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Sports minister Dalung
has told the NFF to spare
him war and pay former
Nigeria U-23 coach, Samson
Siasia – Dalung entertains Siasia,
his wife Eunice and Dr
Mohammed Sanusi,
secretary-general of the
NFF, at his office in Abuja – Sanusi tells Dalung that
efforts were already being
made to pay Siasia and
other coaches their
salaries Barrister Solomon Dalung, the
Youth and Sports minister, has
urged the Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) to pay former
Nigeria U-23 coach, Samson
Siasia. Dalung made this known when
he received Siasia, his wife
Eunice and Dr Mohammed Sanusi,
secretary-general of the NFF,
at his office in Abuja on
Monday, August 29. Dalung charges NFF over
Siasia five months’ unpaid
salaries Siasia, his wife Eunice, visits
Sports minister Dalung. The
minister thereafter charged NFF
over Siasia five months’ unpaid
salaries Dalung charges NFF
represented by Dr Mohammed
Sanusi over Siasia five
months’ unpaid salaries Dalung charges NFF represented
by Dr Mohammed Sanusi over
Siasia five months’ unpaid
salaries Siasia had visited to officially
inform the minister that his
contract with the NFF has
ended, a disclosure that made
Dalung hit back at the NFF. GET for FREE: Get the latest sports news on Naij Sport The minister charged Sanusi to
ensure that Siasia gets the
arrears of his five month’s
salaries, Vanguard reports. He said: “Please pay him his five
months’ salaries. They said he
has resigned but he just said
that his contract expired after
the Olympics. His contract
expired but you are owing him 5 months’ salaries and you
have gone to employ a foreign
coach and will pay him in dollars.
It means you don’t like
yourselves and nobody will
sympathize with you. Please spare me the stress of talking
about this salary issue or going
to war with you on it. Please
pay him and other coaches
their outstanding salaries.” Dalung charges NFF over
Siasia five months’ unpaid
salaries Dalung charges NFF over Siasia
five months’ unpaid salaries But in a swift response, Sanusi
told Dalung that efforts were
already being made to pay the
coaches their salaries. He said the NFF has to
regularize the TSA procedures
before it can claim the money. Siasia and Dalung exchanged
pleasantries. The minister
thereafter charged NFF over
Siasia five months’ unpaid
salaries Siasia and Dalung exchanged
pleasantries. The minister
thereafter charged NFF over
Siasia five months’ unpaid
salaries Sanusi said: “We have held
meetings and we are waiting
for the money to drop. The
money is already there in our
account but we need to
regularize the TSA procedures before we can claim the money.
We are almost through with the
process. Once that is concluded,
we will pay them.” Siasia, who recently won bronze with Nigeria’s U-23 team at
the 2016 Olympics, said he is “done” working for Nigeria after feeling neglected by the NFF before and during
the Rio games. But shortly after, Siasia was
labelled an ingrate by a top
official of the NFF. The official threatened to
expose Samson Siasia, if he
continues to castigate the
football house. Source http://davesblog.over-blog.com

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Ex-President Goodluck
Ebele Jonathan has been
challenged by Governor
Aminu Bello Masari – Governor Masari took a
swing at Jonathan, asking
him to give details of his
impact in the Niger Delta – Masari has challenged
leaders of the Niger Delta
to come clean on how the
affairs of the region has
been run Former speaker of the house of
representatives and Katsina
state governor, Aminu Bello
Masari has lamented that for
6years, a Niger Delta president
failed to develop the region despite huge revenues from oil
within the administration. Aminu Masari 09283 Governor Masari says the
leaders from the Niger Delta
region, failed their people. Although Masari did not name
anyone, the reference to a
Niger Delta president was
apparently made to Goodluck
Jonathan, the immediate past
president, under whose presidency oil price averaged $
100 per barrel. In an interview published in the
current edition of The
Interview, Masari called out
Niger Delta leaders, challenging
them to “come clean” on how
they managed the region’s resources. READ ALSO: Presidency orders the probe of Emir Sanusi and
Prof. Soludo? “For six years, we had a Niger
Delta president. Let us see
what difference he made in six
years when he was president,”
he said. “When the excess crude
account became pocket money,
how much of the money went
to the Niger Delta?” He asked the federal
government to publish how
much the region has received
since the 13 percent derivation
started. According to a statement by
Azu Ishiekwene, managing
director/editor-in-chief of the
magazine, “the interview
features Masari firing on all
cylinders”. The former speaker of the
house of representatives took
on Senate President Bukola
Saraki, and explained why the
third term bid of former
President Olusegun Obasanjo failed. For the first time, he spoke at
length on ‘budget padding’,
and then, he “removed his
gloves on his predecessor,
Ibrahim Shema”. Asked what he did to ensure
accountability of oil money when
he was speaker and also a
ranking member of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Masari
said: “The house of representatives has been
friendly to the people of the
Niger Delta than any other
institution in the country.” The magazine’s issue also
contains detailed interviews with
Chioma Ajunwa and the world’s
most famous foodies, the Roca
Brothers. In the same vein, Alhaji Masari
has lamented that the way
resources were lavished by the
past PDP administration is the
major reason some states in
the country cannot pay workers’ salaries regularly. Governor Masari made the
disclosure when he received the Katsina state officials of
Munazzamatul Fitiyanul Islam on a courtesy visit in
Government House Katsina
yesterday, July 25. Source http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/08/niger-delta-agitation-blame-it-on-jonathan-masari.html

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Nigeria has lost over
N1.1 trillion in oil revenues
in the last five months -This is due to militants’
attacks on oil installations
in the oil-rich Niger Delta
region – The figure does not
include losses in gas
revenues resulting from
disruptions in gas supplies A report by Daily Trust
indicates that Nigeria has lost
over N1.1 trillion in oil revenues
since the resurgence of
militancy in the oil-rich Niger
Delta region. The report stated oil
installations in the region has
been attacked 28 times
between February 10, 2016 and
end of last month by the
rampaging militants. Niger Delta militants have
been disrupting oil production
in the oil-rich region Niger Delta militants have been
disrupting oil production in the
oil-rich region This figure does not include
losses in gas revenues resulting
from disruptions in gas supplies to domestic power and
industrial plants as well as
export markets. Nigeria is currently struggling to
maintain its crude oil production following a spate of militant
attacks. Militant group, Niger
Delta Avengers continue to
disrupt oil production which in
turn, affects the Nigerian
economy. Nigeria is largely dependent on
proceeds from oil to fund the
budget but the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta region has affected the
country’s finances. READ ALSO: Nigerian companies declare losses as recession bites
harder The 2016 budget is based on daily crude production of 2.2
million barrels per day but the
attacks pushed output down by
about a third between April and
August 29. Production dropped by 300,000
bpd in April. In May, production
went down from 600,000 bpd to
1.5m bpd. In June, it dropped by
700,000 bpd, 700,000 bpd in
July and last Thursday output was down to around 1.4m bpd
with 800,000 bpd lost. At an average oil price of $
42.01 and 46.94/barrel and
exchange rate of N197/$ in April
and May, Nigeria was denied
crude oil revenues valued at $
378m or a Naira equivalent of N75billion and N171billion
respectively. The average price of crude oil
in June and July were $48.79
and N41.37 per barrel, while the
value of the local currency was
estimated at N285 and N292 to
a dollar. Nigeria was therefore denied crude oil revenue valued
at N292billion and N262billion
respectively. At about $48.31/barrel and
N305 exchange rate, an
estimated $112m or N341billionn
has been lost in the last 29
days of August. This puts the
total crude oil (excluding gas) revenue shortfall between April
and August 29 at N1.14trillion. The Niger Delta Avengers
attacks have cut Nigeria’s
output to the lowest in almost
30 years, threatening the
projected N820billion oil revenue
proposed in the budget for this year. Also, in the last five months,
supply disruptions have
significantly affected the
country’s oil exports as four
of the nation’s five largest
export streams have been totally suspended. At the moment, Forcados, Qua Iboe, Bonny Light and Brass River are under force majeure,
a legal clause that allows
companies to cancel or delay
deliveries due to unforeseen
circumstances. READ ALSO: 10 signs the Nigerian economy is fully in
recession The federal government has
already informed Nigerians that it will result to borrowing to
fund the 2016 budget due to the situation. The government is already in
the the process of appointing
two lead managers and a
financial adviser to organize the issuance of $1 billion of
Eurobonds this year. According to the Debt
Management Office (DMO), the
sale is the first tranche of a $
4.5 billion Nigeria Global Medium-
Term Notes Issuance Programme
that runs through 2018. The government is also in talks
with the Chinese import-export
bank – China Exim Bank for a $ 21 billion loan to finance the
budget and develop new
infrastructure projects. The situation is even more
worrisome for states. Recently,
some states had to go home
empty after their statutory
allocation was all deducted to
service their debts. About N32 billion was deducted
from states allocations from the
Federation Account in April for
different loans they incurred. Majority of the states across
the country are now struggling
with payment of workers
salaries and projects execution. The situation has also led to
Nigeria losing its status as
Africa’s biggest economy. South Africa has overtaken Nigeria as
Africa’s biggest economy in
dollar terms. Nigeria’s minister of finance,
Mrs Kemi Adeosun had informed
the Nigerian Senate last month
that the country is “technically in recession”. READ ALSO: Again, FG warn banks, companies not to lay off
staff despite economic crunch Meanwhile, renowned economist
and businessman, Mr Atedo
Peterside has predicted that the recession currently
experienced in Nigeria will last
for a long time. Peterside who is also the
President & Founder of Anap
Foundation said business
confidence is low and investors
are holding back on investing in
Nigeria. Source http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/08/nigeria-loses-n1-1trillion-oil-revenue-due-to-niger-delta-militant-attacks.html

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More revelations are
still coming out on the
arms deal probe – The 2015 elections funds
of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) were allegedly
sourced from the then
Office of the National
Security Adviser (ONSA) – A former Secretary to
the Government of the
Federation (SGF), Chief Olu
Falae has tendered a
weighty evidence In order to clear his name in
the ongoing corruption-related
charges against him, Chief Olu
Falae has submitted to the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) an email correspondence between him
and a former chairman of the
PDP Board of Trustees, Chief
Tony Anenih. Falae Chief Olu Falae is battling to
clear his name of corruption-
charges Chief Falae tendered the email
as an evidence in the probe
linking him to N100m election
funds as the EFCC close in on
him. In the said email, Chief Anenih
mentioned that he was acting
on the instruction of former
President Goodluck Jonathan to
disburse the funds. A source at the EFCC told The
Punch that in the email dated
March 2015, Anenih informed
Falae that N100m had been
approved by Jonathan and
would be handed over to him (Falae). Chief Tony Anenih has been
mentioned severally in the
arms deal case Chief Tony Anenih has been
mentioned severally in the arms
deal case “In the email, Anenih told Chief
Falae, who is the chairman of
the SDP that N100m had been
approved by President Jonathan
as part of the agreement
between the PDP and the SDP ahead of the presidential
election. “He further urged Falae to
provide an account which the
money would be paid into,” the
source said. READ ALSO: EFCC boss spits fire, says commission fears
nobody except God The N100m, which was said to
have emanated from the
imprest account of the ONSA in
the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN). It was paid into the account of
Marreco Limited, a company
where Falae is chairman. The
fund was credited into the
company’s United Bank for
Africa Plc account, 1000627022, on March 25, 2015. Kudin makamai Former national security
adviser, Sambo Dasuki is still
under detention trying to clear
his name Spokesman for Falae, Mr Alfa
Mohammed confirmed that Falae
had submitted all
correspondence between Falae
and the PDP. “We had a letter of agreement
between the PDP and the SDP
regarding cooperation between
the two parties for the
election. “There was an email from
Anenih stating that Mr.
President (Jonathan) told him to
transfer the money to that
effect. “We have submitted everything
to the EFCC, but the EFCC has
not deemed it fit to invite
Anenih which shows that it is
people within the All
Progressives Congress that are just trying to rubbish the image
of Chief Falae, who has served
meritoriously as a permanent
secretary, a SGF and a finance
minister,” Mohammed said. Former President Goodluck
Jonathan has largely
remained quiet on all the
allegations against his
government Former President Goodluck
Jonathan has largely remained
quiet on all the allegations
against his government Mohammed went on to say the
PDP still owed the SDP about
N70m and it was unrealistic of
the EFCC to ask Falae to return
the N100m, adding that Falae
could not have known at that time that the money emanated
from the ONSA and thus could
not be declared guilty. Attempts to reach Mr
Ikechukwu Eze, spokesman for
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan
and Chief Anenih’s spokesman,
Mr Ojeifo Sufuyan to get their
reaction on the issue were not successful. READ ALSO: SEE what EFCC underground cells in Abuja look
like, how detainees are treated
(photos, video) In an interview earlier in the
year, Chief Falae had insisted he
had no dealing with Dasuki,
adding that he gave the PDP
six conditions before accepting
the party’s proposal and the N100 million. His words: “I never had any
dealings whatsoever with the
former National Security
Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki.
No relationship at all! “What I know was that Chief
Tony Anenih, chairman Board of
Trustee of the PDP approached
me before the last election
(presidential election of
Saturday, March 28, 2015) to seek the cooperation of my
party, the Social Democratic
Party (SDP) with his own party
in re-electing the former
president (Dr Goodluck
Jonathan) in what they could call an Inter-Party Cooperation
Agreement. And I gave him 6
conditions before we could
accede to that request.” Chief Falae told members of the
SPD National Executive Council in
Abuja that he was ashamed to be linked with the $2.1billion
arms scandal. He told the party stalwarts
that he would open up on the
contentious N100 million that he
collected from Chief Tony
Anenih, and “silence the
blackmailers.” Around the same period, Falae was reportedly booed by the
congregation at his local church -St. David’s Cathedral, Ijomu
street in Akure during a Sunday
service, after his name was
mentioned as one of the
beneficiaries of the deal. Source http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/08/arms-deal-probe-falae-provides-evidence-of-received-funds-indicting-jonathan.html

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Borno state attorney
general Barrister Kaka
Shehu Lawan says the
arrogance and desperation
for power of Ali Modu
sheriff may have nurtured the insurgency through his
actions while in office – The AG asked why Modu
Sheriff tendered an
apology to the Boko Haram
sect on July 5, 2011 Wani sabon Ciyaman jam'iyyar PDP ta kasa Sanata Ali Modu Sheriff The Borno state attorney
general and commissioner of
Justice, Barrister Kaka Shehu
Lawan, says the arrogance and
desperation for power of Borno
state former governor, Ali Modu sheriff may have nurtured the
insurgency through his actions
while in office. He state this while speaking at
the Nigerian Bar Association,
NBA conference in Port-
Harcourt. The AG blamed Sheriff
for the death of Mohammed
Yusuf, the founder of Boko Haram. “In an interview on Sunday
Politics on Channels TV, Ali Modu
Sheriff said about two weeks
ago, that he had seen
Mohammed Yusuf at the Giwa
military Barracks in Maiduguri after he was arrested during
2009 crisis. The important
question is why was Yusuf
moved from the military custody
to the police headquarters if
not for him to be killed, especially given the fact that
Buji Foi was taken to the same
police headquarters and killed.” READ ALSO: Controversy: Fulani herdsmen attack, Fani Kayode
rains curses, attacks Buhari “What did Sheriff as Chief
security officer do to secure
Muhammad Yusuf. Why was
Muhammad Yusuf not allowed to
make open confessions which
could have included his claim of being betrayed. “On July 5,
2011, former Governor Ali Modu
Sheriff tendered an apology to
the Boko Haram sect “for
whatever he might have done
wrong to them”. Why did he apologize, if he knew he did
nothing wrong to the sect.” Noting the killing of 17 members
of the group allegedly by
security officers while on a
funeral procession in 2009, the
commissioner said the
complacency of Sheriff government on the issue was a
moral burden. “The Borno Government under
Ali Modu Sheriff completely
disregarded that incident. The
government did not issue
statement to condemn the
shooting; the sympathise with the victims; the Government did
not conduct any inquiry on the
shooting; the government
neither visited the shot sect
members in the hospital nor did
it care to pay for the medication of the 17 injured
sect members. “Sheriff was told by different
public commentators, including
some officials in his
administration that his act of
disregard for that bloody
incident could be viewed by the sect as an affront yet out of
arrogance, Sheriff ignored all
wise counsel with his
government acting as if there
was no incident at all. “In an interview on Daily Trust
a few days later, leader of the
sect, Malam Muhammad Yusuf
threatened a reprisal attack
alleging that the actions of the
Borno State Government which neither condemned the
shooting, made inquiry nor
empathized with the sect was
an indication that the shooting
was orchestrated with the aim
of eliminating his followers . “A day or so after the
interview, Yusuf delivered a
sermon in Hausa language,
titled, “open letter to
President Umaru Musa
Yar’adua” and directed his followers to go and arm
themselves in preparation of
self defense and eventful Jihad
in response to the shooting of
his 17 followers. “Even while
Muhammad Yusuf issued this directive and threat for Jihad,
Governor Ali Modu Sheriff still
disregarded the possible room
to make peace with the sect. “On Tuesday, July 21, 2009,
some members of the sect, 9 in
number were arrested in
possession of 74 empty bomb
shells, a large quantity of gun
powders, chemicals and other components of making
improvised explosive devices.
They were arrested in Biu,
headquarters of Biu local
government area in southern
part of Borno State, which is about 180 kilometers away from
Maiduguri. “On Friday, July 24, 2009, the
nine arrested sect members
were paraded at the police
headquarters in Maiduguri with
their materials for making
Improvised explosive devices on display by the police. READ ALSO: Boko Haram: Buhari set to bring back Chibok girls “Commander of the group of 9
sect members, Inusa Ibrahim
Sabo told journalists on record
that they were in possession of
the explosive materials in
preparation to defend themselves against Ali Modu
Sheriff’s operation flush. He
said they were directed by
Muhammad Yusuf to arm
themselves because they
presumed the shooting of their brothers was intentional and
they were no longer safe. “That very Friday of July 24,
2009, the first explosion in
Maiduguri took place. It was a
locally made bomb which
exploded at night in the
residence of one Hassan Sani Badami from Biu, a follower of
the sect trained in making
explosive devices. The bomb
exploded while it was being
prepared by Badami. Another
follower of the sect working with Badami sustained severe
injuries while Badami’s wife and
child were taken to the
headquarters of Operation Flush
on Dikwa road. “The following day, Muhammad
Yusuf in reaction, described
Badami’s death as ticket for
him into paradise. Meanwhile, President
Muhammadu Buhari has vowed
to deal with Niger Delta militants the same way he
treated Boko Haram terrorists. Source http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/08/revealed-how-ali-modu-sheriff-started-boko-haram-borno-ag.html

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On Saturday, August 27, the news about
controversial Nigerian radio
presenter Freeze being
sacked from Cool Fm broke
the internet . Contrary to that report
Freeze has come out to
deny being sacked and
plans to sue the bloggers
that broke the news. Freeze and Dbanj right in the Cool FM studio. Freeze Freeze took to his Instagram
handle to post a screenshot of
the report from Miss Petit
Nigeria’s blog and Instablog9ja
with the caption: “I never
address or dispel rumors but is the height of it! @instablog9ja
and www.misspetitenaijablog.com
have both carried all sorts of
slanderous stories about me in
the past, without confirmation
before posting their garbage. But this, trust me would be
their last! If this defamatory
and slanderous post is not
taken down immediately and an
unreserved apology offered via
the same medium within 24- hours, I will be forced to take
legal actions against both
blogs.” PAY ATTENTION: Get all the latest gossips on NAIJ Gossip
App He further went ahead to
disclose that although he was in
a meeting with his Cool Fm boss
Mr Moussalli but it had nothing
to do with Basketmouth or
social media. More news at http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/08/finally-nigerian-oap-speaks-on-being-sacked-from-cool-fm-plans-to-sue-bloggers.html

Aliko Dangote is said to
be very happy with this
new development and
progress recorded by his
company – Sources say the price of
rice will crash further
after commencement of
sales Nigerians’ challenges with the
purchase of rice may soon
become a thing of the past as
Dangote Rice is set to hit the
market stalls. According to The Nation, the
management of the rice-
producing company has
commenced the harvest of its
first tranche and Aliko Dangote,
Africa’s richest billionaire, is said to be very happy with the
latest development. Sources within the organisation
informed the business mogul has
expressed satisfaction with the
recent development more
because it will help ease the
pains of Nigerians, who are presently groaning over the
N20, 000 per bag cost of the
commodity. Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko
Dangote, is said to be very
excited about this new
development. The source said: “We are really
excited about the progress so
far recorded in this our rice
projects. Once we commence the
sales of our rice, I can
authoritatively tell you that the price of rice will crash in the
country as we should have
enough, in the next few years
to make importation of rice
non-attractive again into the
country.” Recall that Dangote inaugurated
its 8,000-hectare rice out-
growers’ scheme in Hadejia,
Jigawa state early this year,
when he distributed rice
seedlings to farmers. The scheme is said to help
reduce the level of Nigeria’s
imports and potentially provide
direct and indirect jobs to
about 10, 000 Nigerians. Dangote Industries Limited (DIL)
also recently signed a
Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the ministry of
Agriculture and Rural
Development (FMARD) to invest $1billion (N165 million) on
establishment of fully integrated
rice production and processing
operations across Nigeria. Farmland in Edo, Jigawa, Kebbi,
Kwara, and Niger states
totalling 150,000 hectares have
been penciled down for the
commercial production of rice
paddy. Meanwhile, Ganiyu Quadri, the
chairman, Alimosho local
government in Lagos state has
revealed that the price of a
bag of rice, which is currently sold for N18,500, will drop to
N9000 before December. Speaking after receiving a
delegation of Rotary Club of
Akowonjo 9110, led by by its
district-governor, Patrick
Ikheloa, and president, Shola
Abidakun, Quadri gave assurance that the agro-business scheme
run by the Lagos state
government in Kebbi state will
put an end to the high cost of
foodstuff in the southwest. http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/08/hurray-price-of-rice-set-to-crash-further-as-dangote-rice-hits-nigerian-stalls-soon.html

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CAN president Rev Supo
Ayokunle has attacked
John Kerry over his recent
visit – The CAN president
accused the US
administration of
supporting the excesses of
the APC – Rev Ayokunle also said
that the government has
laid a siege on Christians kerry-sulatan- United States Secretary of
State John Kerry talks with the
Sultan of Sokoto during his visit The US secretary of state, John
Kerry has come under heavy
attack by the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN),
over his recent visit to Nigeria. Mr John Kerry was told off by
CAN, who say that his recent
visit to Nigeria was
discriminatory, personal and
divisive. Rev Supo Ayokunle, the
President of CAN, alleged that Kerry’s actions during his visit
would further the federal
government’s plan to continue
to persecute the teeming
population of Nigerian Christians. During his visit, John Kerry only
visited the Sultan of Sokoto,
Sa’ad Abubakar III, he also met
with the 19 northern
governors, of whom only three
are Christians. Also at the Presidential Villa,
where Kerry was hosted by
President Muhammadu Buhari,
he met with select northern
governors, which also led to
criticism as to who selected the governors that were allowed to
meet with him. According to Vanguard, Rev
Ayokunle, told journalists in an
interview in Abuja that Kerry
disrespected the heterogeneous
nature of Nigeria, while nakedly
showing favour to northern Nigeria and Muslims to the
detriment of the Christian
community. Ayokunle said that the attitude
and disposition of the Secretary
of States and the discrimination
he adopted during the visit
supports accusations that the
President Barack Obama’s administration, alongside Kerry
and other strategic US
politicians in the Obama’s
government openly supported
the All Progressives Congress
(APC) in the 2016 general elections, which produced the
current leadership of the
country. The CAN president also asked
John Kerry to “stop interfering
in Nigerian affairs”, explaining
that as far as he was
concerned the visit was a
complete flop and exposed Kerry’s negligence of Nigeria’s
unity in diversity ideology that
has remained the bedrock of
the country. READ ALSO: REVEALED! The real reason John Kerry visited
Nigeria – Femi Fani-Kayode He said: “Why did he meet with
19 states governors, without
southern governors, is Nigeria
the north alone, why did you
go to the north alone?” There’s a siege on Christians.
Kerry, his actions speak volume,
his actions, body language were
very divisive. “If US Secretary
of States is coming for official
visit, it’s understandable, but we demand explanation why he
was selective. Has the Sultan
Palace become another State
House? Was Kerry invited by
the Sultan? We have 36 States in Nigeria;
he only selected northern
governors to meet with them. It
was a visit to the north, not to
Nigeria. It was surely a very
divisive visit. With the visit to the north, Kerry’s visit has
heightened fear and tension
among Christians in Nigeria, if
they cannot bring us together,
they should not interfere in our
affairs.” Ayokunle while speaking on the
killing of Christians in northern
Nigeria, said that based on
government the selective
persecution of Christians mostly
by the Department of State Service (DSS) and the Nigerian
Police, it was obvious the
administration was anti-
Christians. He said: “Have the DSS
arrested the Muslim youths who
burnt down a Catholic Church in
Niger State because they were
worshiping on Friday? What
happened to the ECWA Pastor who was killed in his farm in Obi
Local Government Area of
Nasarawa State? What have
happened with Redeemed
Preacher who was murdered in
Kubwa, Abuja? Look at the recent case in
Zamfara State, Christians where
burnt alive. What has
happened? They will tell you,
they are still investigating. Have
they been arrested and charged them to court? If the
government cannot sit up and
protect Christians, tolerance is
going to break down, they
should do the right thing, they
should not provoke Christians. Have we ever seen this
government bring anybody to
book?” READ ALSO: Fast all in one — UC Browser He tasked President Buhari “to
come out clean”, adding that
“a government that doesn’t
listen is not for the people.” He said that the police were
slow in persecuting Muslims, but
fast in persecuting Christians.
The CAN leader called on the
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to
intervene urgently in the case of Mr Joe Chinakwe who was
arrested for naming his dog
‘Buhari’. He said: “The NBA should take
up that case and ascertain
whether the man has the right
to give any name to a dog.
They should come and protect
the man’s human rights and set the record why the case is
not a criminal offence.” Meanwhile, Femi Fani-Kayode also criticized the visit saying in part: “I wonder if they still believe
that Clinton and Obama love ALL
Nigerians and not just those
that they helped to get into
power last year? Think hard
and think deep Christian before it is too late and you are
overwhelmed. Consider the
religious war that took place in
Lebanon years ago and that is
taking place in Syria today.” http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/08/tension-christian-leaders-attack-us-secretary-of-state.html

this deserves front page o

guys keep rolling in your comments.

obj is just like a mad dog

in this piece cautioned the
minister while stating that
Ezekwesili was a team player in
the hardship suffered by
Nigerians currently. Oby Ezekwesili, one of the leaders of the BBOG Oby Ezekwesili, one of the
leaders of the BBOG But for his antecedence as a
consummate media handler, one
would have been disappointed
that presidential spokesperson,
Ahaji Shehu Garba decided to
join issues with the convener of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) and
former minister of education,
Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili for saying
his boss, President Muhammadu
Buhari does not deserve to be
in office. Garba Shehu should have seen
through Ezekwesili and arrive at
the conclusion that he could
have better spent the time
used on writing the statement
dismissing Ezekwesili for other uses. Without doing any library
research anyone can see that
this former World Bank Vice
President is eager to line her
egg nest. She left that supposedly cushy
job to take up appointment
under the Obasanjo
government, returned to the
country under Dr Goodluck
Jonathan but there was no deal until the unfortunate abduction
of the Chibok Girls provided the
material to blackmail that
government with the formation
of BBOG. READ ALSO: Tension as Ezekwesili lashes out at
Buhari’s spokesman It took the surfacing of how
she misappropriated a total of
N458 billion allocated to the
country’s educational sector
when she served as minister
between 2006 and 2007 to silence her. Still along that line of hustling
to get on the joy ride she
became hyper critical of the
Jonathan government while
making it look like she was on
errand for the opposition. Once the new government
emerged without her being
named on the cabinet she found
a new cause that saw the BBOG
promptly revived and used to
harass the government of President Buhari. The truth has a way of
eventually coming out. Other arrowheads of BBOG have
either returned to their full
time occupations or find newer
ways of making contributions to
the nation’s development while
still working to ensure the girls are one day released. But not Ezekwesili. Not even the
dawning realization to Nigerians
that the group could be more
complicit in the captivity of the
girls can make her behave
herself. The former minister has
therefore dusted up what is
left of her credibility and
deployed it to champion the
cause of ‘2000 Nigeria
Immigration Service recruits’ whom she is making to look like
hapless victims. READ ALSO: Doubters: These photos should convince you
Chibok girls abduction is not a
scam Two quick things: aren’t these
the same recruitment that she
claimed were made without
adherence to due process; is
this the same former minister
who had no qualms about downsizing for efficiency in line
with World Bank dictated global
best practices? One needs ask these question
because there should be limits
to grandstanding even when
political manoeuvres are called
for.
Mine expectation is that Ezekwesili would have by now
deployed her clout and access
to the Boko Haram intellectual
components in pressuring Ahmed
Salkida, Ahmed Bolori and Aisha
Wakil to facilitate the release of the Chibok girls. That she could immediately be
latching onto another cause,
albeit for selfish and adulation
purposes, signposts how the
BBOG outings had always been
influence courting exercises for a woman who is unaccustomed
to being out the influence circle. She has spoken in a couple
interview about how she left
nothing behind in government
that she wants to return to
but this latest development has
definitely put the lie to her claims. Not just at this recent sit out,
her recent comments on
national issues betray a refusal
to accept the realities of the
time. Ezekwesili mentioned that the
impunity that characterized the
Jonathan administration has
resurfaced under the present
government, which leaves one
wondering how much responsibility she is willing to
accept or if she even has the
capacity to recognize that she
must accept responsibility
because the foundation for
impunity was laid and solidified under the government she
served and being a minister at
that time there is no record
that she productively tried to
halt that foundation from being
laid. Even with such reckless past,
the least she can do is to
acknowledge progress being
made by President Buhari to
undo the damage she and her
colleagues did in setting off that culture. If she called it
impunity now what would she
have called it before the
incumbent government scaled
back on the abomination that
Ezekwesili’s People Democratic Party (PDP) government left
behind in 16 years. READ ALSO: If Buhari does not do this, Nigeria will be
destroyed – Top 15 quotes Ezekwesili spoke of hardship
without acknowledging her role
in how the policies she actively
supported as a minister started
off what Nigerians are today
experiencing. If she were truly sincere about
the plight of the lower income
bracket population she should
deploy the same tricks her and
her buddies at the World Bank
use to market unneeded loans to emerging economies to
reverse the damage she has
done. This is why I think Garba Shehu
shouldn’t waste valuable time
in responding to this woman.
She is in need of rehabilitation
as the economy of the world
has taken a hit so even a World Bank big wig is not as
insulated as one would assume. Instead of countering or trying
to correct the misinformation
that Ezekwesili is putting out,
the presidential spokesperson
should recognize it as the
desperate cries of a frustrated and sinking woman in need of
intervention. So when next Ezekwesili goes
on her rant, if Garba Shehu has
to write anything it shouldn’t
be a response but a
compassionate memo to Mr
President to find one small appointment for madam, whose
co-convener at BBOG, Hadiza
Baka Usman already has a
national assignment. It is not
easy being left out “inside this
cold of Abuja”. http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/08/how-former-minister-caused-nigerians-hardship.html

The EFCC has made move
to charge Olu Falae to
court – The former minister of
finance was accused of
receiving N100 million from
Sambo Dasuki – He admitted receiving
the money but insisted he
was unaware it came from
arms deal The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) has
taken steps to arraign Chief Olu
Falae for allegedly receiving
N100 million from the Goodluck
Jonathan Campaign Organisation ahead of the 2015 presidential
election. The former secretary to the
government of the federation
had first been apprehended by
the EFCC for receiving the fund
in a political agreement with the
Peoples Democratic Party through Chief Tony Anenih. It
was later revealed that the
N100 million came from the
office of Sambo Dasuki, the
former national security adviser. Olu Falae says he hasn't been
asked by the EFCC to return
the N100million Given to him
by Tony Anenih Olu Falae says he feels ashamed
to be linked to the $2.1 billion
arms scandal The Punch reports that the
EFCC would formally charge the
former minister of finance with
conspiracy to indirectly retain
the sum of N100m “which he
ought to have known formed part of the proceeds of an
unlawful act to wit: stealing,
thereby committing an offence
contrary to Section 18(a) of
the Money Laundering
(Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2012, and punishable under
Section 15(3) and 4 of the
same Act.” Falae had admitted in February
that he received the money on
behalf of the Social Democratic
Party (SDP) but was unaware the
money came fro Dasuki. READ ALSO: #Dasukigate: Church Members Humiliate Olu
Falae An EFCC source revealed that
the 78-year-old politician has
been visiting the office of the
anti-graft agency but has
refused to return the money. “Chief Falae has been reporting
to our office every week to
answer questions on the N100m
he received from the Jonathan
campaign organisation. We have
told him to refund the money. “But he said he received the
money through Anenih and it
was meant for campaign.
However, investigations revealed
that he deposited N60m into
SDP’s account while he kept N40m. “We told him that he should
return the N40m, but he has
not been forthcoming. We have
no other option but to charge
him to court.” However, Mr. Alfa Mohammed
who is the spokesperson of
Falae said any attempt to
prosecute him would be
tantamount to witch-hunt. He claimed the former
presidential candidate was
usually grilled for eight hours at
the EFCC office in Lagos without
food or water and the stress
of shuttling between Lagos and Ondo was taking its toll on him. He insisted that Falae did not
use the fund for personal
purpose but for campaign for
the re-election of Jonathan. “The PDP wanted us to render
a service and they gave us
money, which we did by
adopting and working for
Jonathan. So, what is our
business with arms deal? READ ALSO: #Dasukigate: Olu Falae Opens Up On Arms
Largesse “We never had contact with
Dasuki. If you are given money
to cook food for guests at a
ceremony and after everyone
has eaten, you are informed
that the money given to you was stolen from CBN, would you
tell all the guests to pay you? “This is nothing but
harassment. They want to
distract us from the coming
Ondo election which we are set
to win. The SDP still owes Chief
Falae N70m because we asked him to borrow N170m in
anticipation that the PDP would
pay, but the party gave us
only N100m. “The N100m came about three
days to the election and chief
had been spending money
before then. He has fallen ill
because of the intense
interrogation in the EFCC office. The operatives usually grill him
for eight hours without food or
water. If they are probing
party funds, let them start
from the APC.” Fale has insisted that he has no dealing with Dasuki and said he gave the PDP six conditions
before accepting the party’s
proposal and the N100 million
and was unaware it came from
money meant for procurement
of arms. “I never had any dealings
whatsoever with the former
National Security Adviser,
Colonel Sambo Dasuki. No
relationship at all!
“What I know was that Chief Tony Anenih, chairman Board of
Trustee of the PDP approached
me before the last election
(presidential election of
Saturday, March 28, 2015) to
seek the cooperation of my party, the Social Democratic
Party (SDP) with his own party
in re-electing the former
president (Dr Goodluck
Jonathan) in what they could
call an Inter-Party Cooperation Agreement. And I gave him 6
conditions before we could
accede to that request.” http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/08/n100m-jonathan-election-fund-efcc-finally-takes-serious-action-against-olu-falae.html

Senator Joseph Waku has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe Obasanjo – Waku claims Obasanjo introduced corruption in Nigeria – The APC chieftain says his party will lose 2019 election without Buhari Senator Joseph Waku, a former chairman, Senate Committee on Water Resources, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe former president Olusegun Obasanjo or forget about his anti-corruption war. According to Waku, Obasanjo introduced corruption to Nigeria,
and so Nigerians would not take President Buhari’s fight against corruption seriously if Obasanjo was left untouched, The Punch reports. READ ALSO: Fast all in one — UC Browser Obj berates the Senate chief olusegun obasanjo Speaking with newsmen at the Annual General Assembly of the Arewa Consultative Forum on Tuesday, August 23, in Kaduna, Waku said: “Look, I am 70 years
old now and have been in this game for more than 50 years. “Therefore, there is no way I can just look at some totality of what people are saying about corruption and believe it as it has been reported to me. If I have an investigating mechanism, I know that this accusation is real obviously. “I have access to authority. I have access to Mr. President. I told Mr. President that this corruption probe of past regimes, if you don’t probe Obasanjo, then you haven’t done anything yet. Corruption in
Nigeria was introduced by Obasanjo.” "Senator Joseph Waku, a
former chairman, Senate
Committee on Water
Resources, has urged
President Muhammadu Buhari
to probe Obasanjo." Senator Joseph Waku, a former
chairman, Senate Committee on
Water Resources, has urged
President Muhammadu Buhari to
probe Obasanjo. Waku who served as a senator in the fourth republic and is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, noted that without Buhari, the ruling party would lose the 2019 general election. He said the party won the 2015
election because most of the politicians on the platform of the APC rode on Buhari’s honesty to win the 2015 election. The call for Buhari to probe Obasanjo comes just after the former president denied media reports claiming he and a few Nigerians brought President Muhammadu Buhari to power. According to him, no individual or group including himself can lay claim to bringing to power. Obasanjo said Nigerians overwhelmingly voted for Buhari, hence, no one could claim to have brought him to power. http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/08/corruption-in-nigeria-was-introduced-by-obasanjo.html