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Is either you know your stuffs or you don't.

I like the sitting positions.

Letter writing before singing competition at the EFCC.

Mr Metuh wrote similar letter about not getting anything from the PDP government prior to the 2015 elections trying to divert attention from himself.

Now this group TMG wants us to believe their story - anyway time will tell...as very soon we would be hearing different versions of how much funds they received from GEJ.

ellahzy:
All these while I haven't said anything concerning this issue. When it all started I thought( and still think) that its the handiwork of hackers. I am a big fan of Tiwa and I know she can be crazy but to this extent?? NO

if TJ can leave his wife and 2 kids to marry a star then he can still leave Tiwa and get married to another girl, but complaining and threatening to kill himself on social media is rather childish. Tiwa hasn't said anything yet so I can't conclude, but they should remember that the internet doesn't die..How will they feel when Jam reads all these later in life??

So Teebillz was married before?

FFK will start to sing at the EFCC very soon, if he's given the position as stated, he won't be able to function adequetely.

So PDP should be very careful not to replace a 'potentail jailbird' with another 'potential jailbird'.

Why aren't the big-guns getting speedy arraignment?

Anyway, it's good that EFCC is really working overtime - stealing is not definetely corruption!!!

The full responsiblity and duty of care lies with the car owner and whoever drives the vehicle.

As usual in Nigeria, we tend to behave and believe we know more than the car manufacturers, hence we invent our own laws.

Moreover, majority of car owners don't obey simple traffic instructions, then how can we expect them to take time to know about basic information on their vehicles.

We in Nigeria are the main architect of our misfortune.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched a manhunt for a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Maurice Iwu in connection with a N23.29b poll bribery scandal.

He (Iwu) is alleged to have drawn up strategies on how the bribery could be perfected.

It was learnt that for doing the job, the ex-INEC chief got a handsome reward.

The EFCC has been on his trail in the last two weeks but he has managed to evade arrest, The Nation learnt.

An EFCC source said: “Our operatives are still looking for him. We have put other security agencies on the alert.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/04/29/manhunt-ex-inec-chair-maurice-iwu-over-diezani%E2%80%99s-election-bribery-funds-fidelity-bank

But I thought another story states that his instagram account was hacked, how come BankyW was able to post a reply?

Teeblizz should just keep calm and behave like a man - he should stop throwing his toys out of his cot.

solid3:
Don Jazzy: Doro is a cheerful giver

Dr Sid: Doro knack pass carpenter wey don dey knack

Tiwa: Doro na Tiwa

Hmmm, are you thinking what I am thought?

Very funny

Either way, it's so unfortunate that we can now going to be voting for a Northern Presidential candidate in the 2019 elections - in the two main political parties.

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has allowed two additional criminal charges against Senate President Bukola Saraki.

In one of the amended charges filed against the senate president by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), he is accused of receiving monthly salaries from Kwara state government – from 2011 to 2015 – after he had left office as governor and while he was a senator.

The amended charge read: “That you on or about, September 16, 2013 within the jurisdiction of this honorable tribunal did make a false declaration in the asset declaration form for public officers who you filled and submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau upon assumption of office as the governor of kwara state in the year 2003 as governor of kwara state by your failure to declare your leasehold interest in number 42, Remi Fani-kayode street Ikeja, Lagos which you acquired through your company, Skyview Properties Limited from first finance trust limited on December 12, 1996 and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 15(1)(2) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. CAP. C15, laws of the federation of Nigeria, 2004 and as incorporated under paragraph 11(1)(2),I fifth schedule to the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and punishable under section 23(2) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act as incorporated under paragraph 18, Part I of the fifth schedule to the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

“That you between June 2011 and October 2013, within the jurisdiction of this honorable tribunal, did received monthly salaries or emoluments as governor of kwara state and at the same time, from the federal government as a senator of the federal republic of Nigeria and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 6(a) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. CAP. C15, laws of the federation of Nigeria, 2004 and as incorporated under paragraph 2(a), Part I of the, fifth schedule to the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and punishable under section 23(2) of the Code of Conduct Bureau and tribunal act as incorporated under paragraph 18, Part I of the fifth schedule to the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).”

Saraki is already facing a 13-count charge of false declaration of assets. With the additional charges, the total count now is 15.

Paul Usoro(SAN), counsel to Saraki, had asked the tribunal not to allow the additional charges because the prosecution would need a motion to make the amendments.

But Danladi Umar, chairman of the CCT, dismissed the argument and allowed the amended charges.

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https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-saraki-to-face-2-more-charges-at-cct

The season is getting really interesting.

Despite all their attempt colonise PDP as their own party, the opposite has actually happened.

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The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will meet in Abuja on Thursday where it will officially announce the zoning of its national offices.

But sources at the meeting of its zoning committee, which was held at the Hilton Hotel in Abuja on Wednesday evening, said the office of the National Chairman had already been zoned to the present occupier of the office, Ali Modu Sheriff.

The NEC would just meet to announce that the office had been zoned to the North-East, where Mr. Sheriff hails from.

The controversial politician was a former governor of the Boko Haram-ravaged State of Borno.

The zoning committee, headed by Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, had brushed aside thousands of voices against the candidature of Mr. Sheriff.

Mr. Sheriff is also the candidate of two controversial governors in the party, Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti State) and Nyesom Wike (Rivers State).

Both were at the meeting today to make sure that there was no last minute maneuver to change the zoning arrangement.

Governor Emmanuel told reporters after the committee's meeting that his committee had concluded its assignment and would submit its recommendation to the NEC today. But he refused to disclose the zoning arrangement.

Our reporter was told by a member of the committee that Uche Secondus and Wale Oladipo, the Deputy National Chairman to South-South and National Secretary to South-West, respectively, are expected to return to office.

The National Organizing Secretary was zoned to the South-East.

Offices of the National Treasurer and the National Legal Adviser were zoned to the southern and northern parts of the country, respectively.

The South-West will produce a replacement to the current occupier of the National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh.

Mr. Metuh, who hails from Anambra State, is currently undergoing multiple prosecutions bordering on corruption and money laundering.

http://saharareporters.com/2016/04/28/pdp-set-crown-sheriff-chairman

The EU and Nigeria will discuss a deal to send economic migrants back to Africa’s most populous country as Europe seeks to replicate a recent pact with Turkey that is dramatically curbing migration flows from the Middle East.

A “readmission agreement” would probably involve migrants from Nigeria being deported in exchange for EU economic aid for Abuja. It would be the bloc’s first major return deal with a sub-Saharan African nation — its only existing one is with tiny island nation Cape Verde.

The EU and Nigeria agreed to “take the necessary steps to launch negotiations” for a deal after meetings in Brussels last month, and diplomats there have since been working to secure a mandate from member states to start the negotiations, an EU diplomat said.

The move comes after the EU signed a deal with Turkey earlier this year, in which Ankara agreed to accept the return of migrants landing in Greece — including Syrian refugees — in exchange for benefits, including aid and visa-free travel for Turkish citizens.

Striking a deal with Nigeria has become a focus for EU diplomats after a jump in arrivals of people from the country to Europe since 2014. While the number of Nigerians pales in comparison to arrivals from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, the EU considers the flow of Africans as a long-term structural problem.

Italy is lobbying especially hard for the EU to come to an agreement. The vast majority of migrants reaching the country come from Africa. Figures from the Italian interior ministry show the number of Nigerians arriving has increased 37 per cent this year compared with the same period in 2015.

Nigerians arrive almost exclusively across the central Mediterranean from war-torn Libya. Many African migrants destroy their identification documents during their journey, meaning a returns deal could be difficult to enforce if European authorities cannot identify where people should be deported to.

Nigeria’s population of more than 180m is expected to jump to 300m by 2030. Economic growth is not keeping pace, however. The government in the oil-rich state failed to capitalise on high crude prices and poverty levels remain high. The oil price crash has caused a severe slowdown and growth is forecast to be less than 3 per cent this year.

For many Nigerians the money they can potentially earn in Europe outweighs the risks of the journey. Virtually none of the migrants are believed to be refugees from the Boko Haram conflict that has devastated the northeastern region recently, according to the EU.

Given the population growth trend not just in Nigeria but across west Africa, “these pressures for migration are going to be huge”, the EU diplomat said.

Nigeria’s foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment over a potential deal with the EU, but Abuja may look to the terms secured by Turkey. The EU has agreed to give Ankara €6bn in exchange for accepting migrants who land on Greek islands. The flow of migrants into Greece has slowed to a trickle since the deal was signed five weeks ago but rights groups say the agreement breaks EU and UN laws related to the processing of asylum seeker claims — a charge the EU denies.

Additional reporting by James Politi in Rome and Duncan Robinson in Brussels

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c082e124-0c77-11e6-b0f1-61f222853ff3.html#axzz4783QUata

Collectively, previous governments starting from OBJ have been telling us lies about the power situation in this country.
It is really a shame that we are still wallowing in this abject situation if power supply.

I still don't understand why the fulani herdsmen will leave the vast expanse of the northern region and move southwards delibrately causing havoc and loss of lives.
The FG should do something urgently before this turns to something huge.

Saraki should just resign...

No more hiding place for the greedy politicians - all their atrocities are been exposed.

Guys, it so sad that we still have a very long way to go.

With these further revelations by PM, only God knows why David Mark hasn't resigned or be sacked by the Senate. it just shows that the NA is full of big time crooks.

A former President of the Nigerian Senate, David Mark, was not telling the truth when he denied knowledge of eight offshore companies linked to him as part of the ongoing #PanamaPapers revelations, a series of leaked documents has shown.

PREMIUM TIMES had on April 5 exposed Mr. Mark as operating shell companies in tax havens while being a public official in Nigeria, a violation of the country’s code of conduct law.

But shortly after the story broke, Mr. Mark denied owning any of the companies linked to him in the British Virgin Islands, a notorious tax haven, claiming this newspaper’s reporting was politically-motivated and calculated at tarnishing his image.

“We reiterate categorically that he is not directly or indirectly connected to any of the companies registered, operated or managed by the Mossack Fonseca Law Firm,” the lawmaker said through a statement by his spokesperson, Paul Mumeh. “We challenge all those behind this propaganda and media outburst to prove or show that Senator Mark’s name was mentioned in the leaks.”

In response to the lawmaker’s challenge, this newspaper is now making public documents that strongly established the links between him and the companies listed against his name in the Mossack Fonseca database.

The documents include a due diligence report submitted to Mossack Fonseca by Helms Trust Company, a Jersey based firm, a reference letter written by an associate of Mr. Mark to the Panamanian law firm authenticating his identity, a copy of Mr. Mark’s valid passport at the time, electricity bill receipt of the former senate president’s home in his native Otukpo as well as his official letterhead.

he due diligent report, dated June 12, 2014, categorised Mr. Mark as a politically exposed person (PEP) and identified him as the beneficial owner of the companies listed against his name. It also showed that the companies were active, at least as at June 2014.

The companies are Sikera Overseas S.A, Colsan Enterprises Limited, Goldwin Transworld Limited, Hartland Estates Limited, Marlin Holdings Limited, Medley Holdings Limited, Quetta Properties Limited, and Centenary Holdings Limited.

The other documents in Mr. Mark’s file with Mossack Fonseca were apparently sent by the lawmaker to the law firm as part of a Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance and identity verification process.

Although Mr. Mark is known within Mossack Fonseca as the beneficial owner of the companies, he used nominee directors for years to mask his relationship with the shell entities.

PREMIUM TIMES also found that one of the companies, Goldwin Transworld Limited is a shareholder in London-based Goldwin Services (UK) Limited, along with one Anne Folkard, a British citizen believed to be Mr. Mark’s long time associate and front.

Company documents in the U.K. show that Mr. Mark himself was a director in Goldwin Services (UK) Limited between October 3, 1994 and January 25, 1996, when he substituted himself with another shell company he had registered offshore, Goldwin Transworld Limited.

Ms. Folkard authored one of the documents in Mr. Mark’s file with Mossack Fonseca.

In 2010, apparently after Mossack Fonseca became suspicion about his business dealings, Mr. Mark sent documents across to the Panamanian firm through Ms. Folkard to convince the offshore provider of secrecy to continue to serve as his registered agents in Panama and the British Virgin Islands.

It is not immediately clear when Mr. Mark and Ms. Folkard met, but the letter sent to Mossack Fonseca by Ms. Folkard on behalf of the former Senate President indicated that they had been friends before 1994.

In the letter, dated October 20, 2010, Ms. Folkard wrote:

“You asked if I could confirm Senator David Mark’s address in Nigeria and I am happy to do this for you.

“Please find attached a copy of his senatorial headed paper which I had printed for him when he first became a Nigerian Senator in 1999. I can confirm that the address on the left-hand side of the page, 15 Asa Road, is his constituency address where he resides in Otukpo.

“I first visited that address back in 1994 and subsequently went there for the wedding of his oldest daughter, Caroline Mark, in 2001. If required, I have photos of the actual house. The traditional wedding and reception took place in his garden.

“I have also visited him at his official residence in Abuja. It is in the residential Apo Legislative complex in Abuja which is the residential area specifically built to house the Nigerian Senators when Nigeria became a democracy. The house that he lives in there is assigned with his senatorial job and as such he does not have the traditional bills that we would normally expect householders to have.”

When contacted Tuesday, Ms. Folkard told PREMIUM TIMES she was in a meeting, and unable to comment on businesses she run for Senator Mark.

While not all owners or operators of such offshore entities are criminals, owning or maintaining interest in private companies while serving as a public official is against Nigerian laws.

Section 6(b) of the Code of Conduct Act says a public office holder shall not, “except where he is not employed on full‐time basis, engage or participate in the management or running of any private business, profession or trade”.

Mossack Fonseca, reputed as one of the biggest providers of secrecy in the world, helped clients register offshore entities, some of which are then used to launder money, evade tax and dodge sanctions.

They also provide details of the hidden financial dealings of politicians and public officials around the world, including in Nigeria.

The trove of 11.5 million files shows how a global industry of law firms and big banks sells financial secrecy to politicians, fraudsters and drug traffickers as well as billionaires, celebrities and sports stars.

The revelations are among the findings of a lengthy investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and more than 100 other global news organizations – including PREMIUM TIMES.

PREMIUM TIMES is the only Nigerian publication involved in the investigation, which lasted a year.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/panama-papers/202452-panamapapers-documents-counter-david-marks-denial-of-secret-assets-in-tax-havens.html

I think whoever put Sowore's details out have made it possible for Nigerians to report more about corrupt practises since a lot of people want to contact him.

What most people don't know is that SR is a citizens media forum - if any citizen have a genuine information and sent it to them, once it has been verified, SR would publish it. The issue is that lots of people are ready to give SR valuable, verifiable sources of information 24 hours 7days a week. Even government sources are not left out.

Sowore has got nothing to lose by putting his information out that he is an impostor, which most people know anyway.

The battle line between SR - an investigative media and the Nigeria's political class have just began...

It seems that Boko haram have changed into being Fulani herdsmen...bent on destroying local communities in the South.

Too many arrests, but less prosecutions.

MPs, councillors and civil servants suspected of corruption are to be targeted by a new law proposed by the home secretary.

Theresa May intends to establish an offence of "illicit enrichment" for cases where a public official's assets have increased significantly without satisfactory explanation.

It is part of a wider shake-up of measures to tackle money laundering.

But Mrs May said it not a "knee-jerk" reaction to the Panama Papers.

She said the economy was "at risk of being undermined" by money laundering, illicit finance and the funding of terrorism.

'Significant threat'

Her new proposals - subject to a six-week consultation period being launched in the Commons later - plan to give the civil courts powers to impose new "unexplained wealth orders".

They would force suspected money launderers to declare their wealth, and those who fail to satisfy authorities will face having their property and cash seized.

The government described the plans as "aggressive" and "the most significant change to the UK's anti-money laundering and terrorist finance regime in over a decade".

Mrs May said: "The laundering of proceeds of crime through UK institutions is not only a financial crime, it fuels political instability around the world, supports terrorists and extremism and poses a direct and immediate threat to our domestic security and our overseas interests.

"We will forge a new partnership with industry to improve suspicious activity reporting, deliver deeper information-sharing and take joint action on enforcement.

"And we will act vigorously against the criminals and terrorists responsible, to protect the security and prosperity of our citizens, and safeguard the integrity of Britain's financial economy."

Under the reforms a new administrative power to designate an entity as being "of money laundering concern" is also being considered.

This would require those in the "regulated" sector - such as banks, legal and accountancy firms - to take "special measures" when dealing with them.

In October last year an official national risk assessment said that taken as a whole, money laundering "represents a significant threat to the UK's national security".

In November the anti-corruption body Transparency International UK said billions of pounds of "dirty cash" was entering Britain every year.

Reacting to the new proposals, the organisation's executive director Robert Barrington said: "There are some excellent ideas here, but the proof of the pudding will be in whether they are put into action.

"The powers that are envisaged could make a real difference and, while it is important they are properly debated in Parliament to allay any concerns over civil liberties, it is equally important that they are not watered down by self-interested lobbying during the consultation process."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36098769


Can we have similar money laundering laws in Nigeria and make sure it's effective?[i][/i]

This administration will be a year by end of May, yet nothing, absolutely nothing to show on ground.
Instead PMB has been globetrotting to various countries, what is the purpose of having a foreign ministry?

The tourist president and his fellow co-travellers.

Too much words, we need effective action as the masses are suffering

Even iphone is not exempted in the hacking process...any file can be hacked.

I think the leaking of the Panama papers is an inside job, to be able to get almost 3 tetrabyte of data is not easy even if hacking from a remote location.

The is a generational issue with the House of Saraki which is about to fall like a pack of cards...

I think under the Nigeria pension law, nobody starts to get pension until they are over 55 years...pls someone can confirm.