₦airaland Forum

OsusuMustFlow:
Biafra is dead and buried. Kanu will remain the zoo prison.


Quote me and die.

chai, let me pack here and watch fight

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that anyone who witnessed the civil war between the now rested Sovereign State of Biafra and Nigeria will never clamour for its return.
He said, “Nigeria is a one united nation, which can never be divided by anybody’s selfish interest.”

Buhari, therefore, called on his Ministers and indeed, Nigerians at large to pray for the country.

The President noted the month of Ramadan as a special time when God listens and answers prayers of the faithful.

He gave this charge Tuesday night while breaking fast with members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), mainly his Ministers at the presidential banquet hall of the Aso Villa, Abuja.

His words, “It strengthens our resolve to build our country to make it stronger and to make sure that the incoming generations are sufficiently motivated to be patriotic.

“It is no news that we are the biggest country in Africa, we are the economy engine of Africa, which are true by the way. But, we must always be patriotic in our dealings with others.

“This (Ramadan) month of prayers and service to God, let us keep on these prayers all the times, believing that God in His infinite mercy will listen to our prayers, give us peace, security and better the economy once more, so that we can quickly rebuild and even do more for the country.

“Let me assure that the time of Ramadan is making us more conscious of what leaders at every level ought to do, and leading the people is not a joke. It means accepting responsibilities for good or wrong,’’ he said.

He further recalled the economic challenges and the agitations for the sovereign state of Biafra.

President Buhari reminded the agitators of the Nigerian Civil war that claimed over 2 million lives.

“We need a lot of prayer. Certainly, with the nation’s economy going down. We haven’t developed the agriculture; we are still trying to talk on those who will come and develop the solid mineral for us.

“The militants in their various homes, we need to reflect very seriously on what happened between 1967 and 1970 where about two millions Nigerians lost their lives.

“And at that time, as young military officers, you hardly heard of anything about petroleum or whatever money you got from it.

“Look at what Gen. Gowon said; `To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done’ and every soldier whether he has been to school or not knew what the General meant.

“But, we were quarreling with our brothers, we were not fighting an enemy and then somebody is saying that once again he wants Biafra.

“I think this is because he was not born when there was Biafra. We have to reflect on the historical antecedent to appreciate what is before us now and what we intend to leave for our children and our grand children,’’ he warned.

President Buhari thanked the ministers and other members of the cabinet who have identified with his government despite all odds.

Speaking on behalf of FEC members, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, expressed gratitude to the President for inviting them to break the fast with him.

Cc: lalasticlala

http://dailypost.ng/2016/06/22/those-calling-for-return-of-biafra-were-not-born-during-the-civil-war-buhari/

OK

ErnieSmallzz:
Refiner

hmmm....not promising though. whats her name?

ErnieSmallzz:
need you to help me vote a friend, will u

what?

ErnieSmallzz:
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yes na

ErnieSmallzz:
hmmm rily

You see your life? Fayose!

just let her be.

OnankpaBa:
Smith, y you get time dey answer that olosho na

amtaken:
You go fear Engirishiii naa.

continue spending your life here. Same Don can change your life.

amtaken:
Are you okay? Should the workers wait till she leaves office maybe in 3 years time before protesting?

Why do you people politicise everything?

This is not about Kemi but about the workers' plight.


Haba Nairaland kids!

Are you asking your mate if he's okay? cant you made your point without insult? My dear be-warn!

Aminat leave voting wahala first. Lanicky has won already. Politics class is ON!

Aminat508:
Pls I need your vote first and u can help me bring your pals from tbat end too.


Pls just type

I vote lanicky

Cc nljega on this link. https://www.nairaland.com/3178760/miss-nairaland-contest-2016-elimination/28

amtaken:
It doesn't matter which Administration tried to halt it.

Workers should be paid all their entitlements.

Do you know what it means to close late from work when others close by 4pm and some even leave the office before 2pm?

and the question now is "Why Kemi?

ErnieSmallzz:
wow at last! My friends don get hope.



Abeg who go donate a full drum of sper* for me


MONEY MUST BE MADE!

In Don Jazzy's voice "You want it, come and collect" am here.

amtaken:
My Ministry pays us the following allowances:

1. Monthly Hazard Allowance.

2. Monthly Journal Allowance.

3. Wardrobe Allowance payable every March.


4. Leave allowance every September.

5. Bar Conference Allowance in August.


6. Monthly Impress.



These are the things that motivate us to work round the clock.


Stop criticising these people for seeking for their allowances.


If Buhari, Adeosun, National Assembly Members, Senators, Governors and other Government officials can be paid allowances, what makes you think the workers shouldn't be paid?


Why did they omit it in the 2016 budget? Why did they not omit their own allowances?


Those of you supporting the Minister For Finance on this, how would you feel if your rights and benefits are stripped off you?

“The payment of what the protesting staff called a Special Overtime (SOT), was stopped by the last administration in 2014 on the ground that it was not listed in any extant government Circular, Financial Regulations or the Public Service Rules.

“The sum of N1.2 billion computed by the staff union for payment could not have been budgeted for in 2016 in the first place, not only because of the paucity of funds, but also the fact that the SOT allowance was not part of the remuneration in the Federal Public Service.

“The Federal Ministry of Finance, the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Budget Office of the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, do not individually or collectively, owe any of their personnel their salaries.

“In view of the foregone, the Management of the Federal Ministry of Finance wishes to categorically state that the protests have no justifiable grounds,”

princeofpeace22:
Adeosun is visionless
Only interested in eye service working pattern for buhari.
Pay them or die in that office

Youths!!!

Speechless!

vedaxcool:
No one will pay you allowance, adequate preparation should be made for their eventual offloading, no work no pay, no to payment of illegal allowances.

For the second day running, workers of the ministry of finance continued their protest shutting down all entrances to the headquarters of the ministry over unpaid N1.2bn special overtime allowance.

But, unlike on Monday, when the workers allowed some skeletal services to go on while their protest lasted, business activities were on Tuesday completely paralysed as all the offices in the ministry were shut.

The workers in their hundreds stayed out of their offices from 8am when they resumed work and vowed not to attend to any official assignment until the arrival of the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun.

They said their agitation would continue until the minister is either removed or their allowances paid.

The protest is still on as of the time of filing this report and the minister had yet to show up at the ministry.

Details later.


http://www.punchng.com/workers-continue-protest-finance-ministry-demand-adeosuns-sacking/

Make i cast my vote before Elder Orubebe show

I vote Lanicky
Ivy
Mimzy

CC:NLJEGA

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja

‎The arraignment of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, ‎and others alongside whom were charged with forgery of the Standing Rule of the Senate 2015, ‎may no longer hold today as scheduled.

‎Court sources confirmed that non-service of the charges on the defendants would make it impossible for the trial to go on today.

The forgery case is before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Jabi Division of the FCT High Court.

Court officials who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the case, confirmed to our correspondent at about 8am on Tuesday that the charges had yet to be served on the defendants.

‎One of court of officials said, “The case was assiged to the judge on Thursday. We tried to serve the defendants on Friday.

“Our bailiffs went to the National Assembly on Friday but because there was no sitting the defendants were not found to be served.

“On Monday, the bailiffs tried again but there was no sitting in the National Assembly, so the defendants could not be served.

“Had they been served before now, the matter would have come up for arraignment today (Tuesday).

“The hearing notice that was meant to be served along with the charges carried today’s date for arraignment.”

No new date is fixed ‎for the arraignment until service is effected on the defendants.

But the the Senate President will today appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal ‎for his ongoing trial on charges of false and anticipatory asset declaration.

The CCT shares a boundary with the FCT High Court in Jabi area of Abuja.

Saraki, Ekweremadu, a former Clerk to the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasu, and his deputy, Benedict Efeturi, were on June 10, charged with two counts of criminal conspiracy and forgery of the Standing Rules used for the leadership election of the presiding officers of the Senate in J‎une last year.

The Federal Government stated that the offence of conspiracy is punishable under Section 97 (1) of the Penal Code Act; and offence of forgery with “fraudulent intent” punishable under Section 364 of the same law.
It was alleged that the 2011 version of the Senate Orders was secretly altered by some individuals to produce the 2015 edition.

It was alleged that Rules 3(3)(e) and (k) in the 2015 edition of the orders were not amended in accordance with the provisions of Rule 110 (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) of the 2011 Orders.

While the 2011 Order Rule 3(3) (e) provides for manual voting and open ballot in the election of the Senate President and the Deputy Senate President, the 2015 Orders allows electronic and secret ballot voting in the said elections.

Also, while Rule 3(3)(k) of the 2011 Order makes it mandatory for all members to participate in the process of electing the Senate President and Deputy Senate President, the reverse is the case under the 2015 Orders.

The 2011 Orders, Rule 3(3)(k) reads, “All Senators-elect shall participate in the nomination and voting for President and Deputy President of the Senate.”

But a similar provision in Rule 3(3)(i) in the 2015 Orders reads, “All Senator-elect are entitled to participate in the voting for Senate President and Deputy Senate President.”
Meanwhile, the Code of Conduct Tribunal had on June 15 adjourned the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, till June 21 (Tuesday).

Both the FCT High Court where Saraki and others will be appearing for the forgery case, and the CCT where the Senate President is already undergoing trial, share a boundary in Jabi area of Abuja.

The CCT had adjourned for the hearing of a fresh motion filed by Saraki seeking an order of the CCT disqualifying its Chairman, Danladi Umar, from further presiding over the case.

Cc: lalasticlala

http://www.punchng.com/forgery-non-service-court-papers-will-stall-sarakis-others-arraignment/

lol, na you talk am o

lytech1:
You forgot you are also a thief.

Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole has reacted to criticism labeling President Muhammadu Buhari as performing poorly, adding that the president is already delivering on his electoral promises and the APC Change agenda.
Oshiomhole, who was speaking at the national executive committee meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, said, “I know that right now, everybody is talking in the country.

“Is this the change we asked for? And my answer is Yes. It is the change we asked for.

[b]“For all of us in this hall, you know that the challenge of fixing a house that has been destroyed is much more cumbersome than even building a completely new house because for the one that has been destroyed, you have to start by removing the debris.

“You have to check whether the foundations are weak so that you remove them. You must first do a lot of cleansing and excavation.

“That is what President Muhammadu Buhari is doing. And people expect that in 12 months you would have fixed what was destroyed in 16 years.

“It is simply not possible and in any case, you must also recognize that even the pressure on the naira is the result of the so much dollars that was taken out and it will require a lot of efforts at a time of collapsed prices and the challenge of oil export to fix what was completely mismanaged.

“So, I ask us as elite, we have a duty to explain to the Nigerian people: Changes will come, but they won’t come by trying to remove a house with smoke under.

“You must extinguish the fire and make sure the foundations are strong, and start the process of rebuilding gradually.

“Is this the Change we asked for? Yes. It’s the Change we asked for. There is no way miracles can occur in the life of a nation.

“The challenge of re-fixing the house that has been destroyed is much more cumbersome.”

The governor, however, called on the NBA to join hands with the government in the fight against corruption.

He added, “The NBA has a very important role to play in the national effort to combat and defeat corruption. But I asked my Lord the Chief Judge, by the time the President of the NBA said the Bar has been fighting the war, and I said to my lord, are you aware of any casualty in the war the NBA has been fighting against corruption? Is it possible to fight a war without casualties?

“I think now we are beginning to see casualties because there is a renewed determination by the federal government under the able leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari to demonstrate that if it is true that corruption is as rampant as everybody claims, and if it is true that we have set up institutions to fight it, it cannot also be true that we are fighting and nobody is falling.

“I think right now people are beginning to fall, and with your help, they can fall faster. Corruption is fighting back and I regret to have to say this in your presence, I should say this after you have left, that it appears that corruption is fighting back, and a section of the Bar is supporting this effort, because we have seen needless adjournments, needless amendments to charges and needless preliminary objections, leading to endless adjournments.

“I think that the Bar in your business section agrees on a code that if as Buhari said, if we don’t kill corruption, it will kill us, and we don’t want to die, then we must allow justice to have its way without delaying it.”[/b]

Oshiomhole said criticisms of the anti-graft war being one-sided should be ignored, adding that its all handiwork of detractors.

He noted, “The truth is if you monopolize power for sixteen years, and you monopolize the sharing of the national treasury for sixteen years, should you not monopolize the burden of being prosecuted for sixteen years?

”Is it the victims of the sharing that should be prosecuted? You dominated power for sixteen years, you have operated in the name of Boko Haram and you spent the money and shared the money.

”Who else should be prosecuted? So, I think the Bar needs to be bold in dismissing those who are seeking to trivialize the anti-corruption war. Just now, we are beginning to see all kinds of groups coming up under the guise of one protest or the other. They want to harass and intimidate the system.”



http://dailypost.ng/2016/06/17/those-who-stole-for-16-years-will-suffer-prosecution-for-16-years-oshiomhole/

PDP is dead- Alao Akala 2015.

PDP is dead, only waiting for its final burial.

The ex-NSA had been admitted to bail by three different High Courts in Abuja but he was re-arrested on December 29, 2015 by operatives of the Department of the State Security Service (DSS) on an alleged order of the federal government and had since been held incommunicado.

But the government in its defence in a motion on notice filed in court claimed that Dasuki being a Crown Prince of Sokoto Caliphate had large sympathizers across the length and breadth of the country who may jeopardize his trial if allowed on bail.


Nice one.

Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) is now set to storm the Supreme Court to press for his freedom denied him by the federal government after three different High Courts in Abuja had admitted him to bail in the criminal charges filed against him by the government.
The ex NSA had on Wednesday at the Court of Appeal in Abuja lost his bid to enforce his freedom after he had secured bails on all the charges against him.

Dasuki’s lawyer, Mr. Ahmed Raji, SAN confirmed that appeal papers have been put together to be filed at the Apex Court to challenge the judgement of the Court of Appeal and the High court that gave judgement to the government on the re-arrest after bail.

The SAN said that there are sufficient grounds for his client to approach the Supreme Court to seek the enforcement of his freedom from detention ordered by the federal government after he had been granted bail by three Judges who are prosecuting him on the charges.

Dasuki said that he was not afraid of trial in the charges against him as a former National Security Adviser, but added that the proper thing must be done by the government by respecting the bail granted him lawfully by courts.

He claimed that since government had approached the court in his matter, the same government must be fully ready to abide by the court decisions in the interest of justice and the rule of law.

The ex-NSA had been admitted to bail by three different High Courts in Abuja but he was re-arrested on December 29, 2015 by operatives of the Department of the State Security Service (DSS) on an alleged order of the federal government and had since been held incommunicado.

But the government in its defence in a motion on notice filed in court claimed that Dasuki being a Crown Prince of Sokoto Caliphate had large sympathizers across the length and breadth of the country who may jeopardize his trial if allowed on bail.

Dasuki had asked the High Court and the Court of Appeal to stop the federal government from further prosecuting the criminal charges until the bail granted him is obeyed and also pleaded that the courts should no longer grant indulgence to the federal government having been in contempt of the courts by the refusal to allow him freedom after the bail.

In a unanimous judgement of the full panel of the court delivered by Justice Abdul Aboki, the Appeal Court upheld the submission of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which put Dasuki on trial, that it was not in contempt of any court order because the re-arrest of the appellant (Dasuki) in December last year was not at its (EFCC) instance.

Justice Aboki said that from the submissions of the appellant counsel, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN) and the EFCC counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), the bail condition granted Dasuki was perfected on December 29, last year and that a warrant of released to that effect was served on the Comptroller of Prisons in Kuje, upon which he was released.

On his re-arrest by the operatives of the Department of the State Security Service (DSS), the Appeal Court agreed with the Abuja High Court that the re-arrest cannot be turned to a disobedience to its order on bail because the court bail was not targeted at the DSS when it was granted.

The appellate court also said that the EFCC which put Dasuki on trial on criminal charges at the FCT High Court cannot be held responsible for the action of the DSS on the ground that the two agencies are different entities established by different Acts and vested with different powers.

Besides, the appeal court said there was no existing order against the re-arrest of Dasuki and that since there is no existing order, there cannot be a disobedience to a non-existing court order.

The court held that the appellant ought to have established the terms of court order on the bail clearly to indicate in clear terms, the agency that can be held for contempt if the order is violated.

In the appeal, the court said that form 48, which deals with contempt of court, was not served on either EFCC or DSS and as such, the two agencies cannot be held liable for the offense of contempt.

Justice Aboki, therefore, held that there was no violation of any court order either by DSS or EFCC in respect of the bail granted Dasuki on December 18, 2015 and his subsequent re-arrest on December 29, 2015 by DSS operatives, shortly after he perfected his bail condition and secured freedom.

However, the Appeal Court warned that court order must be obeyed and the issue of bail was a right to any person charged to court adding that any act of disobedience to court order by government is injurious to smooth running of the society and it is an invitation to anarchy.

Dasuki had approached the Court of Appeal praying it to set aside the ruling of an Abuja High Court which exonerated EFCC from his re-arrest shortly after he perfected his bail conditions.

He asked the appellate court to void the ruling of the High Court and set it aside on the ground that DSS and EFCC are both agents of the Federal Government which is the complainant in the charges against him at the High Court.



http://dailypost.ng/2016/06/16/dasuki-set-for-supreme-court-over-fgs-denial-of-freedom-after-3-bails/

NigerDeltan:
Mbu is a perfect replacement

Just checked your dp and was like....Don! why wasting your MB?

canDy4eva:
ppl lyk u neva go for in lyf... Quote me anywhr!

old woman