₦airaland Forum

Bevista:
Usually, when they leave office the vanity of power becomes real to them and they become more patriotic and less political. Case in point - OBJ.

“You need to have a nation before you can have
an ambition. It should always be the nation first.
You don’t have to scuttle national progress for
personal ambition.

The United States Vice President Joe Biden has assured the President-elect, Maj. Gen.Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), that the US government is willing and ready to work with him.
Biden gave this assurance when he made a phone call to Buhari on Wednesday. In a statement made available to our correspondent by the White House on Thursday, the US vice president spoke with the All
Progressives Congress standard bearer and winner of the March 28 presidential poll to congratulate him on his victory in the recent election “and affirm that the United Statesstands ready to expand collaboration with Nigeria on issues of common concern, including
economic and security matters.” Biden commended Buhari for his leadership in helping to ensure the elections were conducted peacefully and urged him to continue to foster a smooth, inclusive, and peaceful transition with President Goodluck Jonathan.
The statement added, “The Vice President
expressed the United States’ support for Nigeria’s efforts to counter Boko Haram, recover hostages held by the group, and protect civilian populations. The Vice President also expressed the willingness of the United States to partner more closely with Nigeria to strengthen its economy.”
Earlier in the week, the President-elect had said Nigeria would work closely with the US government especially in the area of security.

“He picked me on the road and told me that my
mother was a witch and was planning to kill me.
He said I should run away with him. I don’t know
where he was taking me,” she said.

nortcentrallord:
Hahahaha, Nigerians! So uptill now some of you still bask in this euphoria of naira's strength since election. You have just exposed your ignorance. Smh for you guys. From comments on NL, w know the knowledgeable and the.....

The Zamfara Government has earmarked N40
million to facilitate a mass wedding, organised by
the Association of Widows and Divorcees in the state.
The Chairman of the Zamfara State Hisbah Commission, Dr Atiku Zawiyya, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Gusau. He said that the State Government decided to assist the widows association to help the body to tackling its problems.
The chairman noted that the activities of the association were in line with the tenets of Islam and the promotion of the Shari’a.


He called on wealthy individuals to continue to assist the activities of the association as government alone could not do everything. The secretary of the association, Malam Sani Usman, said the money, if released by the government, would be used in sponsoring the marriages of more than 200 widows, divorcees, less-privileged and orphans.
He said that part of the money would be used to
assist some couples to start businesses to sustain their marriages. Usman recalled that no fewer than 200 couples had benefited from the programme in the past three years.

richidinho:
That's not Abuja please

He arrived at a police check point and the police on duty told him to stop because of the robbery going on; i don't know why he just drove pass the police, the okada people ran after him, seen that he stopped for them, the next thing was to drag him out of his vehicle together with his younger brother, beat them up to the point of death and set them ablaze.

A man and his sister-in-law were burnt to death at the Ikotun area of Lagos State.

The man’s wife and his three kids were, however, rescued.

They only sustained mild burns.

The incident occurred at Authority Avenue at about 2am.

The cause is yet unknown.

The man has been identified simply as Mr. Oseghale.

Mrs. Oseghale saved her life and those of her three kids by pulling off the net of the window in her bedroom, from where she stuck her children’s head out, to allow them breathe in fresh air.

The woman and the kids were in that position until part of the window was broken by firemen who rescued them.

The fire started while people were still sleeping.

The Oseghales were said to have woken up and discovered their flat engulfed in fire.

The Oseghales, petrified, cried for help.

This roused neighbours who dashed out to help.

The help however was futile, as nobody could dare the roaring flames.

It was further gathered that residents tried valiantly by using water to arrest the fire but could not until fire fighters came to the scene.

The charred remains of Mr. Oseghale were found in the sitting room by men of the fire service.

On further checks, another charred remains, that of the sister-in-law, Ngozi, was also recovered in one of the bedrooms.

The Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, said that his men had difficulty in accessing the flat through the staircase, due to the iron bars.

The fire-fighters had to perforate the walls and thereafter used a ladder before they managed to rescue four persons.

Fadipe said: “We found the man lying on the floor while another lady, who we gathered just came from the village on a visit, was found burnt in one of the rooms.

“We were able to prevent the fire from spreading to other flats in the building.

“We released the bodies to policemen attached to Ikotun division.”

The Presidency on Monday denied reports circulating on social media that the Federal Government had budgeted N3 billion for the transition committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan.

President Jonathan set up the transition committee headed by Vice President Namadi Sambo and charged with the responsibility of ensuring a smooth transition from Jonathan to the President-elect, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

A social media message that went viral on Monday had claimed that during a meeting between the President and the President-elect, The President had said N3 billion would be spent on his transition committee while Buhari was reported to have said that members of his own committee were volunteers who won’t be paid.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, however said no such meeting or conversation took place, describing the message as pure fiction or blackmail that can only emanate from a charlatan.

“This is pure fiction and blackmail. No such meeting or conversation ever took place. Whoever wrote the copy obviously has never heard of being magnanimous in victory. A charlatan certainly,” the presidential spokesman said.

The social media message titled “Now I’m convinced we didn’t make a mistake,” read, “Buhari was at the villa in connection to setting up a transition committee for handing over. At the meeting, Goodluck asked for the list of representatives of APC and the required remuneration.

“Buhari was surprised that Goodluck’s list and corresponding cost was put at N3 billion for a job estimated to last only 2 months. Goodluck then asked why Buhari’s list didn’t show corresponding cost?

“Buhari answered that his team was made up of volunteers and their feeding would be by individuals/self even if they have to bring in leftover food from their homes. No word has been heard from presidency since then.

“This is the beginning of purposeful leadership.”

valantine5:
My people u most have seen what the zamfara state leader did during dis election....... So watch dis video clip

Meta00:
Where on ground to make such comment. The collective will of zamfara people have been truncated by Governor Yari. He lost the election but rigged it with Phantom Result from there Inec collaborators.

The declaration of the results was earlier on
Sunday marred by irate youths demanding that
the PDP candidate be declared winner.

It is obvious. Nigeria has to recover full sovereignty on the NorthEast. But it is enough to win a battle. To win the battle is easy but to win a war or peace is much more difficult.

When I moved closer, I saw that he was holding the chart for Baba Ijebu ( a popular lotto game).

Collated result of 26 of the 27 Local Government Areas of Borno State show that the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate and incumbent governor, Kashim Shettima, has an unassailable lead over his opponents.

Shettima has scored 610,352 against his Peoples Democratic Party’s opponent, Gambo Lawan, who has scored 34,005.

The governor is expected to be declared the winner by 10am on Monday when the collation rounds off with the announcement of the result from Bama LGA.

By Bala Ajiya
DAMATURU – Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam of the All Progressive Congress has emerged winner of the 2015 gubernatorial election in in Yobe State.
Announcing the result at the INEC headquarters in Damaturu, the returning officer for the election in the state and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri , Professor Njodi said Ibrahim Gaidam of APC emerged winner with a total of 334,847 votes to defeat Alh. Adamu Maina Waziri of PDP who scored a total of 179,700 votes.
The incumbent governor won the election in sixteen of the seventeen LGAs in the state.
The APC won 22 out of the available 24 seats in the state house of assembly election while the PDP won the remaining 2. The resident electoral commissioner Habu Zarma thank all stakeholders for success in all the elections.