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Justifying its statement that the Jonathan Administration is plotting to hinder a smooth transition of power, the party said while the outgoing government had earlier issued a memo to all ministries, departments and agencies to make sure their handover notes are ready by April 20th, the same government has now reversed itself and said the handover notes will not be ready until May 14th.
”With the new date, the Buhari Transition Committee will have little or no time to take a thorough look at the handover notes or seek clarification on knotty issues, effectively handing it (Buhari Transition Committee) a fait accompli as far as the handover notes are concerned.

andass:
NO

oloworulz:
u sound like a professional. Seems u know more about cocaine packaging

Going by its numbers, the now minority Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives will be a decider on how the leadership of the lower house emerges in the incoming 8th Assembly. EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE reports

For the records, in the House of Representatives, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has about 140 lawmakers, as against the All Progressives Congress (APC) with over 200 lawmakers. Monitors say a bloc vote from the PDP caucus will swing the House leadership in the direction it pleases – APC zoning notwithstanding.

The PDP caucus on Monday gave an early warning that it will ensure that leaders who will emerge are people preferred and voted by lawmakers, not the choices of ‘outsiders’.

Some candidates vying for the Speakership have already urged House members to vote on the basis of merit over zoning.

Recalling the events of the 7th Assembly, riding on a bloc opposition vote, the outgoing House Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (Sokoto/North West) snubbed a PDP zoning arrangement which favoured the South West to emerge as speaker of the House.

Traditionally, the political party with the highest number of lawmakers produces the National Assembly leadership. Well, the PDP House caucus is challenging the tradition.

Citing Section 50 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the House Deputy Leader, Leo Ogor stated on Monday that the National Assembly leadership in the 8th Assembly is not the exclusive preserve of the majority APC.

Ogor (Delta/PDP), a returning lawmaker, said constitutionally, any political party was allowed to produce the Senate President, House Speaker, their deputies and other principal officers – minority or majority status notwithstanding.

The Deputy Leader spoke on the sidelines of the 2015 induction certificate course on legislative studies for new legislators held at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja.

Section 50 (1) states: (a) a President and a Deputy President of the Senate, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves; and; (b) a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves.

The incoming 8th Assembly of the National Assembly is due to be inaugurated on June 6, 2015.

Meanwhile, Ogor said the PDP caucus in the House of Representatives has not endorsed or adopted any candidate for the Speakership position in the 8th Assembly.

“Nothing could be further from the truth” the Deputy Majority Leader, Hon. Leo Ogor told newsmen while reacting to the reported “endorsement” of one of the Speakership candidates.

It was reported by some media organisations that a leading aspirant in the Speakership race, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin (Kano/APC), might have secured the endorsement of PDP members in the House after meeting with the PDP caucus hierarchy.

“I saw the media reports last week suggesting that the PDP caucus met and endorsed a candidate. I stand before you to say nothing of such happened. Nothing could be further from the truth. The PDP caucus is still monitoring development and no decision has been taken”.



A South South Speaker?

As the APC meets on the zoning of key leadership offices in the National Assembly, an advocacy group, the Coalition for Justice and Fairness (CJF) warned the party on the dangers of excluding the South South geo-political zone from its zoning formula – specifically the House Speakership.

With the incoming APC administration already having the president-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari from the North West and the vice president-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo from the South West, CJF raised alarm over reports of the APC zoning the National Assembly leadership to the Northern and South West regions, by implication excluding the South South and South East geo-political zones.

CJF in the statement signed by its convener, Muraina Ahmed, warned that the exclusion of the zones will negate the federal character principle enunciated in section 14(3) of the Nigerian Constitution.

The statement read: “For the records, the APC as the majority party has the conventional privilege to zone the offices of Senate President, Deputy Senate President, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“The knotty issue that will test APC’s abhorrence of impunity, which was one of the major reasons Nigerians voted for the party, is the zoning of the listed leadership offices in the National Assembly.

“To be fair, there are extenuating circumstances that may hamper the even spread of Legislative Offices enumerated above to all the six zones in Nigeria. For instance, the South East has no APC senator at all and has not produced any ranking APC Member of the House of Representatives. The South South has one Senator who is a fresher and does not meet the ranking criterion. But the South South has four members – elect for the House of Representatives two of whom are ranking, with one of them, Hon. Pally Iriase parading impeccable credentials and legislative leadership experience.

“This is a golden opportunity that the APC must not miss. In the spirit of fairness and adherence of federal character, the position of Speaker, House of Representatives should be zoned to the South South geo-political zone.

CJF warned that there are dangers in deliberately shutting out the South South from the Speakership of the House of Representatives.

Six APC federal lawmakers from five geo-political zones of the country are jostling for the position of Speaker, House of Representatives in the incoming eighth Assembly.

Recall that the current speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has opted out of the legislature and has been declared governor-elect of his home state, Sokoto.

The six federal lawmakers vying for the house speakership position are: Abdulmumin Jibrin from Kano (North West), Yakubu Dogara from Bauchi (North East), Femi Gbajabiamila from Lagos (South West), Mohammed Monguno from Borno (North East), Pally Iriase from Edo State (South South) and Israel Ajibola Famurewa from Osun State (South West).

illiad1:
I can tell fake tales from ten miles!

Twelve members of the Kebbi State House of Assembly have served a notice of impeachment on Governor Saidu Usman Dakingari for alleged gross misconduct in the performance of functions of his office.
The same 12 of 24 members of the Assembly had on Tuesday claimed to have impeached Speaker Mohammed Shalla and deputy Mohammed Ja’afaru. A former Speaker, Habib Jega, who was impeached in a controversial manner in November 2014, was then “elected” speaker.
The 12 legislators, in a signed notice Wednesday, listed six impeachable offences against the governor.
They are:
•That Governor Sa’idu Dakingari committed grave violation of the provision of Section 5(1)(a) of the Kebbi State Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Bureau Law,2006 in that the Chairman of the Bureau is to be a retired Civil Servant, but the Governor appointed a serving Permanent Secretary/Solicitor General of the State Ministry of justice, Barr Aminu Usman as Chairman of the Bureau;
•That the governor committed gross misconduct by accessing and obtaining a loan facility to the tune of N2 billion from Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Support Fund set up by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) allegedly without obtaining the necessary confirmation of 2/3 majority of the Assembly, which was opposed by nine of 24 members;
•That the Governors continues work with unelected Local Government Councils in the State whose tenure in office already expired on or about the 18th September,2014, two years after Oath of office as provided by Section 18(1) of Kebbi State Local Government Law, 2008 and thereby committed a gross misconduct;
•That between the period of January 2015 – April 2015, the governor allegedly misappropriated the sum of N1,800,862,672.00 from the State Government funds in the name of General Election 2015 even when there is no provision for that expenditure in the Appropriation Law 2015;
•The Governor,alleged misappropriated the sum of N965,000, 000.00 in the name of the official visits of Mr President, Vice President and First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria between November 2014 to March, 2015 and that Mr Vice President and First Lady did not make any official visit to Kebbi State within the said period thereby committed gross misconduct;
•That the governor issued the renovation and furnishing of the Presidential Lodge and other government lodges at the cost of N558, 560, 416.00 to unknown contractor in September 2011 and thereafter within two months period that was between October 2014 – November, 2014, the governor alleged wrongly inflated the cost of renovation and furnishing to the tune of N1, 347, 373, 906.54k.That the contract sum was increased by the sum of N788, 813, 490.54k thereby committed misconduct.
But the governor, in his response to the development, through the Secretary to the State Government, Garba Kamba, said the action of the members is Illegal and unconstitutional.
“By this very act, the purported members have pre-empted the decision of the Kebbi State High Court,” Mr. Kamba said. “These members aim to cause disaffection and truncate the smooth transition of government following the recent election,” he said.
He added that the government would continue to recognise Mr. Shalla as Speaker of the Kebbi Assembly.

dre11:
So, gift had made this girl open her orifice







So girls are if little brains

By Vincent Ujumadu
Awka— Igbo youths, under the aegis of Nation of Ndigbo Youth Forum, NNYF, has said former governor of Abia State and a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, was eminently qualified and deserved to be the next Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF.
According to the youths, Dr. Onu’s unalloyed loyalty to President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, further placed him in a vantage position to be appointed.
Addressing reporters in Awka, national president of the group, Comrade Ndubuisi Ani, described Onu as a consistent politician.
‘’One of such politicians is Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, a principled, disciplined gentleman. His name readily comes to mind should the position of SGF be zoned to the South East by the APC.
‘’We have watched with keen interest the unfolding events and wish to humbly believe that appointing Dr. Onu as the SGF will be a deserved appointment.”
He urged General Buhari to carry everybody along, especially when it was realized that there were people in the South East who campaigned vigorously and voted for APC and its candidates.

“In terms of these attacks, our situation is minimal and luckily there are no fatalities and there is no serious injury.

Dear Bunmi,
From time to time, I spend the holidays with my mum’s elder sister and I used to get on well with my cousins. But early last year, I woke to feel the hand of my eldest cousin under my nightie.
I was so frightened though curious that I pretended to still be sleeping. After this, he tried to have full sex with me, but I pushed him off. Then he started being very nice to me, introducing me to his friends and giving me presents. I was having such a good time that when next he came to the guest room, I let him have sex with me. He now thinks he could do that any time he wants but I’ve told him to stop.
Recently, he’s been forcing me to have sex with him whether I like it or not. I enjoy the sex but I’m only 16 and he is my first cousin. How do I make him stop?

Lordwheez:
And the oba of lagos sits majestically on his throne and watch the coverage live on cnn.........

SeverusSnape:
Oh!... So because it didn't lead to death?...Its just because most of the Nigerians in that part of the country is enlightened, If it had been in the north, Thousands may have perished. So let's say the truth, The Oba's statement was inciteful.

SeverusSnape:
This is a nice development, If they are found wanting, They should be sent to Alcatraz or even Kirikiri.
My question now is this; When will they probe Oba Akiolu?

emzila:
from the story, sheun may not know kelvin because it didnt appear as if he planned to hand d girl over to kelvin. Remember it was the girl who insisted on following seun out of the room, secondly seun can not be reasonably considered to be responsible for her ''slipass'' that cut. However, we dont know seun's intention for keeping and taking care of her. I hope nigerian authority will pay attention to d fact that there are other 1000 nigerians still out there in Libya against their wish.

starlingslimnet:
You will be needed to witness in court