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tayo4me: I can't help but wonder if you are on GEJs payroll! Telling me I've never read the Constitution, when I'm a law student,...you really want to tell me what the constitution says!

Anyone who understands the English Language will know 'he'may also include 'she', so that explains why a woman can be appointed. Didn't ur little brain tell u if that wasn't d case, nd ur precious GEJ appointed a woman, then he will be going against the provisions of the law.

The law provides that the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NJC is appointed by the President subject to the confirmation of the Senate...all three bodies/authorities are involved, so its not the sole power of the President.

No one is saying u shdnt praise GEJ, but pls don't display ur ignorance or be a muppet in d process

I would expect a law student who actually attends lectures to be able to employ critical thinking and actually stick to the subject of the argument.
Sorry sis, but what you are displaying here is stup!dity. Nobody cares if you are a law student (or apprentice lawyer, lol!), what we care about is if you understand the damn constitution with enough nous to provide as credible an interpretation as I have.

Here are my arguments against Akainzo's mental limp, together with references to the constitution. Thats what I expect you to counter with reasoned points and nothing else:

Beaf:

Akainzo:
Sorry to bust your bubble, he cannot nominate anybody, the CJN position is achieved by rank, and as of now, she is the most senior justice of the Supreme Court. One day, it would be a feather in GEJ's cap for declaring public holiday on christmas day!

Though I concede that greatness is being thrust on him as it is happening during his tenure.

Crap argument, dude.
The constitution does not say anywhere that the CJN position is earned by rank.
In fact, to utterly destroy the foundation of your argument, the constitution, Section 231 Sub-section (3) says this:

(3) A person shall not be qualified to hold the office of Chief Justice of Nigeria or a Justice of the Supreme Court, unless he is qualified to practice as a legal practitioner in Nigeria and has been so qualified for a period of not less than fifteen years.

The bit in red nails the sad fact that the post was never considered for women, it has taken GEJ to change that.

Further, it says that it is based on recommendation of the NJC and the agreement of the President and Senate; simply put, both the President and the Senate can veto the NJC until they get the guy they want. To forestall that, nothing stops the President from demanding that the NJC submit a basket of names from which he can pick one.

The President appoints the members of the NJC and exercises power over them (3rd Schedule, B - Council of State, 6v).
Guess what? The Federal Judicial Council (which includes the Attorney General) advises the NJC on recommendations for appointment (3rd Schedule, E - Federal Judicial Service Commission, 6v).

The circle of obfuscation completes itself. Init? Please hail GEJ on his appointment of the first female CJN.
In a labyrinthal arrangement, the President simply chooses a CJN, sends the name to the Federal Judicial Service Commission, who "advise" the CJN to recommend the name. The CJN "recommends" the Presidents choice and life goes on. Check out the quote below (3rd Schedule, I - National Judicial Council):

21. The National Judicial Council shall have power to -

(a) recommend to the President from among the list of persons submitted to it by -

(i) the Federal Judicial Service Commission, persons for appointment to the offices of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Justices of the Supreme Court, the President and Justices of the Court of Appeal, the Chief Judge and Judges of the Federal High Court, and

Seen?
Please hail GEJ wella for appointing the first ever female CJN. History has been made, especially in the battle for womens rights.

^
I posted the provisions of the constitution, which I'm sure you never read.
Just hail GEJ and leave wahala, jare!

Kay 17: Yes, but for the integrity of the judiciary, the convention in courts is to place priority in rank/senority.

Bro, conventions are traditions, not the law. The constitution simply demands a legal practioner of above 15 years, from any field of law and from either the bar or bench.

tunax5loon: She made another history with her appointment as the Chief Registrar, Kano State Government Judiciary (1973 – 1977) and Judge, High Court of Kano State in 1977 and Justice, Court of Appeal in 1987. She is at present the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court.

@Beaf, if Abacha were to be the presido.. he would av nominated her too.. this is not abt Jonah.(sleeping presido)

Like I said above, you guys are simply making up stories to tell. Read my last post above thoroughly.
Simply hail GEJ for an action that has taken the nation several civilised steps forward.

Akainzo: Sorry to bust your bubble, he cannot nominate anybody, the CJN position is achieved by rank, and as of now, she is the most senior justice of the Supreme Court. One day, it would be a feather in GEJ's cap for declaring public holiday on christmas day!

Though I concede that greatness is being thrust on him as it is happening during his tenure.

Crap argument, dude.
The constitution does not say anywhere that the CJN position is earned by rank.
In fact, to utterly destroy the foundation of your argument, the constitution, Section 231 Sub-section (3) says this:

(3) A person shall not be qualified to hold the office of Chief Justice of Nigeria or a Justice of the Supreme Court, unless he is qualified to practice as a legal practitioner in Nigeria and has been so qualified for a period of not less than fifteen years.

The bit in red nails the sad fact that the post was never considered for women, it has taken GEJ to change that.

Further, it says that it is based on recommendation of the NJC and the agreement of the President and Senate; simply put, both the President and the Senate can veto the NJC until they get the guy they want. To forestall that, nothing stops the President from demanding that the NJC submit a basket of names from which he can pick one.

The President appoints the members of the NJC and exercises power over them (3rd Schedule, B - Council of State, 6v).
Guess what? The Federal Judicial Council (which includes the Attorney General) advises the NJC on recommendations for appointment (3rd Schedule, E - Federal Judicial Service Commission, 6v).

The circle of obfuscation completes itself. Init? Please hail GEJ on his appointment of the first female CJN.
In a labyrinthal arrangement, the President simply chooses a CJN, sends the name to the Federal Judicial Service Commission, who "advise" the CJN to recommend the name. The CJN "recommends" the Presidents choice and life goes on. Check out the quote below (3rd Schedule, I - National Judicial Council):

21. The National Judicial Council shall have power to -

(a) recommend to the President from among the list of persons submitted to it by -

(i) the Federal Judicial Service Commission, persons for appointment to the offices of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Justices of the Supreme Court, the President and Justices of the Court of Appeal, the Chief Judge and Judges of the Federal High Court, and

Seen?
Please hail GEJ wella for appointing the first ever female CJN. History has been made, especially in the battle for womens rights.

Starlett: Sorry, Beaf... I have read up the profile of the incoming CJN carefully, but can't see where GEJ is mentioned. Pray, tell us how appointing her is now a feather to his cap.

Last I checked, the rule is that the NJC usually recommends the most senior sitting justice of the supreme court (i.e, longest on the SC bench) to the Presidency for forwarding to the NASS. GEJ has no credit to take here, sorry.

GEJ can nominate any qualified person for the post, but chose to nominate her and give us our first ever female CJN.
My last post contains the letter GEJ sent to the senate. Please read it (and follow through with the relevant sections of the constitution that are quoted).

By the way, why do you think you should see GEJ in her profile, is he her husband or dad?

The bare-faced denial by Farouk Lawan of his voice on those tapes, and the denial of his complicity despite these overwhelming evidence, gives the clear impression that we are dealing with a hardened, unrepentant crook who is like a thief caught with his hand in the cashbox, but still claims he was only checking the color of the money.

In Japan, such persons like Farouk Lawan would have committed what they call “hara-kiri”.

In America and Europe, he would have resigned immediately from public office in shame and begged for forgiveness.

Unfortunately, here in Nigeria and aided by dubious hired goons, he continues to deny the obvious. What a shame!

As for the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges, their so-called investigation of the scam is nothing but a laughable sham, a diversionary and disgraceful enterprise with a pre-determined end, an unconstitutional and illegal exercise and Nigerians must ignore it.

That is why we are laughing and why Otedola too, went to the House to laugh at the Reps.

We have a huge tragedy that is playing out like a comedy. Lets call it, "the comedy of Farouk."

[size=14pt]CBN operates secret account, says NNPC[/size]
By Onyedi Ojiabor

[img]http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/thumbnail.php?file=Sanusi_Lamido__ndew_342537431.jpg&size=article_medium[/img]
CBN Governor Lamido CBN Governor Lamido

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday disowned the controversial secret account at J.P. Morgan.

NNPC Group Executive Director (Finance) Mr. Bernard Otti told the joint Senate Committees on Petroleum Resources (Downstream), Appropriation and Finance investigating the management of the fuel subsidy scheme that J. P. Morgan Account was opened by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on its behalf in 2002.

The CBN had earlier told the committee that the secret account was opened and solely managed by the NNPC.

But Otti told the committee that the CBN is the sole signatory to the account.

Finance Minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday said distanced her ministry had no hand in the account.

Though Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala told the committee that she is aware of the account, she denied knowledge of its details, including the number.

NNPC Group Managing Director Andrew Yakubu told the committee that the CBN owns the account.

Committee chair Senator Magnus Abe compelled Otti to appear before the committee to clarify the status of the account.

Otti claimed that the CBN operates the account on behalf of NNPC “right from the outset when the account was opened in the United States”.

He said: “The NNPC has no direct contact with the J.P. Morgan account. The account was opened by the CBN on behalf of the NNPC. It was opened in the last quarter of 2002 by the CBN for NNPC.

“The account is operated by NNPC in the CBN. CBN has its correspondent banks to which NNPC isn’t a party. NNPC doesn’t operate that account; NNPC operates domiciliary account with CBN.”

Asked to be definite if the NNPC or the CBN operates the account and whose money is paid into it, Otti said:

“The money paid into the account is crude (oil) money of Nigeria . We are not party to that transaction. Our relationship with the CBN accounts begins and terminates with that account.”

Otti said the CBN is the only signatory, such that the NNPC is not even on the account mandate.

He insisted: “The CBN is the signatory to that account. We have no relationship with J. P. Morgan whatsoever. We are not in the mandate.”

The committee vowed to ensure that accounts not known to the Constitution are closed and all monies paid directly into the Federation Account.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/52663-cbn-operates-secret-account-says-nnpc.html

Nigeria's first female CJN is yet another feather in GEJ's cap.
I hope she does us proud.

[size=14pt]Jonathan nominates first female CJN[/size]
By Onyedi Ojiabor

[img]http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/thumbnail.php?file=ALOMA_824801321.jpg&size=article_medium[/img]
Justice Mukhtar Justice Mukhtar

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday forwarded the name of Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar to the Senate for confirmation as Chief Justice of Nigeria.

Senate President, Senator David Mark, read the nomination letter dated July 3, 2012 at Wednesday’s plenary.

In the letter entitled: “Appointment of Chief Justice of Nigeria” Jonathan said the appointment is in conformity with Section 231 Sub-section (1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended.”

The Section gave the President power to appoint a CJN, acting on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council and subject to the confirmation of the appointment by the Senate.

“I have the honour to forward the nomination of Honourable Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, CON, CFR for confirmation as Chief Justice of Nigeria,” Jonathan said.

The President urged the Senate to give the nomination expeditious attention.

...

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/52676-jonathan-nominates-first-female-cjn.html

london2lasgidi: [s][/s]

Highest IGR in Nigeria

- Lagos.
- Ogun.

The least you can do is divide Nigeria Nigger-area already.

What an id!ot!
Ok, you win; I've got better things to do than argue with a tree stump.

“Do not argue with an id!ot they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain

ACN is desperately dragging everything into Edo states election. First was the "assasination attempt" in which Oshomole's convoy was riddled with bullets (it turned out to be a mere harmless student demo with no bullets), next it was the grievious mistake that saw them soiling the Oba's name. The latest victim is CAN.

As I did with the Oba's case, I'll predict again that CAN will come out to refute this story. When they do, feel free to call me T. B. Beaf!

london2lasgidi: [/s]

Who in Nigeria has benefited from the oil money, except your man at the helm of affairs and his cronies. Keep your oil and your oil money, and divide the country already.

I'm more worried about Islamists destroying the ancient city of Timbuktu, than another potential militant rat from the narrow-minded region, in a mistake of a geographical creation called, Nigeria Nigger-area.

Empty barrels!

Ask your governor if his salary is from IGR.
What a clown!

The least you can do, is be grateful to those who feed you, either directly or indirectly. I'll list them again:

Rivers
Delta
Bayelsa
Akwa Ibom

DerMeister: Oh boy, attack the clueless gej and this beaf creature comes slithering out from his a.s.s...

This man would prolly be the president with the lowest IQ in the world,add advisers with single digit IQs and the country is doomed to failure!!

So you think questioning the right for the Executive arm to go to court is an attack on GEJ?
You think questioning due process, law and order is an attack on GEJ? Wonders!

Fools really exist!

london2lasgidi: [/s]

Lagos feeds your family, without Lagos you won't have a PC right now. A state with a higher GDP than all the countries in West Africa, and most countries in East Africa is not to be messed with. You're not a very smart chap.

Empty barrels!

I am sure you are a mere kid. Without oil, you would be like a Somalian.
Anyway, you talk like every other parasite I've encountered. All hot air, lies and no sense.

london2lasgidi: This forum is laughable.

IGR does not include oil money which you parasite on, bro.

According to your own figures, Delta state which has one third of Lagos states population, produced IGR that is comparable to that of Lagos on a per capita basis. That makes you look a right id!ot. No?

Secondly, as long as the awuf culture remains; the oil money from Delta state will always dwarf anything Lagos can dream of generating, from now until eternity.

london2lasgidi: Who is this dude?

You have to be the dumbest dude ever.

If you think I am dumb, then you are really foolish and ignorant.

The following states keep Nigeria alive:

Rivers
Delta
Bayelsa
Akwa Ibom

They pay your governors salaries, your LG bosses salaries etc. Without the states mentioned, dumb people like you would be no better than citizens of Somalia, because Nigeria exists on awuf. A country where the people are so phucked up, they can't even manufacture a pin.

I can't understand what someone who is no better than a beggar has to boast about.

Una still de quarell?
Shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!

muchex: So in essence, you are supporting this move by your president?

Yes, I am. We are not wild beasts who do things like fools.
If anyone has an argument about the propriety of any action, the sane thing to do is go to court.
Nobody is too big to go to court or too big to be governed by law.

Secondly, there is no confirmation beyond [b]your [/b]rumour mill that there is such a move.

Just to reiterate, the law courts are where the constitution is interpreted and precedence is set.

The House of Rep has an almost id!otic penchant for acting above themselves; they had the temerity to summon Obj 4 times. On the 4 occasions, Obj refused.
GEJ does not want to give anyone the opportunity to express foolishness so freely and repeatedly, he wants this first occasion to be the last one. That is why the Executive is contemplating going to court to lay the law down once and for all in indelible ink.

Beaf: How do you establish boundaries in a democracy?
Common sense says that civilised people would establish boundaries through the law courts; an uncivilised person might see such actions as foolish, though.

SimonAndal: If this is true, then prof. Ayitteh(?) was right. We've got a loony lovegood at the helm.

How do you establish boundaries in a democracy?
Common sense says that civilised people would establish boundaries through the law courts; an uncivilised person might see such actions as foolish, though.

Cleanman: ..hey!..have u(Beaf included) been 2 osun state recently?..lotta construction weck gwan-on bru...d guv'nor is defnately wecking.... State of d virtuous!.

Dude, there is no part of Osun state that is not like a village compared to other states.
You people had better learn to travel a bit more and expand your horizons, bringing Osun up in a discussion about infrastructure if really laughable.

Dhelake: tell me who hasnt heard of V.I, Ikeja, Lekki, Oshodi and so on ... Comparin Delta to Lagos ... U only made ma laffin spree continue .. Afta hearin some pple claimin Osun and Ebonyi av more infrastructure ... The OP is nt askin 4 ur state of origin

I didn't compare Delta to Lagos, I simply made it clear that Delta is not a one city state like the others.

Delta state generates by far more money for Nigeria than Lagos anyway, it also has a higher Human Development Index (HDI)... If you want to draw things out, I'm ready to shock you.

MRbrownJAY: ^^^ although this is sad, it is also another reason to reiterate that WOMEN HAVE NOTHING TO DO IN FORMULA ONE!!!!

abeg make we see what is the low down on Silverstone!

Don't be sexist, bro.

I believe it was an engine error. There are reports that the engine was misfiring (which is something really strange to happen to an F1 car), before it accelerated into the back of the truck that brought it to the track.

Can anyone guess what the weather at Silverstone would be? I guess its gonna be torrential rain!

Sad story.

https://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01540/Maria-De-Villota_5_1540735a.jpg

[size=14pt]Maria de Villota: Driver loses right eye after crash[/size]

Formula 1 driver Maria de Villota has lost her right eye following a test track crash.

She was hurt when the MR-01 race car she was driving hit a support truck at Duxford airfield in Cambridgeshire on Tuesday.

It was the first time the 32-year-old Spaniard had driven the car for the Oxfordshire-based Marussia team.

Inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited the test track on Wednesday.

Marussia said surgeons at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge "embarked on a lengthy procedure to address the serious head and facial injuries sustained by Maria in the accident".
'Great sadness'

It said: "The operation began yesterday afternoon and she was in theatre until this morning.

"Maria remains in a critical but stable condition."

John Booth, team principal of the Marussia F1 Team, said: "Maria emerged from theatre at Addenbrooke's Hospital this morning after a lengthy operation to address the serious head and facial injuries she received in the accident at Duxford Airfield yesterday.

"We are grateful for the medical attention that Maria has been receiving and her family would like to thank the Neurological and Plastics surgical teams.

"However it is with great sadness that I must report that, due to the injuries she sustained, Maria has lost her right eye.

"Maria's care and the wellbeing of her family remain our priority at this time. Her family are at the hospital and we are doing everything possible to support them."

De Villota sustained her injuries after her car "suddenly accelerated" into the back of the support lorry, according to eye witnesses.

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire presenter Chris Mann, who saw the accident, said: "The top of her car and her helmet seemed to take the brunt of it.

"She didn't move for about 15 minutes."
'Terrible accident'

He said De Villota had been driving at up to 200mph during the testing, but the car was travelling considerably slower at the time of the crash.

Mr Booth said: "With regard to the accident, we have embarked on a very comprehensive analysis of what happened and this work continues for the moment."

Messages of support have come in from the motor racing world, including ones from Ferrari driver and fellow Spaniard Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button.

Formula 1 driver and BBC analyst Jaime Alguersari said in his weekly column: "I was shocked to hear of the accident suffered by Maria de Villota. I know her and her family very well. I still don't know the cause of the accident. There are so many rumours but I want to wait to see what really happened.

"It's terribly sad. Maria is a fantastic person, as are her brothers and her father Emilio, who was one of Spain's first F1 drivers.

"She is a role model, especially for all the females who want to get into F1. So this is a very sad situation.

"Thankfully, she is not in a life-threatening situation so we have to look at the positive side. We will see Maria again."

Lewis Hamilton tweeted: "Just heard about Maria's terrible accident at Duxford. I hope she pulls through. My thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-18711127

The OP has simply described the difference between a technician (or other vocational worker) and the skilled professional.

The vocational worker memorises every last step of his job, because they do not understand how things work. So, yes the vocational worker can code with notepad and navigate the internet from the command line. However, it is the developer that builds the iconic landmarks like Facebook, Google, Ebay, Amazon, various phone apps etc; these things cannot be done from the command line, neither can their code be written in notepad (except as punishment for sins like murder - lol!).

By the way, some people view the word, "programmer" as derogatory or old fashioned at best. Most people prefer to be called developers.

“How do you solve a problem when someone refuses to talk? He refused to answer our questions and he insulted us; it was very silly of him because he was just laughing.

“He said he was a businessman and not hungry like us. Are we hungry? Is anyone hungry here?”

Okon!
No go de find trouble wen pass ya size o!

Otedola simply went to the House to laugh at the Reps.
Dude has 17 audio tapes and assorted videos to release one by one by one by one! Lol!

No be small sontin o!

One old, shameless man seems to be highly exercised by this foolish matter.

ITbomb: Lagos , followed closely by Akwa Ibom were development and social infrastructure is widespread. All other states are one city state.

Delta state is not a one city state.
Everybody in Nigeria has heard of Warri, Sapele, Ughelli, Abraka etc.

In my opinion, it is better for this matter to be dropped, because the two sides engaging vigorously in arguments are only worsening matters.

I predicted over the weekend, that come Monday, we would hear a rebutal from the Oba, because the matter was being used by ACN as a primitive, reckless and shameless lever to cause embarrassment, for GEJ.
Predictably, their foolishness has instead, splashed stains of a faecal kind on the aura of the entire Benin Royalty, especially the reverred Oba Erediauwa, Omo N'Oba N'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo. It is an abomination.

For every power, there is superior power. Let us be appreciative that both the might of the Federal Executive and the traditional authority of the Benin Palace are being wielded by calm, wise heads.

Cleanman: Ipinle omoluabi....ile awon akoni..OSUN STATE

Damn!
Dude got jokes!

cyril83: says who FG invested oil money in lagos,if you say agriculture money fine!since the advent of this crude oil,tinubu and fash can account di amount FG had invested to the state...have you forgotten that obasanjo refused to pay allocation to lagos for years...@op you ursef know appropriate answer to this question,even if you ask a new born baby he will definately tell you LASGIDi

This is bullshiit, bro.
Everything, from the National Theatre to 3r Mainland Bridge, to the ports... Every damn thing in Lagos was built with oil money.

Who cares what Otedola said? English is not my fathers language.
Let it rest.