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A former Vice- President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme , on Wednesday endorsed the candidacy of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Oseloka Obaze , in the November 18 poll in the state . Before this new development, Ekwueme was a known supporter of Governor Willie Obiano. But on Wednesday , he said time had come to unseat Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance and enthrone a PDP government in the state . He said, “ Anambra State is a PDP state from inception. We shall now continue with the PDP. Time has come for us to take away power from APGA. ” While addressing PDP faithful on Wednesday in his family house at Oko, Orumba North local Government Area of the state , the former Vice-President whose first daughter, Chidi Onyemelukwe, is a running mate to Obaze in governorship race, insisted that APGA’ s tenure in the state would end in the November 18 poll in the state . In his speech , a former governor of the state , Mr . Peter Obi, described Obiano’ s performance as ‘provocatively abysmal. ’ In his speech , Obaze hailed Ekwueme for his roles in the enthronement of democracy in the country in 1999 . He assured the people of simultaneous development of the state. http://punchng.com/anambra-poll-ekwueme-dumps-obiano-backs-obaze/

If you ’ve noticed that your co- workers book out a meeting room for an unspecified chat on a regular basis , chances are that they are doing every other thing but official meeting ! A new survey from Yellow Octopus has found that one in 10 people are having sex at work. Researchers surveyed over 1 ,000 people about their in-office behaviour , and found that sex at work is , indeed happening — and perhaps with more frequency than you might expect . Of the people surveyed, 11 per cent said they had had sex in the office with a co- worker, while four per cent said they had done it with a non- employee — meaning , they had brought someone into the building unofficially. The majority did it after office hours, but around a third managed to get away with sex in office during work hours. Technically, they were getting paid to enjoy sex . And before anyone begins to get ideas , the researchers note that 14 per cent of those who had sex at work were caught . http://punchng.com/one-in-10-of-co-workers-have-sex-at-work-survey/

Naijacost22:
The Nigerian youths of today are sooo stupid they can,t use Google. Who on earth would google Abacha and still wear a shirt with his face?
It has to be an Idiot. No wonder we have a fulani Idiot in Aso rock.

Why are you so pained at least it is not for 2019 purposes so Abacha can't contest for the presidency you are so obsessed about.

Typical case of dog eats dog

Enugu — The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday protested President Muhammadu Buhari's appointment of some indigenes of the state, describing it as corrupt and aimed at stifling the party. The state leadership of the party, which protested the appointment of non-APC members from the state into federal positions, said that it was aimed at killing the party and displacing those who suffered and worked for the party in Enugu. Addressing a press conference after the State Executive Committee (SEC) meeting at its secretariat, Chairman of the party, Ben Nwoye, stated that the party particularly condemns the recent appointment of Loretta Aniagolu and one Chinwike Uzor as board members of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER ADVERTISEMENT It also listed the earlier appointment of Justice Pearl Enejere (rtd.) as Chairman, Governing Council of the Othman Danfodio University, Sokoto and Joseph Ilo, as Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) representing Enugu. The APC said the appointees were not only members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but were also staunch critics of the APC in the state. They stated that other appointments made earlier included the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, Senior Special Assistant Adviser to the President on Judicial Review, Juliet Ibekaku and Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okeckukwu were drawn from Udi (Eke ward) council when there are 16 other local councils in the state. Nwoye said the SEC and other leaders of the party had resolved to petition President Buhari, Senate President, Bukola Saraki and other party leaders over the continued neglect of party members and lopsided appointments. http://allafrica.com/stories/201710100554.html

Buhari's policy on agriculture is working. It is a fact whether you like it or not.

A multinational oil company, Victory Crystal Investment , says it will invest $13 m to resuscitate the moribund Okitipupa Oil Palm in Okitipupa , Ondo State . Victory Crystal Investment is a subsidiary of Victory Group which is into agriculture, energy , construction, finance and property. The Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs of the company, Miss Kemi Olatunji , on Tuesday said that the $ 13m would be used to rejuvenate the plantations , revive the three palm oil processing mills in Okitipupa , Irele and Iyansan and recapitalise the moribund company to reclaim its old glory in palm oil export . “ Okitipupa Oil Palm Plc is overgrown with weeds and currently running at loses and we have put in place plans to recapitalise it with $ 13m to make the company run at full capacity . “ When it is recapitalised, it will generate employment, boost the state ’s internally generated revenue and grow the economy of host communities. “ With the recapitalization , we are looking at cutting ageing palm trees , replacing them with modern seedlings that are thriving all over the world like in Malaysia so that we can start harvesting from four to five years. “ We will equally ensure that OOPC starts exporting its products as it used to be in the 80s ,” she said . Olatunji said that the court case between the state government and the minority shareholder of the company would be resolved amicably in the interest of all parties . She said the Victory Crystal Investment had commenced discussions with its partners in Europe on the resuscitation of the moribund company. “ We need to revive the dead companies in Ondo State to reduce unemployment, engage youths in productive ways and reduce crimes . “ This is the time to re-engineer our economy in the state. “ We believe the resuscitation of OOPC, the economy of the host communities will move from zero to high level because people will be empowered . “ It is a shame that no single company was brought to Ondo State in the last eight years, ’’ Olatunji said. Okitipupa Oil Palm Company was established in 1968 and was served by oil palm estates scattered across the three local governments of Okitipupa, Irele and Ese - Odo. OOPC was a successful company in the past where former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Unilever had substantial shares before it failed due to alleged government ’ s interference . The firm ’s current minority shareholder , EasterPot , has 35 percent share, while the state government has 29 per cent share.

ChangetheChange:


2019 loading

They aready strategizing from London how to send Buhari (Jubirin) packing fromAso Rock in 2019

This is obsession at its worst, it seems you can't have two thoughts without mentioning Buhari, he sure is your worst nightmare.

istandfortruth:
has he answered to the allegation of nepotism in the last NNPC promotions? The list is still available for all to see

Sly thing.

Very true, didn't say anything about that. So it should be pointed out and explanation for that should also be be requested.

[quote author=goodnews777 post=61251425]Baru is an accredited thief. See how long it took him to figure out what to say? He employed expert cover ups to do the dirty job for him. God will surely purnish these idiots who think Nigerians are morons.[/quote)
Before we start jumping into conclusions why don't we wait for independent observers to investigate claims from both side and determine the mischievous party here.

MrCEO69:
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MrCEO69:
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beat them well, well abeg.

Thank God O! If only we have had saner governments earlier. Check my signature

The Managing Director , AG Dangote
Construction Company Ltd , Mr Ashif Juma ,
on Saturday said the firm has begun
relocation of gas pipelines slowing down the
Apapa -Wharf Road reconstruction project.
Juma told the News Agency of Nigeria on the
sidelines of a site inspection exercise that the
construction work was divided into four
sections .
According to him, work is currently going on
simultaneously on two sections .
He said that gas pipes in the Right of Way had
slowed down the project for more than two
months.
Juma identified the high traffic in the area as
one of the challenges affecting the project,
adding that a team of traffic consultants were
handling this to ensure it does not affect
construction work.
“ We are working with the Federal Ministry
of Power, Works and Housing and Gaslink to
relocate some pipes under the drains .
“ Nobody was aware of the pipes when we
began the project because this road was
constructed over 40 years ago.
“ And nobody has drawings of where utilities
are so , we have been careful excavating.
“ We are starting the relocation of the gas
pipelines from today and it will take us one
week of careful work to finish so that
construction work can continue .
“ We need to dig deep to lay the foundation
for a good concrete road but the gas pipes
have not allowed us to do that so, we have
been working on other sections .
“ After this relocation, we will do a good job
as we have done in over 21 countries ;
building durable concrete roads.
“ We only appeal to people of Lagos to be
patient with us because this portion we are
constructing will last more than 50 years, ” he
said.
NAN
http://punchng.com/apapa-gridlock-firm-begins-relocation-of-gas-pipes-stalling-reconstruction-project/

Central Bank of Nigeria governor , Mr Godwin Emefiele has explained how President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise to provide 360,000 jobs for youths nationwide, will be actualised. Emefiele unfolded at a stakeholders’ meeting the operational framework for the Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS), under which the jobs will be created. Workers in a fertiliser plant : CBN unfolds Buhari’s 10000 jobs per state He said AADS was targeted primarily at unemployed youths between the ages of 18 and 35. Emefiele said through the scheme, a minimum of 10,000 youths in each state, willing to engage in sustainable and profitable activities along the agriculture value chain, would be employed and trained. “I believe we are on the verge of something very significant with the AADS. “ This scheme has been designed to create an ecosystem with the active participation of the public sector, state governments and the private sector,’’ he said. Emefiele said the objectives of AADS included the creation of economy of scale of farming on contiguous land. “It will also assist farmers in embracing modern farming practices, such as use of tractors and irrigation schemes. “It aims to reduce cost of production with availability of high quality inputs at competitive prices and lowering delivery cost of extension services,’’ he explained. Emefiele said that state governments were expected to provide contiguous arable land, basic infrastructure, more efficient extension services, training and mentoring of the beneficiaries. “The CBN on its part will provide financing at single digit interest rates. “Beneficiaries are not expected to come up with any physical collateral but they must be grouped into formally registered cooperatives and cross- guarantee each other. “All loan beneficiaries must also have valid Bank Verification Numbers (BVN), which will be registered on the National Collateral Registry and used to track repayments and also blacklist any defaulters. Emefiele said that with the release of the operational framework for the scheme, engagements with stakeholders would be continuous to ensure that the scheme began during the dry season cultivation of the outgoing year. Also, the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development would be providing technical support for the project. “We will be fully involved in the land clearing aspect of the project. In some places we will also be building dams and lakes to ensure all season farming. “We will also provide advice because we have a team of experts at the ministry on crops, soil testing and the right kind of fertiliser so that when these young people go into agriculture, they won’t lose money,” he said. The Governor of Kebbi, Mr Atiku Bagudu, thanked the Federal Government for recognising the significance of agriculture in economic development. “We could not have recovered from recession as early as we did if not for the intense agricultural intervention initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari,’’ he said. Bagudu also stressed the need to involve financial institutions, which banking models allowed them to support agriculture, for the programme to succeed. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/buharis-360000-jobs-youths-ready-soon/

I am not understanding again ooh!

otokx:
There is a difference between Truth and Hate speech.

Of course there is, isn't that obvious

otokx:
There is a difference between Truth and Hate speech.

Of course there is, isn't that obvious

NwaChibuzor:
The only thing I can think of is using those animals to prepare one nice nchara or onugbu soup.

Using that hyena to prepare a very nice okazi soup surrounded with about 13 wraps of fufu and one full keg of fresh crispy palmwine with 2 pretty ladies twerking and stripping in front of me won't be a bad idea either. Now thats how to enjoy life.

HYENA! Yuck, vomiting, walks out of thread.

abeg make we see front mtcheew. check my signature.

Buy Naija to grow the Naira, but do am small so you don't crash there servers oooh! check ny signature

Olisa is just stating the obvious but our Igbo people will start to label him as fulani asslicker. Let them get some sense. Check my signature

lengthy epistle, I guess Aba shouls be able to take care you wella or don't you agree? check my signature.

Ina lillahi wa ina ilahi rajiun. I hope he had a good ending. May almighty Allah forgive him. Check my signature for online earnings at your leisure

So biko click like only. Check my signature

Zambia go hear am today, if you agree click like if you disagree click share, but the thunder wey go fire you dey pump Iron

lightheart:
Biko add sauce for the food. It looks tantalising.

So you agree this will be very tasty, Nna

Dayo Oketola , Gbenro Adeoye , Tunde
Ajaja and Jesusegun Alagbe
More details have emerged on 10
multimillion-pound properties owned by
powerful Nigerian political elite in the United
Kingdom, which were among those
uncovered in a recent tour by ClampK, a
group of anti- corruption campaigners.
A video clip of the tour by the anti -corruption
campaigners, which included journalists,
trended on the social media as it was
reported by international media
organisations , including the British
Broadcasting Corporation , Al Jazeera and
Agence France Presse .
READ ALSO: Buhari appoints Tunde Lemo as
FERMA chairman
The tour was aimed at exposing how the
unexplained wealth of Nigeria’s political elite ,
among others , has been used to buy
expensive properties in the UK .
Further investigations by Saturday PUNCH
have however revealed details of 10
properties belonging to five politically -
exposed Nigerians in the UK .
The properties were linked to two top
lawmakers, one of whom is also a chieftain of
the All Progressives Congress; a former
military Head of State ; a late military Head of
State ; and a retired senior military officer ,
who is also a serving government official .
Out of the properties , our correspondents
were able to get the cost of seven of them
while the costs of others were said to be
unavailable .
The cost of the seven properties is
£ 15,785 , 000 ( approximately N 6 ,345 , 570 ,000
using the Central Bank of Nigeria ’s official
rate of N 402 ), while the costs of the
properties can be broken down as : £5 , 650 ,
000 ; £4 ,250 , 000 ; £2 , 900 ,000 ; £ 850 ,000 ;
£ 830 ,000 ; £820 , 000 and £ 485 ,000 .
Investigations also revealed that the
properties were acquired by proxy, which the
anti- corruption campaigners believe was
done to hide the identities of the owners.
Documents made available to Saturday
PUNCH by HM Land Registry , Croydon ,
revealed that one of the choice properties
linked to an APC chieftain cost £ 4 ,250 ,000
( apart from other rents that had been paid on
the grant of the lease ) .
Another property belonging to one of the
powerful Nigerians had cost £ 5 , 650 , 000
when it was paid for on October 4, 2011 ,
according to the records of HM Land Registry ,
Croydon .
The leaseholders were identified as Renocon
Property Development Limited and Sandon
Developments Limited .
Documents from the HM Land Registry ,
Croydon , also revealed that a choice property
was acquired by a firm on behalf of a former
military Head of State .
Further information made available by the
land registry revealed that a property linked
to one of the powerful Nigerians was
registered with a company’s name as the
owner .
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ten tequila shots – Family friend
Similarly, findings from the HM Land
Registry , Birkenhead office, UK , revealed that
a property at Kensington West Blythe Road ,
was linked to one of the powerful Nigerians.
Findings from the HM Land Registry ,
Peterborough office, also revealed further
information about a property that has been
linked to a top lawmaker in the Peoples
Democratic Party.
One of the anti -graft campaigners on the tour
organised by ClampK , Rachel Davies of
Transparency International, had described
the UK as a ground that had been harbouring
misused public funds, saying there were
40, 000 land titles in London owned by
companies based in many jurisdictions.
According to her , that meant “that when they
bought the properties , the owners didn’ t
need to have a land registry to reveal who
they really were and so the land registry , the
police, and the local residents do not know
who they are .”
In line with that , a source in the diplomatic
community in the UK told Saturday PUNCH
during the week that “ there were many other
properties linked to politically -exposed
Nigerians” and that moves were being made
to expose more in the future.
The source also said that though, the UK law
enforcement agencies had been “secretive ”
about their activities; there were reasons to
believe that they were “in the process of
building a more expansive prosecution
against a former Minister of Petroleum
Resources , Diezani (Alison -Madueke ),” who is
said to be under investigation in the foreign
country. However , the general belief of the
group of the anti -graft campaigners that
organised the tour , is that the UK
government had failed to show enough
commitment and political will to investigate
and expose politically- exposed Nigerians
using the foreign country as a haven to hide
stolen funds.
In an email to Saturday PUNCH during the
week, a consultant and former Nigeria
specialist at the US State Department ,
Matthew Page , said, “ The UK government
doesn’ t have the resources or the political
will to pursue a broad range of investigations
into the high-end property holdings of
politically -exposed Nigerians or suspected
kleptocrats from around the world.
“ Government officials may be looking into a
handful of the most high- profile examples ,
but they are doing little to tighten the laws
and close the loopholes that help the world’ s
treasury looters buy posh homes in London .
“ Many of us are concerned that the UK
government is losing interest in stopping
kleptocrats using the country’s property
market, corporate structures, and financial
system to launder and spend stolen money . I
suspect UK officials see these kinds of
financial activities as a necessary evil, that is ,
a much- needed alternative source of revenue
that will help offset the negative economic
and fiscal effects of Brexit .”
A similar tour organised earlier had focused
on politically- exposed Russians . According to
AFP, “ the tours are organised by an anti-
corruption campaigner , Roman Borisovich,
who is a specialist in exposing shady Russian
money , and are held every few months. ”
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with their relatives – Study
It stated that Borisovich had set up the tours
“ to attract public attention to the enormous
proportions of money laundering that is
being washed through UK properties .”
He told AFP he had chosen Nigeria for the
latest tour as it was “the only country that is
openly asking the British government to
repatriate the proceeds of crime, which were
stolen from the country .”
The Executive Chairman , Centre for Anti -
Corruption and Open Leadership , Mr . Debo
Adeniran, said with the revelation , the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
and other anti-graft agencies should
immediately open an investigation to
discover public office holders who own the
properties with a view to prosecuting them if
found guilty.
He said, “ The revelation is a manifestation of
how greedy our politicians are . It ’ s a
confirmation that our politicians go into the
system to siphon public funds. Many of them
have been doing it right from time. They
launder the country ’s funds and use them to
buy posh properties abroad.
“ This situation has been persistent because of
the lack of commitment by our anti-graft
agencies to investigate and prosecute corrupt
politicians using public funds to buy choice
properties abroad. If not , we didn’ t have to
wait for foreign investigators to do the job
for us.
“ Be that as it may, all the agencies , from the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
to the Independent Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Commission and even
the Central Bank of Nigeria, should swing into
action immediately and investigate those who
own the properties and prosecute them if
found guilty of corruption.
“ For an administration whose motto is
‘fighting corruption, ’ seeing that the proxies
who illegally acquired properties for public
office holders are also prosecuted should be a
priority. The government should ensure that
every sinner shouldn ’t go unpunished .”
Also , the Executive Director, Socio- Economic
Rights and Accountability Project,
Adetokunbo Mumuni, said the fact that the
said persons did the transaction or
acquisition clandestinely showed that they
had things to hide . He said the EFCC should
waste no time in investigating the matter.
He said, “ If you don’t have the gut to buy a
property in your name and you are using
proxies, that means you have something
serious to hide and once there is a reason to
believe that a crime has been committed , the
appropriate criminal investigation agencies ,
like EFCC , must take it up .”
He added that Nigeria must stop relying on
foreign help to solve all its problems, adding
that “ We must be ready to do something
serious about our matters ourselves and that
is why agencies like EFCC should take it up .”
http://punchng.com/investigators-uncover-10-multimillion-pound-uk-properties-owned-by-powerful-nigerians/

Indications have emerged that the Federal Government’s plan to upgrade all the 22 airport terminals in the country will not be affected by the proposed concession of some of the airports. Our correspondent had reported that with the failure of the airports remodelling project of the former administration, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration had said it would replicate the repairs of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the facelift of the terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, in all airport terminals across the country. It was gathered that upon the completion of work in Lagos and Abuja, the Port Harcourt International and Akanu Ibiam International Airport terminals’ facelift would to be the next in line until all the 22 airports across the country were upgraded. The General Manager , Corporate Affairs , Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria , Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, told our correspondent on Friday that there would not be any change in plans despite the approval by the Federal Government to give out all the international airports in the country to private investors as concession. Yakubu said , “ The concession is not an immediate thing ; so, while it is ongoing , FAAN will still go on with its statutory functions. All our remodelling plans are still in place ; we are not stopping because airports are going to be given out as concession. “ Construction work is still ongoing at the four terminals that we were working on before the concession approval and everything will continue normally. The remodelling of these major ones will continue without any disruption . The other airports will be taken care of when the concession has taken place .” Yakubu stated that areas expected to be fixed at the airports were the chillers, travellators and escalators, conveyor belts currently out of use , check-in counters and toilets, among others , adding that work had already commenced at the terminal of Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu , while two terminals were being constructed at the Port Harcourt airport, one by the immediate past government and another one to cater to the needs of passengers presently being attended to under a tent .