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mykemiley: Oya Rivers state make una run fast fast go court cos una own neva tey,e stil dey fresh 4 boko ameachi.

Emperor Amaechi has shut down the Courts my brother...!!!

The former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party,PDP,Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has expressed his readiness to support President Goodluck Jonathan if he declares his intention to seek re-election in 2015.

Tukur, who stated this in Abuja, maintained that Jonathan’s re-election will strengthen democracy and preserve the unity and stability of Nigeria.

Tukur also urged Nigerians to support President Jonathan for a second term to enable democracy thrive in unity and harmony.

While canvassing support for President Jonathan, Tukur maintained that re-election of the president will help to consolidate on going infrastructural development in the country.

Even though President Goodluck Jonathan is yet to declare his intention to run in 2015, several social-political groups have emerged in recent times, urging him to contest the elections.

Among those groups, The Strategic Team (TST), a national political think-tank group, who met with the former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, to pledge their support for the President.

He told the group to continue their grassroots mobilization and sensitization on the matter, pending the final determination of the President.

Earlier, the group told the gathering their reasons for identifying with the current administration.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the 2015 general elections to hold in February.

At the moment, no political party including the ruling Peoples Democratic Party has come up with their presidential candidate for the elections.


http://www.channelstv.com/2014/07/12/i-will-support-jonathan-if-he-decides-to-contest-in-2015-tukur/

So it took 8 long years for a judgment as simple and straight forward as this to be delivered by the Supreme Court abi?

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Got better for about two straight weeks in Port Harcourt but now its very very bad. No power for one week now in Woji axis Phc. The period it got better, the diesel vendor threatened we would soon come knocking again and true to their words, we are back knocking even harder this time...!!! What is most annoying is that Gov. Amaechi's commissioner for Power is busy arguing Argentina vs Germany final match in a popular joint in Phc and blaming the FG after siphoning huge budgetary allocation to his Ministry.

I've personally been waiting for the day the Court would have removed the Gov. that created the so called 'State of Osun' from Osun State...!!! The State of Osun is alien to the Nigerian Constitution and as such anyone changing the nomenclature should be impeached. If not through the representative of the people, then through the ballot box....!!!

Did I hear you say from a reliable source in the UN office? Where was this your Mr. reliable source when the UN office was bombed in Abuja?

The Adamawa State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists on Tuesday turned down the request of the Investigative Committee, probing allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the state Governor, Murtala Nyako, and deputy, Bala Ngilari, by the State House of Assembly.

The seven-member committee, whose report will determine the fate of the impeachment process against Nyako and Ngilari, was set up by the state Acting Chief Judge, Justice Ambrose Mammadi, on Friday.

It is yet unclear why the NUJ rejected the request of the panel to use its Press Centre for its sittings.



http://www.punchng.com/news/nuj-turns-back-adamawa-impeachment-panel-from-office/

Embattled Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, on Tuesday refused to entertain questions from journalists over the impeachment process instituted against him by the state House of Assembly.

Nyako set his ordeal aside and attended a meeting of the Council of State presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan on a day a newspaper (not THE PUNCH) reported that he had travelled out of the country.

He was the cynosure of all eyes when he arrived the Council Chambers venue of the meeting at about 10:40am.

His colleagues kept besieging his seat to identify with him and get first hand information on the development in his state.

Nyako however remained calm throughout the period.

Immediately the meeting ended, the embattled governor was the first to leave the Presidential Villa.

He refused to answer questions from journalists.


http://www.punchng.com/news/impeachment-nyako-evades-journalists/

He may eventually resign but at the very last hour....dying minute.

click2cbn: Amaechi must be absent

My thinking too...!!! He only knows how to go on errands for Tinubu and APC

His resignation would mean either he wants to prove his innocence in court by stepping aside and facing the law as an ordinary citizen in which case he will be picked up by the EFCC and charged to court. Alternatively, he can face the impeachment by getting a lawyer to represent him during the panel's sitting and his lawyer may try to deflate some/all the charges against him. (even though a cockroach is always guilty in the gathering of the fowl)

His Deputy is also involved in the impeachment plot so even if he resigns, the House may insist on carrying on with the impeachment and the Deputy will also be hanging on thesame thread as Nyako.

The Current Speaker will assume office as the Acting Governor While INEC will need atleast 90 days (August - October 2014) to prepare for fresh governorship election in Adamawa State. So in 2015 there will only be elections into the State Assembly, the NASS and Presidential in that State.

The Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday approved a loan of $280m requested by the state Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, for water supply and sanitation in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

Members of the House, who also instructed that the State Commissioner for Water Resources, Patricia Simon-Hart, to appear before them on the next sitting, said $80m would be accessed from the World Bank while the sum of $200m would be sourced from the African Development Bank.

It will be recalled that Amaechi had last month written to the House to approve the loan from the two banks.

The letter, addressed to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Otelemaba Dan-Amachree, read, “It may interest you to note that the Rivers State Government has successfully obtained approval from the Boards of the African Development Bank and the World Bank respectively for the Port Harcourt water supply and sanitation project.

“The purpose of the project is to provide sustainable and safe access to clean and hygienic drinking water and sanitation in the city of Port Harcourt. The project, which is being taken by the Federal Ministry of Finance, for un-lending to Rivers State is to enable the state government to commence the project at the earliest possible time.”

The loan will be paid back through 22 years with an initial three percent interest. It was also gathered that the first eight years would be interest-free.

Speaking on the executive request, the lawmaker representing Etche Constituency II, Mr. Golden Chioma, described $280m loan as a huge amount that would attract only three percent interest

http://www.punchng.com/news/rivers-assembly-okays-280m-loan-for-water-sanitation/

Section 188 (5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as Amended states ...

(5) Within seven days of the passing of a motion under the foregoing provisions of this section, the Chief judge of the State shall at the request of the speaker of the House of Assembly, appoint a Panel of seven persons who in his opinion are of unquestionable integrity, not being members of any public service, legislative house or political party, to investigate the allegation as provided in this section.

(6) The holder of an office whose conduct is being investigated under this section shall have the right to defend himself in person or be represented before the panel by a legal practitioner of his own choice.
(7) A Panel appointed under this section shall - (a) have such powers and exercise its functions in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by the House of Assembly; and (b) within three months of its appointment, report its findings to the House of Assembly.

( Where the Panel reports to the House of Assembly that the allegation has not been proved, no further proceedings shall be taken in respect of the matter.

(9) Where the report of the Panel is that the allegation against the holder of the office has been proved, then within fourteen days of the receipt of the report, the house of Assembly shall consider the report, and if by a resolution of the House of Assembly supported by not less than two-thirds majority of all its members, the report of the Panel is adopted, then the holder of the office shall stand removed form office as from the date of the adoption of the report.

(10) No proceedings or determination of the Panel or of the House of Assembly or any matter relating to such proceedings or determination shall be entertained or questioned in any court.

OmoLisabi: The tenure of the C.J would have expired and there would be nobody to start the process of appointing a new CJ as.
Only the Governor can start the process of appointing a new CJ. So tell me would Nyako start the process that will lead to his Impeachment?
There is no CJ in Rivers state for several months now because of the disagreement between the state governor and National judicial council. PDP thinks they are smart, they have forgotten that some people are smarter than them.
This is tactical knock out for PDP in this imbroglio. Nyako I hail thee.

Well the constitution is clear, the most Senior Judge of the State High Court would immediately take over in acting capacity or the current Acting CJ's tenure extended for another 3 months. Even nature abhors vacuum (Lacuna) so which ever ways, Gov. Nyako will still go...!!! Failure to appoint the most senior judge as Acting CJ is an impeachable offence

So Adamawa State Judiciary would soon suffer what Rivers State Judiciary is already suffering; 'Lacuna'. Well the constitution is clear, the most Senior Judge of the State High Court should take over in acting capacity or the current Acting CJ's tenure extended for another 3 months. Even nature abhors vacuum so which ever ways, Gov. Nyako will still go...!!!

luvinhubby: This further strenghtens the belief that Nyako is very irresponsible and deserves the impeachment coming his way. Did he consider what the state stands to lose billions of naira from the loss of man hour in both public and private sectors as result of his declaration of a meaningless holidays just to save his butts from being impeached as governor. And it is not as if he will not be impeached eventually.

I agree with you. During the public Holiday banks, schools and all public institutions will be shut just because one man wants to still remain in office.

Gov. Nyako is running away from the 'fraying pan' of the Assembly men but may soon tumble into the 'fire' of the good people of Adamawa State for altering their business and social activities...!!!

The people of Adamawa State will soon serve him their own impeachment notice if he tries to shift the goal post 89mins of play simply becos his team is loosing...!!!

The Acting Chief Judge of Adamawa State, Ambrose Mammadi, on Friday in Yola set up a seven-man panel to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against the state governor, Murtala Nyako, and his deputy, Bala Ngilari.

Nyako, an All Progressives Congress governor, and Ngilari face an impeachment threat from the Assembly, largely dominated by the Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers.

The recommendations of the committee will form the basis on which the Assembly will decide the fate of the embattled governor and his deputy.

Details later…

http://www.punchng.com/news/adamawa-cj-sets-up-panel-on-nyakos-impeachment/

The Federal Government on Friday expressed doubts over the withdrawal of the suit filed by a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, to challenge his suspension on February 20.

The Federal Government expressed its doubts at the National Industrial Court, when its counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), told the court that although he was not opposing Sanusi’s notice of discontinuance, the Federal Government was not sure of the former CBN governor’s next move.

He added that he was not willing to withdraw his pending motion for stay of execution of the judgment by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, who had made an order transferring Sanusi’s suit to the National Industrial Court.

Ozekhome said government was not sure of the next move by Sanusi, who is now the Emir of Kano, as the former CBN governor had yet to withdraw his appeal against the judgment of the Federal High Court.

“We do not want to be caught unawares,” Ozekhome said.

Sanusi had filed an appeal against the judgment of the Federal High Court, arguing that the court was wrong to have held that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter and subsequently transferred the matter to the NIC.

But President Goodluck Jonathan and the AGF had also appealed against the judgment of the FHC on the grounds that the court lacked the power to transfer the matter.

They argued that the appropriate order the court ought to have made was dismissal or striking out of the suit.

Both Sanusi and the Federal Government (President Goodluck Jonathan and the Attorney-General of the Federation) had therefore filed separate applications for stay of execution of the FHC’s judgment,punch urging the NIC to await the determination of the appeals parties had filed.

Ozekhome told Justice Babatunde Adejumo, who is presiding over the case at the NIC, on Friday, that if Sanusi was genuinely desirous of withdrawing his case, he should take further steps to also discontinue his appeal and motion for stay of execution.

Ozekhome also sought time to confer with the AGF on what next step he should take in respect of his pending motion before the court.

At the previous hearing of the case on June 13 at the NIC following its transfer from the FHC, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Kola Awodein (SAN), sought time to enable him to consult with his client on further steps to be taken in the suit.

Sanusi had subsequently filed his notice of discontinuance, a development Awodein announced to the court on Friday.

The President’s lawyer, Mathew Echo, was indifferent. He did not object to Sanusi’s discontinuance notice, and refrained to comment on Ozekhome’s position in relation to the pending motions and appeals.

Justice Adejumo subsequently struck out the substantive suit on the grounds that the plaintiff had filed a notice of discontinuance under Order 19 Rule 17 of the NIC Rules.

He adjourned till November 7 for hearing of the pending motion for stay of execution of the Federal High Court’s judgment.


http://www.punchng.com/news/fg-doubts-sanusis-withdrawal-of-suspension-suit/

An Adamawa State government official says the State House of Assembly’s process of serving an impeachment notice to the State governor, Murtala Nyako and his deputy, Mr James Ngillari, is illegal and an act of impunity.

The Director, Press and Public Affairs, Government House in Yola, the state capital, Ahmed Sajoh, said on Friday that there was something unusual about the process, insisting that lawmakers, who had few months back, passed a vote of confidence on the governor, could not have come up with allegations against him now.

“When 25 of the lawmakers came to the Government House, to pass the vote of confidence on the governor, we thought all things were normal,” he said.

After the House had agreed to serve the governor the notice, the Clerk had gone to the State House to issue the notice but did not see the governor or his deputy.

He returned to the House, briefing it that the governor and his deputy had evaded service.

Mr Sajoh said that the Clerk’s claim that the governor and his deputy evaded service was not true, insisting that the governor had gone to Abuja to attend a meeting on ‘Safe School Initiative’ with the former Prime Minister of Britain, Gordon Brown. He further said that the offices had closed as at the time the Clerk of the House got to the office complex.

Allegations

“The Speaker had gone to court to demand for a substitute service and the Judge, quoting a Supreme Court judgement, said that there was no substituted service.

“The House went on the basis of the affidavit used in filing the case in court and nine members of the house sat down and said that they would overrule the court order,” Mr Sajoh said.

he further dismissed some of the allegations the legislators raised as ridiculous.

“They said that governor embezzled money meant for flood in 2011 but the flood occurred in 2012.

“They also accused the governor of appointing his wife as the chairman of SACA and that woman is well qualified to hold the office. She is a medical doctor, a consultant. The wife of the president is a permanent secretary in Bayelsa and nobody has said the president should be impeached because of that.

“The deputy governor is being accused of not advising the governor. What are the criteria for knowing whether the deputy was advising the governor or not,” he said, insisting that the lawmakers’ allegations were not detailed enough as stipulated by section 188:2 of the constitution that empowered them to impeach a sitting governor.

Some other allegations against the governor by the legislature are that the governor diverted 50 million released to him by the Ministry of Finance to acquire licence for the exploration of solid mineral in 2008, diverted 2.3 billion Naira workers salary for September and October 2011 and illegally deducted and diverted 142 million Naira emolument of workers in May 2014 among others.

Countering some of the allegations Mr Sajoh said that the allegations were not really fabricated, but insisted that the governor did not divert 142 million Naira emolument. He explained that during the period in question, there was a shortfall in the revenue accrued to the state government.

“Salaries were only paid without some allowances as a result of the shortfall and that the governor had promised that the allowances would be paid when the revenue increases. You cannot pay what you don’t have and it was not even only Adamawa State,” he said

He pointed out that some of the allegations fell within the governor’s tenure and also within the purview of the lawmakers and that they had all-along carried out their oversight functions.

He questioned why the legislators were bringing up the issue now, insisting that as much as the lawmakers had the right to exercise their function, the government could equally contest the constitutionality of the process.

“The section 188:2 of the constitution did not envisage a situation where people raise issues just to impugn somebody’s integrity. It says that there must be detailed allegations and these are no details.”

He also emphasised that the issue was taking another turn, with the Speaker issuing a press statement that the House had not declared the governor guilty with their impeachment notice.

Mr Sajoh also said that the government had taken the issue to court and would not appear before the House until the court had decided on the issue.


http://www.channelstv.com/2014/07/04/adamawa-government-insists-impeachment-process-illegal/

A YOLA High Court on Thursday dismissed an application by the embattled Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State seeking to restrain the state House of Assembly from proceeding with the impeachment move against him until the determination of the substantive suit.

Justice Ambrose Mamadi, who is the acting Chief Judge of the state, while ruling on the application filed by Nyako’s counsel, Kanu Agabi SAN, said the lawmakers did not violate any provisions of Section 188 of the 1999 Constitution as amended, adding that the move was to pre-empt the legislators, who had 24 hours earlier instructed the acting CJ to constitute a seven-man panel to investigate the 20 charges of gross misconduct levelled against the governor and the six counts of similar charges brought against the deputy governor.

The House had two weeks ago asked the clerk to serve the impeachment notices on the duo who have been inaccessible ever since, forcing the lawmakers to serve them through the media.

Nyako, in the eight-page impeachment notice, is accused of mismanagement of public funds running into several billions of Naira.

Meanwhile, Agabi, who was represented by Ayo Akam, said that the ruling did not affect the substantive case before the court.

Also the state secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Tahir Shehu, while welcoming the ruling, said the development has “cleared the coast for the lawmakers to continue with their constitutional responsibilities of checkmating the activities of government officials in the state.”


http://ngrguardiannews.com/news/national-news/169168-court-okays-nyako-s-impeachment-proceedings

The Senate will today screen the four ministerial nominees whose names were sent to the lawmakers shortly before they embarked on recess in June.

President Goodluck Jonathan had in June nominated former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano), Prince Adedayo Adeyeye (Ekiti), Dr Stephen Orhu (Delta) and Dr Abdul Bulama (Yobe) for appointment as ministers.

The Senate confirmed that the screening would take place today, following a motion by Deputy Leader, Senator Abduk Ningi.
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Meanwhile, the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, said the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, preached against activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect while he was alive.

Mark, who stated this during a motion in honour of the late Emir said that the Kate monarch was a peace loving leader.

The motion in honour of the late monarch was moved by Senators Hayatu Gwarzo, Basheer Mohammed and Kabiru Gaya.

Mark described the deceased as a fortright, strict, discipline and fearless traditional ruler whose frank and candid comments on crucial issues were usually respected.

Mark said: “The late Emir will not say or do anything he never believed in. For instance, when I visited in Kano, few years back, on the Boko Haram issue, the late Emir frankly submitted that Boko Haram will not do anything good for this country.”


http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/news-headlines/item/9549-senate-screens-ministerial-nominees-today

President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, have appealed to the former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola not to work for the All Progressives Congress in the August 9 governorship election in the state.

A source close to the meeting the President and Mu’azu had with Oyinlola at the presidential villa in Abuja on Tuesday, said the former governor was pleaded with to support the PDP during the election.

The source, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the issue, said Oyinlola was asked to support the candidate of the party, Sen. Iyiola Omisore for the election.

He said, “The President pleaded with him to support Omisore and the party and also to help in the campaign for the party.

“The President told him that he would want him (Oyinlola) to be present at the party’s campaign when he would be coming in order to give an assurance that he is with the PDP.”

In response to the demand by Oyinlola that he be reinstated as the national secretary of the party as ordered by the Court of Appeal, the President was said to have said that the issue would be looked into.

It was also gathered that the President did not make any commitment on whether the PDP would be asked to withdraw its appeal on the issue,which is pending at the Supreme Court.

Because of this, it was gathered that the former governor and his supporters were of the opinion that the President and the party wanted to use them to win the election and later abandon them.

“We know the gimmick. We know the politics. We also know what they are up to. They want us to be committed to them and later abandon us. We are wiser,” the source added.

Our correspondent also gathered that the President and the leadership of the party were not ready to trade away the current occupier of the office of the national secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo , who is the candidate of Omisore and Alhaji Buruji Kashamu.

While Kashamu is the financier of the party in the South-West, Omisore is also a close confidant of the President who also nominated the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan.



http://www.punchng.com/news/dont-work-for-apc-jonathan-muazu-beg-oyinlola/

Why must our military always take all their moves to the press? I think this should have been concealed until the girls are returned. Now the main men may either re-strategies or simply evaporate into thin air...!!!

Playcity: [size=18pt]Una call these numbers emergency numbers? Emergency numbers are meant to be quick 3 digits that even the dumbest man on earth will remember to call if quick need be . now how can u dial a number that is not even easy to memorize and you call it emergency number ? What happened to short codes like 911 , 112 , 199 etc ..? Yawa Dey for Naija [/size]

While i agree emergency numbers are meant to be short, i also think in the interim you can 'save to contact' on your phone in which case you won't need to memorize or try to remember the long number in an emergency situation. Just the stored customized name would do...!!! Where i have issues may be with our network providers.

So does the President have power to fire any Minister since they were also nominated and confirmed by the Senate... I think Sanusi is playing politics with his office and showing disregard to the office of the President if he said that...!!!

You should also tell us what those kids did to justify this...!!! I thought I heard the teacher asking one of them, "Chelsea or Man U?" I was expecting a different flogging for the girls sha...!!!

So for all corrupt politicians, don't wait to be caught, just go and book your space in the 'Down' zone....!!!!

Where are those Human Right crusaders? Justice must come the way of this poor and innocent widow. Watching the video again and again would show that the woman was not a hawker but was waiting for a vichecle to convey her goods as she rightly explained to the Governor. Her belongings were still sealed as against that of a hawker which may have been displayed or unsealed. The fundamental right of the woman to freedom of movement and right to own properties have been deprived her by Gov Adams. She is traumatized right now as she may likely even run at the sound of a siren even inside her own house after that encounter with the Gov

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Saw this map somewhere and felt i should show you!