German all the way!

Interesting!

This is so insensitive! If this news report is true, this kind of statement would impact negatively on the ongoing campaign for girl child education, especially in the northern states.

For allegedly obstructing the arrest of a serving judge in the early hours of Saturday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, the Federal Government will, any moment from now, dismiss the State Police Commissioner, Mr. Francis Odesanya.

The Presidency was piqued by the report of the Department of State Services (DSS), which accused the police of foiling the arrest of an unnamed judge in Port Harcourt.

DSS operatives could not effect the arrest of the judge in series of operations they carried out on Friday and Saturday in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Sokoto, Kano and Gombe.

It was alleged that Odesanya collaborated with the Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike, and others to thwart the arrest of the judge, who the DSS alleged had about $2 million in his house. Wike had denied the allegation.

Multiple sources confirmed last night that the presidency was working on the dismissal of Odesanya for “obstructing” the arrest of the judge.

One of the sources said that the presidency will today direct the Police Service Commission (PSC) to effect the dismissal of the Police Commissioner.

A source said last night: “The Police commissioner is to be sacked for obstructing the arrest. We cannot continue to have people who are not loyal to the system like him. His case will be taken to the PSC for determination.”

The source added that Odesanya would not only be dismissed, the Federal Government is set to prosecute him for the obstruction.

Odesanya had, while the incident lasted, insisted that he was at the scene of the event to make peace. He repeatedly said that he was there to make peace. But the DSS viewed his action as an obstruction.

In a statement by the DSS on Saturday, the agency had accused Wike and a sister agency of obstructing the planned arrest.

A statement by one Abubakar Garba for the DSS read in part: “In one of the states where the Service’s operations were conducted, credible intelligence revealed that the judge had $2 million stashed in his house. When he was approached for due search to be conducted, he, in concert with the state governor, mobilised thugs against the Service team. The team restrained itself in the face of unbridled provocative activities by those brought in by the governor.

“Unfortunately, the judge and the governor also engaged the tacit support of a sister security agency. The Service’s surveillance team noticed that upon frustrating the operation, the judge, with the active support of the governor, craftily moved the money to an unknown location, which the Service is currently making effort to unravel.”

A source in the Presidency said that the DSS has forwarded the report of the operations, which indicted the police commissioner, to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Meanwhile, the Presidency yesterday said that weekend’s raid of residences of judges in parts of the country by the DSS was the anti-corruption war in action and not an attack on the judiciary.

DSS, in a nationwide crackdown on Friday night, began arresting judges suspected to have collected huge cash to pervert the cause of justice before, during and after the 2015 general elections, as well as in other cases.

A statement yesterday by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, said in enforcing the war against corruption cutting across all sections of the economy, President Buhari reserves his highest respect for the institution of the judiciary as the third arm of government.

Garba explained that the president will not do anything to undermine its independence.

“President Buhari remains a committed democrat, in words and in his actions, and will not take any action in violation of the constitution.

“The recent surgical operation against some judicial officers is specifically targeted at corruption and not at the judiciary as an institution,” he stressed.

Garba continued that “in robust democracy such as ours, there is bound to be a plurality of opinions on any given issue, but there is a convergence of views that the country has a corruption problem that needs to be corrected.”

He lamented that reports by a section of the media was giving government cause for concern on the raid of the jugdes’ residences.

“In undertaking the task of reporting, the media should be careful about the fault lines they open. It is wrong to present this incident as a confrontation between the executive and judicial arms of government.

“The Presidency has received assurances from the DSS that all due processes of the law, including the possession of search and arrest warrants, were obtained before the searches.

“To suggest that government is acting outside the law in a dictatorial manner is to breach the interest of the state,” Garba added.

Source: Today.Ng

Comparison is the the thief of joy.

Never seen a more sound advice.

Good Job!

Compliments of the day to all Nairalanders. Hope the weekend has been splendid(Recession nonetheless)

I have a Sister who finished from Psychology Department, UNILAG in 2005 but has not been able to collect her certificate since then because she works and resides in one of the Northern States.

I want to know if anyone on the forum has an idea of the requirements/processes for collection of certificates. Information such as collection days, amount to be paid and how long it would take to process, would be really appreciated.

This would aid her in proper planning before applying for leave at work to travel down to Lagos. I also would like to know if it could be collected by proxy.

Thanks all for your efforts. You're appreciated.

MODS, can you kindly help out with the front page for visibility and responses.
Cc: lalasticlala

Nigerians can be quite creative especially when they're hard-pressed. Only that some of our leaders have chosen not to be creative having stuck their hands in filthy lucre.

However, this is not to endorse what the 'corpse' smuggler engaged in.

Impressive! Follow your passion. It pays always.

Interesting!

The chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, Sam Saba, confirmed the directive to PREMIUM TIMES.

The CCB boss said the agency took some time to respond because it could not secure the leaked documents.“I tried to access the document via the internet, but I was required to subscribe and pay some money, which I didn’t have,” Mr. Saba.

Too many conflicting stories about the Chibok girls.

This must be a joke. How would you like your daughter thoroughly beaten by some thoughtless husband in future?

"All progress takes place outside the comfort zone" ~Michael John Bobak

Season of policy reversals

Not funny

It is a fact that death is inevitable but this is becoming scary!

Now this is getting ridiculous!

Neither of the two. Simi is the Queen!

Thank God! Just saw it on Channels. They were reportedly rescued at Igbokuta area of Ikorodu

There is currently a disquiet among security operatives attached to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, over their unpaid allowances, The PUNCH has learnt.If not addressed quickly, the situation, our correspondent learnt on Wednesday, might degenerate into a security breach.
Multiple sources who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity said “loyalty of the security operatives had dropped drastically” over the non-payment of the allowance.The PUNCH learnt that under former President Goodluck Jonathan, all security agents attached to the Presidential Villa enjoyed what they called Risk Cautious Allowance.
The security officers include those of the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police, Department of State Services, Nigerian Intelligence Agency, Federal Road Safety Commission and Fire Service.It was learnt that Jonathan’s administration paid the allowance up until March last year and left those of April and May unpaid.
The op]eratives are however regretting that since the inception of the present administration, they have not been paid.Following a media report last year that President Muhammadu Buhari had stopped the payment of the allowance, our correspondent learnt that the security operatives were told by their bosses that the RCA had not been stopped as reported.They said they were not only assured that they would be paid, but were also promised that the rate would be reviewed upward.
In the past, senior officers were said to be receiving about N30,000 per month while junior officers get about N25,000.To assure the operatives of government’s readiness to continue the payment, they were said to have been asked to open bank accounts with Zenith Bank Plc where their RCA will subsequently be paid.One of the operatives however said since last year that they opened the bank accounts, the government had not fulfilled its promise of paying the allowance.
A top Presidency official, who pleaded anonymity, however, told our correspondent that the security operatives’ allowances had been approved in January.He expressed the belief that payments would soon be made to those concerned.When contacted on the telephone, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, declined comment, saying the matter is a security issue.

This picture broke my heart.

Please, spare time today to pray for the peace of Nigeria and strength for victims of war, terrorism and violent crimes across the globe.

Spread the message of peace and show some love to those around you regardless of their colour, race, ethnicity, religion or political affiliation.

EOD!

drimpeccable:



Yinka Bello?

I couldn't read your mail. I no longer have access to that email. @bellong

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bellong:
Good program.

This type of program will not be given publicity and it is what can help marriages. Yet people will keep disturbing God over problems He already provided solutions from the foundation of the world..

Kudos to the organisers of this program.

Is there practical session also?

Yinka Bello?

This is disheartening! Peace just seems to be elusive in our present world. I pray that GOD will comfort and grant strength to the victims of terrorism in Paris, here in Nigeria and across the globe.