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front page pls! Some ppl will come here to talk thrash about Amaechi!

Demdem2:

Amaechi has never and he has publicly stated it. If u know of anyone that has given him such, say it for all to hear or shut ur trap.

Good one!

KwoiZabo:
The last time I checked all previous president had Inec Chairmen that are not from their zones

Really? You sure say you check well well so? abeg check again! Start from President Obasanjo!

melvinjames:
Check the bombshell from SR.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2970272_saharareporterssaharareporterstwitter20151017201841_pngade01ce1023088f9f85af6c36cef051c


https://mobile.twitter.com/SaharaReporters/status/655441377396957184

So was it only Falana that was asked to see the "Kaduna" man? Or were the rest 36 also asked to do same? Or maybe it was only done to Yoruba nominees? Oops sorry forgot that many other nominees from the South West were screened!

BTW, in which list was Falana's name? Maybe OP or SR list!

Una no get work!

LastSurvivor:
Selective fight of corruption is in its own a form of corruption.. How can DSS arrest akpabio while the petition submitted against amechi n fashola are being ignored..
crazy country

Buhari goes after Saraki, you complain that he is interfering with the Legislature. He goes after Akpabio you call it selective. Na wa for you oo!

If he goes after Ameachi you will be the first to shout that he is going after only South-south people. If he goes against Tinubu, you will shout that he always has hatred for South West.

This Wailing na disease ooo!

ECOTERRORS:
that is how you need to see Prophet Mohammed death certificate before we ll belive if that peadophile reaLly existed

How this your statement take relate to the topic. Abeg park well!

Am interested but stay in lokoja. The price might be a little high

maestroferddi:
What a lame way to chicken out of a discussion!

You hate Chamberlain's guts because he is Igbo and instead of being man enough to be direct, you decided to type nonsense of his being over-hyped.

The problem of people like you is the inability to grow beyond primordial considerations. We are all praising Seun Okinbaloye here because he is good. We don't care where he comes from.

But for misguided elements like you, the rule rather than the exception is to malign and denigrate anyone that has an Igbo or Igbo-looking name.

And you guys are still building castles in the air expecting national advancement while surrendering yourselves willingly to the hostage of tribalism.

Fie on you!

Ha! E pain you well well!

arbitter:
I love how those igbo youths that were chestbeating about how they will fvck this country up if 'Diezani is touched' are suddenly changing their tune to 'Lets not give Buhari credit', As if that changes the fact that their beloved 'daughter' is still in deep shlt and they cant do jack about it.

Heres a thought for you, if this woman is successfully prosecuted EVERYONE in this country (except for you ldiots of course) will give due credit to Buhari and you can write a million epistles about it all you want but NOBODY gives a shlt what you think, they didn't before the elections and they're not about to start now.

Word! That's the damn truth!

TonyeBarcanista:
Go siddon, which EFCC plan alliance? Since when UK don de "plan" alliance with EFCC when Dieziani was not declared wanted nor invited by EFCC? Oga who be small pikin here?

So until you receive information from Cameron that there is collaboration you won't believe. Abeg wailers, step aside Baba dey pass!

K

TonyeBarcanista:
Let me start this piece by stating that the arrest and ongoing investigation of Mrs Alison Diezani Madueke by the United Kingdom Crime Agency is a welcome development. I shall continue to support public officers to answer to any allegation against them irrespective of political affiliation, religion or ethnic group. This article however is meant to clear the air on who is to take credit before supporters of president Buhari and APC accord the glory to Buhari.

UK Crime Agency Should Take Credit For Alison's Arrest:
The arrest of Allison was done by the UK Crime Agency acting on their own investigation, which only God know when they started. The EFCC never demanded for Alison's arrest, it was 100% UK initiative. In fact, the UK Crime Agency had to confirm that they started investigating Diezani since 2013 when Buhari was still in opposition http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/190970-we-started-investigating-alison-madueke-since-2013-uk-national-crime-agency.html

Why It Is Wrong To Credit Buhari:
The arrest of Madueke is not the first to be done by the UK government. Recall on September 16, 2005 the UK Police arrested then Governor Diepreye Alamesiegha for money laundry www.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4253362.stm. The glory of that arrests that eventually led to his impeachment and imprisonment went to the UK and not Obasanjo's administration. The glory that went to Obasanjo was that it was his government that prosecuted him after he fled the UK- though he(Alams) was rather given a slap on the wrist. He still wanted in the UK

In May 2010, UAE authorities arrested James Ibori on the request of British Authorities after he had fled Nigeria due to being on the wanted list of the UK (2007) and Nigeria/EFCC (2010). Nevertheless, the credit went to the british authoritÍes and not President Goodluck Jonathan who had earlier ordered EFCC and Onovo-led police to arrest him. www.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8680569.stm
www.saharareporters.com/2010/05/12/james-ibori-arrested-dubai

Buhari Is Not Sincere With Anti-corruption
Since coming to power Buhari has been making probe rhetoric and has never shown the will. In fact, he has been drinking and eating with alleged corrupt officials like Amaechi, Atiku, Tinubu etc. Obasanjo in his letter once dared Atiku Abubakar to travel to the USA and see if he won't be arrested. Buhari is also yet to take action over the alleged corruption of Fashola as highlighted by Governor Ambode. In fact, the only case that's on the prosecution line is that of Saraki, which we all know was precipitated by political disagreement and not really because Buhari want to fight corruption. Buhari withdrew the EFCC's N2,8billion case against Sylva and even gifted him ticket for Bayelsa governorship election. In fact, Sylva was with Buhari during the Oct 1st celebration. Another is the case of Abubakar Audu, a right-hand man of Buhari since his ANPP days who despite his corruption case was gifted the ticket for Kogi governorship poll.

I make bold to state that the british would have arrested Diezani irrespective of who is in power. It is a shame that our so-called government cannot do things themselves but rely on the UK lead. Unfortunately, the properties and monies that will be seized will be added to the treasury of the Brits and their allies.

Finally, if Buhari want to fight corruption, he should start from home and we all shall support him. There are lots of ex-Govs, Senators and other public officials that has lots of indictment and cases to answer. He can't take the glory of another country! For now, he is yet to prove his hype.



May God Bless Us All

This is from a CERTIFIED WAILER! Executive Director, WAILERS FOUNDATION OF NIGERIA

sarutobie:
I know you are getting peanuts from it..but I will advise you to get a steady job.

You are so wrong my brother! I witch hunt treasury looters PRO BONO!

onatisi:
bravo,well done keep twisting all the details . We have a president who has travelled to almost 10 countries of the world all in the name of seeking help and assistance in order to crush a brutal rebellion that has left millions of ppl homeless ,and thousands dead. And in your own infinite wisdom it is very intelligent and responsible for that same government to refuse to partake in a conference by the UN on how to tackle the issue ,when other nations who aren't even half as affected as Nigeria even participated. And yet you are trying yo defend buhari when even the organizers acknowledge that they sent invitation to Nigeria. So who should be number one country at that conference if not nigeriA. All these attitude of buhari has now fully shown that he has a hidden agenda about boko haram and he is not too interested in finishing them off. You can defend buhari as much as u like but if your baby or wife had been blown to shreds and pieces by one of boko haram bombs and you had buried them with your hands you wont be defending this irresponsible attitude of buhari

Funny how you and your PT throw around accusations. All I said was that Nigerian govt reserves the right not to attend any event where they were not consulted. You can't shave my head behind my back (apologies). The Presidency said the meeting was not on their official list. If you think otherwise, bring proof!

PT should have gotten a list of official meetings by our UN representative office and if we see the meting there listed then we conclude that PMB refused to attend such meeting and we then crucify him!

Until then....

sarutobie:
Are you one of the praise singing sycophants?

For sure! Praise singing sycophant for witch hunting treasure looters!

Abi you bi one or them or your family member be one?

Adesiji77:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/youre-my-father-student-no-im-not-please-ex-lawmaker/ lalasticlala

There is too many inconsistencies in the story. Is the boy 21 pr 23 yrs old? When did the mother get pregnant for the ex lawmaker 29 yrs ago?

I smell set up here!

Need for more interrogation for the woman!

sarutobie:
there you are mistaken, they are not "gullible"..Most of them are on a payroll..so good or bad they are here and there to sing praises like the sycophant they are.

Come wetin you smoke? You think everyone is like you!

kITATITA:
You have to understand how things work at the UN. The general assembly of heads of government is the purpose of the trip. Other UN agencies, governments and influential bodies would utilize the opportunity offered by high level government delegations to schedule meetings on the sideline. NO government attends all meetings she's invited to. Such government must chose as a matter of priority which to attend. Nigeria chose not to attend the meeting in question which doesn't fall within the official purpose of the trip.

Good talk. No mind these PeeDeePee feefel! Wailers international!

shalomm:
you get sense at-all?

Not at all! Was hoping to borrow some from you!

mexzzy47:
like seriously did u really typed this rubbish...... #CommonSenseUnoGet

Yes my oga and that rubbish says if you accuse someone of lying, make sure you have evidence. What PT stated was hearsay. Hope you get it

luche90:
Margaret Bassher of the UN was interviewed by Garba Umar of ChannelsTV newstrack today. She confirmed that the meeting was official and that the President was scheduled to be at the meeting. She was bemused at the fact that the President CANCELLED his appearance at the meeting shortly before it commenced.

You are still not getting my point. the politics at UN is very much alive, and every govt plays it's card according to how it perceives it. PMB is not a dumb person and certainly not surrounded by dumb people. If he says it was not official, it simply means who ever convened the meeting did not consult Nigeria and as such, he owed them nothing if he fails to attend

emerged01:
http://www.leadership.ng/news/463449/cct-trial-fresh-cracks-in-sarakis-camp

Lie! Lie! Lie! The last part about US diplomat is a bloody lie! Saraki's case was one of the issues that was presented to Buhari by the US administration. They want PMB to go after him.

mexzzy47:
Contrary to claims by the Nigerian presidency that a meeting at the 70th United Nations General Assembly to discuss the humanitarian crisis posed by the activities of the Boko Haram terrorist group was unofficial, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today that the meeting is a “high-level” one convened as one of the most important events of the ongoing United Nations annual summit in New York.

The meeting tagged “High Level Event on the Lake Chad Basin” held Friday at the Conference Room 1 of the United Nations headquarters in New York.

It was convened by Stephen O’Brien, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General of Humanitarian Affairs and held as part of the of the UN Sustainable Development Summit, which opened Friday.

“The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, is an arm of the United Nations secretariat and a meeting organised by it on an issue threatening Nigeria’s existence cannot be described as unofficial,” said a respected Nigerian diplomat who requested not to be named so as not to anger the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

The diplomat believes President Buhari should request Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Joy Ogwu, to explain why her office failed to identify the meeting as one of the key ones Nigeria should have attended at the ongoing summit.

“This is definitely a diplomatic blunder,” the diplomat said. “It portrayed us as an unserious country and the President should bring culpable officials to book rather than offer tepid excuses.”

Reuters was first to report the Nigeria’s non attendance at the meeting convened to principally discuss an issue affecting Nigeria the most.

“But while the radical Islamist militants operate out of Nigeria and U.N. aid chief Stephen O’Brien said that is where most people have been displaced by their attacks, Nigeria did not send anyone to the United Nations event,” Reuters reported. “U.S. and European Union diplomats said they were disappointed that Nigeria did not attend the event chaired by O’Brien on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.”

The Nigerian presidency, in a statement Saturday, however, claimed that “The meeting at which Nigeria was reportedly absent was not one of the official events of the United Nations for which President Muhammadu Buhari and his modest delegation are in New York”.

But contrary to attempts by the government to downplay the importance of the meeting and portray it as low level engagement, organisers and diplomats say the gathering was one of the most important meetings concerning the destructive militancy and terrorism ravaging Nigeria and its neighbours.

Aside top UN and EU officials, as well as heads of international nongovernmental organisations who participated, the meeting was also attended by the Prime Minister of Niger, Brigi Rafini and Chad’s Foreign Minister, Moussa Faki Mahamat.

A brochure of the meeting listed “High level representation from the government of Nigeria” among the panelists expected to speak at the meeting.

Due to its importance, the meeting was also broadcast on official UN online television and radio channels.

At the meeting, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. O’Brien reminded the world to pay attention to the Lake Chad Basin, now an epicentre of “violence and terror” where children as young as six-years old have been used as suicide bombers and the scene of the fastest-growing displacement crisis in Africa.

“A quarter of a million people have fled across borders,” told the high-level meeting. “Many have walked hundreds of kilometres from Nigeria to Cameroon, Chad and Niger, in the most appalling conditions.”

Mr. O’Brien, appealed to countries in the region to give relief workers access to those in need and also called for urgent financial contributions to the under-funded operations.

“If we disregard the huge scale of humanitarian needs, we could all pay a high price,” he said.

Describing the people in the Lake Chad Basin, which straddles Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, as “some of the poorest and most resilient in the world,” the top UN humanitarian official said “now the region has also become an epicentre of violence and terror.”

“The emergence of Boko Haram has pushed them over the edge,” he said. “Over the past five months, a sharp increase in attacks by Boko Haram has uprooted 500,000 children, bringing the total number of children on the run in northeast Nigeria and neighbouring countries to over 1.4 million.”

He described the “appalling impact on women and children, who are being abducted, abused, raped, exploited, trafficked, and forced to work as porters and lookouts,” and “children as young as six years old have been used as suicide bombers.”

“With so many other humanitarian crises on the international agenda, we hear relatively little about the horrors taking place in the Lake Chad Basin,” he said. “And yet this is the scene of the fastest-growing displacement crisis in Africa, with 2.3 million people forced from their homes since May 2013.”

Mr. O’Brien warned that the future of the region, where business activity is reportedly down by 80 percent, “looks even bleaker, as farmers are unable to tend their fields and trade in some areas is at a standstill.”

UN agencies like the World Food Programme, the UN refugee agency and the UN Children’s Programme (UNICEF) echoed Mr. O’Brien in presenting a grim humanitarian picture of the region and appealing for greater international support to their efforts to reach those in desperate need.

As a fallout of the meeting the Nigerian government dismissed as “unofficial”, the United States announced $6.8 million in funding for regional aid efforts....


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/190652-fact-check-nigerian-govt-lied-un-meeting-it-failed-to-attend-not-unofficial.html

morning...

So please how did you know it was "official"?. You saw the invitation letter? How did you know that the PMB govt deliberately refused to attend. What if there was an omission or commission in inviting the Nigerian govt to the meeting.

killerman47:
Please help... i'm 27 but loving a 17yr old girl... is this normal? Is the age difference too much? Can we work something out?

For the records, I'm done with school, working and self sufficient; while she's about getting into school...

Honest suggestions needed pls...

Bros its not normal at all! Wetin you won workout with a 17 year old? She is barely able to understand her sexuality not to talk of understanding your advances. Pls grow some brains and leave her alone. If in 10 years time she and you still dig it, then go for it. But now dont do a SANI YERIMA on her pls!

By the way, wetin this ya name dey do with a 17 year old girl sef? "killerman47"? haba!

Ikengawo:
His first administration was the most regionally and ethnically (Hausa-Fulani) bias in the history of Nigeria. I know many are ready to defend Buhari at the expense of their dignity and their life so please permit me to ask..


Has buhari appointed a single non-northerner?

As it stands all his appointees to date have been from the north. The only states he has yet to visit Northern. He has visited Kanuri Chad and Hausa Niger. I know Buhari has defenders so I'm asking them for answers.

What is wrong with you people? How many appointments has the man made that you are crying foul foul. 2 aides and then what? The Service Chiefs are still intact, including the Police Chief! You no see that one abi!

INEC has no substantive head yet or is it the Acting woman that is causing all this vein standing?

Na wa ooo!

Takim107:
How is our relationship with God?, my pastor was kidnapped on a Saturday and got release on a Friday with no scratch..He didn't even give them their demands, strengthen your relationship with God..We shall be in the mist of our enemies they won't by any means harm us...RIP 2 the dead.

So the dead man didnt know God abi? Or he was a Sinner that was why he was kidnapped and killed ko? ok no problem! You are as guilty as the people who committed this crime! so insensitive!

Stellaodoni1:
Yesterday Sahara Reporters published the UK Passport of Senate president Bukola Saraki on their Facebook page, claiming he's not a
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Nigerian citizen. Well, Facebook has taken down the photo and have threatened to unpublish Sahara Reporter's page if not careful

Saraki has murdered sleep, and shall sleep no more!

chrisxxx:
I am 38 my girlfriend is 18 what is the difference? Bros go ahead but ensure u marry her.

So you still dey do girlfriend and boyfriend at 38? Nna nawa oo! And she is 18? Technically the age of your daughter? Guy borrow yourself sense

She gave you green light, meaning what? So you parked at the traffic light of a 16 year old girl waiting for green light abi! The thunder way go strike you still dey trek from sambisa forest! Yeye man!

If you still get attracted to 16 year old girls now then you go soon end up like Yerima the pedophile!

At this age you should be looking to find a life partner not a child that is still confused about her body and sexuality.

Leave that girl alone oooo!

This is getting out of hand. What is happening to my state

socialmediaman:
On point. Just wanna add, he's a role model and a hero to mediocres, slowpokes and opportunists...

guy u baaad!

Change has come indeed! Even if the narratives if our idiocy. Before now the headline would have read something like this : "suspected fulani herds men dressed as soldiers massacre over 30 Christians in a village in Plateau state."!

Change has indeed come to Nigeria! Sai baba!