₦airaland Forum

chatinent:
Buhari no go travel again for medical checkup?

dbtt:
This is what happens, when you base your fiscal source on oil .
The oil market is not stable.

socialmediaman:
Cut your salaries and live like people from a poor country. The jumbo pay should be for infrastructure not individual compensation!

yanabasee:
What is Lawal trying to do??
Lawal is a criminal and should rot in jail....
The witness should keep confusing him the way he used tax payers money to enrich himself and his family....

Babachir Lawal shows up at Buhari’s campaign group launch

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), David Babachir Lawal, was among guests who attended the launch of a campaign group for the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general election.
Lawal was a cynosure of all eyes when he showed up during the event tagged “Together Nigeria” held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, jointly organised by the Office of the Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari and Buhari Support Organisation (BSO).

Buhari, who also attended the event, promised that party men and women who work hard for the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019 general elections would be rewarded adequately.

He regretted that not all those that worked for the party in 2015 were rewarded, but assured that more rewards would come in 2019.

“At this point, I would like to acknowledge the overwhelming support I enjoyed from individuals and organisations across the country over the years. I say thank you to all those who contributed to our successes in one way or the other.”

https://guardian.ng/politics/babachir-lawal-shows-up-at-buharis-campaign-group-launch/

easyfem:
all na scope ............... but can we divide this country coz if you talk , u will be dethrone.......... pple are dying everyday

we dont av someone who can speak on our behalf again ... dont u c deji adeyanju has quiet , sowore is tired .......... and the useless youth are busy saying rubish ....... this country is so wrong ......... no one can right it for us

dre11:
‘Who is the presidency?’ — shocked Babachir Lawal reacts to suspension

Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation, has told reporters to ask the “presidency” why he was suspended.
In an encounter with reporters on Wednesday shortly after his suspension was announced, a clearly shocked Lawal stalled on all the questions he was asked.
Informed that his suspension was announced by the presidency, he retorted: “Who is the presidency?”
He had been in a meeting with vice-president when Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, announced his suspension pending investigations into the the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE).
Also suspended is Ayo Oke, director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), over the funds recovered from a private residence in Ikoyi, Lagos state, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

THE EXCHANGE IN FULL
Reporters: Your suspension has just been announced. How will you react to the development?
Lawal: Who announced it?
Reporters: The presidency
Lawal: Then ask them. Why are you asking me? Who is the presidency?
Reporters: Have you been informed of the suspension?
Lawal: By who? About what. What about you? Have you been informed?
Reporters: Yes sir.
Lawal: By who?
Reporters: By the presidency sir.
Lawal: I have not seen it. I should have been given… I have not seen the press release so I cannot comment on it.
Reporters: It is currently trending online. Are you doubting the authenticity of the statement?
Lawal: I have not seen it.
Reporters: Tell us the outcome of your meeting with the vice-president.
Lawal: I am always here. I always meet the vice-president. I used to come here even before I was made SGF.

https://www.thecable.ng/presidency-babachir-lawal-reacts-suspension

olokeded:
On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari's letter clearing Babachir Lawal , secretary federal of the federation of allegations leveled against him was read on the floor of the senate.

See full letter below:

http://www.metronaija.com/2017/01/photos-buharis-letter-to-senate.html

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Escobar7:
Pls read and know more about people before assuming sides, Sanusi like his grandfather spend money from the Kano Emirate account amounting to a billion plus, he was investigated though politically motivated, but was found guilty. He who must go to equity must go with clean hands.

barcanista:
Since I was born, I have never witness the kind of hypocrisy, double standard and demonisation that is currently perpetrated by Muhammadu Buhari, the APC, Alhaji Sanusi, Osinbajo and their "good governance crusaders" against the person of President Goodluck Jonathan, Allison Madekwe, and other government officials.

Alhajis Buhari and Sanusi and APC have been going about using every platform to talk about a "missing $20b", cheered by their hypocritical followers that pride themselves as good governance crusaders. They have deliberately gone blind over the fraud of CBN under Sanusi as outlined by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria report in February 2014.

Sanusi Indicted And Removed For Fraud
According to the report (see below) Sanusi was indicted for Gross Misconduct that bothers on fraud and financial recklessness among other offence. The FRCN subsequently advised Mr President to remove Lamido Sanusi from office for further investigation and probe after the explanation of Sanusi appeared more like a tale and outrightly illogical according to FRCN. The council indicates that the explanation provided by Sanusi is “a clear display of incompetence, nonchalance, fraud, wastefulness, and abuse of due process and deliberate efforts to misrepresent facts on the part of the leadership of the CBN.”

The council advised the President to exercise the powers conferred on him by Section 11(2)(f) of the CBN Act 2007 or invoke Section 11(2)(c) of the said Act “and cause the governor and the deputy governors to cease from holding office in the CBN.”


April 2014: VP-elect Yemi Osibanjo Filed Case To Stop Sanusi Probe
Rather than Sanusi to prove his innocence in court, he filed a case in Federal High Court, Lagos to STOP FRCN and Other Security Agencies from investigating and prosecuting him through three Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, Dr. Kanyinsola Ajayi and Kola Awodien.
http://www.theguardianmobile.com/readNewsItem1.php?nid=24587

13 May 2014: Lagos Judge Tshoho Grants Sanusi Prayers
High Court Judge John Tshoho rather than uphold the constitutional powers of FRCN to investigate probe Sanusi, he granted the prayers of Lamido Sanusi and BARRED FRCN from further investigation or probing Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. In his own words...
“Prejudice is very pronounced in the language of that document. The language of the briefing note (transmitted by the FRCN to the presidency) conveys a sense of the defendant desperately goading the presidency to deal with the plaintiff,”
“The plaintiff submitting himself for investigation (by FRCN) is like the cockroach finding itself in the midst of fowls. Such a cockroach cannot be innocent,”.
http://www.tv360nigeria.com/?p=11923

Despite the fact the President Jonathan commissioned PWC to audit NNPC books to ascertain the veracity or otherwise of Sanusi's claim, Buhari, APC, Sanusi and their online agents that parade themselves as good governance and anticorruption apostles have been crying blue murder but refused to comment on the FRCN report nor the APC's VP elect role in shielding Sanusi for probe.

April 26, 2015: Buhari's Display of Hypocrisy
In his usual hypocrisy, General Buahri vowed to re-visit the $20b allegation but said NOTHING about the FRCN report. In his own word... “Imagine a situation where the former CBN governor who by God ‘s grace would later become the  Emir of Kano raised an  issue of missing billions of money, not in Naira but in Dollars, $20 billion.
“What happened, instead of investigating to know whether it was true that the money was missing or not, they simply found a reason to remove him. So these are the issues we are talking about…"
Contrary to the lies of Alhaji Buhari, Sanusi wasn't removed because he raised alarm, he was removed because he was indicted by FRCN. Jonathan also never kept mute, he commissioned PWC to audit the books. Buhari was also blind to talk about prosecuting Sanusi for the CBN fraud. Perhaps the Emir is as "incorruptible" as him(Buhari)

DSoj:
Sanusi would be remembered as a progressive who wanted Almajiri poverty solved by spending N5billion to renovate his palace. Good riddance”.... Fact

SLAP44:
Yinka, are you saying that Tinubu and osibanjo are going to be used and dumped too?

hakeemhakeem:
Why you guys crying more than the bereaved do have interest of middle belts at heart than ogbeh,you have your challenges in your region like wise others but you started insult the statesman some of you were not even born when the regions were segregated. When fight arise you can calls brother name but when there are no fight you are best.why Trying to segregate so call northern when you have not find solutions the so call OSU who answer your names, drinks your waters

comos:
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on Friday justified the arrest of only suspects of Yoruba extraction over the recent clash in Ile-Ife, Osun State, which resulted in the death of about 46 persons. He said crime neither has tribe nor identity.

Idris spoke with State House correspondents shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of security situations in parts of the country inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The police had been in the eye of the storm for arresting and parading 20 Yoruba persons, including a monarch, over the clash while not a single Hausa/Fulani person was detained.
The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere; and the Oodua Peoples Congress are among groups and individuals that have been criticising the police over the development.
Idris however said the police would not hesitate to apply the law once criminal cases are established against individuals, irrespective of their tribe.
He said, “You know we are police officers. Crime has no tribe. If you are a criminal, you are a criminal.
“Crime has no face. We don’t look at crime in the identity of where you are coming from.
“As far as you are a criminal and the police find you wanting, we apply the law.”
He said investigation had revealed that the crisis started with a disagreement between two people selling food along the road.

Source from Punch Newspaper

MetaPhysical:
Of course, Im surprised it took this long.
Thats all middle belters are good for, to fill positions in ACF while fulani fill positions in Fed. Govt.
Now he is going to start appearing on tv and talking about ONE North, watch!

Jarus:
Good move on "Middle Belt" nationalists

Coldie:
North keeps looking for ways to unite meanwhile south keeps calling each other afonja and ipob

sofiscatedmoron:
Afonjas should marry igbo to wipe out black ugliness from thier afonja race

okorotalkative:
This orubebe, he suppose don join nollywood.

pdp party still dey make sure nigerians dey smile back then, even tho they rob us blind.
Apc on the other na something else, no single respect for justice system and yet they still robbing us.

LZAA:
And no one likes a nepa bill holder

Aidejay:
go and drop your mummy's phone. It's not a toy.

ipobarethieves:
waste of time and saliva. The old man is Deaf upstairs ‘Well.their days are numbered .Useless government

Ayt27:
The voice of Ganduje the hand of Buhari.

Sweeetheart:
he's lucky he's not killed. many of those expressing their minds direct from their conscience always pay the price with their dear life ref. to Dele Giwa, Ken Sarowiwa, even Yar'adua among others

ziddy:
Security Stops Ribadu Gani Condemns Action

SECURITY operatives yesterday dragged the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, from the graduation ceremonies at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru.

Ribadu, who had successfully completed his course at the NIPSS, was at the Unity Hall of the institute where he and other colleagues were seated, waiting to be conferred with the Members of the National Institute (mni) when the operatives pounced on him.

He was dragged out of the hall and taken to an unknown destination within the premises of the institute.

The institute's authorities said he could not participate at the ceremony on health ground but Ribadu, who returned to Abuja yesterday, has debunked this claim.

The right link: [url]http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article01//indexn2_html?pdate=231108&ptitle=Security%20Stops%20Ribadu[/url]

MaiSuya:
This quote by Gani fawenhinmi over the issue, taken from the Guardian beautifully summarizes my reaction to the whole issue:

''Meanwhile, Lagos lawyer and rights crusader, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, has described as "most disheartening, absolute bizarre and unprecedentedly barbaric" the prevention of Mallam Ribadu from graduating yesterday at NIPSS, Kuru.

He said Ribadu's travails through the Yar'Adua administration shows that government has the tendencies of fascism and its profession for the rule of law "is smokescreen and hypocrisy of the worst order."   (emphasis mine)

gargoylern:
wise man.
There is a reason his views didn't sit well with the elite.

scaramucci:
There won't be any need for that. The DG, which is the koko, is already a Fulani man.

comos:
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on Friday justified the arrest of only suspects of Yoruba extraction over the recent clash in Ile-Ife, Osun State, which resulted in the death of about 46 persons. He said crime neither has tribe nor identity.

Idris spoke with State House correspondents shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of security situations in parts of the country inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The police had been in the eye of the storm for arresting and parading 20 Yoruba persons, including a monarch, over the clash while not a single Hausa/Fulani person was detained.

The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere; and the Oodua Peoples Congress are among groups and individuals that have been criticising the police over the development.

Idris however said the police would not hesitate to apply the law once criminal cases are established against individuals, irrespective of their tribe.

He said, “You know we are police officers. Crime has no tribe. If you are a criminal, you are a criminal.

“Crime has no face. We don’t look at crime in the identity of where you are coming from.

“As far as you are a criminal and the police find you wanting, we apply the law.”

He said investigation had revealed that the crisis started with a disagreement between two people selling food along the road.

Source from Punch Newspaper

fergie001:
Ochei a former speaker of the fifth Delta State House of Assembly is a consummate front- row grassroots politician, versed in diverse cerebral disciplines such as engineering, financial management, corporate governance, education administration, legal partitioning.

ddippset:
So you mean that their blood is haunting him by being deposed to Nasarawa where he would still be living like a king and enjoying his billions?
Oh please.
Leave religion out of this..

pocohantas:
Honestly, this should never have happened. I remember when he became Emir, I was like wtf is this? Why didn’t this my-man-crush just continue in the finance sector. But then, most Northerners are more pro-religion/culture than any other thing, no matter how educated they are.

He should have left politics for people who have time for such. You can’t be a politician and a technocrat at the same time in Nigeria. You have to be one (preferably the technocrat) and outsource the other (to a Jagaban). Failure to do so- ask Ambode.

millionboi2:
Wen u got nothin to offer but hoe

SeriouslySense:
Our leaders are not leaders, they are there to gain our praises and adoration, while they loot and oppress the people

ITbomb:
America entered the middle east to control the flow of cheap crude so that their expensive shale oil can be produced. That's why they could fund the arab wars.
The real price of oil is $25 - $30 per barrel.
Obasanjo achieved all he did with $23 - $40 per barrel.
Methink, Nigeria can run on $35 per barrel by reducing cost of governance and decentralizing (removing things from the exclusive list).
Anything over $40 should be strictly for infrastructure based on development plan

But then, commonsense tells me that
Buhari = Badluck

saaron:
Like I said in the other thread, I don't give a crap about what happens in fulani kingdom. They can fight and dethrone themselves for all I care. It's their bloody northern fulani islamic problem, not Nigeria.
However, I'm not surprised that Sanusi was detroned. In the first place, Aminu Ado Bayero was/is the rightful heir to the throne, not Sanusi.
Sanusi's enthronement as emir of Kano was based nothing but political considerations to spite GEJ and water down his govt's influence in the north as 2015 presidential elections approaches.

Sanusi allowed himself to be used by GEJ's political opponents. They used him extensively to discredit the then PDP govt and make them unpopular by throwing out unbelievable figures that huge sums of dollars amouting to billions have disapeared from the vault. But Sanusi, who at that time was under investigation for financial impropriety in CBN by the Financial Intelligence of Nigeria made the spurious allegation of missing cash to save himself. Of course Sanusi's investigation by the then govt was immediately given a political coloration by the opposition APC who claimed Sanusi was being persecuted for raising alarm over alleged missing $20 billion. An allegation even Sanusi himself could not defend as he gave out conflicting figures when interrogated by the Senate.
After Sanusi's suspension as CBN gov by the then president GEJ to allow for smooth Investigations on Sanusi's financial activities in CBN (Remember the N100 million CBN money Sanusi outrightly gave out to Kano IDPs?).

The opposition, who at that time were solidly behind Sanusi for politics of course then came up with a plan. How can they save Sanusi from investigation and possible prosecution by GEJ's govt? Royal office was the solution. Give Sanusi royal office. Since royal office holders in Nigeria are hardly investigated or prosecuted for corruption no matter how bloody corrupt they're based on Nigeria's corrupt feeding bottle system, the opposition led by Kwankwaso who was Kano gov at that time decided to make Sanusi a royal office holder. Almost immediately, Sanusi was announced by the Kano state gov, Kwankwaso as the new emir of Kano, amids protest by Kano people of course.

All this was done to save Sanusi from prosecution and spite GEJ govt who incidentally at that time were lobbying for Aminu Ado Bayero.
Funy enough, Aminu Bayero is now the new emir of Kano. Turns out GEJ's govt were supporting the right candidate.
Well, now with Sanusi dethrone, I guess the corrupt alliance the then APC opposition saints had with him has expired.
Sanusi is nothing but a bloody corrupt fellow who used the ''Royal Office'' antidote to save himself from prosecution.
ONE NIGERIA IS DEAD!

Tecord1:
you guys make it feel like we don't pay tax. The 10-40% tax u were talking about are bills which also includes electricity, water, gas, e.t.c the problem with our country is that even with theses bills , we still don't get the value of what we pay for