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 Business › Re: Power Supply To Increase By 600MW This Month - FG by Demdem(m): 8:44am On Dec 01, 2011 |
Will give my comments if i can get this info from another source except Tribune and Thisday. Useless Papers. |
| Politics › Re: Code of Conduct Tribunal Dismisses Tinubu's Case + Video by Demdem(m): 8:27am On Dec 01, 2011 |
Beaf:I disagree with you. The reason why he got away was because of the below as stated in the dailies. In a unanimous ruling of a 3-man panel of justices of the CCT led by its chairman, justice Danladi Yakubu Umar, yesterday, the ex-governor was discharged on the premise that the charge against him was legally defective. The tribunal not only declined jurisdiction to exercise further jurisdiction in respect of the case, but also accused the federal government of abusing judicial process by dragging the accused person to court without recourse to the rules governing criminal prosecution. The panel maintained that the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, which recommended the ex-governor for trial, ought to have in-line with the Act that established the CCT, granted the accused person the necessary facilities that would enable him to properly defend himself over the allegations, saying the manner in which the 3-count amended charge was brought before the court amounted to “trial by ambush.” According to Justice Umar who read the ruling yesterday, “There is condition precedence before this court that the accused person ought to have been invited by the CCB before this charge was filed, though the prosecuting counsel tendered the initial one-count charge dated March 22, which it eventually replaced with an amended charge dated September 19 but filed on the 20th, as an exhibit before this court, it however failed to adduce evidence of invitation it extended to the accused person prior to the charge. “Consequently, it will be proper for me at this stage to seize further exercise of jurisdiction since the condition precedence was not met before the charge was filed.” On the contention that the charge amounted to an abuse of judicial process, the panel insisted that the federal government circumvented the rules by serving both the tribunal and the accused person a copy of the amended charge right inside the courtroom. Justice Umar maintained that the prosecution failed to follow the due process, adding that failure to attach a proof of evidence or an affidavit in support of the charge rendered it legally incompetent. The court held that the leave it earlier granted to the complainant was in respect of the first charge, which was withdrawn, and not on the amended charge. “To determine whether prima-facie case has been established, this court has to look at the totality of the proof of evidence before it considering that this is a criminal trial where the liberty of the accused person is at stake. “An amended charge constitutes a fresh matter altogether and is different from the one the court considered before it issued a summon against the accused person on September 6. “How can this court hold that a proper case has been meted against an accused when there is no proof of evidence before this court? Having looked at the amended charge, there is no reason for this tribunal to proceed with this case. I am of the opinion that the federal government did not follow the proper procedure. It should have submitted copies of the said amended charge to the tribunal for analysis. “That would have helped us to determine if a prima-facie case has been established or not. The charge here is an abuse, this court has no option than to dismiss it, and it is hereby dismissed”, the tribunal held. On the substance of the charge itself, the tribunal, noted that the foreign bank accounts the federal government said was operated by the former governor while he was in office, were not opened in his name, stressing that there was nowhere in the charge that he was accused of operating foreign accounts by proxy or through a trustee or an agent. “I therefore hold that this tribunal has no jurisdiction to try the accused person on the basis of the amended charge and it is hereby quashed and the accused discharged. Nevertheless, the tribunal dismissed as irrelevant and frivolous, the contention of the former governor that he ought to have been tried in Lagos state rather than in Abuja, saying the jurisdiction of the CCT is nationwide and not territorially confined. Meanwhile, the federal government yesterday requested for a certified true copy of the ruling, even as it has vowed to test its validity at the Court of Appeal. A chief prosecutor from the federal ministry of justice, Mr Ismaila Abas Rimi, who made the disclosure immediately the ruling was delivered yesterday, said the complainant was sure the accused person still have a case to answer. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/tinubu-floors-fg/ SHoddy job indeed by the prosecutors. Shame on PDP, BIGGER SHAME on FG. |
| Politics › Re: Code of Conduct Tribunal Dismisses Tinubu's Case + Video by Demdem(m): 8:13am On Dec 01, 2011 |
@ anonimi For ur consumption The former governor is accused of operating 10 different foreign accounts while in office as governor contrary to Section 7 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, Cap 56 Laws of the Federation, 1990 and punishable under Section 23 (2) thereof as incorporated under paragraph 18, part I of the 5th Schedule to the 1999 Constitution. He was said to have failed to declare the foreign bank accounts in the assets declaration form CCB-1 which he submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau when he was elected governor. A deputy director at the Code of Conduct Bureau, Mrs. Ikechi Iwuagwu, deposed to an affidavit to the effect that the former governor failed to disclose the foreign accounts for which he was charged before the tribunal. The Foreign Accounts (1) First Heritage Bank, Country Club Hills, Illinois, USA with Account Number 263226700. (2) Citibank NA New York, USA operated in the name of Bola Tinubu and Compass Finance and Investment Company Ltd with Account Nos- 39483134, 39483396 and 4650279566. (3) Citibank Internati-onal New York. Account No. 52050-89451952 and 52050-89451953. (4) HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 6QJ. Account Number 71253670 SORT Code 40-03-15. (5) HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 6QJ with account name as Bola Oluremi Tinubu. (6) HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 60J. Account Number 04320002DN. (7) HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 60J. Account Name: Tinubu Habibat Oyindamola (Miss). Account No-1320960111 ( HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 60J. Account No- 172447101. Account Name Tinubu Zainab Abisola (Miss). (9) HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 60J. Account No- 1916667988. Account Name Tinubu Oluremi Shade. (10) HSBC, 177 Great Portland Street London WIW 60J. Account No- 41421522. Account Name- Oluremi Shade Tinubu. Confirming that he received the summon, Tinubu said in a statement by Abimbola that: “The summons was signed by the chairman of the Bureau. It was dated 6 September, 2011. “The summons alleged the contravention of Code of Conduct for public officers, whilst Asiwaju Tinubu was governor of Lagos State, by operating several foreign bank accounts, between 1999 and 2007, in alleged contravention of Section 7 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, Cap 56 LFN, 1990. http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/tribunal-summons-tinubu-over-10-foreign-accounts/98189/ http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/tribunal-summons-tinubu-over-10-foreign-accounts/98162/ |
| Politics › Re: Code of Conduct Tribunal Dismisses Tinubu's Case + Video by Demdem(m): 8:10am On Dec 01, 2011 |
anonimi:Do you even know the charges against him at all at the CCT? @Beaf Egbon mi razist, abegii ur words no sell again so stop talking authoritatively Beaf: |
| Politics › Re: I Had No Shoes- Pes. Jonathan by Demdem(m): 9:40pm On Nov 30, 2011 |
I was never fooled with his shoe stories. Always known he isn't sincere based on antecedents. Vast majority TOT otherwise. |
| Politics › Re: Mrs Diezani Allison-madueke Demands Secret Meeting With Senators Over Pib by Demdem(m): 9:04pm On Nov 30, 2011 |
solaugo:Money has changed hands. Now things will move smoothly. It's a pdp thing. |
| Politics › Re: Code of Conduct Tribunal Dismisses Tinubu's Case + Video by Demdem(m): 8:56pm On Nov 30, 2011 |
Something is wrong somewhere. Did the tribunal consider all those documents beaf kept on publishing on NL? This is injustice. Egbon mi razist, what are we going to do about this? Are there avenues to appeal. Bode George went to jail, tinubu shouldn't be an exception.  |
| Celebrities › Re: Tonto Dikeh Had A Crush On Rita Dominic by Demdem(m): 8:58am On Nov 30, 2011 |
Any someone will tell me that the law passed by the senate isnt expedient. |
| Sports › Re: Shooting Stars Disbanded By Oyo Govt Over Mounting Financial Bills by Demdem(m): 8:43am On Nov 30, 2011 |
Sad news but a good development. Govt to me has no business in such in the midst of abject poverty. However, all debts must be paid. |
| Politics › Re: I Won’t Quit Politics Until Sustainable Democracy Is Entrenched - Buhari by Demdem(m): 7:46am On Nov 30, 2011 |
| GenBuhari don Kolo. |
| Business › Re: FG Blames IBB's Administration For Our Economic Problems by Demdem(m): 5:05pm On Nov 29, 2011 |
Interesting development. Blaming GEJ's father. Thats cool. |
| Politics › Re: Ojukwu’s Body To Tour 4 Countries Before Burial In Anambra by Demdem(m): 4:45pm On Nov 29, 2011 |
This is unnecessary. Hope it will be funded by non-govermental and personal funds? if Govt is to fund this then i think its a stupid idea. He was still a great man no doubt despite his flaws. |
| Computers › Re: Ten Reasons Why You Prefer Window 7 To Vista And Xp by Demdem(m): 4:39pm On Nov 29, 2011 |
Upgrading from XP isnt even in my agenda for now. I bought the laptop with Vista and downgraded it to XP. Really have quite a lot of CRACK softwares  on it that i fear may not work if i am to upgrade to 7. |
| Politics › Re: Konduga Linked To UN And Police Headquarters Bombings by Demdem(m): 2:41pm On Nov 29, 2011 |
justwise:U are right and I agree with u. It's just that I have this strong feeling that its being abused. |
| Business › Re: Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) Is Dead In NASS - Senator Enang by Demdem(m): 2:12pm On Nov 29, 2011 |
Beaf:Ye mogbe. Wic main talk be this now? Why refer to wikileak nah, the retardeen call it bear parlor talk. Bro beaf, kindly substantiate the facts that the retardeen made valuable inputs to this. I doubt this because for me he is dumb. He is simply incapable of doing such. Secondly, refer me to the section/paragraph of the constitution where the vp's office is vested with such. Av asked my bro to go get me the nigerian onstitution. Will want to confirm this. Thanks. |
| Politics › Re: Farmers Besiege Osun Assembly Over Alleged Inhuman Treatment by Demdem(m): 1:45pm On Nov 29, 2011 |
[quote author=Fürst link=topic=813360.msg9654922#msg9654922 date=1322563820]Jonny promised us electricity. Jonny promised us roads. Jonny promised us security What has Jonny given us? Jonny offers us tenure elongation. Jonny gives us news of fresh bombings everyday. Jonny gave us 10 naira in new minimum wage and offers to take 50 naira by removing subsidy. Jonny told us he understood. Jonny told us he had no shoes! Now Jonny has a gucci pair and to hell with those that don't Enough of Jonny and his antics. We cannot continue to live on "e go betta" and "my turn dey come". Jonny cannot continue to eat our future like a locust while we the people live low cost The only criteria we will ever need for greatness is the courage to posses our dreams We deserve so much more Jonny. We will no longer feed from the crumbs of your table. Add a friend Naija activist, lets create an awareness for change. Let us come together and stop Jonny from selling our souls for a new pair of Zara shoes Join us in standing for change Group name: Naija Activists URL: http://www./9jactivists/[/quote]Bro, u will need to get used to their malady. Only the gullible will accept their lies. Osun didn't vote for pdp even during the retardeen's election as against other SW states. This is enough to make them go mad the more. [quote author=Crescent_d link=topic=813360.msg9654908#msg9654908 date=1322563664]I dont normally comment on many articles in this forum but I feel obliged to comment on this one. Its unfortunate that people who have no clue about what has happened and what is happening in Osun State, feel they can ram wrong information and outright lies down our throat. I am from Osun State and I am definitely not complaining about our state governor and his government. This guy is freeing us and our children unborn from suffocating debt the previous administration got us into. A debt of 17b for what? To build stadium, for that alone, I am not complaining. Our state is now peaceful compared to just over a year ago when killing and destruction was the order of the day, the governor himself escaped assassination several times, many people lost their lives especially in Ilesha, including people known to me, for this I am not complaining. The government has been making effort to cut the cost of governance. The governor is doubling as the Commissioner for Works and his deputy is also the Commissioner for Education and they are on one salary, whats there to complain about when we know that for a state to grow, it needs to reduce its recurrent expenditure drastically. Through this cost cutting, the state has saved up 30b for capital projects. We are definitely not complaining. Infact there are so many things we are not complaining about. Things that the PDP had 7 years to do but they simply couldnt.Instead, mediocrity, thuggery and brigandage was foisted on our dear state. However, I dont believe the current Governor is the best thing since sliced bread. He has his own flaws. But I believe he is going in the right direction, he is making the tough decisions and he surely deserved to be given a chance by us(OSUN STATE RESIDENTS AND INDIGENES) and we are giving him that chance. Lets not attempt to destroy a good man through lies and fabrications, let us criticize our leaders constructively to take our nation forward and condemn those leaders who are hell bent on destroying our country. Thanks.[/quote] |
| Politics › Re: Niger Republic Opens New Refinery - Very Close To Nigeria’s Border by Demdem(m): 1:35pm On Nov 29, 2011 |
Retardeen cohorts will hardly be seen on threads like this. It's good to see that the president still get shame. He couldn't afford to attend the ceremony personally. Imagine ooo, na Aboki land this good thing happen ooo. Shame on our govt. |
| Politics › Re: I Won’t Quit Politics Until Sustainable Democracy Is Entrenched - Buhari by Demdem(m): 8:02am On Nov 29, 2011 |
PointB:If what, God forbid. The earlier the dumbo go the better. By the way, its on record that he promised to use just a term and tenure extensions isn't for him. |
| Politics › Re: Federal Govt, Osun State’s Rift Deepens by Demdem(m): 7:54am On Nov 29, 2011 |
[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=812146.msg9650779#msg9650779 date=1322507955]Ask him to resign or he gets the other option.  What was the reason for shutting down the show?  What scared him?Freedom of speech aint working anymore in NIgeria? So the scape goat can wield the stick at any time?[/quote]Someone said in Nigeria today, our problem isn't freedom of speech per se but freedom after the speech. |
| Politics › Re: Federal Govt, Osun State’s Rift Deepens by Demdem(m): 7:52am On Nov 29, 2011 |
Beaf:Still waiting for u to show me where he spends osun money on lagos politics. I know u will still recycle that ur article again. |
| Phones › Re: 50 Really Useful Android Tips And Tricks by Demdem(m): 5:07pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
Cool. |
| Politics › Re: I Won’t Quit Politics Until Sustainable Democracy Is Entrenched - Buhari by Demdem(m): 2:53pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
bisiaet:Which one be igbo presidency again? Av u forgotten that nw ebele azikwe dey for hot seat right now? I foresee no other igbo president for now. maclatunji:Actually there are plans on ground to either extend the retardeen's tenure or give him another term. After all a failed term deserves a repeat. |
| Politics › Re: I Won’t Quit Politics Until Sustainable Democracy Is Entrenched - Buhari by Demdem(m): 10:13am On Nov 28, 2011 |
[s] moderatorr:[/s] Out of point. |
| Politics › Re: Konduga Linked To UN And Police Headquarters Bombings by Demdem(m): 8:48am On Nov 28, 2011 |
Beaf:I hate reports like this. The source said this and that. To the professionals out there, is this what investigative journalism all about? |
| Politics › Re: Yasmine, El-rufai's 25 Year Old Daughter, Found Dead In London by Demdem(m): 8:39am On Nov 28, 2011 |
Very sad  |
| Politics › Re: I Won’t Quit Politics Until Sustainable Democracy Is Entrenched - Buhari by Demdem(m): 8:35am On Nov 28, 2011 |
Beaf:if u intend moving to another location by the end of this year will you still pay your landlord for another year? PDP could afford to do so because they have direct unquestionable access to our collective wealth. CPC doesnt. |
| Politics › Re: Federal Govt, Osun State’s Rift Deepens by Demdem(m): 8:29am On Nov 28, 2011 |
ACN carpets FG for denying Aregbesola air time on FRCN LAGOS – The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has accused the federal government of sliding towards despotism for ordering the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, to cancel a two-hour ‘Radio Link’ programme with Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola on Saturday. In a statement issued in Lagos, yesterday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party demanded a public apology from Minister of Information Labaran Maku, who reportedly issued the instructions cancelling the programme, which was long scheduled and paid for. It also asked the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to immediately launch a probe into how a federally-funded media organisation can so wilfully deny access to any Nigerian, just because he is not a member of the ruling party. ACN also said it would encourage the Osun State Government to head to court to challenge what is clearly an illegal act by the federal authorities, in addition to demanding huge damages for FRCN’s failure to honour a contractual agreement. ‘’The last time we checked, the opposition is still a part of Nigeria and the Action Congress of Nigeria is a Nigerian party. We are therefore concerned that a top member of the party and a state Governor for that matter can be denied access to a media organisation funded by tax payers. This is not just about FRCN but all federal government-owned media organisations and institutions. ‘’It is clear to us that the Minister of Information, who should understand and defend the basic tenets of federalism, has allowed crass partisanship to becloud his sense of propriety. It is even worse that the Minister worked for many years as a journalist before finding himself in government, which should make him to act always from an informed position. ‘’We are therefore demanding answers and seeking remedial actions for this shameful act on the part of the federal authorities,’’ ACN said. The party said it would in particular like to know whether Mr. Maku’s actions are in anyway connected to the disagreement between Osun State and the federal authorities over the recent arrest of some ACN supporters from Osun by the police in Kogi State while on their way to Abuja. ‘’It is important to know whether the Minister’s action was informed by what he perceived as an unfriendly state, which must be punished for daring to challenge the mighty federal authorities in Abuja,’’ it said. ACN wondered how the government of President Goodluck Jonathan can honestly seek a consensus on burning national issues, as he is reported to be planning to, when he is denying Nigerians access to federally-funded media to air their views simply because they are in opposition. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/acn-carpets-fg-for-denying-aregbesola-air-time-on-frcn/ |
| Politics › Re: I Won’t Quit Politics Until Sustainable Democracy Is Entrenched - Buhari by Demdem(m): 8:24am On Nov 28, 2011 |
Beaf:na today landlord dey give quit notice  that is simply a structure for crying out loud. they leave the place and move to another location. it doesnt in anyway dilimits his leadership qualities in anyway. anyway, this doesnt in anyway have any correlation in my initial opinion. Demdem: |
| Politics › Re: I Won’t Quit Politics Until Sustainable Democracy Is Entrenched - Buhari by Demdem(m): 8:10am On Nov 28, 2011 |
To be honest, a Half dead Buhari in Aso Rock will definately be better than an hyperactive Retardeen. i'll wait till 2015 to make my decision. He is a Nigerian and has every right to vie for any elective sit. |
| Politics › Re: Jonathan Plans Floating Cities In Niger Delta by Demdem(m): 8:04am On Nov 28, 2011 |
Flo what Honestly, some journalists deserves to be jailed. |
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