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Good one, my only problem is that INEC should not decorate the election inconclusive, when they hear POI is winning.

APC as a party is a goner in Edo state. they want to capitalize on federal might, but we will show them people's might. nice list

SirWahl1:
Unveiling the simple agenda. My home state is about to get it right

Na so the future is now

Oshiomole in trouble. ride on POI

Paperwhite:
Going by feelers,APC is already toasted & dusted in Edo State.Oshiomole disappointed the goodwill reposed on him by the state electorate hence the imminent failure that is staring him & his party in the face.

you can say this again

Edo no dey carry last. we want to break that yoke of always having ugly governor. Obaseki knows he has already lost

bashydemy1:
The same way Mimiko deliever his state to PDP during 2015 General election?

Do you think anybody from the south will vote That rubbish party APC?

niyot124:
Sorry what is POI?

POI means, Pastor Osaze Ize-Iyamu

localblood:
Lies!!!

Meanwhile.......the man.

God forbid, this wowo man. Oshiomole knows he has lost

delishpot:
That Stadium Don become one man property?

na so we am for this change govt. first it was Ameachi now it's Oshiomole. Well we are watching

frankline5:
Oshomole the ugly desperate one.

and we don't want another ugly man, we want to break the yoke of ugliness this time. we have rejected Godwin Obaseki

fkpboss:
He is mad. Na im papa money he use build am ?

my brother e tire me oo

Oshiomole is afraid of the massive turnout Ize Iyamu will get, that why he's not allowing him to use the stadium. but one thing Oshiomole should know is that, he cannot no stop what has being ordained by God. Ize Iyamu is the next governor of Edo state .

By – Tony Osas Okungbowa

The Edo state government has denied the PDP of her plan to use the Ogbemudia Stadium for the planned flag off of the gubernatorial campaigns of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the People’s Democratic Party.

According to reliable information available to Urhokpota Reporters, the PDP had approached the management of the stadium for use of the facility in good time and were assured of the availability of the date. The PDP then reserved the date and were asked to come and make payment Thursday.

Thursday, the PDP was shocked to get a reply from the stadium management that the stadium will no longer be available for their use, according to them, because of an “order from above”. The management gave the excuse that the place was engaged for Monday. The PDP then requested for another date, Tuesday. The stadium management also rejected it, claiming that Tuesday is also occupied. When asked by the PDP to advise it on any other free date during the week, the stadium management also declined, claiming that the whole week will be occupied. The PDP, apparently to expose the foolery of the government, asked for a date in the next week, but management of the stadium that was built by the PDP also rejected this proposal.

Investigations conducted by Urhokpota Reporters indicate that the stadium would not be used anytime within the next two week. No bookings or reservations have been made, according to checks in the register of the reservations for the main bowl.

According to the PDP sources, they were denied the use of the stadium because Adams Oshiomhole is afraid of imminent defeat of his party at the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State.

According to an APC stalwart from Edo Central and one of the gubernatorial aspirants of the party at the recently concluded APC primaries, who spoke with Urhokpota Reporters on condition of anonymity, he said

“I am a leader in APC but I do not subscribe to politics of impunity and intolerance. But if it turns out to be true, I am not surprised; the governor is desperate to avoid imminent defeat at the polls because he has too much to hide. The SWOT analysis available to us as a party already indicates that unless drastic steps are urgently taken, some extra legal and even illegal steps, the APC will lose the election. The sham that Adams Oshiomhole conducted at the contested APC primaries is the final nail on the APC coffin. The governor will regret this decision. We have told him several times before, that the more he persecutes Ize-Iyamu, the more he endears Ize-Iyamu to the people.”

http://www.urhokpotareporters.com/2016/07/01/you-cannot-use-my-stadium-for-your-flag-off-oshiomhole-tells-pdp/

NgeneUkwenu:
I feel your pains...but we cant help PDP at this time..Abia State already in the bag....and we are coming for Ondo State...

Mimiko is loved by all in ondo state and I trust him to deliver his state to PDP. We should always tell ourselves the truth, it's shouldn't have to be politics all the time, Ikpeazu still have time to appeal the court judgement which he has already done, instead of inec to wait till the appeal is heard, they went ahead to issue certificate of return to Ogah. with all this, my fear is that this inec can never conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria.

temitemi1:
Saraki should fight back! There's a lot of impeachable offenses against d tyrant!!

funny enough, Saraki and Ekweremandu were not indicted by the police report, why are is the federal government prosecute them

The deputy clerk of the National Assembly, Benedict Efeturi, confirmed to police investigators that the senate’s standing orders used for the 2015 elections of Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as senate president and deputy respectively, were different from the 2011 version which should have been in use at the time, details of police investigation seen by PREMIUM TIMES show.

Mr. Efeturi made the disclosure to the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the Nigerian Police, which investigated allegations that the rules were forged to help Messrs. Saraki and Ekweremadu to their posts.
He however said the alteration, which some senators denounced as illegal as lawmakers were not informed about, was based on the directive of the former senate leadership, led by its president, David Mark.
He said the amendment was done “by convention and practice” and not be “procedure”, as previous versions of the rules were amended by the same method.
Messrs. Saraki, Ekweremadu, Efeturi and a former clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, have been charged with forgery. They were arraigned on Monday before a High Court in Abuja.
They deny wrongdoing. The senate president and his deputy accuse President Muhammadu Buhari of bias, and argue that the case is a violation of the independence of the legislature.
In his statement to the police, Mr. Efeturi, who is also the Clerk of the Senate, said the leadership of the seventh Senate under Mr. Mark ordered the 2015 Standing Rules be amended “not necessarily by procedure” but “by convention and practice”.
According to the report, he “stated that the leadership of the National Assembly of the 7th Senate ordered the 2015 Standing Rules as amended by their convention and practice. (He stated) that the Senate Standing Orders 2003, 2007 and 2011 followed the same procedure as that of 2015. He emphasized that in the Parliament, amendment of the Standing Orders is by practice not necessarily by procedure.
“He further stated that during the ruling of the Senate President on the 24th of June 2015, that the Senate Standing Orders of the Senate 2015 is authentic, final, relevant and cannot be challenged. He attached a copy of the debates of the Senate on Wednesday, the 24th of June where the Senate President ruled (that) the Senate Standing Order 2015 as authentic Standing Orders of the 8th Senate.”

“Fraudulent amendment”
Mr. Maikasuwa, who conducted the elections of Messrs Saraki and Ekweremadu, said he did not refer to any Senate Standing Rules, rather, he said he only performed his duty using “normal procedures for the opening of a new parliament”.
He said, according to the police report, “that before the election, he called on the Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly who is also the Clerk to the Senate to read out the guidelines for the election”.
He denied knowledge of the existence or production of an amended Senate Standing Rules 2015, saying he had no business in the daily activities in the Senate.
He told the police Mr. Efeturi was “in better position to know of the 2015 Standing Orders as amended”.
The report says a number of Senators, including Suleiman Hukunyi, Kabiru Marafa, Ahmed Lawan, Abdullahi Gumel, Gbenga Ashafa, Robert Boroffice and Abu Ibrahim, were invited during the investigation.
In their separate statements, they said the seventh Senate did not amend the 2011 Standing Rules and thus, the amendment rules used for inauguration of the eighth assembly was fraudulent since there was no compliance with the requirements for amendment of Senate Rules.
Mr. Lawan, who contested and lost the senate presidency to Mr. Saraki, said, “The procedures for election into the two presiding offices are clearly stipulated in Order 2 (2(i) of the Senate Standing Rules 2011. That contrary to the provision of the above order, the Clerk to the National Assembly introduced and used order 3(3) e (ii) of the purported 2015 Standing Order”.
The report also noted the submissions of some former lawmakers like Ita Enang, who was chairman, Rules and Business in the seventh senate. Mr. Enang, now President Buhari’s assistant on senate matters, told the police that the previous Senate did not amend the rules.
Mr. Ekweremadu accused the police of bias in its investigation.
His spokesperson, Uche Anichukwu, told PREMIUM TIMES that only All Progressives Congress Senators in the Unity Forum—a group opposed to the election of Mr. Saraki – were invited for questioning. He queried the basis for his arraignment as he was neither questioned nor indicted by the police.
In the summary, the police’s CIID said the contents of the 2015 Rules “are substantially different from the Senate Standing Order 2011 as amended” and that “Sections 2(iv), 3(3)EI,ii,iii,G and H, 5 and 7 of the Rules are different in the two Orders”.
“The allusion of the Clerk of the Senate to procedure of amending the Standing Orders of the Parliament through ‘practice and not necessarily procedure’ is a misplaced analogy and undemocratic because the Nigerian Senate has clearly laid down without a proviso, the procedure to be adopted in amending its standing orders as contained in the section 110 of 2011 Senate Standing Orders,” the police said.
It added that, “This practice where some group of senators amend the Rules of the Senate without following legal procedures is not only criminal but portends danger for growing democracy”.
The report, dated July 14, 2015, was forwarded to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to determine “if this conduct constitutes crime or should be treated as an internal affairs of the Senate”.

Saraki, Ekweremadu not mentioned or indicted


In the report, no complaint was raised against Mr. Saraki. He was not indicted. Although Mr. Ekweremadu was also not expressly indicted by the report, he was part of the seventh Senate leadership which Mr. Efeturi said gave orders for the rules to be amended. Mr. Ekweremadu was deputy senate president under Mr. Mark.
The criminal charges came about a year after the report was submitted to the Federal Government.
Mr. Saraki and the other three accused persons were arraigned before an Abuja High Court on Monday, triggering a war of words between Mr. Saraki and President Muhammadu Buhari.

“That is what infuriated the Senate,” Mr. Anichukwu said. “How could you prosecute Saraki and Ekweremadu who were neither questioned nor indicted in the Police report.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/206126-exclusive-senate-rules-amended-saraki-ekweremadus-elections-clerk.html

[quote author=SeverusSnape post=47001736][/quote]the guy never lied, APC scammed 16 million Nigerians with change, till date we have not seen any positive change from this government.

Ado Daukaka, a popular local Hausa singer in Adamawa State, has been abducted in mysterious circumstances, few hours after releasing a song against corruption and incompetence.

One of the wives of the popular singer said some strangers came and asked after him Saturday morning after he had gone to the mosque for the early morning prayer, adding “we told them Daukaka left for the mosque. From then till now nobody knows his whereabouts.”

“We search police stations for him to no avail,” said one of the wives, who does not want to be named in print.

Already, people are associating his disappearance with his latest song entitled ‘Gyara Kayanka,’ where he said politicians elected on the platform of the ruling party, APC were just deceiving people.

“The way and manner things are happening in the state will not augur well for anybody. They just want to intimidate those that are criticising the charade being played in the state,” another said.

Also reacting, the state chairman of Adamawa Concern Citizen, a pressure group in the state, Hussaini Gambo Bello, condemned in totality the abduction of the famous singer. The state Police Command confirmed the incident.


Read more http://newswirengr.com/2016/06/28/in-adamawa-hausa-artiste-disappears-after-singing-about-corrupt-apc-politician/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

nice one

these are not legislators but desperadoes. They want to mortgage Nigeria same way they mortgage their state to themselves

ElCount:
Although the Presidency through a text message
to Pointblanknews.com by Mallam Garba Shehu said the
Aisha M. Buhari is not the same as the President’s wife. U.S
investigators said investigations by EFCC would identify the
real Aisha M. Buhari named in the documents.

There's anoda Aisha Buhari and I won't be surprised if they hang it on one innocent chibok girl that will soon be discovered in sambisa forest #SpoilerAlert

don't mind the jokers, they acknowledge the report but are trying to deny the fact that the president's wife is involved. we are watching

ElCount:
Although the Presidency through a text message
to Pointblanknews.com by Mallam Garba Shehu said the
Aisha M. Buhari is not the same as the President’s wife. U.S
investigators said investigations by EFCC would identify the
real Aisha M. Buhari named in the documents.

There's anoda Aisha Buhari and I won't be surprised if they hang it on one innocent chibok girl that will soon be discovered in sambisa forest #SpoilerAlert

don't mind the jokers, they acknowledge the report but are trying to deny the fact that the president's wife is involved. we are watching

IVORY2009:
corruption fighting in only one direction, I dey laugh

leave them their eyes go soon clear

Caseless:
So, in 2002, aisha even get leg to be involved in oil deal?

This joke is dead on arrival.

Fayocomedian!

Guy read first before you conclude

Efcc will not invite these people because they are not in PDP. we are watching. karma never sleeps, it only wait for the right time to strike. buhari and APC should continue

PDP has just said the plain truth as power doesn't last forever, those who fail to speak up against this tyranny, should not speak when it's their turn.

EXCLUSIVE
HALLIBURTON: U.S WANTS AISHA BUHARI, ATIKU, KACHIKWU PROSECUTED… SAYS EFCC HAS ALL IT NEEDS

Written by Our ReporterJune 21, 2016

The United States has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has all it needs to prosecute all those implicated in the Halliburton scandal including Mrs. Aisha M. Buhari who allegedly wired $170,000.00 in bribe to disgraced Congressman Williams J. Jefferson in 2002.

A 16-count indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., charged Jefferson with solicitation of bribes from Nigeria and other places, honest services wire fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, racketeering, and conspiracy.

The indictment alleges that from in or about August 2000 through in or about August 2005, Jefferson, while serving as an elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives, used his position and his office to corruptly seek, solicit and direct that things of value be paid to Jefferson and his family members in exchange for his performance of official acts to advance the interests of people and businesses who offered him the bribes.

The U.S Justice Department had at the time requested the EFCC through a letter with Ref: MEW:DPW:KDL:AV 1 File 182.23818 dated June 22, 2006 to investigate Mrs. Aisha M. Buhari and several others linked with bribing Congressman Jefferson.

Mrs. Buhari, Atiku Abubakar, Dumebi Kachikwu, Otunba Fashawe, Aliyu Maigari and others were named in a long chain of Nigerian and American bribe takers that spirited about $45 million—for a technology transfer deal—to the US between 1996 and 2002. 

Atiku, chairing of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, then, was, alongside US Congressman Williams J. Jefferson, Siemens, Halliburton, and others, indicted in a U.S. Senate report sent to the EFCC for investigation in 2006. 

Peter Carr, Spokesman of the DOJ confirmed the Sentencing memo of Jefferson which indicted Aisha M. Buhari, Abubakar Atiku and others but declined to speak further on the issue in an email to Pointblanknews.com.

“Thank you for reaching out to us. We’ll decline to comment beyond what is referenced in the sentencing memorandum,” Carr said in an email to Pointblanknews.com.

 

A source in DOJ told pointblanknews.com that because Jefferson is currently appealing some of his convictions, DOJ may not want to comment further on the matter.

 

The Sentencing Memorandum obtained byPointblanknews.com from the U.S District Court Eastern District of Virginia listed as exhibit, a wire transfer to Congressman Jefferson from an account owned by Aisha M. Buhari.

“…See also Government Exhibits 36-87 (6/26/02 $170,000 wire

transfer from account in Nigeria in the name of Aisha Buhari to an account in the name of The ANJ Group, LLC, identifying “William Jefferson” as Beneficiary), Government Exhibits 36-90

and 36-91 (11/28/03 $50,000 wire transfer from account in British Virgin Islands in the name of Dawson Creek Traders to an account in the name of Jefferson Interests, Inc.),” the 37page sentencing memo said on its page 22.

Curiously, since President Mohammadu Buhari was elected President, the first lady has never followed him to his numerous U.S trips. At the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, she rather sent the wife of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to represent her at the First Lady’s Conference of UNGA.

Sources told pointblanknews.com that even though Jefferson is currently serving Jail time, those linked to his crime are still being sort after for questioning.

The source confirmed that while Mr. Kachikwu offered to testify against Jefferson, Mrs. Buhari was nowhere to be found during the FBI probe of the matter, reason why she has stayed away from the U.S.

 The U.S Senate report, FBI reports and U.S Court papers on the allegations have remained in the coolers of the EFCC as the agency appears to be lacking the political will to carrying on the prosecution.

U.S Investigators had in 2006 asked the EFCC to investigate Bank records of accounts held by Hajiya Aisha M. Buhari from January, 2001, to present, including, but not limited to, accounts at Citizen International Bank, Plot 130, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. The bank records should include documents relating to any wire transfers of $10,000 or more.

Although the Presidency through a text message to Pointblanknews.com by Mallam Garba Shehu said the Aisha M. Buhari is not the same as the President’s wife.  U.S investigators said investigations by EFCC would identify the real Aisha M. Buhari named in the documents.

Shehu had also threatened to suePointblanknews.com should it publish the reports linking the first lady to the Halliburton/iGate scandal.

The FBI had also asked the EFCC to investigate:                                  

a. Any and all documents in the possession of NDTV and its present or former officers, employees, or representative (including, but not limited to, Otunba Oyewole Fashawe, Ahmed Vanderpuije, Dumebi Kachikwu) relating to or involving some of the above listed individuals and entities

b. Any and all documents in the possession of any Nigeria public official or agency- including but not limited to the Nigerian Communications Commission, Ministry of Communications, Nigerian Embassy to the United States, Nitel, and the Managing Director of Nitel- relating to or involving some of the above listed individuals and entities

c. Correspondences between United States Congressman Williams Jefferson and Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar relating to any U.S. based business venture in Nigeria 

d. Correspondences between United States Congressman Williams Jefferson and Jamilah Jennifer Atiku- Abubakar , wife  of  Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, relating to any U.S. based business ventures in Nigeria

e. Correspondence between iGate, including its officers and representatives and Vice President  Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and any other Nigerian Public official

f. Correspondence between NDTV, including its officers and representatives and Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and any other Nigerian public official

g. Correspondence between Atiku Abubakar (or any of his subordinates or representatives), and any government official or agency, including Nitel, relating to some of the above listed individuals and entities

h. Any and all documents in the possession of Rosecom.Net and its present or former officers, employees, or representatives (including Suleiman Yahyah) and any Nigerian public official or agency ( including Nitel and its officials, employees or representatives) relating to business ventures involving IGate or W2-IBBS Limited

i.Any and all records and documents relating to any concessions for petroleum products transferred to some of the listed individuals or entities

j.Toll records from January 2001 to the present for telephone 23410803504000, which number has been used or subscribed by Atonte Diete –Spiff

k. Any and all documents in the possession of the Nigerian Embassy in the United States related to any travel to Nigeria by Congressman Williams Jefferson in connection with U.S. business ventures in Nigeria, including, but not limited to

l. Records from the Sheraton Hotel & Towers related to the stay of Congressman William Jefferson, Vernon Jackson, and any other party affiliated with Jefferson and Jackson during the February, 2004 trip

m. Records from the Sheraton Hotel & Towers related to the stay of Congressman William Jefferson, Vernon Jackson, Patrick Gerdes, Adolfo Lambaren, BK Son, and any other party affiliated with Jefferson and Jackson during the May, 2004 trip

n. Records and filing relating to some of the listed entities. The requested documents include, but are not limited to company formation documents, shareholder documents, ownership record, management documents, documents relating to payment of fees related to company filings, and any other company information. The request was particular on Diverse Communications Limited, a company associated with William J. Jefferson through which he was to collect kickback in form of percentage of profit for his official act in respect of NDTV / IGate deal

o. Bank records of accounts held by Ahmed Vanderpuije, Otumba Fashawe NDTV, and Dumebi Kachiku from January, 2003 to present, including, but not limited to, accounts held in Trans International Bank, Transcontinental Bank, Citizen International Bank, Standard Trust Bank, and Continental Trust bank

p. Bank records relating to any payment or transfer of funds from the Petroleum Trust Development Fund to any accounts held by NDTV, Vanderpuije, Fashawe and Kachiku (including but not limited to any accounts held at the Trans International Bank)

q. Bank records relating to any payment or transfer of funds from PTDF for or on behalf of NDTV, Ahmed Vanderpuije, Otumba Fashawe, or Dumebi Kachikwu, to any accounts held by some listed entities and individuals

r. Bank records of accounts held by Hajiya Aisha M. Buhari from January, 2001, to present, including, but not limited to, accounts at Citizen International Bank, Plot 130, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. The bank records should include documents relating to any wire transfers of $10,000 or more

s.Bank Records of accounts held by Maureen Scurry, also known as Maureen Edu, from January, 2003 to the present.

t. Bank Records of accounts held by Atonte-Diete Spiff and /or Providence International from January 2001, to present, including, but not limited to, account at FSB International Bank, 23 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos; Pacific Bank Limited Lagos; Eagle Bank Limited Lagos.

u. Bank records held by Allison K. Anadi from January 2001 to present including but not limited to, accounts at Assurance Bank. The bank records should include documents relating to wire transfer of $5,000 or more.

v. Bank records for any account held by listed companies from the date of the opening of any such accounts to the present.

w. Property transfer records and loan/mortgage records (including applications, correspondences, and documents referring to collateral or security for the loan) relating to the purchase of plot 555 Adetokumbo Ademola Crescent Wuse II Abuja (Location of NDTV office ).

x. Correspondences and communication (electronic or otherwise) between officials, agents, or employees of standard Trust Bank and Maureen Scurry, also known as Maureen Edu, related to financing on behalf of NDTV and/ or IGate.

 http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/halliburton-u-s-wants-aisha-buhari-atiku-kachikwu-prosecuted-says-efcc-needs/#.V2ijQtPc37c.twitter

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this change is for real.

Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja

Civil servants at the Federal Ministry of Finance on
Monday shut down the headquarters of the ministry in
Abuja over what they described as poor welfare since
the assumption of office of the Minister of Finance,
Mrs Kemi Adeosun.

The workers in their hundreds expressed
disappointment over the non payment of the
entitlements due to them, adding that except their
demands are met, they would not stop the protest.
They locked all the entrances to the ministry and
prevented vehicles and other visitors from gaining
access to the premises.

They alleged that unlike in the past where they were
entitled to overtime allowances, training and other
welfare packages, such were no longer forthcoming.
One of the protesting workers who spoke to our
correspondent on the condition of anonymity for fear
of victimisation said,”Things have not been going on
well at the ministry, overtime had not been paid to us
as well as other entitlements.

“A lot of people in this ministry are not happy because
of poor staff welfare condition and that is the reason
why we have all come out to protest for the world to
know what has been going on in this ministry.”

www.punchng.com/civil-servants-shut-finance-ministry-poor-welfare/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

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