Katsumoto:


The same Adams that sold out to jonathan

Faseun also sold out; i have no faith in OPC for now until they redeem themselves.

tonyfrenzy:
So what will happen?
He will defeat Fayemi 16times over. Simple!

ProfessorPeter:
God pls save us from the horror of Islam

Omenkata:

Bros

lmm4real:


No 5k for you. See ur anti 5k comment

EazyMoh:
For all of you blaming the north for this rumored news here is a little clarification.
The first two years the programme was launched in 2012 no single northerner was considered eligible for the scholarship this was the time Wike held sway at the ministry of education. some law makers complained on the floor of the house and demanded that the criteria for eligibility been used made public instead of shrouding it in mystery like NNPC accounts. No any clarification was given concerning the eligibility except that it's for first class graduate. Lo and behold the same thing was repeated in 2013 when Wike was made the substantive education minister, with the list 50% Igbos, 10% Yoruba and the rest SS. That's when the concerned law makers called for the scrap of this outrageous and Insulting jamboree aimed to favor just one part of the country.
Let's be sincere to ourselves even if the south are more active in the pursuit of western education it's impossible to say for three years not a single applicant was qualified.
I support the exercise so long there is going to be some sense of fairness. BTW there are other government sponsored scholarships to apply for.

nigerianvenom:


One of friend is a beneficiary of the maiden edition or the second edition.
And hes from osun state, he is in scotland and almost rounding up. Prior to election, i asked him who he would av voted for if he were in Nigeria, he said - buhari, i then asked why and he said gej lacked d will power to fight corruption.
I laugh off.
I just sent him this link

PassingShot:
When the news broke that the president ordered arrest of ex-NSA Dasuki and others indicted by the government’s committee investigating arms procurement from 2007 and 2015, it was a sweet development to the supporters of PMB’s regime and another reason for the opposition to cry blue murder as usual. Since then, Dasuki has released statements to suggest that he acted in the best interest of the nation and the allegations are deliberately designed to nail him for some reason.

While we expect further legal battles to take place in the law courts, let us examine the troubled ex-NSA’s response to the allegations and attempt to make any sense of it.


It’s more laughable for Dasuki to think the panel “assumes” those jets and helicopters were not delivered. The items we’re talking about are not bolt and nuts but large equipment. Presence of 4 jets and 12 helicopters are not items that could not easily be verified through the Nigerian Air Force and other military formations across the country.

Secondly, acknowledgement letters cannot be proof that those items were supplied. Those who wrote and signed the letters could as well be Dasuki’s coconspirators in this criminal act of sabotaging the country’s security. We’re used to hearing of letters acknowledging delivery of supplies in various organizations when in reality nothing has been supplied.


Are we talking of the same Alex Badeh who revealed on Channels TV to the whole world that the last time weapons were bought for the Nigerian Army was in 2006? http://dailymail.com.ng/former-chief-of-defence-staff-badeh-alleges-last-time-weapons-were-bought-for-nigerian-army-was-in-2006/

In a saner society, Badeh himself would have been put behind bars for selling us dummies in the past.

Again, the allegation is not that NOTHING was procured by the NSA’s office. The accusation is that “the committee also observed that of 513 contracts awarded at $8,356,525,184.32; N2,189,265,724,404.55 and €54,000.00; Fifty Three (53) were failed contracts amounting to $2,378,939,066.27 and N13,729,342,329.87 respectively”. The concern here is the 53 failed contracts whose value is more than double the $1bn loan approved by the national Assembly. Why is Dasuki not saying anything about the alleged failed contracts?


Look at the cheap defense in the bold! It also rubbishes the earlier statement that the committee "assumed" those equipment were not supplied.
How can a whole national Security Adviser who took charge of procuring weapons for the nation’s security say it’s not for him to go and find out if the equipment he paid for were supplied? This is a subtle admission by Dasuki that those equipment were not delivered despite the acknowledgment letters he got. You as the NSA virtually had the Service Chiefs in your hands and you got briefings from them from time to time. How could you not have known those heavy equipment were not delivered?

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Submitting a list of items “bought” based on monies released for such purchases is not the same as actually having those items in stock. The president still needed time to verify your submissions and I guess it’s the reason the weapons committee was set up. So, what’s the point here?
Besides, you don’t determine when and how you will be questioned. The president will normally wait to have enough facts/evidences before calling you to question and the time has come NOW.

The question is not whether there were approvals or not from GEJ for those awarded contracts. We know the type of president GEJ was and his special ability for condoning impunity from people like you is a reason he is no longer a president. If not, he as the C-in-C would have known that you guys were “using his head” and would have discovered all these long time ago. He was sincere enough to reveal that some of the allegations he was confronted with by PMB were not known to him until then. We know the job was beyond his ability but it will not be a good defense for you in law courts.


It’s obvious you will surely be tried properly and no one is in doubt about that. And Nigerians will be happy to know your coconspirators.



Please pay attention to the bold. Does this statement not mean that Dasuki accepts that he is indeed guilty of some of the grievous allegations? Some weighty ones he didn’t address include:

“… that the former NSA directed the Central Bank of Nigeria to transfer the sum of $132,050,486.97 and €9,905,473.55 to the accounts of Societe D’equipmente Internationaux in West Africa, United Kingdom and United States of America for un-ascertained purposes, without any contract documents to explain the transactions”.


Well, let the courts decide if you indeed acted in the interest of the nation according to our laws. However, judging by your own statements, it is very clear that you failed to do due diligence as expected of a National Security Adviser who took charge of purchasing and expending defense budgetary allocations.

Lastly, Nigerians should expect more revelations in the days ahead. There will be mind boggling revelations on how Defense budget was spent between 2007 and 2015. What we have been served now only relates to the extra budgetary interventions (such as the $1bn loan and other grants from foreign and local agencies) and not the trillions of naira spent on Defense.

Message to the “which weapons are we now using to fight Boko Haram if GEJ/Dasuki didn’t buy weapons?” crew:
The allegation that they didn’t buy weapons should be understood from contextual point of view. They may have bought some weapons but are grossly inadequate and not corresponding to the amount budgeted/spent on arms and ammunitions. Besides, if Nigeria did not buy a single riffle in ten years, it doesn’t mean there won’t be any weapons in our arsenal.

ALLAH Bless PMB
God Bless Nigeria

theshield:


my broda, sometimes, i think police are the robbers. ordinary vigilantes in villages know how to block road.
Its very difficult for robbers to succeed in villages cos they will block road and robbers can not fly.

menix:


What

Ogun ke

Hope u know where they re situated nd not just guessing

And for ur information, I trained one the bank officers in one the banks there on E-pay platform which they use for collection of lagos state Revenue nd not Ogun state...

menix:
Chaiii..

Robbers again...

Ambodde what is happening

Fashola did not allow this guyz operate this way oo..

Well I anticipated this, cous before the election guns were shared to guyz at Mushin, fadeyi now the elections re over what do u expect..

RI to the deceased..

theshield:


Nigeria police is useless. Use trailer and heavy objects to block all road leading to agbara estate and capture them like chicken.
Nigeria police lack intelligence.

shadelek:
The followings are the 81 campaign promises of President Buhari:
1. Public declaration of assets and liabilities

2. State and community policing

3. Ban on all government officials from seeking medical care abroad

4. Implementation of the National Gender Policy, including 35% of appointive positions for women

5. Revival of Ajaokuta steel company

6. Generation, transmission and distribution of at least 20,000 MW of electricity within four years and increasing to 50,000 MW with a view to achieving 24/7 uninterrupted power supply within 10 years.

7. Empowerment scheme to employ 740,000 graduates across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

8. Establishment of a free-tuition and scholarship scheme for pupils who have shown exceptional aptitude in science subjects at O/Levels to study ICT-related courses.

9. 720,000 jobs by the 36 states in the federation yearly (20,000 per state).

10. Three million Jobs per year

11. To embark on vocational training, entrepreneurial and skills acquisition schemes for graduates along with the creation of a Small Business Loan Guarantee Scheme to create at least 5 million new jobs by 2019.

12. Churches and Mosques would not pay taxes under national laws, but if they engage in businesses, the businesses would pay tax.

13. Provision of allowances to the discharged but unemployed Youth Corps members for Twelve (12) months while in the skills and entrepreneurial development programme

14. Making the economy one of the fastest-growing emerging economies in the world with a real GDP growth averaging 10% annually.

15. Creation of a Social Welfare Programme of at least fivethousand naira (N5000) that will cater for the 25 million poorest and most vulnerable citizens upon the demonstration of children’s enrollment in school and evidence of immunisation to help promote family stability

16. Recruitment and training of at least 100,000 officers into the Nigerian police force and establish a Federal Anti-terrorism Agency.

17. One free meal (to include fruits) daily, for public primary school pupils

18. Building an airport in Ekiti State

19. Eradication of state of origin, replacing that with state of residence to ensure Nigerians are Nigerians first before anything else.

20. Establishment of crime squad to combat terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, militants, ethno-religious and communal clashes nationwide

21. Working with the National Assembly towards the immediate enactment of a Whistle Blower Act

22. Economic stability for the ECOWAS nations and maintaining a strong, close and frank relationship with West Africa, South Africa, UK, USA, Canada, and other African countries

23. Establishing a conflict resolution commission to help prevent, mitigate and resolve civil conflicts within the polity.


24. All political office holders earn only the salaries and emoluments determined and approved by the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RMFAC).

25. Permanent peace in the Niger Delta and other conflict prone areas such as Plateau, Taraba, Bauchi, Borno and Abia.

26. No plans to Islamise Nigeria.

27. Nationwide sanitation plans to keep Nigeria clean

28. Preserving the independence of the Central Bank

29. Simplifying immigration process to foster faster visa processing at points of entry.

30. Special incentives to facilitate the education of the girl child

31. Full implementation of the National Identification Scheme to generate the relevant data.

32. Making Information Technology, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Entertainment key drivers of our economy

33. Balancing the economy across regions by the creation of six new Regional Economic Development Agencies (REDAs) to act as champions of sub-regional competitiveness

34. Putting in place a N300 billion regional growth fund (average of N50 billion in each geo-political region) to be managed by the REDAs.

35. Amending the Constitution and the Land Use Act to create freehold/leasehold interests in land along with matching grants for states to create a nationwide electronic land title register on a state by state basis.

36. Reviving and reactivating the minimally performing refineries to optimum capacity.

37. Creating additional middle-class of at least two million new home owners in the first year in government and one million annually thereafter.

38. Creating an additional middle class of at least four million new home owners by 2019 by enacting national mortgage single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier houses as well as reviewing the collateral qualification to make funding for home ownership easier, with 15 to 30 year mortgage terms.

39. Enacting a national mortgage system that will lend at single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier houses.

40. Injecting extra N30 billion into the Agricultural sector to create more agro-allied jobs by way of loans at nominal interest rates for capital investment on medium and commercial scale cash crops.

41. You farm, government buys, guaranteeing a minimum price for selected crops and facilitate storage of agricultural products as and when necessary.

42. Creating a national infrastructural development bank to provide loans at nominal interest rates exclusively for this sector.

43. Construction of 3,000km of superhighway including service trunks.

44. Building of up to 4,800km of modern railway lines – one third to be completed by 2019.

45. At least one functioning airport is available in each of the 36 states.

46. Ending gas flaring and ensuring sales of at least half of gas produce, within Nigeria.

47. Speedily passing the much-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and ensuring that local content issues are fully addressed.

48. Establishing at least six new universities of science and technology with satellite campuses in various states.

49. Establishing six centres of excellence to address the needs of special education.

50. Prioritising the reduction of the infant mortality rate by 2019 to 3%.

51. Reducing maternal mortality by more than 70%.

52. Reducing HIV/AIDs infection rate by 50% and other infectious diseases by 75%.

53. Improving life expectancy by additional 10 years on average.

54. Increasing the number of physicians from 19 per 1000 population to 50 per 1000

55. Increasing national health expenditure per person per annum to about N50,000 (from less than N10,000 currently).

56. Increasing the quality of all federal government-owned hospitals to world class standard within five years.

57. Ensuring timely payment of retirement benefits for all pensioned senior citizens and creating a poverty safety net for all aged citizens above the age of 65.

58. Amending the Constitution to require local governments to publish their meeting minutes, service performance data, and items of spending over N10 million.

59. Requiring full disclosure in media outlets, of all government contracts over N100 million prior to award and during implementation at regular interval.

60. Amending the Constitution to remove immunity from prosecution for elected officers in criminal case.

61. Initiating action to amend the Nigerian Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties, and responsibilities to states in order to entrench true federalism and the federal spirit.


62. Reforming and strengthening the justice system for efficient administration and dispensation of justice with the creation of special courts for accelerated hearing of corruption, drug trafficking, terrorism and similar cases of national importance.

63. Establishing world-class sports academy and training institutes and ensure that Nigeria occupies a place of pride in global sports and athletics.

64. Reviving the Nigerian football league and putting incentives in place to make it as competitive as other national leagues.

65. Putting in place measures to identify talents early and ensuring their participation in local and international games to enable them become professionals.

66. Assisting Nollywood to fully develop into world class movie industry that can compete effectively with Hollywood and Bollywood in due course.

67. Ensuring that the rights of women are protected as enshrined in our Constitution.

68. Guaranteeing that women are adequately represented in government appointments and providing greater opportunities in education, job creation and economic empowerment.

69. Promoting the concept of reserving a minimum number of seats in the National Assembly for women.

70. Free maternal and children healthcare services.

71. Stabilising the naira.

72. Targeting up to 20% of our annual budget for this critical sector whilst making substantial investments in training quality teachers at all levels of the educational system (some other APC policy documents had 15%).

73. Ensuring compliance with policies and measures to halt the pollution of rivers and waterways in the Niger Delta and other parts of the country.

74. Adopting a holistic approach to erosion and shoreline protection across the country.

75. ECOWAS currency by 2020 under Nigeria’s guidance and leadership.

76. Maintaining strong, close and frank relationships within the Gulf of Guinea, the Commonwealth, South Africa and the rest of the world.

77. Establishing a new special relationship with the leading emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) and other strategic partners around the world.

78. Government intends to commission a sociological study to determine Boko Haram’s origins, remote and immediate causes of the movement, its sponsors, the international connections to ensure that measures are taken to prevent a recurrence of the evil.

79. Strengthening INEC to reduce, if possible, eliminate electoral malpractices in Nigerian’s political life.

80. Improving operational and legal mechanisms so that disciplinary steps are taken against proven human rights violations by the Armed Forces.

81. Free education at primary, secondary and tertiary institutions for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Education.