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During the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, Muhammadu Buhari took his supporters to the streets not only for the presidential campaign but also on a protest.

Then, Late Colonel Emeka Ojukwu (Rtd) and General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) were holding street protest against the regime.

They were embarking on a protest against what they termed the impunity of the government of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo

https://www.naij.com/632033-flashback-wont-believe-president-buhari-photo.html

When this boy grow up and see this picture, he will say ' I had a dad' and be proud of him.

Law is not mathematics where 1+1= 2 barcanista take note

PDP even get mouth talk of corruption

Hunter being hunted.

This man remind me of jega and Jega reminds me of this man.

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday confirmed Musiliu Obanikoro as a federal minister, appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan, brushing aside allegations that Mr. Obanikoro played a key role in election fraud in Ekiti State.

Mr. Obanikoro was named recently in a leaked tape as a principal actor in the state’s governorship election rigging in 2014, sparking national outrage.

The Nigerian government has refused to investigate the claims.

The Senate approved Mr. Obanikoro’s nomination as a minister, Wednesday, after repeated deferments, despite protests from senators from Lagos State, Mr. Obanikoro’s home state, and other opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, who had vowed to stop the clearance over the Ekiti scandal.

As a former senator himself, the Senate allowed Mr. Obanikoro to “take a bow and go”, without answering questions, a privilege reserved for former federal lawmakers.

APC lawmakers responded by walking out of the session in protest. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/178286-breaking-senate-confirms-obanikoro-as-minister-despite-ekitigate-scandal.html

What responsibility? ASUU had the longest strike in history under your watch.

Senator Ike Ekweremadu made profit from the division in the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Upper Chamber to emerge as the number two senator in the country. Our correspondent looks into how Ekweremadu, a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is faring as the Deputy Senate President.

Tongues are still wagging over the abrupt shutting down of the Senate last Wednesday by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the peak of ministerial nominees screening.
Saraki had adjourned the sitting to enable him attend to his case at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) where he is being tried on 13 count charges bordering on false asset declaration.
Constitutionally, the Deputy Senate President presides over the chamber in the absence of the Senate President.
Section 53 (1a) of the 1999 Constitution is explicit on the office of the Deputy Senate President. It states thus: “In the case of the Senate, the President of the Senate shall preside, and in his absence, the Deputy Senate President shall preside.”
Similarly, the Senate Standing Orders 2015 was also clear on the position of a Deputy Senate President. Order 27 of the said document read thus: “In the absence of the Senate President, the Deputy Senate President shall perform all the duties and functions of the President of the Senate.”
In retrospect, since his emergence on June 9th this year, Saraki has been sitting tight on the Senate President’s seat. He has always been around to preside over the affairs of the Upper Chamber.
Our correspondent reports that last Wednesday could have been the opportunity for Ekweremadu to man the driver’s seat following the case of Saraki at the CCT.
However, the opportunity to preside over the Senate slipped off Ekweremadu who defeated Senator Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) to clinch the position.
Although Ekweremadu polled 54 and Ndume got 20 votes at the June 9th election, it was widely believed that his emergence was a reward to the PDP Senators for their support to the candidature of Saraki.
Before the adjournment, the caucuses of the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met differently where it was reportedly agreed that the Red Chamber should not be presided over by Ekweremadu, in view of the ongoing hearing on ministerial confirmation.
A PDP senator in an interview said there was nothing wrong with the situation.
“No, the Deputy Senate president has not presided over at the chamber because Saraki had always been around. And for last Wednesday’s case, it was a unanimous decision that we should adjourn our sitting for a day,” he said.
But one of the principal officers of the Red Chamber said Ekweremadu would always find himself in a tight corner.
“As an opposition, his emergence could be described as a very odd situation but a realistic situation that we found ourselves in.
“The most uncomfortable part of it is that when the PDP was in power for 16 years, they didn’t provide room for somebody in the opposition to occupy such position. But I think the PDP is trying to eat its cake and have it which to me is very, very odd.
“We are waiting to see how it works but it is a very odd situation. If I’m to be in the shoes of Ekweremadu, I will not contest for the seat of the Deputy Senate President because how would he be the Deputy Senate President in a government that they are minority?
“The situation is odd as it doesn’t fit in properly because you cannot separate the politics of the party from the position he is occupying. There are certain things that the government wants to implement in the interest of the party, so he will always find himself in a tight corner. As I said, we will see how the situation works,” one of the high ranking senators said.
Assessing the situation, a Professor of Political Economy and Politics of Development at the Bayero University Kano (BUK), Habu Fagge said Saraki did the right thing by adjourning the sitting.
“By adjourning the plenary, Saraki has not done anything wrong, in fact, he did the right thing because if he had allowed Ekweremadu to chair the sitting on that day, it could have led to a bigger challenge.
“For instance, if he presides over and Amaechi was disqualified, it could have given credence to the allegation that he (Saraki) had decamped to the PDP or was supporting PDP underground. The senators are united, it is Saraki’s party that is not united,” he said, in a phone interview.
Speaking on the adjournment of sitting, the Senate Leader, Ali Ndume said Ekweremadu was not allowed to take charge of affairs at the Senate, last Wednesday, in order to avoid hiccup in the ongoing ministerial nominees screening.
“We are screening APC ministerial nominees of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And there are issues surrounding it that we don’t want any other issue out of it again. The presiding officer is the Senate President who started the screening and we said we would continue after a day off.
“If you look at the constitution, it is not ‘must’. It is just like when the president is off, the vice president does not automatically become the president of Nigeria. He remains the vice president until a letter is transmitted as such. That is what the constitution says. So, no big deal about that,” he said.
Observers of the Senate said Ekweremadu, who has been in the Upper Chamber since 2003 presided over the sittings of the Senate on many occasions when he was the deputy to Senator David Mark, who reigned for eight years.
The terrain at that time, according to observers, was suitable for Ekweremadu (PDP, Enugu West) to easily step into Mark’s shoes in his absence, in view of the fact that his party occupied majority of the ‘Red’ seats at that time.
In the 8th Senate, APC has 58 senators while PDP has 49.
However, the fact that a senator from the minority party found his way to be the number two at the hallowed chamber has remained a development which many people are yet to come to terms with.
“I challenge anyone to tell me anywhere in the world where an opposition party with fewer members will end up producing a deputy senate president or one of the principal officers of the Senate. This happened in Nigeria because of the knowledge, capacity, vision as well as team leadership which (Uche) Secondus and the NWC have provided,” said Chief Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP.
As the ascension of Ekweremadu to the second most important position at the Senate remains a subject of discussion, it is now left to be seen when the powerful PDP senator will preside over the APC dominated chamber.
http://dailytrust.com.ng/news/politics/when-will-ekweremadu-sit-on-saraki-s-seat/116414.html

Yola – Self acclaimed secretary General of Boko Haram, Mallam Danladi Ahmadu have said that the group’s cases fire agreement with the Federal Government is very much on course.

Ahmadu disclosed that the final meeting between the group and the Federal Government to finally seal the ceasefire agreement has been scheduled for Monday in Ndjamana, Chad and to be supervised by the Chadian leader, Idris Derby.

Danladi Ahmadu, who spoke in the Hausa service of the Voice of America VoA on Friday and monitored in Yola affirmed that the Chibok Girls would surely be released on Monday to the Chadian President, Idriss Derby for onward presentation to the Nigerian government.

He added that an enlarged meeting of the group has been fixed for the weekend to prepare ground for the Monday meeting with the Federal government, affirming that the final ceasefire and the release of the Chibok girls are promises that will surely be fulfilled by the group.

Ahmadu also disclosed to VoA that the group and the Federal government are in close consultations over arrangements for the Monday meeting in Chad.

Commenting on the latest kidnap of over 40 women and girls in the border villages between Adamawa and Borno states, the Secretary General maintained that as far as the Boko Haram is concern it is not aware of the latest kidnap and attacks.

He added that in as much as the group is investigating the latest kidnap and attacks to determine the involvement of its members, admitting that many anti-social groups have infiltrated the Boko Haram.

Danladi Ahmadu stated that political thugs, armed robbers, kidnappers, hired assassins and other anti social groups now parades themselves as members of the sect, but was quick to add that things been equal if the cease fire agreement is sealed all the groups would fizzle out.

It will be recalled that no fewer than 50 women and girls were abducted by unknown gunmen from Gartu in Michika, Adamawa state and Waga Mongoro, a border village between Madagali in Adamawa and Gwoza in Borno state as the cease fire between the Federal government and the Boko Haram insurgents is yet to be fully implemented. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/boko-haram-says-chibok-girls-surely-released-monday/

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Wike boasting once upon a time in February when they enjoyed Mbunity: grin grin grin


“Once the Independent National Electoral Commission announces the victory of President Jonathan, we will immediately shut down the Port Harcourt International Airport and all land and sea borders in Rivers State to prevent Governor Amaechi from escaping. Does he (Amaechi) think we don’t know that he is planning to run away? But he and his cohorts will not succeed. All they can do thereafter is to lock themselves inside the Government House and at the appropriate time, we will go there and pick them up one after the other."


Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/fgll-arrest-amaechi-after-jonathans-victory-wike/

As a grassroot politian who has grown from SSA to governor, What advice do you have for upcoming young politician in the face of POLITICAL ENEMIES?

(From Bauchi sanator,tho don't capture the exact words)

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Her jokes on them was not funny. It was more of an attack/insult
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Helen Paul throws shades at all the top comedians you know, Basket mouth, Alibaba, I Go Die and Gordons. Also watch Gordons reply.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25cAB6oSEcM

Can the committee stops amechi's screening?

The man make sense die. From ekiti to economy to education to foreign policy to poverty to defence he defended well. I couldn't help but love him
PMB knows exactly what is doing. A combination of technocrat n politician.

But you know is not every shop or location the owner will allow you to snap. What if they think you are planing to Robb them or set them up

what about the software for practical?

TonyeBarcanista:
Thanks be to God!

Alhamdulilahi

But you were already abusing President buhari in the other thread without even verifying.
Is like PDP are always happy when they see bad news as it give them opportunity to insult the President

Guyman02:
Change is when a Bukola Saraki who is the current Senate President screens an Audu Ogbeh for appointment as a minister in 2015, the same man whom his father Olushola Saraki screened as a minister 33 years ago as Senate Leader.

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Pls mee too. Andrewedeoga@naij.com

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This is the real HERO of Nigeria's democracy. History will be fair with you. Nigerians are very proud of you sir.

What about orubebe,no award for him?