₦airaland Forum

77up:
Never knew Gbajabiamila is a muslim .

Yoruba muslims and christians blend so well, atimes, it is difficult to know the religion a particular person is.

celeiyke:
Lawan has always been pdp candidate amongst d contestants beside Goje. What some of u eggheads don't know is,Lawan is very close to Saraki, David Mark and Ekweremadu. U are here singing foolish praises of Tinubu. Watch out for House of reps. Lawan has a pact with Ekweremadu. Keep typing rubbish here cos u have a phone u can browse with

Why are you sounding so pained?

karpentar:
Ndume go for it. tinubu must be disgraced

pele

This Ndume na weed man oh.

ZombieTERROR:
Fayose should take the easy way out at this juncture


Join APc and become a saint


Buhari is really pighting kwarupsion according to zombies...


But he would do no such thing because he is not a coward like Danjuma Goje... Sullivan chime.. Akpabio etc

He's Peter... The Rock

That judge handling Fayose's case is a no nonsense anti-corruption judge. He needs his prayer warrior wife to start immediate intercession.

9jaRealist:
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Meanwhile, crucial point being overlooked is that the Supreme Court Act provides for a MAXIMUM of 15 Supreme Court justices!

Specifically, the Constitution provides in Section 230(2)(b) for any number of Supreme Court justices as may be prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly (but not to exceed 21). The relevant Act in this respect is the Supreme Court Act (Chapter S15, Laws of Nigeria 2004), which provides in the relevant part (Section 3 (1)) that “[t]he number of Justices of the Supreme Court shall NOT EXCEED fifteen” (emphasis added). In other words, the President’s letter (much as this ongoing discussion) appears mute and DOA. Abegi, who’s advising ASO Rock?

PS: Here’s the link to the Supreme Court Act on the website of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja: http://lawnigeria.com/LawsoftheFederation/SUPREME-COURT-ACT.html
See also: http://www.nigeria-law.org/SupremeCourtAct.htm
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The constitution supersedes any act.

9jaRealist:
YOU ARE RIGHT...

Not sure what the dude is going on about, but the appointment of Supreme Court justices (and the CJN) is made pursuant to the recommendation of the NJC. The process is three-fold: (1) the NJC makes a recommendation to the President; (2) the President makes a nominates an appointee to the Senate; and (3) the Senate then confirms (or rejects) the nominated candidate. [b]It is only after the Senate confirms a candidate that the Justice is deemed to be constitutionally appointed[/B] - and thereafter the appointee is sworn-in by the CJN (or the President, in the case of the CJN). Therefore, you are indeed correct that the President should have written to the NJC instead of the acting CJN, unless (and it was NOT so indicated) the President was actually trying to write to the NJC through the acting CJN (which is still procedurally INCORRECT since the NJC has a secretariat through which it should receive communications).

Furthermore, the Constitution merely provides for a Supreme Court “not exceeding” 21 justices. It does NOT require nor mandate that the Supreme Court have 21 justices (and usually the Supreme Court has about 15 or 16 justices). It is NOT the business of the President how many justices the Judicial branch (acting principally through the NJC) deem sufficient or suitable for the Supreme Court at any point in time (he who wears the shoe knows where it pinches), and this sort of wanton INTERFERENCE in the affairs of another CO-EQUAL branch of government is somewhat troubling. The Constitution does NOT provide for (nor anticipate) an IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY, with a President seeking to direct the affairs of, or issuing instructions to, the other CO-EQUAL branches of government (whether the National Assembly or the Supreme Court). This is slippery slope territory!
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The other branch of government are only co-equals in your imagination. Digest the constitution and you'll clearly see that the number 1 position of the president is unrivaled.

ogunsj:
my friend it's you who is sounding robotic, by trying to force people to like who you like, and to hate who you hate. life is dynamic, respecting other people's opinions is an indication that you are in your right senses.

What a cool and reasonable comment.

roymary:
SMH!!! Typical zombie. You sound like a robot simply following a program. No one in their right senses supports this government.

He is right. Democracy is a game of numbers. You dont have to abuse others for exercising their voting rights.

samstradam:
This is the problem with irrational hate, it turns grown educated men into crying inconsolable babies.

Now I ask, when you write to an institution do you not address it to somebody? If write to UNILAG, should I address it to UNILAG and say "Dear UNILAG". If i write to the Police do I say "Dear Police". Or maybe the reason why our Senators are doing whatever they like is because people have been writing letters saying "Dear Senate"!

In all cases we know that you write a letter and address it to an actual office/officer of the institution, even if the officer is a cleaner, it must be addressed to a recognised office/officer.

Tanko is the ag CJN. By the office he holds he is the chairman of both the NJC and FJSC. But you knew this already, yet you felt the need to try to belittle your President.

Or maybe I'm wrong and you are just a graduate of Baba Iyabo's school of meaningless and directionless letter writing..... oya ...."Dear Nigeria, See what Buhari has done again!"

Thank you for this apt analogy.

Urchman200:
can u pause a bit and read ur writeup again?a man that have a case to answer before this judge's will now decide which judge should be appointed. I am really confused about Nigeria version of democracy.

You guys are unbelievable. So who else can appoint Justices of the supreme court in Nigeria if not the president.

All the presidents before him, didn't they appoint justices of the supreme court even when they had pending cases?

Which law says a president should not appoint justices when he has pending cases before the courts?

Even in the US, despite the myriad of cases of Trump, didn't he appoint a supreme court justice?

Built2last:
Scared

The current configuration of the supreme court doesn't favour Buhari in any case. Any vote on major cases will see Buhari losing.

The south has more justices in Supreme court. Not even the acting CJN can influence anything for Buhari easily.

The acting CJN seeing that he can't initiate that has used the presidency to initiate a letter. He will take over from there.

4 justices from the North loading

Since you confirmed yourself that Southerners are more, addition of more justices from the North should not be a concern. There must be equity.

The supreme court should be roughly 50/50 between the North and the South.

Yankee101:
Are you sure the legit votes for him where more than those agsinst him?

And the server which received all originally transmitted results was hurriedly changed?

Be dreaming

Server people, keep dreaming.

valentineuwakwe:
i just hope the five (5) additional judges will not be fulanis and Muslims

Of course, they will be people of Northern origin. They have not yet filled their quotas. The supreme court as presently constituted has more Southerners.

Be informed ahead.

id911:
I'm I missing something? Is it not the NJC, through the FJSC, that normally recommend Justices to the President for appointment? Why is the President writing to the Ag CJN instead of NJC? I'm kinda confused here

Is the CJN not the chairman of the NJC? Who else is to initiate the process if not the Chairman?

Your comment was made just to say something on the 1st page.

And be informed that for a while, the Supreme court has not had a full complement of Justices. So instead of waiting for the NJC that is foot dragging and using only promotions to fill up vacant spaces at the Supreme court, the President has requested the Chairman of the NJC to fast track the process and ensure all available slots are filled up.

Laryne:
As brief as this reply is, is how annoying I it will appear to Ganduje.
This shows that he really did not do his research well.

The Emir is just playing smart. Nobody told Sanusi he is the accounting officer of the emirate.

It is widely known, that the Head of any organisation is the Chief accounting officer of that organisation. Even though you have accounting staff, you are still the overall responsible person for approvals and the financial standing.

kekenation:
I love that KASHIM SHETTIMA's handwriting........ No23

So cool. Followed by Omo-Agege's own.

Samanza89:
Nigeria may head to doom if any stooge is made to direct the affairs of the Senate under this present government.

The most corrupt government in Nigeria's history. Mark this space and quote me after 2023 when PDP takes over and uncover every illicit cankerworms under this present government.

Quote me stupidly and forever remain stupid!...

PDP is not taking over in 2023.

OGHENAOGIE:
imagine agege advocating for open ballot as if it's a village meeting...thats was why he had the guts to steal mace and for apc he is ok while saraki is Bad...if he is sure of winning why is he afraid of secret ballot...

Is it a cult meeting. Why are people afraid of making their choice open to the constituents that voted for them.

As we like to compare our democracy to that of the US where voting on crucial matters in the US legislature is open, this one must be open as well.

Sahara reporters and twisted news.

The order was not nullified, the court merely advised they revert to status quo until the merits of the case are looked into.

TSRC:
There are one thousand and one rules CNN have broken, but Trump cannot shut them down.

It does not look good.

Nigeria does not have a stronger regulatory system than America.

You are just less democratic and more corrupt.

Nigeria is different from America. The tribal division in Nigeria does not create same level of suspicion and distrust with the racial differences in America.

CNN is not AIT, and they are not on same pedestal. They are as different as red and blue.

CNN does not use their platform for discussion of programs that are racially inciteful and treasonable (I am a regular viewer of CNN).

Their criticisms of the Trump administration is constructive and mature, and not aimed at turning one group against another or scattering everything.

The media houses that encouraged the pogroms in Rwanda, if they had been shut down/given strong deterrent, people like you would have complained then. We all saw what happened afterwards.

There is nothing like Islamization/Fulanization. These are sentiments created by politicians for political gains.

Any media house that encourages such nonsense talk should be shut down, before we have high level mistrust and bitterness that will lead to another civil war in the country.

What we have are security flaws and should be tackled, and criticisms issued to the govt of the day as it is without any ethnic/religious colouration.

AIT did not start operating on its own. They were granted license to commence operations by NBC. If they are found to have violated the terms of the license issued to them, the license can equally be withdrawn.

TSRC:
I fear for the future of this country. I hope apc keeps winning because if pdp gets there, they will go on a vengeful spree they wouldn't have thought possible.

There are no more limits, no more red lines.
Buhari obliterated everything. Destroyed federal character, destroyed sanctity of press.

How come you have nothing to say on the alleged infractions, but have a lot to say about Buhari/APC?

Are the infractions alleged by the NBC weighty and true??

How come you are turning a blind eye to that one. Is that not hypocrisy?

Didnt AIT operate freely from 2015 till date? Even despite their toxic media campaigns before the 2015 elections.

VW..hmmm

Lordknowz:
Ofomba himself! The new servant that is dealing with 1,777 spirit! Nothing wey mouth no go talk if hunger knocks! Ofomba should work more on when Biafra would come into place! That’s more importanta

This picture is distasteful. Please remove it

Enyimbamercedes:
Show me where I talked about a splinter pre-2015 election
APC was a contraption former for the sole purpose of taking over power. It isn’t a party based on any ideology !!!

The bold part apply to all political parties in Nigeria.

Was the PDP not formed basically to take over power from the military?

Has the PDP or other political parties in Nigeria ever displayed consistent ideologies?

You better remove the toga of bias from yourself and see that there is minima differences between the political parties as an entity save some good individuals scattered across all of them.

Enyimbamercedes:
The biggest joke is that Tinubu thinks he can be president of Nigeria.

The north will not support him; the SE and SS will not back him. Even the SW will not support him fully. So tell me how can he become president.

Come 2022, APC will splinter into what they used to be and the Jagaban will be a political orphan.

You have been talking about this splinter before the 2015 election that ousted GEJ, and it has still not happened. Why cant you just come to the realisation that the APC as a political party has come to stay.

Stop wishing APC to fade away. It is good for the country to have two dominant parties and other fringe ones, for those who may be bullied out of the dominant parties.

Leave Tinubu to his aspirations, you are free to yours. At the right time, the people will speak with their votes and everybody will be ok.

Though, not a Tinubu fan, but this fixation and the frequent wish for a disappointment to happen to the man is nauseating.

Tinubu abeg wetin u collect from these people?? The beef is just too much.

Its as if they are just praying, hoping and eagerly expecting something negative to happen to the man for them to go out on a mocking spree.

Despicable lots. Ironically, they will be the ones calling other people evil.

9jahotblog:
Please and please everybody in the house,it is not every news peddling on social media by these APC Facebook guys that we must copy or agree with immediately without doing our own findings... The news of the sudden change of the notice of supreme court hearing date is one of APC propaganda, there was nothing of such,it is a total falsehood peddling around by one Olayanju Africa Kolapo.I urge everyone in the house to disregard this fake news!
It is nothing but a deliberate cooked up lie!
Thank you!

The news is on Igbere TV. Are you insinuating they picked the story from Facebook or you just want to run your mouth?

truthfulparrot:
The fact is that the Northern Strategists will prefer to sacrifice Ekiti state to PDP because of 2023 permutations and 2019 presidential election case.

Ekiti? Wake up Oga, we are talking Osun here.

Your conspiracy theories have finally succeeded in confusing you.

darecool:
A fantastic idea. The ministry of finance might have been paying ghost workers in those ministries unknowingly. When the ministry pays its workers, four time attendant machines will be enough to terminate the ghost workers.

Are u sure it will terminate Ghost workers or add more Ghost workers?

What if each ministry wants to add more Ghost workers to its list, will that not make it more complicated to track?

Will that not give more work to the department having the oversight, and at the end, the supposed advantages of the move are wiped out by the time and resources used for greater oversight, to avoid abuse and fraud.

Will the move not distract the ministry from its core mandate??

It is just an unnecessary experiment, which will be more open to abuse and fraud than the current system.

ChristianNorth:
Sifia pain kills faster than ebola

So you think its a good idea?

Ministries to pay their staff? Hope this accidental governor will not scatter the whole state sha?