₦airaland Forum

olasaad:
You too can represent him in that area so that there won't be a problem with you and other people like you who think the same

Sis, you too can represent him there. Let us appreciate our own nau.

Like many Yorubas, the man no dey carry Oyinbo man and Arab religion for head like some other tribes in Nigeria. The only qualms I have with Amosun is that the man no dey come Masquerade festival (Odun Egungun, Sango etc). When it comes to religious tolerance, an average Yoruba man no get problem.

resurgentxtian4:
Deji, get over yourself and face the truth that things are not going well in Nigeria. Leave igbos alone as they don’t have any allies in Nigeria already so they are bound to annoy others.

Buhari is a disaster, admit that fact and let’s work together to push him out in 2019. People are suffering!

Ive given you a tutorial on how Govt and economics works. Most of the capital projects embarked upon by this admin will take 3 to 5 years to complete. As from 2018 some will be completed and life will get easier for people. That is the big picture you are not seeing. Continue your bellyaching, but watch as your rank of unemployed people decrease as we progress.

resurgentxtian4:
You are an Id!ot! I am Yoruba and I don’t wait for a living like the igbos. However, we must admit that Buhari’s Government is a disaster to Nigerians. At what point are we as a people going to admit that we made a mistake with Buhari?

Get over your hate for igbos (most Nigerians do) and consider the plight of millions of Nigerian families who are going to have a not so merry Christmas because of the parlous state of our economy brought on by the ruinous economic policies of the Buhari Government.

E sanu wa na ooooo. Iya o’nse omi obe oooo (not that I am suffering like that sha oo)

If you are not a dolt and an economic illiterate, you will understand why things are a bit hard for some Nigerians including yourself that is barking like a rabid dog here. You import most things you consume, Nigeria main source of dollar is oil and with the slump of oil price, so is the availability of dollars. Unlike a dolt like you, many serious Nigerians are embracing Agriculture where you dont need a licence to practice, and are smiling to the bank at the time of harvest or sales. Continue to wail, hoping your wailing will bring back your PDP.ig. I've got news for you. You are only wasting your time.

surgical:
why does it have to be deji ,seun,segun that reasons like this what's you people s problem its so neausating.

The same way I wonder how it has be Emeka, shibuzor, shibi ike and shenasa that has to support criminals. It is so disgusting.

Case is still in court. Nigeria justice system is generally slow. Buhari by virtue of Nigeria constitution cannot interfere with the Judiciary and court processes.

GavelSlam:
If you could read you would see it was written but your type would only wait to be spoon fed.

New entrants into the labour market and over a million losing their jobs due to recession.

The stats do NOT however take into account the out-of-recession quarter.

Why can't you stand the truth?

My brother, let them be. They wail for a living. If they don't wail, they will die. Let them be. Since they have been wailing, their lives has not improved. Their choice party and candidates will continue to lose . At some point their criminal heros will be filing into the prison through court judgements. The furure looks bleak for them, that is why they wail.

Many are taking into agriculture with high returns on investment. If only paid trolls and unemployed liepods hiding in europe and america can embrace agriculture, stop wasting their time online on a lost cause, the unemployment rate will reduce. Their hopes and aspiration in life is to wait for crumbs from politicians like Atiku and other PDP.ig big wigs. Patriotic Nigerians can see the efforts, the results and the gains so far of the Buhari Govt. Watch as they continue to wail and bark like a rabid dog.

mikolo80:
university of 36 states and Abuja. Pretend like you go school na

Hahahahahhaha. Pretend like you go school nau. You are "wicked".

tossie101:
my dear..Odiegwu..
kno this people very well..I live and work with them.
Those ones that seem to be nice to u trust me they want something from u.
I hav experienced that countless times.
They can even lick ur feet in ur presence to get what they want, but they "yinmu" u behind

Forget this people biko.

How come it is Eboe women that carry this Afonja matter for head like Gala inside hold up?

QueenSekxy:
na today you know those tiger crawl double faced descendants of falling demon

Na lie. You have been dying to meet a Yoruba man that will marry you. Agadi nwayi like you...

cetzak:
We want know the names of those School

Is there any University in Nigeria that you don't find Ibos? What difference does it make?

cutedharmee:
Saved 500k & invested it as well. Gonna invest into agriculture big time come 2018. May God help me

Amen!

The devil is in the details. Why is NASS bent on working against the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians?

Programme To Provide Uninterrupted Power Supply For University Students , Not A Mere ‘streetlighting’ Project - Ministry

By Federal Ministry of Power, Works & Housing

The Ministry of Power, Works and Housing wishes to restate that the Energizing Education Programme (EEP) of the Federal Government is aimed at rejuvenating the nation’s education system by providing uninterrupted power supply to a total of 37 federal universities and 7 university teaching hospitals.

This clarification has become necessary in the light of the misrepresentation of the Programme as a mere “solar –powered streetlight project in nine universities across the country valued at N10bn,” by the Punch newspaper while purportedly reporting the proceedings of the 2018 Budget Defense Meeting of the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy attended by the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency on Thursday, 14th December 2017.

The Punch Newspaper in a report, which first appeared in its Online version , claimed that the Senate “criticized a solar-powered streetlight project” thereby deliberately misrepresenting the Energizing Education Programme (EEP).Far from being a “streetlight” project, the EEP in fact seeks to rejuvenate the education system through electrifying a total of 37 federal universities and 7 university teaching hospitals, with Independent Power Plants (IPPS), which will boost effective learning, innovation and advancement through uninterrupted power supply.

In addition to helping to extend electrification to rural and underserved areas in which the institutions are located ultimately, the Programme will enable the institutions benefit from world-class training schools, for the training of students in renewable energy, as well as provide optimized security, for the safety and well being of students and staff, through the installation of streetlights on campus which is only a small component of the Project.

Although implementation of this programme is led by the power sector, through the Rural Electrification Agency, the Vice Chancellors and the Ministry of Education have signed onto this as a critical investment in the education sector.

The deliberate attempt to water down the significant impact this Programme will have on the enhanced education of Nigerian students is outright unpatriotic as it seeks to prevent the socio-economic development of our nation.

In addition to the open and transparent coverage of the milestones attained preparatory to the take off of the Project like the Meetings and signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the REA and the first set of participating tertiary institutions, the Ministry holds itself ready to provide further details to the media and any other interested entities to stem any further misrepresentation.

Signed:

MINISTRY OF POWER, WORKS AND HOUSING

15THDECEMBER, 2017

https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/261044/programme-to-provide-uninterrupted-power-supply-for-universi.html

‘Why we are probing Mark’s acquisition of Senate President’s house’

Posted By: Eric Ikhilae, Abuja On: December 21, 2017


The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the Chairman, Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property (SPIPRPP), Okoi Obono-Obla have explained why the panel was probing the purchase of the official residence of the Senate President by David Mark.

They said the investigation was informed by information to the effect that Mark, a former Senate President, unlawfully acquired the property in 2011, without being reflected in the Federal Government’s gazette as required.

They argued that the house said to be built on 1.6 hectares of land, located in Gudu, Apo, Abuja, is a national monument that was not meant to be acquired by an individual.

Malami and Obono-Obla’s explanation is contained in the court papers they filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja Thursday in reaction to a suit by Mark, challenging the notice of investigation served on him by the SPIPRPP.



The documents include a notice of preliminary objection, a counter-affidavit to Mark’s motion for interlocutory injunction and a defence to the substantive suit.

An official in the office of the Chairman of SPIPRPP, Aribatise Olanrewaju, who deposed to the counter- affidavit for Malami and Obono-Obla stated that the panel was empowered to probe the circumstances in which Mark took over the property.

He said although former President Goodluck approved the sale of the property to Mark; the purchase was not gazetted as required by law.

He said: “The request of Senator Bala Muhammad (the then Minister of Federal Capital Territory) was approved by former President Jonathan, but on the condition that the sale should be gazetted.

“However, the sales of the houses were never gazette. Notwithstanding the directive of former President Jonathan that the said house should be sold to the plaintiff upon enactment of a Federal Government gazette, the said property was illegally sold to the plaintiff;

“The sales of these houses were never reflected in the Federal Government official gazette contrary to directive/ minute in the memo of Senator Bala Muhammad by former President Jonathan;



“I know as a fact that the sale of the said house to the plaintiff was never conducted in a competitive bidding and transparent process; this is contrary to the provisions of Section 15 (1) of the Procurement Act, 2007;

“I know as a fact that the sale was contrary to the provisions of the Federal Government of Nigeria official gazette No. 82, Vol. 92 of 15 August 2005;

“The said house is a national monument, which should have never been sold;

“I know as a fact that the provisions of Part 11 (b) of the Certain Political, Public and Judicial Office Holders (Salaries and Allowances, Etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2008 otherwise known as the Remuneration Act, 2008 provides that Senate President is provided with accommodation by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

“I know as a fact that the sale to the said house was contrary to the provisions of Paragraphs 1 & 6 (1) of Part 1 of the 5th Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) since the purchaser (the Plaintiff) was a the Senate President he purchased the house.”

Olanrewaju referred the law that empowered the panel to investigate Mark’s acquisition of the property.

He said: “I know as a fact that the notice alluded to in paragraph 17 of the affidavit is therefore not a notice of eviction as claimed by the plaintiff/applicant.

“I know as a fact that the 2nd defendant never declared the plaintiff/applicant acquisition of the said property illegal, but a notice to inform him that the acquisition of the said property was under investigation by the Special Investigation Panel.

“I know as a fact that the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property was set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria pursuant to the provisions of Recovery of Public Property (Special Provisions) Act, Cap. R4, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004,” he said.

In their objection, Malami and Obono-Obla faulted the suit by Marked and described it as a ploy to stall his ongoing investigation.

Obono-Obla, who endorsed the processes filed by the respondents in the suit – the AGF and Obono-Obla – described the suit as speculative and hypothetical.

He contended, in the objection that the Federal High Court was without the jurisdiction to hear the suit.

He grounds on which he hinged his argument include that the court has no jurisdiction to grant the relief sought by the plaintiffs in view of the fact that, by virtue of Section 251 (1) (p) of the Constitution, the subject matter of the case has nothing to do with the administration or the management and control of the Federal Government or any of its agencies.

He said the suit was a disguise to scuttle criminal investigation of the plaintiff (a public officer) using the court.

Obono-Obla added tha: “This court has no jurisdiction to stop the Special Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property established pursuant to Section 1 (1) of the Recovery of Public Property (Special Provisions) Act, Cap. R4, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 from carrying out its statutory functions.

“The 2nd defendant (Obono-Obla) is an agent of a disclosed principal and as such the plaintiff is wrong to sue the 2nd defendant in his official capacity with his personal name.

“This suit has disclosed no reasonable cause of action; it is speculative and hypothetical,” he said.

The SPIPRPP, in September this year, issued a 21-day notice to Mark to quit the property or “show cause” why the Federal Government should not “enforce the recovery of the property for public good”.

Rather than “show cause” as requested by SPIPRPP, Mark head before the Federal High Court where he lodged the suit and prayed the court to among others, quash all steps taken by the panel to evict him and recover the house from him.

The case will come up for hearing on January 22 next year before Justice Gabriel Kolawole.

http://thenationonlineng.net/probing-marks-acquisition-senate-presidents-house/

nairagreatman:
You did not include Rochas Okorocha

Rochas? I do not need a statue build in my honour..

Moreover, I do not think that any state Governor has performed beyond the ordinary...

Isokowadoo:
Why are u Sounding like a zombie?

Did they teach you any other word apart from Zombie in your Biafra brainwashing sessions? We already know you are a zombie, why are you self identifying all the time?

Kyase:
Including the runnaway Dude?
osibanjo Ag president.
Buhari for not dying even with prayers.

Hahahahahaha.@ Buhari for not dying

2017 Nigeria Man of the year.....
It's going to be a tough one between Rtd Col Hameed Ali and Professor Ishaq Oloyede for their patriotism...

CC: Mynd44, lalasticlala

Who among the people on the list below deserves the award of Nigeria man of the year 2017?

1. President Mohammadu Buhari
2. VP- Yemi Osinbajo
3. Rtd Col Hameed Ali - Customs DG
4. Professor Ishaq Oloyede - Jamb Registrar
5. Mrs Kemi Adeosun - Minister for Finance
6. Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman - Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
7. Mr Babatunde Fasola (SAN) - Minister of Power, Works and Housing
8. Mr Rotimi Amaechi - Minister of Transport
9. Mr Audu Ogbe - Minister of Agriculture
10. Mr Nnamdi Kanu - IPOB leader

I did good this year. I would not want to mention any amount because I would not want to be trailed by scammers.
I give thanks to God for his provision and mercies.

9jakohai:
1. Our budget is N8trillion, one trillion is just 1/8th of it.
2.We even need far more than that.
3.Our major income earner is oil. We need oil to be at $120 per barrel to balance the books...and even then we need to borrow some money.
4.Oil is at $60, and it was once at $29. That leaves a deficit of $60 per barrel of oil sold...which has to be made up by borrowing.
5.That is why if APC is serious, they must urgently make our economy an industrial economy. We should be exporting industrial goods, not relying on oil.

Even if you break the head of a wailer and put all this information there and many more, a wailer will still not understand.
Is a wailer, is a wailer....

MrMoney007:
Afonja scumbag.

decayed sense of reasoning

Ibo barbarian, your life is meaningless.

Buhari o. A man of destiny. A man determined to turn the fortune of the country around for good. A man appointed by God. A man that God is using to develop Nigeria. God bless you.
Despite all the gimmicks and hurdles thrown in your way by unpatriotic wailers, you still excel.
This is a good and welcome development.
Forward ever, backward never.

mistakay:
America has spent $1.07 trillion on Taliban. Use google ee_diyot

The Gimba and many of the Channels TV presenters are very ignorant. Is Channels not paying her presenters and producers money and create time for research? Poor journalism.

Afghanistan has cost the U.S. over a trillion dollars since the Bush administration launched its military intervention in late 2001.

The $1.07 trillion bill can be divided into three segments. Overseas Contingency Operations funds specifically dedicated to the war come to $773 billion. $243 billion can be attributed to increases in the base budget of the Department of Defense while the increase in the Veterans Administration budget cost $54.2 billion


https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/08/24/the-financial-cost-of-u-s-involvement-in-afghanistan-infographic/#7e22706a1ee3

sanandreas:
Na ur stock fish initiate these Ipp. Learn to tell yourself the truth.

Na ur ogogoro master commissioned the project? You don't know the difference between initiating a project, funding a project and completing the project. Initiating a project could just be reduced to a wish list. Funding and completing a project is the real work...

sanandreas:
The legacy of Goodluck.

Legacy of Goodluck? Wake up, this is 2017 and not 2014 . Goodluck was busy stealing the huge sum of money he earned from oil, that is why nothing gets completed in his 6 years of office. But Patience Jonathan account, hotels, mansions, Jonathan's farm, Dieziani's mansions, Yacht, etc all got completed...

For people asking where is the change? This is the Change.
Azura power in Benin City, Edo State yesterday, connected its first turbine of 153MW capacity to the grid and began producing electricity for distribution across the country.


Azura Power’s first turbine connects to national grid
Published December 21, 2017

’Femi Asu

Azura Power said the first turbine of its independent power plant was synchronised with the national grid on Wednesday and began producing electricity for distribution across the country.

The company said in a statement that the event marked the start of a four-month period of intensive commissioning of the 459megawatts Azura-Edo IPP located in Benin City, Edo State.



According to the statement, the plant has three Siemens turbines, each of which is capable of producing 153MW.

It stated that the turbine would undergo a battery of tests over the coming five weeks, adding that the tests on the second and third turbines would begin at the end of January 2018 and the beginning of March 2018, respectively.

The company said the commissioning process would then conclude at the end of April 2018 when the plant is scheduled to reach full commercial operations.

It stated that during this four-month commissioning period, the plant would produce over 100,000 megawatt hours of electricity, which would be sold by the National Bulk Electricity Trading Plc to the distribution companies.

The Deputy Managing Director, Azura Power, Mr. Edu Okeke, said, “This festive season is one of the peak periods for electricity consumption in Nigeria and it’s a source of real pride for Azura that we were able to bring our first turbine onto the grid before Christmas Day.”

The statement added that the project, whose construction began in January 2016, was anticipated to reach completion in December 2018.

It said, “But with the vast bulk of the work already completed, the project is currently more than seven months ahead of schedule. It has also become a standard-bearer for good health and safety practices, having clocked up more than four million man-hours of work without a single lost-time injury.

“The credit for this high-level performance is shared by the EPC Consortium of Siemens and Julius Berger and all the stakeholders in the project, including, among others, the Presidency; NBET; Nigerian Gas Company; Transmission Company of Nigeria; Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing; Federal Ministry of Finance; and Edo State Government.



“The NBET, for example, has a team of engineers who have conducted intensive monthly on-site monitoring of the works since the first day of construction. The NGC has partnered Azura in the construction of the gas spur line that connects the Escravos Pipeline System to the power plant and in the construction of the pressure-reducing and metering station. The TCN has also worked assiduously with Azura in the construction of the on-site switchyard and the connection into the neighbouring Benin-North Switchyard.”

http://punchng.com/azura-powers-first-turbine-connects-to-national-grid/

In memory of PDP, whose passing away was announced on March 28, 2015.

Eboe people and their victim mentality, playing silly games on the mind of the gullible. I knew there is more to it than the blackmail play from Innosson

seunmsg:
Others include N6. 9 billion for textbooks distribution in schools, N62.06 billion road projects in Enugu State, N3.1 billion seaport vehicles, N3.9 Gulf of Guinea project.

The projects approved include N38.69 billion power projects in nine universities and one teaching hospital, N5.6 billion for completion of Adada Dam project in Enugu State, N6. 5 billion for Galma Dam in Kaduna State.

Ti o ba le eku si won, ti won ba n le ejo si e , ore mi iyen oburu rara

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou
shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. - Prov 25:21, 22 (KJV)