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meanwhile fulani herdsmen is kidnapping, raping and killing his people.
mtchewww. COWARD!

sameer1212:
He is reporting Ekweremadu and WIKE

The picture shows that Tinubu has been used and dumped

Bobnotrouble:
I'm not surprised.
We know who is governing.

It must be Niger Delta refined fuel. It is cheaper than imported one.

I am disappointed in yoruba youth.
instead of them to confront these fulani herdsmen, they are on social media blaming GEJ, Igbos and PDP
Lest I forget, was it not the same ondo state that an Oba was kidnapped by Niger Delta militant

ANBAKO:
What of the millions of metric tonnes of rice that GEJ said they were producing? How could you produce this amount without visible farms?

In a bid to win the presidential election at all cost they resorted to lie and figure fabrication. Where is that Agric minister that was all over the place dishing out this figures?

May God help us.

go to nassarawa, abuja, kogi, kwara, ebonyi, gombe, et.c and see for yourself.
instead of sitting down in lagos and typing rubbish

Freegift75:
A black man with black mind born in black land with black stature is bound to always have his brain malfunctioning

... will always have his brain functioning black

Naijiant:
Don't call it a comeback, but Bobo Chicago is not taking this lying down.
http://www.naijiant.com/beer-parlour-gist/the-tinubu-fight-back/

he is a serial loser, he will beaten blue black

gudrated:
I work in a multinational company in Nigeria. Pay is very good. Life is wonderful, but unfortunately I find myself in a division in which I am the only single (unmarried) person out of over 100 people working in the unit. I face daily harassment and discrimination just because I am single. For goodness sake, it isn’t a sin to remain single after 2 years of working there. Gosh! Some of the issues I face are as follows:

1.Everyone expects you to work harder than others – My boss gives me more work than others. He keeps hammering on my head that he expects me to work harder than others simply because I have no wife or kids to worry about- Same annoying stuff everyone around me keeps telling me! I am expected to close later than everyone else simply because I don’t have a family! I am expected to bear more work burden because they think I don’t have other issues in life to worry about. Even when you work so hard, it is never enough because you are assumed to have abundant energy for the singular reason that you are yet not wedded! Isn’t that funny, or rather simplistic, or just plain annoying?


2.You are treated with lesser respect – In a gathering of colleagues, your opinion is not as highly regarded as others. No one really cares much about your opinions (especially non work related issues). Some pretend that they do, but in their actions, you can really tell that they don’t. Many think you aren’t responsible. Some think that all you do is to pursue interns or girls all round.

3.In an argument or debate, you hear “it’s because you are not yet married, you won’t understand’ – This is the most disgusting. When an ordinarily intellectual argument gets to a point when your fellow colleague seems to be losing out, he/she resorts to the cheap punch line “It’s because you aren’t yet married, you simply can’t understand” or “you are still young”. And I simply wonder – what does this discourse have to do with whether I am married or not? It’s just another smear remark on your singlehood.

4.You are an easy pick for relocation/ field work – When issues of relocation or extended field work crops up, you are easily handpicked for that. Reason: You have no family to relocate with. In other words, ‘na only you waka come’. My unit is considering relocating me from Lagos to one of the semi-developed state in Nigeria. I will resist as much as possible. But I know it’s almost a lost battle. No one cares about my reasons for not wanting to move. All because I am single. I was almost considering marrying urgently to block the relocation but it’s not advisable. I am assigned almost every time for field work on behalf of my unit. My other colleagues are easily exempted because of their marital status. Why me always?


5. Everybody reminds you every day of your singleness – Another frustrating issue I have learnt to live with every working day until I finally get married. Everyone reminds you that you are getting older. People ask you when you will finally present your wedding IV. People remind you that you have been working for the organization for quite some time. Colleagues (both senior and junior) ask you what you have been doing with your money. It’s just so vexing. Must I be told every single day at work? I already know for goodness sake.

6. You avoid celebrating your birthdays in office because people will admonish you to get married – Celebrating your birthday, which ordinarily is a thing of joy, becomes a plague (in office) which you have to avoid at all cost. Why? It’s another opportunity for colleagues and other ‘well-wishers’ to preach to you on the need for you to marry. It presents another opportunity for your bosses and colleagues to remind you that your clock is ticking. The bulk of the prayer you receive is “By God’s grace, you will be married by this time of the year”. And everyone shouts a big AMEN! This piles a lot of indirect pressure on you to meet the ‘target’ set to you by others.

7. People call you ‘boy’ - How dare you call me boy? But colleagues do all the time. Many times it is unintentional, but this is because they still see me as a ‘boy’ in their mindset simply because I don’t have the wedding ring on my finger yet! I live on my own, cater for myself, support my parents and some relatives financially and live a comfortable life. Am I still a boy? Damn NO. It’s shocking that even my boss calls me boy when he is scolding me, but never does the same to others. For goodness sake, that’s a form of harassment.


8. You hardly receive compassionate leave – No one wants to consider you for compassionate leave, even after spending your holidays and weekends working. I recount the number of times my married colleagues have enjoyed compassionate leave. But my boss will not hear my plea after working myself out for him. It’s even a sort of battle to go for my company approved leave as he will insist that the leave is of little significance to me since I am yet to marry.

9. You become the errand boy - This infuriates me too, especially when there are no interns around. You do the running around for your bosses. You are sent to the bank, to shops, to pick stuffs, to run some personal errands for your unit. You are expected to do some dirty or menial jobs simply because you are a single man. I have almost become my manager’s personal assistant despite the fact that I am employed a core professional.

10. You are the odd one out – No one will understand how it feels to be the odd one out of over 100 people. That feeling of knowing that you are just different from everyone else only because you are unmarried. You tend to avoid departmental get togethers because everyone else brings their spouses except you. When you aren’t discussing work or sports with colleagues, then it’s most likely that the discussion will be on family issues. People keep throwing it at your face one way or the other. They talk about family friends, timeout with kids, house helps, vacation with hobbies, etc. but you remain silent, hardly able to contribute. It feels awkward to be odd.

These are some of the frustrations we single men face at work daily. Your experience may be slightly different from mine, but we demand equal and fair treatment. The good news is that we won’t remain single for a long time.

Stand your ground man!
these are the exact reason that push me to marry when actually I wasn't ready
Today I know the hell I am passing through all in the name of marriage,
but non of those people are there to be found, instead it is blame and accusation from them.
I will advice you to find true love and choose your right time to marry.
It is your life not theirs.

Generalkorex:
Same here in my area.since friday we've been aving lite for at least 20hrs daily.

mention the area

yes.
GOD bless GEJ

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its flag bearer, Muhammadu Buhari, are finally in charge of the nation’s government.

Desirous of change, Nigerians have voted for the APC, whose mantra was anchored on the promise of “Change” in several aspects of the nation’s life.

During the electioneering campaign, President Muhammadu Buhari; his vice president, Yemi Osinbajo; and other top members of the party, made lots of promises to Nigerians.

TheCable, an online publication has compiled a list of Buhari’s and APC’s promises to Nigerians, drawn from APC manifesto, documents and promises made at campaign rallies. They will undoubtedly form the standard against which the APC government would be assessed when this new tenure ends in 2019.

Some of the promises , in no particular order include:
1. Public declaration of assets and liabilities
2. State and community policing
3. Ban on all government officials from seeking medical care abroad
4. Implementation of the National Gender Policy, including 35% of appointive positions for women
5. Revival of Ajaokuta steel company
6. Generation, transmission and distribution of at least 20,000 MW of electricity within four years and increasing to 50,000 MW with a view to achieving 24/7 uninterrupted power supply within 10 years.
7. Empowerment scheme to employ 740,000 graduates across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
8. Establishment of a free-tuition and scholarship scheme for pupils who have shown exceptional aptitude in science subjects at O/Levels to study ICT-related courses
9. 720,000 jobs by the 36 states in the federation per annum (20,000 per state)
10. Three million Jobs per year
11. [In another policy document by the APC] We will embark on vocational training, entrepreneurial and skills acquisition schemes for graduates along with the creation of a Small Business Loan Guarantee Scheme to create at least 5 million new jobs by 2019.
12. Churches and Mosques would not pay taxes under national laws, but if they engage in businesses, the businesses would pay tax.
13. Provision of allowances to the discharged but unemployed Youth Corps members for Twelve (12) months while in the skills and entrepreneurial development programme
14. Making our economy one of the fastest-growing emerging economies in the world with a real GDP growth averaging 10% annually. [In another instance, the APC promised 10-12% annual GDP growth]
15. Creation of a Social Welfare Programme of at least Five Thousand Naira (N5000) that will cater for the 25 million poorest and most vulnerable citizens upon the demonstration of children’s enrollment in school and evidence of immunisation to help promote family stability
16. Recruitment and training of at least 100,000 officers into the Nigerian police force and establish a Federal anti-terrorism agency.
17. One free meal (to include fruits) daily, for public primary school pupils
18. Building an airport in Ekiti state
19. Eradication of state of origin, replacing that with state of residence to ensure Nigerians are Nigerians first, before anything else.
20. Establishment of Crime Squad to combat terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, militants, ethno-religious and communal clashes nationwide
21. Working with the National Assembly towards the immediate enactment of a Whistle Blower Act
22. Economic stability for the ECOWAS nations and maintaining a strong, close and frank relationship with West Africa, South Africa, UK, USA, Canada, and other African countries
23. Establishing a conflict resolution commission to help prevent, mitigate and resolve civil conflicts within the polity.
24. All political officer holders earn only the salaries and emoluments determined and approved by the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Commission RMFAC.
25. Permanent peace in the Niger Delta and other conflict prone areas such as Plateau, Taraba, Bauchi, Borno and Abia.
26. As against fears in some quarters, Buhari while speaking with catholic bishops in Abuja back in February, promised not to Islamise Nigeria.
27. Nationwide sanitation plans to keep Nigeria clean
28. Preserving the independence of the Central Bank
29. Simplifying immigration process to foster faster visa processing at points of entry.
30. Special incentives to facilitate the education of the girl child
31. Full implementation of the National Identification Scheme to generate the relevant data.
32. Making Information Technology, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Entertainment key drivers of our economy
33. Balancing the economy across regions by the creation of 6 new Regional Economic Development Agencies (REDAs) to act as champions of sub-regional competitiveness
34. Putting in place a N300bn regional growth fund (average of N50bn in each geo-political region) to be managed by the REDAs.
35. Amending the Constitution and the Land Use Act to create freehold/leasehold interests in land along with matching grants for states to create a nationwide electronic land title register on a state by state basis

atlwireles:
Impressive, this extradition hearing will be interesting to say the least. This already looks like advantage Buruji

exactly!
OBJ, Tinubu and Co are just after this man; forgetting that he is a senator elect.
I think it is time his people rise up to his defence.

PassingShot:
My only question is, why do you think USA want Kashamu behind bar if he's not guilty of the offence?

Besides, that he was not found guilty in UK for some flaws made by the prosecuting team does not necessarily mean that Kashamu is not guilty really.

This is just Nigerian Politics for you.
Scape-goat are been lead to the altar when the new administration has not started
Which country will extradite her own citizen to be prosecuted on a case which has already been judge.

I reached these conclusions on the 28th February 2002 and since that
date this court has sat on a number of occasions to hear evidence on
behalf of the defence from witnesses who have attended to give
depositions. The American Government has also submitted evidence in
rebuttal.

I have received evidence on behalf of the Defence from a number of
witnesses, which I now summarize. Mr Morohundiya is an officer of the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Nigeria, in the course of his
evidence he acknowledges that the defendant was an informant of the drug
agency and that he was aware of the existence of the defendant’s
brother, a man named Alhaji Adewale Adeshina Kashamu. “Alhaji” was a man
who was wanted by the agency for drugs offences. He told me that the
two brothers has a striking resemblance to each other. He also told me
about the policing of the border between Nigeria and Benin.

Maltre Claudine Mougni also gave evidence to me about the enforcement of border controls.

Reuben Nwako gave evidence to me as the former head of the
Directorate of Investigations of the National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency. He confirmed that the defendant had helped the Agency in
providing information as to the fighting of drug crime and that they
were also aware of Mr Kashamu’s brother, Adewale Kashamu, who was
regarded as a drug dealer.

Bagbonu Gaston the officer in charge of the Interpol Office in Benin
gave evidence about the defendant’s assistance to the police, and in
particular to the information he provided in relation to his brother and
those associated with him. He referred the documents dated 1993 and
1994. If those documents are valid documents there is clear evidence of
the assistance the defendant was providing. Mr Coleman on behalf of the
United States Government had to challenge those documents, making the
allegation that they had been fabricated and only recently inserted into
the archives of Interpol in Benin. I could find no evidence to support
that contention. I accept the evidence of Mr Gaston. That evidence,
coupled with the earlier evidence satisfies me that the defendant was
providing the Police and Drug Enforcement Agencies with information
about his brother and about the co-conspirators whose evidence of
identification forms the basis of the prosecution’s case.

To counter the evidence that the defendant was informing on his
brother and co-conspirators and to counter the suggestion that he has
been mistaken for his brother, the United States Government have
tendered in evidence three letters from the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency dated 21st March 2001, 15th November 2001 and 8th May
2002. In these the Agency vehemently denies that the defendant was an
informant and maintains that Alhaji Adewale Adeshina Kashamu had died
before the defendant was wanted by the drug agency in 1994. It is
suggested that the defendant’s brother died whilst attempting to escape
from Customs in 1989. However, in the letter of the 8th May 2002 the
Agency acknowledges that Mr Adewale Kashamu had been properly issued
with a Nigerian passport in 1990 and that there was no evidence that he
died in the custody of Nigerian Customs. Other letters from the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency acknowledge that Mr Kashamu was an
informant and that Alhaji Adewale Adeshina Kashamu was the subject of a
drug investigation which resulted in the closure of his motor car shop
in Lagos.

The Government seek to maintain that the defendant was not an
informant and that his brother died in 1989. The suggestion has been
put, but denied, that the letters retracting those allegations were
either forgeries or were written as a result of pressure from the
defendant, probably exerted by the defendant’s lawyer in Lagos. As to
the allegation that the letters were forgeries, I have received evidence
from handwriting experts. Mrs Maureen Ward Gandy on behalf of the
defendant concludes that the letters were “possibly” written by the same
writer but in the absence of any further evidence could not say they
were “most probably” written by the same writer. Mr Ada John Craske
examined the letters on behalf of the American Government and he is
unable to come to a conclusive decision.

On that inconclusive evidence from the handwriting experts, I cannot
be satisfied that the two “retraction” letters are forgeries. I
therefore have to look to the oral evidence that I have received from
the officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. I have
concluded that the documents are authentic.

I then have to consider whether they are documents containing
statements of truth or whether pressure has been exerted upon the
officials which would cause them to write untruthful letters.

I have heard evidence from Mr Rafael Oluyede, who is Mr Kashamu’s
lawyer in Lagos. I have also read transcripts of interviews (currently
recorded) that he carried out in Lagos with officers of the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency. I am satisfied that Mr Oluyedo put his
client’s case forcefully and indicated that High Court proceedings were
being contemplated. This may have provided a motive for writing
factually inaccurate letters.

The counter-argument advanced by the Defence is that similar but
different pressure was being exerted through the United States
Government’s agent in Lagos on the Agency to provide incriminating
letters.

I have been unable to resolve whether undue pressure was exerted
either by the United States Government or by the defendant. I therefore
looked at the provenance of the letters and in particular to the letters
produced by the Agency, allegedly being letters sent in 1993 and 1994
by the defendant. In respect of those documents I accept the evidence of
the various witnesses who have given evidence from the Enforcement
Agency and conclude that the letters were written by the defendant in
1993 and 1994.

As a result of the evidence that the Defence has placed before me and
the evidence which the Government has tendered in rebuttal, I find the
following facts:

1)That the defendant has a brother, Alhaji Adewale Adeshina Kashamu
who bears a striking resemblance to that of his brother, the defendant
before me.

2)That Burunji Kashamu was an informal to Interpol in Benin, Interpol
in Toga and to the National Law Drug Enforcement Agency in Nigeria.

3)He has provided that information since 1993 and has informed upon
his brother Alhaji Adewale Adeshima Kashamu and the co-conspirators
Fillmore and the Wolters sisters.

4)I am satisfied that Alhaji Adewale Adeshina Kashamu was not killed
in 1989 by Customs and I am satisfied that a bank account verified by
Alhaji’s address, passport and telephone numbers was being operated as
late as October 2000.

5)I am satisfied that the defendant had a proprietary interest in a
company known as Kasmal Company Limited which had a Daewoo car
dealership but I am satisfied from the documentary evidence that that
company was jointly directed by the defendant and his brother.

6)I have been provided with the dates on which the defendant was not
in the country of Benin but I found the evidence the relating to the
enforcement of the border between Nigeria and Benin unclear and
misleading. I have therefore attached little or no weight in it and
cannot reach any conclusions as to whether the meetings outlined by the
Wolters sisters could or could not have taken place.

In the light of these findings of fact, I have applied the following tests.

In relation to the abuse of process argument, the Defence have to
satisfy me that it is more likely than not that the United State
Government, through its agents, have acted in bad faith, in this case
knowingly bringing and continuing these proceedings when the Government
knew that the evidence it was putting forward was untrue and
misleading. I have found as a fact that certain of the assertions made
by the Government are untrue.

One significant example is in the evidence now before me is the claim
that Buruji Kashamu was not an informant. If the Government was aware
of that fact and persisted in putting forward such untruthful evidence,
it would plainly be evidence to support an abuse of process submission.
However, the evidence emanates from an Agency in Nigeria over which the
American Government has no authority. It is then passed to America and
then to this country and I cannot be satisfied that it was probable that
the Government knew that evidence was false. Although I, and no doubt
any trial judge, will be concerned at the lack of care by the United
State prosecuting authorities in examining and testing this evidence, I
am unable to conclude that the Defence have demonstrated that this was
probably done with the knowledge of the United States Government. In
those circumstances I do not find that there has been an abuse of
process.

I now turn to consider the submission that there is now no prime
facts case. I am applying the test agreed by Mr. Fitz Gerald and Mr.
Coleman that all the evidence taken as a whole must be sufficient to say
that there is a case to answer. Mr. Coleman points to my original
finding that the evidence originally tendered by the Government in those
proceedings amounted to a prime fact case when the Prosecution
concluded its case. He submits that the evidence I have now heard from
the Defense does not undermine the Identification evidence given by
Ellen Wolters and Catherine Wolters. Their evidence, he submits, is
still unequivocal and the evidence from the Defense merely gives rise to
issue on the credibility of their evidence which is essentially a
matter for the trial.

Ellen Wolters’ evidence is far from precise but she claims to have
met the man whom she knows as Alhaji sometime between January 1993 and
June 1995. On the basis of that meeting, in November 2000 she identifies
a photograph of the defendant as being the individual that she knows as
Alhaji. In my judgment the evidence of alleged voice recognition in
respect of the tape recording has no probative value whatsoever; indeed
there is no evidence of whose voice was recorded. Catherine Wolters
claims to have met Alhaji on one occasion in January 1993 and possibly
on another occasion in November 1993. She was asked to identify the
individual she knows as Alhaji in November 2000, some seven years after
she last saw him. For the reasons I gave earlier, I attach no weight to
the alleged recognition of a voice on a tape recording.

Against that evidence I have to weigh the facts that I have found
from the evidence adduced by the Defence. I am satisfied that the
defendant has a brother who bears a striking resemblance to him. The
brother was not killed in an incident with Customs in 1989 and his name
included the name Alhaji. I am satisfied that the defendant’s brother
was one of the co-conspirators in the drugs importation which involved
Catherine and Ellen Wolters. I am satisfied that the defendant informed
both Interpol and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of the
activities of this group

I am mindful of Mr Coleman’s submission that this is a matter of the
credibility of the identification witnesses which should essentially
remain a matter for a jury.

I am however satisfied that the overwhelming evidence here is such
that the identification evidence already tenuous , has now been so
undermined as to make it incredible and valueless. In those
circumstances there is then no prime facie case against the defendant
and I propose to discharge him.

Tim Workman

Designated District Judge

10 January 2003

Cull from Elombah.com

Burger01:
Traveling embargo should be placed on these thieves until properly investigated, especially that frog-eyed petroleum thief Wherever she is she should be boxed back to naija

there is nothing buhari can do.
it will business as usual

they should come together and strengthen PDP

OduaVanguard:
Hello? ? ? GEJ is still the president o, last time I checked. So what do you mean by "now that he is out"? This scarcity is still his mess, he should clean it up fast coz APC won't take credit for it.

then wait till may 29 to fullfill your change.
Tribalist !

Maxcollins042:
And the so called out going government won't come out to address the mass why they have contrived to propel us into this abyss of fuel scarcity before handover,i just hope this egrogious state we find ourselves doesn't gets tackled this week.

Let them wait till may 29.
baba one-chance will fix everything from that day.

beccafey:
What happen to Ahmadu Alli's son?

The OPs say Opeyemi Ajuyah not Ahmadu Ali's son.
Tribalist !

pheliciti:
it's a big honour in the 1st place for the incoming President to be received by Cameron himself and escorted. Remember, he is an incoming President, especially a contemporary of Thatcher who had a no-nonsense approach with the British. Stop reading non-existent meanings.

Buhari was simply snub.
the pics tells all.

rio8484:
Coming to America Part 2 - Buruji Kashamu

has Tinubu answered his own case?

Timoleon:
its unfortunate that nigerians can be so myopic. this same jonathan ruled nigeria at a time wen oil was at its all time high, yet all his successor will inherit is debt...i stil remain baffled why some people wanted him to remain in office.


awon enemies of progress!!!

Olodo!

Should GEJ be responsible for all the accumulated debt from previous government

olokfor:
The major oil marketers association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has reached an agreement with the federal government to begin lifting of petroleum products across the country “in six hours”.

According to Magnus Abe, chairman of the senate committee on petroleum resources, the resolution was reached after a meeting of MOMAN and the committee with‎ Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, minister of finance and coordinating minister for the economy; Joseph Dawha, group managing director of the Nigeria national petroleum corporation (NNPC) and major stakeholders in the oil and gas sector.

Also, the Nigeria union of petroleum and natural gas workers (NUPENG) and the petroleum and natural gas senior staff association (PENGASSAN) have suspended their industrial actions.

http://www.metronaija.com/2015/05/breaking-news-oil-marketers-call-off.html

source!

mrmetoo1:
Yeah we'll cry tears of joy man!!!

are you sure,
if not O-Y-O this time.

DaEngineernet:
The recent wave of #FuelScarcity being witnessed in the country remains the worst in history http://go.engineer-ng.net/profiles/blogs/the-nigerian-infrastructural-deficits-exposed-by-the-present-fuel

baba will fix it when he comes in.
afterall you people ask for change

mrmetoo1:
He was never a part of it but he too held on to fuel until yesterday, I don't understand that.

which one has tinubu released

Lanretoye:
Where were you when OBJ was using ICPC and EFCC to track down the some people over alleged corrupt practices...

where now, are the people OBJ track down,
are they in Jail or walking freely.
Bode gorge, Tafa-balogun, Alameseghia,e.t.c are all walking the street freely.

PassingShot:
When did he promise to make PMS N45 per liter?

Also, the pledge of 5k for unemployed youths has conditions attached.

I HATE PDP WITH PASSION!

na now his eyes come clear,
when he dey run his gutter mouth, he should have know the weight behind those words

atilla:
Mr Fashola has tried to make his administration transparent but his p.as and guys around him must chop. after seeing this now if we go to other states you can only imagine the things going on there if Fashola is one of the best governonrs.

Anyway I cant abuse him much cause i can only guess what i would do if I were in his place.

story for the dogs.
If you stay in Lagos, you wont be saying such thing.
FASHOLA IS A BIG SCAM