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MainaGate is the biggest test of President Buhari's resolve to fight corruption as it involves key members of his cabinet. mainagate can be likened to a 'drama' filled with 'DENIAL', 'SUSPENSE' & 'INTRIGUE' played out in sequential order.

Today makes it 94 DAYS after President Buhari received the report on maina's reinstatement, he is yet to act on it. When will the culprits be sanctioned?

HOW LONG IS TOO LONG

SO Mallam Shittu this is what you have been using Communication money to do.

God don catch you

The Guardian learnt that Adebayo, who is the South West campaign coordinator for Buhari’s undeclared bid, is the brain behind the caps, which arrived in a ‘Ghana-must-go’ bag, ready for distribution to FEC members.

Shittu is said to be nursing an ambition to contest the Oyo State governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019.


here is a man that cannot do anything to the lingering exorbitant Network services data charges and he is here doing this nonsense

hmmm

hmm

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has halted the distribution of fez caps and branded materials promoting the candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2019 election.

He gave the notice, yesterday, during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

But the Minister of Communication and staunch Buhari loyalist, Adebayo Shittu, appeared at the meeting in a fez cap with the inscription: ‘Continuity ‘19 – Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo’.

The Guardian learnt that Adebayo, who is the South West campaign coordinator for Buhari’s undeclared bid, is the brain behind the caps, which arrived in a ‘Ghana-must-go’ bag, ready for distribution to FEC members.

Shittu is said to be nursing an ambition to contest the Oyo State governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019.

At the end of the meeting, however, some of the members filed out of the Council Chambers with the caps carefully stowed away in their bags, apparently to avoid the prying eyes of reporters or possible backlash by a section of Nigerians.

The SGF had ordered that the materials must not be distributed, saying it was not yet time for campaign.

It was learnt that some of the caps already distributed were retrieved before the end of the meeting.

Shittu later explained to reporters: “The cap is for politics. It is not for the Federal Executive Council deliberations. The caps have been distributed to all members of FEC. It is a sample for any other person who is interested in doing what we have done. I know everybody will be involved. Everybody will be guided. People will take decision to support General Buhari in the 2019 elections.”

https://guardian.ng/news/sgf-halts-display-of-campaign-materials-at-fec-meeting/

No wonder sarrki, madridguy and BMC nairaland crew were unleached out.

To cover up.

2019 election account

Lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has raised the alarm over alleged operation of a secret account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and other joint venture companies.

Melaye, who raised a point of order at the plenary on Tuesday, alleged that the account, which was supposed to be domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria, was with Keystone Bank, had no Bank Verification Number and had a balance of $137m as of today (Tuesday).

He said, “While some individuals and government appointees will continue to steal, we have decided to continue to expose corruption in public life.

“This morning, I call the attention of the Nigerian Senate to a suspected, colossal, monumental corruption in NNPC.

“A company was registered with the name ‘Brass LNG Limited’ with the Federal Government having controlling shares.

“We have some Italians, Belgians and French as shareholders, with the Federal Government with a controlling share of about 50 per cent.


“It is a known fact that once you have a joint venture, the account of such joint venture will be domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria.

“But in this case, that was not what happened. In private, the account was opened with Keystone Bank; this account has no BVN and there has been periodic withdrawals (from it).

“The last withdrawal from the account was to the tune of $4m. As I speak to you, the balance of that account as of today is $137m.”

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, sought the permission of the lawmakers to allow Melaye to bring the matter up as a motion at the next legislative day, which was unanimously granted.

Melaye was asked to move the motion on Wednesday (today)

https://www.punchng.com/nnpc-others-operate-secret-137m-jv-account-melaye-alleges/

ediko5:
Yoruba's you guys haven't seen anything.

meanwhile anybody can be appointed into NIA as the DG provided the dividends of democracy is provided and not a hoodlum like the former DG.

Adeyanju Deji is from Kogi state

But Adeyanju get ready for DSS invasion

Hmmm

let watch as it unfld

docadams:
Op, kindly shove this crap down your a**ss.

On a second thought, bring out the prices of those commodity as at when PDP took over.

APC NOise makers as usual

olayinkajnr:
False.

post the truth naaaa

Chukazu:
200% ?
That means they were paying how much before

#1000 while thw bank deduct 180

NAIJACUBEZ:
The Katsina State Government has increased the welfare budget for National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to the state by about 200 per cent.
Alhaji Aminu Ibrahim, the chairman of NYSC Katsina State Governing Board, disclosed this on Thursday at the formal opening ceremony of the 2017 Batch ‘B’ Stream orientation course in Katsina.
2,200 corps members were deployed to Katsina state for the 2017 Batch ‘B’ Stream II.
Ibrahim, who represented Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina state at the orientation course, is also the Special Adviser to the governor on Youths Development.
Masari said his administration would ensure provisions were made for the welfare of corps members to enable them to enjoy their stay in the state.
He promised to provide adequate security to the corps members deployed to the state.
The governor noted that the choice of Katsina as hosting camp for Borno and Katsina States was no doubt predicated on the antecedents of Katsina as a hospitable and accommodating state.
He urged all security operatives to ensure maximum security at the camp and throughout the time of the corps members’ primary assignment

FULL NEWS @https://eruditenewz..com/2018/01/kastina-state-government-increase-nysc.html

How much are they paying before.

1000 and the bank deduct 200

RCCG Memo on Members Regiatration with Political Party of Choice

SIRTee15:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQY6-n6IlSg

We all know nigerian politicians could be deceptive...
And these include the opposition politicians like the op who will do anything to discredit the effort of the incumbents....
Pls let's be wise, they are simply opposite side of the same coin....

So this is how the rice pyramid was made.

Continue to decieve yourself

@Bernimoore, it's been a long time

Let the battle begin

The Govenorship election holds in Ekiti state this year 2018.

Below is the schedule of activities as outlined by INEC.

INEC Time Table for Ekiti 2018 Governorship Election

1. Notice of election - 4th April, 2018

2. Commencement of campaign by Political Parties in public - 15th April, 2018

3. Collection of Forms for the election by Political Parties at INEC Headquarters - 16th April, 2018

4. Conduct of Party Primaries including resolution of disputes arising from the primaries - 15th April, 2018 - 14th May, 2018

5. Last day for submission of Forms CF001 and CF002 at the INEC Headquarters - 15th May, 2018

6. Publications of Personal Particulars of candidates (CF001) and list of candidates - 22nd May, 2018

7. Last day for withdrawal by candidate(s)/replacement of withdrawn candidate(s) by Political Parties - 30th May, 2018

8. Last day for the submission of Nomination forms by Political Parties - 13th June, 2018

9. Publication of official Register of Voters for the election - 14th June, 2018

10. Publication of final list of nominated candidates - 14th June, 2018

11. Publication of Notice of Poll - 30th June, 2018

12. Submission of names of Party Agents for the Election to the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) - 30th June, 2018

13. Last day for campaigns - 12th July, 2018

14. Date of election - 14th July, 2018

From INEC, ABUJA.

More updates coming, stay tuned

President Muhammadu Buhari is a trained and experienced soldier. He went through rigorous training at the Nigerian Military College, the Mons Officers’ Cadet School, Aldershot in the United Kingdom as well as the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington, India.

His training at the elite Army War College in the United States was the equivalent of a finishing school for top-drawer soldiers. He has also tasted battle in the war theatres in the Congo as well as in Nigeria during the Biafran war. So in military and security matters he has earned his epaulettes and appropriate bragging rights to go with them.

When, therefore, his campaigners told Nigerians in 2015 that he would rescue the Chibok School girls captured during President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure and that he would tame the other security demons many Nigerians had no reason to nurse any doubt. He has rescued some of the Chibok girls from captivity but many of them still remain locked away in a place we know not.

Since his assumption of office as President in 2015 many other security challenges have sprung up challenging the ingenuity of this battle-tested former general. They have stretched his military know-how to its elastic limit. Now with the myriads of security issues that have mushroomed many analysts are wondering whether Buhari was properly assessed or simply overrated.

The main thrust of this article is to examine whether or not Buhari’s strategy is a winning one. His strategy seems to be based on the thinking that since blood is thicker than water, blood will win the day for him.

He chose to appoint all his top security chiefs from his own part of the country.

The roll call:
Dan Alli (Minister of Defence),

Lawan Danbazzau (Minister of Interior),

Babagana Monguno (National Security Adviser),

Tukur Buratai (Chief of Army Staff),

Lawal Daura (Director General, DSS),

Ibrahim Idris (Inspector General of Police)
and
Ahmed Abubakar (Director General, NIA).

The federal character implications of this skewed selection may not have occurred to him readily but he apparently thought if he chose his “contrymen” they will not hesitate to protect his interest or to do his bidding. What he apparently did not avert his mind to is that extreme familiarity may not necessarily breed contempt for him but recalcitrance, lackadaisicalness and a my-brother-will-do-nothing-to-me attitude. Besides, some of the people who have compromised the security of the country, for example, the herdsmen, are their “contrymen”.

The security men’s sense of duty seems, despite Buhari’s directives to them, to conflict with their bonds of kith-ness and kin-ness. They do not think it will be appropriate to punish their brothers and sisters who are causing mayhem in the country and a poor security image for Buhari and the country.

I do not believe, as some people have alleged, that Buhari is guilty of complicity in the matter. There is no way a leader would gladly permit some people even if they are his kinsmen to damage his legacy as they are doing to him now. My belief is simply that Buhari is unable to muster the political will to tackle the issue frontally and forcefully.

The President has asked the security agencies to fish out and bring to justice criminals who have been committing mayhem but so far no one has been punished. That is not only a disobedience to lawful instructions but an affront to constituted authority.

That the President’s instructions are not carried out and the failure to carry it out does not attract any punishment shows a pathetic lack of political will by the President. If he would step back and reflect he would notice that those who have done the greatest havoc to his legacy have been the people territorially close to him.

The EFCC Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, has failed confirmation screening at the Senate twice because of a damning report written about him by the Department of State Security Service. And who runs that department? Buhari’s man.

The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir David Lawal, whose corruption case was investigated by the Senate poisoned, with his rough tongue, Buhari’s relationship with the Senate. As a mark of loyalty to Lawal, Buhari assumed the status of his emergency defence lawyer on a matter that he should have distanced himself from as a sign of the seriousness of his anti-corruption crusade.

It took a ferocious fight by the media and civil society groups for Buhari to remove Lawal from office. The public is uncertain whether or not he will go on trial. The Maina corruption saga, its cover-up attempt, his promotion and his mysterious escape give a sordid image of either a government in disarray or one in want of rectitude. And who are the major culprits? Buhari’s men.

Now the mindless massacre of 73 human beings by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State on New Year’s day was a wicked new year’s gift to Nigeria. A few months ago the same group of gangsters had burnt a whole village called Agatu, killed and maimed hundreds of people. There are said to be about 40,000 displaced persons in the State now. When I saw the rows and rows of caskets, all 73 of them, lined up for burial tears welled up in my eyes. I knew what they were burying were not the caskets but human beings who were bubbling with life a day before their extermination by some nihilists. The nihilists said in justification for the killing: “because our cows were stolen.”

I am not from Benue State but my brother and friend, Dan Agbese comes from there. We work together in Lagos but each time that these mindless murderers have struck I have had to express my condolences to him. On this last occasion I did not know how best to convey my feelings. I simply said to him: “sorry for all these killings.” And my eyes were misty with tears. Dan has no relation among the dead. Neither do I. but I felt as if I had. Come to think of it are we not all related one way or another by our joint humanity. Our joint humanity is our umbilical cord which these fellows with terrorist credentials are taking away. But what saddens me more is the tepid response by the Federal Government. Yes, there is the obligatory press release condemning the atrocity and expressing the President’s feelings of sorrow and condolence to the families of the lost persons.

This has now become so mechanical that it is almost meaningless. Why doesn’t the President speak to the nation and convey in his own voice the gravity of his feelings. That is what leaders elsewhere do. What is stopping him from doing that? Why doesn’t the President enter the aircraft and land in Makurdi, or Kaduna or Port Harcourt or wherever these killings happen at a horrendous scale and personally sympathise with the people.

That is what Presidents elsewhere do to show their sadness, sobriety, sympathy and empathy and the desire to curb the excesses. The President would be arriving at any of these killing fields with the full force of his moral authority and presidential aura to indicate that he truly cares. Yes, the President ordered the \minister of Interior and Inspector General of Police to move into Benue and do what they are paid to do. The fact of asking these two men to go to the theatre of the killing means it was serious enough to demand even the President’s presence. It would have made a huge difference. I hope the President can still do it when it is not too late. It is his voice that can assuage the feelings of the bereaved not the voice of his hired hands.

Something else happened a day after the 73 dead persons were surrendered to the worms in a mass grave. Seven governors of the ruling party, APC, went to Buhari and told him he should run for re-election in 2019. It is their right to say to the President whatever they want, but don’t they have human feelings? Seventy three people had just been buried the day before from the reckless activities of some herdsmen who are destroying the President’s legacy.

If they loved the President they should have advised him to go to Benue and make some mollifying gestures to the angry people of that state. Instead their leader, Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State said arrogantly: “We are politicians and those of us you see here want the President to contest the 2019 election. We have no apologies for that.” That is insensitive. That is heartless. What sort of politicians are these?

That statement is like pissing on the dead bodies of the 73 persons. It is unconscionable, crude and cruel. The timing is supremely imperfect. Is it that all that they care about is the 2019 election? If this trend of mindless killings continues or escalates unchecked how do they know that we will still have anything to call a country by then? Or an election to contest.

From all indications Buhari’s thesis of securing the country by appointing only his “contrymen” to man the key security arms has suffered a severe setback. It has failed. He therefore needs to do an urgent rethink so as to retool the security architecture of the country and reduce the prevailing agony.


RAY EKPU
(Colunmist Guardian)

https://www.guardian.ng/opinion/a-failed-thesis/

And suddenly EFCC find their Voice;



No matter your media destractions we say No Distraction; No Colony


Take your colony to Sambisaa forest

seguno2:
Choose your answer:

a) Nothing was recovered. All na wash.
b) Recovered loot has been re-looted by the biggest rogues of today.
c) Mixture of both.

All na answer jare.

Media recovered money.

They recovered money from those theg gave money to

EFCC so predictable

And suddenly EFCC get their voice.


We say no to Fulani Colony

Medis trial distractions continue

As usual

Delegations from the National Secretariat of People Democratic Party are right now in Makurdi, the Benue state capital to commiserate with Governor Ortom and the people of the state over the unfortunate killings of 73 innocent Nigerians by Herdsmen.

Segvet:
I received one of this rice as a Christmas gift from the Governor. am a civil servant. please stop the propaganda

Pinsure-of-you recieveing it

Pinsure of market purchase

SLIDEwaxie:
You igbos and your funny propaganda

You were able to knw that they were sands but no pictures of the one that you actually opened to reveal the sands, right?

The same rice that people bought during the launch and is still available at farmers market throughout the state!



I bought mine at the farmers market at Asero Abeokuta.
This is funny, I swear

Arakunrin eyi kin se aroye tabi awawi asan

Pinsure-or-i don't believe your epistle above

Thursday, 21st December, 2017 was another red-letter day in Ogun State. In one iconic gesture, unprecedented in the annals of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, the governor of Ogun State, unveiled the MITROS Rice Processing Factory and MITROS Rice.


Against the backdrop of the role rice plays in the lives of the overwhelming majority of Nigerians and that close to one trillion naira (N1 trillion) of our money is expended annually on importation of the commodity, one cannot but agree with Governor Amosun that the inauguration of MITROS Rice Mill and MITROS Rice was a “watershed”.



This water should now flow over the arable land across the country with rice pyramids levitating in every nook and cranny till we the nation achieves zero rice importation.

Rice is like water in Nigeria. To appropriate the inimitable Fela Anikulapo Kuti, “Raisi, e no get enemy!” (Rice has no enemy). Tell me one house where rice is not a staple food and I will tell you no such home exists in Nigeria. It’s quite possible, but I’m yet to encounter a child who does not like rice. Fried, jollof or white, rice it is for millions of Nigerians!


Ogun Rice Pyramid

How rice became a staple food, attained a larger than life image in our country, is outside the scope of this exercise. It suffices to emphasize that a situation where humongous part of our scarce Forex is expended on importation of rice is not sustainable.

The current Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, once lamented the culture of rice importation: “We cannot afford $5m a day for rice shipments in this country. It has gone on for 40 years. And I assure you that it is our reckless policy of importation that has brought Nigeria down to where she is now. Those who keep talking of imports either do not mean Nigeria well or simply refuse to recognise the fact that we cannot afford the imports.”


It is even more embarrassing that we import this staple from the strategic reserves of developing countries. Most of the imports are of doubtful nutritional value, some of the grains having been stored for upward of ten years.

Why should Nigeria with unemployment problem continue to create millions of jobs for other countries through mindless imports?

Why should we continue to put pressure on our foreign exchange by expending two billion dollars ($2 billion) yearly on rice importation? Can’t we eat what we grow? Can’t we grow what we eat? What about the vast hectares of God-given arable land to this country?

President Muhammadu Buhari would no longer stomach the abnormal situation, hence the setting up of Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) on November 17, 2015 and later Presidential Task Force on Agricultural Commodities and Production. Governor Amosun as well recoils at this gargantuan amount of money used to fund the economies of other nations, hence his indefatigable commitment to break the jinx and ensure we plant, process and package what we consume.

According to Amosun, “Our past efforts at tackling poverty in all ramifications will amount to nothing if concerted efforts are not taken to ensure food security to people at all income levels. This is why today is a significant day, not just for Ogun State, but for Nigeria as well. The MITROS Rice Mill, the first of its kind in Ogun State, will create jobs for our farmers. From now on they will no longer need to travel far and wide in search of milling facilities.”

The MITROS Rice, especially the popular Ofada rice, is of better quality, hygienic and fresh in comparison to imports of contentious nutritional value. The MITROS rice, apart from creating thousands of direct and indirect jobs, costs less than the imported ones and has been bagged for the benefit of every segment of the society – 1kg, 5kg, 10kg, 25kg and 50kg.

“Ladies and Gentlemen,” enthused Amosun at the landmark event, “this is a day of great pride for our State. Today, Ogun State joins the proud league of rice-producing States in Nigeria, and MITROS Rice becomes part and parcel of the unfolding story of Nigeria’s rice revolution. The journey of a thousand miles, it is said, begins with a single step.

Today, we take that step, confident that the journey ahead of us will yield results and impact our people beyond our most ambitious expectations. We will be keen learners, and strive to get better with each passing day, and each planting season. And, we are extending our hand of partnership to the private sector; we welcome you to take the lead in this agricultural revolution that is unfolding in Ogun State.”

The Amosun administration has now blazed a trail in rice revolution. Big (and small businesses) should now take advantage of the enabling environment created by the current government by investing massively in rice plantation, processing and packaging in Ogun State.

The Governor of the Central Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said the apex bank would give credit facility to farmers at five per cent interest rate as part of the Muhammadu Buhari government’s strategy to increase food production and self-sufficiency in the country.

We congratulate Senator Ibikunle Amosun for another feather in his cap. President Muhammadu Buhari deserves all plaudits for walking the talk in agriculture. Things can only get better in Ogun State and Nigeria at large.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/ogun-rice-revolution/

All in the name of what?


This is APC propaganda taken tooo faaaar