₦airaland Forum

okpara ugo: Where are the eko ni baje propagandists ?

This place supercedes every part of Lagos or Abuja..

Boss13: If Jega can publicly admit that a particular electoral officer colluded with politicians to deliberately withhold electoral materials, I think he should cancel the elections.

Ngwakwe: The participating parties representatives were on ground and agreed to have the election on Sunday.

Secondly, there are indications that the election was outrightly stopped and rejected by the people and the parties' reps for the late arrival of election materials by 1-2pm afternoon.

Based on the above incidents, the decision to postpone the election to Sunday was taken on that spot in agreement with the representatives.

“ASUU Should call of the strike so that both the union members and students can come and give him the last respect he deserves during his funeral,” he said.

geeez: That's why I don't enjoy discussions with people who are more emotional than rational

Baylesa doesn't control its resources, the FG does

So what he's said, if you didn't view the video, is that the oil belongs to Nigeria and in essence Jigawa and every other state

He also said the resources in Jigawa belongs to Bayelsa

Until states begin to control their resources or Nigeria divides, what this man has said is correct

However, personally I would suggest a regional system of government where all states control their resources so the oil in Bayelsa will truly belong to Baylesa but as it is today, that's not the case

Jigawa state Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has alleged that a minister in President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet received a $ 250 million bribe from an oil company recently.
The governor, who did not name the minister, alleged that in spite of the fact that he called the attention of the President to the fraud, Jonathan refused to investigate the matter.
The governor made the disclosure in an interview aired on the Hausa service of Abuja based Vision (92.1) FM radio yesterday. He said: “Do you know that recently a top minister received a $ 250 million (about 42.25 billion) bribe for himself… he (the minister) is in the cabinet; he is in this current regime; he knows and I know, and I told the President”.
Reacting to a question on whether some of the seven aggrieved governors (G7) on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would retreat if the going gets tough, Lamido said that all efforts to put him to shame had already been applied.
“I’m pass the fear of investigation since even my son was arrested on charges of stealing N5 million… everything that can be done for me to be scared has already been done”, he declared.
With regards to the current crisis rocking the PDP and the G7 governors, Lamido said the governors were not in any conflict with the Nigerian government, rather their concern was the future of their party, the PDP.
“We are not in conflict with the Nigerian government; this Government is ours as well”, he declared.
Reacting to insinuations that the G7 governors were not willing to embrace peace in the PDP, Lamido said “not fixing things is injurious to both Jonathan and Bamanga, and also ourselves because other political parties are looking closely at what is happening, and are praying for our party to crumble for them to profit. Therefore, we should know whether the crisis will move us forward or lead to our downfall”.
Talking about the real grouse the G7 has against the party, Lamido disclosed that at present, the issue is not even about President Jonathan not running in 2015, but that Rivers state Governor Rotimi
Amaechi be reinstated; PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur be sacked and a new National Working Committee (NWC) be elected. He dismissed the view that the G7 governors were disrespecting the President, saying that “the party is not his (Jonathan’s)”.
Lamido accused those criticising the G7 governors, such as Tukur, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Ali Gulak, and other ministers, of simply taking advantage of the situation and ignorant of the true struggles of the PDP from its beginning.
The G7 governors including Lamido, Kano state governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Sokoto’s Aliyu Wamakko, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger, Rivers’ Rotimi Amaechi, Kwara’s Abdulfattah Ahmed and Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa state, have been at loggerheads with the leadership of the PDP over their discontentment with the way Tukur is running the affairs of the party.
Lamido’s son, Aminu, was late last year arrested at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, and has charged with allegations of money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Aminu was arrested on December 11, 2012 at the Kano airport on his way to Egypt for alleged failure to declare the $ 50,000 in his possession. He allegedly declared only $ 10,000 to the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS).

Orikinla: There are no permanent enemies in party politics, except permanent interests.

ifyfaith: LASG had to go pick dem because they started d trash n knew wat pple would sayif dey did otherwise

frankyychiji: They were rehabilated and because they didn't have relatives in AKS were sent back to their relatives. They were not dumped at beggar or ojota bustops in the middle of the night!!!!

Weldone Gov akpabio!

shollaire: wada is an accident!

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were in Minna, the Niger State capital, Wednesday to discuss with former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida and a former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar.
The meeting with the opposition leaders raised eyebrows in the state about its agenda, prompting the two former military leaders to defend their decision to hold talks with the opposition party.
Babangida, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in reaction to the speculations that he was being wooed to join the opposition party, said the APC leaders had the right to visit him for consultations, adding that Nigeria is greater than the ruling party.
"Nigeria is bigger than PDP. They came to talk about Nigeria and how to move the nation forward with me; it is not about anybody but about Nigeria as a country," he said.
According to him, he will always welcome anyone seeking his advice on how to move the nation forward.
The APC delegation, which included Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Bola Tinubu and the party's interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, first met with Babangida at his residence.
"The APC leaders visited me to discuss the welfare of the country, which should be the responsibility of every Nigerian, whether you belong to a party or you do not have a party. You have an assignment assigned to you to protect the integrity of the country.
"People who come to talk about Nigeria and the way forward will always be welcomed by me. We have to find a way forward for this generation; what we are doing is for this generation.
"The meeting had to do with the welfare, well-being, education, security and economic well-being of the country. Anything that would promote and move the country forward would be encouraged by me," he added.
On his part, Abdulsalami, who spoke after the APC leaders had met with him, denied speculations that they had come to woo him to join the opposition party.
"I am not a politician; I am not a partisan politician and I don't need to be wooed," he said.
He explained that the APC leaders came to brief him on the amalgamation of the new party, what they were doing, how far they had gone, and how things were moving.
"What I told them, they have already heard. I advised them on how all of us need this country and to make sure that we maintain peace in the country," he said.
He stressed the need for Nigerians to be allowed to exercise their rights to join any party of their choice.
Abdulsalami said: "Whether you are in the opposition or in government, in the various ways of your manifesto, you are serving the country. So whatever role any party finds itself, it should play that role very well."
Explaining their mission to the two former military leaders, Akande said they were in the state to consult with them so that they could be better prepared in running the activities of the party.
"We need to pick the brains of former rulers in this country in order to be wiser than we were before we came here," he said.
He added that the consultations would continue until they had met with all the wise men in the country

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting did not hold Wednesay as President Goodluck Jonathan who usually presides over it, left for Anambra State to participate in the campaign for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr. Tony Nwoye, in Saturday's election in the state.
Vice-President Namadi Sambo, who should have presided over the FEC meeting in the absence of the president was away attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), in Sri Lanka.
This is the second time in three weeks that the FEC meeting would not hold, the first being on October 23 when Jonathan was away in Israel for pilgrimage and state visit.
There was, however, no hint that the FEC meeting would hold yesterday as many journalist, who had come to the presidential villa to cover the event found out at the last minute that it would not be holding.

KraticKratus: why so bad?
graduates drive taxis all over the world. he can even make more money than those office workers.

better than blowing himself up.