt]since ladepo market need 2 b redesign, lagos state govt shld reconstruct the road to a 6 lane road, so that unwanted shop will be demolish [/size]

Dino has shown it real self, he shld not try 2 look for any electoral post again, because his lost will be worse than smart. He is luck 2 use buhari influence 2 win the last election, if not dino is a nobody.

winniz:
Who does your controller general take orders from now if not Your Daura Terrorist

[size=14pt]has buhari been 2 anambra prison to knw if the prison is ok?

u just heard obino saying the arrangement has been conclude during goodluck regime, it could be part of security report they hand over 2 buhari, that buhari act upon.

their plan may be to killed those that will b transfer to amanbra secretly, but they ar nolonger in govt, so tell ur brothers in jail 2 take of them [/size]

[size=15pt]goodluck and peter obi appointed an ibo as controller general of nigeria prison in the person of Dr Peter Ekpendu during his tenure, the CG knw much better. Obino may be right [/size]

[size=14pt]APC need genuine reconciliation, but Baraje shld call saraki and Dino to order [/size]

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/you-are-setting-the-north-against-the-south-baraje-tells-akande/

ABUJA- FORMER Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and now a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Kawu Baraje, yesterday lampooned former interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande over his statement that the emergence of the principal officers in the national Assembly, enjoy the backing of some business interests and anti-Buhari elements.
In a statement he signed yesterday and made available to Journalists in Abuja, Baraje stressed that he was disappointed that Chief Akande who had led the party and served as a state Governor could make such statements that were capable of dividing the nation by setting the North against the South west, adding that he was equally disappointed that the former interim chairman of the APC would present claims which he cannot substantiate.

According to Baraje, what was expected of an Elderstatesman of Akande’s status was to join in the on-going efforts to achieve genuine reconciliation In the National Assembly, rather than waste his energy in further increasing the crisis and further sowing the seed of discord, just as he expressed surprise that with the position Akande had occupied in the party and the country, he could be making statements capable of accentuating and promoting the fault lines in the nation.

Baraje, the former Chairman of NPDP said, “I do not know where Chief Akande and his cohorts are getting this unsubstantiated information they are circulating. We challenge them to provide proof and let Nigerians make their judgment. Akande and co believe that they have exclusive right to determine who occupy what position in today’s Nigeria and whoever tries to challenge their position must be subjected to savage attack in the media. That tactic is definitely undemocratic.

“I have known Chief Akande to be an honest man. I got the shock of my life when he alleged that I had a meeting in my house with ‘some old and new PDP members with a view to hijacking the National Assembly’ through the aspiration of Dr. Bukola Saraki as the Senate President. I have been quiet as a leader so as to not to be seen as taking side because of my closeness to Dr. Saraki, else people will read meaning into it.

“Akande has been playing a role which I admire. He will recall that he met some actors, with a Governor from the Northwest and a leader of the party from the Southwest, where the leader from the Southwest was cautioned to be reasonable in this crisis and was also admonished to allow justice, fair play and equity to take place.

“He (Akande) supported the view of the governor from the North-west that the particular leader from the South-west should be admonished for his action. It is therefore surprising that Akande is now being economic with the truth and painting a picture that exists only in his imagination.
“My worry has been that President Buhari is being fed with lies and stories that are dangerous to the polity. My fears have now been confirmed with Akande’s statement. It is my prayer that the President should strengthen his information gathering network, so as to have a clear and true picture of what is happening.

“I am also appealing to Chief Akande and his cohorts to demonstrate more commitment to our party by exposing the President to the truth that would assist him in taking good decisions. I hope that this appeal will be heeded. I am still keeping quiet with the hope that our efforts in reconciliation will come to a fruitful end.

” I am happy to state that the former Governor of Kwara State enjoys the support of the critical constituencies that he needs to be President of the Senate, particularly that of the good people of Nigeria.”
According to Baraje, the story by Akande that a purported meeting took place in his house after the general elections where a so-called new PDP group plotted “with a view to hijacking the National Assembly with an ultimate aim of resuscitating the PDP as their future political platform” was a mere fabrication.

He continued, “To start talking about a so-called Northern rebellion and conspiracy against the South-west and Yoruba at this stage of our national development when the nation just emerged unscathed from a national election which many predicted would lead to her dismemberment is unbecoming of a national leader like Chief Akande.

“His press statement was targeted at setting agenda for the proposed meeting of the NEC, NWC and other organs of the party which they thought will hold on Tuesday, June 30. Incidentally, that meeting has been postponed. I am sure they just wanted to poison the minds of the people before that meeting. Akande sure does not want reconciliation and they already have an agenda they are pursuing. Yet, they accused others of different sins. We pray that reason will prevail and they will join others to move the party forward”, he said.

Baraje who urged all Nigerians to join him and others now making efforts to reconcile all National Assembly members with a view to getting all of them to work as a united team in realizing the objectives of the Buhari administration, also affirmed his loyalty to the APC and dissociated himself and his associates from any plot to destabilize the APC or resuscitate the PDP, adding, ”I remain committed to the APC principle and the positive change promised our people by President Buhari. As a democrat, I will continue to abide by the provision of the constitution of Nigeria. I will however refuse to be blackmailed by those who believe that they must have their way at all times.”

ENDS.

[size=14pt]The controller general nigeria prison service is one Dr Peter Ekpendu mni an Ibo man, he knws the best prison where to keep prisoners and he choose Ekwulobia prison. The man won't wish his people bad, those who are insinuating that buhari is witch hunting them shld think again, i don't knw if they protest federal appointment or project if it come to their area again [/size]

[size=14pt]The controller general nigeria prison service is one Dr Peter Ekpendu mni an Ibo man, he knws the best prison where to keep prisoners and he choose Ekwulobia prison. The man won't wish his people bad, those who are insinuating that buhari is witch hunting them shld think again, i don't knw if they protest federal appointment or project if it come to their area again [/size]

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/protest-rocks-ekwulobia-over-alleged-relocation-of-boko-haram-prisoners/213503/

Economic activities were paralysed in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State On Tuesday when residents in the community protested the alleged relocation of Boko Haram prisoners to the federal prison in the area.

About 47 of the captured Boko Haram prisoners were said to have been relocated to the Ekwulobia prison facility from the North-east.

The protesters, who included traditional rulers, the clergy, traders, women and youths took to the streets of Ekwulobia as early as 8 am and marched peacefully to the Aguata council headquarters, then to the adjoining Oko community, former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme’s home town, carrying placards some of which read, “Buhari don’t export terrorism to the South-east” and “Boko Haram prisoners are not wanted here”, among others.

Business activities were brought to a halt as traders locked up their shops and commercial motorcyclists blared their horns in protest.

The chairman of Aguata council area, Mr. Tony Umeoji, bemoaned the transfer of Boko Haram prisoners to Ekwulobia Prisons, saying it was politically motivated and aimed at stunting the development of the entire South-east, starting from Anambra State.

“I must tell you that this development will chase away intending investors coming to Anambra State, thereby setting back the wheel of progress of the state,” he said, adding that a situation like this called for sober concern because of the apprehension and restiveness it had caused among Ekwulobia people.

“The people are scared and there is a general sense of insecurity in the place. The Ekwulobia Prisons has not got the capacity and facility for such high-risk inmates. The prison was built to house 84 people and there are 133 inmates already, and you are adding another 47 inmates of Boko Haram extraction. That is too much and not healthy at all,” he said.

Also, the lawmaker representing Aguata II constituency in the Anambra House of Assembly, Ikem Uzozie, appealed to the federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently relocate the Boko Haram inmates to a prison with maximum capacity and facility.

According to him, the development had shattered the relative peace which hitherto existed in the area.

He added that the state House of Assembly may cut short its one-month recess and reconvene with a view to deliberating on the matter and prevail on the presidency to redress the issue.

In a related incident, the presidency has said that 47 former Boko Haram members and more than 300 victims rescued from a militant stronghold in the Northeast Sambisa forest have entered a rehabilitation programme.
At least 22 women and girls, who were recruited to be suicide bombers, are also undergoing a “de-radicalisation” programme run by Dr. Fatima Akilu, head of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Department in the Office of the National Security Adviser, Femi Adesina, a presidential spokesman, said in an e-mailed statement yesterday.

He did not however specify if the 47 former sect members were the suspects who had been relocated to the Ekwulobia Prisons.
“One of the objectives of the CVE is to reform terrorists and prevent others from joining terrorist organisations and violent sects,” according to the statement.

President Buhari “said that the federal government will continue to do its best to ensure that victims of Boko Haram’s atrocities receive necessary support.”
Dr. Akilu, who met with Buhari to brief him on the work of her unit, said that its non-military approach was running concurrently with the armed onslaught against insurgents in the country.

Akilu said so far, the CVE has rehabilitated no fewer than 305 victims of terrorism rescued from the Sambisa Forest by the Nigerian military.
She told the president that a National Security Corridor Programme had been created to provide a safe route for those who wish to leave Boko Haram voluntarily and 47 erstwhile members of the group had embraced the programme.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/protest-rocks-ekwulobia-over-alleged-relocation-of-boko-haram-prisoners/213503/

Economic activities were paralysed in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State On Tuesday when residents in the community protested the alleged relocation of Boko Haram prisoners to the federal prison in the area.

About 47 of the captured Boko Haram prisoners were said to have been relocated to the Ekwulobia prison facility from the North-east.

The protesters, who included traditional rulers, the clergy, traders, women and youths took to the streets of Ekwulobia as early as 8 am and marched peacefully to the Aguata council headquarters, then to the adjoining Oko community, former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme’s home town, carrying placards some of which read, “Buhari don’t export terrorism to the South-east” and “Boko Haram prisoners are not wanted here”, among others.

Business activities were brought to a halt as traders locked up their shops and commercial motorcyclists blared their horns in protest.

The chairman of Aguata council area, Mr. Tony Umeoji, bemoaned the transfer of Boko Haram prisoners to Ekwulobia Prisons, saying it was politically motivated and aimed at stunting the development of the entire South-east, starting from Anambra State.

“I must tell you that this development will chase away intending investors coming to Anambra State, thereby setting back the wheel of progress of the state,” he said, adding that a situation like this called for sober concern because of the apprehension and restiveness it had caused among Ekwulobia people.

“The people are scared and there is a general sense of insecurity in the place. The Ekwulobia Prisons has not got the capacity and facility for such high-risk inmates. The prison was built to house 84 people and there are 133 inmates already, and you are adding another 47 inmates of Boko Haram extraction. That is too much and not healthy at all,” he said.

Also, the lawmaker representing Aguata II constituency in the Anambra House of Assembly, Ikem Uzozie, appealed to the federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently relocate the Boko Haram inmates to a prison with maximum capacity and facility.

According to him, the development had shattered the relative peace which hitherto existed in the area.

He added that the state House of Assembly may cut short its one-month recess and reconvene with a view to deliberating on the matter and prevail on the presidency to redress the issue.

In a related incident, the presidency has said that 47 former Boko Haram members and more than 300 victims rescued from a militant stronghold in the Northeast Sambisa forest have entered a rehabilitation programme.
At least 22 women and girls, who were recruited to be suicide bombers, are also undergoing a “de-radicalisation” programme run by Dr. Fatima Akilu, head of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Department in the Office of the National Security Adviser, Femi Adesina, a presidential spokesman, said in an e-mailed statement yesterday.

He did not however specify if the 47 former sect members were the suspects who had been relocated to the Ekwulobia Prisons.
“One of the objectives of the CVE is to reform terrorists and prevent others from joining terrorist organisations and violent sects,” according to the statement.

President Buhari “said that the federal government will continue to do its best to ensure that victims of Boko Haram’s atrocities receive necessary support.”
Dr. Akilu, who met with Buhari to brief him on the work of her unit, said that its non-military approach was running concurrently with the armed onslaught against insurgents in the country.

Akilu said so far, the CVE has rehabilitated no fewer than 305 victims of terrorism rescued from the Sambisa Forest by the Nigerian military.
She told the president that a National Security Corridor Programme had been created to provide a safe route for those who wish to leave Boko Haram voluntarily and 47 erstwhile members of the group had embraced the programme.

"However, MASSOB’s Deputy National Director of
Information, Mazi Chris Mocha in an SMS text,
warned that if they hear any sound of bomb
blast, as a result of this relocation exercise, they
would retaliate with immediate effect because
according to him, no particular group or sect had
the monopoly of throwing bombs or causing
violence."

Where will they retaliate?

The Nigerian military is alleged to have transferred over 100 suspected Boko Haram members from Maiduguri, Borno State, to unknown locations in the country.
This is coming against the backdrop of recent developments where economic activities were paralysed in Anambra State following unconfirmed reports that the federal government was planning to relocate Boko Haram detainees still awaiting trial in various parts of the North-east to the state, but this has been denied by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
However, THISDAY was informed of the transfer last week by a source who claimed that the Boko Haram suspects who were captured during the recent offensive against their hideouts in Sambisa forest and other locations were transferred in two batches.
According to the source, the first batch of over 50 Boko Haram Prisoners of War (PoW) were lifted out of Maiduguri Airport to an unknown location on June 21, 2015, while the second batch of over 50 were also transferred on the June 24 by the C-130 military transport plane.
The source further claimed that the captured terrorists were usually taken to the Kainji Air Force Base where they might be taken for trial or handed over to the appropriate authorities.
The source said: “A C130 aircraft came and lifted over 50 Boko Haram captured fighter to Abuja or where we don’t know probably to show President Muhammadu Buhari their efforts.
“We don’t know the reason why that was done. We don’t know whether our big men (military authorities) want to show the president how serious we have been in the fight against the Boko Haram boys. To me this was a waste of aviation fuel and other logistics. In fact, we don’t know.
“These Boko Haram boys were all captured from the bush (Sambisa forest). They did not have a hold anywhere any longer but were just running in the bush with or without riffles because they did not have anything to eat or drink again. They were so tired and battle-weary that it was easy to capture them alive. And normally, the Kainji Air Force Base, Maiduguri, is where these kind of terrorists were kept. So for now we don’t know why we are hearing from some airmen that the C130 was heading to Abuja.”
The source further disclosed that “a second batch went four days after but where they are carrying them to was still what we are to ascertain...
Because initially, the Kainji Air Force base underground is where suspected Boko Haram insurgents used to be kept whenever they were captured from Maiduguri.”

Congrat

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/over-100-captured-boko-haram-suspects-transferred-to-unknown-locations/213359/

Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Senator Iroegbu in Abuja
The Nigerian military is alleged to have transferred over 100 suspected Boko Haram members from Maiduguri, Borno State, to unknown locations in the country.

This is coming against the backdrop of recent developments where economic activities were paralysed in Anambra State following unconfirmed reports that the federal government was planning to relocate Boko Haram detainees still awaiting trial in various parts of the North-east to the state, but this has been denied by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)

However, THISDAY was informed of the transfer last week by a source who claimed that the Boko Haram suspects who were captured during the recent offensive against their hideouts in Sambisa forest and other locations were transferred in two batches.
According to the source, the first batch of over 50 Boko Haram Prisoners of War (PoW) were lifted out of Maiduguri Airport to an unknown location on June 21, 2015, while the second batch of over 50 were also transferred on the June 24 by the C-130 military transport plane.

The source further claimed that the captured terrorists were usually taken to the Kainji Air Force Base where they might be taken for trial or handed over to the appropriate authorities.

The source said: “A C130 aircraft came and lifted over 50 Boko Haram captured fighter to Abuja or where we don’t know probably to show President Muhammadu Buhari their efforts.

“We don’t know the reason why that was done. We don’t know whether our big men (military authorities) want to show the president how serious we have been in the fight against the Boko Haram boys. To me this was a waste of aviation fuel and other logistics. In fact, we don’t know.

“These Boko Haram boys were all captured from the bush (Sambisa forest). They did not have a hold anywhere any longer but were just running in the bush with or without riffles because they did not have anything to eat or drink again. They were so tired and battle-weary that it was easy to capture them alive. And normally, the Kainji Air Force Base, Maiduguri, is where these kind of terrorists were kept. So for now we don’t know why we are hearing from some airmen that the C130 was heading to Abuja.”

The source further disclosed that “a second batch went four days after but where they are carrying them to was still what we are to ascertain...

Because initially, the Kainji Air Force base underground is where suspected Boko Haram insurgents used to be kept whenever they were captured from Maiduguri.”

Meanwhile, all efforts to reach the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, were not successful, as text messages and calls were not responded to.

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/anambra-govt-to-chase-away-non-indigene-okada-riders-from-state-ejikeme/

Onitsha—Anambra State government may have
concluded plans to chase out of the state non-
indigenes operating commercial motorcycles over
alleged activities capable of causing a break down of
law and order.

Commissioner for Transport, Dr Ifeanyichukwu
Ejikeme, gave the indication while addressing
newsmen in his office on the activities of the
Anambra State Traffic Management Agency under his
ministry.
He said those already blacklisted were Okada riders
from Abakaliki, Nsukka, Calabar and Kogi.
According to him, Okada riders from these states are
responsible for incessant violent crisis in the state.

“ I tell you that the crisis you see in the state
emanating from the Okada riders are from non
indigenes especially those Kogi who have been
engaging us in communal war, destroying our
properties and killing our people over the orient
petroleum sited at Anambra east local government
area of the state.

“ There should be decorum amongst the Okada men
and it is unfortunate that those who graduated from
Okada to Keke (tricycle) are the same people and
have the same methodology of operation,” he said.
He said government of Dr Willie Obiano had good
package for them but failed to appreciate it.
He said they rather chose to be reckless in their
operations which had led to the death and maiming
of passengers and passersby.

He said because government could no longer fold its
arms and watch the activities of the Okada riders, a
policy that banned them from major roads and
expressways was enunciated.
“ We are trying to protect them but they do not
know. There are many deaths in the state as a result
of their recklessness. The same policy obtains in
other states and Anambra can not be an exception,”
he said.

Ejikeme said government had already purchased
saloon cars that would be given out to commercial
motorcycle operators and Keke riders on hire
purchase to cushion the effect of the ban.
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Cc lalasticlala

The idea of the anambra state govt is to create inter-state crises

"while Dangote Group would mine coal in Kogi and Benue states."

Who will mine Enugu coal, since Dagote is scared of stepping his foot on ibo land?

Where are the rich ibo men to get licence and mine enugu coal mine, this is business and stop blaming Dangote.

[size=14pt]Dino and his boss saraki, with other pdp collaborators won't last as senate leaders [/size]

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/senators-of-like-minds-rap-kwankwaso-over-attack-on-saraki/212475/

The ripples from the hate campaigns and indecorous comments against the election of Dr. Bukola Saraki as Senate president by the former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, have continued as senators operating on the platform of the Senators of Like Minds have expressed shock over the uncouth language of the former Kano State governor on the president of the Senate.

They also cautioned the Kwankwaso over his incendiary utterances capable of destabilising the National Assembly and rubbishing the prevailing political tranquility in the country, while accusing him of suffering from a defeat syndrome, hence his resort to hate campaign and vile language for no just cause “but the selfish intentions of a man whose ambition has beclouded his sense of reasoning.”

Kwankwaso had described the emergence of Saraki as senate president as a dangerous signal to the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kwankwaso further warned the senate president against using his ambition to destroy the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party they laboured to build and betray the confidence which Nigerians reposed in them by voting them for change.

But in a swift reaction, the senators of like minds who are ardent supporters of the senate president in a statement by the coordinator and spokesperson of the group, Senator Dino Melaye, asked Kwankwaso when he has turned the friend of President Buhari, stating: “We are surprised at the emergency of Kwanlwaso as a friend of the president.”

Melaye categorically said the senate presidency of Saraki would not constitute any threat to President Buhari’s administration, explaining that instead, the president is safer in the hands of Saraki as the president of the Senate.

According to Melaye, “The President of the eighth Senate and chairman of the National Assembly would accord all necessary legislative support and cooperation to the president.
“We make bold to state that President Buhari is safer in the eighth assembly with Saraki presiding as the president. The Saraki’s presidency of the senate will give all necessary cooperation to the president and would greatly help to stabiliser the Buhari’s administration.

“My advice to Kwankwaso is that he should not allow his unrealisable dreams of 2019 distort his reasoning in 2015. He should channel his hate campaigns and vile comments elsewhere as the senate has moved on with Saraki as the president.”
He dismissed as frivolous, Kwankwaso’s unfounded and unsubstantiated claims that Senate President would constitute a threat to the present administration, advising that: “Statements from such personality should be decorous, statesmanlike and focused on the national interest instead of promoting acrimony, hate campaign and division within the polity. This unfortunate outburst is well below Kwankwaso’s character and status, and we urge him to desist from such infantile acts.”

Duru1:
It serves every Igbo person best if this goofy Igbo Conscience cum think tank remains emerging forever if the members think that the spate of hatred between Igbo and Yoruba started during the general election of yesterday. If the jokers in the so-called emerging Igbo Conscience have respect for past events, they should have realized that Igbo and Yoruba hatred is rooted in the Nigeria/Biafra civil war. What the hell is silly general election when there was a genocide committed against Ndiigbo during the civil war in which Yoruba were distinguished participants?

You are right

[size=13pt]sound funny, it is good to have peace among each other, but yoruba shld define their relationship or their rules to ibo people living in their land once and for all and ibo shld respect their political or governance decision. The major cause of hate btw ibo/yorub is politics, but if this olive branch they are stretching 2 each other is 2 fight northerner, they will fail [/size]

Princewill1:
IF BOKO HARAM HANDLES THAT NUCLEAR PLANT IN KOGI,NIGERIA NAME WILL BE SORRY!!

May b that is why ex president jonathan site the project in kogi state, which is very close 2 south east and akwa ibom a core southern state to be more secure.

Op We need solar morethan coal

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http://lindaikeji..it/2015/06/nigerians-slam-dino-melaye-for-calling.html

Senator Dino Melaye earlier today reacted to the alleged N8.64 billion wardrobe allowance being given to National Assembly members. In his statement which he posted on twitter, Melaye called on APC leaders to 'take a stand on the bogus NASS allowance'.
Nigerians are now blasting him for calling on the same APC National leaders he disrespected by working with Saraka against the party during the National Assembly election. See their tweets after the cut..

http://lindaikeji..it/2015/06/nigerians-slam-dino-melaye-for-calling.html

Senator Dino Melaye earlier today reacted to the alleged N8.64 billion wardrobe allowance being given to National Assembly members. In his statement which he posted on twitter, Melaye called on APC leaders to 'take a stand on the bogus NASS allowance'.
Nigerians are now blasting him for calling on the same APC National leaders he disrespected by working with Saraka against the party during the National Assembly election. See their tweets after the cut..

http://lindaikeji..it/2015/06/nigerians-slam-dino-melaye-for-calling.html

Senator Dino Melaye earlier today reacted to the alleged N8.64 billion wardrobe allowance being given to National Assembly members. In his statement which he posted on twitter, Melaye called on APC leaders to 'take a stand on the bogus NASS allowance'.
Nigerians are now blasting him for calling on the same APC National leaders he disrespected by working with Saraka against the party during the National Assembly election. See their tweets after the cut..

[size=14pt]despite the huge amount they collect for wardrobe allowance, they still take their cloth for laundry [/size]

[size=15pt]good for both side, it is turn of yoruba to demonstrate ibo have done their own. [/size]

https://www.nairaland.com/2298835/igbos-dallas-fortworth-embark-30#33493098

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=118196

[size=16pt]most people from that side of the country will be bastards in the next decade to come, no wonder their land is caused, selling Allah gift to earth for peanuts. Selling new born babies to their yorubaa brother for money ritual and selling new born babies to restaurant for cannibalism.

Stop baby factory!

Stop cannibalism!

B4 Almighty Allah send his great wrath upon ur people and the land of biafra [/size]

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=122881

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and the President of Dan­gote Group of Companies, Al­haji Aliko Dangote, have tipped Lagos State as one of the most lucrative investor havens on the African continent.

The duo who spoke yester­day at the Lagos House, Ikeja, affirmed that when the various projects being done in Lagos are completed, the emerging Afri­can model mega city will be an attractive business hub that will command investors’ respect and attention across the globe.
Ambode, while responding to Dangote’s address during his courtesy visit in his office, said his administration was ready to support the Dangote Group where necessary towards en­suring that investors have a comfortable life.

He said, “I will just call on other investors that wherever it is that we can assist, we will be willing and ready to make sure that investors have comfortable life and comfortable business profile in Lagos State.”
The Governor, who de­scribed the visit as very signifi­cant, promised that his adminis­tration would open up the state for greater business just as it is also interested in attracting for­eign investors through its cre­ation of an Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment.

“This visit is highly signifi­cant. We said it that we are going to open up Lagos State for great­er business and we also said we are interested in bringing in for­eign investors and creating an Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment,” he said.

“This visit is symbolic in the sense that the bottom line is creating jobs for our youths and he has shown full commit­ment as a great Nigerian that he is interested in investing in any part of this country but most significantly in Lagos State, and we are ready to support him and all his businesses because he is adding value. “I will just call on other investors that wherever it is that we can assist, we will be willing and ready to make sure that investors have comfortable life and comfortable business profile in Lagos State and once again, I want to thank you for being here,” he added.

Ambode also thanked the Dangote Group President for donating N400 million through the Dangote Foundation to 2,000 women in each of the 20 local governments in the state towards assisting them improve their businesses.

Fielding questions from jour­nalists shortly after the meeting, Dangote said he and his team were at the Lagos House to con­gratulate Governor Ambode on his victory at the poll as well as his swearing in as the 14th Chief Executive Officer of the state.

Dangote said the visit also afforded him the opportunity to assure the Governor of his com­mitment to finish ongoing proj­ects currently being embarked upon by his company as well as his continued support to initia­tives geared towards securing lives and properties.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=122881

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and the President of Dan­gote Group of Companies, Al­haji Aliko Dangote, have tipped Lagos State as one of the most lucrative investor havens on the African continent.

The duo who spoke yester­day at the Lagos House, Ikeja, affirmed that when the various projects being done in Lagos are completed, the emerging Afri­can model mega city will be an attractive business hub that will command investors’ respect and attention across the globe.
Ambode, while responding to Dangote’s address during his courtesy visit in his office, said his administration was ready to support the Dangote Group where necessary towards en­suring that investors have a comfortable life.

He said, “I will just call on other investors that wherever it is that we can assist, we will be willing and ready to make sure that investors have comfortable life and comfortable business profile in Lagos State.”
The Governor, who de­scribed the visit as very signifi­cant, promised that his adminis­tration would open up the state for greater business just as it is also interested in attracting for­eign investors through its cre­ation of an Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment.

“This visit is highly signifi­cant. We said it that we are going to open up Lagos State for great­er business and we also said we are interested in bringing in for­eign investors and creating an Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment,” he said.

“This visit is symbolic in the sense that the bottom line is creating jobs for our youths and he has shown full commit­ment as a great Nigerian that he is interested in investing in any part of this country but most significantly in Lagos State, and we are ready to support him and all his businesses because he is adding value. “I will just call on other investors that wherever it is that we can assist, we will be willing and ready to make sure that investors have comfortable life and comfortable business profile in Lagos State and once again, I want to thank you for being here,” he added.

Ambode also thanked the Dangote Group President for donating N400 million through the Dangote Foundation to 2,000 women in each of the 20 local governments in the state towards assisting them improve their businesses.

Fielding questions from jour­nalists shortly after the meeting, Dangote said he and his team were at the Lagos House to con­gratulate Governor Ambode on his victory at the poll as well as his swearing in as the 14th Chief Executive Officer of the state.

Dangote said the visit also afforded him the opportunity to assure the Governor of his com­mitment to finish ongoing proj­ects currently being embarked upon by his company as well as his continued support to initia­tives geared towards securing lives and properties.