₦airaland Forum

Are you already writing the obituary for CPC?

change is inevitable

As the nation is about to witness another hand-over(baton change), what is your opinion-should the outgoing public office holders be probed by the in-coming ones? Reasons for or against please.

If the whole idea is to witch-hunt, then it is bad.

I think our Judiciary is now living up to expectations,let's watch and see what becomes of the whole thing if it is already in the court.

yaah, it is true

pray for our dear country nigeria

Akala moves against Alaafin
…Sacks him as Obas Council’s permanent chairman
From YINKA FABOWALE and AMINAT ADEBOWALE, Ibadan
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
• Akala
Photo: Sun News Publishing
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The Oyo State Government yesterday sacked the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as the permanent chairman of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs, with an amendment of the Obas Council’s Law 2000.
Governor Adebayo Alao Akala signed an amendment bill rapidly raised and passed same day yesterday afternoon by the legislators.

At an extraordinary sitting of 18 out of the 32-man Assembly, the legislators revoked the contentious permanency clause in the year 2000 legislation, providing that the office be henceforth rotated among the Alaafin, the Soun of Ogbomosoland and the Olubadan of Ibadanland.

But, the spurious and speedy manner in which the bill was tabled and passed at just one sitting of the House which lasted barely an hour has raised suspicion of a witch-hunt against the Oyo monarch for his alleged role in the defeat of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the just concluded general elections in the state.
The lawmakers last sat on March 22, 2011 and reconvened yesterday with the amendment of the law as their sole agenda for the day.

The Alaafin, who has been in a cold war with Governor Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala over perceived hostile actions against him by the governor is credited with the victory of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the four local governments that make up his domain Atiba, Oyo East, Oyo West and Afijio, where the PDP was completely routed in the National Assembly, governorship and State House of Assembly polls.
In fact, the House Speaker, Moroof Atilola, lost his bid to return to the House on the ticket of his Oyo West-east constituency.

Oba Adeyemi is believed to have favoured and worked covertly for the success of the “broom party,” to settle scores with the Akala regime which also removed his son, Hakeem as Chairman of the Atiba Local Government last year and ostensibly “promoted” a junior chief, the Alago Oja of Oja to the position of an Oba “to rival him.”
But, the House Chief Whip and a member of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Olalekan Ganiyu denied that the PDP dominated Assembly was on a vengeance mission.
In an interview with reporters at the end of yesterday’s session, which was watched by Oyo-born Secretary to the State Government, Chief Olayiwola Olakojo and some journalists from the public and press gallery, the lawmaker said the bill for the amendment of the law had been in the offing for a long time and needed to be addressed by the Assembly before its tenure expired.

According to the new amended bill, section 3(3) provided the “the chairmanship of the council shall be rotated among the Alaafin of Oyo, the Olubadan of Ibadanland and the Soun of Ogbomoso, every two years and in the order specified in Schedule II, whist the Deputy Chairmanship shall be rotated every two years among members listed in Schedule IIA and in the order specified therein.

These are: Olugbon of Orile Igbon; Eleruwa of Eruwa; Okere of Saki and the Aseyin of Iseyin.
Ganiyu had moved the motion shortly after the House began plenary session and the Majority Leader, Waheed Olaniyan announced the amendment as the major issue on the order paper.
Justifying the proposed amendment, Ganiyu traced the principle of rotation to the headship of the council of the Conference of Obas in Southwestern Nigeria in March 1937 where it was agreed that it be rotated to avoid disagreements on issue of seniority among members.

He noted, however, that the emergency of military in power changed the situation as alterations were made depending on the administration.

He remarked that the issue became contentious and resulted in litigation in which the Alaafin and some Obas fought attempted imposition of the Ooni of Ife as permanent chairman in the old Oyo State.
The rotational policy, was, however, restored by the Abdulkareem Adisa regime through the edict of Oct. 30, 1991 which saw the Alaafin and Olubadan enjoying the privilege between 1991 and 1995.
However, this was reversed by the Ike Nwosu administration in 1995, which made both Soun and Olubadan subordinate to Alaafin who was appointed permanent chairman.

“Unfortunately, Nwosu flawed arrangement was erroneously legitimized by the Lam Adesina administration with the publication of Oyo State Gazette No 27, vol. 26 of July 16, 2001. This position has been severely criticized because it has no historical justification,” Ganiyu said, saying since then government had been inundated with resurent agitations and strident clamour for the rotation of the offices, “to correct historical positions of the various communities in the state as well as giving credence to modern trends in the growth of the communities.”
Citing historical authorities, the Chief Whip declared that Ibadan and its ruler were, for instance never vassels to the Alaafin and that it would be incongruous to put him under the Oyo monarch.

Immediately after this Deputy Speaker, Hon. Jelil Adeleke, who stood for the speaker, who was absent, referred the bill to the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs for deliberation and the lawmakers went on a 10-minute recess.
Hon. Tunde Jinadu representing Ibadan North II presented the committee’s report, which affirmed the position of the bill sponsored.

When they returned, then, the bill went through the second and third reading and was unanimously passed.
The passed bill, Daily Sun learnt was later ratified by Governor Alao Akala same afternoon when it was presented to him.
Defending the lawmakers’ action, Ganiyu said: “For over one decade, there have been persistent clamour for sections of the state for this amendment. We must do our job and if we fail to do it, somebody else will do it. If anybody is aggrieved, they can call for amendment if another regime comes in. “There are still other things we are planning to do.”
The Alaafin could not be reached by press time yesterday for his comments. However, his Personal Assistant, Azeez Fehintola said he would get back to Daily Sun when contacted on phone.

But Governor Akala in a terse statement by his media aide, Prince Dotun Oyelade who said that the law takes immediate effect noted that it would be “invidious and shallow for anyone to read political motive to this issue while to our mind, the time is ripe and just.”

ok

It has become a reigning trend to see some men of God as they are called living in Opulence. Is it Right with man of God to own a Jet?How much does a Jet cost? What about the payment for packing space? What about fueling? etc

Akala moves against Alaafin
…Sacks him as Obas Council’s permanent chairman
From YINKA FABOWALE and AMINAT ADEBOWALE, Ibadan
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
• Akala
Photo: Sun News Publishing
More Stories on This Section

The Oyo State Government yesterday sacked the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as the permanent chairman of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs, with an amendment of the Obas Council’s Law 2000.
Governor Adebayo Alao Akala signed an amendment bill rapidly raised and passed same day yesterday afternoon by the legislators.

At an extraordinary sitting of 18 out of the 32-man Assembly, the legislators revoked the contentious permanency clause in the year 2000 legislation, providing that the office be henceforth rotated among the Alaafin, the Soun of Ogbomosoland and the Olubadan of Ibadanland.

But, the spurious and speedy manner in which the bill was tabled and passed at just one sitting of the House which lasted barely an hour has raised suspicion of a witch-hunt against the Oyo monarch for his alleged role in the defeat of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the just concluded general elections in the state.
The lawmakers last sat on March 22, 2011 and reconvened yesterday with the amendment of the law as their sole agenda for the day.

The Alaafin, who has been in a cold war with Governor Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala over perceived hostile actions against him by the governor is credited with the victory of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the four local governments that make up his domain Atiba, Oyo East, Oyo West and Afijio, where the PDP was completely routed in the National Assembly, governorship and State House of Assembly polls.
In fact, the House Speaker, Moroof Atilola, lost his bid to return to the House on the ticket of his Oyo West-east constituency.

Oba Adeyemi is believed to have favoured and worked covertly for the success of the “broom party,” to settle scores with the Akala regime which also removed his son, Hakeem as Chairman of the Atiba Local Government last year and ostensibly “promoted” a junior chief, the Alago Oja of Oja to the position of an Oba “to rival him.”
But, the House Chief Whip and a member of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Olalekan Ganiyu denied that the PDP dominated Assembly was on a vengeance mission.
In an interview with reporters at the end of yesterday’s session, which was watched by Oyo-born Secretary to the State Government, Chief Olayiwola Olakojo and some journalists from the public and press gallery, the lawmaker said the bill for the amendment of the law had been in the offing for a long time and needed to be addressed by the Assembly before its tenure expired.

According to the new amended bill, section 3(3) provided the “the chairmanship of the council shall be rotated among the Alaafin of Oyo, the Olubadan of Ibadanland and the Soun of Ogbomoso, every two years and in the order specified in Schedule II, whist the Deputy Chairmanship shall be rotated every two years among members listed in Schedule IIA and in the order specified therein.

These are: Olugbon of Orile Igbon; Eleruwa of Eruwa; Okere of Saki and the Aseyin of Iseyin.
Ganiyu had moved the motion shortly after the House began plenary session and the Majority Leader, Waheed Olaniyan announced the amendment as the major issue on the order paper.
Justifying the proposed amendment, Ganiyu traced the principle of rotation to the headship of the council of the Conference of Obas in Southwestern Nigeria in March 1937 where it was agreed that it be rotated to avoid disagreements on issue of seniority among members.

He noted, however, that the emergency of military in power changed the situation as alterations were made depending on the administration.

He remarked that the issue became contentious and resulted in litigation in which the Alaafin and some Obas fought attempted imposition of the Ooni of Ife as permanent chairman in the old Oyo State.
The rotational policy, was, however, restored by the Abdulkareem Adisa regime through the edict of Oct. 30, 1991 which saw the Alaafin and Olubadan enjoying the privilege between 1991 and 1995.
However, this was reversed by the Ike Nwosu administration in 1995, which made both Soun and Olubadan subordinate to Alaafin who was appointed permanent chairman.

“Unfortunately, Nwosu flawed arrangement was erroneously legitimized by the Lam Adesina administration with the publication of Oyo State Gazette No 27, vol. 26 of July 16, 2001. This position has been severely criticized because it has no historical justification,” Ganiyu said, saying since then government had been inundated with resurent agitations and strident clamour for the rotation of the offices, “to correct historical positions of the various communities in the state as well as giving credence to modern trends in the growth of the communities.”
Citing historical authorities, the Chief Whip declared that Ibadan and its ruler were, for instance never vassels to the Alaafin and that it would be incongruous to put him under the Oyo monarch.

Immediately after this Deputy Speaker, Hon. Jelil Adeleke, who stood for the speaker, who was absent, referred the bill to the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs for deliberation and the lawmakers went on a 10-minute recess.
Hon. Tunde Jinadu representing Ibadan North II presented the committee’s report, which affirmed the position of the bill sponsored.

When they returned, then, the bill went through the second and third reading and was unanimously passed.
The passed bill, Daily Sun learnt was later ratified by Governor Alao Akala same afternoon when it was presented to him.
Defending the lawmakers’ action, Ganiyu said: “For over one decade, there have been persistent clamour for sections of the state for this amendment. We must do our job and if we fail to do it, somebody else will do it. If anybody is aggrieved, they can call for amendment if another regime comes in. “There are still other things we are planning to do.”
The Alaafin could not be reached by press time yesterday for his comments. However, his Personal Assistant, Azeez Fehintola said he would get back to Daily Sun when contacted on phone.

But Governor Akala in a terse statement by his media aide, Prince Dotun Oyelade who said that the law takes immediate effect noted that it would be “invidious and shallow for anyone to read political motive to this issue while to our mind, the time is ripe and just.”

Akala moves against Alaafin
…Sacks him as Obas Council’s permanent chairman
From YINKA FABOWALE and AMINAT ADEBOWALE, Ibadan
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
• Akala
Photo: Sun News Publishing
More Stories on This Section

The Oyo State Government yesterday sacked the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as the permanent chairman of the State Council of Obas and Chiefs, with an amendment of the Obas Council’s Law 2000.
Governor Adebayo Alao Akala signed an amendment bill rapidly raised and passed same day yesterday afternoon by the legislators.

At an extraordinary sitting of 18 out of the 32-man Assembly, the legislators revoked the contentious permanency clause in the year 2000 legislation, providing that the office be henceforth rotated among the Alaafin, the Soun of Ogbomosoland and the Olubadan of Ibadanland.

But, the spurious and speedy manner in which the bill was tabled and passed at just one sitting of the House which lasted barely an hour has raised suspicion of a witch-hunt against the Oyo monarch for his alleged role in the defeat of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the just concluded general elections in the state.
The lawmakers last sat on March 22, 2011 and reconvened yesterday with the amendment of the law as their sole agenda for the day.

The Alaafin, who has been in a cold war with Governor Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala over perceived hostile actions against him by the governor is credited with the victory of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the four local governments that make up his domain Atiba, Oyo East, Oyo West and Afijio, where the PDP was completely routed in the National Assembly, governorship and State House of Assembly polls.
In fact, the House Speaker, Moroof Atilola, lost his bid to return to the House on the ticket of his Oyo West-east constituency.

Oba Adeyemi is believed to have favoured and worked covertly for the success of the “broom party,” to settle scores with the Akala regime which also removed his son, Hakeem as Chairman of the Atiba Local Government last year and ostensibly “promoted” a junior chief, the Alago Oja of Oja to the position of an Oba “to rival him.”
But, the House Chief Whip and a member of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Olalekan Ganiyu denied that the PDP dominated Assembly was on a vengeance mission.
In an interview with reporters at the end of yesterday’s session, which was watched by Oyo-born Secretary to the State Government, Chief Olayiwola Olakojo and some journalists from the public and press gallery, the lawmaker said the bill for the amendment of the law had been in the offing for a long time and needed to be addressed by the Assembly before its tenure expired.

According to the new amended bill, section 3(3) provided the “the chairmanship of the council shall be rotated among the Alaafin of Oyo, the Olubadan of Ibadanland and the Soun of Ogbomoso, every two years and in the order specified in Schedule II, whist the Deputy Chairmanship shall be rotated every two years among members listed in Schedule IIA and in the order specified therein.

These are: Olugbon of Orile Igbon; Eleruwa of Eruwa; Okere of Saki and the Aseyin of Iseyin.
Ganiyu had moved the motion shortly after the House began plenary session and the Majority Leader, Waheed Olaniyan announced the amendment as the major issue on the order paper.
Justifying the proposed amendment, Ganiyu traced the principle of rotation to the headship of the council of the Conference of Obas in Southwestern Nigeria in March 1937 where it was agreed that it be rotated to avoid disagreements on issue of seniority among members.

He noted, however, that the emergency of military in power changed the situation as alterations were made depending on the administration.

He remarked that the issue became contentious and resulted in litigation in which the Alaafin and some Obas fought attempted imposition of the Ooni of Ife as permanent chairman in the old Oyo State.
The rotational policy, was, however, restored by the Abdulkareem Adisa regime through the edict of Oct. 30, 1991 which saw the Alaafin and Olubadan enjoying the privilege between 1991 and 1995.
However, this was reversed by the Ike Nwosu administration in 1995, which made both Soun and Olubadan subordinate to Alaafin who was appointed permanent chairman.

“Unfortunately, Nwosu flawed arrangement was erroneously legitimized by the Lam Adesina administration with the publication of Oyo State Gazette No 27, vol. 26 of July 16, 2001. This position has been severely criticized because it has no historical justification,” Ganiyu said, saying since then government had been inundated with resurent agitations and strident clamour for the rotation of the offices, “to correct historical positions of the various communities in the state as well as giving credence to modern trends in the growth of the communities.”
Citing historical authorities, the Chief Whip declared that Ibadan and its ruler were, for instance never vassels to the Alaafin and that it would be incongruous to put him under the Oyo monarch.

Immediately after this Deputy Speaker, Hon. Jelil Adeleke, who stood for the speaker, who was absent, referred the bill to the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs for deliberation and the lawmakers went on a 10-minute recess.
Hon. Tunde Jinadu representing Ibadan North II presented the committee’s report, which affirmed the position of the bill sponsored.

When they returned, then, the bill went through the second and third reading and was unanimously passed.
The passed bill, Daily Sun learnt was later ratified by Governor Alao Akala same afternoon when it was presented to him.
Defending the lawmakers’ action, Ganiyu said: “For over one decade, there have been persistent clamour for sections of the state for this amendment. We must do our job and if we fail to do it, somebody else will do it. If anybody is aggrieved, they can call for amendment if another regime comes in. “There are still other things we are planning to do.”
The Alaafin could not be reached by press time yesterday for his comments. However, his Personal Assistant, Azeez Fehintola said he would get back to Daily Sun when contacted on phone.

But Governor Akala in a terse statement by his media aide, Prince Dotun Oyelade who said that the law takes immediate effect noted that it would be “invidious and shallow for anyone to read political motive to this issue while to our mind, the time is ripe and just.”

Fellow Nairalanders, what has been happening of recent in our telecom industry in the country seems to be ripping off fellow country men and women of the hard earned naira.

With almost all the telecom operators coming up with one type of lottery or the other, the QUESTION IS: Is the lottery to the utmost best interest of the SUBSCRIBERS? or that of the TELECOM PROVIDERS?

Can't they improve on their services?

Can't they give free weekend calls as obtained in other countries?etc why the madness about lottery?

Does their operating licenses cover activities like Lottery?

What do you have to say about this: Lawyer asks court to revoke telecoms firm’s licence over alleged illegal lottery

no be so e de vex, na as e biam, na so e take talkam

The UN Charter on Genocide covers such area of crises as happened after the presidential elections in the North. The UN is already investigating

NATO will soon caught-up with him

How the Destroyer was destroyed,Man's inhumanity to man if not addressed by[b] man[/b] would always be addressed by God.This time around Obama have destroyed Osama

The statements of his Aids are not encouraging, However I hope to see a united Nigeria

(Step-by-step: How the U.S. killed bin Laden)
Recently, JSOC built a new Targeting and Analysis Center in Rosslyn, Va. Where the NationalCounterterrorism Center tends to focus on threats to the homeland, TAAC, whose existence was first disclosed by the Associated Press, focuses outward, on active "kinetic" -- or lethal -- counterterrorism-missions abroad. Its creation surprised the NCTC's director, Michael Leiter, who was suspicious about its intent until he visited.
That the center could be stood up under the nose of some of the nation's most senior intelligence officials without their full knowledge testifies to the power and reach of JSOC, whose size has tripled since 9/11. The command now includes more than 4,000 soldiers and civilians. It has its own intelligence division, which may or may not have been involved in last night's effort, and has gobbled up a number of free-floating Defense Department entities that allowed it to rapidly acquire, test, and field new technologies.
Under a variety of standing orders, JSOC is involved in more than 50 current operations spanning a dozen countries, and its units, supported by so-called "white," or acknowledged, special operations entities like Rangers, Special Forces battalions, SEAL teams, and Air Force special ops units from the larger Special Operations Command, are responsible for most of the "kinetic" action in Afghanistan.
Pentagon officials are conscious of the enormous stress that 10 years of war have placed on the command. JSOC resources are heavily taxed by the operational tempo in Afghanistan and Pakistan, officials have said. The current commander, Vice Adm. William McRaven, and Maj. Gen. Joseph Votel, McRaven's nominated replacement, have been pushing to add people and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance technology to areas outside the war theater where al-Qaida and its affiliates continue to thrive.
(What does it mean for al-Qaida?)
Earlier this year, it seemed that the elite units would face the same budget pressures that the entire military was experiencing. Not anymore. The military found a way, largely by reducing contracting staff and borrowing others from the Special Operations Command, to add 50 positions to JSOC. And Votel wants to add several squadrons to the "Tier One" units -- Delta and the SEALs.
When Gen. Stanley McChrystal became JSOC's commanding general in 2004, he and his intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Michael Flynn, set about transforming the way the subordinate units analyze and act on intelligence. Insurgents in Iraq were exploiting the slow decision loop that coalition commanders used, and enhanced interrogation techniques were frowned upon after the Abu Ghraib scandal. But the hunger for actionable tactical intelligence on insurgents was palpable.
The way JSOC solved this problem remains a carefully guarded secret, but people familiar with the unit suggest that McChrystal and Flynn introduced hardened commandos to basic criminal forensic techniques and then used highly advanced and still-classified technology to transform bits of information into actionable intelligence. One way they did this was to create forward-deployed fusion cells, where JSOC units were paired with intelligence analysts from the NSA and the NGA. Such analysis helped the CIA to establish, with a high degree of probability, that Osama bin Laden and his family were hiding in that particular compound.
These technicians could "exploit and analyze" data obtained from the battlefield instantly, using their access to the government's various biometric, facial-recognition, and voice-print databases. These cells also used highly advanced surveillance technology and computer-based pattern analysis to layer predictive models of insurgent behavior onto real-time observations.
The military has begun to incorporate these techniques across the services. And Flynn will soon be promoted to a job within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where he'll be tasked with transforming the way intelligence is gathered, analyzed, and utilized.
Visit National Journal for more political news.
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In the land of the blind, A man with one eye is a KING,but I think his KINGSHIP has come to an end with this years Presidential election.

His weeping is not for the masses rather as a result of perceived loss after the alliance with ACN failed.It dawned on HIM that he is heading for defeat which finally happened.

I hope he should apply constraints because his utterances suggests that he approves of the actions of the hoodlums and he may be found guilty under [b]UN [/b]charter on genocide

I heard that CPC Hired under-aged voters and CPC have not refuted the statement,is the second name of CPC Confusion and Crises Party?

Its unfortunate that after all the noise about CPC, it can only secure one state in the federation, no wonder the retired general wept after their pack with ACN failed,it dawned on him that he has failed.

what about the normadic education that was introduced to them some time ago?

You are correct

But I think there is now a gradual liberation

For the second time in a week, the Governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu has lashed out at former head of state and presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari reminding him and his supporters that Nigeria is not their village.

“I am emphasizing this fact because of what happened after the presidential election. Many of us are so myopic that we think our village is Nigeria. No, we’re a part and never can a part be a whole. Your village is not Nigeria. Your village is a part of Nigeria. So, if somebody wins or loses election in your village, that does not mean he has lost election in the country,” Aliyu said at the celebration of the 2011 Workers’ Day in Minna.

According to him, those who perpetrated the post presidential election violence were myopic and refused to go beyond the variables that divide the nation, stressing that some people thought that the winning of a particular part of the nation meant victory in the whole country for any candidate in an election.
Aliyu posited that what happened in any part of the country cannot be used to represent the whole nation.
He said the people should learn to live beyond ethnic, religious and regional attachments to appreciate the nation’s diversity.

“It is important that when we look at issues we look at it in relation to the whole nation in Niger State. It is important that whenever we talk we remember that we have a population of four million people and each of them has the right of the government and the people of this state. “Everyone now knows that before you win election you must go beyond your village, your state, region and religion. You know that we are a nation united,” he said.

Governor Aliyu restated that there was no going back in the resolve of his government to implement the new minimum wage for workers in the state. He maintained that the payment of workers bonus for 2011 will depend on the resources available to the government. The Governor urged civil servants to expose corrupt practices in their offices and avoid wastages to complement government efforts in catering for their welfare.

He emphasised that outstanding workers will always be rewarded to serve as example to others.

The Leader of Al-quaida Osama Bin ladin has been killed by U.S forces in Pakistan-US Army has confirmed and his body taken after a fierce gun battle.

the statement is being made for the second time, check out todays sun newspapers,what do u think?

it has won in only one state,CPC lost even in Buhari's state