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chudionu58:
This is seriously Jonathan's project! Ok
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/150441-fec-approves-n42-billion-rehabilitation-ilorin-kabba-road-others.html

you be olodo oooo... this road is Ilorin -Jebba -Mokwa not Ilorin Kabba. Must you put sentiment on everything? All we need is the road must be in good shape. Abeg no kill your self with HBP...Jonathan dey enjoy for bayelsa you dey here they shout Jonathan's project...

The All Progressives Congress showed superiority over its arch-rival, the Peoples Democratic Party as it emerged winners in Wednesday’s rerun elections in four Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The PDP, which was the dominant party at the councils, lost at all the six area councils where the election was eventually conducted.



The Independent National Electoral Commission had earlier announced the result of two other area councils on Sunday, a day after the election was conducted.

The result of the election showed that the relatively unknown political party, the All Progressive Grand Alliance emerged winner in one of the area councils.

Council where rerun elections were held were Abuja Municipal Area Council, Kuje, Abaji and Gwagwalada.

They commission had on Sunday declared elections in these councils as inconclusive.

INEC said it declared the elections inconclusive as a result of violence, over voting and non-use of Smart Card Readers or accreditation of voters, and ordered a rerun in 39 polling units in 20 Registration Areas.
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In the result released on Thursday, INEC declared the APC candidate, Ibrahim Adamu Candido winner of AMAC with 27, 482 votes.

Also in Kuje Area Council, Abdullahi Galadima of APC won with 15, 175 votes while Joseph Shazih won in Kwali Area Council with 15, 309 votes.

The party’s candidates also won in Bwari and Abaji Area Councils.

However, APGA’s candidate, Adamu Mustapha was declared chairman-elect of Gwagwalada Area council with 15, 950 votes.

He defeated the candidate of APC, Abubakar Jubril who got 14,569 votes.

The PDP, which won five Area Councils in 2013, could not win any chairmanship position in the election this year.

Senate Minority Whip, Senator Philip Aduda, who represented FCT in the Senate on the platform of PDP, alleged sabotage against the party.

He alleged that there were reports of sabotage against his party.

Aduda said, “We know that there are lots of sabotages that are being put in place so that there are delay so that where we have strongholds we might not have the opportunity and all that.”

nice work... pls keep us updated...

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Greenback:
FACT is we dont need the goddamm rail,cos we dont need to be connected to u slaves. We wanna be on our own. To hell with u'all

yea,dtruth3

Why are you so frustrated...please before you kill yourself with high blood pressure you can quickly and quietly relocate to Togo or Chad. ....

kristisking:
Eyes don dey clear small small. Its only a fool that that will still vote any APC candidate when he doesn't see light to see at home, no fuel to run generator, prices of foodstuffs have suddenly skyrocketed. Zombies know this but they choose to be suffering and smiling.

**** like you will always know the truth but will always hide it... your party brought us to this situation we are currently... this government will do everything humanly possible to find permanent solutions to our problems. Very soon we shall see the truth. All these your rants should be channel to Wailers like you. For your information... we have 100% trust in this government that things will get better.

There’s indeed a new mayor in town. Olugbenga Babatola. He is the mayor for the Royal Borough of Greenwich, south east London, a Nigerian who happens to be the first African mayor of Greenwich.

Babatola, a Nigeria-born British citizen, was a councillor in the district, representing Thamesmead Moorings Ward.

He was first elected councillor in 2014 due to his inspirational leadership style, within the area, known to be dominated by Africans.

In 2015, Babatola became the first African to be elected deputy Mayor to the current Mayor, Norman Adams.

Babatola, who says he believes in politics without bitterness, is also a strong believer in kids and power of the youth.

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In 2015, when youths in the Royal Borough of Greenwich renovated one of the facilities in the county back in 2015, Babatola was full of praise for them, expressing his believe in giving to the society.

“The young people have worked really hard and to get to this stage is brilliant,” he said.

“Our children are getting to the point now where they don’t ask what their community will do for them but what are they going to do to support their community.

“I think it’s very inspirational and is leading by example so that the younger ones will follow them by seeing their contributions to their community.”


John Fahy, a Labour Party Chieftain, who has been a Greenwich councillor for 25 years and deputy leader of council, considers Babatola’s feat, a worthy one.

In a meeting with the Slovenia Prime Minister in 2015, Fahy said: “Delighted to join Deputy Mayor Olu Babatola at Europe House to meet the Prime Minister of Slovenia.”

“We were delighted that he was fully up to date on our Twinning Link with Maribor. Met up with some interesting people.”

Babatola, who was born in 1957, is due for an inauguration on May 25, 2016 in Greenwich.

https://www.thecable.ng/meet-babatola-first-african-mayor-greenwich

Pls disregard those results by PDP....Let wait for credible sources for the election results..

Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh,to open his defence in his trial for money laundering.

Justice Abang gave the directive after dismissing a number of Metuh’s applications, including one asking the judge to withdraw from the case and another asking for indefinite adjournment.



Metuh had requested an indefinite adjournment pending when the Court of Appeal would hear and determine his appeal against the court’s ruling dismissing his no-case submission and his motion for stay of proceedings of his trial.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is prosecuting Metuh and his firm before Justice Abang on seven counts of money laundering including $2m cash transaction.

Part of the charges preferred against them also bordered on the N400m which the accused allegedly received fraudulently from the Office of the National Security Adviser in November 2014.

Another lawyer, Mr. Tochukwu Onwugbufor (SAN)‎, who took over the defence of Metuh’s firm on Friday, also made series of oral applications for adjournment which were all dismissed by the court.

The judge said Metuh and his firm were no longer entitled to any further adjournment having exhausted the five times such request could be granted to them under section 396(5) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015.

Since the prosecution closed its case, the judge recalled that the matter had been adjourned on February 4, 9, March 9, 17 and 24, all at the instance of the defendants.

But the judge subsequently decided to ‎adjourn the case “at the instance of the court” to enable him to attend to other cases on the list.

‎Earlier, the judge had dismissed an application asking him to disqualify himself from further presiding over the trial.

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, had also in a March 24, 2016 letter dismissed Metuh’s petition asking for the transfer of the case from Justice Abang to another judge.

Justice Abang dismissed the application by Metuh for lacking in merit after entertaining arguments in support of it by the PDP spokesperson’s lawyer, Mr. Emeka Etiaba (SAN), and against it by the counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir.

The accused had sent the petition against the judge and filed the application asking him to withdraw from the case after the prosecution closed its case with eight witness and they were called upon to open their defence.

Both the petition and the motion were based on allegation of bias leveled against the judge.

Ruling on the application Friday, Justice Abang ruled that the allegation of bias against him was baseless.

“It is my considered view that the application lacks merit and it is hereby dismissed,” the judge ruled.

The application by Metuh, through his lawyer, Mr. Emeka Etiaba (SAN) asking the judge to disqualify himself was based on the allegation that the judge had been bias in the handling of the case.

The same allegation was part of the grounds in an earlier petition by Metuh’s lawyer asking the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Auta, to withdraw the case from Justice Abang and reassign it to another judge.

The Chief Judge had however dismissed the petition on the grounds that it was too late in the day to reassign a case in which the prosecution had called its witnesses.

Justice Abang restated in his ruling on Friday that the there was no evidence adduced by Metuh’s lawyer in support of the application asking him to withdraw from the case.
“The honourable Chief Judge has said he was satisfied with my explanation to the petition,” he ruled.
The lawyer claimed in the application that Metuh was a classmate of the judge in the 1987/1988 set of the Nigerian Law School.
As stated in his petition to the Chief Judge, the lawyer also accused the judge of denying his client fair hearing by refusing to release to the defence team a copy of the records of proceedings of the court to enable them to appeal against some decisions of the judge in the course of the trial.
He alleged that the defence applied for the record of proceedings on February 8, 2016 to enable the defence to appeal against some decisions of the court, but that one month and one week later, the judge had yet to release it to the defence.
Metuh also claimed in the application that he would likely be denied fair hearing in the case due to a losgstanding “frosty relationship” between him and the judge.
Etiaba had also claimed in the petition that Metuh and the judge both practised law in Lagos before the PDP spokesperson relocated to Abuja and Justice Abang on his part was appointed a judge.

Etiaba also alleged that Metuh met and had discussion with Justice Abang late last year in Meridien Hotel in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, adding that his client was baffled at the views expressed by the judge during their encounter.

Justice Abang is now taking arguments on Metuh’s application for adjournment of his trial indefinitely pending the hearing and determination of his appeal against the ruling of the judge dismissing his no-case submission.

http://www.punchng.com/court-orders-metuh-to-open-defence%e2%80%8e-april-11/

BossWike:
Zombie, I did not curse them for this alone, CBN fraudulent recruitment, fuel scarcity, no light, Fulani killing pple like animal, outright disregard for the rule of law, etc, all these are the reasons why it will never be well wit all APC families and apologists

Good.... keep ranting and wailing....till 2019. Hope it will be well for the people that brought us to the mess?

BossWike:
It will never be well with all APC families for all these their barbaric acts

All these never happened under PDP, yet they are screaming to be fighting corruption.

2019 pls do and come!

You just cursed yourself Bro. ..how sure is that information?...instead of u to verify the news u started raining abuses. Sincerely, that how madness start....go check your brain dude

IT was a big relief local contractors who had abandoned their sites over three years ago due to lack of funds, as the Federal Government, yesterday, said it has injected N350 billion into the economy to enable them go back to work.

Declaring open the second National Conference on Public Procurement (NACOPP) in Abuja, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir David Lawal, said the injection would ginger the contractors to discharge their obligations to the development of infrastructure, warning, however, that every kobo spent must be guided by the Procurement Act.

“Government recently injected N350 billion into the economy to enable contractors discharge their obligation for the development of infrastructure. This poses greater responsibility on stakeholders that every kobo disbursed is guided by the Procurement Act,” the SGF, who was represented by Mrs. Philis Nwokedi said.

According to the SGF, the current administration has promised change to Nigerians and will deliver it, assuring that the dividends of democracy would soon be seen by Nigerians.

“I am convinced that when the dividends of democracy flourish, all will benefit. We are confident that the state stands to benefit from the procurement system that is transparent, efficient, competitive and accountable,” he said.

In his remarks, the Acting Director General of Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mr. Ahmed Abdu, disclosed that 25 states have set up procurement agencies through the inspiration of BPP. He acknowledged the support from World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB) and other foreign organisations.

However, the Acting Director of AfDB, Dr. Andoh Mensah, said that globally, procurement accounts for a substantial portion of national budget, approximately, 15 to 22 per cent of Gross Domestic Products (GDP) and 29 to 40 per cent of government’s expenditure

http://sunnewsonline.com/fg-injects-n350bn-in-economy-to-pay-contractors/

RedCapChief:
Garba Shehu is not fooling anybody. Initially, all the judges granted Dasuki bail, but the FG refused to release him home. The judges then read Buhari's body language and subsequent attempts at bail were denied.
The judges are also human beings. They have houses, have children and watch news daily. They have seen Buhari's anger at those granting bail for Dasuki or Kanu. What do you want them to do? Of course, they will fall in line and start denying bail even if all conditions are met

Keep wailing bro....If Garba Shehu is fooling anybody or not...time shall tell...

Nigeria will be great again

The Nation Nigeria


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N116b deals probe: Panel lists those to refund cash
by Yusuf Ali, March 28, 2016 at 1:07 am in Featured, News FacebookTwitterSMSWhatsApp
Dasuki, Fadile, Matawalle, Yuguda, others named
EFCC gets report on how $2.1b was released
Barely three days after the Presidency claimed that 300 persons and companies were implicated in N116billion “curious” contracts issued by the Office of the National Security Adviser(ONSA), details of the cash some of those indicted will refund have emerged.
Also at the weekend, it was learnt a former Director of Funds in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mohammed Dikwa, admitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC) that the controversial $2.billion released to ONSA under ex-NSA Sambo Dasuki were based on either presidential or ministerial orders.
The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu, on Thursday claimed that the ONSA committee had recovered over N7billion from those indicted.
The indicted companies are to refund N41 billion.
The investigating agencies, including the EFCC, will determine whether N75 billion should be recovered from some of the companies.
The Special Committee in the Office of the NSA found some persons and companies “guilty” of some infractions.
Some of the alleged infractions:
breach of contract terms;
non-execution of contracts;
haphazard or partial completion of contracts;
collection of funds for unexecuted contracts;
diversion of funds for political purposes; and
sheer mismanagement of contract funds.
The 300 persons and companies have been referred to investigating agencies, including EFCC, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission (ICPC) and the police.
Amounts to be refunded by some of the persons and companies are as follows: Acacia Holding Limited – (N600m and N650m); Reliance Referral Hospitals Limited – N750m (16/4/2015); African Cable Television Limited -N350million; Dalhatu Investment Limited(N500m) -20/12/13 and N200m on 17/3/15;,Duchy Concepts Limited RC392281(N70m) – 17/3/15; Wehsec Farms Limited RC 713258(N200m); Stellavera Dev Company – N250m; Stellavera Dev Company- N250m; Societe d’Equipments internationaux – $6,954,000(21/4/2015), $30m(9/5/15); $50m(9/3/15); €1, 395, 346.84(11/12/13); €1,401,869(2/10/13); €2, 252,252.25; $16m (20/5/14); $38m(20/5/14); $36m(20/5/14); $5m(4/6/14); $10m(11/7/14).
Some of the expected refunds from individuals are Dr. Bello Matawalle – N300m; Bello Fadile -N100m and Bashir Yududa N1.5 billion.
A source in EFCC said: “Some of those indicted have outstanding cases under investigation by our agency. These allegations are intertwined and we may have to improve on a few clues.
“The latest assignment is to recover the sums against these 300 persons and companies. A few of them had written to the commission to refund some money illegally collected for jobs undone.
“ In line with the mandate of the Presidency, we will get to the root of the allegations against those already referred to us. We will also collaborate with other investigating agencies.”
Responding to a question, the source added: “Of course, some of these persons and companies will be prosecuted.”
Meanwhile, a former Director of Funds in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mohammed Dikwa, has given an insights to the disbursement of the controversial $2.1billion and other funds to ONSA under Dasuki.
Dikwa gave the details in a statement made to the EFCC on the ongoing investigation of the $2.1billion arms procurement cash and the trial of some suspects.
He admitted to the EFCC that funds were released to ONSA, led by Dasuki, based on either presidential or ministerial orders.
He said: “I am the Director of Funds from April 2013 to date. All releases were made based on approvals by relevant authorities.
“Releases of funds are normally initiated by relevant MDAs and go through presidential approval or ministerial approval or budgetary provisions, depending upon the nature of the requests.
“Having obtained the necessary approvals, the OAGF will process the approval by drawing a mandate instrument and send to the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN).
“The CBN will then pay the amount involved to the relevant agency. The agency will now spend the funds in line with the established Financial Rules and Regulations.
“The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation and other relevant agencies will also conduct post-mortem examination of the books of accounts of such MDAs as to the appropriateness or otherwise of such transactions.
“All releases in favour of the National Security Adviser were based on approvals by the appropriate authorities.
The following releases were made under the former Accountant-General of the Federation( Mr. J.O. Otunla) : $250,000,000 on 16/2/2015; $5,500,000 on 20/3/2015; $10,000,000 on 9/4/2015; $10m on 29/4/2015; $1,200, 000,000 in November 2013; $5.5m on 13/12/2013; $120m(15/11/2013)


http://thenationonlineng.net/n116b-deals-probe-panel-lists-refund-cash/

LudaChriz:
The failure of this govt will only affect APC... street boys must survive while we wait for 2019 to send them all demonic change agents out

Really!!!!Can't stop laughing... only APC indeed... no wonder the way u think..street boy with low IQ....

LudaChriz:
Am sure you didn't do summary in your secondary school, but I will help you out

"I am afraid I did not succeed in the election in Kogi, Bayelsa, Rivers. I think that more Nigerians are killed or killed themselves in Rivers than in any particular state. At this stage of our political development, to remain brutal is shameful and as a government, I promise we will do something by the next general election"

That was his direct statement... He failed more by saying he promised to do something by the next general election, meaning he can't do anything before then. That makes 2019 election to be an experimental election. At least we have other re-run elections and even states like Edo, Ondo, Ekiti, Anambra & Osun will be conducting their election soon, so why wait till the next general election.

Buhari is not organised nor prepared for governance

We know people like you always want PMB gov to fail.... But God pass you people, no matter your negative views and bad comments, Nigeria shall be Great again. This country must move forward and not backward. If this government fails, it will affect most of us most...we should continue to pray for our dear country irrespective of our tribe, religion and political affiliation. Let us be positive, and join hands together to move this country forward. One love..One nation...

allanphash7:
I would rather remain jobless instead of being a Nigeria Police Officer

Pls remain jobless..... and keep wailing 4eva....nonsense

divinehand2003:
APC supporters are disappointed with the change that BUBU is manifesting at the moment. They are in absolute SHOCK State.
In other words, they are frozen turkeys right now.

Keep quite if you don't have any tangible thing to say okay....

Ekiti Lawmaker, Afolabi Akanni, who has been in detention at the Department of State Services facilities, was released Tuesday evening. Vanguard gathered that Akanni is now admitted at a private hospital in Abuja.

The Lawmaker who was very weak and could barely speak when Vanguard visited him at the hospital kept repeating; “I am not well. I am sick. I am sick,” when Vanguard sought to speak with him. Member of the House of Assembly, representing Efon Constituency, Hon. Afolabi Akanni. He said he was treated for malaria at the DSS detention facility after he collapsed twice..

He said his release may not be unconnected with his deteriorating health, adding that he was not told why he was held.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/dss-releases-ekiti-lawmaker-hospitalised/

@op go check your head abeg...

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I weep for Nigeria with some of the comments I read above...which way Oh Lord? Which way Nigeria? Let us unite to make Nigeria great again in respective of our political believe, tribe and religion.

One Nigeria, One Love.....

joeprince23:
The lawlessness of this APC led FG is mind bloggling,so if not that the DSS was accused of murder/manslautter they would not have produced the lawmake... God will surely repay BUhari and his duara service!

Keep wailing....Your God will surely repay all those wailing and see nothing wrong in what PMB is doing to make our nation great again...

todayboy:
Show us video that he is alive
Dictator Buhari we wants proof

show us video of his dead body...nonsense

this report is totally false...those at the training are already employed officers. so this report is false...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said the National Assembly would to make details of its annual budget available to members of the public next week.

Saraki said the development would be a departure from the tradition of having one line item budget by the federal parliament.

Saraki, according to a statement, by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Muhammed Isa, on Sunday, stated this while hosting a team of editors from the London based, The Economist newspaper.
He said, “For the first time we promised Nigerians to give out our budget breakdown. The committee will make its report available by next week. We are resolved to break the tradition of one line item.”

He also promised to support the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s fight against corruption.

He said, “Under my watch the senate will never cover corruption except if the information didn’t come to us”.

Saraki said the senate was ever ready to partner with Buhari to ensure the success of the anti-corruption war.‎

The Senate, he added, had already demonstrated such commitment through its interventions on many alleged corrupt transactions such as its swift investigation and adoption of a report on the management of the Treasury Single Account that saved the nation about N7bn.

He also said that the upper chamber exposed the inconsistencies in the 2016 budget.

The action, he said, was a departure from the past where such reports were either watered-down or not presented for debate and adoption.

http://www.punchng.com/40185-2/