Dogalmighty17: The world street journal is projecting that by the third week of April, crude will exceed 170 dpb. You've heard of the strait of Hormuz. Let me introduce you to Bab el-Mandeb. Another strait in the Red sea where crude oil ships pass. Who controls this strait? The Houthis. Who are the Houthis aligned with? Iran. So with Hormuz closed and Bab el-Mandeb joining it sometime in the future, we can all kiss our asses good bye.
Ẹ fọkàn balẹ Asiwaju ọmọlúwàbís máa gbé wá lẹ gẹgẹbi ìlérí tí ó ṣe.
Petrol will soon be crashed to N70, which it should never go above according to All Promises Cancelled, APC.
WizardOfNG: Atiku "principled"? Dey get shame small na. This malevolent hatred of Tinubu, you have carried around for decades, is really weighing heavy on you and making you sound like someone who has lost it completely.
Again, Atiku and "principled" in the same sentence? Or you mean another Atiku from a parallel Universe?
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Atiku was principled in his loyalty to his boss in 2003, when he resisted northern pressure to make Obasanjo a one term president like Tinubu made Jonathan in 2015.
That was the first time Buhari asked for the job of president and failed.
Atiku was principled in his loyalty to the constitution in 2007 when he led other democratic heroes to end Obasanjo’s 3rd term agenda that would have made him a life president like Cameroon’s Biya.
akpumping7720: Don't mind Tinubu. Tinubu is a tax addict. Despite the tax burden in the state, people have refused to migrate to Lagos State rather they've been flocking to Anambra which has improved services and utilities
Why should a Lagosian be concerned with Anambra when he is not an atọhunrinwa Ayédèrú with a surname that is different from his mother’s?
Splashme: The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.
Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.
The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.
Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”
The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.
Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.
He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”
eluquenson: REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE
* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.
* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.
* His government built the Lagos State Television
* His government built the Lagos Radio
* His government built Lagos State University
* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.
* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.
* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.
* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.
* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.
* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.
* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.
* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.
* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.
* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.
* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.
* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.
* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.
* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).
* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.
* In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.
* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980
* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).
* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.
*His government established LASACO Insurance.
*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.
*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.
WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?
IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.
akpumping7720: Exactly. Same way Anambria. ans wallow in poverty when Ob. I was governor. Yet he won second term. Imagine supporting someone who increased the state poverty and yet he was re-elected.
What is Tinubu increasing in Lagos state for the last 27 years, apart from tax burden that has failed to translate into improved services and utilities
Nastrademus: That's a common knowledge, that's why we must all come together to remove that agent of darkness and his demons from the seat of power
True that.
We must all come together to work for the brains behind PDP’s 16 years of widespread prosperity, cheap petrol, peace and security with low debt burden to return with their deregulation and privatisation policies.
fuckJones: (A case study of Nigeria citizens & their elected oppressors).
During the Soviet dictatorship of Joseph stalin. He was a brutal dictator with mind of his own. On one fateful day, stalin came to Politburo meeting with a live chicken. Standing in front of audience, He started to pluck the feathers of the live chicken off one by one. The chicken trembled in pain, blood tricking out of its pores. It gave out grievous cries, but stalin being a cruel dictator continued without remorse plucking the feathers out until the chicken was completely Unclad. After which, he threw the chicken on the ground. The Unclad chicken was staggering in pain. stalin goes into his pocket and from his pockets, he took out some chicken food and started to throw it at the poor & hapless creature. The poor chicken in pain started eating and stalin started walking towards his seat. As he walked away, he kept dropping some feeds on the floor & the chicken followed him and sat feeding from his feet.
Joseph stalin then turned to members of his political party leadership. He said, "This chicken represents the people". "You must disempower them, brutalise them, beat them up, starve them and then leave them". "If you do this, go into your pocket & give them peanuts when they are in that helpless and desperate situation, they will blindly follow you for the rest of their life, worshiping you". "They will think you are a hero forever. They will forget that, you're responsible for their sorrowful situation in the first place." Breath taking, isn't it ?
Now! Take a look at all the people some Nigerians are busy defending on social media. Take a look at those they call their heroes. They are the same people who plunged Nigeria into the situation she is. They are the same people who are responsible for their predicaments. Did you see the numbers of people that throng to Saraki's House during this Sallah period to go collect peanuts? People trooping to Bola Ahmed Tinubu Foundation offices to collect branded One kilo bag of Rice & Noddles. Did you see the number of people of all ages who troop out to welcome Ex- convict James Ibori to South South! Do you see the number of handle mop following obi as if he is a seat? what of the one following dino malaye?
Your guess is as good as mine. Nigerians kill those they should defend and defend those they should kill! Pass to all your contacts & let your Political & Religion Leaders read, understand & digest.
garykoeman: Charly boy seriously campaigning for his brother Peter obi.
When Obi already told Nigerians foods are now cheaper.
Food is cheaper now because of unsustainable import waivers that have demotivated farmers, meaning that the starvation crisis will be worse in due course.
anonimi: How import waivers are crippling local rice mills
Rice millers have raised concerns over the federal government’s import duty waiver on rice, maize and sorghum, saying it is hurting their businesses.
This is just as the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said the waiver has caused food prices to drop.
Is this applicable in our country where a land grabbing FCT minister is building houses for judges while refusing to pay salaries to teachers, thereby jeopardising the future of tomorrow’s leaders
RolexOfGeneva: This is a serious country where everything is working. Who can arrest a billionaire in Nigeria(except he's opposition to the rulers)
Even if he is arrested and charged for crimes, he can be released as long as he is loyal to the Ogas at the top of Oshiomhole’s Assembly of Past Criminals, APC.
Why have we allowed our society to be this way
chisomkachy: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn the alleged money laundering suit it filed at the Federal High Court against Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa.
Naija News understands that the anti-graft did not give any particular reason for its application for withdrawal.
Following the application to withdraw, Justice Nicholas Oweibo discharged the ‘lien/Post No Debit’ placed on Obasa’s three accounts in Standard Chartered Bank.
The accounts are (US Dollars) 0001852063; (Current) 0001852056 and (Saving) 5002309624.
The judge also set aside the ex-parte orders he made on September 15, 2020, which led to the freezing of the accounts.
Recall that the court on September 15, 2020, granted an interim order freezing Obasa’s accounts following the EFCC’s application in a suit marked FHC/LCS/1064/2020.
The agency had said it was investigating the Speaker for the alleged offences of conspiracy, diversion of funds, abuse of office and money laundering.
But Justice Oweibo, on August 16, 2023, heard the application to unfreeze the accounts in his chamber.
During the hearing, the EFCC was represented by Mr. Sulaiman I. Sulaiman, while Obasa was represented by Mr. Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN).
The EFCC lawyer told the court that the application to unfreeze the accounts was pursuant to Section 44(2)(K) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Sections 26, 29 and 34 (1) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004, and under the court’s inherent jurisdiction.
Section 44 of the Constitution concerns constitutional rights to property.
Justice Oweibo held: “It is hereby ordered that an order is hereby granted to the respondent/applicant setting aside the ex-parte orders of this court made on the 15th day of September 2020 upon the ex-parte motion of the Applicant/ Respondent in relation the funds of the Respondent/Applicant domiciled in the accounts stated in the following schedule:
“ACCOUNT NAME, FINANCIAL ACCOUNT INSTITUTIONS, TYPE OF ACCOUNT, 1. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered, (US Dollars) 0001852063 2. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Current) 0001852056 3. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Saving) 5002309624.
“Issued at Lagos, under the seal of this Honourable Court and by the hands of the Presiding Judge this 16th day of August 2023.”
They believe they are fooling Nigerians not knowing that they are shaming themselves
You may be right but how do we work to stop them from getting away with this shenanigans that are negatively impacting governance
anonimi: Wike lobbied PDP committee to be Atiku’s running mate – Ex-gov’ship aspirant
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:33:04 WAT
Muazu Magaji, a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kano State, has alleged that the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, lobbied members of the party’s committee constituted to advise the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the choice of his running mate.
Magaji disclosed this while speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily, on Thursday.
The Kano politician also argued that there was no proof that Atiku promised Wike the vice president position as claimed.
The PDP committee had recommended the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa; Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel and Wike.
The committee, however, scored Wike above the other two contenders but Atiku decided to settle for Okowa. A decision that has since unsettled Wike’s camp.
Magaji, however, claimed that Wike lobbied to be scored ahead of others, adding that the Rivers State governor should not be trusted with important positions in the country.
2023: PDP and politics of healing Wike’s self-inflicted injury
Then, the race began in earnest for three years now, reaching a frenzy with the works of the two PDP committees on zoning. The first was the Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi committee on the zoning of the PDP party offices. The Ugwuanyi committee quickly told the world the committee’s assignment did not cover zoning the office of the president. Though this was true, the question is: why didn’t the Ugwuanyi committee zone the PDP chairmanship to the North without aligning it to the divide that would produce the PDP presidential flag-bearer? The second committee headed by Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue state was specifically on the zoning of the presidential ticket and, with the votes of the representatives of all the 17 Southern states without any exception, the Committee unanimously recommended throwing open the PDP presidential ticket, which the PDP NEC simply upheld.
One thing irrefutably stands out – Wike shot himself in the leg. Here was a man who had an overarching influence on both committees but could not insist that the ticket be zoned South. Many had wondered why? The reason is also relatively in plain sight: the Southeast factor. As the clamour for zoning of the presidential ticket of the PDP to South reached its crescendo, many had pointed out the fact that though the PDP Constitution had prescribed zoning of the office of the president to be between North and South since the South-west and South-south had taken their turns in producing the president and the vice in this current dispensation in the persons of Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, zoning this time around, should not just be to the South but the Southeast.
Atiku Abubakar went a step further by offering to step down from the race if it would be agreed that the touted zoning to the South would mean micro-zoning to the Southeast. Wike and the rest could not take the Atiku challenge maybe because Atiku would likely back Peter Obi, who was his vice-presidential running mate in 2019 and an ally. The prospects of Peter Obi picking the ticket if PDP zoned South was so real compelling Wike to go for an open contest, believing he could pick it up ahead of Atiku, Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, given his large war chest.
ddippset: Says a man who hijacked the party and singlehandedly produced the last 4 National Chairmen of the party for his own selfishness.
Says a man who accepted nomination to be running mate to Fulani Atiku. He knew it was injustice to give Atiku the ticket yet he lobbied to be the VP.
He knew the party had to go South for the 2023 election, yet he still put Secondus as National Chaiman just to hijack the party.. Only to push Secondus out because he wanted the ticket 2023.
This man remains the biggest problem of PDP.
He can only deceive and fool his minions, not reasonable people.
YourGFsnatcher: Is there still PDP? I never thought a day will come when PDP will be reduced to this
Sheriff foresaw all this chaos about the ologogoro, FCT land grabber who started out as a lowly local government chairman under Odili.
anonimi: No room for Wike, Fayose in PDP again —Sheriff
Also reacting to the judgment, its apparent beneficiary, Senator Sheriff, vowed to put in place a machinery that would not give room to people like Governors Nyesom Wike and Ayodele Fayose of Rivers and Ekiti states, respectively in any future arrangement in the party.
“I will engineer a restructuring of PDP such that characters like Wike and Fayose cannot find a way through to attain any position of prominence in our party in the future. They have brought shame and agony through the application of their crude and godless politics which is at variance with the principles upon which our founding fathers built our great party.
“We must find a way to sieve things so that only men of character and integrity can come through for positions of responsibility at all levels of our political engagement in the country.
“We must urgently steer the ship of PDP clear of the path of infamy which Wike and Fayose has brought our party, making Nigerians to mistaken PDP as a training ground for thugs. That is the urgent task we have. We cannot continue to advertise thug brand and expect Nigerians to take us seriously,” he said.
Streetinvestor2: He should have stayed so that SW president moles in the party can easily Rigg the election for him You think he is foolish
Does staying in Lagos forever ♾️ make Utomi a southwesterner?
lexylaw40: The “president-elect” saw in Obi's presidential bid, a good chance to reduce the winning chances of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State, Tawfiq Akinwale, [/b]on Wednesday [b]stated that the “President-elect” Bola Tinubu asked popular economist, Prof Pat Utomi to step down for Peter Obi in the buildup to the 2023 general elections.
Akinwale made this revelation while he appeared as a guest on a radio programme on 101.7 YES FM, Ibadan, Oyo State, while alleging that Obi received campaign funds from Utomi, whom he described as Tinubu's "son."
The LP aspirant, who spoke in Yoruba language, said "In the buildup to the 2023 elections, Obi who had purchased the nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), suddenly announced his exit from the party.
"Initially, Pat Utomi had secured the LP's presidential ticket, but when Peter Obi said he resigned from the PDP and joined the LP. Bola Tinubu, a master political strategist, quickly told Utomi, that everyone knows to be his son to step down for Obi.
"The “president-elect” saw in Obi's presidential bid, a good chance to reduce the winning chances of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
"What Peter Obi didn't know is much more that what he knows, he started collecting campaign funds from Utomi, while Tinubu was giving the money to Utomi.
"This went on until Obi's presidential campaign got to a stage it went beyond target. Obi was used without him knowing," Akinwale said after announcing his departure from the party.
Obi defected to the LP after resigning his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and also withdrawing from the presidential race under the party.
The former governor consequently joined the race for the party’s presidential ticket, while Professor Pat Utomi, in June 2022 stepped down for him to emerge as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, unopposed in Asaba, Delta State.
SeeWahala: Tilumbu said if we no see 24hr electricity 🔌 say make we carry stone pursue am commot for Abuja back to iragbiji
Me I don go Ogun state select better rock 🪨 wey I go take stone him head fall from that Aso rock come next year 🤗
Now that Adelabu Pẹnkẹlẹmẹs has confirmed that All Promises Cancelled, APC gave us adequate electricity as Fashola bragged about before we allowed them replace PDP with their change mandate 11 years ago, will you vote city boy next year?
Will you vote for him despite his failure to crash petrol price and his failure to deliver N300/$1 in the short term
CerebrumOptimus: To be candid if that sadist Minister appointed by Buhari to oversee FCT did just 10/100 percent of what Wike has done, the FCT will be a city we will all be proud of as citizens. But the Kangaroo was a fanatic from Gambia. Buhari was indeed a disaster.
Go to Abuja and see how much work Wike has done unlike the Minister of Darkness, the Minister of Diseases, and the Minister of illiteracy.
The Buhari that Tinubu made president, four years after calling him expired?
Prospect of a possible alliance between the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, was dashed yesterday in Kano as the leader of the party and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu described CPC as parading “expired leadership.”
Tinubu told ACN supporters in Kano during the party’s Presidential rally that: “What Nigerians need now is a transformation in leadership” as obtained in the advanced economy.
The two-term Governor of Lagos State explained that the leadership of ACN was offering Nigeria the brilliance of Nuhu Ribadu who, he said, is in the class of Nicolas Sarkozi of France, David Cameron of Britain, Medvedev of Russia and Barack Obama of the United States of America.
“What has CPC got to offer? We certainly don’t need expired leadership as we are offering the best in terms of brilliance, courage and patriotism in the class of Sarkozi of France, David Cameron of Britain and Barack Obama of the USA.”
Tinubu’s position came on the heels of Ribadu’s declaration penultimate week in Kaduna when he hinted during a political rally of a joint ticket between the two opposition parties to confront the dominance of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The national leader of ACN criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for shying away from the national debate held last Friday, stressing that”that singular act exposed Jonathan as a coward who has nothing to offer.”
Patriotic9ja: If you know you know. Judiciary, traditional rulers...... Next is gonna be religious leaders. It will be difficult for APC to lose FCT this time
Why can’t the leaders looters of Oshiomhole’s Assembly of Past Criminals, APC be just as smart in the provision of basic services and utilities as they are with playing politics?
Do you think that is because even we the people don’t care about governance, because we are afflicted with Stockholm syndrome suffering
anonimi: Water Scarcity Hits Maitama, Embassies Affected
Tue, 25 Feb 2025
A severe water scarcity has hit the downtown area of Maitama District in the Federal Capital City over the last two weeks, Abuja Metro reports.
Many parts of the affluent neighbourhood have been struggling with lack of pipe-borne water as the Federal Capital Territory Water Board supply has been off.
anonimi: FCT Teacher’s Strike: The unfolding crisis that has kept Abuja’s children out of school for months
The industrial action is the third in a series since late 2024.
ByQosim SuleimanandZainab Adewale July 2, 2025 Reading Time: 4 mins read For over three months, public primary school pupils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been out of the classroom due to a teachers’ strike.
The industrial action has seen multiple suspensions and resumptions and is the third since late 2024.
What would be the outcome for them in the Supreme Court, if Wike is building houses for judges while owing teachers salary and locking children out of school
Why do we, the people condone this misplaced priorities and corruption in our midst?
mukthar2000: This guy really kill access staff and lavish th bank money shaa.
Kai
I don't think if the buary him along with any of this properties?
Vanity on vanity
Vanity is necessary to make sure people are motivated to sacrifice immediate comfort to create greater efficiency in the use of resources to make life better and easier for everyone.
If we don’t give vanity rewards of different types to innovators, creative people, researchers, entrepreneurs etc then how will the society develop and evolve?
Meanwhile do you know if Buhari was buried with his own stolen properties? Or whether other leaders looters of the worst rogues in Oshiomhole’s Assembly of Past Criminals, APC will be buried with their London properties?
coolbode1: Napep to my house before was N200,Now it's 400 (Though treckable)
Thank God I just bought my bicycle. Na to find somewhere dey park am. Though I've insured it comprehensively against unforseen circumstances.
Tinubu has opened our eyes
Has city boy also opened your eyes to lawlessness for loyal members of his Agbero Poverty Congress, APC where sins are forgiven once you join, according to comrade Oshiomole
Racoon: Appeal Court Removed ‘Illegal’ NURTW President ‘MC Oluomo’, But He Won’t Quit Office
Musiliu Akinsanya, a former chairman of the Lagos State Parks and Management Committee, has continued to disregard the law in acting as national president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), a trade union of transport workers in the country.
In November 2024, a Court of Appeal in Abuja affirmed an earlier National Industrial Court of Nigeria judgment pronouncing Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa as president of the union. Baruwa had served for four years and he was to be serving his second term, having been reelected in August 2023, three months to the termination of his first tenure as enunciated by the union’s constitution.
But some members of the union, led by Najeem Usman Yasin, a former president of the same union and current chairman of its Board of Trustees (BoT), disputed Baruwa’s re-election, causing the police in the Federal Capital Territory to arrest and detain him many times.
Yasin unilaterally dissolved the National Administrative Council led by Baruwa and then facilitated the setting up of a National Caretaker Committee to administer the union. At this point, Baruwa and 13 others, including the NURTW as a juristic personality, headed to the National Industrial Court.
INDUSTRIAL COURT’S CONCLUSION Baruwa and others, referred to in the case as claimants, filed their case, marked NICN/ABJ/263/2023, on September 28, 2023, against Yasin and six others referred to as defendants. After arguments by both parties, the court delivered a judgment in favour of the claimants on March 11, 2024, according to a certified copy of the judgment obtained by FIJ.
Justice O. O. Oyewumi of the National Industrial Court collapsed the 10 and 11 distinct issues for determination submitted to the court by the claimants and defendants separately into four.
ISSUE ONE: The first issue to be ruled upon was “Whether the Claimants’ action as presently constituted is competent to give the Court the necessary vires over this action? If this is answered in the positive”.
The defendants argued that the court was incompetent to hear the case because it was commenced through an improper application. But the judge rejected their opposition, saying they failed to attach an affidavit to disclose the facts they were advancing.
“Failure of the defendants to file an affidavit to back up their grounds of objection which has delved into the facts of the case having left the realm of the law is fatal to the objection,” Justice Oyewumi ruled, dispensing with the first issue.
ISSUE TWO: Are the names of the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th and 14th claimants are liable to be struck out from this action?
In the course of the proceedings, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th and 14th claimants (Bello Adamu, Eugene Eze Job, Prince Isah Dahiru Usman, Suleiman Adamu, Muhammed Bello Madu and NURTW) sought to pull out, saying they did not consent to the case. It was based on their withdrawal application that the judge formulated the second issue for determination.
In his ruling, the judge said that even though the law permits a co-claimant to challenge the inclusion of their name in a case, there are exceptions. Where that person is a necessary party “without whom an action cannot be effectually and effectively determined”, the challenge becomes a nullity.
“Thus the application to strike [out] the name of a co-claimant will not succeed automatically, as it was not a matter of course to allow a co-claimant to withdraw and have his name struck out at any time,” the judge ruled.
Furthermore, the judge found that 9th claimant Muhammed Bello Madu appeared in the early stage of the litigation and identified himself in court, without equivocation, as the 9th claimant. Therefore, his claim that he did not give his consent to the case was surprising.
“If he never gave his consent and was not aware of the pendency of this suit, then what was he doing in court on the 24th day of October, 2023 and identified himself as the 9th claimant?” the judge asked.
As far as the second issue was concerned, the judge found that those seeking to be removed from the suit were indispensable to the proper determination of the case, “hence the need for them to remain parties in this suit”.
“It is settled law that the main reason for making a person a party as stated earlier is so that he would be bound by the outcome of the action and in which case the questions to be determined in the action would be such that could not be effectually and completely fairly settled without him,” the judge stated on Page 32 of the judgment, specifically adding in Page 33: “Issue two is thus resolved against them [the six claimants claiming to be unaware of the suit].”
ISSUE THREE: The arguments on the third issue: Whether paragraphs 13, 15c, 17, 29, 30 and 31a and b of the defendants’ counter-affidavit are liable to be struck out, were treated briefly.
Baruwa and his co-claimants implored the court to strike out paragraphs 13, 15(c), 17, 29, 30 and 31(a) and (b) from a counter-affidavit filed by the defendants for containing “extraneous matter including legal conclusions, arguments, speculative conjectures and opinions irrelevant” against Section 115 (2) the Evidence Act, which states: “An affidavit shall not contain extraneous matter, by way of objection, prayer or legal argument or conclusion.”
The judge concluded that those paragraphs truly offended the provision of the Evidence Act and were struck out accordingly. In the same vein, he held that expunging them from the records would “not inexorably have dismal or caustic consequence on the Counter Affidavit” because its remaining paragraphs were enough to sustain the defendants’ position.
ISSUE FOUR: The last issue, “whether or not the claimants have proven the questions posed for determination of this court to be entitled to the reliefs sought”, which was the livewire of the case, was treated extensively.
The claimants argued that Yasin’s role as chairman of the NURTW BoT was advisory alone, per their constitution, and as such, lacked the power to dissolve the administrative council or take far-reaching decisions on the daily affairs of the union.
Article 6 of the NURTW Constitution says that the BoT at various tiers “shall include” offering “advice on the administration and policy direction of the Union in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution”. It shall also mediate in misunderstandings that may arise from time to time between the Union and any government or security institutions.
The claimants argued that Yasin’s BoT had not been inaugurated at the time he presided over the meeting which illegally dissolved the Baruwa-led council. But the court rejected this argument.
The court also found that the decision to constitute the caretaker committee was not taken at any BoT meeting and “the decision to constitute a Caretaker Committee cannot be imputed to the 1st defendant [Yasin] as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees going by the content” of the supplied exhibits. “I so hold,” the judge ruled.
The judge considered whether Baruwa and others were validly elected for a second term. Elected national leaders of the union emerge, per the constitution, through what is called “Quadrennial National Delegate Conference”. The defendant alleged that no such conference was held to produce the Baruwa-led council.
Baruwa is from Ogun State in the southwestern region of the country, where most states had proscribed the NURTW. For this reason, according to the defendants, he could not have been validly nominated from the zone for the position of the president.
The court trashed this contention by referencing its settled position that the suspension of the union’s activities by some governors in the zone does not invalidate the rights of members from the zone to unionise and participate in the activities of the union.
Justice Oyewumi found that Baruwa was validly elected. “The court also finds that contrary to the position of the defendants in their counter affidavit, the 1st claimant [Baruwa] was validly nominated and elected for the position of President of the Union at the Quadrennial National Delegates Conference,” the judge wrote in Paragraph 58.
Omooba77: The association, in a statement on Sunday by the NAS Capn, Dr. Joseph Oteri, said these needless deaths, a grim reflection of the desperation gripping many Nigerians, underscore the rising hunger and economic hardship that has engulfed the nation.
The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) says it is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of over 60 lives in Oyo, Anambra, and Abuja during recent palliative distribution stampedes.
The association, in a statement on Sunday by the NAS Capn, Dr. Joseph Oteri, said these needless deaths, a grim reflection of the desperation gripping many Nigerians, underscore the rising hunger and economic hardship that has engulfed the nation.
“While we commend the government's effort to alleviate the plight of vulnerable citizens through palliatives, it is evident that these measures have been marred by inadequate planning, poor coordination, and lack of accountability,” it said.
According to the group, the chaotic scenes that led to the fatal incidents are an “indictment of the systemic failure to address the root causes of hunger and poverty”.
The group noted that rising hunger in Nigeria is a national emergency that demands urgent action.
“Failure to act decisively will deepen the crisis, with devastating social, economic, and political consequences,” it said.
“We mourn with the families of the deceased and demand that the government ensures accountability for this avoidable tragedy. Hunger should never be a death sentence in a country blessed with abundant resources.”
“It is time to rise to the challenge of ensuring that every Nigerian can live with dignity, free from the scourge of poverty and hunger,” it added.
Therefore, the association called on all levels of government to urgently prioritize sustainable solutions to the hunger crisis.
It said, “Palliatives must reach the intended beneficiaries without endangering lives. Transparent and well-organised systems, with the involvement of community leaders and credible NGOs, should be put in place to avoid chaotic distributions.
“Beyond temporary relief measures, the government must develop long-term strategies to enhance food production, support local farmers, and stabilize food prices.
“Programmes aimed at addressing the needs of the most vulnerable must be scaled up. Access to affordable healthcare, education, and social safety nets is critical to lifting millions out of poverty.
“Policies that create jobs and enhance income-generating opportunities should be fast-tracked to reduce dependency on palliatives.”
The association noted that two of its chapters in Edo State (Area 3) recently had successful palliative programmes, during which over 2,000 underprivileged persons were fed.
It added that one of the key components of the programme was orderliness.
It must be less than what city boy was scared of in 2007, when the 1999 presumptive AD governorship candidate, Engr. Funsho Williams was murdered, thereby making it easier for then political neophyte Fashola to be governor for the continuation of JagaBandeet’s tax master plan.
The master plan that has increased IGR and budget 100 times in the last 27 years but failed to employ enough well paid civil servants to improve government services and public utilities in a commensurate manner.
Do you think that Engr. Funsho Williams was murdered because Obasanjo failed to prosecute and convict anyone for the death of his AGF Bola Ige in 2001? He made the most prominent suspect a senator from Agodi prison in the 2003 capture of the south west.
Obasanjo’s reelection was possible because Atiku refused to give in to northern pressure to run against his boss and make him a one term president like Tinubu made Jonathan.
2003 was the first time Buhari asked for the job of president but was rejected.
press9jatv: People no dey used Kuda app like that again. Na Opay and Moniepoint people dey used
What are you using now for your transportation since APC has failed to keep petrol price lower than N70
Are you using pictures of APC projects to pay for the subsidy Nigerians are forced to pay for the massive corruption in their oil sector in the last 11 years?
anonimi: Petrol should never cost more than N70 per litre, says APC
January 19, 2015
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as mere tokenism the reduction of petrol price from N97 to N87 per litre, saying the petroleum product ordinarily should sell for N70.
On Sunday, the federal government announced the reduction of petrol price, citing the fall of global crude oil price.
But the APC through Lai Mohammed, its spokesman, on Monday accused the government of making a show out of deceit, saying “a 10.3 per cent slash in the price of petrol was a mere tokenism at a time the price of crude oil has crashed by about 60 per cent”.
It argued that the pump price of a litre of petrol should not be more than 70 Naira, alleging that at N87 per litre, the government was forcing Nigerians to subsidise the massive corruption in the oil sector by N17 for every litre of fuel.
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