₦airaland Forum

progress69:
Lol.
Exactly the point. Why are u trying to be half smart.
Participate in politics with common sense and not foolishness or hate. That is the point.
How can one explain after insulting yorubas the same clowns are rooting for Hausa?

For your deluded mind the only way Igbo will participate in Nigeria politics with common sense is if they support failure called buhari.

Nobody will be worse than Buhari, his body language alone is a disaster

Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza, The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza, who is also the Chairman of the Adamawa State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, tells HINDI LIVINUS that the Sultan of Sokoto is creating tension in the state with his comments on the Numan clashes


Do you agree that the recent bloody clash in Numan was a declaration ofwar against the Muslims?


As a Catholic Bishop and Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, I will condemn all kinds of killings because Christianity does not approve the deliberate taking of innocent lives. However, it is wrong for people to conclude, without waiting for the release of the report of investigations being carried out by security agencies, and declare that the Muslims were the target. Everybody in Adamawa State knowsthat what happened in three or four villages in Numan, where people were killed, had nothing to do with religion. I am sure many Muslims will concur with me that it is another in the series of clashes that are really very common here between farmers and herdsmen. We have been experiencing it for over a decade now. It is not unusual for a particular group to suffer more casualties than another when such clashes occur. In this case, I don’t think there’s any religious intention in the whole thing.

What is your view on the Sultan of Sokoto’s statement condemning the killing of Fulani in the Numan area of the state?

I appreciate the Sultan for condemning the incident but I will disagree with him for not coming out with similar condemnation when certain groups of tribes are at the receiving end. The killing in Numan did not only affect a particular tribe, some people from other tribes were also killed in the process. As religious leaders, we should be prepared at all times, to condemn any form of bloody attacks whether the victims are adherents of our religion or not. The Holy Bible for instance, forbids all forms of killings.

But Sultan warned that the Fulani’s patience and silence should not be misconstrued for weakness!I think the comment of the Sultan has actually increased the tension here in Adamawa State. A highly-placed religious leader like him is not expected to make such a misguided statement, because this is not the first time that we would experience killings in the state. As a religious and spiritual leader, what I will expect of him is to condemn all forms of killings and not to single out this incident because the Fulani are involved or that some of them are victims. He is not the leader of the Fulani alone; he’s the leader of all Muslims. So he should not be seen as a sectional leader. That statement should have come from the leader of the Fulani and not fromthe Sultan because he is a Muslim leader. This crisis has no religious connotation; so, he shouldn’t have spoken in the tone he did as if he were speaking on behalf of the Fulani.

Some people also considered his statement as a threat to peace?

That’s why I said that his commentshave actually heightened the tension in Numan and several other local government areas in the state. Why did he single out Numan? We have had so many killings in the past in the state, and across the country, involving Fulani herdsmen. So, for him to have singled out the clashes in Numan, and say the killing of Fulani should not go unpunished, is worrisome. I did not expect that kind of comments from a religious leader like the Sultan of Sokoto, if he actually said so because I learnt that somebody spoke on his behalf. And I don’t know whether it was his script that was read.

Don’t you think that the Sultan’s statement may be as a result of the high number of casualties recorded during the Numan clashes?

Let us go back to what happened in 2016 and this year, 2017, which makes it even baffling that the Sultan singled out this particular incident for condemnation. On the 24th of January, 2016, in Koh village, Girei, more than 80 persons were killed, while many houses were burnt. Bags of grains were destroyed and several other persons, who got missing, had yet to be found. But I didn’t hear a single comment from the Sultan of Sokoto then.

Also, 30 people were killed in Kodomun between 29th of July and 1st of August last year. Again, I never heard any comment from the Sultan. Even, on the 7th of January this year, in a place called Kwayine, five gallant policemen were murdered. All the killings were actually carried out by herdsmen.

Is it now that the Sultan is now aware that there were killings taking place in Adamawa?

The Sultan should be a bridge builder for the different religions and ethnic nationalities in the country. It is not in the interest of peace for us to single out a particular incident for condemnation. We shouldn’t create the impression that there are inferior and superior killings. Every murdered soul is important, whether he is a Fulani or a farmer. The life of a Fulani is not superior to that of a Bachama, a Hausa, Yoruba or Igbo. Life is sacred and every soul is very important.

You once blamed the government for doing nothing to stop the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the state. Has your position changed now?

I have not changed my position on the issue. I suggested the setting up of a judicial panel to investigate the previous clashes while the report should be made public and that government should punish all those responsible for the wicked acts. I am not happy that the reportsof the investigations carried out on similar incidents in the past by administrative panels were not made public and the government did not act on them.If the government had taken its responsibilities seriously when such incidences occurred and those responsible were punished, similar ones will not happen.

Do you think that the government will accept your advice this time round and set up a judicial panel?


The government must ensure that whatever committee that would be set up to investigate the Numan clashes should be objective. It should not include people who are already expressing biased opinions on the incident; otherwise, we won’tget any result from it.

http://punchng.com/sultans-misguided-comments-on-adamawa-clashes-increasing-tension-catholic-bishop/

What this statistics is telling is that up to 70% adult in Ondo is infected with HIV

Ondo is finished

What is wrong if Ijaw in Edo state want to have their own king

Am sure the governor did not tell the electorate that he will stop paying this money when he was canvassing for their vote

Chidonc:
your friend can only unhook himself through any of this 3 options


1) tell the court he would accept the pregnancy on the condition that all expenses made during the period of the pregnancy would be recorded and paid if a paternity test proves otherwise (including the fee for the paternity test), otherwise you will care and cater for the child if it is his.
if she is sure the child does not belong to your friend, she will immediately withdraw charges, I have seen this work a couple of times

2) or let him get her phone snatched, if he knows the password and pattern, if she is toiling with his head, he would see msgs sent to her family and friends about how she wants to frustrate him, more especially to her close friend and she may also have contacted her baby daddy, screen shots of such msg would help him in court

3) bff method, also known as best friends forever method
this method is getting across to your most trusted guys like 4 or 3 of them asking them to arrest her for trying to impose their pregnancy on you and they want their child, feed them details of what they need yo know like the age of the pregnancy etc and watch out the case been struck out of court

4) thank me later

Chai!

Atiku with all his corruption is far better than hypocritical Buhari

There is nothing here to celebrate because it's still me and you that bear the brunt

See why i prefer uc browser

poseidon12:
It's good to hear that people collected money and still voted their choice. I guess they have gotten smart. If everyone is doing this, the crooks will stop sharing money during elections. I am even surprised and dismayed that APC got the number of votes they got, knowing how tribalist Buhari marginalized the Igbos in appointments; and the fact that the APC candidate Tony Nwoye is a thug who joined Andy and Chris Uba in terrorizing Anambra State during the Obasanjo/Chris Ngige era. APC does not deserve a single vote in Anambra State.

No matter how bad a candidate is he will surely get vote especially from there strongholds because of sentiment. As bad as Buhari government is ther are people who are benefiting from him

APC is winning at oshogbo high school

NgeneUkwenu:
Make una reserve una tears till Sunday, when Ayaka Nsugbe would be announced the winner....

On your behalf I announce Ayaka Nsugde the winner! Hope you are happy now

deomelo:
Save your story for Nollywood.


The story before was you hate the APC, you won't vote for APC, election boycott, the boycott was successful, but now it's a different story because APC did better than your hateful narratives.


Ndo..

Obiano is Igbo from Anambra
Obase Igbo from Anambra
Nwoye Igbo from Anambra.
What is your own? Wait till it become APC Hausa or Yoruba candidate vs PDP

PHILipu1:
Hate him or like him,Okorocha is the only presidential material from south-east that every zone will likely vote for because he doesn't play your people politics of religion and ethnicity and i understand why you guys hate him so much.
Write it down,Rochas is Nigeria future president.

Wetin concern this people with Anambra vote?

This is problem with we Igbo you ll not vote but you will expect your candidate to win. Go to the pulling boot the majority of people you ll see there are 50yrs and above

MaryBenn:
All of you igbo miscreants are MAD oooo

I'm not igbo or yoruba either but haven't you learnt your lesson?
The stupid Kanu you are carrying on your head is no where to be found, and comparing a First class king to Nnamdi you are all MAD...

Why is that nairaland rules is always blind whenever igbo is mentioned


2. Don't abuse, bully, deliberately insult/provoke, fight, or wish harm to Nairaland members OR THEIR TRIBES.

senatordave1:
.in anambra north,pdp will win ogbaru where obaze is from and onitsha north.apc will win anyamelum and onitsha south.apga will take oyi because the governor wife hails from there and anambra west.anambra east will be shared equally between apga and apc.but in total pdp will have more votes marginally because of bloc votes from ogbaru which is populous.
In anambra central,chief arthur eze will deliver dunukofia his fiefdom to apc.thats the least he can do,no one should argue this please.hon ekwunife would deliver ekwunife to apc,this is not debatable.anaocha is where obi is from and it is heavily populated so i see it going to pdp but chief umeh will garner some votes there for apga.idemili north anf south is where ngige is from and they produce the highest votes.ngige would deliver it to apc.awka south would easily vote for apga while awka north has been neglected by apga and they will pay obiano back by voting apc and pdp.
In anambra south,andy ubah will deliver the populous aguata to apc,ekwusigo is the personal fiefdom of sir emeka offor and he would deliver for apc now that hes really looking for contracts from buhari.nnewi north would go to apga,nnewi soutj would go to pdp.ihiala another populous council is controlled by hon emeka anohu of pdp and he would deliver for obaze but chief obijackson would garner a few votes for apga.orumba north would marginally go to pdp while apc would marginally take orumba south.
In summary,apc would take 9 lgas,pdp 6,apga 6.so apc would win.again,apc has more influential personalities supporting it and financial resources than other partiea by far.i expect a low turnout,voters may not exceed 200,000.

Who is deceiving you?

APC will try to rig but they won't succeed

Myde4naija:
the alternative now is PDP according to ur little mindset.


The same people that will air mark huge some for projects and the site will remain a Forest

The pdp that will keep borrowing to pay fg workers salary despite oil price at it's highest.

The pdp that will share public money within themselves.

The pdp that make abubakar shekau Almighty threat to the country

The pdp obtain billions of dollars loan from China to give us 1954 locomotive railways.


Apc is bad but pdp is the worst............ If we have to change to any party not pdp.

What have APC did with billions of dollar they have been borrowing, siphoning ?

This government is a joke from Buhari to all his appointees

Ifeanyi Onuba and Olaleye Aluko, Abuja

The Federal Government is proposing to spend N4.86bn in the 2018 fiscal year on maintenance of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The budgeted amount for next year when compared to the N4.95bn allocated for annual routine maintenance of villa facilities in the 2017 budget represents a decline of about N90m.

In the 2016 budget, the sum of N3.91bn was allocated for annual routine maintenance of the Presidential Villa by the Federal Government.

The N4.86bn amount for this year is part of the N11.54bn total allocation made for the state house headquarters in the proposed 2018 budget.

The State House has a total capital allocation of N7.1bn while recurrent expenditure was estimated at N4.43bn

In 2017, the state house had a budget of N11.02bm made up of N6.52bn for capital project while recurrent expenditure was estimated at N4.49bn.

The 2018 budget was submitted last Tuesday to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari.

It has a total allocation of N8.61tn made up of N3.49tn for recurrent, N2.43tn for capital while debt servicing and statutory transfers among others are to gulp the sum of N2.01tn and N456bn respectively.

A breakdown of the state house budget shows that apart from the N4.86bn for annual maintenance, there are outstanding liabilities of N565.65m for routine maintenance for 2016.

In the same vein, the sum of N907.1m was budgeted for phased replacement of vehicles, spares and tyres in the presidential security/police escort, while N284.58m was allocated for renovation work at state house security quarters.

The budget proposal also has a provision of N93.6m for electronic document management system, N17.74m for upgrade of state house library, N28.9m for upgrade of villa ranch and construction of wildlife conservation and N83.7m for purchase of tyres for bulletproof vehicles, ambulances and other utilities and operational vehicles.

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, had on Tuesday during the public presentation of the 2018 budget, said the government would continue to spend more on ongoing infrastructure projects that had potential for job creation and inclusive growth.

He said the Federal Government would continue to leverage private capital and counterpart funding for the delivery of infrastructure projects.

The minister said for 2018 capital projects, the government would carry out huge projects in transportation, power, works, housing, health, water resources, agriculture and rural development, mines and steel development, industry , trade and investment, and education.

For instance, he said N35.4bn had been provided for Federal Government National Housing Programme, N10bn for second Niger Bridge, N294bn for construction and rehabilitation of major roads nationwide, N8.9bn for procurements of vaccines, over N50bn for water supply, rehabilitation of dams and irrigation projects nationwide.

He added that N25.1bn had been earmarked for promotion and development of value chains across 30 different commodities, N4bn for agri-business and market development, N46.3bn for special economic zone projects across the geopolitical zones to drive manufacturing and exports and N19.28bn in form of tax credits to support export through Export Expansion Grant, among others.

Budget unacceptable, a misnomer- CACOL, Junaid, others

However, a civil-society organisation, Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, condemned the budget for Aso Rock Villa, saying it was “unacceptable and a misnomer.”

The CACOL Director, Debo Adeniran, said, “Several items in the Aso Rock Villa budget are repeated annually and no changes are carried out. You are still going to have budget for kitchen utensils, furniture and others. This is the problem of our budget and the reason why the government has gone ahead with such bogus amounts is because there is no accountability, probity and transparency. If people can raise questions, we can force the amounts down.

“Basically, it is a misnomer and an administration preaching change must not allow such bloated budget. We have just heard about the Aso Rock clinic fraud which was brought to light by even the wife of the President.”

Also, a Second Republic lawmaker, Dr Junaid Muhammed, described as unacceptable the budgeted amount for the installations, noting that the budget needed to be scrutinised.

Muhammed said, “I share the concerns of many Nigerians that many items in the 2018 are bloated and unacceptable. If only we will take time to scrutinise the budget, we will find many of such unnecessary items such as the one in focus.

“That the cost of the maintenance of the installations at the villa, put at N4.86billion is more than the installations themselves is laughable and shows that the present government is not being sincere with itself. Such is very unacceptable.”

It is unnecessary, says CIFCN registrar

Commenting on the allocation for maintenance of the villa, the Registrar, Chartered Institute of Finance and Control of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Eohoi, said the huge allocation was unnecessary at a time when Nigerians were experiencing economic hardship.

He said, “That kind of huge allocation for maintenance of the presidential villa is an expenditure that should not be encouraged at a time when the government is involved in huge borrowing to finance its operations and when a majority of Nigerians are suffering the biting economic hardship.

“The government should set its priorities right by ensuring that many of the bad roads are fixed. Why budget such huge amount of money for maintenance of the Villa when many people don’t even have food to eat?

“That amount that was budgeted for maintenance should have been reduced drastically to free up funds for other infrastructure projects.”

The office of President Muhammadu Buhari was repaired after the President came back from 81 days’ medical trip in London, the United Kingdom on August 19.



http://punchng.com/fg-to-spend-n4-8bn-on-villa-maintenance-in-2018/

This is the best way to remove mugabe

Forme thief celebrating birthday. People who supposed to be cooling in prison

sarrki:
This is a blatant lie

Lie from the pit of hell

Vanguard newspaper are liars

How do you it's a lie abi na you pay the entitlements into Ekwueme account?

sarrki:
Some certain set of people like playing politics with everything

If FG can Airlift him

How much more paying the bills

He's a former vice president

He's entitled to it

He's position covers up to medical bills

Which he has been enjoying over the years

Play better politics and stop playing

Stop gaining sympathy through blackmailing and propaganda

The family source wondered why the Federal Government would promise to treat Ekwueme as a former vice president and later renege on such promise.

“We are not surprised about the development because Ekwueme has not been receiving his entitlements from this administration. The Federal Government was not pressurised to make the promise. It did so on its own volition.

“ It is not as if our family could not have treated him in the best hospital in any part of the world. Even if they are not treating him, let them pay him his entitlements when he is still alive. They should not wait until he dies so that they will come and pay tributes to him as the best man while alive,” the family sources said angrily.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/ekwueme-fg-not-bearing-cost-treatment/

Former Vice President Alex Ekwueme
It was learned that Ekwueme’s younger brother and surgeon, Professor Obumneme Ekwueme, who would have travelled with his brother to London as head of his medical team was dropped from the Air Ambulance because he had problems with foreign exchange that would take care of other exigencies that would arise such as feeding, accommodation, drugs and laboratory tests among others.

Obumneme would now depart for London today, November 13, to join his brother and ensure adequate treatment for him.

The family source wondered why the Federal Government would promise to treat Ekwueme as a former vice president and later renege on such promise.

“We are not surprised about the development because Ekwueme has not been receiving his entitlements from this administration. The Federal Government was not pressurised to make the promise. It did so on its own volition.

“ It is not as if our family could not have treated him in the best hospital in any part of the world. Even if they are not treating him, let them pay him his entitlements when he is still alive. They should not wait until he dies so that they will come and pay tributes to him as the best man while alive,” the family sources said angrily.

Ekwueme was brought to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu with a National Orthopedic Hospital Enugu, SUV ambulance at about 7: 26 am and driven straight into the tarmac, where he was taken into a waiting air ambulance with registration number N605 JA. The white Air Ambulance was said to have arrived the airport late Saturday evening and spent the night at the airport.

He was transferred into the aircraft in the presence of his family members who escorted him to the airport. The aircraft took off from the tarmac at about 8: 37am with the family members waving to wish him a safe trip.

Among the family members present, was Ekwueme’s daughter Mrs. Onyemelukwe, who is a running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate for Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Anambra State.

The family members had earlier declined comments on the former vice president’s illness, saying that they were not in the mood to speak to the press and did not need any media coverage.

Vanguard journalist manhandled

Meantime, Vanguard’s State Correspondent in Enugu, Mr Dennis Agbo, who witnessed Dr Ekwueme’s airlift was attacked by soldiers, policemen and other airport security officials before they forcefully confiscated his camera, mobile phone and other working tools. Some of the securitymen who were attached to Ekwueme as well as his family members forcefully deleted all the pictures of the Air Ambulance from his camera and mobile phone which they seized, threatening to visit him personally, if the story of the incident was published.

Agbo was briefly detained at one of the offices in the airport, where his mobile phone and empty camera were later returned to him.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/ekwueme-fg-not-bearing-cost-treatment/

By Nwafor Sunday
https://cdn.vanguardngr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ibrahim-idris-police.jpg
Nigerian police on Sunday debunked an allegation leveled against the Inspector General of police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris over a statement credited to him on romantic affairs.

It was alleged that the IG had said in a document submitted to the Senate Ad hoc committee, that ‘I’m free to have romantic affairs with any policewoman’.


Ibrahim Idris, IGP
In view of this therefore, the Nigerian police force through its Public Relations Officer, CSP JIMOH MOSHOOD, in a press release denied the report and disassociated IG from the statement.

“What the IGP said in the document submitted to the Senate Ad hoc committee is that no law stops a Police Officer in Service to marry another Police Officer on an Officer cadre”, part of the statement read.

Read the full release bellow:

I’m free to have romantic affairs with any policewoman

This statement credited to the Inspector General of Police is untrue and unfounded.

It is a mischievous attempt to mislead and misinform members of the Public and as well cast aspersions on the person and hard earned reputation of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris NPM, mni.

What the IGP said in the document submitted to the Senate Ad hoc committee is that no law stops a Police Officer in Service to marry another Police Officer on an Officer cadre.

He never said I’m free to have romantic affairs.

Members of the public are implored to disregard the story in its entirety. The Inspector General of Police is not distracted.

CSP JIMOH MOSHOOD

Force Public Relations Officer.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/ig-never-said-im-free-romantic-affairs-policewoman-police/

You forgot that Saint Buhari did the same thing during his certificate scandal. Nigeria should just exercise little patience, Nigeria does not belong to Buhari and his fulani brothers it's just a matter of time. If we overcome IBB and Abacha Buhari case is a small case

All this pastors are criminal hiding under religion