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Abagworo:
Not happy with transportation give to Amaechi.

Why not? That's Road, Railway, Marine, and Aviation - all rolled into one! There may be ministers of state for one or two of them, but, as pronounced, Amaechi is the substantive Minister over all of "them" components/arms.

I think it's all good.

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DONSMITH123:
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally announced the long-awaited portfolios of ministers, who were sworn in on Wednesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

President Buhari named himself Minister of Petroleum, while Ibe Kachikwu (Delta State) was named Minister of State (Petroleum).

See full list of their Portfolios:

1. Chris Ngige – (Anambra) Minister of Labour & Employment

2. Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti) Minister of Solid Minerals
3. Rotimi Amaechi – (Rivers) Minister of Transportation
4. Babatunde Fashola -(Lagos) Minister of Power, Works and Housing
5. Abdulrahman Dambazau- (Kano) Minister of Interior

6. Aisha Alhassan – (Taraba) Minister of Women Affairs
7. Ogbonaya Onu- (Ebonyi) Minister of Science and Technology
8. Kemi Adeosun – (Ogun) Minister of Finance

9. Abubakar Malami – (Kebbi)
10. Sen Hadi Sirika – (Katsina) Minister of State Aviation
11. Barr. Adebayo Shittu – (Oyo)
12. Suleiman Adam – (Jigawa)

13. Solomon Dalong – (Plateau) Minister for Youth and Sports
14. Ibe Kachikwu – (Delta) Minister of State Petroleum
15. Osagie Ehanire – (Edo)
16. Audu Ogbeh – (Benue) Minister of Agriculture

17. Udo Udo Udoma – (Akwa Ibom) Minister of Budget & National Planning

18. Lai Mohammed – (Kwara) Minister of Information

19. Amina Mohammed – (Gombe)

20. Ibrahim Usman Jibril – (Nasarawa)

21. Hajia Khadija Bukar Ibrahim- (Yobe)

22. Cladius Omoleye Daramola (Ondo)

23. Prof Anthony Onwuka (Imo) Minister of State (Education)

24. Geoffrey Onyema (Enugu)

25. Dan Ali (Zamfara) Minister of Defence

26. Barr James Ocholi (Kogi) Minister of Justice and Attorney General

27. Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna) Minister of State Budget and National Planning

28. Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia) Trade, Investment & Industry

29. Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) Minister of Federal Capital Territory

30. Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Bornu)

31. Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto) Minister of State, Trade & Investment

32. Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)

33. Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) Minister of Education

34. Isaac Adewole (Osun) Minister of Health

35. Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Niger)

36. Pastor Usani Uguru (Cross River) Minister of Niger Delta

No. 26 is definitely NOT the Minister of Justice. I think No. 9 is. I hope this error was not due to an attempt at rushing to print?

Kindly do a re-check and make corrections - plus fill in the blanks - as may be appropriate.

Good and commendable effort with your post, though.

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tete7000:
We are in for big time propaganda from government. This man and lie are made of the same substance.

You're the big lair here, actually. Fortunately for humanity, your bile does not extend beyond this page, or wherever else your post is cited.

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175:
Transportation? When you where busy practically
driving El'Rufai and Co round town, you didn't
know PMB and company was taking note abi??
Lolz! I no call name ooo

Transportation includes Road, Railway, Marine, and Air (Aviation,) transportation, all in one. A very significant responsibility.

And, by the grace of God, Amaechi will deliver, to the benefit of this cabinet, administration, government, and our Nation as a whole.

God bless obodo Nigeria.

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harvesto4u:
ameachi minister of transport,aviation including sea and land.trouble for woke no more flying on air

Raji Fashola's hands are really full, but well deserved - he is Minister for Power, Works, and Housing, all in one.

But, now that I think of it, the three arms are actually quite related, especially in terms of infrastructure! This synergy has been well thought out.

Good luck to Raji Fashola, and the now inaugurated Federal Executive Council.

God bless our obodo Nigeria.

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Raji Fashola's hands are really full, but well deserved - he is Minister for Power, Works, and Housing, all in one.

But, now that I think of it, the three arms are actually quite related, especially in terms of infrastructure! This synergy has been well thought out.

Good luck to Raji Fashola, and the now inaugurated Federal Executive Council.

God bless our obodo Nigeria.

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obailala:
http://www.leadership.ng/news/473284/nass-probes-uncover-15bn-oil-fraud

I seriously weep for my country, Nigeria has no business being in the league of 3rd world countries. But then, while one would think the masses should rise up against this, the masses have all their priorities twisted even as they only focus ONLY on mundane things such as tribe, ethnicity and religion.

Seun and Lalasticlala must see hear this

Hmm... It shall be well, even if we're 50% of the way there within the next three and a half years. I think we're on the way to achieving real progress and development.

If only this Federal government would just look past these hecklers, and continue to focus on its goals while being transparent and honest doing so.

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There's no lie in all that Pinnick has said, and as contained in the original post. He also did not sugarcoat any of his statements.

If indeed the authors of the Guinness Book of World Records deem it fit to include such largely and lucky coincidental feat for Buhari as has been pointed out by Pinnick, by all means let them do so.

Sure you can't deny a man - in this case, Buhari - his destiny, no matter the circumstances under which it's come about?

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Flets:
Agreed, and those PDP members are OBJ, Atiku, Saraki, Amaechi, Ngige, Kwankwaso, Elrufai etc who are the chief pilots of APC.

So you now know where the fight should start from.

So, where else is it starting from? Is the current big fish, Saraki, not on even your own stated list?

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Mogidi:
I thought you people voted Buhari to chart a different path?

... Within the first four years, yes. And, what about it?

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CR77:
Buhari is not fighting corruption but witch haunting PDP members

Which other party's members should he have been witch hunting? Was it not the PDP and that party's members that had been in near absolute control of political power and government machinery as well as our common patrimony for the immediate past 16 years?

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ipreach:
Buhari will now install his name that will fight GEJ men.

Just watch out for the drama

So which other "men" should he be fighting? Was it not GEJ and his party forebears that had been in control of political power and government for the last 16 years?

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Fantastic piece of news. Thanks for the heads-up, OP @midolian.

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dustmalik:
Stop spreading falsehood all over the forum. That section of the electoral act has been thrown out of the window since time immemorial. Read here

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/court-rejects-sections-of-2010-electoral-act/

PDP is a loser as far as Taraba is concerned

Thanks for countering falsehood/mischievousness with solid and hard facts whenever/wherever/however falsehood may occur, @dustmalik. Please, don't "tire."

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OrlandoOwoh:
The wailing of PDP has just begun. All the mandates that they stole will be recovered.

God willing.

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unphilaz:
Ok malik but why has it not been amended but left in the electoral act 2010 to continue... why did they not amend it or outrightly remove such a section...

Now that @dustmalik has proved to you that the document you were brandishing is no longer correct, just kuku take your own eraser and pencil and change the wrong thing you have to the right thing na... abi you want make government come take the old information wey you get for your drawer abi na cupboard? See me see trouble o!

But, seriously, once a judgement stands, THAT judgement BECOMES the new, legal document. Old copies of such document don't have to be re-written. If you're lucky and adventurous enough, though, you may come across an amended one in the future.

Good luck!

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Onyocha:
[b]how can five landlocked state form a country? the main agitators for Biafra are not after "emancipating" the Igbos from Nigeria but are after enslaving the minorities of the Niger Delta. The agitators for Biafra know that their dream will not be possible or sustainable with five landlocked states. they need an access to seaport and the resources of the Niger Delta to form a sustainable country. In other words, the Igbos for Biafra dream of replicating another Nigeria or a smaller version (without the north and south west) where the Igbos will dominate. and even if that goes on to happen, what guarantees are there that this state will remain united and further divisions will not happen? The ijaws and other minorities in the Niger Delta will surely kick against Igbo domination and will want their independence too. then, where will you place Edo, akwa ibom and Cross River? we are talking here of an unsustainable Biafra dividing into another four countries at least. in that case, and after the minorities who will be more in number than the Igbos overwhelm the igbos, it will be igbos themselves who will again agitate for Nigeria to return!!! a biafra will be a recipe for confusion, further divisions, bloodshed and a burden for west africa and the world. no body wants to welcome refugees, especially from a heavily populated country. therefore no one wants to touch the Pandora box.

in the north, there is also question of minorities. there is a christian minority. will they want to live outside a unified Nigeria? can biafra give them solutions? or will further division take place? talking about referendum, that is not feasible in Nigeria at all. Igbos are scattered all over the country with investments and businesses across the country. will only Igbos take part in a referendum? and what of those igbos outside the five landlocked and impoverished states? the Igbos are the most scattered ethnic group in Nigeria, yet some idle people want separation. if you truly want separation, the first thing to do is to develop your five states. do not place any eye on the South South or the oil of the Niger Delta. even if your dream come to happen, that unity with the South South will not last. after you develop your state, then ask your brothers scattered all over the country to return. they will not. why? because five landlocked states cannot sustain themselves. if your five states are an economic model and paradise on earth, it will be the other way round. people from all around Nigeria and even the world will be rushing to your states; not Igbos rushing to other states. Dubai is still part of the UAE yet it attracts investments from the world over. how many multinational companies and foreign ovestors are found in the south east?

if those neo-Biafran agitators are sincere about their call for independence, then it is very sorry for them. this is a call without foresight. and if they are not sincere, and they are simply doing it because a northerner they dont like is the president of the country, then they are going about the wrong way. you had your chance to vote and you voted in the wrong direction-ethnicity and religion. Nigeria voted to move away from ethnicity and religious barriers. what are you therefore complaining about? if you want the attention of the president, you dont ask for it using threat of division and war. the catastrophic results of war will be unbearable even for the agitators.

the solution, and that is the bitter pill Igbos have to swallow, is for, at least, there to be political unity with the north. if the yorubas can do it, then why cant the igbos? get over bitterness and division and threats. there should be diversity in opinions and choices in the south east. do not place your eggs in one political party or in the basket of ethnicism and religionism and regionalism. even europe that was divided into small nation states has united to form a powerful european union. there is power in unity. today Nigeria is a strong country and seen as such. who will consider biafra or give it relevance that Nigeria enjoys today? and to become independent, you need international support. it is not enough for you to clamor for independence. you need the UN; and the UN has powerful countries which must agree you deserve independence and they are ready to work with you if you become independent. as much as foreign interference in any country's affairs is repugnant, if other countries dont fly your flag in their capital, your passport will not be recognized.[/b]

Quoted in full for reference.

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dustmalik:
That section of the electoral act has been thrown out of the window since time immemorial. Read here

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/court-rejects-sections-of-2010-electoral-act/

PDP has lost out on this one, and there is nothing any court can do about it

Brilliant stuff; thanks for posting - especially the link.

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RichieF27:
Rather surreptitiously, Biafra is no longer identifiable with only secession of South East from Nigeria. Instead, Biafra has become a figure of expression of whatever grievances of groups or sections all over the country. During his tenure as elected president, Olusegun Obasanjo said he was serving Nigeria and not Yorubaland. Accordingly, for eight years, South West was not developed. None of Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Sagamu-Benin expressway, Lagos Abeokuta road or Ibadan-Ife road was touched. South westerners went Biafran and publicly expressed their determination to walk out of the Nigerian federation if their political demands at national conference organised by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan were not met. And only recently, some south westerners led by former military governor of Oyo State, General Adeyinka Adebayo, threatened to reconsider their continued stay in the Nigerian federation if kidnapping and menace of cattle rearers were not checked in South West. That was not a threat to the sanctity of Nigeria’s national borders?

See the way the writer weaved his own accounts of happenings during the Obasanjo era straight into still his from the present six months, while conveniently omitting that in-between from the Jonathan six-year era during which the southeast was clearly in control at the center? That is acute, divisive, and bare-faced propaganda. Hmm.

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Mee234:
Buhari never had any certificate. He joined NA as a cadet with recommendation letter from his principal. If he had his school cert. he will present it and not picture of his school mate. people like him who joined NA went back to complete their school cert program. Buhari did not go back.

You, alone, are claiming all of these? Na you biko!

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TonyeBarcanista:
Lying Liars! No tribunal can 'sack' any governor to install another. The electoral law forbids that. The worst they can do is to order rerun.

As for this case, the Judge is yet to give his verdict.

W.r.t. the part of your post I've put in bold... So you mean that the law should allow the PDP to now present a valid candidate AFTER the fact - the election having already been held? Mehn, you're on a long thingy!

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Whoa, what a development... If this ruling is un-appealed, or upheld on appeal(s,) then Madam Taraba becomes the first female to be validly elected Governor of a state in Nigeria!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3047815_SenatorAishaAlhassan_png5e10488de52313ea5ba33fea72adf683

If Madam Taraba does mount the saddle, then it'd be sweet irony not just that a party (the APC) the very first time it rules the country, produces the first female Governor of a state, but also that the state concerned is located in the northern part of the country!

Here's a sincere wish that, if the judgement is carried through, Madam Taraba serves her state such that her people are genuinely lifted out of poverty in very measurable ways, and the dignity of the average Taraban gets enhanced.

All the best to our country, Nigeria.

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doctokwus:
That Daoudu of a lawyer that Saraki engaged is an incompetent,contemptous fellow that just reaped Saraki off some millions.
Their walking out is just to save face from their incompetence.
Instead of telling Saraki the truth and maybe arguing for a plea bargain for a case that is as clear as daylight,he was deceiving Saraki that he cud use injunctions to perpetually delay the trial.
If I were Saraki I wudnt pay them anyother money after d advance they must have been paid.
Saraki shud also advice himself, this case is unwinnable because the govt has got a solid case against him and has also blocked all avenues for him to bribe the judges. Even the Supreme Court justices would not tamper with this case even with a long spoon.Careers are on the line here and eventhough the justices of the SC cannot be removed by the president,they also have to be wary and keep an eye on possible govt appointments when they retire.

I agree with most of your postulations. Well done.

Being the type of egoistic and nose thumping person Saraki is, however, I don't foresee him ever agreeing to a plea bargain.

Besides, I honestly think it must have been Saraki himself assuring his erstwhile lawyers that he would pull strings, and that the lawyers should devise their strategies for defending him around that, not the other way round.

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Case to continue on November 19 (to afford Senator Saraki the granted one week within which he can engage new lawyers in his defense.)

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I believe Saraki's lawyers walked out of/are abandoning the case because they see the case as a lose-lose situation for them - at least with this judge.

Gbengen (gongo) they happen.

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See screenshot.

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mbizzy:
All eye on this CCT trial. We will know what Buhari stand for from the outcome.

Is Buhari the Judge, or does he represent the judges/Justices in this case? This your type of premise is thus beyond ridiculous! Haba.

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ISpiksDaTroof:
Nigeria to sell, buy oil directly, cut out middlemen



By Michelle Faul | AP November 3 at 4:04 PM

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria will start selling and buying oil and gasoline directly to cut out middlemen and curb graft, the new managers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. announced Tuesday night.

The major policy shift fits new President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to halt corruption endemic in the industry in Africa’s biggest oil producer. The previous administration of President Goodluck Jonathan had ignored warnings from Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi that some $20 billion in oil sales over three years was missing from federal coffers, and instead fired Sanusi.

Nigeria produces 2 million barrels of crude a day, according to the corporation’s website. Nigerians consume about 9 million liters (2.4 million gallons) of gas daily, almost all imported because local refineries are inefficient. One barrel of crude produces about 30 gallons of diesel or fuel.

A statement from spokesman Ohi Alegbe said the decision was made after a screening of previously used and prequalified petroleum product importers revealed almost all the 34 international and 10 local companies were middleman businesses.

The shift is “a major steer designed to enshrine transparency and eliminate the activities of middlemen in the crude oil exchange,” said the statement from the corporation’s new management. One of Buhari’s first acts as president was to fire all the old managers.

Corruption that thrived under Jonathan’s watch had favored officials being sold entire shipments of crude at favorable rates so they could pocket the profits. The U.S. Department of Justice warned Buhari earlier this year that one minister had pocketed $6 billion from oil sales.

The massive thefts came as oil prices topped $110 a barrel. Now Nigeria is in crisis, with halved prices for the oil that provides 80 percent of government revenue and Buhari has complained he inherited an emptied treasury.

Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/nigeria-to-sell-buy-oil-directly-cut-out-middlemen/2015/11/03/ce2d0242-826a-11e5-8bd2-680fff868306_story.html

Yet, some people will say this government of PMB is not working, and even claim that the credit for this policy and it's implementation belongs to the immediate past regime of GEJ.

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Zikkyfuse:
[img]http://4.bp..com/-NL9XiyQqhaM/Vjn60LgGNoI/AAAAAAAAArg/dEk6diq9zug/s400/12112051_940809252655978_8655667596500431774_n.jpg[/img]

Amazing NYSC batch in which the good, bad and ugly have so far been recorded from different camps. If you have been to Umunya NYSC camp Anambra State in the past few days the orientation camp resumed, you prolly would have sighted this "small man" in Khaki serving his father land! According to other corp members, he is quite funny and social, loved by many (if not all) and very proud of his size!

No limits bro! Keep soaring!

Source:
http://www.chuzzysblog.com/2015/11/check-out-this-small-sized-male-corp.html

[img]http://4.bp..com/-NL9XiyQqhaM/Vjn60LgGNoI/AAAAAAAAArg/dEk6diq9zug/s400/12112051_940809252655978_8655667596500431774_n.jpg[/img]

This our nice "small-sized" man is the kind of person some will label an "underage voter."

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DelGardo:
That's how you do it.
A good avenue to plan and seek synergy. No time to thrash about working at cross purposes.

Will also be an opportunity to share ideas and agree performance targets and measures, if properly organised.

Change!

+1. Very well put.

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