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Clerverly: And you just called Incompetency "challenges" . I know you are looking for "Likes" cos that is what you thrive on here. Park yourself one side dude.

In my writeup, I said PDP and APC are all the same selfish politicians.
You only displayed ur Ignorance and still ended up NOT making ur own point. My opinion and yours may not be the same, but you should have still proved your own points. That is called MATURITY. GROW UP KID!

donphilopus: Aiyedun, you kpokish! U don rush update am just just nau! Anyways they've finally said goodbye to Goodluck.

lol. the guy too sharp....

It's Unfortunate

brushesz: Your approach is POOR
Your English is POOR
Your intelligence is POOR

You just spoke my mind. That's the reason I didn't reply him. I had a hectic time reading his post, so decided to ignore him.

It's very Unfortunate.

[b]Explosion hits Rivers state Deputy Governor’s office
A blast has hit the Rivers State government house, a government spokesperson said.

The explosion occurred near the deputy governor, Tele Ikuru’s office in the early hours of Tuesday. There were no casualties, commissioner of information, Ibim Semenitari, told PREMIUM TIMES.

Ms. Semenitari said the explosion is suspected to have occurred after a dynamite was thrown into the building at about 3 am Tuesday.

Police anti-bomb personnel immediately took control of the situation and retrieved some shrapnel, she said.
However, a police spokesperson in the state denied knowledge of the incident.

Police Public Relations Officer Ahmad Muhammad told PREMIUM TIMES he was not aware of any explosion in the state.
“I’m not aware of it. Yes, I’m not aware of that,” Mr. Muhammad said.

If the attack is proven, it would be a fresh twist in a series of political crises that have rocked the volatile oil producing state for months.
State lawmakers have been divided between those supporting the governor, Chibuike Amaechi, and those backing President Goodluck Jonathan, who is locked in a lingering feud with Mr. Amaechi.

The dispute peaked after the six lawmakers opposed to the governor claimed to have overruled about 25 members to impeach the assembly’ s speaker-a supporter of the governor.

The crisis that followed led to the shutdown of the assembly and a takeover of its legislative functions by the National Assembly. A court last week nullified the National Assembly’s decision.

The six lawmakers, led by Evans Bipi, have offered to work with Mr. Amaechi only if Mr. Bipi is recognized as the speaker.

http://premiumtimesng.com/news/151623-explosion-hits-rivers-state-deputy-governors-office.html

The political situation in Rivers State is getting messy by the day as an improvised explosive device was thrown at the Administrative Block of the Office of the Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru, in the early hours of today, causing a minimal damage to the building.

The Deputy Governor was unhurt in the explosion.

There has not been any official statement yet but Mr. Godswill Jumbo, the Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor confirmed that an incident like that happened, adding that he would issue a statement later.

P.M.NEWS sources at the Government House assured that an official statement will be issued after Governor Chibuike Amaechi had inspected the scene.

Phone calls to Ahmad Muhammad, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the state, were not answered.

Facts are also emerging that the fire that engulfed the old section of the Mile One Rumuoji Market today may have been caused by an explosive device thrown into the stores in the market.

Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, the state Commissioner of Information and Communications, said that arson was not ruled out in the burning of the market as explosions were heard in some parts of the state capital the previous night.

She said explosives might have been thrown into the market.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/12/17/explosion-rocks-rivers-deputy-governors-office/

gcey2k: please how do i subscribe to the 3000MB for 1k etisalat plan..

Check this thread
https://www.nairaland.com/1543561/etisalat-bis-now-rocking-non

Maybe...Since I don't know, it's better not say anything!

The All Progressives Congress caucus
in the House of Representatives on
Monday said that it had “enough
grounds” to initiate impeachment
proceedings against President
Goodluck Jonathan but that was not
in a hurry to do so.
The APC caucus said the time was
not yet ripe to initiate impeachment
against the President.
Minority Leader of the House, who is
also the APC leader in the House, Mr.
Femi Gbajabiamila, told The PUNCH
that neither the caucus nor the entire
National Assembly needed a directive
from the APC national leadership to
impeach the President.
He said lawmakers would monitor the
President for now, hoping that he
would amend his ways by addressing
the allegations raised by former
President Olusegun Obasanjo in his
controversial letter.
Gbajabiamila said, “As for
impeachment, there are enough
grounds for impeachment of the
President.
“The constitution says you need only
one ground, but we have more than
one ground already. So, the party
(APC) does not have to give us a
directive to impeach the President.
“Nobody wants to impeach the
President, but we will continue to
study the situation to see whether he
will sit up.”
He added that the opposition was
watching the Peoples Democratic
Party closely to see whether it would
impeach any of the five governors
who defected to the APC recently.
“Particularly interesting is the case of
Rivers State. We want to see how
they will use five legislators to
impeach a governor in that state,” he
stated.
Gbajabiamila said the “opposition
will respond in the most appropriate
manner” should any of the defected
governors lose their seat.
When contacted, the PDP caucus in
the House warned that it would resist
any move to discuss the
impeachment of Jonathan at the
House.
Deputy Majority Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor,
described such as “wishful thinking.”
He argued that the National
Assembly would not contemplate
impeaching the President because
“one external group” said it should do
so.
“Their call is even based on
inconsequential issues that negate
the spirit of the 1999 Constitution,” he
said.
Ogor noted that Jonathan was
elected by Nigerians, who could also
opt to “impeach” him by refusing to
return him to the Presidency in 2015.
Investigations showed that there was
no formal communication between
the national leadership of the APC
and its members in the National
Assembly on the issue.
Findings revealed that most APC
lawmakers got to know of the
directive to impeach Jonathan from
the publication of the statement by
their interim National Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed, in
some newspapers.
“Such a discussion has not taken
place. We have not been contacted,
or should I say, I am not aware. The
party has not contacted us formally
about the impeachment issue,” one
APC member in the House confided in
The PUNCH on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Chairman, Senate
Committee on Rules and Business,
Senator Ita Enang, on Monday said
the Senate would not heed the call by
the APC to commence impeachment
proceedings against the President.
Enang warned the APC to “stop
employing cheap blackmail to take
over power through the back door.”
He said, “The National Assembly
cannot heed the call of the APC or
treat the content of former President
Obasanjo’s letter.
“The letter from former President
Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter was not
addressed to the National Assembly.
“The issue of impeachment has not
arisen. The issue of impeachment of
the president has not at all arisen.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/weve-enough-grounds-to-impeach-jonathan-apc-reps/

Honestly, there's no need to impeach Jonathan now, to avoid heating up the polity. He should tackle corruption squarely and provide more democracy dividends to the masses. It's Never Late Now! We Need Action!

Following the call by the All
Progressives Congress, APC, for the
impeachment of President Goodluck
Jonathan, some Nigerians are of the
opinion that the allegations levelled
against him by former President
Olusegun Obasanjo in an 18-page
letter should be investigated first
before any impeachment.
Our respondents explained that it is
when the allegations are found to be
true that the National Assembly
should commence impeachment
proceedings against the president.
The APC, on Sunday called for the
impeachment of Jonathan on
allegations of gross misconduct.
Reacting to the APC call for
impeachment this morning, human
rights activist, Bamidele Aturu, said
asking for impeachment of the
president based on allegations not
proven was uncalled for.
“I don’t think we can ask for
impeachment when the allegations
are not investigated. This is simply
premature. The allegations made by
Obasanjo need to be investigated.
“APC should not think of getting to
power through another means but
through the ballot box, especially
when issues complained about have
not been investigated. If the facts are
investigated tomorrow and proved, I
will call for Jonathan’s impeachment
any day,” he said.
In his own reaction, Lagos lawyer,
Festus Keyamo, said it is within the
rights of APC to call for the
president’s impeachment, saying that
the party had become the most virile
opposition since independence in
1960.
He stated that the allegations
contained in Obasanjo’s letter to
Jonathan had sent jitters down the
spine of the presidency.
“The country belongs to us all. If the
allegations levelled against the
president are true, then they are
impeachable offences.
“The president needs to be
investigated and if it’s true, action
should be taken. You can’t say
somebody is training a killer squad
and the allegation will not be
investigated,” Keyamo said.
Former Governor of Kaduna State,
Alhaji Balarabe Musa, urged the
National Assemby to investigate the
allegations against the president and
determine whether they were
impeachable offences or not.
According to him, the allegations
contained in Obasanjo’s letter should
be thoroughly investigated.
“The bribery allegation levelled by the
CBN governor, Lamido Sanusi,
against one of the ministers serving
under Jonathan should be
investigated. The ones made by the
Speaker of the House of
Representatives that Jonathan is
encouraging corruption should be
investigated. If these allegations are
true, they amount to gross
misconduct and impeachable
offences,” Musa said.
Convener, Coalition Against Corrupt
Leaders, Comrade Debo Adeniran,
said the president cannot be
impeached on allegations not proven.
“APC’s call for the impeachment of
Jonathan should not be based on the
allegations in the letter written by
Obasanjo because these allegations
are not confirmed, but if confirmed,
impeachment process can then
begin,” he said.
Director, Muslim Rights Concern,
MURIC, Prof. Lakin Akintola, called
for outright impeachment of
Jonathan, saying the president is not
leading the nation in the right
direction.
He accused Jonathan of misusing the
powers of his office to hunt down
perceived opponents, adding that the
longer he stayed in power, the worst
for the nation.
In his own reaction, the Lagos State
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Captain Tunji Shelle,
described the APC stand as absurd.
Shelle said that the APC as an
opposition party is looking for co-
travellers and relevance by all means,
adding that is why they are
romancing some PDP governors.
“It is unfortunate that a party without
a clear cut ideology, a party that is
full of people with unskilled character,
a party that is not ready to bear one
name and stand by it, a party that
changes like chameleon, a party that
wants the downfall of the incumbent
government, a party that doesn’t
stand on its own except it merges
with others, definitely, you expect a
reaction like this.
“If a former president levelled an
allegation, that is personal to him,
that is his personal opinion. If they
have room to investigate, why didn’t
they investigate instead of calling for
impeachment. Because some people
had defected to their party, they think
it will be easy for them, No.
“Those people who left PDP are on
their own. They did not go with any
member. Example is Rivers State.
Amaechi defected and the Senators,
House of Reps members and the state
lawmakers did not go with him.
Same in Sokoto, Adamawa and other
states. The APC is making wrong
calculations. Structures still count in
PDP.
The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of
the PDP, Taofeek Gani, said that the
call by the APC for the impeachment
of President Goodluck Jonathan,
based on the alleged information
contained in the letter written by
Obasanjo, has further confirmed
members of the APC as anarchists.
“Nigerians should not take them
serious. They have become a
nuisance to the polity. One is
surprised that a party that touted
itself as a progressive party will on
the basis of a mere letter demand for
the impeachment of the president of a
country when such letter has not
been investigated and the man at the
centre of the allegations has not been
given time to defend himself.
“This has shown that for any
opportunity that the APC has, it will
be used inimically in the country.
They are not progressives, they are
reactionaries and anarchists. What
they want to do is to fester disunity
and acrimony in the land. They
should wait till 2015 to test their
popularity before Nigerians and not
attempt to get from the back door
what they are supposed to get at the
polls,” he stated.
The Chairman of the PDP’s Elders
Forum, Dr. Abayomi Finnih said what
everybody should be concerned with
is how to make the country peaceful
and not over heating the polity.
“I have not really studied what they
hinged the impeachment on. I heard
it like a rumour. I have not gone into
the details of what issues they want
to raise on the impeachment process.
What everybody should be concerned
about should be the peace of this
nation. This is not the time to start
over heating the polity,” he said.
http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/12/16/dont-impeach-jonathan-yet-say-nigerians/

Sunny_bobo: Fashola, the elite governor.

APC = Anti Poor Congress

Did you actually read the story?....
Which APC are u talking about? I'll advise you to pay a visit to the Psychiatric Hospital in Yaba fast, before your condition becomes more outrageous and irreversible.

OK

He'll ever be remembered for his heroic and giant strides. RIP MADIBA.

kambili999: y did u do dis?? poor anne david mark...

I did it to reserve space for more pictures when I get them. Cheers!

skyfall: I suggest Iceland. Let the cold finish off the good-for-nothing a-hole.

But on a second thought, he shouldn't be removed, his destiny is to balkanize and destroy PDP. That's not fully fulfilled yet.

Cool suggestion

Elnino4ladies: Wishn dem quickest divorce....

Courtesy demands that you wish them well, notwithstanding your grievances against any of them.

As the Presidency prepares a reply to the 18-page letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Jonathan on the state of the nation, indications emerged, yesterday, that the former leader was not expecting any reply but action from Jonathan.

A competent source told Sunday Vanguard that Obasanjo was more interested in Jonathan addressing the core issues he raised in his letter rather than getting a reply to his damning missive, entitled, ‘Before it is too late’.

The source, which also denied any breakfast meeting between Obasanjo and Jonathan in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, said the story was made up by those who tried to play down the importance of the former leader’s letter.

The source said,”The truth of the matter is that former President Obasanjo is not expecting President Jonathan to reply him. Absolutely no. The President did not consider it needful to respond to previous letters privately written to him by the former head of state and he does not expect any reply to this one.

“I can tell you that Obasanjo wrote the letter with the best intentions for Jonathan and Nigeria and what he wants from the President is courageous and timely actions to save Nigeria from the brink. That’s all.

“Obasanjo will be a happy Nigerian if appropriate steps are taken by President Jonathan to address the burning issues of corruption and other challenges that threaten to bring this country down.

“There is absolutely no reason to expect a reply from the Presidency when previous letters written to him were not even acknowledged.”
It was however learnt, at the weekend, that presidential aides have drafted a response to Obasanjo’s letter. The response was said to be awaiting Jonathan’s approval.

Asked to justify the breakfast parley between the former President and Jonathan in Kenya on the day the bromide of Obasanjo’s letter was feasted on by the media, the source said there was no meeting between the two leaders.

The source said that Obasanjo and Jonathan only met by chance and exchanged pleasantries as they lodged in the same hotel in Nairobi.
Obasanjo stirred controversy when he wrote a letter to Jonathan drawing his attention to myriad of issues capable of taking Nigeria to the brink if not addressed.

But the Presidency fired back, describing the letter as inciting, provocative and self-serving. Presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, who’s issued a statement, indicated that Jonathan would make a formal response but did not say when he would do so.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/obasanjo-fires-warns-jonathan-keep-reply-save-nigeria/

APC are just trying hard to get UNDESERVED Attention.....

Governors elected on the platform the
Peoples Democratic Party met in
Abuja on Friday night and agreed that
the National Chairman of the party,
Bamanga Tukur, be given an
ambassadorial position to ease him
out of office.
The meeting of the governors, it was
gathered, was aimed at preparing
their final position which they would
table before President Goodluck
Jonathan.
Tukur, who has vowed not to resign
from his position, is being seen as the
major problem bedevilling the ruling
party.
The former governor of old Gongola
State was at the State House to
confer with the President on the crisis
rocking the party on Wednesday,
where he told reporters that there was
no basis for him to resign.
The President was said to have
invited him to defend himself against
several accusations levelled against
him about the running of the party by
the governors and also inform him
about their calls for him to resign.
It was however learnt that the
governors had made up their mind
that the embattled national chairman
should leave office, however, they
have not decided on which state
should produce his replacement.
While others said Adamawa State
should be allowed to provide his
replacement, others were said to
have preferred that his replacement
should come for either Borno or Yobo
states.
One of sources at the meeting said
the governors would prefer Tukur’s
replacement to come from states
being run by the opposition.
All the states, including Adamawa,
Borno and Yobe are in the North-East,
where the position of national
chairman is zoned to.
One of the governors, who was at the
meeting told reporters in confidence
in Abuja, “We have agreed that the
man must leave office. That is
unanimous and we said okay let him
be made an ambassador. We hope
the President will listen to us this
time around.”
He said the recommendation was
aimed at giving Tukur what he called
“soft landing”, adding that if this was
not done, the fortune of the party
would continue to dwindle ahead of
2015 general election.
Other issues that would dominate the
PDP Governors meeting with the
President include the letter by the
former President Olusegun Obasanjo
and the management of the economy,
especially against the background of
the letter by the Governor of Central
Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido
Sanusi, that the NNPC had refused to
remit over $49.8bn to the federation
account.
Also, the non holding of the meeting
of the National Economic Council, it
was gathered, would form part of the
meeting.
http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-govs-recommend-ambassador-job-for-tukur/