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lozanni:
If its Abia, you better go. There are multinational firms like Nigerian Breweries, Unilever, PZ etc in Aba, though its a pity about the state of roads there.
You must be from the north for wishing for Taraba (rolls wide open eyes).

The Federal Government is set to execute
its new plan to safeguard the waterways
and oil pipelines. The Presidency is believed to have
directed the Police and the Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
to quit the job for some companies, which
have been signed on by the government. The companies are owned by some former
Niger Delta militants and prominent
citizens. They include Government
Tompolo; Mujaheedin Asari-Dokubo and
Chief Bipobiri Ajube (aka Gen. Shoot-At-
Sight). There is also founder of the Oodua
Peoples Congress (OPC) Dr. Frederick
Fasehun who said last night that his
company was being considered for the
multi-billion naira contract. The OPC National co-ordinator, Otunba
Gani Adams, who is also said to be part of
the deal, declined comments last night,
saying he was at a meeting. The takeover is said to be with effect from
March 16. According to a source, seven companies
have been allocated “regions” or
operational areas as follows: Egbe Security
River One (Bayelsa); Gallery Security
(Mosinmi -Ore); Close Body Protection
(Edo State); Adex Energy Security(Rivers) ; Donyx Global Concept(Lagos and Ogun);
Oil Facilities Surveillance-(Delta) and New
Age Global Security (Mosinmi-Ibadan). The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) will coordinate the
jobs. Details of the deal are sketchy as only few
in government are in the picture. A source said: “The so-called new deal for
the protection of waterways has not been
made known to members of the Federal
Executive Council, unlike in the past. “Maybe this is an ad hoc arrangement to
achieve a political purpose because some
ex-Niger Delta militants on January 24 met
at the Government House, Yenagoa and
vowed to declare war if President
Goodluck Jonathan does not win the March 28 election. “Asari Dokubo specifically said: “We are
going to war. Every one of you should go
and fortify yourself.” Responding to a question, the source
added: “These former Niger Delta militants
are benefiting from all manner of pipeline
protection contracts. “Apart from being on retainership with
NIMASA, I am aware that in 2009, a former
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot
Ekaette presented a memo on December
2, 2009 to the Federal Executive Council
for the award of the N1.8billion Kurutie Shoreline Protection and Reclamation
contract. “A company, KFT Kpudoh, allegedly
owned by Tompolo and another called
Phoenica Nigeria Limited, bid for the said
contract.” Based on the advice of the Bureau of
Public Procurement, after a thorough
technical audit, the Shoreline Protection
and Reclamation Contract was awarded to
Phoenica Nigeria Limited by FEC. But the
award of the contract to Phoenica fetched Akaette death threats. The government
later reviewed the contract.” A source in Warri, Delta State, said the
contract for pipelines in Delta State would
be executed by Oil Field Surveillance
Limited, the same company, which had
previously handled it. It is owned by
Tompolo. “What I was told is that it has been
awarded for Delta, Edo, Ondo, Bayelsa,
Rivers, Lagos and Ogun states. Like the
one of Lagos State, I learnt it’s being
anchored by Dr Frederick Fasshun and
that it’s going to commence on Monday,” the source said. The NSCDC Deputy Commandant General
in charge of Operation, Evans Ewuurum,
said the corps was yet to receive any
circular on the contracts. Nigeria has been battling with huge
revenue due to vandalism of oil and gas
pipeline. The Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral
Usman Jibrin, recently disclosed that
Nigeria had been losing an estimated
100,000 barrels of crude oil valued at
N1.18 billion daily to oil thieves. This amounts to an annual loss of N433.62
billion. The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu
Nebo, said pipeline vandalism led to
shortage of gas for firing power plants. The electricity market, which has 5,500MW
installed capacity now generates an
average of 3,575.85MW following paucity
of gas as vandals who always strike
whenever the sector is about to hit
4,500MW”.

Abdullah007:
APC LIE LIAR MUHAMMAD


APC WITCHCRAFT BROOM CARRYING PARTY

The Schizophrenic demented sick Pa Buhari is a terrorist, deranged old brainless super clueless bastard
Apc is boko haram
Thiefnu.bu is a pedophile drug dealer and a cocain sniffer property seized in the usa for his drug deals.

Buhari can only be president in sambisa and shekau would hand over to him with his forged result.

Osinbajo is fake and a loafer

Amechi and Fashola are errand boys

Ambode new recruit errand boy


Buhari boko haram spiritual head

Atiku and Thiefnu.bu boko haram sponsor


BUHARI Abacha is not corrupt and did not steal .


Muslim brotherhood party APC is the Nigerian version of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Party? Check out this: 1. Party Leader - North: Gen Muhammadu Buhari (Muslim). 2. Party Leader - South: Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Muslim). 3. National Chairman: Abdulkareem Bisi Akande (Muslim). 4. Deputy National Chairman: Aminu Bello Masari (Muslim). 5. National Secretary: Tijjani Musa Tumsah (Muslim). 6. Deputy National Secretary: Nasir El-Rufai (Muslim). 7. National Publicity Secretary: Lai Muhammad (Muslim). 8. National Treasurer: Sadiya Umar Faruq (Muslim) 9. National Financial Secretary: Alhaji Shaibu Musa (Muslim). 10. National Youth Leader: Abubakar Lado (Muslim). 11. National Legal Adviser: Muiz Banie (Muslim). 12. National Deputy Auditor: Bala Jibrin (Muslim). 13. National Women Leader: Sharia Ikeazor (Muslim convert). 14. EX-officio Member: Muniru Muse (Muslim). 15. EX-officio Member: Alhaji Yemi Sanusi (Muslim). Yet, these people want us to believe they are PROGRESSIVES and that APC is a national party. I think APC has a hidden religious agenda..Be guided people!

The All Progressives Congress has
described as callous, morbid and
insensitive the comments made by
President Goodluck Jonathan that the
Chibok girls are still alive because Boko
Haram would have displayed their bodies if they had been killed. In a statement in Lagos on Saturday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, the party​ said​ it found the
comment “deeply offensive to human
sensibilities” rather than providing hope
and succour for the traumatised parents of the girls. It said a key role of Presidents everywhere
in times of tribulations and tragedies was
to offer hope and be the Consoler-in-
Chief, not to make statements that would
deepen the suffering and sorrow of
victims. APC said one would have expected a
President to speak on the basis of
actionable intelligence, not some “twisted,
melancholic and offensive logic.” The party said the statement played on
the fears of the parents of the girls and
indeed of all Nigerians concerning the
fate of the girls, who had been held in
captivity for over 300 days, “with an
impotent government” unable to rescue them. It said all that the parents of the girls as
well as all concerned people around the
world had wanted to know was what the
Jonathan Administration was doing to
bring the girls home safely​ and as soon as
possible, “not a depressing statement about their bodies being displayed via a
video by Shekau if they had been killed.” The opposition party asked Jonathan to
borrow a leaf from his Chadian
counterpart, who came across as being
very “presidential” in his comments on
Shekau, when he said, ”It is in Abubakar
Shekau’s interest to surrender, we know where he is. If he refuses to give himself
up, he will suffer the same fate as his
comrades.” It said the Chadian President’s statement​
also​ contradicted the earlier claim by the
Nigerian authorities that Shekau had been
killed at least twice, the last of which was
backed up with a ‘pictorial evidence’. APC added, ”The Shekau that President
Deby was referring to is the same Shekau
that the Jonathan-led administration
claimed to have killed at least twice, and
the same Shekau the same administration
is now seeking to capture alive. ”Mr. President (Jonathan), how many
Shekaus do you want to kill or capture?
Or is there a Shekau that is known only to
your administration?”

www.punchng.com/news/jonathans-comment-on-chibok-girls-callous-insensitive-apc/

It was a fun filled football match on Wednesday evening at the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta when a team led by former president Olusegun Obasanjo of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library slugged it out with a team of Ogun State Government led by the governor Senator Ibikunle Amosun. At the end of the novelty match which was to commemorate the 78th birthday of Obasanjo, OOPL team beat the state government team 2-1. The two goals were scored by Obasanjo while the Special Assistant to the governor
on Special Duties scored the only goal for the government team. The first half of a 60-minute of play was goalless, as both team lost scoring chances. Obasanjo who displayed some dexterity on the field of play lost about four scoring chances. But the OOPL team rebound in the second half with players such as Prof. Akin Mabogunje, 88-year-old Dr. Femi Olopade, and one of aides of the former president, Vitalis among others, gave the Amosun-led team a tough time. Mabogunje was a capable hand in goal. Helping the Amosun’s team on the defensive, were the secretary to the state government, Adeoluwa Taiwo, and the state chief of staff, Prof. Ganiu Olatunde among others. The Five-a-Side match ended with Obasanjo, Amosun and Mabogunje winning golden boots, Most Valuable Player and Golden Gloves awards respectively

www.punchng.com/sports/obasanjo-scores-two-goals-in-birthdays-match/

The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Nigerian government of planning to deposit a large
sum of money into the bank account of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, in order to frame one of its leaders, Bola Tinubu. The Spokesperson of the APC, Lai Mohammed, who addressed a press conference Wednesday in Lagos, made the claim. APC said the goal of the plot was to use that as a reason to sack Mr. Jega so that he will not preside over the rescheduled elections slated for March 28 and April 11. “There is a plot to transfer a humongous amount of money into the bank account of the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, and then claim that the money came from Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC in order to justify the ongoing plan to sack Prof. Jega so he won’t organize the elections,” he said. He also said that beyond Mr. Jega, there are plans to credit the bank accounts of some key national institutions in the country with huge amounts of money purportedly from the APC, ostensibly to compromise those institutions. Mr. Mohammed added that despite repeated claims to the contrary, the government is truly working hard to truncate the conduct of the elections. To this end, the APC spokesperson said the government plans to use some political parties that he said, are satellites of the ruling PDP, to push for the postponement of the elections again. “The plot is to get the parties to address a press conference to say the elections should not hold in the North-east until September 2015 because of the ongoing counter-insurgency battle there. “The intention is to make sure Jega’s tenure expires before the polls, so that they can appoint a malleable card- carrying member of the PDP as INEC Chair to conduct the polls,” he said. He also said there is a plan to use the security agencies to intimidate key opposition leaders as well as the Nigerian Communications Commission and telecommunications service providers to disrupt voice and data transmission, especially in APC strongholds, on Election Day. He said top on the list of the security agencies to be used against the opposition is the State Security Service, SSS, which will be used to compel all Resident Electoral Commissioners in the 36
states and the Federal Capital Territory - Abuja to hand over the names and telephone numbers of all INEC’s regular and ad hoc staff who will conduct the elections, as part of the Jonathan Administration’s rigging plans. “It is no longer news that a signal has been sent to all state commands of the DSS (SSS) to get the list of all INEC Returning Officers and Adhoc Staff before March 10th. “There is also the ongoing illegal recruitment of over 500 new cadets into one of the country’s security outfits, 50 per cent of whom are from the home state
of the outfit’s top brass, in violation of the provisions of the Constitution, especially as the recruitment does not reflect the Federal Character,” he said. Mr. Mohammed said nocturnal meetings are being held between various heads of national security agencies and the leadership of the PDP to undermine the coming elections; adding that the Presidency has retained the services of two Israelis and a Belgian who are currently holed up in the Aso Rock Villa to hack and corrupt INEC computers on election day, with the trio having already been paid 25 percent of their contract fees upfront. Another accusation from the APC is that there is an ongoing effort to compromise the card reader, which Mr. Mohammed said, the Jonathan administration sees as inimical to its rigging plans. “Huge funds are being provided for retired and serving security personnel to buy up PVCs, with the hope that they can be used once the card reader is compromised,” he said. He recalled a case in court that sought to declare the use of the card readers in the forthcoming elections unconstitutional. “In the days leading up to the elections, the Jonathan Administration is planning to give the opposition the Ekiti treatment by massively arresting key opposition leaders, with a view to destabilizing their ranks, putting them away and paving the way for a free rein of their rigging agents. “Towards this end, thousands of signed blank detention orders have been procured. “As part of the plan to implicate our leaders, illegal substances may be put into their checked-in luggage during local and international flights. That is why we are calling on our leaders to travel only with their carry-on baggage,” Mr. Mohammed said. He also said the detailed plans by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration and the PDP are part of the
massive intelligence the APC are receiving daily from “patriotic” Nigerians, within and outside the government, who, he said, are eager to see the conduct of a free, fair, credible and violence-free elections that will catapult Nigeria to the league of truly democratic nations. “We have decided to share the information we are receiving with Nigerians because we believe that no power is strong enough to stop a people who are determined to effect change in the way and manner they are being governed, and that the ultimate power resides in the people. “We have no doubt that the information will fortify the local and international observers who are coming for the elections, in addition to enhancing the vigilance of the citizenry before, during and after the polls,” he said.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177918-nigerian-govt-plans-to-deposit-huge-sum-into-jegas-account-apc.html

The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said over 400 clergymen in the state shared money offered as bribe to the Christian Association of Nigeria by the Peoples Democratic Party to support President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 presidential election. The party, in a statement on Sunday, said some of the pastors drawn mostly from the Pentecostal bloc of the association, got between N50, 000 and N2 million from
the N7 billion CAN allegedly received from the PDP and Mr. Jonathan. It, however, praised the Edo State chairman of CAN, Peter Imasuen, for not participating in the sharing of the largesse. A Borno-based pastor, Kallamu Musa- Dikwa, recently alleged that President Jonathan, who is also the candidate of the PDP for the March 28 election, gave the Christian body N7 billion to support him. The clergyman, a former associate pastor with E.Y.N. Church in Maiduguri, said the money was routed through the national secretariat of CAN, which in turn shared N3 million each to its state branches. Mr. Musa-Dikwa, who is who is the Executive Director, Voice of Northern Christian Movement, spoke in Kaduna a few weeks after the Governor of Rivers State and Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chibuike Amaechi, said the pastors were given N6 billion to back Mr. Jonathan. The CAN has since denied the allegation. The APC said on Sunday in the statement by its spokesperson, Godwin Erhahon, that
an insider in the Christian body revealed to it at the weekend in Benin City how the money was shared. It said “over four hundred pastors in Edo State, majority of whom are of the Pentecostal churches, shared from the bribe with some of them getting between five hundred thousand and fifty thousand naira each.” It added that “a few others from the so- called super churches received as much as
two million naira each because they claimed that their churches have more members.” The party said it was informed that while the national leadership of CAN disbursed N4 billion to its branches, it kept back N3 billion and left an instruction that Catholic
churches be left out of the largesse from the PDP It said some of the bishops in Edo State were dissatisfied with the “greedy manner” their bosses shared the money. The APC said it could reveal authoritatively that Mr. Imasuen was one of the state chairmen of CAN “who were godly and patriotic enough to reject the bribe which was given to Christian leaders to campaign for President Jonathan and condemn APC Presidential Candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari.” The party also claimed that one of those who participated in the sharing of the money was already finding ways to make peace with Mr. Buhari. PREMIUM TIMES could not reach Mr. Imasuen to speak on the APC claim. However, Mr. Erhahon said on phone, Sunday, that its claim was authentic as some of the clergymen in Edo State confirmed the offering of bribe to the CAN

www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/south-south-regional/177750-how-edo-pastors-shared-n7-billion-pdp-bribe-apc.html

Chigold101:
are u now sugesting that when we watch something from tv we should copy it and pest as a link or source? Am just asking oh

AKPARAJA:
Gbajabiamila used to be a sound person and my own until Tinubu brainwashed him.How can a man of that level of education describe Ihedioha as deputy speaker of PDP.imagine what will happen if GMB wins which will be in another planet.
GMB refused to partake in a debate here but choose to address the CHATTAM house who doesn't know him or understand him.GMB remember to branch at Cambridge to pick d original copy of ur WASC since the original is with the Nigerian Army

BabaO2:
No one hate anybody, we only need competent and sound mind to be president not president in training for 6 years and nothing to show for it. Never again stooge to Edwin Clark.

alaoeri:
What really happened was Gbajabiamila addressed Emaka as deputy speaker of PDP & Tambuwal cautioned him to retract the statement which he did & also stated he is speaker of federal republic of Nigeria & not a certain political party.

A mild drama took place on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday when Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal raised the hands of three of his colleagues
who, like him, are contesting for governorship seats in their respective states
Tambuwal is the governorship candidate of the APC in Sokoto State. He raised the hands of the Deputy Speaker of the House, Emeka Ihedioha and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who are seeking for governorship on the platform of the PDP in Imo and Enugu states respectively.
The other lawmaker is Dakuku Peterside of APC, who is the party’s governorship candidate in Rivers State.
Dakuku first went to Tambuwal for a private discussion when suddenly the speaker called on Ihedioha and Ugwuanyi to be part of the meeting. When they arrived, Tambuwal stood up and raised their hands, as they all laughed jokingly and their other colleagues on the floor joined them.
Soon after that, six other Reps that are contesting the Senate tickets in their states went to meet Tambuwal for the same treatment and he raised their hands also. Expectedly, the laughter continued. Those concerned included Minority Whip Samson Osagie, John Enoh, Abubakar Momoh, Uche Ekwunife and others.
But minority leader Femi Gbajabiamila came up jokingly with a point of order, saying that they needed to know where Tambuwal belongs, having raised Ihedioha and Ugwuanyi’s (who are of the PDP) hands.
Tambuwal simply replied by saying that his official car’s number plate carries ‘Federal Republic of Nigeria’ and not the logo of any political party. The Speaker added that his party is ‘Federal Republic of Nigeria.’

www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/politics/48175-drama-as-tambuwal-joins-federal-republic-of-nigeria-party

Any request for further extension of the 2015 elections by six months from President Goodluck Jonathan may result in serious bedlam in the House of Representatives, it was learnt yesterday. Members of the House are billed to reconvene tomorrow after embarking on a 5-week break in preparation for the earlier scheduled February polls.
Some members of the House who spoke to Daily Trust yesterday alleged that although Jonathan had said that the May 29 hand-over date is “sacrosanct” plans were afoot to come up with a request based on Section 135 of the constitution so that the National Assembly would extend elections for six months, thereby extending Jonathan’s tenure.
One of the lawmakers told our reporter on phone that some of his colleagues had already started making moves to create an enabling environment for such a request to scale through but added that “we won’t
allow that to happen.
“I can tell you that some of their foot- soldiers among my colleagues have started working towards that. About three people called me this afternoon on this issue, saying we should support it,” said the lawmaker, who pleaded not to be named.
The lawmaker said part of the plan was to woo members with financial inducements “since some of us did not get return tickets, while others are saying that they’ve spent a lot of money during the campaigns, so the six months additional period will give them time to recoup their money.
“My tenure ends on May 29, because that is the mandate given to me by my people. I won’t take part in any illegality, although I have my return ticket,” saying “it’s really a dicey situation we may find ourselves,” he added.
Another lawmaker said no matter the amount of money that might be given, “we will not allow some selfish individuals to truncate our democracy.”
Similarly, House spokesman Zakari Mohammed told Daily Trust on phone that as they reconvene tomorrow, they would do everything possible to see that the new elections dates were adhered to, saying they would not approve any extension.
He said: “Budget will be part of our main focus, but there is need for us to invite all the relevant agencies so that we’ll hold them responsible.”
Asked if the House would endorse polls shift outside May 29, Mohammed said “it’s not possible. Nigeria is not anybody’s estate that they’ll change the rules in the middle of the game. The May 29 date is sacrosanct. We’ll invite all the agencies involved so that there won’t be another shift. It’s not possible to postpone again; we won’t accept that.”
“Let’s see the rationale for that. Let’s listen
to them, but it’s not attractive at all. Whoever that wants to bring any extension now must explain to us the reasons behind that,” said Rep Bimbo Daramola (APC, Ekiti).
“It supposed to be a collective decision. So we are waiting. How can tenure elongation be made when the present administration needs to hand over? The issue is that I am representing my people, once matters like this are tabled, you are allowed to consult your constituency. Your constituents’ decision on the matter will determine your position in the House,” said Rep Jerry Mamwe (SDP, Taraba).

www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/top-stories/47076-reps-set-for-showdown-on-tenure-elongation

holysaint1:
d number of casualties were more than 9.. Heed not to the op's falacy..

Borno State Government has declared
Monday as a work-free day for the
presidential campaign rally of the All
Progressives Congress candidate, Maj. Gen
Muhammadu Buhari(retd.). This announcement was contained in a
statement by the Secretary to the State
Government, Alhaji Ahmed Jidda, which
was made available to journalists in
Maiduguri on Sunday. Jidda said the gesture was to enable
residents of the state to welcome Buhari
to the state for his campaign rally. The statement read, “The Borno State
Government has declared Monday as a
work free day. “The declaration is to enable the people
of the state to welcome the APC
presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu
Buhari, who will arrive Maiduguri on a
campaign visit on Monday.” Jidda called on APC party supporters to
come out en mass to welcome the guests. The SSG added, “Governor Kashim
Shettima has enjoined all Borno residents
to come out en mass and line up the
streets to welcome the Peoples’ General.” Meanwhile preparations have been
finalised to give the presidential candidate
a glorious reception in Borno State. A visit to Ramat Square, which will hold
the campaign rally, on Sunday afternoon
by our correspondent showed that a
massive podium was already in place

www.punchng.com/news/borno-declares-holiday-for-buharis-rally/

Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Sunday sympathised with the government and people of Bayelsa State over the death of some prominent women from the state in a motor accident in Rivers State.

Although the two-paragraph statement by her spokesman, Ayo Adewuyi, did not give the circumstances surrounding the death, an online report said the women, including the wife of the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Elizabeth Oguru, died after a visit to Mrs. Jonathan.

The statement read, “The First Lady, Dame Dr. Patience Faka Jonathan wishes to commiserate with the Government and people of Bayelsa State, over the death of some prominent Bayelsa women in a motor accident around Elele in Rivers State, on their way to Bayelsa. “The First Lady prays the Almighty God to grant the souls of the deceased eternal
rest and the families the fortitude to bear
the irreparable loss.”

The online report said the accident occurred in Ahoada on the East-West Road in Rivers State. It gave the names of others who died in the accident to include Consider Amadi, a former Woman Leader in Ogbia; Clara Abila, a grassroots politician; Immaculate Amasimua, a former Commissioner in the Bayelsa State Civil Service Commission; Zimbra Goma, a former Commissioner for Women Affairs in Bayelsa State; and Hon. Ruby Benjamin, a former member of the House of Assembly representing Brass Constituency 1 of Bayelsa State.

They were said to be returning from Port Harcourt in Rivers State where they had gone on a visit to Mrs. Jonathan. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission in Bayelsa State, Vincent Jack, confirmed the development. Jack spoke with newsmen on the telephone on Sunday. He, however, said only nine persons died in the fire that engulfed the vehicle in which the victims were travelling.

The accident was said to have occurred when the tyre of an oncoming Toyota Sienna exploded and the car rammed into the bus carrying the women. The bus burst into flames immediately. The coaster bus in which the women were travelling was said to have bore the inscription: “Women For Change Initiative,” Mrs. Jonathan’s Non- Governmental Organisation.