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At least Wike and pdp were more constitutional by going to court. But Lalong of Plateau and apc do not know the meaning of constitutional democracy. Lalong unilaterally dissolved elected local govt chairmen in plateau state last week without the courts pronouncement. Barrister Wike and pdp knows their onions. Bye bye to Amaechi's era of impunity in my dear state. Apc e-rats cry me a river!

The APC hypocrites you see your lives. Wike and Rivers is your headache. You cant see the big log in your eyes. You are usually the first to throw stones at others. Wike over to you. The APC though Lalong of plateau has thrown the first volley.

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, on Monday, dissolved the 17 Local Government Councils in the state.

A statement issued in Jos by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Rufus Bature, said the dissolution was in exercise of the powers conferred on the governor by the Constitution.

It directed the local council chairmen, councilors and other political appointees to handover all government property in their care to Directors of Personnel Management in the councils.

It would be recalled that the local government chairmen and councilors were elected into office in February 2014.

“The governor directs all dissolved chairmen of councils; all members of the executive arm, councilors and other political appointees to hand over all government properties in their possession to directors of personnel management.

“Security operatives in the various local governments and particularly the Divisional Police Officers and members of the various labour unions are to ensure that all government properties are secured in the custody of the DPMs,” it said.

Out of the 39 mentioned, the NNPC man, Yakubu is from Kaduna state; Nafdac Paul Orhi is from Benue, same as Omeri of NOA; Wapmuk of Industrial Training fund is from Plateau state. Some others were not appointed by Jonathan. Eg he inherited Okojie and only recently renewed his tenure.
And apart from Nnpc, DPR and Nimasa, others are third grade MDAs.

This man is on revenge mission. He was retired compulsorily by the former DG for not having the required credits in his o'level certificate. he and others were retired. So you be rest assured that an angry man is now the DG of a sensitive organisation as the DSS. Expect vindictiveness from him and President Buhari. I pity the former DG and Buhari's enemies.
Darkers days ahead.

What do you expect from baba go slow? He is not a modern leader. He is going to use Lord Luggard era solutions to solve the Obama/Cameron instigated problems. Talk about putting square pegs in round holes. This is the change Nigerians 'voted' on March 28.

A country with more than $29 billion in her foreign reserve is said to have a 'virtually empty treasury'. Diaris God oooh!

I hope and pray APC and Obasanjo will let this man be. Or else, the hunter will soon become the hunted. When you live in glass house dont throw stone.

The United States Diplomatic
Mission to Nigeria has said the
contribution of the US
government to the
Multinational Joint Task Force
(MNJTF) on Boko Haram is $5
million, not the $5 billion as
reported on Monday by the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
NAN had quoted Linda Thomas-
Greenfield, US assistant
secretary, Bureau of African
Affairs, as saying during a
press briefing with the US
delegation to the African Union
Summit that the US
government donated $5 billion
to the MNJTF.
But in a statement to clarify the
issue, the public affairs division
of the consulate wrote:
“Yesterday, Monday, June 15,
members of the US
government delegation to the
African Union Summit in
Johannesburg, South Africa
briefed reporters on the range
of US engagement in Africa.
“It was widely reported that the
US is offering $5 billion to the
multinational task force to fight
Boko Haram. The U.S.
Embassy wishes to clarify that
the amount is $5 million.”
According online news website,
The Cable, the US Embassy
clarified that at the conference,
a journalist from Punch
Newspaper had asked to know
the assistance that US was
offering to the fight Boko
Haram, seeing the renewed
commitment of Nigeria and its
neighbours to combating the
threat.
It quoted Thomas-Greenfield as
saying: “We have been working
with Nigeria as well as the
other countries in the region, to
address their concerns about
Boko Haram, because we don’t
see this as just a Nigeria
problem.
“And with the new
government, we are having
discussions with them on how
we might bolster our support.
We have already been working
with them on providing
information, providing some
training and support, and we
look, with this new
administration, to see how we
might increase the level of
support that we are providing
to Nigeria.
“At the same time, we have
just announced since I have
been here at the AU, a $5
million contribution to the
MNJTF.
This funding is going to the AU.
We are also providing some
equipment and support, and
we had a number of meetings
with the countries which are
members of the multinational
task force to look at other
areas that we might support.”
Thomas-Greenfield had also
used the opportunity of the
conference to answer
questions relating to US
cooperation with other African
countries in fighting terrorism.
On Chad, she said: “We
actually have a very strong
partnership with the
government of Chad. We have
been working with the Chadian
government and its military,
particularly in their efforts
against Boko Haram.
“We have supported them, and
they have fought against those
who also attacked Mali, and we
will continue to engage with
this government, because they
have been a good partner in
fighting terrorism in the
region.”

Falana is one of the greatest hypocrite we have in this country. When Tambuwal and co were going against their party's directive in 2011 where was Falana? He was wining and dining with them. Back slapping them for dealing with pdp. Now that pdp have gotten their pound of flesh, you have suddenly become an apostle of party supremacy. You are a disgrace to the legal profession. When Gani Fawehinmi died we all thought you could step into his shoes. But alas, Tinubu bought you over with his monthly pay check from Lagos loot.
The like of you makes me want to throw up. The people of Nigeria that you and your likes have betrayed will live to spit on your graves

My friend it's all a matter of interest. When Tambuwal won the speakership in the 7th house of reps, Lagos Ibadan express way was closed for almost 3 days in celebration by the ACN led by the Jagaban himself, Tinubu. So brother what goes around comes around.
Why ACN Supported Tambuwal – Tinubu

Leadership

Tue, 07/06/2011 - 5:18am | JAMES UME Cover Stories

Former Lagos State governor and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu has named national interest as the reason ACN members in the House gave a bloc vote to the candidature of Tambuwal, which led to his subsequent emergence as Speaker. Tinubu gave this insight at a reception in honour of ACN House members at the Ogun State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.

He said that the party’s took its position in order to advance the interest of the nation in the lower chamber of the National Assembly.
Tinubu, who drove into the reception venue in company of Chief Segun Osoba, said he was under tremendous pressure to toe the line of the PDP to support a South West candidate for the position but had to halt his support for any candidate based on his conviction that the legislature was a separate arm of government that should be allowed to produce its own leaders independently.

He hinted that he personally instructed all ACN members to vote for Tambuwal and not to collect a kobo from any other candidate.
In his speech, Chief Bisi thanked the lawmakers, noting that he was proud of them and that the ACN would continue to play such formidable role in this administration.

About 14 political parties from the opposition, under the aegis of Credible Alternative Alliance, on Thursday in Abuja stated that “it is it too early” for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to be relying on foreign countries for support and direction on certain policy issues pertaining to governance.

The organisation, which also includes 13 civil society organisations, restated their resolve to provide a credible opposition to the All Progressives Congress.

The parties under the umbrella of CAA include the Social Democratic Party, Peoples Redemption Party, Fresh Democratic Party, Nigeria Advance Party, Peoples Salvation Party, Change Advocacy Party, United National Party for Development, Peoples Progressive Party and Action Party of Nigeria.

A former Governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa; elder statesman, Dr. Tunji Braitwaite; and former Minister of Finance, Chief Olu Falae, expressed these feelings at a press briefing read by the National Coordinator of CAA, Dr. Damian Ogbonna, on Thursday in Abuja.

According to them, while they wish the new administration well, “its ability and readiness to meaningfully govern Nigeria remain in doubt.”

The parties said, “We note that APC appears to want to cultivate and rely too much on the support of foreign governments. This is not good for the sovereignty of our nation. CAA calls upon APC to rely less on foreign support.

“The party should do more to cultivate domestic support from political parties in the country. You cannot govern effectively when you do so alone; it s not sustainable.

“Both the President and other leaders of APC have been in government for decades to warrant knowing exactly what they want to do and how they want to do it. Even those of us here at CAA, with less than a year into our formation, do have bold and visionary plan upon which we predicate our drive to govern Nigeria.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/stop-chasing-foreign-helps-balarabe-others-tell-buhari/

Please tell them ooh!

Is like helping a blind man to cross the street.

To make Rivers ungovernable for Wike. I saw him come from UK this morning on board British airways and I wonder how could a governor travel out of a state when an election he midwifed is taken place. That means he was not even in the state when the 'election' was taking place. He ran away hoping the state would burn. Fortunately the so called election was peaceful. Amaechi is playing God in Rivers state. Those the gods want to destroy they first make mad.

pendy79:
Some of you TANOIDS are daft stupid brainless and lousy.

Watch the event on Sky, the PM and Buhari came out together after the meeting and both addressed and took pictures for the press gathered.

Buhari was waiting for his PA and the Nigerian High Commision official who were in another room and can't join the two leaders outside until the British PM goes back for security reasons.

Cameron never did what you pray should happen, Can you show us a pix of GEJ in 10 downing street?

Buhari will be your nightmare for 8years better live with it.

Can't imagine idiots like the OP still exist on Earth. Buhari isn't President yet and you're already having nightmares.

Here is one sir!

What is your price range. I leave in Abuja. Gwagwalada to be precise.

Which Keyamo? A card carrying member of apc? Efcc chairmanship is not for politicians! Though with apc you can never tell.

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THERE appears to be palpable
fear in the camp of the All
Progressives Congress in Rivers
State as speculations were rife
on Monday that six
commissioners in Governor
Rotimi Amaechi’s cabinet were
set to defect to the Peoples
Democratic Party on or before
Friday.
Amaechi’s deputy, Mr. Tele
Ikuru, had defected to the PDP
on Sunday with a promise that
his supporters would soon join
him in his new party.
Though five commissioners
were seen to be Amaechi’s die-
hard supporters, other
commissioners could be well
out of the APC and were only
waiting for the right time.
A source in the Government
House, Port Harcourt, told our
correspondent that he could
only vouch for commissioners
in charge of Information,
Agriculture, Works and two
other ministries, adding that
those who stood for pecuniary
gains could defect to the PDP.
“Yes, the deputy governor has
defected and you will agree
with me that he (Ikuru) has
supporters who will definitely
want to go with him. We are
suspecting them already and
very soon, they will show
themselves.
“But one thing is clear, the
Amaechi they are betraying
has always stood by them.
Amaechi does not betray
anybody and anything he tells
you today, check in the next 20
years, he will still maintain his
stand,” the source said.
Also a House of Assembly
source told our correspondent
that he could no longer vouch
for all the state legislators
because some of them now
believed in stomach
infrastructure.
He insisted that some
members of the House who
believed in integrity would
continue to stay with the
governor.
Though, the Assembly source
did not mention any member
likely to defect to the PDP, he
said it would be unnecessary to
assume that the 25 APC
lawmakers were still intact.
“The PDP may have infiltrated
them within the past 12
months and you must know
that those who would leave by
this time believe in stomach
infrastructure while those with
integrity will continue to stay
with Amaechi,” the source said.
Speaking through his aide, the
State Commissioner for Works,
Mr. Victor Giadom, said that he
was committed to the belief of
Amaechi and had never
thought of defecting to another
political party.
Giadom, who is also the
Director-General of the Dakuku
Peterside Campaign
Organisation, described the
claim that some commissioners
would defect to the PDP as
mere propaganda, adding that
no commissioner would leave
the APC for another party.
The Chairman of the PDP in the
state, Mr. Felix Obuah,
predicted that Amaechi would
be left with only five
commissioners after a possible
mass defection of his aides to
the PDP.
“Amaechi has only five
commissioners and more than
two-thirds of the members of
the state House of Assembly
have joined PDP. They are
already talking with me. Today,
we are celebrating one of our
own (Ikuru) and his teeming
supporters who have seen
reasons in what we are fighting
for,” he said.

Please what is the current price of bio disc 2? I live in Abuja. Where do I get it here? How do one identify the fake? Thanks

The game has turned sore!

ANOTHER disaster visited Borno on Saturday as Governor Kashim Shettima’s campaign tour of Southern Borno turns bloody, when alleged supporters and political thugs of the governor descended on protesting youths, primary school teachers and local government workers.

They were said to be protesting over the sack of more than 6,000 primary school teachers, lack of implementation of the N18,000 minimum wage and failed promises for youth empowerment at the local government level.

The protesters, from Birhyel in Bayo, Kwaya-Kusar and Hawul, told the governor that he had no business coming to sell his ambition to run for the governorship of the state for a second term, having failed to make impact in the last three and half years of his stewardship.

Our correspondent learnt that the protesters, who took to the streets vowing to die for their cause, were attacked with dangerous weapons by the supporters of the governor when the security operatives attached to him could not stop the protesters from pelting his convoy with stone and hurling abusive words at the person of the governor.

A resident of Biu Local Government Area, Adamu Kwaya, told our correspondent that, “the thugs killed three people who were throwing stones at the governor and injured many others during the protest. Those are currently receiving treatment in Biu.”

Governor says his re-election, a do-or-die affair

Meanwhile, Governor Shettima shocked the people of Shani Local Government during his campaign tour of the area when he paid homage to the emir of Shani, Alhaji Nasiru Shettima Mailafiya, when he declared that his re-election in the April 11 election was a do-or-die affair, threatening to deal with any emir who received any opposition party in his palace.

Shettima, who was particularly angry with the emir of Shani for daring to grant audience to opposition political parties, said all first-class emirs in Borno State risked losing their seats, as he vowed to sanction all traditional rulers who refused to support the All Pogressives Congress (APC).

Speaking at the palace of the emir of Shani on Friday, the governor frowned at a situation where emirs grant audience to opposition political parties, especially the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Muhammad Imam, and former governor of the state, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, who were given a heros welcome in the area recently.

Emir insists on non-partisanship

But the emir, Alhaji Mailafiya, did not take the threat lying low, as he told Governor Shettima to his face that as a father, he was under obligation to receive into his palace all manners of people, including people of different political persuasions.

He maintained that he had no sympathy for any political party, but that he was merely living up to his oath of office by being fair and just to all people, stressing that the traditional institution should not be dragged into unnecessary political controversies, hence his open-door policy.

Alhaji Mailafiya reminded Governor Shettima that part of his charges upon him during the presentation of his staff of office was to carry everybody along and to be fair and just in his dealings with people.

The governor, who departed Shani in annoyance, was said to have proceeded to Gombe where he spent the night and was expected to arrive Biu on Saturday to yet another hostile reception as the yout in Biu were said, to have been pulling down everything the APC erected in the area.

They also vandalised part of Governor Shettima’s liaison house ahead of his coming.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php

APC dey go ooh,
Sumall, Sumall, so se
Dem dey go,
Sumall, Sumall so se!

A former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recent party primaries Sokoto State, Alhaji Yusha’u Kebbe, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Kebbe said this in an interview with NAN in Sokoto on Monday.

He said he joined politics to protect the interest of his people and for the development of the state.
Kebbe added that he defected to the PDP to achieve the objective and to ensure the success of the party during the forthcoming elections at all levels.

“If I continue to stay in the APC the state will not develop according to our hopes and aspirations,” he said.

NAN also recalls that Kebbe was the governorship candidate of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the 2011 elections in the state.

(NAN)

A former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recent party primaries Sokoto State, Alhaji Yusha’u Kebbe, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Kebbe said this in an interview with NAN in Sokoto on Monday.

He said he joined politics to protect the interest of his people and for the development of the state.
Kebbe added that he defected to the PDP to achieve the objective and to ensure the success of the party during the forthcoming elections at all levels.

“If I continue to stay in the APC the state will not develop according to our hopes and aspirations,” he said.

NAN also recalls that Kebbe was the governorship candidate of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the 2011 elections in the state.

(NAN)

Fashola is working and haters are hating. Most roads in Lagos are federal roads. Including Ago palace way. So ask GEJ why the road is bad. Leave Fart.shola and Thief.nubu out of it!

Meeting of witches!

nueltrans:
The lady conducting the interview admits she's from edo state, we all know what Edo girls do abroad...otolos

Shame on you. Whatever Edo girls do abroad are they not Nigerians? Calling Edo girls names and asking their people back home to vote for you. Apc is showing their true color. The two faced Janus!

Lies from the pit of hell! Buhari, like other VIPs never queue at naia abuja. Their protocol officials check them in hours before departure. Even Obi, Amaechi and co gets their passports stamped before their arrival. On arrival Buhari does not go through immigration and custom formalities. He does not queue. He walk out through departure to his car.
Before Buhari arrived this morning all check in formalities have been done for him. He came in a bit late and was ushered in amidst cheers from some of his supporters. He was looking very tired. Buhari has never queue up at any of our airports. As a former head of state, this will be against protocol.

Was this not the property Dino Melaye said belong to Adoke, the justice minister?

Lies from the pit of hell! Buhari has never queued and did not queued today at abuja airport. As usual buhari cheched in some hours before his arrival. His protocol officials did this for him.
Apc look for another way to polish the dirty image of your candidate.