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6pax:
who mensioning Wike wike is the worse governor in Nigeria he completely killed rivers state rising econmy. the buguma fish farm, the bannana plantation, overseas scholarship, youth empowerment programs, free health care and free education. PH is now a refuse dump

You do have a personal grouse against the Governor. You are really pained, bro. Sentiments and affiliations aside, Wike is working for now. Too many distractions but the man is moving.....Relax and enjoy our State - Rivers.

Armoured Helicopters: Governor Wike reveals that RSG wrote to FG to hand them over to NAF

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has revealed that he officially wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari asking that the two armoured helicopters bought by the immediate past administration in the state .be handed over to the Nigerian Air Force.

He explained that he wrote the letter following the high custom duty charged for the helicopters and the refusal of the present administration to grant the Rivers State Government the waiver to clear the two armoured helicopters.

A statement issued by Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media informed that the governor spoke during an interview with editors of Sun Newspapers Titles on Saturday in Port Harcourt.

The governor said that it was unfortunate that Security Agencies would resort to political propaganda and outright lies, when the facts of the two armoured helicopters are public knowledge.

He said: "These helicopters were imported by the immediate past administration. When I assumed office,we wrote to the Federal government that it was strictly for security use. What am I going to use armoured helicopters for?

"In any case, where will the Rivers State Government get money at this time to import armoured helicopters. The previous administration imported it because they had the money.

"I went to to the Federal Government to give me a waiver for us to clear the helicopters, but the Federal Government refused.

"I wrote a letter to the President and to assure him that the helicopters are meant for security purposes, it should be handed over to the Nigerian Air Force ".

The governor added: "I am surprised that they have started propaganda and political falsehood on the said armoured helicopters. What kind of country are they turning Nigeria into ?

"We stated that we cannot pay the custom duties because the helicopters are not for commercial use. They are to be used to monitor the creeks and track criminals.

"I wrote to the President to give the helicopters to the Airforce. It is shocking that the custom would turn around to claim that they inpounded the helicopters. The Chief of Staff to the President admitted that I have done well when I wrote the letter to the President ".

It will be recalled that the immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi in December 2012 announced the payment of two helicopters for security surveillance.

Simeon Nwakaudu,
Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Electronic Media.
28th January, 2017.

See pictures attached.
Culled from Scan news

CoolFreeday:
This is my problem with this people and most of our leaders, selfishness.
He wants to workout because he is not on high table, is the high table more important than his request about his people(or better still his opinion) that he ought to present

This is not selfishness. It is about respect and regard for the people they represent. You come to my home for a supposed meeting for peace and conflict resolution. Knowing the dynamics of Delta State especially the Warri axis, one would say the Osinbanjo team was poor at managing the different interests represented there. You paid courtesy visits to the Ijaw and Itsekiri monarchs, only invited the Urhobo and Isoko Monarchs to the meeting, yet still didnt avail them of high table seats; to them and the State, you have clearly shown your preffered tribes/people and have relegated the supposed biggest tribe in the State to the background. That's unacceptable. Their participating in that meeting in the context of the described scenario without a correction/objection would mean a tacit approval/acceptance of the new order.

The Monarchs did well by drawing the attention of the conveners of the meeting to the gross error/contraption.

nghubs1:
http://nghubs.com/buhari-appoints-adedotun-sulaiman-as-frn-chairman/

Good one. Both appointees seem to be duly qualified and experienced. It's my prayer that they move the FRC forward.

This is the best news to come out of our Country since GEJ's congratulatory call to PMB. Our Gallant Soldiers have been wonderful and courageous even in the face of serious logistics/welfarist distractions. I hail them. Thank you our soldiers.
The Governent should reciprocate this victory by promoting all the soldiers involved.

Drdonzeez:
This man doesn't know maths..Its obvious from the modality that the girl had 79% .

The man is correct with his mathematics. You are the one that needs mentoring in mathematics. Pls Check your calculations again...

This is lovely and the way to go. I love the idea. Besides, reducing/eliminating govt's loss of revenue, it will also mitigate the stealing of vehicles whilst enhancing recovery of already stolen vehicles.
The policy will also build our in-country automobiles ownership database .

Thumbs up guys....

magoo10:
I thought they said the masterminds have been apprehended why disturbing the peace?
simply interrogate the suspects and extract informations from them to know which parties bidding they carried out that is if truly they are the killers

They have done the interrogation and gotten the name of the sponsor of the group. The quiet in the state and the police suggests that Wike's camp isnt responsible. Snippets of media information has it that one Kachi Nwokocha is the sponsor of the gang. Some blogs also have it that the said Kachi Nwokocha is an APC leader and a former commissioner of Power under RCA.

My thinking is that this protest is aimed at deflecting attention from the police investigation and disclosure. This protest is political and deceitful.

engrsyer:
Bille people that needs it he didn't give to them he rather gave it to Kalabari to disintegrate them. Amachree is a first class Chief(King) in Kalabari kingdom, why appointing another first class Chief(king) again in same kingdom.

Bille Kingdom, an ancient Kingdom and a true Ijaw clan is yet to have a recognised first class Chief(King). Wike give to those that wants and will appreciate it fully than what will now cause a power tussle within the Kalabari Kingdom.

God bless Rivers State and Gov. Wike led administration.

Abonnema has long sought to be recognized in this manner. We have long agitated to make the stool a first class stool, and that of the Amayanabo of Kalabari, a classless stool ( that's above first class). Politically, Kalabari having only one First class King, has been short-changing especially considering the number of 1st class kings some tribes in the state has.

Abagworo:
Desecration of Kalabari tradition. Well I be Igbo man what's my business with my Kalabari inlaws?

Please tell us what aspect of Kalabari tradition was desecrated here? Confirming the stool as a first class stool has been long overdue. Politics, within Kalabariland and Rivers State is responsible for the delay.

echelons:
Story.
Always quoting figures as if the figures are going to power up my TV and fridge.

I was even beginning to applaud this man's effort in the power sector till this past 4 weeks. Have bought fuel worth more than I've paid for electricity bill since January.

Seems we are in the same boat. I have bought over 10x 30ltrs of fuel this month alone and all I have left at home is 1x30ltrs. May God provide for us....This Xmas may be so boring without electricity...

Scholes007:
Hahaha, if u think running away will be easy, pls clam down make a rethink because you are in for a ride.

How much hike of the fees do you think will deter those whose minds are made up on fleeing the country? The hike can't be more than a 100%; that would still make it cheaper than an American Visa fee.

HungerBAD:
And he has gone mad.

Again.

Illustration/Description of an Untravelled/Unenlightened bushman below.

Ezenwo Nyesom Wike: Born in Obio-Akpor, Rivers State, 13 December 1967.

Grew up:Obio-Akpor, Rivers State.

Primary School:Obio-Akpor, Rivers State

Secondary School:Obio-Akpor, Rivers State

University:Rivers State University of Science and Technology(still in his native Ikwerre land)Port-Harcourt.

First time he left Obio-Akpor/Rivers State in his late 20's: Law School and NYSC.

Local Government Chairman(Twice):Obio-Akpor Local Government Area Rivers State(one time second richest LGA in Nigeria after Ikeja)

Second time he left Obio-Akpor in his 40's: Minister of State for Education on 14 July 2011.

Ran back to Obio-Akpor/Rivers State on April 2015 to become a Governor.

Governor Wike should change his surname to Obio-Akpor.

Summary:

Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike is a man who suffers from inferiority complex, and always feel threatened when he comes across well read, well travelled and well enlightened people in his State, like the APC Governors and APC members that showed up for the APC Rally.

And that is why he showed his lack of class, and inferiority complex by talking and cursing on National Television like the local Obio-Akpor Champion that he is.

Can you run the same analysis for Amaechi - your hero and let's see if his is any better?

ddippset:
the way this story take dey sweet me ehn! it shows that in life what goes around really comes around. I could remember the 2015 elections which brought Wike into power. APC supporters were brutalized and killed in their numbers by the police and militants and cultists. APC complained and complained. they were even teargassed during a protest match to inec office. the idiiots wailing and crying here were applauding then. all they said was ' very good for Amaechi, ' go to tribunal. lol. see how the table has turned. the thing dey sweet my belle nor be here. at least APC have won some good seats and PDP guys have been brutalized. very sweet revenge for Amaechi and the APC. very sweet.

Is this how you want your country to be? Running a vicious circle of election rigging and violence aided by those whose duty it is to provide security? Yesterday, PDP did it; we cried and complained and voted in "Change" hoping to stop these anomalies in our polity.Today, APC - the Change we brought in, is doing worse things continuing the vicious circle. Tomorrow, it may be APGA and they too would want revenge thus continuing the vicious circle. Shouldn't we condemn and rise against this barbaric acts?

Afonjas:
Who British English don help? Why can't we have our own

You can help by creating one or regularise our "pidgin".

scholes0:
The world is a Global village now, and the most popular forms of Global English carries the day.
Bought a computer a few months ago, and the System's own Auto Correct system was telling me that the spelling of Labour and Colour were incorrect... Yeah right
Obviously, Britain is not doing enough to protect its own legacies.

That is not correct completely. In informal settings, any of the variants is acceptable if there is proper communication and understanding. However, for official purposes, as a Nigerian you must stick with British English. I bet you cant spell "Labour" as "labor" in a "Use of English" examination and expect to be svored correct.
The computer you talked about has provision in its language setting for you to choose the variant of English you want. Most laptops are from the US or from China by US companies and so they come with the default American English setting. It's your choice to use it that way or change the Language to British or any other English variant.

scholes0:
Depends of Country... British, Australian, Canadian, or American Etc. Teacher no teach me Lobbish.
I know Americans use that first pronunciation of divorce which you are telling us is wrong.

As for Often .... BOTH pronunciations with the silent T and the Audible T are correct.
Same with DATA... can be pronounced as both both DAHTAH and DAYTAH.... Americans pronounce it as DAAYDA (The roll the T as fast D) ... Australians say DAH-TAH

Question is which English does Nigeria speak officially? It's British English so forget about the American pronunciation and focus on the British pronunciations. In that light, the OP is correct and not teaching "lobbish".

Abagworo:
The major battle is Ngei Abe. Good news APC is lenient enough to dash PDP some places as they can easily write whatever result they want and nothing will still happen.

Is this a portrayal of the Nigeria you want? SMH...We have a long way to go as a nation. Where is the hope for this country?

Benikuuse:
AS It Stands Now Do You Know How Much The Government Is Owing Me, I Have Not Seen My Salary For Over 7 Months Now But Am Still Working

If you have not been paid for seven months, you are still working for the same employer and you are still surviving, then one or more of these is/are true:
1. You have a part-time job that is giving you income
2. You are dependent on others maybe like a leach
3. You are living on debts
4. You have an illegal source of revenue either in your work place or somewhere else
5. You are one of those corrupt employees who is involved in sharp and corrupt practices in the course of your work; you either extort money, take bribes or steal from your employer.

Please tell us who you really are!

Tolexander:
These are bunch of fools!


Which one is more ridiculous to one's fatherland?

1. Being a good ambassador, representing one's fatherland and winning and defending the continental trophy, protesting for not been rewarded.
and
2. Being pessimistic about ones national team's success and not rewarding the people that have exalted the country!

Who do I ask? Are we doomed as a nation? We now go to tournaments expecting to lose...SMH

[quote author=CliffordOrji post=51770480]One wouldn't need to be a Rocket Scientist to know that the operations of illegal Oil refinery's and Pipeline Vandalism are the cause of the soot, but the RVSG and FG are still yet to find out where the soot came from. It just further confirms that all our politicians are useless and good for nothing. They are more concerend about their own selfish political gains rather than the welfare and safety of the masses./quote]



You haven't said snything different or particularly useful in finding the location of the source of the soot. Illegal bunkering/refining or the activities of a few companies whose operations involve incomplete combustion may be responsible but where they are located is the million dollar question, you and I cannot answer for now.

Oil bunkering activities are in the creeks and not in PH while the unwholesome companies may be in PH or its environs. Another likely source comes to mind - the slaughterhouses(Abattoirs) in Mile 3 and around Portharcourt Zoo. They make a hell of smoke/soot due to their roasting activities.

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seunfly:
You are right but it is all about politics. Who does not want to be reelected?
In as much as we have this poor ways of reasoning, our leaders will keep failing us because we termed the good Poeple with good policies as enemies because of the hardship that comes with it.

Re-election is no excuse. Baba shouldn't pre- occupy himself with that. He should put the nation first and ahead of his personal interest/ambition. Too many times have we been made to suffer because of the personal ambitions of those we trusted with power. Nationalism should be the priority. Mandela comes to mind in this light; Especially about patriotism, nationalism, healing and bonding a fractured country and working for the people while in government. He had SA as his priority even over his own immediate family. One thinks, Buhari will be of same mould though that is yet to be seen. Nigeria is waiting....

DelGardo:
And most of this happened under Mrs Iweala, the world renowned economist.
Discovery by Mrs Adeosun, the local consultant.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, as my English friends say.

Did you read the report through? The accounting period mentioned is January to October 2016 and not pre-2015.I guess Iweala and PDP are still in charge by your thinking?

Get understanding please.

mrkel:
I'm just laughing at the list. The traditional marriage rite in Ikwerre do not even smell that of Kalabari not to talk of Okrika.

For you to get married to a kalabari woman you must be worth your onions cash-wise. Just cannot forget in a hurry how my uncle who got married to a Kalabari woman bought each of their Chiefs a bottle of Hennesy in his traditional marriage. In addition to one well fed pig. Not to mention the big boxes and assorted wrappers that would be bought for the would be bride's mother.

Point of correction bro! The boxes of wrappers are not for the bride's mother but for the bride. That's why these days, if there is agreement between bride and bride groom, the wrappers , jewelries etc are rented and presented on the marriage day.

mrvitalis:
This is misinformation. . Have u had of the okrikas and kalabaris in Rivers state? ?

Or the brass?? Bonny?? In fact ijaws have the most expensive marriage rites

Am from mbaise and my elder brother married an okrika woman and i know how much we have spent and yet that's just the half marriage.. to do the full marriage is not an easy thing and done after the woman has finished giving birth most times its so expensive the men leave it till there children has grown to do it for them

You are spot on. The Op naming Ikwerre marriages as expensive without mentioning any of the tribes you just called indicates that he doesnt know Rivers State or how marriages are contracted in Rivers State. The *Iya* and *Okurukaka* marriages of the Kalabaris and Okrikans respectively are no go area for a young or middle class man.

Akainzo:
I guess we can expect all the above 35 years building scattered across the world to collapse since their bricks hasn't been changed in 35 years! Nonsense.

I guess the people swimming in crude oil in the community are swimming to go to work or swimming back home after a hard days work.


Until the Niger Delta people agree that all these act only destroy their land and affects the health of their own people, then they would start to reason well to find another way to address these demands. It is high time the various communities start to rise up against the degradation of their lands and waters by this kind of senseless acts.

It is not right to condemn what you don't know. Oil pipelines are not houses or bricks. They have design life and conditions. Most pipelines have a 30year design life and set operational conditions. If they are operated above or against their design parameters, be sure that they wont even last the design life. Most of these pipelines should have undergone sectional replacement.

The journalism/report is crap. Cause of the spill is yet to be ascertained but see the sensational caption...It smacks of a deliberate attempt to paint the region in bad light or the security forces/FG as non-performing. We dont need to cast aspersions or abuse any group or persons , until we know the cause of the spill.
It shouldn't be the usual blame game. We are all affected and in this together as Nigerians. One way or the other our livelihoods are derived from the oil industry or its proceeds. I am directly affected so, it may pain me more.

Let's say no to pipeline vandalism, economic sabotage, Niger Delta underdevelopment/Slavery and/or Operational/facility neglect.

I rep:
#TeamNotoPipelineVandalism
#TeamNoToEcnomicSabotage
#TeamNoToFacilityNeglect
#TeamDevelopeNigerDelta
#TeamNoToNigerDeltaSlavery

praxs:
**** He was custom assistant boss before he became a vice-president. He won the adamawa governorship race but obasanjo called him to be his assistant. Atiku was money b4 he became vice. He had investments outside the shores of nigeria prior to 1999. So go take the back seat

Should being an Assistant Customs Boss make one a Billionaire? Atiku was a Billionaire before becoming VP but he got his stupendous wealth while in Customs. Shouldn't we question the source?

modath:
See old man with intelligence but little wisdom!!

FG mandated them to throw good & winnable cases? The wired funds to offshore accounts are in the nation's accounts? Or the foreign denominated currencies found in their bedrooms? This man nor well at all.

Be like make drunk dey blame liquor merchant for his weakness which is lack of restraint/self control, e open hin mouth forcefeed am? Hian!! Yeyenatu.

Did you read through the post? If you did, then you probably have a problem understanding what was written or you are deliberately bent on insulting his Lordship. Pls exercise restraint!

Guys...Please your responses....


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zeitel:
@omosuper, God bless you ooooo. Everyone above you just derailed the intent of the interview. He really wasnt talking about GEJ or tinubu per say but rather about the current state of counter offensive against the judiciary and the double standard nature of this current government.
Conclusion; You can't eat your cake and hope others won't want a taste of good cake too, that is, the current government profited from technicalities in law and should not complain when others, in this case looters, do same.
Also, you cannot be judge, jury and executioner at the same time as we are currently seeing.
Finally, he posited that the current government is displaying tyrannical, dictatorial and military tendencies which would not go down well with the judiciary and the people. He also indirectly stung the NBA, saying; THE NBA NEEDS TO GROW SOME BALLS....

You are one of a few who actually read and understood Wole's interview. Most people here are just bitter, political and ignorant of the direction the country is going. Wole has just told us where we were and where we are going right now especially as it concerns the separation of powers and politics.

sixtuschimere:
Billionaire Ifeanyi Ubah is taking Nigerian football to a 'higher' level.His relationship with West Ham United FC will absolutely give players in Nigerian League opportunity to move to Europe.Some of the West Ham United officials are here to hunt for talents.

Below is what Ikechukwu shared.......

'Live Images from Eko Signature

Preparation in top gear as we head to the order of the day... W

#HistoricPartnership

#WHUFCIU'



Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/10/ifeanyi-ubah-meeting-west-ham-officials.html?m=1

I was at the signature and saw this occasion but didnt really know what it was for. Now I know. Good move.