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PoliticsRe: Bala Mohammed Blames Ortom For Fulani’s Negative Perception by contigiency(m): 6:37am On Feb 12, 2021
maiunguwar:
This Bauchi state gov.is a confirmed baste red.He didn't blame the Fulani terrorist herdsmen for wiping out entire villages,but Ortom for speaking out against the Fulani atrocities.
See them. They like to rush and comment even without reading the contents of the message. They leave the message to attack the messenger because of the headline.
EducationRe: Stampede: EBSU Apologises To Students, Says The Incident Won't Happen Again by contigiency(m): 6:17am On Feb 12, 2021
After lives have been lost. Some of those in the management of this school are those bashing the president everyday that he is incompetent in handling the affairs of the entire country. But look at, just to manage a state University, how difficult it is for them. The only thing they have to offer is apology after their actions have led to loss of many lives.
Foreign AffairsRe: Angola Decriminalises Same-Sex Sexual Relationships (Photos) by contigiency(m): 11:10am On Feb 11, 2021
Tomorrow now they will say it was America and Joe Biden that forced them to do it. You will hear such nonsense like, if Trump were to be president, this will not have happened.
PoliticsRe: I Have Not Left The PDP - Femi Fani-Kayode Reacts To Joining APC by contigiency(m): 7:08pm On Feb 10, 2021
Yeye man, we you have left for APC. This one you are doing is just because of the heat you are receiving.
TravelRe: Hours After Relocating To Ireland, Engineer Vows Never To Come Back To Nigeria by contigiency(m): 2:57pm On Feb 10, 2021
He should stay na. Did anyone beg him to return. People that talk like this end up begging the government to come to their rescue when things gets bad for them.
PoliticsRe: Fraud: EFCC Set To Arraign Ex-aviation Minister, Senator Stella Oduah by contigiency(m): 2:40pm On Feb 10, 2021
AlfaB:
EFCC doesn't go after nothern muslims.
Lol!! See them, ethnic war lords. Instead of you to beg the court to give her maximum sentence if found guilty, you are here talking nya nya mpu.
PoliticsRe: Femi Fani-kayode Meets Jonathan In Abuja (Photos) by contigiency(m): 12:23pm On Feb 10, 2021
blamingthedevil:
Notorious not popular...

No face mask, no social distance....they are all irresponsible
You are the true son of your father. He is simply notorious and not popular.
PoliticsRe: Reno Omokri Promises To Pay Buhari ₦1 Billon In Bitcoin If He Can Do This (Pix) by contigiency(m): 7:44am On Feb 10, 2021
Reno is a stupid deranged attention seeker. Let him pray to live up to buhari's age not to talk of being as strong as him at such age.
PoliticsRe: WTO To Ratify The Appointment Of Okonjo-Iweala As Director-General Next Week by contigiency(m): 8:32pm On Feb 09, 2021
Good news. Shame on those hypocrites down here who were praying for Trump to win.
CelebritiesRe: Jojo, Craze Clown's Fiancée Post-Baby Body (Photos) by contigiency(m):
sunshineV:
wait for the useless nairaland "alphas" with low sperm count to come and rubbish the girl
Habbaaa!!! Oga, it has not gotten to that. Who got you angry?
PoliticsRe: Buhari Will Not Accept Femi Fani-Kayode As APC Member - Dr Salihu Lukman lPGF DG by contigiency(m): 12:18pm On Feb 09, 2021
Don't mind them. Today, the same person wants to join APC and their government led by the same buhari.

His claims are that he is building bridges accross all divides, and that he has been saying the truth and will never stop doing so. I ask, Is it the same bridge he destroyed without any reservation that he has come to build?

Is the party accepting him becus those things he said doesn't matter or they were true after all? Again, what does the party stand to gain by accepting such a character? Is it his large followership or do they consider his bad mouth an asset? This insult on the intelligence of ordinary Nigerians by these politicians.
PoliticsWhy APC Must Never Accept Femi Fani Kayode In Their Party. by contigiency(op): 11:29am On Feb 09, 2021
According to Femi Fani Kayode in May 2020, the emergence of Muhammad buhari as President in 2015, annihilated Nigeria and plunged her into darkness, death and destruction. “He came to steal, kill and destroy and for the last disastrous 5 years that is all he has done.” today, the same person wants to join APC and their government led by the same buhari.

His claims are that he is building bridges accross all divides, and that he has been saying the truth and will never stop doing so. I ask, Is it the same bridge he destroyed without any reservation that he has come to build?

Is the party accepting him becus those things he said doesn't matter or they were true after all? Again, what does the party stand to gain by accepting such a character? Is it his large followership or do they consider his bad mouth an asset? This insult on the intelligence of ordinary Nigerians by these politicians.

https://thenationonlineng.net/buhari-came-to-steal-kill-destroy-fani-kayode

PoliticsRe: Biden Calls For Financial And Visa Ban Against Nigeria For Anti-gay Law by contigiency(m): 9:46am On Feb 09, 2021
Cant the person pushing this particular news get tired? They posted this news during Trump, that Nigeria will be banned for prohibiting same sex marriage. I wonder how America will barn a country because they made law to uphold moral uprightness in their own country. As far as I am concerned, this is a fake news from a fake blogger.
PoliticsRe: 2023: Fani-Kayode, Four PDP Governors Begin Talks With APC by contigiency(m): 9:38am On Feb 09, 2021
Agreed that FFK met with APC chieftains and some governors, but to say that it was those APC dignitaries that are approaching him, is what I can't believe. What's the political relevance of FFK? Everyone knows he is a big liability, so on what bases will they be looking for him?
PoliticsRe: APC Governors Consider Zoning Presidency To The North In 2023 by contigiency(m): 9:25am On Feb 09, 2021
Rubbish. This is a sponsored post to gauge the feelings of the people. APC will never do a thing like that. Nothing guarantees that if PDP zone their ticket to the North, they will win the presidency. At least recent history is there to correct that impression.
PoliticsRe: Cryptocurrency: All Exchange Mediums Are Subject To Fraud & Criminality- Moghalu by contigiency(m): 7:21pm On Feb 08, 2021
Because he is no more there. Coupled that he needs to dance to the gallery to help his political career.
PoliticsRe: APC Will Do Everything Possible To Install A Governor In Anambra State - Ngige by contigiency(m): 5:31pm On Feb 08, 2021
okeyfrank:
This Ngige is very useless.

APC CAN NEVER win any election in the Old Eastern Region, how much more Anambra.

Whatever they may do to rig any guber elect MUST be resisted by 'Ndi Anambra'
Says nairaland voter.
Politics2023: Those Who May Run From North-central by contigiency(op):
The sudden demand by some individuals and groups in the North-central for the presidential tickets of the leading political parties in the country, especially the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is waxing stronger by the day. Many analysts are saying it is no longer politically savvy for anybody to ignore the agitation, which started like a child’s play a few months back.

Expectedly, the demands have elicited divergent opinions across the country, especially among the political elites. In addition, the ensuing debate over the agitation appears to be enriching the discourse about how President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor should emerge in 2023. Coming at a time when the quest for the presidency to shift to the south in 2023 is very strong. The North-central’s sudden clamour is expectedly shaking a lot of tables.

There is a very strong call by leaders of the Southeast for an Igbo presidency. Also, the Yorubas of the Southwest are vociferous in their agitation to be allowed to produce the next president of the country. Analysts believe the quests by the two geo-political zones are based on the assumed rotation principle which dictates that the next president of the country, after Buhari, should emerge from the southern part of the country.

But proponents of the North-central for president agenda disagree that the zone is automatically exempted from the race by any zoning arrangement. Arguing that the issue of rotation is to ensure fairness and equity, it should take into cognizance the fact that the North-central is yet to produce a president or even a vice president of the country in any democratic era. The numerous roles played by the zone to stabilise the country at critical periods are also being used as a bargaining tool.

“The North-central zone has paid its dues and played the role of stabiliser at a critical period in the nation such that now that it has leading presidential aspirants with the clout and vision to provide better governance, the other zones should support the aspirants. Rotation is equally a plus for our agitation. It is not true that the North-central is exempted by any zoning arrangement,” a source said.

As part of the many reasons being canvassed for the need for the zone to produce the next president, leaders of the North- central claim the zone has suffered untold marginalisation over the years. According to the Secretary-General of the newly formed North Central Peoples Forum (NCPF), Khaleel Bolaji, “There is no disputing the fact that the North-central geopolitical zone is part of the North, but the North is not one.

“We are one in terms of understanding one another. But when it comes to sharing the benefits, you will discover that there are disparities. For instance, nobody can be Minister of Niger Delta except he is from that region. Abuja is in the North-central but over the years, the majority of the ministers from the Federal Capital Territory have been outside of the North-central zone. This is part of what we are talking about.

“I can say that 80 percent of solid mineral resources are from this zone. Niger and Benue are from here. Indeed, this is the zone that is holding Nigeria. We are the food basket of the country. These are the things we want Nigerians to know. So the clamour for the zone to produce the next president is right. I am in support of the agitation and the entire north-central is united in our determination to take the chance to produce the next president.”

Growing agitations

Last December, members of the Kogi State House of Assembly called on political leaders in the North-central region to come all out and lay claim to the zoning of the presidency in 2023 to the zone. The lawmakers made the appeal in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, during what they described as an advocacy visit to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. The lawmakers said they have resolved to speak up on the matter in the interest of the zone.

Speaker of the Kogi State Assembly, Matthew Kolawole, said the zone had not benefited from power-sharing in the country under the current dispensation. “North-central has not really benefited from the power sharing of this country under democratic setting, particularly president and vice president. We are lobbying Your Excellency that when it is time to talk about zoning arrangements, let the presidency be zoned to the North-central,” he said.

Responding, Governor AbdulRazaq also called for better political representation of the zone at the federal level. The governor said the North-central region, with its huge human and material resources, has never produced the president or vice president since independence. He urged the lawmakers to pursue their argument peacefully and tactically as the North- central zone will need the support of other zones to actualise the dream.

Early in the New Year, the NCPF added its voice to the growing agitation when it urged other geo-political zones in the country to concede the presidency to the North-central in 2023. The group said the zone was yet to have a shot at the presidency under a democratic setting. Its Secretary General, Khaleel Bolaji, said: “I am not mincing words. The North-central has over the years been marginalised.

“All the remaining five zones in the country have produced the president of the country while the North-central is yet to have a shot at it under a democratic setting. Name them: Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe of Southeast, Goodluck Jonathan of South-south, Olusegun Obasanjo of Southwest. Of course, the Northwest has had a shot at it up to four times, and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was from the Northeast. “Our votes in the North-central are more than the Southwest votes. But because the Southwest has the press to make the noise, it always gets its ways. If politics is about numbers, then we should be placed properly.”

National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Yabagi Yusuf Sani – Sani, is of the view that the region is well qualified to produce Nigeria’s president after Buhari leaves power in 2023. “It’s only the North-central that has not been given the opportunity to produce a civilian head of government. And people say we have produced military heads of state. That was out of personal adventures. Nobody was consulted here before they took power.

“Now, we are talking of merit; people that have skills, track record, and experience to give this country the leadership that it deserves. Unfortunately, it’s not about what you can offer, but where you come from. If at all zoning is about equity and fairness and giving every Nigerian a sense of belonging, then I think this time around it is the turn of the North-central; not any other zone. I can show you a map here. You can see each zone has had a civilian representation. “The only zone that is yet to produce a president or vice president is the North-central. So, if zoning in a civilian arrangement is about equity and fairness, the North-central should have it this time,” he argued.

Traditional rulers from the zone have not been silent on the quest of their political elites to rule the country come 2023. If anything, it appears they are part of the struggle. The Chairman, Olamaboro Local Government Traditional Council, Kogi State, and the Ejeh of Olamaboro, Enek’ojokpuche, Ujah Sani Simeon, said the North-central region should be supported to produce Nigeria’s next President in 2023. He made the call during a courtesy visit to the Gbong Gwom Jos and Chairman Joint Traditional Council of Chiefs and Emirs, Plateau State, Da. Jacob Gyang Buba in his Palace in Jos.

“There is nothing wrong for the entire country to support the North-central zone to produce the President of Nigeria in 2023. The North-west has done it, the Northeast has produced Vice President, the Southwest has governed Nigeria and currently has the Vice President and the South-south has been Vice President and later President, only the North-central has not been President or Vice President, therefore, they deserve the support of other zones to produce the kind of President Nigerians wants.”

Simeon said although the Southeast appears to have been suffering the same fate with the North-central and advised them to shelve their ambition and support the zone for a payback. Supporting the agitation, the Gbong Gwom Jos and Chairman Joint Traditional Council of Chiefs and Emirs and President, Plateau State Traditional Council, Da. Jacob Gyang Buba, said Nigeria Constitution does not place any restriction on any geo-political zone from contesting the presidency.

He advised that the ambition should be pursued in a peaceful and polite manner that other Nigerians will see the need to key in despite the fact that they also have the constitutional backing to seek for the position. Da. Buba said he is solidly behind the restructuring of the country in a context of adding more resources to the State and the local government areas where the majority of Nigerians reside.

Likely aspirants

The recent return of the former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to his home state for the first time after his 2019 political defeat and the current moves in Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reposition the party ahead of the 2023 elections have joined to give fillip to tales that the former governor may be contesting the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the opposition party.

Recent roles of the former Senate President in the clamour for a president of North-central extraction are also fueling rumours of his 2023 presidential aspiration. Last November, Saraki met with leaders of the zone to discuss the next general election among other issues. After the meeting, the former governor said the zone will determine the future of Nigeria. Saraki said the North-central region is part of Nigeria and deserves every consideration in 2023.

“North-central is part of Nigeria. North-central has the right, like every other part of Nigeria. I believe your question is answered,” he said. Sources close to the former Senate President, while debunking claims he has plans to dump the PDP and seek the presidential ticket of another party, said Saraki will be seeking the presidential ticket of the PDP in 2023 in his quest to rule the country as a democratically elected president.

Also from the North-central, tongues are wagging about underground moves by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to corner the presidential ticket of the ruling APC as he plans to succeed President Buhari in 2023. The two term governor’s alleged ambition is already causing ripples in his party as pro-zoning agitators have been knocking his aspiration. But he is alleged to be one of the main sponsors of the clamour for the North-central to produce the next president.

Recently, the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, said there is a deafening call for Bello, to run for President in the 2023 election. Fanwo said this while displaying a campaign poster for Yahaya Bello on Twitter. In the campaign poster shared, Nigerians are being convinced to see Bello as a presidential material for 2023 capable of replacing President Muhammadu Buhari.

Soon after, lawmakers of the Kogi State House of Assembly in a motion moved on behalf of all the members by the Majority Leader of the House, Hassan Abdullahi, publicly called on Bello to contest the 2023 presidential election. They predicated their call on “sterling performance” of the governor since he assumed office in 2016. According to the Assembly members, the governor has proven capability and capacity to lead the nation.

But Bello is still saying he doesn’t want to be distracted by calls for him to run in the 2023 presidential election. Speaking recently through his Chief Press Secretary, Nnogwu Sani Mohammed, he said he is focused on delivering the mandate of rebuilding Kogi State. “His administration’s ability to curb insecurity in Kogi State and massive youth empowerment have been attracting support leading to the calls for him to contest for presidency but he does not want to be distracted with such calls,” Mohammed said.

The candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the last presidential election, Engr Yabagi Yusuf Sani, is another possible aspirant from the zone. The Bida, Niger state born politician is believed to be oiling his political machinery ahead of 2023. Sources close to him said he is of the assurance that candidates from the North-central will receive the blessing of many Nigerians in the next presidential election.

Although Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue insists he is not nursing any presidential ambition, ahead of the 2023 general elections, his name continues to feature prominently on the list of possible aspirants from the North-central zone. Among many others, a group under the aegis of ‘Project Ortomise Nigeria Ortomatically 2023’ has recently, publicly pleaded with the Benue governor to join the 2023 presidential race.

In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Terver Akase, Ortom appreciated his supporters and groups across the country. “I particularly appreciated the Benue people for supporting my administration to succeed. I sincerely appreciate my supporters and interest groups who have taken to social media to call on me to join the 2023 presidential race. However, I wish to state that my preoccupation at the moment is delivering good governance to the people of Benue,” the statement read in part.

https://thenationonlineng.net/2023-those-who-may-run-from-north-central/

PoliticsImo North Senate Seat: Appeal Court Upholds Ibezim’s Disqualification As Apc’s C by contigiency(op):
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the disqualification of Chuwuma Francis Ibezim as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last by-election in Imo North Senatorial District.

A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, in a unanimous judgment yesterday, upheld the December 4, 2020 judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to the effect that Ibezim submitted false information about his age and academic qualification to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and was therefore not qualified to contest the by-election held on December 5, 2020.

Justice Stephen Adah read the panel’s unanimous judgment and resolved the two issues identified for determination against the appellant, saying that the finding of the trial Federal High Court was unassailable to warrant any interference by the Court of Appeal.

The court found that the appellant (Ibezim) violated Section 66(1)(i) of the Constitution by presenting forged certificate to INEC.The court held that Ibezim was not qualified to contest the election. It also held that the suit was not statute barred, having been filed 11 days after the occurrence of the cause of action, thereby falling within the 14 days prescribed for the filing of a pre-election case under Section 285(9) of the Constitution (4th Alteration).

The court warned that a candidate who wants to supply information to INEC in any general election “must be diligent and strictly faultless in respect of the entries made thereof; the arrangement of the name of an individual must be seen as a serious venture. he APC in turn handed to INEC, contained different and irreconcilable names – Ibezim Chukwuma Frank and Ibezim Francis Chukwuma.

The judge said: “There is something wrong with these results. The defence of the 1st defendant per the averments in paragraphs 26, 27, 28 and 29 of his counter-affidavit has not explained the variations in the three respective result sheets, neither have the said averments debunked the fact that Exhibits A26, 27 and 28 were submitted to the 3rd defendant by the 2nd defendant or that the certified true copies of these exhibits were not obtained from the 3rd defendant.

“The 1st defendant, having not taken any step to controvert the case of plaintiff concerning the falsity of Exhibits A26, A27 and A28, has therefore allowed the case of the plaintiff to remain uncontroverted.

“I therefore find that Exhibits A26, A27 and A28 submitted are not authentic results and are self-contradictory. Therefore, they are false in all material particular and I so hold. I resolve issue one in favour of the plaintiff. The judge found that Ibezim failed to prove that the various names in his credentials are one and the same.

Justice Ekwo faulted Ibezim’s claim that it was his elder brother – Emmanuel Ibezim – who signed the declaration of age he submitted, noting that the signatures in the age declaration document and other documents he (Ibezim) admitted signing look the same.

“I find that the allegation that the 1st defendant signed the statutory declaration of age for himself (Exhibit A25) as the declarant/deponent, but purported to do so as his elder brother, Emmanuel Ibezim, is established with uncontroverted evidence in this case, ” the judge said. Justice Ekwo also faulted the affidavit and newspaper publications Ibezim submitted in support of his claim that the names were all his.

“Again, I do not think that the 1st defendant can use affidavit to correct the names. It is common sense to state that the certificates were not issued by the court but the institutions authorised to issue them.

“If there is any error on any academic certificate, it is the institution that issued it that has the power to correct the error not the High Court Registry. It is in this regard that I find that Exhibit SF16 which is the affidavit of conciliation of name is bereft of probative value and I so hold.

“Now that I have found that the information contained in the affidavit and other documents submitted by the 1st defendant to the 2nd and 3rd defendants is false, I enter judgment as follows:

* A declaration is hereby made that the 1st defendant is not qualified/eligible for nomination to contest Imo North Senatorial bye-election, having made false statements/declarations in the affidavit and documents he submitted to the 3rd defendant for the purpose of contesting Imo North Senatorial bye-election.

*An order of injunction is hereby made restraining the 3rd defendant from accepting the nomination of the 1st defendant as the 2nd defendant’s candidate for Imo North Senatorial bye-election.

“This means that this court has issued an order disqualifying the 1st defendant from contesting the Imo North Senatorial bye-election.” Justice Ekwo rebuked INEC for the way it went about defending Ibezim in the case, querying its impartiality. “I must rebuke the 3rd defendant (INEC) for obvious partisanship in this case. It is not in the place of the 3rd defendant to work so hard like a paid labourer to defend the 1st defendant.

“By the name of the 3rd defendant, it is an independent being. It must never allow itself to be tied to the apron strings of any person natural or artificial. Even though the labour of the 3rd defendant in this ended in vain, such vigour merely to defend a party in a case questions the impartiality of the 3rd defendant, and I will say no more.”

https://thenationonlineng.net/imo-north-senate-seat-appeal-court-upholds-ibezims-disqualification-as-apcs-candidate/

PoliticsRe: Imo North :APC Candidate, Frank Ibezim Loses, Fulfils Primate Ayodele Prophecy by contigiency(m): 5:58pm On Feb 06, 2021
Solsix:
Till the pdp candidate is sworn in. Nigerian democracy is somehow the supreme court justices can give you a brand new interpretation of our constitution
Is it only this blogger that heard about this recent news? Me I have never heard about it anywhere.
PoliticsOhanaeze, Ogbonnaya onu,Uzodinma, Igbo Leaders Hail Buhari Over 2nd Niger Bridge by contigiency(op):
The President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ambassador Prof George Obiozor and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, say the second Niger Bridge project by President Muhammadu Buhari, is a demonstration of his love for the Igbo.

The duo spoke on Friday at the project site of the Bridge in Onitsha when Igbo leaders, in collaboration with the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze leadership visited the arena.
Other Igbo leaders on the inspection tour were Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu; former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim and Minister of State, Mines, Dr Uche Ogah.

Others were Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State Education; former President of Ohanaeze, Chief Enwo Igariwey; governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress APC, Senator Andy Uba and Dr Chidozie Nwankwo among others

Prof Obiozor, the leader of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in his speech said the people of the Southeast would continue to be grateful to the present federal government for hearkening to the needs of the Ndigbo.

“We will remain grateful to you and the contracting firm, Julius Berger, for the good work being done in Igbo land,” he said.

Addressing members of Ohanaeze and Southeast leaders, Uzodinma said the Ndigbo had been begging for the second Niger Bridge since 35 years ago, adding that they should be thankful to President Buhari

Uzodinma said: “Today is a special day in Igbo land by allowing us to take ownership of the second Niger Bridge which our people have struggled for since 35 years ago, even when a barrel of oil was sold at 100 dollars, yet there was no funding for it.”

“What was looking like a dream is now a reality. Every country must have its hero, and I make bold to say that President Muhammadu Buhari is the hero of Ndigbo

“God will keep us alive when this project will be commissioned by the APC administration of President Buhari in 2022.”

For Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the completion of second Niger Bridge had offered Ndigbo the opportunity to embrace APC, adding that the project was a promise made and promise kept.

He said Buhari had kept the promises he made to Ndigbo by tackling the issue of second Niger Bridge, federal roads in the Southeast, adding that Southeast had no other reason not to embrace APC.

Onu said with the quantum of work the federal government had done in the zone, that it was time for APC to occupy Anambra State government, saying “it’s doable, it’s feasible and achievable.”

For Adeyemo Ajani, the federal Controller Works in charge of Anambra State, who represented the Minister of Works and Power, Babatunde Fashola SAN, over 30,000 persons had been employed at the second Niger Bridge, with no fewer than 1,600 persons being locals.

Already, he said the work had reached 53.82 per cent as at January, 2021, adding that the completion date still remained 2022

Other Igbo leaders who toed the same line of Ohanaeze President, Uzodinma and Onu by hailing Buhari, included Chief Ikedi Ohakim, Senator Andy Uba, Minister Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister Uche Ogah, Ex -Ohanaeze President, Enwo Igariwey, among others

The Ohanaeze National Vice President (Southeast), Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, was also in attendance, as well as the Imo State House of Assembly Speaker.

PoliticsRe: Buhari Nominates Buratai, Olonisakin, Ibas, Abubakar, Usman As Ambassadors by contigiency(m): 6:39pm On Feb 04, 2021
OBUKSBAYELSA:
The rubbish appointment is to grant them immunity from prosecution, it's a pity that President Buhari does not know the damage he has done to the Nigeria State. The international community will shock him when his tenure is over.
Rubbish statement. The international community you are talking about includes America that couldn't organise ordinary election? Or the UK where if you not from a loyal family, you will never rule? And Korea where one family hasbeen in power for several decades? Abegi make we hear something.
PoliticsRe: Desmond Elliott's Wife, Victoria, Celebrates Him On His 47th Birthday by contigiency(m): 3:47pm On Feb 04, 2021
MrGoood:
Every Nigerians have an iota of selfishness in them, Forget all this people saying No to fraud , They re scammers at there respective businesses, One way or the other especially the government Auditors among them, Auditors, Procurement officers will say fraud is bad but check them well, They corner govt money with sense , Who will believe Desmond Eliot will be a Judas and betrayal of state progress , Give Nigerian wealth and power and see how he will back the people that made him, You can criticize me if you can swear with your mother life that all you have, no pin exempted is your sweat, no pin , smallest pin is your sweat,
Please do you have personal problem with this fine gentleman? Could you please explain to us how he betrayed state progress and which state?
PoliticsRe: IPAN Blames Igbo Politicians, Others For South East Under-development. by contigiency(op): 4:46pm On Feb 03, 2021
This is a fact we all know. Just that they easily deceive the gullible ones out there. Making them believe that our problems in the south East are caused by Buhari, Fulanis/Hausas, Tinubu etc.
PoliticsIPAN Blames Igbo Politicians, Others For South East Under-development. by contigiency(op): 4:35pm On Feb 03, 2021
A group, working under the umbrella of Igbo for a Progressive Nigeria (IPAN), has blamed political leaders and other office holders of Igbo extraction at various levels of government for under-development of the South-East geo-political zone.

Its President, Lawrence Onuzulike, who issued the blame in Awka, Anambra State, at a press conference, yesterday, vowed that IPAN would keep them on their toes till they become accountable to the people.

Onuzulike, who lamented the alarming level of under-development in the region despite the staggering budgets, which he blamed on the mismanagement of resources by elected and appointed officials in the region, alleged that the five southeastern states had received a cumulative federal allocation of about N3.46 trillion as at September 2020, while a total of about N800 billion was allegedly collected as internally-generated revenue for the five states between 1999 and 2019.

“The Local Government Areas in the zone received N1.88 trillion in federal allocations from 1999-2017. This is not inclusive of their internally-generated revenues.

“When these staggering numbers just mentioned are juxtaposed with the current state of development in the South-East, it paints a clear picture of serious mismanagement of resources by elected and appointed officials in the region,” he noted. He regretted that many public infrastructures, such as roads, hospitals, schools and so on, are in very deplorable conditions, lamenting that no state in the South-East can boast of a working public water supply scheme, or asking if any state was seriously embarking on a social mass housing scheme for the very low-income earners.

“Public transportation is nothing to write home about, with no discernable plan by any of our governors to modernise and standardise public transportation in any of the states. “Many of the past and present governours in the South-East have only succeeded in impoverishing the states they were elected to develop. “These governors end up taking up other political posts to continue pillaging the resources meant to develop the region,” he added.

IPAN, therefore, warned those concerned, including the elected representatives in the National and State Assemblies that ‘enough is enough’, saying: “It won’t be fun as usual! All of these cannot continue. And to the Igbo everywhere, this is the time for us to begin to demand comprehensive accountability from our leaders.”

TV/MoviesRe: TSTV Is Back As CEO Holds Press Conference And Rolls Out New Deals by contigiency(m): 4:21pm On Feb 03, 2021
This could be what DSTV saw that made them drastically reduce all their tarrif. This what is called healthy competition.
BusinessRe: Autumn Spikes Evicted From U.S. Apartment For Owing Six Months’ Rent by contigiency(op): 9:09am On Feb 03, 2021
That's why she started a wrong fight out of frustration. She thought that media propaganda will help her course. Well, it's just like what our ancestors said that "when a child engages in an unfinished fight, he beats his chest and pride himself as being brave and strong.
BusinessAutumn Spikes Evicted From U.S. Apartment For Owing Six Months’ Rent by contigiency(op): 8:55am On Feb 03, 2021
Despite being a girlfriend of Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, Autumn Spikes got evicted from her North Miami apartment in Florida, U.S., after piling up unpaid rent for six months in 2020, PREMIUM TIMES has found out.

Ms Spikes and Mr Dangote dated secretly for nearly 10 years until recently when the business mogul broke up with her and subsequently sued her in a court in Florida for allegedly trying to extort $5million from him. But while the affair was going on fine most of last year, Ms Spikes was grappling with accumulated rent arrears of $13,230 for the months of March to August 2020, court documents obtained by PREMIUM TIMES have shown.

The landlord of the property, The Shoreline at SoleMia, 2301 Laguna Circle, North Miami, Florida, issued Ms Spikes with a 30-day ‘Pay or Vacate’ notice on August 5. Ms Spikes neither paid the debt nor vacated her apartment number 1708. After the expiration of the 30-day notice, the landlord, on September 19, 2020, filed an eviction suit against her at a Miami Dade County court, in Florida, the same court where Mr Dangote would later sue her in January.

PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday obtained the complaint, notice of debt, the lease and other documents filed as exhibits by Ms Spikes’ landlord in the suit that is now closed. The landlord’s complaint in the eviction suit reads in part, “Plaintiff owns or is the lessor of the real property, the premises: “The Shoreline at SoleMia, 2301 Laguna Circle Apt 1708, North Miami, FL 33181.

“Tenant retains possession of the premises under a written lease requiring rent of $2,215.00 per month to be paid the first of each month. “A copy of relevant portions of the lease is attached hereto and incorporated herein as plaintiff’s Exhibit A. “Tenant failed to pay rent for March, April, May, June, July and August.

“Tenant owes plaintiff rent the months stated in paragraph 6 herein in the total sum of $13,230.00 “Plaintiff served tenant notice to pay or vacate the premises on August 5, 2020 as shown by copy or copies of the notice(s) attached here to and incorporated herein as plaintiff’s Exhibit (s) B, but tenant refuses to do either.

“In accordance with Fla. Stat. (Florida Statutes) Section 83.60(2), if tenant fails to deposit the sum of $13,230.00 in the court registry, plus rent which accrued during the pendency of this action, then plaintiff is entitled to a default judgment for removal of tenant and to recover a judgment for rent due and owing costs in accordance with Fla. Stat. Sections 83.59 and 83.625.

“Failure of tenant to pay rent as due caused plaintiff to retain undersigned counsel and incur reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, which tenant should pay pursuant to Flat. Stat. Sec 83.48 and the lease. “Wherefore, plaintiff demands judgment for possession of the premises, rent, due, court costs and attorney’s fees against the defendant and other available remedies in accordance with Fla. Stat. Section 83.625 and for such other relief this court deems just and proper.”

Ms Spikes serially unreachable
Ms Spikes’ consistent absence from the apartment could be gleaned from the affidavits of failed service deposed to by court officers throughout the period the suit lasted.

The period of her accumulated rent and the court action coincided with the grim period of COVID-19 and attendant restrictions last year. All attempts to have Ms Spikes personally served with the documents issued at every stage of the suit failed. For instance, the court’s process server made two failed attempts to serve Ms Spikes with the ‘Residential Eviction Summons’ and the landlord’s complaint on Ms Spikes on September 23and 24.

In an affidavit of ‘Return of Service’, a process server said after the two attempted service, she had to “post by attaching the true copy” of the documents “to a conspicuous place of the property” close to Ms Spikes’ residence.

As there was no response from Ms Spikes, the landlord on October 10, filed a motion for default judgment, a request for the court to deliver its verdict based on the plaintiff’s claims alone. On October 21, the court delivered a default judgment in favour of the plaintiff.

The court, on October 24, issued a ‘Writ of Possession’ commanding the Sheriffs of the court “to remove all persons” from the apartment and restore possession of the apartment to the plaintiff “after 24 hours notice conspicuously pasted on the premises.” But the Sheriffs said an attempt to serve Ms Spikes with the writ of possession failed.

Ms Spikes parks out
However, on October 30, 2020, the landlord’s lawyer wrote the Sheriff Department applying for the cancellation of the writ of possession on the grounds that “tenant vacated.” External view of the North Miami house
Ms Spikes did not file any response in the suit when the suit was declared closed by the court.

Between Spikes and Dangote
Mr Dangote is currently embroiled in a legal battle with Ms Spikes following a dispute over the monetary terms of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) demanded by Africa’s wealthiest man after breaking up with her former girlfriend.

Mr Dangote filed the libel suit on January 20 about 19 days after Ms Spikes posted a video clip through a January 1 Instagram post showing her seated beside the Nigerian businessman with part of his buttocks revealed to viewers.

He alleged in his suit that Ms Spikes threatened to launch “an onslaught” of exposing his “family and private” and social media and media talk shows if he failed to pay her $5million.

Ms Spikes, in an Instagram post, denied issuing such threats even as she said she had rejected $15,000 and $2,500 “insultingly” offered her by Mr Dangote in exchange for an NDA over their affair.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Dangote, through his U.S based lawyers, recently applied to the Miami-Dade County court where he filed his libel suit, to issue a gag order against Ms Spikes.The court has tentatively fixed February 9 for the hearing of Mr Dangote’s preliminary petition.
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