Edokpia:
fake news from the Nations newspapers

That was clearly stated as The Punch (from the obvious link), not The Nation.

Are you willfully blind? Or stupid? Or brainless Choose any...

What

Based on the cross-examination of this (Atiku's) "star witness", ATIKU HAS LOST AT THE TRIBUNAL!!!

The daftest student of 'Law of Evidence 101' knows that Atiku's case at the Tribunal has a very faulty background!

How could Atiku be so easily deceived?

If this story is true, Atiku and PDP should seek a refund of their legal fees immediately from their horde of so-called SANs, including that loudmouth, the garrulous spokesman of the corrupt elite, Mike Ozekhome...

This is Legal 419 at its best!!!

Atiku and PDP have both been scammed by greedy lawyers...

KAI! Incredible!!!

daddytime:
Let the stamping begin.

Professor Millionaire is only good for a none executive position.

What a shame and clear cut nepotism in full display.

You are wrong. There was nothing close to nepotism here.

These four nominees were presented now to complete the full remit of the 6 Executive and 6 Non-Executive positions (who had been confirmed earlier by the 8th Senate under Bukola Saraki when the President initially presented the full list).

ALL 6 geo-political zones are represented at the NCC at BOTH Executive and Non-Executive levels.

Buhari has issues but on this particular one, you were dead wrong...

Yes, localize it; don’t force it on the entire nation.

Meanwhile, Gov. Matawalle of Zamfara State is a PDP member; also, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi and Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, both PDP members, have also publicly supported establishment of Ruga in their states. Are these guys straying from PDP’s position?

I’m still searching for words to apply in my response to this news story.

We thought that Jonathan spoke unintelligently (and he did so many times); however, sometimes, I think that the incumbent does worse...

As a leader, some things are best left unsaid (even if you thought about them), things like “I am under pressure to form my cabinet (Mr. President, this was after you were sworn in for a second term on May 29 and yesterday was July 11!!!); “I worked with strangers as Ministers in my first term- I did not know most of them, I just relied on the party to pick most of them for me”)...

This is so, so unpresidential...

Nigeria’s elected Presidents since Shagari in 1979 (for the past 40 years) were ALL unprepared for the Presidency! They were ALL invited to assume the Presidency and it’s not strange that the country is where it is, today!

The only man who prepared for it- MKO Abiola- (had the brains- 1st Class Accountancy degree from University of Glasgow, Scotland, FCCA, President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, administrator, business founder/owner/manager, super-intelligent, etc) was murdered in wickedly solitary confinement...

It’s good to see young people (age 25, 26, 32, and 33) being appointed to these type of positions.

In the past, if they didn’t have about 20 years experience they wouldn’t have been appointed...

Gbaja did well...

Chukwueze...Talent isn’t about age. Golden boy!

Thegamingorca:



Professor millionaire ke.


Wonders shall never end

It is not strange...

In two states of the South-South, especially Bayelsa and Delta states, names such as "Manager" (the current longest-serving Senator in the entire South-South region, is a certain Senator James MANAGER from Delta state), "Confidence", "Minister", "Reputation", "Government" (that very popular ex-militant from Delta state, Tompolo, has "Government" as his first name), etc are very common; hence, one of the NCC nominees, named Professor Millionaire, is not strange...

It's the same pattern of old, almost-forgotten Christian names borne by people from certain parts of Nigeria, such as Syracuse, Hyginus, Paulinus, Modestus, Callistus, Celestina, etc...

I support the President, I generally support our leaders (I won't insult and criticize them just for the fun of it or to be seen at having a viewpoint). However, Buhari's major weakness is his very, very slow approach to decision-making and governance!

Let us even agree that the reason he did not send the list of Ministers earlier was because he did not want to forward it to a Saraki Senate Presidency (for obvious reasons- their well-known sour relationship and the fact that a new Senate was going to be inaugurated in the first week of June 2019), why did he not forward it on the second day of the inauguration of the Senate last month, June?

Why leave it till the so-called "this week", almost at the middle of July for a Senate that will go on a 2-month long recess on July 26

Did you know that so many Executive Secretaries and DGs of certain parastatals appointed by President Jonathan (who Buhari inherited from Jonathan in May 2015) are still running those agencies till today, over 4 years later, without being replaced

Did you know that the Board of Directors of Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) was only inaugurated about two weeks ago SEC, the capital market regulator, had no Board for over 3 years!

Why does Buhari hate appointments/appointing people promptly?

Is there a rule that says Buhari should always delay appointments?

Now, our lazy Governors, who are mostly doing so little in their individual states, across both APC and PDP, have taken a cue from Buhari.

Among our Governors only El-Rufai of Kaduna and Okowa of Delta have appointed Commissioners/formed their cabinets yet! Today is July 10...

Buhari has so many positives, and I wanted him to defeat Jonathan in 2015 (and also win in 2019) but his penchant for making decisions too late and also for allowing members of his APC party remain largely disunited, without focus, are major flaws...

God help Nigeria!

daroz:
The said Adeosun is a southerner, yes I know.
But I think Buhari won’t have promoted him if he wasn’t a Muslim... LAMIDI

Yoruba Muslim

It’s either some of you are damn too stupid to read and think, or you are just too blind with hate and prejudice.

The current Chief of Defence Staff, the highest ranking military officer in Nigeria today is General Olonisakin, a Yoruba, well-known practicing Christian from Ekiti state, who this same Buhari you insulted appointed and promoted to full General rank!

By the way, General Olonisakin was appointed during the period Fayose (the sitting Ekiti Governor at the time) always insulted Buhari almost every day...

When intelligent people make comments, they try to be objective; they do not make daft posts one sees all over the place, which are based on tribal and religious bigotry...

What concerns this perpetual loser from Cameroun, Abubakar Atiku, about Nigeria’s win?

Janus-faced, unreliable politician, looter-man, please face your fake server issue at the tribunal, where you will shortly lose again!

Olodo! Ndi ara...

TANTUMERGO007:
The judiciary is indeed compromised

But when the same judiciary gave PDP two full gifts of ALL elective positions in two states- Zamfara and Rivers- without any effort, it was not compromised

Hypocrites!

When a decision favours PDP, they shout through their stinking mouths that judiciary is the best thing after Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed BUT when it favours APC, they moan that the same judiciary is compromised!

Efulefus, Ndi Ara, lol...

backnbeta:
Fausat Adebola Ibikunle ke

I applaud that, but I can see only one Samuel there...he should involve more Christians in his cabinet! Unless of course some of the Ahmeds there are Christians!

Idris Samaila Nyam is also a Christian- that I know. There may be others on that list too. In the North, bearing "Muslim names" Yakubu (eg General TY Danjuma and former Speaker Dogara are both Yakubu; and are Christians), Ismaila, Musa, Yunusa, Ilyasu, Usman, etc does not mean that one is a Muslim; Christians bear such names due to long-term acculturation...

The advantage of living (or going to school) in the North, however short the period is, for a Southerner (or other non-Hausa or Fulani speaking Nigerian), is that he is fully abreast of their ethno-religious set-up.

The same erroneous belief makes Southerners believe that everyone with origins in the North is an Hausa or Fulani! The Northern people speak over 530 languages...In one Northern state, one could have as much as 55...

It's good to travel through Nigeria and mix with other compatriots...It's not only educative, it's enlightening, and reduces unbridled prejudice!

I was a secondary school student at the time Buhari was military Head of State, with General Tunde Idiagbon of Ilorin as his deputy. The civilian Buhari, from 2015, is a different animal- slower than a snail!

It is incredible, but it is true, that some DGs, Executive Secretaries and other heads of agencies Buhari inherited from Jonathan’s administration in 2015 are still holding such positions! In July 2019! Amazing...

Buhari is the slowest ever President Nigeria has had, regarding taking official actions- in terms of appointments, sacking, redeployments, etc.

It’s so sad, considering that some of us truly believed that he could take actions much faster...

The National Assembly resumes tomorrow, July 2, but the media are only reporting rumours, projections, and guesswork regarding his cabinet- Ministers/Federal Executive Council.

Truly sad...

The failed candidate (Abubakar Atiku) from Republic of Cameroun has gone to the venue of his fake server strategy session (Dubai) again! He will fail again...

I see Baraje, Bukola Saraki’s almost 70-year old political boy, sitting beside Atiku.

Timi Frank, the young, nonentity loudmouth is also there with his Atiku-branded cap.

Na wa o...Group of failed and pained looter-politicians...LOL.

braveboy64:
was the money recovered?

You obviously didn’t read the story and yet, you responded! Lazy youth!

It was clearly stated that the judgement was: the bribe received AND property attached should be forfeited to the FG.

False headline.

Adamu is Titi Abubakar’s son. Therefore, the Baba who was buried in Onitsha was Jennifer’s father; he is NOT Adamu’s grandfather...

BeijinDossier:
The guy resembles Jennifer his mother

Ignorance is not bliss. How could he be Jennifer’s son? How old is Jennifer?

For your information, Adamu is one of Titi Atiku’s sons; not Jennifer’s...

Tolexander:
Commissioner for petroleum resources in Sokoto state

Exactly my thought as I saw the portfolio. Most politicians are daft, corrupt and wasteful. How could Sokoto state, located in the arid desert of the North West appoint a Commissioner for Petroleum Resources?

And that poor, unviable state appointed 27 Commissioners? 27!

Kai!

Johnnyessence:
he hasn't been released yet please and clueless Apc miscreants as been blowing their lies and propaganda on it already.

He hasn't been released? Are you daft, a slowpoke, demented? Or don't you have a brain at all? Please choose one.

The report clearly stated that he (Shollyment) was arrested by DSS in the morning and released in the evening of the same day (yesterday), yet, nincompoops like you, and the five idiots who "liked" your daft post, believed that he had not been released...

What a generation of lazy twerps (who cannot read a very short report) our country is breeding!

They only did their job!

No need for any drama or criticism of the Speaker.

They should work in an air—conditioned office if they can’t do this...

He has passed his ‘political exams’.

Google is your friend- check up the conduct of politicians regarding taking back their words, blaming the media for being misquoted, etc in the US, Europe, Asia, etc. It’s the same!

I listened to some voters in a recent election in an African country; the lady who was interviewed said that: “The President’s party is popular because they have been ruling us for long, but they never keep their promises, like the politicians that they are!”

Lol.

A successful politician anywhere in the world who cannot lie is a non-starter. How they do it is interesting...

The girls did so well.

No one gave us a chance- the 4th best female team in the world (France) struggled to defeat the 38th best team (Nigeria) 1-0; and even at that the so-called 4th best team got a huge dose of help from the partisan French (host) crowd, VAR, biased referee decisions (too many yellow card calls by French players not given).

This was in addition to a very unprofessional, biased TV commentary...

This game was the Falcons' most professional so far. Some analysts and pundits predicted 5-0, 6-1, 7-0 score line against us before the game...

Let's hope that we qualify as one of the 4 3rd place teams that will qualify for the 2nd round...

Best wishes, girls!

Lawan has started well.

The 10-man adhoc committee had both APC and PDP members in equal number of 5 each...

Bassey Akpan (core Governor Udom's loyalist in Akwa-Ibom PDP),

Chukwuka Utazi (core Governor Ugwuanyi's and Sen. Ekweremadu's loyalist from Enugu PDP),

Betty Apiafi (hard-core female loyalist of Governor Wike from Rivers state PDP),

Gabriel Suswam (needs no introduction- hard-core PDP man, immediate past Governor of Benue state),

Stella Oduah (needs no introduction- a Jonathanian, former Minister and core Anambra PDP woman)...

Good to know...

Sokoto), Bassey Akpan (PDP, A/Ibom), Gabriel Suswam (PDP, Benue), Solomon Adeola (APC, Lagos), among others.

Three things here:

1. I would be so disappointed should the issue of religious bias be true. Senator (Governor) Atiku Bagudu is a gentleman and a man who has a very broad world view and does not discriminate. He, and his wife, the medical doctor, are very liberal; they befriend Nigerians of different tribes and religions. I know this...

2. She clearly stated that most of the victims of Justice Ambursa were Muslims. Thus suggests that Justice Ambursa is only using religion to fester his own nest for selfish reasons!

3. Kebbi state, especially the Zuru axis, is a very interesting part of the North West. In that state, regarding the two famous brothers who are Generals, Ishaya Bamaiyi and Musa Bamaiya one is a Muslim and the other is a Christian.

Discrimination on the basis of religion, tribe, or political party/affiliations does no country any good.

It's toxic!

I pray that Justice Karatu will get justice (if her assertions are true)...

pacespot:
rip, I believe his frail health would have dragging on for long, he didn't come to the media to seek help like other actors, rip

Probably...I noticed that he had lost so much weight in a movie I watched recently...

What a loss! RIP, Sir.

He ('Dagunro") was very, very good at his trade/roles, especially the "babalawo/dibia" roles.

He had a special (very unique) way of delivering his acting lines and speaking, just like Alapinni, Araosan (Pefuele), Lalude did, as babalawos...

aolawale025:
Interesting to see how this 9th Senate will turn out to be

That was the House of Reps, not Senate. It was clearly written on the screen and we saw it live on TV too. Are you so easily distracted?

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Delta Central, is the new Deputy Senate President of the 9th Senate:

LLB University of Benin;

LLM Tulane University Law School, Tulane University, USA (the 12th oldest Law School in the US).

My "political source" was right again!

Yet again!!!

chikeze:
Rubber stamp senate president.

It must have pained you to your marrow!

You, and other hateful souls like you, supported Ali Ndume, who you insulted 4 years ago as a Borno terrorist and Boko Haram sponsor!

Hypocrites!

Live with it; Senator Ahmed Lawan, PhD. Cranfield, is the President of Nigeria's Senate!!!

Senator Ahmed Lawan:

BSc Geography, University of Maiduguri;

MSc Remote Sensing, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria; and

PhD Remote Sensing/GIS, Cranfield University, UK (one of the best universities in the UK) is the President of the 9th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria!

The ruling party got it right this time!

My "political source" was right after all! Yet again!!!