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Tinubu controlling center and lagos.
Sometimes when I hear APC. I take it as tinubu second name

The Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, has struck out a suit of certificate forgery brought against Senator Foster Ogola of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The suit was dismissed on Saturday after the tribunal had taken closing statements from the legal teams representing both parties over a fortnight ago.

Senator Ogola was declared winner of the Bayelsa West Senatorial District election on May 28 but Mr. Eddy Julius, candidate for the All Progressives Congress and the party challenged his (Ogola’s) victory, saying he was not qualified to represent the district.

Julius, represented by his lawyer, Somina Johnbull, had alleged that Ogola forged his First School Leaving Certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission to enable him contest the election and urged the commission to withdraw the certificate of return and present it to him.

He had prayed the court to grant his reliefs and declare him (Julius), who came second, the winner of the election by the virtue of “doctrine of wasted votes.”

The petitioners had joined the Independent National Electoral Commission and the PDP in the case of certificate forgery against Senator Ogola in the complaint filed on April 18.

But delivering judgment, the chairman of the tribunal, Justice Chikere Annie Ononneze, dismissed the petitioner’s suit for lack of evidence and upheld the election of Ogola.

The tribunal had earlier taken the closing arguments of both parties but the plaintiffs only presented Julius as witness and failed to present other nine witnesses or any evidence before the tribunal.

The respondents had urged the court to strike out the case as the plaintiffs had failed to prove their case and that there were no issues of substantial non-compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act.

APC and Julius were represented by Somina Johnbull while INEC and PDP was represented by Joe’Kyari Gadzama.

Speaking to journalists after the judgment, the counsels for the PDP and INEC commended the tribunal for the decision in striking out the suit and upholding the election of Senator Ogola.
http://www.punchng.com/news/tribunal-upholds-bayelsa-pdp-senators-victory/

Who released this virus on our old men?

A patriotic Nigerian will make a better president

I saw same thing 2months ago at igbo-effon, ajah road. Some hausa men were crossing the.wide road. The last guy did not see the fast car coming from the fast lane. Then he got hit. Mob were there standing , even his colleagues were speechless, the guy driving came down to see what happened.when he learnt that the guy is dead. Just imagine fast and furious racing, he jumped into the car and sped off. That was when the victim friends started chasing the criminal. Within a sec the guy don disappear

I don't really get when I see trends like this.
65% of igbo in lagos are lagosians. U only know they are igbo by the name they answer. Many of my friends has never been to south east before. So what makes them south east. Even the retired ones get buried in lagos. A couple number of them return home only during festive period.

The immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Sunday described as untrue allegations that a substantial part of the $1bn Chinese loan obtained for railway projects was diverted.

Okonjo-Iweala in a statement issued by her Media Adviser, Mr Paul Nwabuikwu, also explained that contrary to the allegation, the Kano-Lagos rail project is not part of the project listed for funding from the Chinese loan.

President Muhammadu Buhari had last Monday queried the Ministry of Finance over alleged diversion of foreign loans obtained for rail projects by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Specifically, the President was seeking clarification on alleged diversion of a substantial part of a $1.005bn loan obtained from the Chinese Exim Bank for the construction of a standard gauge rail line linking Lagos to Kano.

The funds were said to have been moved elsewhere.

But while reacting to the allegation, Okonjo-Iweala who spearheaded the negotiation of the loan during her time as finance minister said the China-EximBank kept and disbursed funds for approved projects to contractors based on milestones.

The funds, she added, were not domiciled with Finance Ministry.

Giving a breakdown of the loan and how it was utilized, the minister said that $500m was used for the expansion of four International Airport Terminals in Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Port Harcourt, $500m for the Abuja Light Rail project, $984m for the Zungeru Hydro-electric power project and $100m for the Galaxy Backbone project

The minister in the statement noted that even if the alleged project was on the list of China-Exim Bank funded projects, diversion of any Chinese funds would have been extremely difficult because the terms of the contract and the processes would simply not have permitted such action.

The statement reads in part, “We have continued to receive media inquiries regarding an allegation reportedly made by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Alhaji Mohammed Bashar, that a substantial part of a $1bn loan obtained from the China-EximBank by the Jonathan administration for a Kano-Lagos rail project was diverted to other projects.

“I want to state categorically that there is no truth in the reported allegation. Anyone who is interested can cross-check with the China-EximBank or the Chinese Embassy.

“It is noteworthy that even though President Buhari, in his reported comments on the allegation, made no reference to Dr. Okonjo-Iweala but rightly stressed the need for due process and transparency in the execution of public projects, a sponsored media campaign has once again been launched by political elements to make the former Minister the culprit in a non-existent scandal.

“The alleged diversion has no substance for the simple reason that the Kano-Lagos project was not even among the projects presented for funding by the China EximBank for several strategic infrastructural projects across the country.

“In fact, it was the Lagos–Ibadan rail project, not Lagos-Kano rail project that was proposed in the original application to the China-EximBank. But in the end, no funds were assigned for the Lagos-Ibadan rail project by the China-EximBank.”

The statement explained that based on the terms of the loan, the procedure was that funds for approved loans remain in the China-EximBank.

The funds, according to her were released directly to the Chinese firm executing the contract only after the presentation of duly certified proof of work by the Federal Ministry of Transport, based on the agreed milestones.

“For the sake of emphasis, the China-EximBank does not disburse money directly to government and therefore the issue of diversion does not arise,” the statement added.
http://www.punchng.com/news/1bn-chinese-rail-loan-not-diverted-okonjo-iweala/

Don't mind UK govt. They fault our govt because we could not put our corrupt politicians into justice, James ibori was jailed in UK why are they delaying sending his loot back to Nigeria.

He did worst than this when he was minister of FCT.
He fear no one. But mehn the building thou

chuna1985:
China is still a very corrupt country.

I agree with u in some points. But take a look at their economy, their military.
They produce what they consume , unlike Nigeria that we produce what we don't consume and consume what we don't produce

Buhari can not get saints. Is just like going to Sodom/gomorah to virgin.
Since buhari said politicians and technocrat will make his list. Had it been it was only technocrat I would have said maybe.
But he can turn mr left to mr right. They can change their ways and work for the betterment of nigeria.
China is more corrupt than nigeria before. Just take a look at China today

Picture of the conspirators.

I schooled in the East. And I can attest to that. People that are always bitter about other tribe/ethnic groups are people that havent visited the location before.
Traveling is truly part of education

PDP and APC is not the problem we have in nigeria. Our problem is not religion background, not tribe, not ethnic groups. The problem is people we give the mandate to represent us. The greedy ones we trust so much but failed us.

More pictures.

Today 14th of Aug oba okunade sijuade was laid to rest .
The yoruba nation lost a rare gem--- Ambode

They will deny it soon. Just watch

Na now una wake up.
Not only in prison. And some vulnerable places also. Main markets, bank premises, filling station environ. Even sea cameras

Govt since 1960 has been spending on power, what I don't really get is. All the means to generate power is present in nigeria. Gas, water, solar, coal. The question remains why can't we achieve an uninterrupted power supply.

No tribalism at the top

Not only in lagos , all part of yoruba land

Bode George has not contested any election before. I don't know why he's the party chairman. We have other lagos chieftains capable for that position.

Thou he impose agbaje on them. To be candle agbage was the best for PDP as at that time, if it was obanikoro, ambode and tinubu won't spend more on advert.

Federal capital territory. No where is secured for life and property in Nigeria

Ladies shy away from this kind of news. If it was the unilag case now, they would have insulted and condemned the act.

Oshomole na fine man ooooo...

What of the abobaku?

Where is abobaku?

Mini buhari

Swaggzkid:
Your a fool I shouldn't be talking politics with someone of your calibre, you still have a fish brain*

For your information wole soyinka campaigned for buhari, ok? Try and always buy newspaper to read and digest instead of sitting here to digest half baked news on nairaland*!

Sorry if your offended by my comment* OneLove sir

End of discussion

Soyinka did not campaign for buhari,
channel tv before election. Mope asked him who we should vote for, since he said no better candidate btw Gej and buhari, soyinka replied and said. We have other political parties and both of them are not the only ones contesting. Channel team said those ones are not popular.

My bro. Dont get ur fact in politics by what u read in new papers