₦airaland Forum

NaijaRoyalty:
Any northern state PDP is leading , INEC will declare inconclusive so they can perfect their rigging plan for APC as usual.

Is the PDP leading in Plateau?? You guys just like to whip up sentiments when it suits your bias.

luvmijeje:
If PDP succeed in presenting a Northern candidate, I really want to see south-west or Tinubu in action. I want to live history. I want to be able to witness the moves and the checkmating.

It's very easy. If PDP presents a Northern candidate, APC will also present a Northern candidate and combine it with a SW VP. Wammako/El Rufai.

With ether Fashola or Fayemi.

It's not rocket science.

Ndlistic:
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken the lead in Kano state as the results of Saturday’s governorship election from 43 out of the 44 LGAs in the state were presented by the INEC Returning Officer at the state collation centre early Monday.

Abba Kabir Yusuf of the PDP is contesting against the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.


Currently, PDP now polled 951,531 votes as against APC’s 935,451 votes.

Thus, PDP is leading with a margin of 16,080 votes in the state.


Only that of Nasarawa local government area is yet to be presented, our reporter observed.

The session has gone on break to resume by 4The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken the lead in Kano state as the results of Saturday’s governorship election from 43 out of the 44 LGAs in the state were presented by the INEC Returning Officer at the state collation centre early Monday.

Abba Kabir Yusuf of the PDP is contesting against the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.


Currently, PDP now polled 951,531 votes as against APC’s 935,451 votes.

Thus, PDP is leading with a margin of 16,080 votes in the state.


Only that of Nasarawa local government area is yet to be presented, our reporter observed.

The session has gone on break to resume by 4am for continuation of the collation exercise.

Below are the results as presented by Collation Officers at the state Collation Centre, INEC office in Kano:



Source:

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/just-in-pdp-leads-in-kano-after-inec-declares-results-of-43-out-of-44-lgas.html

Currently, PDP now polled 960,004 votes as against APC’s 953,522 votes.*

Thus, PDP is leading with a margin of 6,482 votes in the state.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/just-in-pdp-leads-in-kano-after-inec-declares-results-of-43-out-of-44-lgas.html

The above is from the link you quoted as your source.

So who added/subtracted roughly 10,000 votes??

Mad man Ganduje messed this one up for APC.

The person that did that video released it strategically when he could no longer be replaced by the APC.

Any attempt to force him out as at that time would have fatally affected Buhari's chances.


Buhari was just lucky he didn't allow Saraki and his gang to change the order of elections, otherwise, he would have been history now.

engineerboat:
3Lga to go

How far? Have they retired for the night?

Shuku0kukobambi:
Ajimobi needed to be thought a lesson. He's the luckiest governor in Oyo history yet he messed it up. I'm just sad that his punishment also consumed SOJ and Adelabu.

I'll start hating Buhari if he gives him any appointment. Very arrogant mumu constituted authority

Give Ajimobi appointment ke? That would be a fatal error.

The ministerial appointment should be given to Adelabu for him to show us his worth. That Ajimobi with his arrogance and uncouth utterances deserve nothing but political oblivion.

Election loss at a particular time, is just a temporary set back as we have witnessed since 1999. Kudos to Adelabu for his efforts.

afroniger:
If you are upset that Tinubu did his best as a loyal party member to ensure that his party retains Oyo then that's your headache. Was he supposed to support PDP's Makinde instead of Adelabu? On what basis? Your bitterness is obviously clouding your sense of judgement. You are better off enjoying and cerebrating Makinde's victory without so much bitterness dude.

Thank you for this piece.

Kyase:
Just 6 remaining, 80% of them are el rufia's strongholds...
Dem never even call zaria

Ok, thanks. I want El Rufai to win!

He is one of the few cerebral govs we have around. Though, some people detest him for his brashness and unfounded religious extremism.

Kyase:
#KadunaDecides Official Results from @inecnigeria State office.
Gubernatorial:

LERE LGA

APC 71,056

PDP 45,215

#NigeriaDecides2019

Is collation still ongoing? How many more local govts still to be declared pls?

engineerboat:
Sokoto North LGA

APC 31,230
PDP 35,030

Is this part of the grand total so far you earlier did?

DUNKA:
Lalong has since won with 11 LGC in the bag

Thanks for the update. Any info from Bauchi and Benue?

Ecash1:
Thank you, That is it, where are they, no statistics can explain that.

Have you added all the votes gotten by the political parties together?

gidgiddy:
To the best of my knowledge, no authenticated results have come out of Imo state and the collation officer has disappeared

Disappeared where?

Interesting development.

alizma:
how is this possible when accreditation and voting are supposed to go simultaneously?

Voided votes may sum them up.

Wiseandtrue:
PDP should not count their chicks before it's hatched!!!

They need to defend their votes till that cunny Yusuf of INEC reads the final result!!!

The INEC Chairman is not the returning officer for state elections.

Spark2:
I disagree with you sir!
I served as a presiding officer here in Kano state with 749 registered voters. APC won. The gap is much. You claim no single polling unit favored him

Let them be rejoicing over the fake news released by their commrades.

If accurate results is announced now that is not to their favour, they will start screaming “rigging”.

I hope they’ll listen. That is how they will start rejoicing over social media results of few polling units, only to be disappointed when the main results are released.

They will now start the cry of rigging up and down.

spacepappy:
For your mind you're talking sense. what an utter rubbish, did you know how the Lagos state government raised its IGR over the years? Did you know that some of the benefits other states benefit today was as a result of Lagos state government struggles with the federal government? If you can say that Lagos state government only focuses on transportation and environment, then you don't deserve a response.

I wanted to reply that person but just changed my mind that its not worth it.

AfonjaBoston:
Idiotic illiterate Barren woman
Her fish pussssyyy and womb has been cursed

This is highly distasteful. You dont have to go this extreme.

Aminu Yaminu (Tashaku), a known Boko Haram terrorist, was employed by and paid from the Benue State Government account under the pretext of being the commander of the Livestock Guards. Tashaku has been arraigned for the gruesome murder of 17 worshipers in a heinous crime that was initially attributed to “killer” herdsmen.

This is a punch report to support the above.

Soldiers arrest key Boko Haram suspect linked to Benue attacks

The Nigerian Army says it has arrested a key Boko Haram suspect, Aminu Yaminu, aka Tarshaku, who was believed to have masterminded recent killings in Benue State.

A statement issued on Friday by the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Major Olabisi Ayeni, said the arrest was made possible through combined troops of 707 Special Forces Brigade, Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services in Makurdi.

He said, “Nigerian troops have arrested the key Boko Haram suspect known as Aminu Yaminu, nicknamed Tashaku, who is believed to have masterminded most of the recent attacks in Benue State.

“As earlier stated, Nigerian Army will ensure that the enemies of peace in the state are brought to justice. Nigerian Army encourages all law-abiding citizens to go about their lawful business without fear.

“They should also avail the Nigerian Army and other security agencies of timely information that could lead to the arrest of criminal elements in our society.”

He also pointed out that Aminu had also concluded plans with his cohorts in Bauchi, Borno, Yobe and Nasarawa states to launch a major attack on innocent citizens in the state.

Copyright PUNCH.
https://punchng.com/soldiers-arrest-key-boko-haram-suspect-linked-to-benue-attacks/

“Gana is responsible for scores of deaths, including many that were initially attributed to herdsmen. .

This is an area a lot of people relying only on social media information get confused. That is why they are still dumbfounded at the votes received by Buhari in Benue.

The people in Benue knows that the killings are not perpetuated by herdsmen alone.

I hope Ambode's parting gift to Lagos will not be a long legal tussle emanating from this Visionscape misadventure.

EXCLUSIVES
What Visionscape’s bond default means for Lagos

...as firm misses coupon payment of N4.5bn...States' borrowing costs set to rise



Visionscape’s bond payment default has some consequences for its guarantor, the Lagos State government, and companies without a strong financial history seeking to raise debt capital will not be spared.

Lagos may not be the primary obligor for Visionscape Sanitation Solution’s bond, but it guaranteed investors who lent money to the waste management company employed by outgoing Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to rid Nigeria’s economic hub of festering waste dumps that marred its street corners, that it would step in to bear the cost in the event of a default, drawing from its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).

To this end, an Irrevocable Standing Payment Order (ISPO) was issued by the State Executive Council March 2017. It provided that Lagos State would dip hands into its IGR to settle investors if Visionscape reneged on its debt obligations.

It meant the Lagos State government was agreeing to be on the hook for the bond programme the Visionscape Group, through its Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), was set to issue.
With the backing of Lagos State, Visionscape sold the first tranche of its proposed bond issuance, a N27 billion, 17.5 percent, fixed rate 5-year bond due 2022, to high net worth individuals.

Investors lapped up the bond which had been rated A+ by credit ratings agency Agusto & co and Global Credit Rating agency, largely on the back of the Lagos State guarantee.
Agusto estimated that the duly executed ISPO on Lagos State’s revenue account constitutes sufficient security for the issue as the remittances…will be adequate to cover the cumulative obligations (coupon payments and principal repayments) of the Series 1 Note 1.03 times.
Enter 2019 and the plot has gone terribly wrong.

That’s after Visionscape defaulted on an initial coupon payment of N4.5 billion due March 5. The Lagos State government has distanced itself from the bond, causing investors to panic.
An official of Lagos State and member of Governor Ambode’s cabinet told BusinessDay that the state government has no obligation whatsoever to bond holders in respect of Visionscape because it never issued the bond.

“We never issued the bond, Visionscape did, so we don’t have an obligation to the bond holders,” the source said on condition of anonymity.

According to the official, what the state signed with Visionscape was a contract to pay the municipal waste managing company an agreed amount for lifting up to 12,000 tonnes of waste per month.

“Agreed that the political situation in the state among other issues worked against that contract, in the last seven months, Visionscape has not lifted waste to warrantee that payment,” the source said.

He, however, said talks were ongoing to resolve the issue with Visionscape.
“We expect Visionscape to resolve theirs with its bond holders. There’s what they call political risk in business and I think Visionscape must have factored that in,” the official said.
Other sources familiar with the matter say Lagos State has gone cold on its contract with Visionscape following the unexpected exit of Governor Ambode, who lost his bid for a second term in office to fellow party member, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the primaries in October 2018.
Soon after Ambode’s loss, Simon Reading, chairman, Board of Investors of Visionscape, announced plans to shut down the company’s operations.

He said the decision was reached following “heightening political tension in the state” and reported cases of attack on its employees, destruction of its operational vehicles and equipment.

“Of utmost concern are the recent developments surrounding the turbulent political environment wherein it was reported that the opposition in the upcoming gubernatorial race used subversive language about the residential collections contract and called it ‘a misadventure’,” Reading said.

“After Visionscape suspended its operations, Lagos State lawmakers made it illegal for any payment to be made to the waste company,” a source with knowledge of the matter said.
“The implication of this is that going forward, any ISPO against IGR is worthless,” said the source who spoke anonymously.

The brewing impasse threatens to jack up borrowing costs for Lagos State when it goes seeking to refinance an N80 billion bond this year. It also sends a signal that contract enforcement in Lagos is fickle and unpredictable.

Because the state government sets the tone for borrowing costs in Lagos, it means companies seeking to raise debt capital would also be incurring higher borrowing costs. States seeking to raise debt capital would also face a similar challenge.

Visionscape was handed residential waste disposal, a turf that was prior to this run by Private Sector Participants (PSPs), by Governor Ambode. Critics say Visionscape did a sub-par job in handling waste disposal in Lagos and that it fell short of the standard set by the previous operators.

Visionscape’s management responded by saying that after necessary infrastructure was in place, their services would improve. The Lagos State-backed bond was supposed to deliver that infrastructure.

In the information memorandum of the bond programme, the waste management company projected that about N16.3 billion of the proceeds would be used to acquire fleet for the transfer loading stations, strategic acquisitions and related infrastructure, expected by September 30, 2017.

Containers and operational equipment were to cost N3.13 billion. Waste facilities upgrade was estimated to take up N2.58 billion, while working capital would gulp N2.5 billion.

LOLADE AKINMURELE & JOSHUA BASSEY

https://businessday.ng/exclusives/article/what-visionscapes-bond-default-means-for-lagos/

Good. Intels about to receive govt hammer for good.

Nobody should shout political witch hunt oh. Any company used for fraudulent and criminal acts will be severely dealt with.

naptu2:
Godwin Emefiele was appointed by Goodluck Jonathan in June 2014. He is meant to serve a 5 year term.

His term will be over in June 2019 (except it is renewed by the president).

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi also served a 5 year term, from 2009-2014.

He may be asked to go on three months terminal leave.

stonemasonn:
@OP what about the National Identity Number (NIN) is it the number on our national ID card?

One funny thing I noticed is that the important National Identity Number is not actually on the National ID card! Too much confusion in this country. The NIN is actually on the temporary slip given to applicants, but not on the actual card after it is printed.

Dynamo1:
My guy, that's another issue. In fact u need to reduce the jpeg image to less than 100K to be able to upload. I'll advice guyz to open the image with "paint" then resize to like 25%, and re-save. That's for who understand how to do that.
Please, I need someone to convince me that his/her experience with the police ICT guy was pleasant. The guy was demanding for N5000 to do my biometrics. I gave him N2000 with abeg, and was still threatening he won't treat my form, that I'll still pay the balance. I told him was it not meant to be free? He answered that it's absolutely free that I should go with my money and by the time I didn't get my form processed I'll pay times ten of that to bribe police on the road and he'll still be waiting here to collect from me the double of what he's demanding now. He was soo soo proud and confident that I wondered what our country has turned into. I expected the highest level of professionalism and best behaviour at a police HQ for that matter. Infact I have up on Nigerian Police. I gave the guy N2000 dat day ( over 5 weeks now), and till date my Tinted permit never ready. Maybe it was intentional I don't know. This just one of my three experiences that dat.
Even people in the police HQ don't seem to know about this process as at when I went. They kept directing me up and down, Infact two armed officers were psyching me to give them money before they could direct me. In their words: "u wan come collect tinted permit abi, now wey we dey see ourselves face-to-face settle us before we go begin do stop and search u inside ur tinted motor, and na u go dey beg us dat time". I juz walked away and they said "no worry, we go jam for road, u dey use us do yang now". Even at the entry gate, two female officers will ask u to sign in, then ask u to drop something for them before you sign out. Corruption stenches everywhere, Infact na GOD hand we dey for ds kontri.

This is damn funny

seanfer:
He Won the Rep ticket Under APC and he contested the Speaker Seat as APC elected Rep.... Do a little research

Nobody is saying the contrary. We just went a little further into his political life to let you know that he was even PDP ab initio before going to the APC and then later returning to the PDP.

seanfer:
He won under APC and decamped late last year.... Get your fact

He was formally of PDP before defecting to APC before the 2015 elections.

theoldpretender:
Dogara was not in the PDP when he was voted as Speaker.

He defected to pdp 3 years later, but since the Constitution does not specify that the Speaker must come from the majority party, he remained speaker.

He defected from the PDP to the APC during the GEJ/Buhari 2015 battle. So he still has a lot of influence in the then PDP as at the time the house was convened.

He equally had some influence in his new party then, the APC. He was able to win through the support he gleaned from both PDP and APC.

This time around, he will only get minimal support from the APC. At most like 15 - 20 renegades since he did not come in as APC.

The APC candidate will also get some renegades from the rank of the PDP, maybe like 5-10.


The numbers does not favour Dogara. 100 plus PDP reps to 200 plus APC.

Some northern Reps that voted him then, because of ethnic considerations, will not do so now, because of the way he has been attacking the Buhari regime.

There's no way he can clinch that ticket, except if APC is enmeshed in serious crisis or if the party candidate is very unpopular.

Hon Gbajabiamila will be the party's candidate and he's very intelligent and sound. He will comfortably defeat Dogara this time around.

chriskosherbal:
really, you still want to take the job of the number 3 citizen to the north who is holding the number one position. What happened to south south or south east ..

Na waaa for you ooooo.

Was the South not the Senate President during Obasanjo's reign?