Haba this is not true. I may disagree with the Governors policies and actions. I was in Lokoja recently and i saw the completed Revenue House a beutiful edifice for public servants to work in. The rehabilitation of Lokoja township roads, street lights and some good road constructions in the East of the State. This transformer is definitely not his first project pls stick to the truth when you post information to the public.

Thank you.

@Lalastica add this to the FP to answer those that are already claiming FG is only working in the North.

Woke up this morning to the noise about the Track Suit worn by Team Nigeria at the opening ceremony of Rio 2016. i still wonder why the wailing even from some so called zombies. Mind you Team Nigeria is not the only team on Track Suit neither is this the first time our team attends opening ceremony of major events in Track Suit. I know things are tougher than ever before but to whose gain it is to continuing this bitterness against our Country and government when we should be doing something positive.

see what am talking about here:

Atawodi is a strong APC stalwart and even a Governorship Aspirant in the last Governorship primaries in Kogi State. Now no body is talking about prosecution of an APC member or talking about witch hunting.

Nigeria signed a major deal with China this week as President Buhari made an important trip to visit its leader, Xi Ji Ping. Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Godfrey Onyema, who accompanied Buhari on the trip to China, announced that the orient nation had offered a $6 billion loan to Nigeria to fund infrastructure projects, one of the key areas Buhari promised to address with Nigeria’s 2016 Budget. This came as a good news to many Nigerians as it now appears that Buhari has a clear economic policy. On the other hand, some Nigerians have expressed their reservations concerning this new development, claiming China was “scamming” Nigeria, a phrase that became an hashtag on social media this morning. However, what Nigerians can do is look at precedents i.e. China’s similar investment in other African countries, particularly Ethiopia.

Ethiopia has recently gained continent-wide fame for its development and achievements in the past few years. The country is one of the world’s fastest growing economies now, Africa’s fastest growing economy, thanks to government spending (tax driven) and Chinese investment. Ethiopia launched the first light rail system, in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015 which links its capital, Addis-Ababa, to the neighbouring country, Djibouti. Africa’s current biggest economy and second biggest, Nigeria and South Africa respectively, cannot boast of one.

The responsibility for this light rail, which cost $3bn to build, was taken up by China after the World Bank and other Western donors had shown a reluctance to fund the project, to the surprise of Getachew Betru, the head of Ethiopia’s Railway Corporation. China not only constructed it, but provided most of the funding for it. The train, which was initially built to counter the challenges that Ethiopia’s drought this year would pose, has received an expanded vision. It has now acquired a Pan-African vision; it will expand to run through South Sudan, Sudan, Kenya and other East African countries. This move will surely see Ethiopia emerge as an economic hub in East Africa.

Nigeria seems to be taking a cue from Ethiopia and China. It plans to build a similar one which will run from its southern states to Lagos, its commercial hub. This project is going to be financed by China and is set to help the economic development of the country’s marginalised southern region greatly. However, projects like this need to be supplied with adequate power, something Nigeria does not yet have, but this is not so for Ethiopia. It recently announced that it made $123 million dollars as profit from the sale of electricity both at home and abroad to Djibouti, Kenya and Sudan, while also establishing links to five other East African countries. These have been done all through the help of Chinese electrical transformers.

Ethiopia also recently announced that its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be completed in 2017. This dam will supply 6,000 megawatts of electricity, even larger than the whole of Nigeria’s present power capacity of about 5,000 megawatts. That number would make the dam Africa’s largest hydroelectric project and Nigeria could surely do with something like this.

Buhari, during his visit, promised China that all projects started by Nigeria’s former administrations will be completed under his tenure. Though this deal could see the influx of Chinese expatriates into the nation, it seems there is no cause for alarm about China ‘stealing Nigerian jobs.’ According to China’s ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union, La Yifan, in 2015, “the best way to contribute to human rights is creating jobs and alleviating poverty,” The rate of Chinese expatriates to jobs created for Ethiopians is 1 to 20. And this has seen unemployment rate in the country decrease from 20.4 percent in 2009 to 16.8 percent in 2015, and is set to further reduce with the job potentials of the completed rail system and electricity grid.

Though, Nigeria’s inclusion of the Chinese Yuan in its foreign exchange currencies may not “crash the dollar” as some Nigerian media houses have reported, it would go a long way in creating a path for Chinese-built infrastructure in Nigeria, without the cumbersomeness of dollar rates. Ethiopia is Africa’s second largest population and land-locked too. Nigeria which has the highest population and is not land locked should definitely not be doing worse than Ethiopia if it wants to live up to its title as “Africa’s largest economy.” If Nigeria wants to truly diversify its economy, building its infrastructures is essential and it seems China is the best to partner with

With this comment the DSS should please do the needful.

and so what? Am a Lawyer and i can boldly say i want recongnise 30% of my classmate from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus. we had over 1000 students and of course am not there to learn or recognise pples face.

naijagobetter:
how do you know they will not abuse it and use it against a particular set of people?

Unfortunately we only get to know when the bill becomes a law. Are we to now abandon the a seemingly good law because of the assumption it might be abused?

I came across a topic on this on the front page earlier today and after reading the below article i think this might be a good resource for those that wish to learn and understand without bias.

by James Kanyip

The Kaduna State Governor has presented an Executive Bill entitled: “A Bill for a Law to Substitute the Kaduna State Religious Preaching Law, 1984” to the Kaduna State House of Assembly for its consideration and possible passage into Law. Presently, the Bill is at its Committee Stage awaiting public hearing and final presentation for its Third Reading. If the Bill is ultimately passed into Law, it shall be cited as: “Kaduna State Religious Preaching Law No… of 2016”.

The Bill is a direct replication of the 1984 Law in form and substance. The minor differences shall be pointed out in course herein.

The 1984 Law has been in existence all this while unnoticed. We wonder why this Bill has generated a lot of discussions at this point in time. If the Governor had put the necessary machineries on ground for the implementation of the 1984 Law, we are sure it would have attracted less anxiety. Or, the Governor should have sent an Amendment Bill to the House of Assembly in which case the people would appreciate the fact that the Law on Religious Preaching has been in existence since 1984 and what he is seeking to do is just to amend it to bring it in tandem with current realities. To me, the 1984 Law had adequately covered the field.

The Bill has 15 sections. Section 1 is the short title of the Bill. Section 2 contains the proposed date of its commencement. Section 3 is the interpretation section. Section 4 establishes the Committees of the two (2) major religious bodies in the State; to wit: the Committee of Jama’atu Nasir Islam (JNI) for the Muslims and the Committee of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for the Christians and their respective composition. A third body which was not established under the 1984 Law has been added by the Bill, namely: the Inter-faith Ministerial Committee which shall exercise supervisory control over the JNI and CAN Committees.

Section 5 empowers the JNI and CAN Committees to issue licenses approved by the Ministerial Committee which shall not exceed one (1) year to preachers; and a sponsored external preacher shall be issued a permit for the period of the event that brought him to the State. Worthy of note is the distinction between the issuance of a license and a permit. The 1984 Law had no such provision for a permit to be issued to a sponsored external preacher.

Section 6 establishes Committees and their compositions in each Local Government Area of the State to screen applications for licenses within their localities and make necessary recommendations to the Ministerial Committee for approval.

Section 7 states the functions of the Committees of the Local Governments which include: to issue compliance with the terms of the licenses so issued; and to register accredited preachers of all religious groups and organisations operating in the Local Government Area.

Section 8 empowers the Kaduna State Chapter of the JNI and CAN to keep records of all the Churches and Mosques including the data of all its preachers in the State. The 1984 Law had no such provisions.

Section 9 restricts the playing of all cassettes, CDs, flash drives or any other communication gadgets containing religious recordings from accredited preachers in the following places only: inside one’s house; inside entrance porch (zaure, in Hausa language); inside the Church; inside the Mosque; and any other designated place of worship. The 1984 Law only restricted it to one’s house and porch only.

Section 10 provides that any cassette containing religious recording in which abusive language is used against any person or religious organization or religious leaders (past or present) is thereby prohibited. Section 11 provides for the payment of the allowances of the members of the Ministerial Committee.

Section 12 makes it an offence for any person who preaches without a license; plays a religious cassette or uses a loud speaker for religious purposes after 8pm in public places; uses a loud speaker for religious purposes other than inside a Mosque or Church and the surrounding area outside the stipulated prayer times; abuses religious books; incites disturbances of the public peace; abuses or uses any derogatory term in describing any religion; or carries weapons of any description whether concealed or not in places of worship or to any other place with a view to causing religious disturbance.

We are of the view that sections 10 and 12 of the Bill should have extended “cassette” to include CDs, flash drives, and all other gadgets of communication as is provided under section 9. We are also of firm view that the blockage of public roads by Mosques and Churches and other acts constituting annoyance, nuisance and obstructions to the general public should be made criminal by the Bill as well.

Section 13 provides that a person found guilty of any of the offences under the Bill shall be liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years or a fine of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (200,000.00) or both; and may, in addition, have his license revoked if he a licensed preacher. The 1984 Law imposed a maximum prison term of five (5) years without an option of fine; and also the revocation of license.

Section 14 vests the Sharia Courts and the Customary Courts with jurisdiction to try offenders or violators summarily. The 1984 Law had no such provisions. Section 15 seeks to repeal the 1984 Law.

As we said earlier, this Bill has generated a lot of anxiety. This is not unexpected. Religion, the Marxists say, is the opium of the people. The spirituality attached to religion, especially in Nigeria, has taken both emotional and sentimental dimensions. It is deeply rooted in our way of life so much so that some kill in the name of religion, while some give their all in all for its sake. Some treat their religious beliefs with extremist and fundamentalist passion.

The importance attached to religious freedom has made it to find acceptance in our Constitution and, indeed, in the Constitutions of developed democracies in the world. Freedom of religion and religious belief has been abused by many. Proliferation in religious activities is uncontrollably worrisome. Public order and peace are seriously threatened by uncontrolled religious activities. Many precious lives and property worth billions of Naira have been lost as well.

Kaduna State had, in the past, witnessed carnages as a result of religious intolerance. Presently, peace is fragile and relative in the State. Aside from the foregoing, religion is also being employed by some dubious and unscrupulous persons or preachers to perpetrate fraud on innocent and unsuspecting people. The need to balance between religious freedom and public order/peace becomes very necessary in a religiously plural and volatile State like Kaduna.

But, then, if this Bill is ultimately passed into Law in Kaduna State, will it be constitutional?

My learned friends like Festus Okoye, Garba Shehu (the immediate past Commissioner of Justice and Attorney-General of Kaduna State), Maxwell Kyon, and a host of others think that the Bill is unconstitutional. For instance, Festus Okoye, in his write-up entitled: “El Rufai and Religious Preaching Law” published in the New Telegraph of Wednesday, 2nd of March, 2016 is of the view thus:
“Unfortunately, the Bill for a law to substitute the Kaduna State religious preaching law, 1984 is a direct affront on the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and my candid advise is that the Bill should be withdrawn, properly aligned and cleaned up before it is presented to the State Assembly for passage into Law.

“This is because almost all the provisions of the Bill are direct affront to constitutional order and this may affect the positives of the Bill including the mischievous positioning and use and misuse of loud speakers in Mosques and Churches to the annoyance of others.

“I presuppose that the drafters of the Bill and our colleagues in the Ministry of Justice in Kaduna State are aware that the Constitution of the Federal of Nigeria is the Supreme Law of the land. They are aware that where the Constitution has covered the field in relation to an issue no State Assembly is permitted to legislate on and or refine or contradict its provisions.

“They know that section 38 of the constitution guarantees that every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom (either alone or in community with others, and in public or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observation.

“This particular Bill fails all constitutional tests and cannot for all practical purposes be said to be a Bill which when passed into law will be justifiable in a democratic society in the interest of defence, public safety, public order, public morality or public health; or for the purpose of protecting the rights and freedom of other persons…”

With the greatest respect to my learned friends, we hold a contrary view. To us, the Bill, if passed into Law, will be constitutional. The freedom to religion is not just a human right, but it is a fundamental human right entrenched as such by section 38 of Chapter IV of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as follows:
“38. (1) Every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom (either alone or in community with others, and in public or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.
“(2) No person attending any place of education shall be required to receive religious instruction or to take part in or attend any religious ceremony or observance if such instruction ceremony or observance relates to a religion other than his own, or religion not approved by his parent or guardian.
“(3) No religious community or denomination shall be prevented from providing religious instruction for pupils of that community or denomination in any place of education maintained wholly by that community or denomination.
“(4) Nothing in this section shall entitle any person to form, take part in the activity or be a member of a secret society.”

Although the above provisions are fundamental human rights, they are not, as such, sacrosanct and absolute as we pointed out earlier. Indeed, there is no human right or fundamental human right anywhere in the world that has no limitations. Also, one right cannot be used to suppress another right. This is why the adage goes that one’s right ends where another’s begin. Even the right to life which is the most important and cherished human and fundamental right is not absolute.

It is our view that if people were to practice their religions truthfully, there would not be need for the entrenchment of human rights in man-made laws like the Constitution. After all, human rights are supposed to be God-given rights that are inherent to the individuals as human beings. But because the practice of religion has been selfishly abused, misused and turned into a weapon of destruction instead of spiritual construction by some preachers and followers, the need to control it becomes necessary. It is because of the foregoing reasons and many more others that our Constitution provides for an avenue of religious control under section 45 (1) (a) as follows:
“45. (1) Nothing in sections 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41 of this Constitution shall invalidate any law that is reasonably justifiable in a democratic society-
“(a) in the interest of defence, public safety, public order, public morality or public health; or
(b) for the purpose of protecting the rights and freedom or other persons.”

The Religious Preaching Bill of Kaduna State will find constitutional anchorage under the above provisions if ultimately passed into law. The Bill is not seeking to abolish, stop or derogate on the freedom of religion and religious beliefs. No, that is not its purpose. It merely seeks to control religious preaching and activities in the State for purposes of public order, public safety, and to protect the rights and freedom of other persons. Therefore, it is our view that it has passed the test of constitutionality under the above provisions. To this extent, we are in agreement with the Governor of Kaduna State for sponsoring the Bill, and the House of Assembly if it ultimately passes it into Law.

Other more developed and similar democracies have equally placed restrictions on religious freedom and preaching. We shall give few instances. The First Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees religious freedom. However, to safeguard the public from fraud in the guise of religion, laws are made in the component States that require the preachers to present proof of ordination, and to obtain preaching license.

Article 52 of the USSR Constitution guarantees religious freedom. However, the 1997 Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations has placed some limitations on religious freedom and preaching in the USSR.

The Constitution of China provides for freedom of religious belief. However, the Government restricts religious practice to government-sanctioned organizations and registered places of worship; and also controls the growth and scope of the activities of religious groups.

Singapore has religious freedom entrenched in its Constitution, but went ahead to promulgate a law restricting the right in some circumstances. For instance, under the law the Government had deregistered the country’s congregation of Jehovah’s Witness in 1972 and Unification Church in 1982.

India guarantees freedom to religious belief under Article 25 of its Constitution, but subjects the right to “public order, morality, and health”; and also subject to other provisions under the Article.

Egypt has the Law No. 51 of 2014 which regulates sermons and religious lessons in Mosques; and imposes punitive sanctions for offenders.

However, whether or not some sections in the Bill will pass the test of constitutionality will depend on other constitutional variables. A major area of concern in the Bill which has been pointed out by Okoye under section 4 thereof is the recognition of Islam and Christianity as the two (2) major religions in the State to the exclusion of other religious bodies and associations; and this is fortified by the establishment of the JNI and CAN Committees. Even with that, not all sects or denominations in Islam and Christianity are members of JNI and CAN.

In the words of Okoye: “It is patently illegal and unconstitutional to elevate the Jama’atu Nasri Islam (JNI) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to a preeminent position over and above every other religious group or Association.

“The Jama’atu Nasri Islam (JNI) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) enjoy the same incidents of registration and incorporation as any other association registered under part B and C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act.

“They are associations just like any other association recognized by the Constitution and the Bill cannot confer them with a special status over and above any other groups similarly registered. For the Christian Association of Nigeria there is nothing that makes it mandatory that every Christian denomination must belong to the Association.”

We appreciate the position of Okoye on this, especially if section 4 of the Bill is juxtaposed with section 10 of the Constitution which provides that the Government of the Federation or of a State shall not adopt any religion as State religion. However, the practicability of these provisions in Nigeria now is seriously in doubt.

Islam and Christianity have been notoriously, widely and generally identified in Nigeria as the two (2) major religions. Muslims and Christians prayers are offered in Mosques and Churches on almost all National occasions and ceremonies like the Independence Day, Democracy Day, Armed Forces Remembrance Day; the National Mosque and National Ecumenical Center are all built and maintained by the Federal Government; the Federal and State Governments have all established the Muslims Pilgrim Welfare Board and Christians Pilgrim Welfare Board; large chunk of our commonwealth is spent on sponsoring Muslims and Christians to pilgrimage to Mecca and Jerusalem respectively; Special Advisers and Permanent Secretaries are appointed and scheduled respectively to handle Muslims and Christians Affairs; we have Mosques and Chaplaincies in the Armed Forces, the Police and other Para-military bodies, with commissioned officers designated as Imams and Chaplains, we see both Federal and State Governments donating monies for the construction of Mosques and Churches, etc.

It is our view that section 4 of the Bill merely seeks to identify Islam and Christianity as the two major religions in the State and not to adopt them as State religions. To identify simply means to recognise. To adopt in the context used under section 10 of the Constitution is to officially take up and practice; or to select or choose and follow as a practice. Certainly, the Bill does not seek to entrench Islam and Christianity as the two major religions in the State. Therefore, we do not find the provisions of section 4 constitutionally offensive.

The problem with a Bill such as the Kaduna State Religious Preaching Bill is not in its passage but its implementation, enforcement, and compliance.

As we said earlier, the 1984 Law has been in existence in the Kaduna State Laws since 1984 but unnoticed. What assurance is there that if this Bill is passed into Law it will be sustainably implemented, enforced and complied with?

We suggest that the Government should organize a widely publicized public hearing on this Bill to sensitize the people on its importance to public peace and order in the State, and to collate their contributions for consideration towards fine-tuning the Bill to enable it enjoy widespread acceptance.

The Bill should take cognisance of other religions outside Islam and Christianity for purposes of control and adequate coverage.

Also, the blockage of public roads by Mosques and Churches and other acts constituting nuisance and obstructions to the general public should be considered in the Bill as well.

In the whole, we are of the view that the Kaduna State Religious Preaching Bill, if passed into Law, will be constitutional. However, only time shall tell whether it will be successfully implemented, enforced and complied with.


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mcino:
Pls Lalasticlala and all those concerned, help me and do justice to this, so that more people can see it

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Chibest2000:

A party is an inanimate entity, so by law the flag bearer of the party holds the symbol of the party just as u can not have a party without a people, more so, as a citizen you have a right to belong and otherwise, so u can't force Faleke to be part of what he do not want.

You actually deduced that from your personal opinion.

Now check the electoral act and see what it says about a candidate to an election withdrawing from a contest.

you should know that:

1. Such withdrawal should be done at least 30 days to the election.

2. The party would have to communicate such withdrawal and replacement by a letter to INEC.

"Where was it stated that it does not include savings account? All funds(from N1000 and above made by a third party) into any account will be taxed, go back and read the policy well before arguing"

erm actually savings accounts are exempted and only the recipients in a current account pays.

Another serial wailer.

What people failed to mention is that Atowodi is a strong APC stalwart from Kogi State. Yet he is not spared from d EFCC dragnet. Baba is ready to bring people to justice once there is evidence regardless of party affiliation.

Our 'cowardly' soldiers avoid fighting Boko Haram, says Nigeria's security chief

Left: Nigeria's National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki. Right: the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau


Left: Nigeria's National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki. Right: the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau

Picture: REUTERS/AFP


By David Blair
2:54PM GMT 22 Jan 2015


The national security adviser describes claims about a shortage of weapons as "excuses" of soldiers unwilling to fight


Nigeria's struggle against Boko Haram is being undermined by “cowardly” soldiers who use “every excuse in this world” to avoid combat, the country’s national security adviser said on Thursday.

Sambo Dasuki, who has prime responsibility for suppressing a raging Islamist insurgency, described complaints about a shortage of weapons and equipment as the “disingenuous” pleas of soldiers unwilling to fight.

Boko Haram has captured about 20,000 square miles of northern Nigeria, killing hundreds of people this month alone. On Jan 7, the gunmen seized Baga on the shores of Lake Chad, burning most of the town to the ground.

Speaking at Chatham House in London, Mr Dasuki said this episode was “not something that anybody will be proud of". He disclosed that the soldiers defending Baga were armed with four light artillery pieces and six armoured personnel carriers with 4,000 rounds of ammunition each. All of this equipment had fallen into Boko Haram’s hands.


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Mr Dasuki, a former colonel, said this proved the army had all the weaponry it needed. “For anybody who has that much in store to say he is poorly armed or poorly equipped is being disingenuous to say the least,” he said. “Anybody who believes that he is not well armed, he is not telling the truth.”

Mr Dasuki added: “Unfortunately, we have a lot of cowards. There was a problem in the recruitment process – we all admit, that is all admitted. We have people who are using every excuse in this world not to fight. If you don’t want to fight, it’s not your fault: get out of the army. If you are there, there are certain things you are expected to do. For now, fighting is one of those things. If you don’t want to fight, don’t make excuses and say you are not armed, you are not equipped.”

However, Western diplomats in Nigeria say that concerns about the state of the army’s equipment are genuine. The 7th Division, which was specially formed to fight the insurgency, lost its helicopters during a Boko Haram raid in 2013. This unit has since been reduced to mounting a static defence of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, leaving Boko Haram free to roam almost at will.

In total, the army has only 62,000 soldiers to defend a country four times bigger than Britain with a population of almost 180 million.

But Mr Dasuki insisted that the cowardice of individual soldiers was the problem. “We have a lot of people who joined [the army] because they wanted a job, not because they wanted a career in the military. Most of them are the ones who are running away and who are telling stories of poor equipment and stuff like that,” he said.

Mr Dasuki said the army had made the innovation of recruiting soldiers on merit, adding: “Over time, I am sure we will come up with a more professional fighting force.”

Last April, Boko Haram carried out one of its most notorious atrocities by abducting over 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok. Mr Dasuki said the hunt for the missing girls had produced “nothing”. There was no hard information about the fate of children, except that they had probably been “dispersed and sold”.

As for the suggestion that some soldiers were going without pay because senior officers were stealing their wages, Mr Dasuki said this could not be true. “It’s not the individual who is being paid, it’s the unit,” he said. “Now if the unit is not paid, it’s not two people who will complain – it’s the whole unit that will complain. Where you don’t have a complaint from the whole unit, then it is not true.”

Goodluck Jonathan, the president of Nigeria, faces re-election next month. The failure to contain Boko Haram and the constant drumbeat of raids and atrocities has become a severe embarrassment to his government

Mynd44:
Source: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1259469

Where is the change?!!!

you can do well to note the following on the CNN page:

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Am disappointed by the reactions so far. Any smart person would ask this question?
If the Code of Conduct would not make Public Asset declared by Politicians and from the comment purported to be that of El-Rufai's media Adviser it is obvious El-Rufai did not make the declaration public either. So where did the so called THE UNION get their information from and you all so readily believe them?

Godwin10123:
This NEC was inaugurated just 2day and the 1st thing was 2 go on air 2 start crying over missing figure without due investigation. I think this is wrong. They should investigate before coming out to derail nigerians. I believe it too early to label anybody a thief witout giving such fellow a fair hearing. From their statements, investigation has been concluded already. I think Somebody is witch hunting somebody by all means! I'm not in defence of both ministers(petroleum and finance) but I believe that investigation should be thorough and unbiase.

Kindly think smart and learn to read thoroughly before commenting. If u read properly you would notice that NNPC was summoned to do a report to the NEC and they gave the figure of 8.1 trillion whereas what is on record is 4.3 trillion do u now understand? Its a simple deductive reasoning.

donphilopus:
Saraki ruling his fellow party-men out of order anyhow he likes. Don't worry, uvo va zawu (Hands shall catch you)!! He should enjoy his little stay just like Wike is enjoying his!

nwao Ozi Anda.

DickDastardly:
Too much foto fron zis fiful, yet no sign of "Change"






APC = All Photographers Congress

if only u anti APC crowd are smart or atleast attempt to be objective you will understand d significance of what Mallam Rufai is doing here.

Many in d north are not comfirtable with allowing their children ubder age 5 access to d vacone cos of d fear that it would affect them one way or the other in future as fueled by rumors from some ill informed peeps.

How do u convince d common man except to demonstrate that it is safe by administering same on your own daughter? Especially when d common man so much beleive in u. Its free to use d brain my people.

@lalastica FP pls

akinegba1:
Ibadan is a city to watch.

Haba! bo u just wan yab abi. this is oshodi in Lagos now. Ibadan is a serene City and those of us Ibadan born are proud of our City.

I for one do not understand what the writer seem to gain from this write up other than attention.

No one can doubt the fact that Dangote will easily afford to pay even 2bilion Psterling for Arsenal. He does not even have to fork out his own Money as there are many financial institutions in the world to do that at reasonable interest rates.

Arsenal in the past 10 years have consistently turn up profit of over 25 million pounds every year.

Dangote's investment will definitely be a long term invest and can afford to pay over 200 Million Pounds annually to repay any finance arrangement if he so wish. He can also buy the club outright and make returns of 15 million pounds annually at the minimum while the value of his investment in the club continue to grow.

Arsenal is one of the best managed club financially in the world all he needs is to do is keep Wenger on the Board of the Club after he eventually retires or keep the Finance people who have been around the club long enough to understand Wenger's philosophy to continue to manage the Clubs businesses.

attoskoly:


when mama peace said stone anybody that comes to town asking for change, apc took the matter to icc. what happens to akiola now?

You guys too can go to ICC.

How much can you get me Toyota RAV 4 2008-2010 including duty? Also 2007-2008 Passat?

NoreenUG:
buhari obviously needs some serious education.
the man just said he plans to try boko haram members in a civil court. as in, CIVIL court. not criminal court. CIVIL.

You my friend need the education. Civil Court as opposed to Military Court. There is nothing like Criminal Court in Nigeria, rather you we have Criminal trial in Civil Courts.