₦airaland Forum

seanet02:
PDP is Finished!!1

don't shit in ur pant yet at list fashola is carrying ACN along matter of time he will be in charged or dump the party after all fashola is the only perfuming governor in yorubaland

ACN is over  they should man up and face jail tinumbu and co

The Peoples Democratic Party has said President Goodluck Jonathan’s war against corruption has no political coloration.


The party, therefore, called on the opposition political parties currently undergoing trial for alleged corruption not to see their prosecution as one of the plans by the PDP-led Federal Government to stifle the opposition.


The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Prof. Rufai Alkali, stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Sunday.


Alkali said it was unfortunate that members of the opposition parties always cried foul whenever anyone of them was arraigned for corruption-related offences.


He called on the opposition political parties to take their own cue from members of the PDP who had been arraigned and in some cases convicted.


The former National Vice-Chairman of the PDP in South-West, Chief Olabode George, recently completed his jail term having been convicted of corruption.


Also, a former Governor of Edo State, who is also a member of the PDP, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, had been convicted of corruption.


Apart from the duo, some former PDP governors currently are undergoing trial for alleged corruption while in office.


Some of the former governors are Jolly Nyame (Taraba), Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti), Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu), Orji Kalu (Abia), Boni Haruna (Adamawa), Joshua Dariye (Plateau) and Rashidi Ladoja (Oyo).


However, the arraignment of the former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu before the Code of Conduct Tribunal sparked protest from the camp of the opposition, which accused the Federal Government of trying to intimidate the opposition.


Tinubu is the national leader of one of the major opposition political parties in the country, the Action Congress of Nigeria.


Alkali, however, asked the opposition parties to think twice before jumping into conclusion.


He said, “This party (PDP) came up to say it is going to fight corruption and most of our people were caught up with the law but they took it calmly.


“If those who are not in PDP are caught up, they say it is no more against corruption; that government wants to use them to stifle the opposition.


“Does it mean that if you are in the opposition it is acceptable for you to do whatever you like?”


Alkali disagreed that the non-performance of the former PDP governors made the party to lose in some states, especially in the South-West.


He said states such as Lagos, Yobe and Borno where the PDP had never won governorship election since 1999 did not fare better.


“The PDP is running the country for 12 years now remember that out of these 36 states and Abuja, there are states that have never had the PDP governments like Lagos, Yobe and Borno.


“If you do a dispassionate analysis on what has been happening in the PDP-controlled states vis-a-vis the PDP-non controlled states, I can tell you without any fear of contradiction that the PDP has done much better than in those states where you never had the PDP in control.


“But, some of the other states not controlled by us and their parties can use propaganda to cover up their tracks.”

PUNCH NEWSPAPER

AS security services struggle to combat budding terrorism, a fresh alarm has been raised about the inflow of sophisticated arms of various types into northern Nigerian cities from the vast northern borders of the country with Niger and Chad.

Nigerian Tribune was told that arms and ammunition taken by loyalists of ousted Libyan president, Moammar Gaddafi, from Libya to the Agadez region of Niger Republic are finding their way into northern Nigeria, even as fresh reports indicated that hard core Boko Haram members are now hibernating in northwestern cities after escaping counter-terrorism onslaughts from the northeastern part of the country.

Previous reports had shown that Nigerians who served as mercenaries in the Libyan army were flocking into the country through the country’s northern borders, even as speculations are rife about the involvement of the former Libyan strongman who had earlier advocated a division of Nigeria into three, in the Islamic insurgency led by Boko Haram sect.

A retired senior security officer told the Nigerian Tribune that the nation had about 480 irregular border crossings in its 4,500-kilometre borders with Niger and Chad Republics while the official border manned by Nigerian officials are 12.

“These illegal crossings are witnessing inflow of arms and nobody is checking, nobody is trying to control this dangerous phenomenon. The arms are highly sophisticated going by the advanced nature of Gaddafi armoury,” the source said.

Affirming that the nation’s northern borders have not been demarcated nor properly policed 51 years after independence, the ex-security officer noted that “on a daily basis since the defeat of Gaddafi, northern borders are witnessing strange movements, not just of men, but of arms and this is beyond the control of police, immigration and customs service.

“Have you ever heard of any arms seizure in the northern zones? Go to Ngala, go to all those remote areas in the North, go to areas south of Gimbiya, Ilela and others, you will see ungoverned territories with criminal gangs dealing in arms and ammunition,” the source said.

Nigerian Tribune further investigations revealed that the promised military patrol of the northern borders to stop the influx of arms and mercenaries has not taken off, even as the existing military patrol in the Chad Basin is alleged to have become compromised and incapable of controlling the growing mercenary and criminal activities in the Chad Basin.

Citing a report by our sister paper about extremists and northern porous borders, the source explained that “since that report three weeks ago, no high-level visitation and action have been taken,” adding “the new trend is Gaddafi’s ammunition flowing into the country.”

Meanwhile, Islamic insurgents may be feeling the heat in the northeastern part of the country, as fresh reports indicated that the north-western cities of Kano, Sokoto, Gusau, Kaduna and Katsina are now witnessing the inflow of internally displaced persons from northeastern states.

“These so-called internally displaced persons may include many members of the Boko Haram, who may be fleeing the counter offensive of the securitymen in the North-East. That is why there is a renewed interest of security agencies in these ‘refugees,’ a security source told our correspondent.

Contrary to earlier reports that the Boko Haram members fled to the South after operations in the North-East, members of the sect are reportedly finding solace in the North-West, a situation said to have heightened security screening and checks, especially in Kano.

“The North-East is now very hot for the sect. The Kano command of the intelligence service has done a good job of containing the extremists based on immediate actions on actionable intelligence on movements of these sect members from the crisis zone to the North-West,” a very dependable security source told the Nigerian Tribune.


TRIBUNE

TWENTY-THREE persons were reported to have died on Sunday, when suspected gunmen, numbering about 70, stormed the small village of Ligyado in Daraga District in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

The attack came barely two months after a similar attack took place in Guru and Tungar villages in Dansadau district in the same local government area.

Findings by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that the recent onslaught took place at 5.00 a.m. on Sunday, when the suspected hoodlums stormed the village with offensive weapons like AK47 rifles, daggers, machetes and sticks.

A source disclosed that the armed robbers went from one house to another, killing and maiming people at will, pointing out that most of those that were killed included women and children.

According to a source, the attack could not be unconnected with the fact that the villagers were alleged to have supported their vigilance group to flush out suspected armed robbers in the village.

“About 70 hoodlums stormed the small village pretending to be visitors while they shot at any person that came to receive them.”

At the time of filing this report, some of the corpses of the deceased had been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau, while the relations of the victims and sympathisers kept on trooping to the mortuary.

When contacted, the Zamfara State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sanusi Amiru, confirmed the incident but was quick to add that security had been beefed up in the troubled area.

Meanwhile, the Zamfara State police command has declared Superintendent Ibrahim Bamuche, Chief Security Officer to the state governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, missing.

Speaking with newsmen in Gusau, the new Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Tambari Yabo, dispelled the rumour doing the rounds that the police officer had been killed.

According to him, the police officer was supposed to attend a senior police officers course in Jos, capital of Plateau State about a month ago, but his vehicle was found while his whereabouts remained unknown. He added that the vehicle was found beside three graves.

He said when his command was informed about the incident, the Plateau State command was contacted and informed about the development.

Yabo disclosed that the Plateau State police commissioner directed that the bodies in the three graves be exhumed but the identity of the police officer did not tally with any of the three bodies.

Commenting further, the police boss maintained that as far as the command was concerned, the case of the Superintendent of police was a case of a missing person, stressing that, “we cannot say at this stage that he was killed until investigation over his disappearance is completed.”

In a related development, the commissioner of police also announced the dismissal of a police inspector, Abdullahi Ibrahim, who was found guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl in Maradun town in Maradun Local Government Area of the state.

He said the accused would soon be handed over for prosecution.

Meanwhile, it was learnt that Ligyado village has been deserted for fear of possible further attacks.



THE TRIBUNE

must say owerri is beautiful

Good question why wasting all these money while INEC HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME,ROAD SAFETY ALL GOT DATA BASE so why spending more money we don't have youths are jobless crime is high what is wrong with these country

The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) yesterday described the proposed spending of N30.066billion on the Unified Identity Management System by the Federal Government as fraud.
The party noted that the expenditure is of no value because “Nigeria spent over N40 billion for Identity Data Capture Machine for Biometric Registration of Nigerians of over 18 years and above for the 2011 elections under the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) less than eight months ago”.
Last week, the Minister of Information Labaran Maku announced the plan by the Federal Government to spend the money on identity date capturing machines for Biometric Registration.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Osita Okechukwu, urged President Goodluck Jonathan to probe the N30.066 billion planned spending.
CNPP said it had searched the Federal Government’s Tenders Journal and could not locate where the Unified Identity Management Systems Project was advertised, in accordance with the Public Procurement Act”.
It said: “Independent Speech of President Jonathan’s October 1, 2011. In the Federal Executive Council meeting of September 28, few days before the Independent speech, quoted above, where President Jonathan assured the citizenry to work together to bequeath a country where corruption and its attendant vices are banished; regrettably, N30.066 billion was siphoned off the Federation Account.
“Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) also deployed around the country state-of-the-art Biometric Equipment for Driver’s Licence for 18-year-olds and above; the National Health Insurance Scheme {NHIS} has Identity Data Capture Machine; the National Communications Commission (NCC), the banks, Pension Commission and sundry agencies have similar equipment.
“Questions! Questions! Questions! Why spend N30.066 billion for Unified Identity Management System, rather than adapt the INEC data base, which covered the nooks and crannies of the country? Or, is it the confirmation that INEC Data Base is amateurish, which made the commission to refuse the CPC to access its Data Base for the party’s case at the Presidential Election Tribunal?
“We cannot locate how our economy will grow, generate employment for our teaming youths and enhance prosperity for every citizen, when billions are being siphoned under Mr President’s watch and when he has shown gross incapacity to recover stolen wealth.



THE NATION

;d :d lol

mmmmmh with Nigerians judiciary system feel with corrupt judges hope they wont get bail after 2months in custody 

blue all the way we trash Bolton

^^^

musiwa.,.:
what south africa country is that, this is Ghana, kenya, not south africa. Nigeria have made little or no prgress because nigeria is too big.

nigeria population may be about 200 million. while the census board claim 140. so 60 million difference. So nigeria government have been making up false figures, And if population is not helping you to develop while not break it.

we are in the same course @BOLDED

lagcity:
that's a damn lie!

ok tell me what they have contributed in the first place is it peanut?

asha 80:
i believe in 100% control for states and regions and taxes paid to the centre.

supported

aboki don come again   dont deceive urself mr mallam,north never contributed anything in Nigerian economy

^^
stop showing southern Africans countries that have been ruled by white people since the beginning of the world till today

NOtwithstanding the constitutional inviolability of the Federal Character Principle, which provides that no section of the country will be perpetuated in office above the other in a determined effort at ensuring equity, balance and fairness in the sharing of the nation’s resources, investigations have shown that the South-West geopolitical zone has consistently been shortchanged in the application of Federal character over the years.

Incidentally, the fault is not traceable to lack of competent hands by the zone; rather, investigations revealed that the zone has always presented its best and the best hands for the job at hand.

Sources confirmed that a cabal in the Federal Civil Service, working hand in hand with some influential forces in the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) and the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has combined to consistently execute an agenda against candidates of the South-West.

Three instances stand out
Of the myriads of infraction against candidates of the South-West, three major appointments in recent history stand out. The appointment of the Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF) in 2009, the appointment of the Clerk of the National Assembly (CNA) in 2010 and the appointment of the new Head of Service of the Federation to replace Professor Oladapo Afolabi, who retired on September 29, are the classic instances of direct marginalisation of the South-West in the Federal Civil Service.

Somehow, the instances of marginalis- ation were orchestrated by forces believed to be working for the interest of the North.

Only last week, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed the replacement for Professor Afolabi from the North-East zone, contrary to widespread indication that the president was set to appoint a candidate from the South-West, in line with the desired balancing act in the federation as designed by the constitution.

Taking the Head of Service post to the North-East, the Federal Government has, thus, completed the routing of the South-West from the top 10 of the federal protocol, the zone having earlier lost the number four slot allotted to it by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) through some insider connivance traceable to the politics of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which won majority of the House of Representatives seats from the zone.

In 2009, activities were flagged off when it was discovered that the two most senior directors in the office of Auditor-General of the Federation, Mr. Gabriel Ogunsina and Mr. Timothy Osonuga are from the South-West. By the rule guiding the service from independence, the two were supposed to take office one after the other.

But the unseen hands that wanted to the two South-West candidates invented a policy which indicates that the Auditor-General position could be advertised and the age classification contained in the advert deliberately sidelined the two, apparently to sideline them.

The administration of President Umaru Yar’Adua, which adopted the policy, in November 2009, forwarded the name of the then Auditor-General of Benue State, Samuel Ukura, to the Senate for confirmation, thus, striking out the two most senior directors in the office who had risen to positions of second and third in command to the Auditor-General at the time.

The case of Auditor-General of the Federation
The FCSC had prepared a position which laid the foundation for the marginalisation of the South-West in the appointment of the Auditor-General, insinuating that the two most senior officers in the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation might not be competent to hold the substantive post.

But a career staff had stated then: “If the two most senior directors in the office of the Auditor-General, Mr. Gabriel Ogunsina and Mr. Timothy Osonuga, are not competent enough to be Auditor-General, as the Civil Service Commission tends to infer, how did they manage to rise to the position of directors? Would it not amount to self-indictment on the part of the commission that promoted them to the directorate cadre just as other civil servants in the service?”

Also in attempting to set the records straight, career auditors in the Federal Civil Service, in a petition to the president of the Senate, Senator David Mark, in November 2009, signed by Messrs Kabiru Iliya, Uzor Chimezie and James Ologbon, said the nomination of Ukura was against the rule of law and due process.

They also claimed that contrary to established procedures, the FCSC bypassed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and the Head of Service (HOS) of the Federation in making the appointment.

According to them, the appointment also sidelined the career auditors in the system as the FCSC only advertised the position, against the laid down procedure.

The career auditors protested that only the position of the Auditor-General was being so treated in history, while all other positions in the service are occupied by career personnel.

The auditors wrote: “Why did the Federal Government which has been professing the principles of the rule of law and due process suddenly jettison a set of rules and guidelines collectively set by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) when it came to appointing an Auditor-General for the federation?

“Contrary to insinuations that there are no qualified officers in the office of the AGF who are eligible for the position, the committee is enjoined to investigate the educational background and experience of officers in the directorate cadre in the office of the AGF.

“This will enable the committee to confirm that there is, indeed, a conspiracy against the staff of the office. For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state here that apart from the officer currently in acting capacity as Auditor-General and who has just submitted the annual audit report in record time, as required by the constitution, there is also a director who had his first degree in 1983 and who qualified as a chartered accountant in 1988. These officers have served all their careers as federal auditors and are still being regarded as ‘not qualified.’

“On the other hand, the nominee, Mr. Ukura, graduated in 1986 and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1992. We can all see through the thick veil.

“We also want the PAC to note that the work in the office of the Auditor-General is not done by the Auditor-General himself, but by the staff of the office. The government is now bringing somebody who may need between two to three years to learn on the job. It is instructive to note that the job at the state where Mr. Ukura is coming from is different from that of the federal level.

“For instance, a state Auditor-General has never handled matters relating to the Federation Account. We also state that it is morally wrong for any government for whatever reasons, to jeopardize the career of all the officers in the directorate cadre of an establishment just to favour one individual.

“The adverse implication is that the entire directorate cadre from assistant directors upward may likely retire before the expiration of the tenure of the nominee under consideration.

“This is in view of the fact that while he stated his date of birth as June 5, 1956, in his curriculum vitae, his date of birth was given as June 5, 1959 in the security reports issued on him. This has made it difficult for anyone to know which of the two dates represents his true date of birth.”

An example from the OBJ days
Incidentally, the South-West has also suffered in areas it has comparative advantage. Under the leadership of Senator Anyim Pius Anyim as Senate president, the then Senate rejected the choice of Mr. Joseph Ajiboye as nominee for the AGF office on two occasions when he was presented by President Olusegun Obasanjo. The argument then was that the public finance sector at that time was lopsided in favour of the South-West, especially as the then governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the then minister of state for finance were from the South-West.

The situation in the National Assembly
In 2007, it was discovered that the time of the then CNA, Alhaji Nasiru Arab, was up since according to record, he had started work in the old Kaduna State in 1972 and should have retired in 2007 which marked his 35 years in service. But there was resistance by the NASC to let Arab go. Information later came into the open that Arab had consolidated his service records and that the new record showed that he started work in 1975.

A ding-dong was flagged off as it became obvious that a group within the NASC was actually attempting to prevent the emergence of the then Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly (DCNA), Prince Yemi Ogunyomi, who hails from Ondo State to emerge the substantive CNA. On record, no one from the South-West had served as the CNA, the chief accounting officer to the Nigerian legislature, since independence in 1960. Indeed, from 1979 to 2007, the North had held on to the position.

But Ogunyomi was in solid position to occupy the top post, having emerged the most senior civil servant in the legislature with nearly 30 years in direct service of that institution, compared to Arab, who as of then, had 15 years experience in the legislature. He (Ogunyomi) also remained the only Nigerian legislative bureaucrat who was part of the making of all Nigerian constitutions and constitution amendment processes from 1978.

Thus, it was a difficult task trying to sideline Ogunyomi. But the NASC accepted reports that Arab had consolidated his service, thereby removing the years he served as teacher between 1972 and 1975. It insisted that the then CNA would retire in 2009.

By October 2009, Arab spent one more day longer than permitted in the office, when he showed up on October 12. It took the intervention of Senate President Mark to ensure that the proper things were done and Ogunyomi named acting CNA.

Even at that, forces moving against the South-West further ensured that the letter authenticating his service as acting clerk was not released until January 2010, when his tenure had commenced as the substantive CNA.

Ogunyomi went on record as the clerk with the shortest period in office, 10 months in all, as he retired in August 2010.

Afolabi’s tenure as HOS also short
Incidentally, the newly retired HOS, Professor Afolabi, also spent 10 months in office. He was named for the seat in November 2010 and left at the end of September 2011.

The scenario leading to his assumption of office was similar to that of the National Assembly and the making of the Auditor-General.

The FCSC had recommended that a thoroughbred civil servant, who grew through the ranks, should be picked as the HOS in its report to President Jonathan in 2010.

The president was, however, said to have called for a full report of the circumstances leading to the recommendations of the FCSC. He was said to have discovered that Professor Afolabi actually emerged the best for the job according to an assessment done by the same FCSC, but that a plot to perpetually sideline the Yoruba had informed the recommendation. He insisted that the best man must be given the job, a development that led to the appointment of Professor Afolabi.

Sources said the recurrence of the situation whereby South-West candidates don’t last in office, even when they emerge at the top, is caused by sincerity on their age and records of service.

“Whereas many other officers from other geo-political zones would keep changing their records in the name of consolidation of service and other things, most top civil servants from the South-West present their true records and that is often used against them by certain forces which are perpetuating Yoruba marginalisation,” a source said last week.



TRIBUNE

T8ksy:
And the[b] ibos[/b]? They only prefers fake drug trading and kidnapping.

and yaribas love i.n.c.e.s.t, kidnapping but they are not good at it, lairs, no one in juju rituals and cannibalism

GOOD idea

@SOUTHEAST forget to add Incest

Depilot:
The bast@rd is addicted to thiefing Lagos state money. He will need to be taken to rehab (kirikiri) or else he will not quit milking Lagosians and Lagos state.

I blame Lagosians for allowing a stranger to steal this much and for this long from them. How can a dude from Osun state be allowed to have so much control over Lagos state? I can assure you that this can not be allowed in Ibadan. Tinubu would have been buried alive very long time ago.

and why didn't he fix osun state with that money he stole from Lagos? i wonder the real meaning of indigenous they might as well allow a Yoruba man from benin republic to come and steal his own share

hw come gaddafi recruit all these guys cos he knows they are hungry people looking for little change to feed their families,poverty is a disease that why people fall into terrorist groups and dictatorship

Nigeria is not a true nation is a nation with many nations!!!

r231:
Happy Independence

o boy this one na rice with no meat
happy Independence sha 51 yrs with no qualification

use tribalism to kill tribalism

i always wanted to visit that cave very interesting i hope soon both states can turn that cave to a world class tourist destination

udezue:
Oh wow! It stretches all the way to Arochukwu? Why can't our governors have enough sense to take advantage of these. This can make Anambra and Abia good tourist destinations.

i think that will be the next plan the cave stretch up to 300 km

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9tKw4FWWsY
ogbunike cave for tourism a beautiful hand work of nature the cave stretches to Aro and other towns,

ONITSHA RIVER PORT


watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvreLrPT9KM

only truth you are right only the ones that benefit from the status quote dont want other people to have their freedom,wicked individual