₦airaland Forum

Senators loyal to Senate President Bukola Saraki are using the 2016 Budget row to negotiate a soft-landing for the former Kwara State Governor, who is facing trial for false declarations of assets at the Code for Conduct Tribunal (CCB).

Investigations by Ripples revealed that his loyalists under the aegis of Like Mind Senators met last night at his official residence to take serious positions on the controversy.

President Muhammadu Buhari had refused assent to the Budget after Ministers identified the document had been returned “highly mutilated”.
The President, who is on a week-long trip to China, it was learnt, was told by the Economic Team headed by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo not to sign the Budget presented by the National Assembly last Thursday.
The Senators had removed the Lagos-Calabar rail project and tampered with major infrastructural thrusts of the administration.

Sources at the meeting last night informed that the Senators reasoned Saraki must be stopped from facing trial using the instrumentality of the Budget impasses.
“Truth is they realised the Senate President will surely be prosecuted and jailed. His legal team has run short of any more tricks to play.
“So, they have told him that only a political solution will be the way out. While the legal battles will continue, Saraki has been reliably informed he must resort to political weapons to stave off prosecution,”a source at the meeting confided.

Saraki, it was gathered, has identified the Budget impasse as his last chance to negotiate a soft landing, a position many of his loyalists share.
This is why, sources informed, the Senators have resorted to dragging the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, into the row to whip up sentiments and win support.

“You know Amaechi has many natural enemies. His kinsmen are angry he facilitated the victory of Buhari at the expense of Jonathan.

“The Pro-Saraki elements are using this sentiment to the maximum to ensure that it is seen as another ploy by Amaechi to play dirty politics,” the source added.
The meeting convened by Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) resolved that the row must be a total stand-off until the Executive is pushed to the wall.

Once the patience of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) is exhausted, Saraki supporters have been primed to step in and convince them the impasse will only be resolved if he is not disgraced.

“It is a very strategic ploy. You know for the first time many Nigerians are desperate for the Budget to be passed. Everything is at a standstill economically.
“The longer this (row) takes, the more Buhari will lose face and goodwill. It will keep setting Nigerians against him. This is something he has always feared.

“We are very aware and ready to latch in on this. Saraki must not be prosecuted. He is a victim of political manipulations. This government cannot disgrace him because he is the face of the National Assembly,” one of his loyalists confirmed to Ripples.

He added: “All we want is an assurance the SP will be saved. The President has to guarantee this. Until then, the Budget can as well wait because we will not allow political detractors to have a field day.”
This subtle blackmail is expected to give Buhari a run for his money, a development many strategists in Saraki’s camp are confident will work to full effect.

As the Senators stepped out of Saraki’s official residence last night, they beamed with smiles fully convinced they have plotted a major onslaught against the Presidency.
Should Buhari remain stubborn, the row will remain a long-drawn one with many subjected to many more weeks of desperate waiting.

Source: www.ripples.com.ng/inside-details-sarakis-trial-stalling-2016-budget/

The Federal Government has written to UK Telegraph over a report published by the media house yesterday April 12th, that alleged that the Nigerian government is using aids gotten from the UK government to fight its political enemies. Read the Federal government's letter to UK Telegraph after the cut...
Our attention has been drawn to a piece published in your paper, by one Con Coughlin, identified as your Defence Editor, and titled, ‘Nigeria using UK aid to persecute president's political foes rather to fight Boko Haram.’

The piece is not only full of factual inaccuracies, it also betrays a shocking level of ignorance of Nigeria and the country’s ongoing war against terrorism.

Mr Coughlin’s editorial tactic is to quote unnamed “senior officials” and “Western diplomats” and “Western officials” and “political opponents” making fact-free and unfounded statements. It also appears that he sought out only those opinions which suited and reinforced his disgracefully false headline. Nowhere in the piece is there anything that suggests he attempted to contact the Nigerian government for its own side of the story.

Coughlin writes that “American officials are also angry that $2.1 billion of aid given to the Nigerian military to tackle Boko Haram has not been properly accounted for.”

It does not occur to him that the $2.1 billion he refers to was budgeted for and wholly spent by the government that President Buhari and his party defeated in the March 2015 presidential elections, and that one of President Buhari’s priorities has been investigating the misuse of those funds.

It also does not appear to occur to Mr. Coughlin that the “political opponents” he is falsely accusing President Buhari of “targeting” and "persecuting" are actually on trial on account of how they spent the $2.1 billion in question. Mr. Coughlin is equally unaware of the fact that the investigating panel set up by Mr. Buhari to probe the $2.1 billion recently published a preliminary report that confirmed that much of that money was indeed looted or mis-spent by the accused persons, and that the government has started to recover the funds.
Coughlin accuses President Buhari's government of attempting to cover-up the abductions of 400 women and children "abducted last year by militants from the Nigerian town of Damasak."
This is absolutely untrue. The Damasak abductions he’s referring to, which were recently widely reported, took place, not “last year” as he says, but in late 2014, well before Mr. Buhari was elected President of Nigeria. (And, by the way, Mr Buhari came to power on May 29, 2015, not July, as Coughlin reports).

A simple search by Mr. Coughlin of his paper’s archives would have revealed these facts. A simple fact-check by his copy-editors would have spared the Telegraph the embarrassment of publishing this drivel.

There are several other inaccuracies and baseless statements in the piece, but Mr. Coughlin is too enamoured of his anonymous sources to realise they might be misleading him, or be as ignorant about the situation as he is. The suggestion that Boko Haram is going "from strength to strength" is an eminently laughable one; not even Nigeria's opposition party would make such an absurd claim.

Since President Buhari took office, schools in Borno State, shut for more than one year under the previous government, have reopened. The same applies to the airport in Maiduguri, shut down in December 2013 after a devastating Boko Haram attack on the nearby military airbase.

Thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have now started returning home. Last Sunday, El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club played its first game in its home base of Maiduguri in more than two seasons. Until now they had been forced to play home games outside the region, on account of security concerns. There are several more examples of how the people of the region are finally getting a chance to rebuild their lives, as the Nigerian Armed Forces and a Multinational Joint Task Force continue their work of routing the terrorists.

Mr. Coughlin not only sounds like a spokesperson for the very people whose corruption and mismanagement allowed Boko Haram to bring Nigeria to its knees – and whose disastrous legacy President Buhari has spent the last one year redeeming Nigeria from – he is also guilty of failing to observe the most basic rules of responsible journalism.

Mr Coughlin needs a refresher course on responsible journalism as much as he needs a crash course on Nigeria. Until he submits himself to these, we’re afraid he will continue to embarrass not only himself, but also the revered British media institution that is the Telegraph.


Garba Shehu

Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
April 13, 2016


Source: www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/04/fg-writes-to-uk-telegraph-over-its.html?utm_source=Linda+Ikeji%27s+Blog&utm_medium=facebook&m=1

csc2:
Who owns Tecno? Who owns Infinix? Op wake Up

I taya o...Tecno, Infinix and iTel are owned by the same Parent comapny.
Such business strategy is called Self competition.
Unilever does that alot here in Nigeria. Also, Friesland produces both Peak milk and Three Crowns.

RobinHez:
Check this thread too.

https://www.nairaland.com/2302013/20-most-influential-images-all

Quite touching pictures there too. Thanks for sharing

kanmifad:
the fact that our creator allow it does not make it right, during Sodom and Gomorrah that's how they started for their perish and note that the devil is in control, he is the ruler of this world - 1john 5;19

But science has offered more solutions than religion. Science is ever evolving and touching humans than religion has ever done.
The truth must be said, I am a Xtain, but I'll choose science over religion when it comes to inventions that solve human problems.
Just look around you... You have malaria, you use medications and get better... That's Science bro.
You have a phone to communicate - that's Science & Tec...
We can go on and on.

First leg it was Sallah who scored, second leg it was Ramadan...maybe next time we should try playing Christmas and Easter in our team too.

That should solve it

Many of those guys claiming to sell cheap data on different online platforms such as NL and the rest are also scammers.

They'll tell you to pay on delivery.

Anytime you see stuffs like 10GB for 3k, 20GB for 5k and the rest like that...please run

I was just trying to get some sleep now when this particular message entered, I knew immediately it was a scam so I didn't hesitate in lambasting whosoever it is pulling the strings on the other side.
But then I thought in as much as we all should know any message such as this is from con Men, one cannot also be too careful in protecting his/her hard earned money...and even enlighten others on the need to be very careful.

Please take note people.

Okworigeorge:
Misplaced priority...
why not reduce the school fees of fed uni instead of this crap, who no get money for jamb, go fit pay for school?

Okworigeorge:
... Oga read the topic, read my comment again and read ur own comment, then tell me who be d dumb head

Sorry to say Broz...but u are the dumb one here Obviously, a lot of learned people here know that it's a very good move.
By the way, are u admitted into any Federal School? You seem to know their plight more than every other person here.

Just asking

F22RAPTOR:
Op, time and chance, being at the right place at the right time; these are what makes a man succeed in this life. All you mentioned are true, but they are not determinants. The variables involved in your success equation are much and leave a lot of questions. I am not being pessimistic here, what I mean is that when you are at the right place at the right time, your efforts and all you have mentioned start to count. if not you may toil forever.

You have a point there too, but then when you look at things holistically, you'll see it's better to put our minds away from things that are not really concrete realities...more like an abstract and then focus on those things that can make us better. For instance it is very important to learn and then teach others (especially children) the values of hard work, discipline, self denial etc than just giving them the impression that all they need is just for them to have an opportunity or being at the right place at the right time. To me it will never bring out the best in such person, needless to say again that such a person may never even see himself/herself as someone who can even create something that can even give others opportunities.

banmee:
I agree with everything but the first one. The morning is not the time to plan. Successful people/managers plan the night before to get ready for the next day. The night before is like making hay while the sun shines. So many things can go wrong in the morning that may slow you down. But if you had planned in advance, you could mitigate those clogs in the wheel.

He never really said you should plan your day that very morning. He highlighted on planning and having a well ironed daily routine to execute those plans. He also laid emphasis on making sure waking very early and getting to work forms the pivot of those daily routines.

tumababa:
no payments for now. max limit reached for the month. Thanks for the patronage.

Sir, do you mean PayPal payments? What about debit cards payment...or do u mean u've reached the limit for both?
Thanks

charsobodo:
I made use of my UBA debit master card to pay for facebook ad last week. So contact your bank to sort the issue.

Thanks a bunch

coolsix:
Did you call your banks to ask what happened?

GTBank Naira cards are working perfectly in offshore websites. Also Access Bank Cards.

Yea bro...Im aware that GTBank Naira Mastercard still works on ASOS. So Im surprised these cards were declined for Google Ads

Hello Guys,

Hope y'all having a great day.

Now straight to the point...I tried offsetting my pending bills on a AdWords campaign ive been running and to my surprise (well not much of a surprise though), the 2 cards i tried as payment options (one was GTB Naira Mastercard, the other Access Visa Card) were declined with Google stating that it was from my financial institution, and that they (the institutions) provided no reason for this.

I immediately remembered the new CBN policy instructing Banks to stop Crossborder payments on Naira Denominated Cards

Now fellow NLanders, how do you go about making payments on some of these platforms from this our Nigeria.

Thanks

mn09abk:
Zahra my love....i will cram the Quaran just to be with you

This is very funny

I think he's right, if it's by prayers then Super Eagles should be lifting the World Cup every time

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in a bizarre interview with French magazine L'Equipe's Sport spoke on a wide-range of topics including time, religion and more. When he was asked for similarities between his faith and his football and whether he has a "mystical power" over his players, he said;
"I am only a guide. I allow others to express what they have in them. I have not created anything. I am a facilitator of what is beautiful in man. I define myself as an optimist. My constant battle in this business is to get out there is beautiful in man. We can at this level portray me as naive.

"At the same time, it allows me to believe it and it often gives me reason." Wenger who early in his career used to read from a book of prayers before matches says he doesn't do that again and doesn't feel his team needs 'God to win.
"Unfortunately today, it works less! At the same time, fortunately, it means that my team does not necessarily need God to win. The only time possible for happiness is the present. The past gives regrets and future uncertainties. Man quickly realized this and created the religion. It forgives him what he has done wrong in the past and told him for the future not to worry. I'm always afraid of being late and not to be ready, not being able to accomplish all that I planned. My personal relationship with time is scary. To go back in time, to look behind yourself is equally staggering. First of all, you're frightened because there is less to come than the time already spent. If you wallow with that feeling, it's definitely scary and sometimes you feel guilty."

Source :www.lindaikejisblog.com/2015/11/arsenal-does-not-necessarily-need-god.html?m=1

No wonder united fans have been complaining abt his performance...they dnt knw the dude is actually looking to switch Careers

I also want to suggest u don't invest all that huge amount into the business at once. U can erect structures since u say it's ur land, but dnt stock too many birds for a start.

Poultry business is very delicate but yet so interesting and profitable. U may want to start with like 50-100 birds

Search the Internet esp Nairaland for tips and then try to look for a mentor maybe close to wia u live.

Truth also is regardless of hw much mentoring u get, u still have to learn by experience and that is why u nid to limit the birds for now

Staying close to the farm is also an advantage but u can still cope if u visit regularly and then have d place secured by someone

Yea, this is Kaymu's office in Yaba...

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U dont reply ur messages. Ive seen that complaint on this Platform once and the same thing is happening again now
I sent you a message on September 2 to make some enquiries so as to do biz wit u, but u didnt respond. I sent another on September 4 to remind u of the earlier msg, and the need to be swift with responses but u neither acknowledge nor reply that one too.
It means the "Contact us" email on ur website is just there for fun.

The form of Biz u run needs pple to be able to trust u to give them prompt responses in regards to the products they have with u or they want u to deliver on their behalf to customers. In ecommerce, not delivering products on time can quickly cripple one's biz.
...so in a situation where i need an info from u urgently so as to get sometin across to a customer & u didnt reply for a Whole WeeK!...mehn, thats totally out of it & I score u F9 there.

U need to look deeply into that if you want to gain pple's trust & more patronage.

Go check ur mail. I'm sure thousands of mails are waiting for ur attention.

Hello, do you make deliveries also to Kaymu centers or is it just Jumia & Konga?
cos Kaymu is the next best thing now for Sellers so it will be great if you guys do business with them. More importantly Kaymu & Jumia are owned by the same Company (AIG) so the ease of doing biz with them shld be there since you are already in biz with Jumia.

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Thanks

Babatunde Fashola, governor of Lagos, has transformed the
city - and helped halt the spread of Ebola in Nigeria

He famously claims to be "just doing his job". But in a land
where politicians are known for doing anything but, that alone
has been enough to make Babatunde Fashola, boss of the vast
Nigerian city of Lagos, a very popular man.
Confounding the image of Nigerian leaders as corrupt and
incompetent, the 51-year-old governor has won near-celebrity
status for transforming west Africa's biggest city, cleaing up
its crime-ridden slums and declaring war on corrupt police
and civil servants.
Next month, he will come to London to meet business leaders
and Mayor Boris Johnson's officials, wooing investors with
talk of how he has spent the last seven years building new
transport hubs and gleaming business parks.
Yet arguably his biggest achievement in office took place just
last week, and was done without a bulldozer in sight. That was
when his country was officially declared free of Ebola, which
first spread to Nigeria three months ago when Patrick Sawyer,
an infected Liberian diplomat, flew into Lagos airport.
Health officials had long feared that the outbreak, which has
already claimed nearly 5,000 lives elsewhere in west Africa,
would reach catastrophic proportions were it to spread through
Lagos. One of the largest cities in the world, it is home to an
estimated 17 million people, many of them living in sprawling
shanty towns that would have become vast reservoirs for
infection. To make matters worse, when the outbreak first
happened, medics were on strike.
Instead, Mr Fashola turned a looming disaster into a public
health and PR triumph. Breaking off from a trip overseas, he
took personal charge of the operation to track down and
quarantine nearly 1,000 people feared to have been infected
since Mr Sawyer's arrival.
Last week, what would have been a formidably complex
operation in any country came to a successful end, when the
World Health Organisation announced that since Nigeria had
had no new cases for six weeks, it was now officially rid of the
virus.
"This is a spectacular success story," said Rui Gama Vaz, a
WHO spokesman, who prompted an applause when he broke
the news at a press conference in Nigeria on Tuesday. "It
shows that Ebola can be contained.
The WHO announcement was a rare glimmer of hope in the
fight against Ebola, and even rarer vote of confidence in a
branch of the Nigerian government, which was heavily
criticised over its response to the abduction of more than 200
schoolgirls by the Boko Haram insurgent group in April. As a
columninst in Nigeria's Leadership newspaper put it last week:
"For once, we did not underachieve."
For Mr Fashola's many supporters, it is also yet more proof
that the 51-year-old ex-lawyer is a future president in the
making, a much-needed technocrat in a country dominated far
too long by ageing "Big Men" and ex-generals.
"He is the best governor we have ever had," said Odun
Babalola, a Lagos-based pension fund portfolio manager.
"He's made a lot of progress in schools, railways, and
infrastructure, and unlike a lot of politicians, who are corrupt,
he's a good administrator."
True, the successful tackling of the Ebola outbreak was not Mr
Fashola's doing alone. For a start, the doctor's strike that was
under way when Mr Sawyer collapsed at Lagos airport turned
out to be a blessing in disguise. Rather than being taken to one
of Lagos's vast public hospitals, where he might have
languished for hours and infected numerous fellow patients
and staff, he was instead admitted to a private clinic. There he
was seen by a sharp-eyed consultant, Stella Adadevoh, who
spotted that his symptoms were not malaria as had been first
thought.
She then alerted the Nigerian health ministry, and along with
other doctors physically restrained Sawyer when he became
aggressive and tried to leave the hospital to fly to another
Nigerian city. Her quick thinking help stop the virus being
spread more widely, but also cost her her life: she caught
Ebola herself while treating Mr Sawyer, and has now been
recommended for a national award.
But even by the time Mr Sawyer had been isolated, the virus
was already on the loose. Knowing that he had passed through
one of the busiest airports in west Africa, health officials had to
try to track down every single person who had potentially been
infected by him, including the other passengers on his flight.
The list started at 281 people and grew to nearly 1,000. as
eight others whom he turned out to have passed the virus to
subsequently died.
That was where Mr Fashola stepped in. He broke off from a
pilgrimage to Mecca, flew home and then helped set up an
Ebola Emergency Operations Centre, which spearheaded the
mammoth task of monitoring all those potentially infected. A
team of 2,000 officials were trained for the task, who ended up
knocking on 26,000 doors. At one point the governor was being
briefed up to ten times a day by disease control experts. He
made a point of visiting the country's Ebola treatment centre, a
way of communicating to the Nigerian public that they should
not panic needlessly.
"Command and control is very important in fighting disease
outbreaks, and he provided effective leadership," said Dr Ike
Anya, a London-based Nigerian public health expert. "He also
said exactly the right things, urging for the need to keep calm.
Regardless of whether you support his politics, he has been
very effective as a governor and I would be happy to see him
stand for leadership."
Born into a prominent Muslim family but married to a
Christian, Mr Fashola trained as a lawyer and went into
politics after being appointed chief of staff by the previous
Lagos governor, Asiwaju Tinubu, a powerful politician often
described as Mr Fashola's "Godfather". But while he has long
enjoyed the backing of a political "Big Man", is his role as a
rare defender of Nigeria's "Little Men" that has won him most
support.
Once, while driving through Lagos in his convoy, he famously
stopped an army colonel who was driving illegally in one of the
governor's newly-built bus lanes, berating him in front of
television cameras.
"The bus is for those who cannot afford to buy cars," he said.
"I want a zero tolerance of lawlesness, and those who don't
want to comply can leave our state."
It was one of the first times Nigerians had ever seen a civil
servant confronting a member of the security forces, whose
fondness for committing crime rather than fighting it has long
contributed to Lagos's legendary reputation for lawlessness.
Armed robberies - sometimes by moonlighting police - used to
be so common that few people ventured out after dark. Foreign
businessmen would routinely travel with armed escorts, and
the few willing to live there would stay mainly in a heavily-
guarded diplomatic area called Victoria Island, a rough
equivalent to Baghdad's Green Zone. Add to that the
suffocating smog, widespread squalor and regular three-hour
traffic jams, and it was no suprise that the city had a
reputation as one of the worst places in the world to live.
Today, much of the problems remain. But members of the vast
Nigerian diaspora say they now notice big changes whenever
they go back. "When you return you see an absolute difference
- things have improved 100 per cent," said Nels Abbey, a
London-based Nigerian journalist and businessman. "Traffic is
not what it used to be, bus lanes have been introduced, and it
feels a lot safer. Fashola has been like a Tory mayor for Lagos
- he is trying to make it attractive to the well-off."
Styling himself as Lagos's answer to Boris Johnson has not
endeared him to everyone. As well as laying plans for a vast
offshore business park intended as an "African Dubai", he has
accelerated programs to clear the ever-expanding shanty
towns, ordering their occupants to return to their homes in
Nigeria's poorest east and north. That has led to criticism from
human rights groups, although others say it is hard to see how
Lagos will ever improve otherwise. "Do I endorse it?" said Mr
Nels. "I am afraid it is a bit of a necessary evil."
Another big achievement has been increasing tax revenues,
vital in a city where the GDP of $43 billion makes it the fifth-
biggest economy in sub-Saharan Africa. Mr Fashola has tried
to sweeten the pill by putting up signs on all new infrasructure
projects, saying "paid for by your taxes". It is a rare
acknowledgement of gratitude in a country where a guaranteed
stream of state oil wealth has historically allowed rulers to
remain aloof from the ruled.
However, despite being relected with 80 per cent of the vote in
2011, the main hailed as Nigeria's brightest political hope in
years is far from guaranteed a life in office. Having served two
terms in office already, he is not allowed to run as Lagos
governor again. And as a member of a minority tribe and the
country's opposition All Progressives Congress, he currently
lacks the political backing to go head to head against Goodluck
Jonathan in next year's elections.
In the meantime, fresh from ridding Lagos of Ebola, he is
focusing on an arguably even tougher challenge, launching a
new initiative to stop motorists stuck in traffic jams from
blasting their horns all day. As he put it: "If we can overcome
Ebola, then we can overcome noise pollution."


SOURCE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11184759/Meet-the-man-who-tamed-Nigerias-most-lawless-city.html?fb

Ex-Chelsea ace Michael Essien bizarrely found himself at the
centre of a cruel hoax after a report surfaced that the Ghanaian
midfielder had contracted Ebola.
Online Nigerian newspaper, NewsWireNGR, were seemingly
duped by tweets from Twitter user @YuryAlkaev - who claims
to be a sports journalist - reporting that AC Milan had
confirmed that Essien had caught the killer disease.
However, after the story started to create a stir on social
media, AC Milan sources quickly moved to scotch the claims,
insisting any reports are fake and that no interviews had been
given to Nigerian media.

SOURCE: http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/michael-essien-ebola-reports-are-fake-claim-ac-milan-2685758.html

its everywia on the net o...bt it is still unconfirmed sha. I wish 2 hell its nt true
**Modified*** The story is false...it has been debunked here: https://www.nairaland.com/1945902/michael-essien-ebola-reports-fake#27087526

You can still read from here 4 nao: http://lindaikeji.mobi/
I fink she said she didnt wana leave because of hackers, bt i also believ she shld av registrd the doman names dat bear semblance with her blog name atleast 4 tyms like dz

You can still read from here 4 nao: http://lindaikeji.mobi/
its on her twitter

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
yesterday September 24th arraigned six fishermen Adekunle
Oshingbosi; Momodu Ibrahim; Idowu Tuesday; Togbosi
Christian; Benjamin Eyinle; Anthony Medoho, and their
company, Oshine Resources Ventures Limited before a Federal
High Court sitting in Lagos for allegedly fishing in
unauthorized waters.
According to the EFCC, the men were arrested on March 27th
by officers of the Nigerian Navy for fishing in Nigerian
territorial waters without getting authorized approval thereby
violating Sections 1(1)(2) of the Seas Fishery Act Cap S4,
2004.
When the 2 count charge of conspiracy and stealing was read
to the men, they pleaded not guilty and applied for bail
through their counsel.
The presiding Judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba granted them bail
in the sum of N10 million each with one surety in like sum
each, who is to produce two recent passport photographs.
They were remanded at the Ikoyi prisons pending when they
meet their bail conditions.


SOURCE : http://lindaikeji..nl/2014/09/efcc-arraigns-fishermen-for-fishing-in.html?m=1

But wats up wit all dis GEJ & TAN adverts that hav characterised the screen anytime diaz a football match. I noticed in the World cup also. Mr President abeg dnt mix politics wit football for us o like u did 2 Nollywood in 2011

In a bizarre tale that illustrates how Nigeria is run, President
Goodluck Jonathan arrived two weeks ago at a top secret
meeting with the exiled Emir of Gwoza, the newly-named
headquarters of Boko Haram’s so-called “Islamic Caliphate,”
with no knowledge of the location of Gwoza, presidency
sources at the meeting said.
According to SaharaReporters, the Emir, Muhammed Timta,
escaped after the militants invaded Gwoza on August 16 and
took over his palace. He arrived in Abuja after first making his
way to Maiduguri to escape further attempts on his life. His
father, Idrissa Timta, had died in a Boko Haram
ambush on May 30, 2014 as Boko Haram ambushed his
convoy on his way to the burial of the Emir of Gombe.
Shortly after Timta’s arrival in Abuja, President Jonathan sent
for the Emir, who was accompanied to the meeting by a Borno
Senator, Ali Ndume. However, to the utter shock of the Emir,
President Jonathan did not know where Gwoza was located:
Adamawa or Borno State.
Presidency sources said silence enveloped the room after the
President, apparently lacking basic research or a briefing by
his numerous aides and security agencies, allegedly asked in
condescending pidgin, “Where’s Gwoza sef?”
Mr. Jonathan then promised to ‘liberate’ Gwoza after Senator
Ndume told him Gwoza was his home town and that it is
located in Borno State.
Gwoza remains under the control of Boko Haram after the sect
took over the township in a raid and declared the town the
headquarters of the “Islamic Caliphate” in the Northeast of
Nigeria.
At least three attempts by Nigerian troops have been repelled
by the militants. Several soldiers and innocent civilians were
killed.

SOURCE: http://saharareporters.com/2014/09/01/“where-gwoza-sef”-jonathan-asks-meeting-emir