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vertueptime:
Should he fail to show up in uniform, they should by their powers, resolve to immidiately remove him from office, if he does nto abide, then they should unite with the lower chambers to freeze any allocation due to customs

durangokid:
My brother what do you expect from greedy and lazy set of people they know that 79 percent of car dealers are igbos it's just a way hausa fulani bigots want to destroy the igbo man legal business with a fake disguise, they know they can't March any igbo business what they usually do is to destroy it or loot as they usually do in the northern States check the majority opposing t Senate that will show you.

mineANDurs:
He is back,..now dollar will rise again and prices of commodities will skyrocket.

I still dont know why some people are born with bad luck.

ochobaba:
February again

PDP Crisis: Fayose rejects Dickson committee report, vows never to work with Sheriff

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has rejected the recommendations of a committee his party set up and vowed not to be part of any convention organised by the Ali Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party.

A reconciliation committee led by Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, in its report presented to Mr. Sheriff asked the PDP national chairman to conduct a convention within 6 months as part of measures to resolve the crisis in the party.
New leaders of the party would be elected at the convention, the committee recommended, while Mr. Sheriff has pledged not to seek the position of party chairman again.

While Mr. Sheriff was declared party chairman by the Court of Appeal, another PDP faction led by Ahmed Makarfi is supported by Mr. Fayose and other governors of the party.

In his statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES by his spokesperson, Mr. Fayose said he is certain Mr. Sheriff is being sponsored by Nigeria’s ruling APC and that he and his supporters would not participate in any convention organised by Mr. Sheriff.
Read Mr. Fayose’s full statement below:

Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors’ Forum, Ayodele Fayose, has reiterated his support for the decision of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee to appeal the Court of Appeal, Port-Harcourt, judgement on the leadership of the party, saying; “There cannot be any meaningful reconciliation with an impossible character like Senator Ali Modu Sheriff who is obviously working for political interests different from that of the PDP.”

The governor said he was aware that well over $1 million had been provided by the APC to fund the convention being planned by the Sheriff group while adequate security will also be provided by the security agencies that are now more like part of the APC. This is being done so as to sustain the party’s plot to turn Nigeria to a one party State.

Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor, who said he was reacting in his capacity as the governor of Ekiti State to the submission of report of the Governor Seriake Dickson-led reconciliation committee to Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, said; “all constitutionally recognised organs of the party, including staff of the national secretariat are with the Makarfi led Caretaker Committee and since political party is about membership, Sheriff will continue to carry with himself the burden of lack of legitimacy.”
The governor, who said he had nothing against Governor Dickson, added that; “I respect Governor Dickson, he is my brother and he is entitled to his own personal opinion just as I am entitled to mine. But I must state it categorically that no genuine lover of the PDP will take part in a convention sponsored by the APC.”

Governor Fayose, who said implementation of the Dickson Committee report was beyond Mr. Sheriff, noted that; “assuming but not conceding that the report is acceptable, can Sheriff even implement it? Where will he find seven serving governors, seven former ministers, etc?”
Governor Fayose reiterated that no meaningful reconciliation can be done with Senator Sheriff, adding that; “With APC calling for support for Sheriff, it should be clear to all genuine lovers of the PDP who are behind the crisis in the party.”

He said; “I am speaking for myself and the entire people of Ekiti State that I represent; we won’t be part of any PDP convention sponsored by the APC and I must state categorically that Sheriff is being sponsored 100 percent by the APC.

“We therefore remain undaunted in our support for the Markafi committee and its decision to approach the Supreme Court to challenge the Appeal Court, Port-Harcourt judgement.”

BREAKING: INEC announces dates for 2019 general elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced dates for 2019 general elections.
In a statement posted on its website Thursday, the electoral commission said it was making the announcements well ahead “in order to ensure certainty in our dates for elections, and to allow for proper planning by the Commission, political parties, security agencies, candidates and all stakeholders”.

“To that extent, the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on Saturday, 16th February 2019, while the Governorship/State Assembly/Federal Capital Territory Area Council Elections will hold on Saturday 2nd March 2019.”

The commission also announced that 23 of its electoral officers being prosecuted for various electoral offences will be placed on half salary and will not report for duty pending the determination of their respective cases by the court.

Read the full statement:

Gentlemen of the Press,
You are all welcome to yet another briefing, which is in fulfillment of our pledge to regularly brief the public on the Commission’s activities.

1. Our democracy is maturing and the Commission believes that there should be certainty with regard to the timetable for elections. For instance, in the United States, general elections always hold on the second PRESS Tuesday of November in the election year. In Ghana, it’s the 7th of December of the election year, while in other places like Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Costa Rica and Switzerland, the dates are also known in advance.

In Nigeria, the constitution provides for elections to hold not earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 days to the end of the incumbent’s tenure. In order to ensure certainty in our dates for elections, and to allow for proper planning by the Commission, political parties, security agencies, candidates and all stakeholders, the Commission has decided to fix the date for the National Elections for the third Saturday in February of the election year, followed by State elections two weeks later. To that extent, the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on Saturday, 16th February 2019, while the Governorship/State Assembly/Federal Capital Territory Area Council Elections will hold on Saturday 2nd March 2019.

2. The Commission has also received a Report from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) of the Federation, informing us that 23 Electoral Officers indicted over the investigation into the 10th December Rivers Re-run elections have been charged to court. The Commission has repeatedly said that it will cooperate with security agencies for the prosecution of any of our staff found to have violated the integrity of the electoral process. Accordingly, at our meeting today, the Commission decided to apply the provisions of the INEC Terms and Conditions of Service to all those charged to court, since it constitutes gross misconduct. The penalty for this is interdiction. All the 23 Electoral Officers will be placed on half salary and will not report for duty pending the determination of their respective cases by the court.

3. Ladies and gentlemen, you will recall that last week, we informed you that a decision would be taken this week on the recommendation by the Disciplinary Committee on staff members indicted by the EFCC Report for misconduct during the 2015 General Elections. However, in view of the fact that some of the staff are also among those being prosecuted by the DPP, the Commission has decided to defer its decision on the EFCC Report to enable us reconcile the EFCC/DPP reports.

4. And as part of our routine consultations with our stakeholders, the Commission has decided to hold the next regular quarterly meetings with stakeholders as follows:

A. Tuesday 14th March –Meeting with Political Parties
B. Wednesday 15th March – Meeting with Civil Society Organizations
C. Friday 17th March – Meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).
D. Monday March 21 – Meeting with Media organizations. Our invitations have been sent to the respective stakeholders
5. We wish to assure all Nigerians that the Commission will remain fully committed to the sanctity of the electoral process and will never protect any of its staff, no matter highly placed, found to have violated the provisions of the Electoral Act and our guidelines.

Prince Solomon Soyebi
National Commissioner (In charge of South West)
March 9, 2017.

edoboy33:
later PDP will be screaming intimidation
bunch of baboons lead by an ineffectual baboons
congrats sir
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hey guys am back

ItsMeAboki:
John Eneche replaces Rabe Abubakar; kai! this is marginalisation and tribalism.

pokipoki:
The sentence ratified by the supreme court and governor actually serving his time in jail.
Other than that, it is still stories

pokipoki:
The sentence ratified by the supreme court and governor actually serving his time in jail.
Other than that, it is still stories

pokipoki:
There is a difference between conviction, sentencing and jailing. Please wait until the man is jailed

A High Court in Yola, Adamawa State, has convicted and jailed former Gov. Bala James Ngilari for failing to adhere to the procurement laws of the state.

In a 75-minute long ruling, Justice Nathan Musa found the former governor guilty of four charges, and discharged him on one, which bordered on conspiracy.

The judge discharged and acquitted former Secretary to the State Government, and the Commissioner of Finance, who were second and third defendants in the case.

In handing down his sentence, the judge said the law stipulated that the convict shall not be given an option of fine.
He sentenced the former governor to five years in prison, and said the convict is serve his term in any prison of his choice.
Mr. Ngilari was charged on September 21, 2016.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/225307-breaking-former-nigerian-governor-jailed-corruption.html

Mathemagician1:
It's quite obvious you've never ran a business in your life, you probably still enjoy mama's hospitality. Guess what, you don't go to the bank to make such deposit. A bank courier picks up the cash from your business in whatever guise. And how many times can a courier pick up cash from your outlet in a day?

Dude, kindly speak on subjects you're conversant with, this topic is beyond you and I'm saying this with good intention.

Mathemagician1:
What if you own a filling station? How many people go the filling station with ATM cards?

youngdude1:
and what if I'm a trader that collects cash in my shop?

Sanchez01:
Corruption on every side. And to think that Jonathan had asked the AGF to transfer OPL 245 to Malabu without investigation shows that he is indirectly a part of the chain crime.

How does one transfer or hand over an oil block to just anyone without proper investigation? Clueless as always. That Nigeria is bleeding today is not just as a result of Buhari’s horrible economic policies. The previous administration greatly contributed.

SillyeRabbit:
Are they saying if I want to deposit 5Million naira into my bank account, the bank will deduct 150,000 naira? For What?

SalamRushdie:
Now they won't pay tax ...at the end of the day MTN has outsmarted the Nigerian govt under the inept leadership of the very visionless

Lanre4uonly:
Ok. I know Nigeria politicians don't accept court judgement in good faith if the judgement go the other way round, until they get to the Supreme court.
So, over to you Supreme court.

hollywater:
I don't argue with your type. From all indication, you are one of the certifies Z.

The appellate Court declared Mr. Godwin Adenomo also of the APC the winner of the general election into the Ovia South- West constituency of Edo State House of Assembly held on 11, April 2015.

Mouthgag:
Since 1999, more than 10 TRILLION NAIRA has be spent on electricity, nothing much has changed since then, it's even worse now...


If by next year we don't see any improvement, then NOTHING CAN EVER WORK IN THIS COUNTRY AGAIN and I promise to relocate for good.

Max24:
But Buhari himself said ministers are noisemakers. So he gave the position of noisemaking to southerners and concentrated the active powers in northerners. Funny enough, he is right. Can min of finance or power or transport hijack power? No. They can only make noise. Those than don't make noise are those visiting Osibanjo in the picture. So u don't have to defend PMBs beliefs.

LastSurvivor11:
Don't be too forward man, Ministers don't run government but Chief of staff, SGF, defence n service chiefs..
Ministers in buhari absence is relatively nothing..