₦airaland Forum

kaze4blues: Oyinlola borrowed about $18bn to found the construction of 6 stadia in the state but up till now no single stadium is on ground.

you are not up to date mr.......immediately Aregbe became d governor he cancelled the the 6 stadia contrat and use the money for something else,what he use it for we dont know till date. Infact AREGBESOLA EVEN TOOK AN ADDITIONAL LOAN OF 7 BILLION to join d initial 18bn that oyinlola take from the bank but avnt touch b4 justice salami do is tin. www.businessworldng.com/web/articles/2519/1/N18bn-Loan-Osun-Speaker-Vows-to-Battle-Aregbesola-in-Court/Page1.html

A demand by 8,000 Nigerian women for help to
get married will be considered, the Zamfara
state government has said. A group of women marched through Gusau city to
hand in their petition to the religious police in the state
which is partly governed by Islamic law. Traditionally women need to provide furniture for the
marital home, but this is too expensive for some of
those seeking husbands. The women belong to an association that acts as a
match-making service. The Zamfara Widows Association represents
divorcees, widows and orphaned girls looking to find
suitable Muslim husbands.
"Many of us cannot afford two meals in a day because
there are no men to support us," Nigeria's Premium
Times quotes the women on Thursday's march as
saying. Abdullahi Muhammad Shinkafi, the commissioner of
religious affairs for Zamfara state government, told
the BBC he understood their plight and need for
financial assistance. "What the widows are after is to get married... and in
Nigeria in particular, there are a lot of traditions that
are money-demanding in the process of getting
married," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa
programme. "That is why they marched and are seeking for the
government's attention." He said their demands would be analysed as Zamfara
did its best to help those living in poverty. The BBC's Bashir Abdullahi says in Kano state, also in
northern Nigeria, the board of the religious police, or
Hisbah, often organises mass weddings for poor
widows and divorcees. The Hisbah pays for the wedding clothes, the bride
price to be paid by the groom and the furniture to be
provided by the bride. But Mr Shinkafi said budgetary restraints might not
lead to a speedy solution for the women. "It is one thing to bring couples together, it is another
to sustain their living," he said.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24301983

yibomustgo: @the highlighted

Definitely someone brought money to induce lawmakers. She also showed us that Jonathan is hell bent on just fighting everyone who opposes his politics when she said "You don't achieve anything by fighting."

Spot on

•He is an amiable gentleman, says Ribadu
•Ribadu sought my help to become IG –Ibori
By Austin Oboh Snr Correspondent, Lagos.
The confiscation of assets hearing of former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, turned dramatic as it entered its 6th day in a London court on Monday when the Crown Prosecution accepted that they relied on
forged and falsified documents, letters and ledgers obtained from Arlington Sharmas solicitors to nail him (Ibori). Peter Clark, who led the British police financial investigation into Ibori’s money laundering case
said while being cross examined by Ibori’s lawyers that Bhadresh Gohil, a convicted solicitor, had forged, backdated and falsified documents and letters with as much as six years gap between documents and the dates the documents were actually said to refer. When Ibori’s counsel, Krolic, directly asked if
Gohil’s documents which were used against Ibori were actually “not genuine documents as they never existed in reality”, DC Clark answered: “correct”.
Krolic continued: “You as an experienced financial investigator, you will not be impressed by this ledger created six years before the actual dates it referred to” (the financial statements created by Gohil to prosecute James Ibori). DC Clark said: “I would not be impressed.” Krolic then addressed the court: “The prosecution
chief witness, DC Peter Clark has said Crown
Prosecution relied on documents they knew were not genuine, true and accurate to prosecute James Ibori.

In any judgement, such documents are not admissible against an accused as they are unreliable and not genuine.” Facing Clark, a British Police Officer, he asked: “In the
course of your investigation, reference to the
documents tendered by the prosecution being used in the court in the cross examination, did you find any letter signed by James Ibori?” Clark: “No.” Krolic: “What is the source of your allegation that
Ken Oil and Gas transferred funds on behalf of James Ibori? Are you saying your source is from the tainted and forged records kept by Gohil?” Clark: “Yes.” Krolic: “These are all fake letters, aren’t they?” Clark: “Yes.” Krolic not satisfied by the admission of the
prosecution that the documents used against Ibori were fake, forged and cannot be relied upon, pressed on: “It is not only that Mr. Gohil created fake letters, do you also agree he also created fake responses claimed to be from his client?” Clark: “Yes.” Krolic: “While reviewing the consolidated account with the names James Ibori, Victor Attah, Opobo and Samutete, did you find out, or was there any clear indication anywhere that the monies in the ledger
came from James Ibori?” Clark: “No… apart from the ledgers.” Krolic: “So the funds in this account did not indicate from whom the money came?” Clark: “It is from the consolidated ledger.” Krolic: “No this is a ledger created by Mr Gohill – for whatever reason he chose to do it?” Clark: “Yes.” Reacting to the development in the court after the court proceeding, Ibori’s solicitor, Jonathan Epelle, said “it must be obvious to all that the whole foundation of the prosecution case is built upon conjecture, half truths and fabrication. “This is a proverbial house built on sand, with no solid foundation.” Bhadresh Gohill, whose forged documents were used in nailing Ibori was actually at a time Ibori’s own lawyer.
Meanwhile, erstwhile Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, also told the court that Ibori might have pleaded guilty to some of the charges against him during his investigation “he is an amiable gentleman who means well.” Ribadu who was in London to give evidence in the $15
million bribery allegation against Ibori spoke
glowingly of the man he was supposed to testify
against to the surprise of everybody in the court. Speaking about Ibori as if under some kind of unseen influence, Ribadu said “James is a gentleman, he is very friendly, very persuasive and cordial with people around him.” He added: “He (Ibori) is a very influential man… we both have same friends and meet at almost same
places very often.” Asked by QC Krolic, Ibori’s counsel, to mention those places they normally meet, Ribadu said “the President’s office, airports, his friends’ places.” Surprised that Ribadu told the court that he and Ibori
usually met at Ibori’s friends’ places, QC Krolic
asked, “At his (Ibori’s) friends’ places?” Ribadu retorted: “Yes, Abuja is a very small place, besides, these are people in government that I also relate with.” Ribadu who referred to Ibori by his first name, James, throughout the time of the cross examination, an indication of jolly friendship, told the court further:
“We were speaking very often, James will call my phone and I will answer him.” Ribadu added: “He (James) used to call me IG
(Inspector General of Police)… he would tell me he
means well.” In an affidavit sworn to by Ibori, he said of Ribadu:
“Mr Ribadu covertly joined in the efforts to nullify the Presidential elections of Yar’Adua at the tribunal because the President, Musa Yar’Adua, has declined overtures by Mr Ribadu to clinch the coveted job of Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IG).” Ibori continued in the affidavit: “Ribadu approached
me to speak to the new President to appoint him the IG of police of Nigeria. I promised to help take his message to Mr President. “I did subsequently mention Mr Ribadu’s request to
President Yar’Adua, but the President turned it
down.

FORMER Special Adviser to the President on National
Assembly Matters, Senator Joy Emodi, has reacted to
speculations making the rounds on the reasons for
her sack. Irked by reports that her sack was not unconnected
with the bribe-for-impeachment drama that allegedly
rocked the House of Representatives recently, Emodi
denied knowledge of anything that has to do with
‘money-sharing’ in the National Assembly. She stated that she has never been part of any plan to
give financial inducement in order to impeach any
member of the House. Speaking with Vanguard, yesterday, she also denied
having any shouting match with anybody over $
25,000 allegedly given to National Assembly
members, saying most of the reports published about
her were false. “I was surprised to read the report of my alleged
involvement in the money-sharing scandal. I was not
given any money to share and definitely, the alleged
money shared did not pass through my office. I have
never brought any money to the National Assembly. If
they brought money to the members, they know who brought it but not me. I don’t know anything about it.
And more over, I don’t encourage such things. “They said I had a shouting match with Diezani and
that was not true. I have never fought with her. She is
my friend and we only meet during occasional
meetings. She is not a member of the National
Assembly. “I have heard all kinds of things since last Friday but
you must realise that National Assembly members
are my colleagues. I used to be one of them. I was
there as a member of the House and a senator. I was
relating with them through dialogue and diplomacy.
You don’t achieve anything by fighting.”
Asked to shed more light on what transpired before
her sack, she said she owes a lot of gratitude to
President Goodluck Jonathan for letting her serve as
his Adviser. “I thank the President and all the legislators for the
opportunity given to me to work with them. I enjoyed
working with them” President Goodluck Jonathan had last week Friday
relieved Mrs Joy Emodi, (Special Adviser on National
Assembly) and Dr. Tunji Olagunju, (Special Adviser on
New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) of
their duties without giving any reason. The statement
of her sack was read by Mr Rueben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media. Senator Emodi was appointed to the position in 2011,
and walked the difficult path of forging cordiality
between the administration and the often skeptical
National Assembly. She was able to win the
confidence of the legislators despite the hard feelings
felt towards some elements in the administration while Mr. Olagunju had served as Special Adviser to
the President on NEPAD since June 2007. The new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP in a reaction
had kicked against the sack of Emodi urging her recall. The party’s statement read: “We learnt Senator Joy
Emodi was sacked as Special Adviser to the President
on National Assembly Matters because of her candid
advice that inducing members of the National
Assembly financially to impeach their principal
officers would be counter-productive. If this is true, we hereby demand her immediate reinstatement. For Senator Emordi to be bold enough to tell Mr.
President the implication of such a corrupt inducement
of the lawmakers should earn her commendation
rather than a sack. Instead of sacking such a
forthright and patriotic Amazon, the President should
sack those hawks around him planning to ridicule him by encouraging him to embark on acts capable of
making him very unpopular amongst his supporters
and followers.”

www.allafrica.com/stories/201309090412.html/?maneref=http%3A%2F%2Fmobile.newsnow.co.uk%2FA%2F666696349%3F-395

The Kawu Baraje and Bamanga Tukur factions of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP were last night poised
for a long standoff, following apparent efforts by the
Presidency to fight off proposals being articulated by
the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo-led elders' committee. The elders committee which met at the weekend
following meetings with the two factions, it was
learnt, had made some proposals towards resolution
of the crisis in the party. Among the recommendations
were dissolution of the executives of the Tukur and
Baraje-led factions of the party and the scheduling of a fresh convention for the election of a fresh and united
executive. Under the arrangement it was learnt the office of
National Chairman will be conceded to President
Goodluck Jonathan; Deputy National Chairman
conceded to either the Chairman, Board of Trustees,
BoT, Chief Tony Anenih, or Governor Godswill Akpabio,
Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum. Both Anenih and Akpabio are from the South-South where the
office of Deputy National Chairman is zoned to.
:::::::Obasanjo favours Ladoja as National Secretary.
The office of National Secretary and other offices
zoned to the South-West it was learnt, would be
conceded to President Obasanjo who, it was learnt,
was already set to shove his new-found friend,
Senator Rasheed Ladoja for the prime position.
::::::Proposal for Amaechi's return
Under the proposals, the Adamawa and Rivers State
executives of the party that were put at abeyance on
account of the lingering crises in the party will be
restored just as Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers
State who was suspended would be reinstated upon
expiration of the 30-day period as provided by the constitution.
Meanwhile, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief
Olisa Metuh has fended off insinuations of a role by the
opposition All Progressives Congress, APC in the crisis
in the party. Metuh, in a session with newsmen in
Lagos, said the APC is too insignificant and minuscule
to be a factor in what he described as an intra-party dispute. He also put in a robust defence of Tukur's
leadership of the party, describing the National
Chairman as the kind of elixir needed to manage the
PDP at this time. The Obasanjo panel included Anenih and former
military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. The report is yet to be presented to President
Jonathan who is the leader of the party. In proposing a fresh convention, sources disclosed
that the Obasanjo panel was not unmindful of the
financial implications of holding a new convention but
as it was learnt, panellists were said to have affirmed
that "money should not be a hindrance to doing the
right thing."
::::::Jonathan 2015
The panel report did not touch on the sensitive matter
of President Jonathan contesting another term in
office. Vanguard learnt that the panel decided not to
touch the issue because of both parties' strong
positions on it. However, there were indications that President
Jonathan may not acquiesce to the proposals as
raised by the elders. Presidency sources disclosed that dissolving the Tukur
executive and going with most of the other
recommendations would mean the Presidency losing
its present advantages. In an apparent effort to bolster its forces in the
ensuing battle, it was learnt that three ad-hoc
committees were constituted by the President before
he travelled to Kenya last week to articulate possible
solutions to the crisis. The committees it was learnt include Legal, Political
and Contact. The committees are now working on
ways of quenching the crisis in the party and to
contain the Baraje forces. Presidency sources
disclosed that the committees are to propose their
recommendations to the President tomorrow. The President, it was learnt, was inclined towards a
holistic solution of the crisis to restore order in the
party without condoning indiscipline. In that direction, the President it was understood, may
not give in to the demands of some of the governors
that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC be pulled out from investigating some states.
Some of the seven governors aligned to the Baraje
faction of the party were alleged to have bitterly complained of being harassed by the EFCC purely on
political grounds.

mazizi tonene: Wats d meanin of d hmmmm naw...chai, nigerians .....4 ur mind....u b op and 1st 2 comment incase e reach fp

Guess u are angry cos u want to occupy d position

interesting

With the emergence Saturday of a faction within the Peoples Democratic Party involving governors of seven of the 23 PDP states, the ruling party may emerge the minority party in the National Assembly if senators and members of the House of Representatives move en masse to the ‘New PDP’ as being planned. The seven governors of Niger, Sokoto, Adamawa, Kano, Jigawa, Kwara and Rivers states and their deputies were joined by PDP senators and House of Representatives members from the seven states at the press conference where they announced their break away from the main PDP. At present, the PDP has 70 senators and 204 House members. If the senators and House members from the seven states make good the planned movement to New PDP, then the PDP’s numerical strength in both chambers will shrink by 20 in Senate and 67 in the House. Though, not all the National Assembly members may go to the "New PDP" with their governors, as other interests may emerge. In Rivers State, for instance, one of the senators, George Sekibo, is said to belong to the Nyesom Wike faction of PDP and is not likely to go with Amaechi. Sokoto has 11 members in the House, Rivers -13, Kano - 14, Adamawa - 5, Niger - 7, Jigawa - 11 and Kwara - 6. Following the calculations, PDP senators may then drop to 50 and House members -137, making the party a minority particularly in the House. The opposition APC has 137 members in the House, comprising defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) ’s 68, defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) ’ 40 and former All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)’s 27 and two All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) members from Governor Rochas Okorocha’s Imo State. The other parties, namely Accord has 5, Anambra Governor Peter Obi’s APGA – 5, Labour Party (LP) – 8 and Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) has only one member. In the Senate, APC has 34. Others are - APGA-1 and LP-3. If the opposition APC forges a working alliance with the New PDP, they will take a majority in the House with 204 members-137 APC and 67 New PDP- as against main PDP’s 137 members. In the Senate, APC plus New PDP will have 54 while main PDP-50. The emergence of the opposition coalition party, All Progressives governors had given PDP a scare as the main opposition parties now come under the same platform as the countdown to 2015 continues.
How they may stand
PDP APC New PDP
Senate 50 34 20
House 137 137 67
www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ruling-party-may-emerge-minority-in-nassembly/157837/

Good move, imaging been woke up in the middle of the night with an irrelevant message

penny01502: female brain

That too harsh on her na

What Britain national newspapers thought of the
commons vote against a military strike on Syria.
National newspapers were swift to react to the
commons vote against taking military action in Syria,
changing late print editions to run new splashes and
comment. The front page headlines make uncomfortable reading
for prime minister David "I get that" Cameron. Every
title refers to him being humiliated and that his
authority has been diminished. Tory-supporting titles were noticeably critical. "The humbling of Cameron", said the Daily Mail. "No to war, blow to Cameron", said the Daily Telegraph. "CAM DOWN: PM humiliated as MPs say NO to military
strikes", said the Sun. And the Times headline
underscored the same message: "Cameron humiliated as MPs veto missile strikes on Syria".
"Shock commons defeat", said the Daily Express in a
page 1 blurb pointing to a piece inside headlined: "Cameron rocked as MPs say no to air strikes against
Syria." The paper also carried the result of an online opinion
poll recording that a majority of the public were
against military action. A similar message was delivered by the non-Tory
press: "We don't want your war" , said the Daily Mirror. "MPs force Cameron to rule out British assault on
Syria", said the Guardian. The Financial Times's splash heading said: "US ready to act alone as MPs reject Syria strike: Embarrassing vote defeat for Cameron". The Independent's main headline, "A tale of two
wars", was rather odd, but the sub-deck said: "PM
suffers dramatic commons defeat as Labour hardens
opposition to air strikes". And the freely distributed
Metro's front page said: "Cameron defeated on Syria
air strikes". The Telegraph's leader, "A nation haunted by mistakes of the past", said it was the Iraq war that poisoned Cameron's authority. Memories of being
taken to war on a false prospectus, mentioned by the
PM during his speech, played an overriding part in the
rejection of his call for military action. Though the paper thought the commons performance
of Cameron better than that of Ed Miliband it conceded
the nation owed the Labour leader a debt "for the
political manoeuvrings that delayed any hasty
decision on military action." It concluded: "The resulting vote leaves both British
policy on Syria, and Mr Cameron's own leadership,
mired in the deepest uncertainty."
The Telegraph also carried a piece by Fraser Nelson,
editor of The Spectator, "David Cameron failed the test of trust, and paid the price" , in which he wrote: "British prime ministers are just not supposed to
lose votes on issues as fundamental as war and
peace. This represents not just an extraordinary
defeat, but a catastrophic political misjudgment." The Guardian's leading article saw it as victory for
parliament: "The government was prevented from
mounting a premature and foolish attack on Syria
because it could not muster enough votes to support
it. Parliament, in other words, did its job when it mattered." It spoke of Cameron as "the principal loser" who,
despite a "a polished performance", lost control of a
key issue of foreign policy and therefore suffered "an
almost unprecedented failure." It praised Miliband for "insisting that Britain holds to
the line of proper process and law", adding that
"Cameron's readiness to change his approach should
be noted too. Both of them have learned some lessons
from 2003." The Times, which favoured intervention, said the vote
was a disaster: "It was a disaster for the prime minister who
misjudged his party. It was a disaster for the
country, which turned its back on its tradition of
standing up to tyranny. It was a disaster for the
western alliance, split apart by British failure to
stand with its allies. And most important of all, it was a disaster for the
people of Syria, who know that they have fewer
friends in their hour of need." But the Times thought "the only crumb of comfort is
that the vote will not have stopped western action
altogether" because the US may act alone. And it
concluded: "Military strikes to deter the Assad regime from
further use of chemical weapons and limit its
ability to deploy them would not preclude
continued diplomatic efforts. At best they could
even force it to negotiate. There are many worse scenarios, including
retaliation by Iran against Israel, but the worst at
this bleak juncture is for America to send the clear
message that its warnings mean nothing." The Mail's opening sentence to its front page news
story said that Cameron's "authority in parliament and
on the world stage was dealt an unprecedented blow"
and called it "an extraordinary assault" on his
authority.
In its editorial, the Mail said the "shock defeat inflicted
… by a combination of Tory rebels and Labour unquestionably marks the low point" in Cameron's
premiership. He had "staked his personal credibility on committing
the British military to join America in missile strikes on
Syria … that credibility is in tatters." More positively, said the paper, the vote represented
"an undoubted triumph of parliament over the
executive – a day in which MPs voted with their
consciences and represented the wishes of a deeply
sceptical public." The Mail gave Max Hastings a full page in which to fulminate against the prime minister: "What is it about British prime ministers that they
appear to succumb to madness in foreign affairs? After the ghastly example of Blair's wars, how
could Cameron for a moment contemplate
dragging this country into a struggle in which we
have no national interest, and there is almost nil
prospect of achieving a good outcome for the
Syrian people or the region?" The Sun's political editor, Tom Newton-Dunn, reflected
the prevailing view among journalists working in
Westminster: "Even veteran parliament watchers were left aghast by last night's shock vote … David Cameron and George Osborne sat silently on the
front bench, hunched over their knees and frowning." He concluded: "Prime ministers simply don't lose
votes on war, leaving us in truly uncharted territory.
Mr Cameron can survive this, but his authority will
never be the same again." Newton-Dunn's shock was shared by Sky News's
political veteran, Adam Boulton. Live on camera
immediately after the vote he struggled to convey its
significance for Cameron. He variously described it as
"a savage rebuff", "a massive rebuff", "an
unprecedented rebuff" and "a massive miscalculation". That opinion was reflected also by the Times's sketch writer, Ann Treneman: "No one could believe it when it happened." Least of all, of course, the prime
minister.

otokx: This story appears to be phoney.

How?

Always unplug all electric plug from all the socket in the house and switch off all electric outlet before going to work.
Front page things again.....actually my 5th story to make it to the front page in a month.
A very big thank you to the POLITICS section Mods

A nine-month-old baby locked up in a house by her parents has been reported burnt to death.

The girl’s mother was said to have gone to the market to earn a living by plaiting peoples’ hairs at Sapele yam garage while the father was also at work.

The incident occurred at about 7.00pm, Wednesday. The whole building was brought to ruins as neighbours could not put out the fire while men of Sapele Fire Fighting Service arrived late.

It was reported that the grand-father of the infant who was alerted of the incident was later involved in salvaging other parts of the building without knowing that his grand child had been consumed by the fire.

When Vanguard visited the scene, neighbours and sympathizers where seen wailing over the loss of the baby just as household items littered the place.

At press time, the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, but source at the Sapele Fire Fighting department, who preferred anonymity, confirmed that it was due to electrical spark from power fluctuation.

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/9-month-old-baby-burnt-to-death-in-sapele/[/color]

Syria's staunchest ally is said to be deploying
warships as Western powers prepare for
action over the Damascus gas attack.
Russia is sending an anti-submarine ship and a missile
cruiser to the Mediterranean, according to Russian
news agency Interfax. An armed forces source reportedly said the planned
deployment was in response to the "well-known
situation" - a clear reference to the conflict in Syria.

Its an honour that these make it to the front page actually the third story to make it to FP in this month.
To the topic.......FG please listen to the US oooo.
EDITED: Actually the fourth