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 Romance › Re: Man With Three Wives Dies During Sex With With Secret Lover by Franchise21(m): 3:21pm On Aug 03, 2015 |
gabazin080:Na only one gf u get? Even if na one, don't u flirt? Tho, M nt justifying his actions |
| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Mourinho Throws Away Community Shield Medal--- GOAL by Franchise21(m): 7:39pm On Aug 02, 2015 |
godson36:U re mouthed. I love dat. Kudos to Arsenal n Wenger. Keep on showing Mourinho u re a specialist in winning. We gunning for d EPL title... #COYG |
| Politics › Re: Nigeria Assumes UN Security Council Presidency by Franchise21(op): 11:13pm On Aug 01, 2015 |
Channel peace into d North-Eastern part of this country |
| Politics › Nigeria Assumes UN Security Council Presidency by Franchise21(op): 11:10pm On Aug 01, 2015 |
ABUJA – Nigeria will today, assume the one-month rotational Presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council as the country’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Joy Ogwu, takes over from Ambassador Gerard van Bohemen, the Permanent Representative of New Zealand, who held the Presidency for the month of July, 2015. In a statement yesterday, by the Spokesperson to Mrs Ogwu, Dr. Tope Adeleye Elias-Fatile, said this will be the first time in the history of the UN that an elected member of the Security Council would assume presidency of the Council for the 4th time in two separate tenures within 5 years. Nigeria was elected a non-permanent member of the Council on 17 October, 2013, and is serving for the period 2014 – 2015. “This is the fifth time since independence that Nigeria has been elected to serve on this most powerful decision-making organ of the United Nations charged with the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security. Nigeria previously served on the Council from 1966 – 1967, 1978 – 1979, 1994 – 1995 and 2011 – 2012. “Nigeria’s return to the Council in January 2014, after having left only in December 2012, represents one of the shortest periods in the annals of the United Nations that a Member State has spent between two terms on the Council. This is even more remarkable as it is occurring under the institutional memory of the same Permanent Representative, Ambassador U. Joy Ogwu. “Nigeria currently holds the chair of two Security Council Committees: The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2048 (2012) concerning Guinea-Bissau and Iraq Sanctions Committee pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003). In addition, Nigeria is one of the three vice-chairs of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), concerning the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and one of the two vice-chairs of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning Sudan,” it reads. It said wide consultations with various stakeholders had begun on Monday 27th of July, 2015 towards Nigeria’s assumption of the presidency of the Council. “With the support of other members of the Council, Nigeria will use its month-long presidency to actively promote the cause of international peace and security in line with the principles of the UN Charter and the mandate of the Council,” the statement concluded. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/nigeria-assumes-un-security-council-presidency-today/ |
| Celebrities › Emeka Ike’s Divorce Mess: Wife Officially Files Divorce Suit by Franchise21(op): 10:47pm On Aug 01, 2015 |
Actor Emeka Ike and his wife Emma who have been married for over twelve years are officially getting a divorce. When the news broke that his wife had filled a divorse suit against Emeka Ike on allegation of domestic violence, the actor denied the allegations saying that he had not received any divorce notice. “As I’m talking to you now, I have not received any divorce notice. Nothing like that happened. I have not received any letter from anybody. I am a Christian, we don’t divorce,” he said earlier. Barely a week after his claim, the case came before a Lagos Island customary court where his wife’s petition for dissolution of their marriage was heard. Though Emeka was not in court but his counsel was and so was Emma and her counsel. In his presentation, Emeka’s counsel prayed the court to adjourn the case for the next hearing to six months, citing possibility of settlement between the couple before then. “My client is ill but I will try my possible best to ensure that he comes on the next adjourned date. We indulge the court to give us six months from this day to see if there is possibility of settlement between the couple,” he said. In her response, Emma said six months was too long, adding that the respondent had two years to reconcile with her but didn’t. “The last time I wanted to speak with our children, it was my mother-in-law who picked the call and asked if I had read Exodus 21 which says that if I go, I shouldn’t return,” she said. Subsequently, the court president held that only two weeks can be granted and thereafter August 12, 2015 was fixed as next hearing date. https://www.naij.com/504920-emeka-ikes-divorce-mess-wife-officially-files-divorce-suit.html |
| Politics › Ooni Of Ife: Oba Sijuwade’s Body Arrives Palace From London – Premium Times by Franchise21(op): 9:09pm On Aug 01, 2015 |
The remains of the Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuwade, has arrived his palace in Ile Ife, knowledgeable and reliable palace sources have told PREMIUM TIMES.http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/187663-ooni-of-ife-oba-sijuwades-body-arrives-palace-from-london-palace-sources.html 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Willie Obiano Mourns As Husband, Wife & Son Who Died In Awka Accident Are Buried by Franchise21(m): 3:24pm On Aug 01, 2015 |
RIP to the dead |
| Family › Re: Heartless Mother Throws Her New Born Baby In A Gutter With Its Placenta by Franchise21(m): 3:20pm On Aug 01, 2015 |
Gory Sight |
| Education › Re: Is This Form Of Punishment Wrong Or Right? by Franchise21(m): 2:55pm On Aug 01, 2015 |
The teacher has a hidden agenda |
| Politics › PDP Workers Want Anti-graft Agencies To Probe Party’s Leadership For Fraud by Franchise21(op): 9:59am On Aug 01, 2015 |
Staff members of the national secretariat of Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], want anti-graft agencies to probe activities of members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). Led by Chairman and Secretary of PDP Staff Welfare, Ngozi Nzeh and Dan Ochu-Baiye respectively, they made the call at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. Mr. Ochu-Baiye, who read the statement, signed by 74 staff members of the party, said the call was important before the NWC takes the party to the grave yard. He beckoned on Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Police, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, to hearken to them. They accused the NWC members of financial mismanagement, financial sharp practices and incompetence in running the affairs of the party. Mr. Ochu-Baiye said it was curious to observe that the party could be so liquidated by executive recklessness of its NWC members so much that 12 billion naira was squandered in nine months. “Party members will need to know why delegates were compelled to pay N10,000 each into a private account of a company called MORUFI NIG. LTD. “We are aware that over one billion naira was realized from this fraudulent exercise. Why did the NWC compel party members to pay sums into a company account rather than the usual party account in the same Zenith Bank? “As part of their agenda to ridicule and crumble the party, legitimate bills owed to media houses, contractors and even cleaners have not been paid till date,’’ he said. He added that most party members who conducted congresses and primaries that generated these huge sums had also not been paid. He also accused the NWC members of using party finances to fund frivolous personal obligations as weddings, naming ceremonies, funerals, among others, running into hundreds of millions of naira. Mr. Ochu-Baiye stressed that several factors, including criminal imposition of unpopular candidates caused by the NWC, were responsible for the party’s poor performance in the last general elections. He also mentioned the allegation by Ndudi Godwin Elumelu who paid N750million naira to the NWC to obtain the gubernatorial ticket of the party in Delta State. “There are many other victims.” He added that governor of Kogi was requested to pay one billion naira to the same NWC to retain his ticket. He also mentioned the non-remittance of campaign funds to state chapters and wholesome embezzlement of proceeds of sales of nomination forms. “How on earth will any political party undergo this level of tortuous mismanagement and expect to win elections?’’ he asked. Mr. Ochu-Baiye said millions of PDP members were in great pains with the current reality of how the party was “now being run aground by a patently incompetent and self- centered sets of NWC members.” He stated that the NWC had refused to summon a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) since the party lost in the last elections “due to these ceaseless acts of recklessness.’’ Mr. Ochu-Baiye said the staff members were angry, hence demanding the immediate resignation of the NWC members. “We appeal to the Board of Trustees, the National Caucus and other members of the NEC to invoke relevant sections of the party’s Constitution to call for a meeting of NEC since the NWC is reluctant to do so. “We wish to reiterate that the greater number of members of staff has spent over 16 years working and building the PDP. “We remain loyal staff, party members and stakeholders committed to retrieve the founding vision of our great party’’, he added. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, described the allegations as false and baseless. Mr. Metuh said the staff members were misguided in the pursuit of their interest when the PDP was fighting the cause of Nigerians with the ruling All Progressives Congress. The Acting National Secretary of the PDP, Adewale Oladipo, described the allegations as false. Mr. Oladipo debunked the claim that he had refused to hold regular meetings with the staff, saying all the records were available to puncture the claims of the workers. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/187618-pdp-workers-want-anti-graft-agencies-to-probe-partys-leadership-for-fraud.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter |
| Education › Re: South African,Egyptian Universities Dominate Africa's Top 30 Universities List by Franchise21(m): 8:14pm On Jul 31, 2015 |
SenseiVoyles:Wat rubbish z dis? Every week we see different rankings of universities in Africa |
| Sports › Re: Jay-jay Okocha Returns To Football With English Club by Franchise21(m): 6:13pm On Jul 31, 2015 |
Okocha, 41?? Story!!! |
| Politics › Re: Anambra Governor, Obiano Increases Salary Of State Workers By 15% by Franchise21(m): 5:46pm On Jul 31, 2015 |
That's my State Governor doing wat he knws hw to do best. Anambra adigo mma 6 Likes |
| Politics › Generator Fumes: Decomposing Bodies Of 3 Siblings Discovered In Bayelsa by Franchise21(op): 7:46am On Jul 31, 2015 |
Yenagoa—The rustic settlement of Emeyal in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was thrown into confusion on Wednesday, following the discovery of the decomposing bodies of three family members, who died from inhaling generator fumes. Similarly, two siblings were killed in the same local government when their home was gutted by fire. Vanguard gathered that the Emeyal incident, in which three members of a family lost their lives, occurred when they kept a running generator in their living room, apparently for fear of it being stolen, instead of leaving it outside. It was gathered that the victims were last seen Sunday night by neighbours, fuelling speculations that they may have died three days earlier. According to a source, the corpses were discovered Wednesday, when security operatives forced open their door, following report of foul smell emanating from their room. The bodies of the deceased, identified as Ibieneye Tubotamuno, 34; Jennifer Asiagbuladia, female, 30, and Goodluck Tubotamuno, 8, have since been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa. Mosquito coil fire Meanwhile, the Otuoke tragic inferno, which claimed the lives of two siblings, occurred at about 11a.m. on Wednesday when their makeshift home was razed by fire caused by a lit mosquito coil. The deceased siblings were identified as Favour Agamawa, 7, and Juliet Agamawa, 6. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incidents. He said: “On July 29, 3:50p.m., policemen responded to a distress call that a foul smell was oozing out of the house of one Ibieneye Tubotamuno, at Emeyal in Ogbia council. “Policemen forced the house open and discovered the dead bodies. Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased might have died about three days earlier, when they were last seen, as a result of inhaled fumes from a generator exhaust, which was kept inside their living room. “The corpses were deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, mortuary, Yenagoa, for autopsy. Investigation is ongoing. “Also, on July 29, at about 11a.m., one Ase Agamawa, of Otuoke in Ogbia council, reported that there was fire in his makeshift house, Batcher, at Otuoke, which resulted in the death of his two children. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the fire was as a result of a lit mosquito coil in the house. The corpses were deposited at the Federal Medical mortuary, Yenagoa, for autopsy while investigation is ongoing.” http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/generator-fumes-decomposing-bodies-of-3-siblings-discovered-in-bayelsa/ |
| Crime › 32-yr-old Man Commits Suicide Over Wife’s Infidelity In Bayelsa by Franchise21(op): 6:07am On Jul 31, 2015 |
YENAGOA—A 32-year-old man, Tuesday in Yenagoa, committed suicide after drinking an insecticide, known as Sniper, after he learned that his wife was having an extra-marital affair at Ikolo in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The deceased, identified as Amatari Christmas, was married to Tombara, an indigene of Ayama in the same local government area. They have two children. Vanguard gathered that the incident has provoked anger among indigenes of the community, with some kinsmen of the deceased threatening to invoke their ancestors to deal with the unfaithful woman and her lover, identified as a suspected cultist and an indigene of Ayama. A kinsman of the deceased, who gave his name as Francis, said their late brother, on getting wind of claims of infidelity against his wife, decided to monitor her activities in the community. Francis said: “On Monday, the husband went to fetch vegetable in large quantities for his wife to sell. After harvesting the vegetable, the husband told the wife to return home after market to prepare dinner for the family. “However, the dead husband became worried and suspicious at about 7p.m. when the wife did not return as instructed and went in search of her at his in-law’s house. “At the mother in-law’s house, he was told she had gone to the father’s place at Ayama. At Ayama, a concerned friend took him to the home of his wife’s lover, where he caught them in bed.” According to him, the wife’s lover, a suspected cultist in the area, had threatened to deal with the aggrieved husband who for fear of his life, hid himself in an uncompleted building before going home to drink the deadly substance after locking out his two children. When contacted on the development, the spokesman of the state Police Command, Asinim Butswatt, said he was yet to be briefed on the incident. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/32-yr-old-man-commits-suicide-over-wifes-infidelity-in-bayelsa/ |
| Romance › Re: Why Do Most Ladies Lie About How They Were Disvirgined To Their Boyfriends? by Franchise21(m): 11:15pm On Jul 30, 2015 |
What's d concern of guys knowing bouh how their ladies were deflowered? 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Nigerian Air Force Cutting Off Boko Haram’s Supply. Photos by Franchise21(m): 9:01am On Jul 30, 2015 |
joseph1832:Hehehe... Nice quote |
| Education › JAMB Backs Down, Says Candidates Can Write Post-utme In Their First Choice Insti by Franchise21(op): 7:53pm On Jul 29, 2015 |
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board on Wednesday said candidates are allowed to do the post-UTME in their first choice institutions. JAMB’s Public Relations officer, Fabian Benjamin, said in a statement that candidates can do the post-UTME exercise in the institutions, particularly universities to which they were posted by JAMB. “Following the various public opinions, we have taken two approaches to ease the problems of our candidates,” Mr. Benjamin said. The universities will soon get the soft copies of the list of candidates that applied to various institutions as first choice. “We hope this will help the candidates in their endeavour,” Mr. Benjamin said. He said the voice of the people is the voice of God, adding that this action would go a long way to show that the Board is a responsive organisation which has concern over the feeling of Nigerians. “The Board will not relent in its efforts to see that our education is one of the best in the world,” said Mr. Benjamin. Controversial New Policy Earlier on, at a combined policy meeting, JAMB announced the adoption of a policy where applicants are reassigned to other universities with lower number of candidates. The JAMB Registrar, Dibu Ojerinde, explained that the benefit of the new policy would help needy universities with lower number of candidates. Mr. Ojerinde said the policy would also assist JAMB candidates have better chances of admission in universities they are reassigned to http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/187460-jamb-backs-down-says-candidates-can-write-post-utme-in-their-first-choice-institutions.html |
| Politics › How God, US Made Me — Buhari by Franchise21(op): 3:20pm On Jul 29, 2015 |
Shortly after the August 1983 military coup that brought a 40-year-old Muhammadu Buhari to power, he received a phone call from a top personnel in the United States Army. General Smith was the Commandant of the U.S. War College from which Buhari graduated in 1980. The school’s 1979 set had graduated its first Nigerian, General Wushishi, who was the Chief of Defence in the just ousted Shehu government. Please, be kind to him,” General Smith said over the phone. The essence of the phone call was not just to congratulate Nigeria’s new Head of State, but to ensure that the first Nigerian to graduate from the U.S. War College would not suffer any indignity under the government of the second Nigerian to graduate from the same school. Former classmates On Wednesday, July 22, members of the U.S. War College Class of 1980 gathered at the Blair House in Washington, DC, to welcome the man they had selected as their football team referee 36 years ago. “Being referee all those years ago taught me to be fair and just,” President Buhari said during the meeting. Among the former classmates gathered were Lt. General Granrud (Commander of the U.S. forces in Japan Rtd), Brigadier General Jack Pellica, General Ronald Griffith (Former Vice Chairman of the U.S. army central command ), Colonel Lany Gordon and Colonel Paul Summerville. General Smith has since passed on, as have all the directing staff and a larger percentage of the old students from the set. “This just shows that all of us are on the queue,” President Buhari said, “waiting for our turn.” The Nigerian Commander-in-Chief said he hoped that the U.S. would continue its tradition of training Nigerians in the war college. At the time he attended the school, he was the only African in his class. The only other foreigners were from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, France and Japan. The Japanese student went on to become the head of his country’s army. President Buhari then went on to update his classmates on his life since he last saw them: his different appointments, his accomplishments and his family. “I have just received my 13th grandchild,” he said. He added that the wife they knew him with at the time had since died, and that he had also lost a son and a daughter from his new wife. “Of all my eight children,” he said, “only one is a boy.” Some of his former classmates were curious to know if President Buhari would place his only son, Yusuf, in the army. “I stopped him from joining the army,” President Buhari replied. He explained that the military he joined was very different from what it is today, adding that he was the second Nigerian to be sent to the U.S. War College—based on his records alone, without connections. “Things took a wrong turn in Nigeria,” he said. “Your records no longer mattered.” Some of the former classmates present at the meeting stated that at the time they met President Buhari back in 1980, they knew little about Nigeria or Africa. They credited the Nigerian leader with giving them their initial enlightenment about the continent. Others recalled how he always overworked himself. However, President Buhari described his war college experience as being responsible for his subsequent life of hard work, endurance and perseverance. “I contested for president three times and failed,” he said. “Then I did it the fourth time and won.” A roar of laughter followed the president’s apt illustration. He then rendered his narrative of the collapse of the Soviet Union, breaking into 18 republics and how that influenced his decision to join politics. “The collapse of the Soviet empire in 1980 without a single shot being fired convinced that the multi-party democratic system was the best for all countries.” President Buhari then expressed appreciation to President Barack Obama and to the U.S. for the role the country played in Nigeria’s successful elections, recalling Secretary of State, John Kerry’s visit to him and to former president Goodluck Jonathan, as well as to Attahiru Jega, the electoral commissioner at the time. Electoral commissioner “Kerry read the riot act to all of us,” he said, “saying that the conduct of the election must be free, fair and in line with the Constitution.” He added that, without US intervention, the electoral malpractices of the past twelve years would likely have happened again. “God made me but America made me,” he said. The Class of 1980 gave President Buhari the full assurances of their support, stating that they were willing to use their experience to assist him in any way they can, particularly with tackling terrorism in northeast Nigeria. They promised to put together and forward to him a compendium of their thoughts on the security situation in Nigeria. In September, President Buhari will be meeting once again with his former classmates, at another event scheduled to take place at the United Nations. Garba is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/how-god-us-made-me-buhari/
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| Politics › Gaddafi’s Son Sentenced To Death by Franchise21(op): 2:46pm On Jul 29, 2015 |
A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi’s most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, on Tuesday for war crimes and acts to crush peaceful protests during the country’s 2011 revolution that ended his father’s rule. The court also sentenced to death by firing squad eight other former Gaddafi regime officials including his former intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi and ex-prime minister, Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, on the same charges, The Chief Investigator at the Tripoli State Prosecutor’s office, Sadiq al-Sur, said this. He told a news conference carried by al-Nabaa television that eight other ex-officials received life sentences and seven were given jail terms of 12 years each. Four were acquitted. All but Saif al-Islam are in judicial custody. The verdict on al-Islam was passed in absentia in Tripoli since he has been held for four years by a former rebel group in the Zintan region beyond central government control. The trial began in April 2014 before fighting between rival factions in Tripoli ripped Libya apart in a power struggle which has produced two governments competing for central authority. The sentences can be appealed and must be confirmed by Libya’s highest court. The International Criminal Court and rights groups say they worry about the fairness and competence of Libya’s judicial system, although it won the right in 2013 to try Senussi at home instead of at the ICC in The Hague. http://www.channelstv.com/2015/07/28/gaddafis-son-sentenced-to-death/
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| Food › Re: Difference Between Expiry Date And Best Before Date by Franchise21(m): 2:01pm On Jul 29, 2015 |
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| Food › Re: Ofe Akwu Vs Tomato Stew by Franchise21(m): 1:23pm On Jul 29, 2015 |
As an indigenous Ibo dude proudly from d industrious state of Anambra, Ofe-akwu rocks big tym |
| Politics › Re: Ex-CSO, Obua, At National Hospital Critically Ill (Photo) by Franchise21(m): 1:16pm On Jul 29, 2015 |
Deziani sick, Obua sick! Wat r d rest waiting for to also fall sick? The fear of probing is d end of corruption |
| Business › Re: Nigerian Customs Blacklists GTB, Fidelity, Diamond Banks by Franchise21(m): 10:53pm On Jul 28, 2015 |
OK |
| Education › Re: List Of Private Universities In Nigeria And Their School Fees by Franchise21(m): 10:44pm On Jul 28, 2015 |
Bunch of crap. OP, fees price in Private Unis depends on d departments. This thread is LUQUIBRIOUS |
| Politics › Re: Saraki’s Wife At EFCC Office Today [photo] by Franchise21(m): 10:38pm On Jul 28, 2015 |
Whoever Dats guilty of looting, shd face d music. SHIKENA |
| Sports › Re: Mourinho Tips Mikel To Captain Chealsea by Franchise21(m): 10:31pm On Jul 28, 2015 |
Demmocrats:Captaincy ain't by seniority all times. It's also by someone having leadership qualities |
| Sports › Re: Mourinho Tips Mikel To Captain Chealsea by Franchise21(m): 10:29pm On Jul 28, 2015 |
robosky02:Mikel z finished |
| Education › Re: BREAKING NEWS: Judge Rules In Favour Of Jambites Against Jamb And Unilag by Franchise21(m): 6:40pm On Jul 28, 2015 |
Atleast, Judiciary don achieve one better thing dis yr. Bleep JAMB,,, Bleep UNILAG |
| Fashion › Re: Guys Would You Rock This Hairstyle by Franchise21(m): 10:28pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
KingKuntaVart:Common sense is no longer common |
| Politics › Why We’re Yet To Move Against NNPC — Buhari by Franchise21(op): 9:08pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
By Michael Eboh The Federal Government, on Monday, explained that its delay in moving against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, was because it is trying to establish the magnitude of fraud and inefficiencies the corporation, and the nation’s oil and gas industry was fraught with over the last couple of years. Speaking in an interview on the Nigerian Television Authority’s, NTA, ‘Good Morning Nigeria,’ programme, President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed that the government is already working with some individuals that are helping it to track the destination of stolen crude oil and the accounts the proceeds are paid into. President Muhammadu Buhari He said, “Frankly, I read the stories too that I intend to break up the NNPC. I think the best way to go about it is to establish the fact of the magnitude of the inefficient ways the NNPC conducted itself. When we do that we will be on a higher moral ground to carry out whatever recommendations that have been made to us.” He maintained that the NNPC has lost track of the number of accounts belonging to it, adding that the government is discreetly working with some Nigerians to ensure that perpetrators of fraud in the oil and gas sector are brought to book. “We have to maintain high confidentiality so that we do not put at risk, some of the Nigerians that are helping us to trace some of the destination of this stolen crude and then the account where they are being paid into instead of the federal government account. “I do not think the NNPC knows how many accounts are outside there, which payments are being made for Nigerian crude which is really an outright theft. The money we want to intercept which have been going on for a number of years, a lot of Nigerians will not comprehend,” he explained. Buhari lamented the fact that the crude oil swap programme has over the years been used to defraud the country, stating also that a number of operators in the oil and gas industry have displayed lack of conscience and love for the country. He said, “These individuals have refineries all over the world. The swapping, is tied into a major killing ground for corrupt officials with an average evil to loot the country’s crude, work out how much they can bring back to us and we pay for the transportation and for the refining. The swapping programme is such a dishonest way in which Nigeria is consistently losing on daily basis, millions of dollars. I think the people who have been operating in the industry, a lot of them have displayed lack of conscience and patriotism, and only God knows the amount of damage their actions have inflicted on Nigeria.” Expressing optimism that the United States and other European countries are willing to cooperate with Nigeria in repatriating funds that are proceeds of corruption and stolen crude, the President however, stated that the Federal Government is working to ensure that it complies with the laws of these countries and provide them with the needed documents that will help expedite the repatriation. He said, “These countries are willing. I have also said that we have to comply with their system; that we have to get the document, especially the shipping documents, how we load from our terminals, their destinations. It is important to note that some of them change the crude and the destinations in the high seas and then change the account it needs to be paid into. Instead of the Federal Government account, they are paid into individual accounts. “The cooperation we need is that once we get hold of the shipping documents and we are lucky to trace them out to the countries where they sold the crude and which account it goes into and we submit the evidence in terms of loading, in terms of payments being in accounts other than the Federal Government account. “Once we do that, we are very willing to make sure that those accounts are frozen and the money repatriated to Nigeria. It is not an easy process, but I assure you that we are working very hard. We cannot say that we wait until everything is intact before we let you know. Whichever we are able to get in the following months or a couple of months, we will bring it out for Nigerians to know, with facts in our hands and prosecution started for those who perpetrated the unpatriotic action against Nigeria for so many years.” http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/why-were-yet-to-move-against-nnpc-buhari/ 2 Likes |
| Politics › Buhari Gives Reps Marching Orders: Resolve Your Crisis “within Six Hours” by Franchise21(op): 8:45pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the gladiators in the ongoing crisis in the House of Representatives six hours to resolve all pending issues ahead of the resumption of plenary Tuesday. Mr. Buhari met with the All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus in the House at the Presidential Villa Abuja, Monday. One of the members who attended the meeting, which lasted about 30 minutes, told PREMIUM TIMES that the president “did not waste time, but simply reminded members on the need for party discipline”. “He said he never wanted to interfere in the affairs of the Legislature, but he’s now forced to do so to maintain party discipline,” the source quoted the president as saying. The source, who declined to be named because he was not permitted to speak to the media on the outcome of the meeting, said Mr. Buhari asked Speaker Yakubu Dogara and Femi Gbajabiamila to hold a meeting with the national chairman of the APC, John Odigie-Oyegun and find a solution to the problem within the next six hours. “The president said it is unacceptable for him to be in office under the APC, and the PDP would be allowed to dictate who occupies positions in an administration he heads,” the source said. “Buhari urged all members to look beyond themselves and consider the country and the platform under which they were elected.” The source added that the APC leadership is expected to brief the president on the outcome of the meeting between Messrs. Dogara, Gbajabiamila and Odigie-Oyegun. The meeting ended without a consensus on solving the leadership crisis that has rocked the house since its inauguration June 9. Members emerged from the brief talks insisting on their varied terms as the solution to the crisis. Some lawmakers threatened violence. The House is resuming sitting Tuesday after nearly a month break. The prolonged break followed a violent clash on the floor of the chambers after members supporting the speaker, Mr. Dogara, and those backing former minority leader, Mr. Gbajabiamila, engaged in a free-for-all. Mr. Dogara emerged speaker in defiance of the APC leadership’s decision to anoint Mr. Gbajabiamila. Since then, the party has insisted Mr. Gbajabiamila be made the majority leader, a proposal Mr. Dogara rejects. The speaker says Mr. Gbajabiamila’s south west region already produced the deputy speaker, Yusuf Lasun. Ahead of resumption Tuesday, the house warned against violence that may again erupt on the floor of the house. Mr. Lasun also vowed Monday that he will not step down for Mr. Gbajabiamila as a way of resolving the crisis. Both Messrs Dogara and Gbajabiamila were both in attendance at the meeting with President Buhari. Mr. Gbajabiamila, who spoke to journalists earlier, said the president insisted that the party was supreme and its structures must be adhered to. “We spoke heart to heart with the president,” he said adding that this was the first time the two groups had met peacefully. Mr. Dogara and the party chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, who had extra discussions with the president, later emerged to speak with the press amid heckling from some members who threatened to assault the speaker if he said anything different. The chairman of the party, Mr. Odigie-Oyegun, who spoke on behalf of the party, said the meeting was a family meeting and was a success, adding that in another 3 to 4 hours there will be good news. He opted to speak for Mr. Dogara, but the speaker spoke for himself saying he had always been on the side of the party as against the opinion of his other colleagues. The members are expected to meet with the leadership of the party and come up with names to fill the slots for the principal officers and revert to the president. They are expected to meet with the president later Monday night. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/187348-buhari-gives-reps-marching-orders-resolve-your-crisis-within-six-hours.html |
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