₦airaland Forum

ablejesus26:
Not just a failure, a maximum disaster

But wait oo,how can anyone be worse than that calamity called bubu
Chai tinubu you don fûck up.

APCNig:
That will be best for Atiku Abubakar and PDP. Several idiots in one group

illicit:
He can have Fayose

vicdom:
It's you that wanted to be clever by half! Why didn't you say it the way you said it earlier. The above was your statement, and I'm not a daft not to see how crafty you were up there. Obviously making excuses for thieves. Imagine saying minister can be excused? Really? Shame on you!

This is a momentous moment for Tinubu. If he does not fire Edu forthwith and bring her to justice, he has already lost the moral high ground to try Buhari’s corrupt honchos.

Jeffrey22:
If this is true
Maybe your wife is using reverse psychology on you

She want to know why rukky don't want to return again

There is tension and an uneasy calm across some states in the country as the Supreme Court is set to deliver its final judgments on the governorship elections that are still being challenged in courts.

Governorship polls were held in 28 of the 36 states of the federation in March 2023. While the outcomes in many of the states were not seriously questioned, others were challenged in courts. All the various cases have gone through the tribunals and the Court of Appeal. But the opposing parties are now awaiting the verdicts of the Supreme Court.

In states such as Kano, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Delta, Bauchi and Plateau states, which are the main battlegrounds, there is apprehension in the political atmosphere. The frontline parties in the Supreme Court legal battles are the All Progressives Congress (APC), The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

In Nasarawa State, for instance, the PDP said there is a palpable sentiment that if the Supreme Court adheres strictly to the merits of the case without entangling itself in technicalities, David Emmanuel Ombugadu of the PDP stands a chance of being declared the winner.

In preparation for any eventuality, Saturday Sun gathered that additional security personnel have been deployed to flashpoints where there could be violence, especially in Nasarawa Eggon, Akwanga, Lafia and Karu Local Government Areas of the state. In Delta State, which is predominantly a PDP state, there is uncertainty as a cross section of party faithful still entertains fears over how the apex court would interpret Section 137 of the constitution. Their fear is not unconnected with the covert support for former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege during the election by a PDP leader and former governor, who is now said to be pulling some strings at the presidency.

But a chieftain of the PDP, Sylvester Imonina, said APC was only daydreaming by thinking that the said section would be interpreted in its favour.

Imonina, a lawyer, cited the December 22, 2023 Supreme Court ruling on the governorship election in Enugu State as well as the 2017 decision on Bayelsa State governorship election to buttress his argument.

He contended that Section 137 required oral evidence to breathe life into electoral materials dumped at the tribunal in order to prove non-compliance, noting that the APC failed in that regard as the party called only three witnesses during trial.

In Plateau State, the incessant killings and general insecurity have necessitated the deployment of security personnel in parts of the state, including the capital, Jos. Residents who spoke to Saturday Sun said the Supreme Court verdict on the March 18, 2023 governorship poll in the state might escalate the insecurity in the state, even as they expressed satisfaction with the fresh deployment of security personnel. In Kano, one of the most volatile states, there is also apprehension as the APC and the NNPP await the Supreme Court judgment, which is due to be delivered in the coming days.

Investigations by Saturday Sun indicate that supporters of the APC in the state are on the edge, though they talk less about their fears and next moves. But a highly placed party member in the state said they are keeping their cards close to their chests since they won at the tribunal and at the appeal court.

At the moment, there is some light deployment of security personnel on the streets of Kano, especially in areas considered as political flashpoints. It was gathered that the number of deployed security personnel would definitely increase once a date is fixed by the Supreme Court for the judgement.

In Kaduna, in an apparent solidarity support for Governor Uba Sani, some women supporters from the opposition parties who did not want their identities revealed told Saturday Sun: “We are just waiting for the Supreme Court ruling so that we can defect to APC because we believe that the court ruling will favour Governor Sani. Even from the governor’s body language, you can see that he is sure of victory at the apex court. We cannot remain outside political happenings and die of hunger.”

There has been a security beef-up across the state since the governorship election petition tribunal and Appeal Court judgments that favoured the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its candidate, Governor Uba Sani. The police authorities said they were leaving no stone unturned for the expected outcome of the Supreme Court ruling.

But in a chat with Saturday Sun, spokesman of the ruling APC, Felix Morka, said the party is unperturbed with the impending judgements, noting that it is certain of emerging victorious at the court.

“We are hoping for the best. There is no need prejudging the outcomes. We have had the opportunities to make our cases and we are hoping for the best outcomes,” he said. On the other hand, the PDP Deputy National Legal Adviser, Okechukwu Osuoha, said that the party expects the Supreme Court to do justice in the governorship appeal cases involving governors elected on its platform, which are currently before the apex court.

“We are expectant. We are looking up to the judiciary, the Supreme Court Justices, that they will rise up to the occasion and deliver justice in the matters. You know that it is opinion of the people that the judiciary is the last hope of the common man.

“And today the matter has gotten to the highest court of the land. So everybody expects them to do the needful and deliver justice.”

Tommydare:
And those combo? What will they turn out to be? Isn't it failure as usual? Abi you think say naija politicians get anything to offer apart from lies and propagandas?

hakeemhakeem:
The same combo that couldn't defeated pmb that isn't too political articulate very well can not defeat bat

onuman:
Combo of an 81 year old Atiku as presidential candidate. Do you know what 81 years of age implies? Are you living in Banana Republic?

Roboto11:
Dem go still fall for ground.

SpatialKing:
Hmm

The true and only enemies of Nigeria are those who voted Buhari twice and still went ahead to vote Tinubu

obonujoker:
Buhari is the most useless president ever 😵‍💫

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, yesterday, said the Ministry of Finance has released N50 billion to the Administration to finance ongoing capital projects.


The amount, according to Wike, is 50 per cent of FCT’s N100 billion 2023 supplementary budget approved by the National Assembly in December, 2023.

The minister made the announcement, after an inspection tour of some ongoing projects in the FCT, in Abuja on Thursday.

He said he has directed the Permanent Secretary to immediately make payments to the contractors handling projects in FCT.


“I am happy to announce to you that the Ministry of Finance has released 50 per cent of the national supplementary budget.

“That in a way, has given us that hope that the contractors will be paid anytime from now.

“We have also gotten assent to the FCT Statutory Budget, which again, has given us hope that no project will be left uncompleted as promised. As you can see, these are quality projects, which we are very satisfied with.

“We believe that the arrangements made by the contractors will enable us to commission the projects to celebrate Mr President’s one year in office.”

The minister commended the residents of Abuja for their support, while assuring them that there was no promise made that would not be fulfilled, stressing that a promise made would be fulfilled.

He expressed confidence that the projects would be delivered on schedule, saying “we are quite hopeful; we are quite convinced that they would keep to the time scheduled as agreed.

“We are happy with what we have seen, and we will continue to do things to the satisfaction of the residents of Abuja and assure them that the renewed hope agenda is not a mere talk.”

Wike acknowledged some challenges at the course of delivering the projects, adding, however, that the challenges were surmountable.

He added that with the kind of support from President Bola Tinubu, there were no challenges that would not be surmountable.

One of the projects inspected is the Outer Southern Expressway, which stretched from A.A Rano, through Deeper Life Junction, SARS, Apo roundabout to Wasa District.

The road is being constructed by China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC) Nigeria Limited.

Wike also inspected the Northern N-20 Expressway in Jahi District being constructed by Gilmor Construction firm and the Vice President’s residence being constructed by Julius Berger.

The Area Manager, CGC Nigeria Ltd., Yong Hong, assured the minister that the Outer Southern Expressway would be delivered before May.

Similarly, the representative of Julius Berger, Mr Oliver Berger, said that the team were on site for the past two months and have done a lot of work on the VP residence project.

“We have done a lot of cleaning inside and outside. As you can see a lot of infrastructural work has happened; earth work around the fence line has been done, sewage and other trenches have been done.

“All the procurement processes have commenced already and from the preparation point of view we are in a good position to turn all our plans and procurement activities into action,” he said.

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Benin Republic says there 15,000 Nigerians studying in the country.

This is as NANS called for leniency over the ban on validation of degree certificates from the country and Togo.


Recall that an investigative reporter had recently exposed certificate racketeering in schools in the neighbouring countries.

Following the development, the federal government announced a ban on the validation of degree certificates from the countries.

But, the NANS president in Benin Republic, Ugochukwu Favour, said the government should consider legitimately admitted students.

Favour spoke Thursday on Channels TV’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily.

He said the government should step up efforts to probe the matter and punish those involved in the saga.

He said NANS in the Benin Republic had constituted a committee to probe the matter, adding that the report of its findings would be vital in curbing future occurrences.

“For now, I will say that the Federal Government should look into the issue. Now, you can’t, because it is happening in this school, punish everyone because it involved close to 15,000 students in the Benin Republic.

“I have really not validated if it has been happening for a long time. This is just like what just came out on social media and we are still trying to find out how long it has been happening. So, that is why I set up a committee as the president to investigate it,” he said.

Ikaeniyan0:
Stop wailing on our behalf

Ikaeniyan0:
Wail with sense

OldSkoolHeadBoy:
If Atiku should truly contest in 2027, then the political landscape would be an interesting one to watch. The permutations would be as follows;

ATIKU
He would not receive any reasonable votes from the SE/SE and the SW would still vote overwhelmingly for BAT and SE is for Peter Obi to take again. However, just like in the 2023 General Elections, he would receive a moderate vote from the North but it would not be sufficient to make him the President.


Peter Obi
He had his best shot in 2023 but it fell short of the requirements to make him the President. In 2027, his fortunes would plummet badly because he would receive far less votes from the North and the SW. The calculation from the North would be that they would rather support BAT for another 4 years to fulfil the maximum of 8 years allowable by the constitution, instead of Peter Obi, who in the event if he wins, would start another 8 years tenor, which would make the North to wait for a total of 12 years to mount the saddle again. If the North supports Tinubu to win again in 2027, automatically in 2031 the SW would return the favour to support a Northern candidate overwhelmingly.


Bola Tinubu
From the scenarios above, if he can stabilise the economy the odds are in his favour to win again.

OldSkoolHeadBoy:
If Atiku should truly contest in 2027, then the political landscape would be an interesting one to watch. The permutations would be as follows;

ATIKU
He would not receive any reasonable votes from the SE/SE and the SW would still vote overwhelmingly for BAT and SE is for Peter Obi to take again. However, just like in the 2023 General Elections, he would receive a moderate vote from the North but it would not be sufficient to make him the President.


Peter Obi
He had his best shot in 2023 but it fell short of the requirements to make him the President. In 2027, his fortunes would plummet badly because he would receive far less votes from the North and the SW. The calculation from the North would be that they would rather support BAT for another 4 years to fulfil the maximum of 8 years allowable by the constitution, instead of Peter Obi, who in the event if he wins, would start another 8 years tenor, which would make the North to wait for a total of 12 years to mount the saddle again. If the North supports Tinubu to win again in 2027, automatically in 2031 the SW would return the favour to support a Northern candidate overwhelmingly.


Bola Tinubu
From the scenarios above, if he can stabilise the economy the odds are in his favour to win again.

Vinnie2000:
@17years in 1976.

I was in the Streets in CHICAGO with Druggie Ebola, selling Crack.

Chekwume16:
Which atiku. Seems pdp is not serious about rescuing this country. How can you keep on presenting atiku as your candidate

ivolt:
See these advisers claiming knowledge.
A high school economics student should know that there is no policy, fix or plan that can save a debtor
other than to pay their debt but these ones think a magical solution exist.

Quick education for you guys.
Naira is falling because the demand for dollar is much higher than supply.
No additional dollar earnings, no fix for the increasing exchange rate.
It is that simple.

He alleged that rather than eliminate terrorists, the military “is chasing shadows and wrongfully accusing Yoruba Nation movement of threat to peace in the South-West.”