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AntiIPOOP:
1. PDP met a bag of rice at less than N2500 in 1999, but left it at N11,000 in 2015 when they left power.
2. PDP met the Dollar at N20 when they came in 1999, but left it at N220 in 2015 when they were leaving.
3. PDP met petrol pump price at N11 when they came in 1999 but left it at N87 when they were leaving in 2015.
4. PDP met a bag of cement at less than N400 but left it at N2000 while they were leaving in 2015.
5. PDP met a tin of milk at N15 in 1999 but left it at N100 when they left in 2015.
6. PDP met only OPC in 1999 but left us with Niger Delta militancy, MASSOB, IPOB, BAKKASI and Boko Haram as at when they left in 2015.
7. PDP was ushered in with a free and fair election in 1999 by the military but they left us with ballot box snatching, rice sharing for campaigns, do-or- die politics, political assassinations, etc...

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Lol strong curse indeed, the Ineffectual Baboon comes to mind

Meanwhile, my chairman is somewhere enjoying the show

HOW MUCH WAS MINIMUM WAGE IN 1999?

the attention of the Nigerian Air Force has been drawn to the latest video released online by the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) group alleging the killing of some of the abducted Chibok school girls by Nigerian Air Force fighter jets. It is pertinent to state that the video is not only a ruse but another mischievous effort by the dying sect to draw public attention to itself. Whereas the video showed a cross section of the abducted girls and an airborne aircraft, it provided no evidence that the supposed casualties were as a result of any air to ground attack. More so, there is sufficient evidence to believe that the casualties were arranged as the positioning of the bodies clearly defiles any natural setting of a location that has undergone aerial bombardment. Besides, the impact and accompanying degree of damage to the bodies would have been more, were they to have died from air strike. It is therefore clear that the video is a make-up story to discredit the NAF, and more importantly, a deliberate effort to weep up sentiment among the public in order to dissuade and discontinue the use of airpower which has proved very effective as the major determinant factor in the successes recorded in the ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the North East.

The NAF has put-in place a number of measures to avoid the incidence of collateral damage. To this end, considerable effort is committed to undertaking Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, both day and night, to ensure that only legitimate military targets are engaged. Besides, NAF ISR platforms carry highly sophisticated equipment on-board which are able to provide pin-point accurate intelligence about target location and description as depicted in the enclosed video on our ISR operations. And where there are doubts about target status, we do not undertake strike missions. In any case, the NAF, being a professional fighting force, has not and will not engage in unprofessional practices in discharging its statutory duties.

The NAF will like to assure Nigerians, living within the vicinity of its operations, of their safety. While urging them also to disregard the BHT video as a mere propaganda, the NAF wishes to use this opportunity to restate its commitment to restoration of peace in the North East and other troubled areas in the country.

You are please required to disseminate this information in your mass media for the awareness of the general public. Thank you for your usual support and cooperation.

AYODELE FAMUYIWA
Group Captain
Director of Public
Relations & Information

Sahara Reporters has not confirmed the information or contents contained in this press release

http://saharareporters.com/2016/08/16/naf-releases-video-claiming-they-did-not-kill-any-chibok-girls

President Muhammadu "no idea" Buhari

President Muhammadu "no idea" Buhari

why you wear your wife shoe?

forever ugly

In bid of making sure that he will fight the anti-craft war and also maintain the economy system, President Buhari has said that his government will harness the power of Nigeria economy and use it in a purposeful way to make sure that the country move forward. ALSO READ: Had Jonathan Won Naira Would Be 1000 Naira To A Dollar – Buhari According to Vanguard, Buhari stated this, while address a keynote at the public presentation of a book, ‘Nigerian Century’ written by Dare Babarinsa at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, the president who was represented by the former ekiti state governor and APC deputy chairman, Segun Oni, said: ALSO READ Diezani Approved $24bn Crude Swap Without Contract – Ex-NNPC GMD “Yes, our land is blessed by providence with riches in oil and gas, iron ore, gold, limestone and almost all the minerals of this earth. “Our soil can grow almost any crop and our vegetation supports animal life as varied as creation can manifest. Our rivers and coast lines are rich with fishes and various kinds of life. Yet, despite these bounties from nature, I have no doubt that the greatest blessings of Nigeria are the people of Nigeria, the wonderful people that give expression to the grandeur and majesty of our beloved country.” ALSO READ Withdraw Troops From Niger Delta Tompolo Warns Buhari “Today, our country has the fastest growing economy in Africa and one of the fastest in the world. Our dominance is not so much because of our wealth, but because of the tremendous energy and resourcefulness of our people. ALSO READ Freeze To Onyeka Onwenu: Even if You Were Sacked For Being Igbo, So What Will You Do!!!” “How many countries of the world can parade the likes of Professor Wole Soyinka, Jay Jay Okocha, King Sunny Ade and Alhaji Aliko Dangote literally under the same roof?”

Read more at: http://www.zubbyblog.com/forget-about-increase-in-dollar-nigeria-has-the-fastest-growing-economy-in-africa/

By Babajide Komolafe

THE Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria, on Tuesday, imposed stamp duty of N50 on bank customers for money received into their accounts.

*File Photo
File: Banking hall
Consequently, bank customers will henceforth pay N50 stamp duty for money received into their accounts via electronic transfer, cash and cheques.

This order was contained in a circular to all Deposit Money Banks and Other Financial institutions titled, Collection and Remittance of statutory charges on receipts of Nigeria Postal Service under the Stamp Duties Act”.

The CBN stated, “As part of efforts to boost its revenue base, the federal government of Nigeria is exploring revenue opportunities in the non-oil sectors especially taxes and rates. It is in recognition of this fact that banks and other financial institutions are enjoined to support government’s revenue drive through compliance with the provisions of the Stamp Duties Act, LFN 2004 as reinforced by the court judgement in Suit No FHC/L/CS/1710/2013. In this regard, the CBN pursuant to the provisions of its enabling laws, hereby issues this circular to all DMBs other financial institutions:

“With immediate effect, all DMBs and other financial institutions shall commence the charging of N50 per eligible transaction in accordance with the provisions of the Stamp Duties Act and Federal Government Financial Regulations 2009, that is, all receipts given by any bank or other financial institution in acknowledgment of services rendered in respect of electronic transfer and teller deposits from N1, 000 and above;

“For all avoidance of doubt the following receipts are however exempted from imposition of stamp duties: payments of deposits or transfer by self to self whether inter or intra bank; and any form of withdrawals/transfers from saving accounts;
It should be noted that these charges are only payable by receiving accounts;

“Each DMB shall open an account designated as NIPOST Stamp Duties Account into which all charges collected shall be paid. The balances in such accounts shall be transferred monthly by the DMBs to CBN NIPOST Stamp Duty Collection Account No. 3000047517;

“Other financial institutions shall remit their Stamp Duty collections to any DMB of their choice.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/fg-imposes-n50-stamp-duty-on-bank-customers/

http://www.budgetoffice.gov.ng/pdfs/2016pro/WORKS%20POWER%20AND%20HOUSING.pdf

he Federal Government’s 2016 Budget details have finally been published. Well, it depends on what and whom you believe; if you’re one of those who believe words emanating from the lie-painted balconies of Aso Rock and/or the National Assembly, you would most definitely be in company of more than 500 men and women (including the President) himself who after embarrassing the country with the news of a “Missing Budget” have decided to take things a few notches higher, to what one can only most recently find in the propagandist and disinformation era of the Soviet Union in the days of Lenin and Stalin, by declaring that we have “two different budgets”.

That being said, I do not view from Aso Rock or the National Assembly, as I think it is filled with a bunch of “Taradiddles” – I view from the website of the Budget Office where a 1,810-page document was posted with the title “Consolidated Appropriation Bill Details 2016”.

“Fellow Nigerians,” the 2016 Budget totals 6,077,680,000,000; 4,475,290,000,000 is the total Recurrent Expenditure, while 1,602,390,000,000 is the total Capital Expenditure. In the coming days, weeks, or even months (it depends on how the spirit leads) I’ll be doing a series on the budget, highlighting areas I think will interest you—let’s say areas I see prospects of being conduits for corrupt dealings, areas I think we should focus more on, and some funny in-betweens.

THE PRESIDENCY

I’ll begin this series with the Presidency. The amount budgeted for the Presidency stands at 39,124,978,811; 19,969,489,292 goes to Recurrent Expenditure while 19,155,489,519 has been set aside for Capital Expenditure.

So as not to confuse the reader, I’ll like to make it a point of note, that the Presidency doesn’t just mean the Office of the President and that of the Vice President. There are numerous agencies that find themselves under the Presidency and they are as follows: State House HQTRS, State House Operations (President, Vice President), Office to the Chief of Staff to the President, Office of the Chief Security Officer to the President, State House Medical Centre, State House Lagos Liaison Office, Office of the senior Special Adviser to the President-MDGs, NIPSS, BPE, NEMA, EFCC, BPP, NEITI, NAEC and Office of the Chief Economic Adviser to the President. I’ll pick items from these agencies to analyse (Note that I might not pick from all agencies).

One thing I noticed under the budget for the State House HQTRS is that 1,832,558,638 is budgeted for ‘Rehabilitation/Repairs-Electricity’. What I want you to understand about this amount is that in the budget of the National Rural Electrification Agency, approximately same amount can be used to electrify 121 communities in Nigeria; 23 communities in Ondo, 15 communities in Lagos, 30 communities in Ogun, 6 communities in Bauchi, 27 communities in Benue, 5 communities in Anambra and 15 communities in Enugu. But yet, this huge sum is what will be used to rehabilitate and repair electricity at the State House HQTRS.

The State House HQTRS also plans to spend 5,746,755,700 to repair and rehabilitate office and residential buildings. As usual, let’s put this into perspective; the Rivers State government House, which is arguably one of the best government houses in sub-Saharan Africa, cost approximately 4,000,000,000 to build and equip. let us also not forget that the State House HQTRS is ‘Repaired/Rehabilitated’ yearly.

There also seems to be a really wonderful relationship between the drafters of the State House HQTRS budget and expensive “Cable connections”. They plan to spend 322,421,971 for the “Linking of Cables to Driver’s Restroom at Villa Admin”. I have never been to the Villa, neither have I been to the “Driver’s restroom at Villa admin”, but they must be watching some pretty interesting shows there (that’s if the cables are meant for cable tv), probably why the drivers are always in a hurry when on our roads, they most definitely want to catch up to a new episode of “Chai! Chai! Diaris god o”. Well, it doesn’t end there. There is also a provision for the “Linking of Cables from Guesthouse NO.9 to Generator House” I have no idea what this is, but a whopping 213,873,953 was budgeted for it. You are probably wishing you were a ‘cable’ right now, but I’m sorry, you aren’t.

On a lighter note, I find it quite befuddling that the total budget for the Vice President (321,797,095) is just a few millions more than ONLY the “Honorarium/Sitting Allowance” for the President (307,644,034). I’m also amused by the fact that the drafters of the budget found it necessary to budget for “Books” for the Vice President, but none for the President. Maybe the President doesn’t read.

The State House Medical Centre budget seemed to be properly made and was going well, till I stumbled upon an item that kept me confused. “Additional Earth Fillings at the Recently Acquired at SHMC” Err don’t ask me what I mean, because that’s exactly what was put in the budget. Despite the line item not making any sense whatsoever, 77,580,000 was earmarked for it. I hope they “amend” that part and probably correct the typo, that’s if it is actually a typo in the first place.

For the Office of the Special Assistant to the President-MDGs, the total budget is put at 124,115,498 which us all meant for Recurrent Expenditure. A calculation of every item on the list puts the total at 110,514,762 which when compared to the total amount being said to be budgeted, leaves a difference of 13,600,736 unaccounted for. Although 13,600,736 might look like a small amount, it shouldn’t stop us from asking where that amount will end up and for what purpose.

In 2015, the NIPSS budgeted 25,545,096 for “Rehabilitation/Repairs-Housing”. In the 2016 budget the President presented to the Senate, that figure was jacked up by over 500% to a rather outrageous 134,353,377. In a period where the President and his team have continued to preach “austerity” and have asked citizens to “tighten your belts”, some figures displayed in the 2016 budget seems more like an insult to Nigerians, with the 500% increase in the line item mentioned above being one of the mildest, of the numerous intelligence/common-sense targeted insults.

One thing that I don’t quite understand with this budget, is why the National Institute For Policy And Strategic Studies (NIPSS) will budget the sum of 294,460,000 for “Research and Development”, more than what the Defence Industry Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), an agency whose mission borders on the manufacturing of arms and ammunitions for our security forces. This shows how poor our “Policy” makers (probably the job of the NIPSS in the first place) are.

The budget for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is put at 1,344,510,145. Note that NEMA says its mission is “to coordinate resources towards efficient disaster prevention, preparation, mitigation and response in Nigeria.” When you read this mission statement and compare with the numerous disasters and the amount given to this agency, it paints a very nice picture of a country that knows what to do, right? But here’s the thing; the capital expenditure from this amount is just 499,297,941. At this point you’re wondering what this amount can achieve considering the task NEMA is saddled with. Now here’s the bombshell; the 499,297,941 set aside for Capital Expenditure was budgeted for “Construction/Rehabilitation of Office Buildings” that’s it! Annoyed yet?

This government has put the fight against corruption on the front burner, and it seems to be the only thing they want to do, even at the detriment of other areas of national development. From the vigour with which this government has pursued alleged corrupt individuals (accompanied by impunity and disregard for the judiciary and the rule of law), you would expect the budget of the EFCC to reflect this stance.

With a budget of 11,222,214,471, a 25% increase from the budget of the previous administration, I felt we were on track. But like I’ve come to see in this 2016 budget, we are very far from the stadium, let alone the track. First, the EFCC plans to spend as much as 407,159,103 for “Local Travel & Transport: Others”, 2,550,003,881 for the “Purchase of Office Buildings”, a separate 77,912,910 for the “Construction/Provision of Office Buildings” and 220,600,000 for the “Purchase of Motor Vehicles”. As ridiculous and hope sapping as these items may seem, nothing beats their lack of thinking than the fact that a meagre sum of 111,043,392 was what was set aside for “Legal Services”. How does the EFCC plan to get the best lawyers, fund, pursue and get good results from cases against politicians and public office holders accused of corruptly enriching themselves with monies running into billions of Naira with this budget? The truth is that, they can’t. The budget for the EFCC is just as unserious and uninspiring as this government.

Fellow Nigerians, the Bureau for Public Procurement with a total budget of 1,951,945,646, and a capital expenditure of 935,576,570 has decided to spend 559,189,312 on “Computer Software Acquisition”. That is over 3000% (Three thousand percent) increase from what was budgeted for same item in the 2014 budget, and almost 700% (Seven hundred percent) increase from the 2015 budget. If this isn’t a waste of public funds and an avenue for corrupt dealings, in a period of low oil prices, I do not know what is.

Well, we’ve come to the end of the first part of this budget series which focused on the Presidency. And as you anticipate the next piece in this series, and try to make sense of this government and what they stand for, let me leave you with a little information that is “terrifyingly alarming” as someone put it: N40, Forty Naira, that is the amount budgeted for the “Rural Electrification of Umuezeala-Nsu, Ehime Mbano LGA, Imo”…It is put as item NREA0101021037 under the National Rural Electrification Agency. Have a wonderful day![font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]

Saatah Nubari is a public affairs commentator. He tweets from @Saatah.

The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author.

http://www.thetrentonline.com/the-massive-waste-and-corruption-in-buharis-presidencys-2016-budget-details/

The whole world is alerted to the new Gestapo by masked ‘military’ men working for the APC and invading communities in Rivers State.

As at this time about 20 military trucks with fully armed masked men are invading communities in ONELGA and arresting villagers and innocent people suspected to be PDP members.

Kreigani and Aligu communities have already been sacked. The Divisional Police Officers for Omoku and Egi as well as the Mopol Unit Commander claim not to be aware of who authorised the invasion. The true identities of the invaders are still unknown. The entire local government area is now in pandemonium.

Just recently, after the last visit of the Minister for Transport to Rivers State, masked men claiming to be Security men have invaded several communities and burnt properties worth several millions of naira. Deaths have also been recorded in these operations.

This is the second invasion of ONELGA. PDP members have come under attack in Abonnema, Ogu/Bolo, Buguma, Port Harcourt, Gokana, Obio Akpor, Emohua, Abua local government areas among others.

The APC in Rivers State has a death squad and it does appear that the Security Services are backing them. The lives of Rivers people are under threat. Anarchy is being invited.

Gift Jackson is a freelance journalist based in Abuja.

http://www.thetrentonline.com/137258-2/

The hard and soft copies of the 2016 budget documents President Muhammadu Buhari handed over to the National Assembly on December 22, 2015, have been declared missing, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report.
The Nigerian Senate was scheduled to commence deliberation on the proposed budget Tuesday (today).
But Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, shocked lawmakers at a closed-door session, when he told them the budget documents had been stolen, people familiar with the matter told PREMIUM TIMES.
Mr. Ndume, our sources said, explained that deliberation on the budget could therefore not begin until fresh copies of the documents were obtained from the presidency, the Ministry of Finance or that of national planning.
The Chairman, Senate Committee of Appropriation, Danjuma Goje, was subsequently mandated to lead a search for the documents and liaise with the presidency, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Ita Enang, and the national planning ministry on the matter.
The Senators also resolved that the matter be kept under wraps, saying making it public could embarrass the presidency, the National Assembly and the country.
Our sources said senators of the Peoples Democratic Party accused the presidency of being behind the theft of the documents, an accusation rejected by their All Progressives Congress’ counterparts, who reportedly said it was too early to speculate.


Some lawmakers told PREMIUM TIMES they are suspicious that the presidency might have colluded with the management of the National Assembly to quietly withdraw the documents after detecting some discrepancies in them.
“Can you imagine this kind of national embarrassment?” one senator asked. “Documents that were presented to us with fanfare have been stolen.”
The spokesperson for the senate, Aliyu Abdullahi,could not been reached for comments. So also is Mr. Goje, the chairman of the appropriation committee.
President Buhari had on December 22,2015 presented a N6.08 trillion budget for the fiscal year 2016 to a joint session of the National Assembly.
It was the first time in three years a Nigerian President would personally present a budget before the National Assembly.
Copies were however not distributed to lawmakers before they proceeded on Christmas and New Year holidays.
But weeks after the budget was presented to lawmakers, there were speculations that Mr. Buhari had withdrawn the documents to enable him to correct some discrepancies, a claim the presidency and the national planning ministry denied.
In the budget, capital expenditure takes N1.8 trillion, marking a significant over 300 per cent increment from the 2015 vote of N557 billion.
According to the estimate, N396billion is voted for education, being the largest sectoral allocation.
The health sector gets N296 billion while defence has N294 billion.

shebi na number we go chop?

[quote author=fineguy11 post=41217750][/quote]Although the owner of the quoted account was not made available by Dasuki’s associates, further investigation by The Trent reveals that the account may be the Access Bank account belonging to [b]President Buhari’s [/b]Personal Assistant (PA), Sabi’u Yusuf.

With the growing list of names of being implicated in $2.1bn arms con­tract scandal involving Sambo Dasuki, the former National Security Adviser,President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant, Sabi’u Yusuf may have been fingered as one of the beneficiaries of the loot by some of Dasuki’s associates.

According to a report on The Sun, some of Dasuki’s associates on Saturday, December 19, 2015 spoke to newsmen threatening to expose proof that those de­nying to have benefitted from the money had collected the amounts ticked against their names.

Speaking further, they expressed shock that some politicians would deny ever having anything to do with the Dasuki when there is proof that they received the mon­ey, threatening to release re­corded video of all transac­tions.

They said: “Some people are shamelessly telling in­defensible lies. We have witnesses and recordings of these visits. A man re­ceived two retired army of­ficers in his private sitting room, called his nephew to collect the bag and would thereafter say he saw noth­ing, heard nothing. This is very laughable.

“How did his nephew who has never worked in his life accumulate over N850 million in his bank account (0045586381) in a new generation bank?

“Let them cover what they think they could, and we would certainly spill the beans for Nigerians to see their hypocrisy.

“All of us would meet in court. But before then if they keep denying, we would release some clips on both YouTube and other forms of social media for the world to see their na­kedness.”

Although the owner of the quoted account was not made available by Dasuki’s associates, further investigation by The Trent reveals that the account may be the Access Bank account belonging to President Buhari’s Personal Assistant (PA), Sabi’u Yusuf.

http://www.thetrentonline.com/dasukigate-buharis-nephew/

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