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The truth is gradually coming out. But since the PDP is involved, It'll be a futile exercise designed to conceal the gross incompetence, sheer corruption and unabated inadequacies of the PDP. We are better informed about the so called 'breath of fresh air' in PDP.

Safe trip and Happy Birthday Sir!
I'm only confused on why the Petroleum Minister must always be on GEJ's entourage for all his trips.

BREAKING NEWS: Jonathan Calls Off Budget Presentation to N'Assembly For 'Security Reasons'
https://www.nairaland.com/1523408/jonathan-calls-off-budget-presentation

BREAKING NEWS: Jonathan
Postpones Budget Presentation Again
https://www.nairaland.com/1523408/breaking-news-jonathan-postpones-budget

BREAKING NEWS: Jonathan
Postpones Budget Presentation Again
https://www.nairaland.com/1523408/breaking-news-jonathan-postpones-budget

Good one

UNICEF has blamed worsening sanitary situation for the spread of diseases in Nigeria, saying about one hundred million people lacked access to sanitary toilets.
This is coming as the Federal
Government said 2,771 cases of
cholera epidemics was reported this
year with 124 deaths.
Speaking first at the celebration of
World Toilets Day, UNICEF Chief
Sanitary, Water and Hygiene Officer,
Kannan Nadar described the situation
in Nigeria as very critical.
He said, “Nigeria has about one
hundred million people without
access to toilets, this is worrisome,
as it is possible for everyone to own
toilet, it doesn’t cost much.
“Sanitation and toilets are
fundamental human rights. since it is
possible for everyone to own toilet, it
is not justified for people to die of
diseases related to open defecation.”
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi
Chukwu, said the recent occurrence of
cholera epidemics could be stopped if
there was a mechanism to stop open
defecation.
He said, “as many as an estimated
2771 cases and 124 deaths with case
fatality rate of 4.5 per cent were
reported, this yearly occurrence of
cholera epidemics could be stopped if
there is a mechanism to stop open
defecation which will prevent
contamination of water sources and
foods that are major causes of
cholera in the country."
The minister who was represented by
the Permanent Secretary in the
ministry, Amb. Sani Bala assured the
gathering that government was
working on a policy that will
encourage communities and urban
centres to embrace good sanitary and
hygiene system.
Head of Governance, WaterAid
Nigeria, Tolani Busari expressed
concern that barely two years to the
Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), Nigeria was yet to address
the problem of poor sanitation.
According to her, “staggering 37
million people still practice open
defecation, nearly 100,000 children
under the age of five dying of diarrhea
in Nigeria every year as a result of
poor sanitation and water.”
She expressed concerns over how
government was handling of
sanitation, arguing that the nation’s
poor handling of sanitation issues is
not just restricted to hygiene, but
that, “without a private toilet, women
and girls are vulnerable to violence,
intimidation and indignity. Women
and girls living in Nigeria without
toilet facilities spend about 3.1
billion hours each year finding a
place to go to toilet in the open.
“Sanitation has always been the
most neglected and off-track of the
MDGs, with little funding, resources or
political will to address the crisis.
There has been little or no progress
towards the agreed target of
allocating 0.5 per cent of GDP to
sanitation."
http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstagenew/index.php?active=news&newscid=12112&catid=44

hmm.......

Deputy Senate President and
Chairman of the Senate Constitution
Review Committee (CRC) Ike
Ekweremadu has reopened the
foreclosed matter of state creation, a
move that will predictably open a
floodgate of proposals previously
ignored by the same Senate CRC.
Ekweremadu had, while submitting
the constitution review report months
back, said all request for state
creation submitted by stakeholders
did not meet key constitutional
requirements, resulting in the non-
inclusion of recommendations for
state creation in the report of the
Senate review exercise.
At the weekend, Ekweremadu assured
a delegation of Bori State Movement
led by Second Republic Senator, Dr.
Cyrus Nunieh Gbene that new states
can still be created provided such
requests fulfill the provisions set out
in section 8 of the 1999 Constitution
(as amended).
The Second Republic Senator
(1979-1983) led the delegation to the
Senate CRC to submit a
memorandum, in fulfillment of
section 8 of the 1999 Constitution,
with a request for the creation of Bori
State from the present Rivers State.
Ekweremadu announced that the
Senate CRC will review the Bori State
request and if the request meets
constitutional provisions, the
National Assembly would then
forward the request to the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) for referendum
on the request.
Senator Nunieh at the meeting
appealed to the Senate CRC to help
create Bori State in order to give the
people in Rivers South East senatorial
district a sense of belonging.
Senator Nunieh said agitators for new
states at the Constitution conference
in 1996, including Ekiti, Ebonyi and
Gombe, were granted their wishes,
leaving out only the Ogoni people and
their neighbours.
He disclosed that when created, Bori
State would comprise Khana,
Gokhana, Tai, Eleme, Opobo/Nkoro,
Oyigbo and Andoni local government
areas made up of Ogoni, Andoni,
Opobo, Nkoro, Oyigbo and Eleme
nationalities.
His words: “Many (states) that were
recommended alongside Ogoni East
Rivers, like Gombe, Zamfara, Ekiti,
Ebonyi are now states. So, my
colleagues in the Senate lobbied me
to support them and I did. When my
own came, they also supported me.
The drama over why Ogoni East
Rivers was not created is still a
mystery.
“We are not saying that all the
resources in our area should be for us;
we know that we must give
something to the federal or the federal
should give us something. You would
remember that there the Ogoni crisis
at a time. The crisis came and we,
the Ogoni thought we could use force,
fight our way through and get to but
we couldn’t.
“There are arguments out there in the
media that even some of the states
created cannot sustain themselves
but we cannot be a permanent colony
to the rest of the country.
“The permanent cure to the problems
in Ogoni is to create this state. Shell
is not operating in that place. No
grammar, no force can compel our
people to permit oil exploration. We
have oil fields, the viability aspect is
there, think of the industries in our
area, comprising the refineries, the
sea ports, Onne refinery and we have
oil and gas which have been
confirmed that we have not even
started to explore.
“The issue of state creation is
pinching the Ogoni people and the
people in Bori State...I am begging
you to please consider our request
because those who have states now
will tell you that there is no need to
create new states...We have several
oil fields, power stations...Ogoniland
is so tense. Let us look for what we
can do to have peace. One of the
secrets for peace in the area is to
create this state. It will also help
Nigeria as a whole.”
http://leadership.ng/news/181113/state-creation-senate-makes-u-turn-receives-request-bori-state

OK

Princess2be: Guys are here making noise when the presidency has already accepted the result as credible. See this source from VANGUARD NEWSPAPER
https://www.nairaland.com/1521291/anambra-guber-pdp-hails-polls

THIS IS REALLY COMMENDABLE FROM THE PRESIDENCY. PDP KNOWS WHEN TO ACCEPT DEFEAT AND MOVE FORWARD.

Princess2be: This is one reason why I like PDP. They know when to give up and move on. Life Continues!

EXACTLY...

OkwaIfugo: False.
Pdp didn't make such statement.
Apga at work again. I wonder why vanguard will allow such to happen?

KID ON NAIRALAND....You saw the statement from the National Publicity Secretary of PDP and you're still doubting or was it APGA that issued the statement? Why not help your life!

And people who don't have voter's cards have been ranting on Nairaland. Go tell the President that the election was not credible...
An election that was declared 97% credible by almost all the accredited local and foreign observers....
Most people here only depend on social networks to run their mouths without knowing what is on ground in Anambra state.

Ngige rejects results, heads to court, as Nwoye concedes defeat, thanks supporters
source: http://www.punchng.com/news/anambra-2013-2/

jp philips: don't mind Amaechi, how did he utilize the over $14b secured for the mono rail project?
how did he utilize all his 13% derivation for 8yrs?
why do you need to indebt the state further or you think Iweala is as silly as you?

Amaechi is showing signs of a drowning man

I don't know if this is a good or bad news......but I still remain optimistic!

I think Amaechi is just embarking on a futile exercise designed to conceal his own gross incompetence and inadequacies. Our politicians are too selfish and desperate to cling unto power by every possible means.
CLICK 'LIKE' IF U THINK AMAECHI IS A BIGGER CRIMINAL.

Senior personnel of 13 Nigerian
banks have been languishing in
detention in the holding facility of the
State Security Service (SSS) for
almost two weeks over allegations of
terrorist financing and money
laundering believed to have been
perpetrated by Aminu Suleiman
Lamido, son of Jigawa State
Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido.
Also on Thursday, Aminu and his
brother, Mustapha Lamido, were
arrested by EFCC over an alleged N10
billion fraud. They were arrested in
Kano and flown to Abuja Friday and
have since been under interrogation
at the commission’s headquarters.
The banks whose staff have been
picked up are Fidelity Bank Plc, First
City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB),
Wema Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc,
Skye Bank Plc, First Bank Nigeria
Limited (FBN), Sterling Bank Plc,
Diamond Bank Plc, Zenith Bank Plc,
Unity Bank Plc, Ecobank Plc,
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank)
and Citibank. The SSS, which has
been on the trail of Aminu Lamido,
THISDAY learnt, had sought an ex
parte motion from the Federal High
Court, Abuja, to freeze the accounts,
in 13 banks, of Adold Engineering
Company Limited, believed to be
owned by the governor’s son.
A copy of the ex parte motion, which
was obtained from the court by
THISDAY, showed that order to freeze
the accounts was granted by Justice
A.F.A Ademola on November 6, 2013.
It stated: "An order is hereby made
freezing the accounts of the
underlisted corporate body and
financial institutions in the banks
(1st – 14th respondents) indicated
against their names for their
suspected involvement with acts of
terrorists’ financing and money
laundering.
"An order is hereby made compelling
the 2nd to 14th respondents (the
banks) in this case to deliver up and
furnish the State Security Service/
applicant in this case with the
respective bank statements and
mandate cards of the 1st (Adold
Engineering) and 2nd respondents
(Fidelity Bank) in this case.
"An order of the Honourable Court is
hereby made keeping the above listed
accounts frozen until the conclusion
of investigations.
"That the ex parte order of the court
made is to last for one month from
date of service on the respondents
with liberty to party(ies) to comply to
this court as they deem fit within the
said period."
The ex parte granted by the court
further showed Adold Engineering
operated the following accounts; in
FCMB – 11 accounts; Wema Bank –
one account; Access Bank – three
accounts; Skye Bank – four
accounts; FBN – five accounts;
Sterling Bank – three accounts;
Diamond, Zenith and Unity Banks –
one account each; Ecobank – two
accounts; while GTBank and Citibank
have one account each.
THISDAY further gathered that most
of the staff of the banks were either
picked up from their homes in
Gestapo style, at bank branches, or
were invited by SSS operatives in
Lagos, Abuja, Jigawa and Kano, and
whisked away to the SSS
headquarters in Abuja, where they
have been in detention for up to two
weeks.
In the case of one of the affected
banks, THISDAY was made to
understand that their Chief
Compliance Officer, GM Northern
Operations, Kano and Jigawa Branch
Managers, Chief Inspector, Head of
Treasury and Head of IT have been
the guests of the SSS for two weeks.
A source revealed that in one
instance, the SSS operatives went to
the homes of one bank official
wielding menacing Uzi machineguns
and ransacked the home, slit
mattresses and children’s clothes
during their search for documents.
What is most worrisome for the banks
is that none of the affected staff have
been given access to their families
and lawyers during the entire period
of their detention.
A Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
official who is aware of the
clampdown on banks by the SSS
said: "The situation is most
worrisome because these personnel
have been in detention for more than
ten days.
"Our laws provide that no one can be
detained for more than 48 hours and
if the SSS has a case against them,
they should be charged to court
instead of holding them for days
unend.
"We are also concerned that the SSS
lacks the capacity to carry out a
thorough investigation on financial
crimes of this nature, as the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), which works in
conjunction with the Nigerian
Financial Intelligence Unit is better
suited to these kinds of
investigations.
"Besides, all the banks render anti-
money laundering returns daily to the
CBN and EFCC under an automated
system, so if the SSS had made the
relevant enquiries they could have
been furnished with all the details
they needed."
Another source in the banking
industry alleged that the clampdown
on banks goes beyond the allegations
of terrorist financing and money
laundering against Aminu Lamido, as
the dragnet is being expanded to
include Kano State and other states
governed by the G7 governors.
"We believe this goes beyond the
allegations against the governor’s
son. We are aware that Kano State
Government is the next target and
could also involve other G7 states. It
may be more political than anything
else," a bank official informed
THISDAY.
When contacted, spokesperson for the
SSS, Ms. Marilyn Ogar, confirmed
that the SSS was investigating
massive money laundering and
corruption alleged to have been
perpetrated by Aminu Lamido
through his company, Adold
Engineering.
She dismissed allegations that the
SSS was targeting the G7 governors
and the finances of their states,
stressing, "The SSS is investigating
massive money laundering and
corrupt practices. That is all I can say
on the matter. If the banks feel
aggrieved, they should go to court."
Another SSS source also informed
THISDAY that the security
organisation has a holding charge for
the bank officials until it concludes its
investigation. Aminu Lamido has had
a run in with the law in the past.
About a year ago, he was arrested at
the Aminu Kano International Airport,
Kano, for failing to declare $50,000
he had in his possession. He was
later charged to court for money
laundering.
Over N10 billion was allegedly
transferred from Jigawa State
Government accounts into the
accounts in which the governor and
his two sons have interest from 2007
till date.
EFCC is reported to have traced these
transfers to 10 companies where
Lamido and sons are directors and
signatories to the accounts.
Some of the companies linked to the
accounts include Bamaina
Alluminium Limited, Bamaina
Holdings Limited, Bamaina Company
Nigeria Limited, Rawda Integrated
Services Limited, Speeds
International Limited and Saby
Integrated Nigeria Limited.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/money-laundering-sss-detains-staff-of-13-banks-over-lamido-s-son/164482/

ceo4eva: Nasir El-Rufai Calls Peter Obi A
Clown, Says 'Jonathanians' Are
Brainless
https://www.nairaland.com/1520242/nasir-el-rufai-calls-peter-obi#19590337

I'm NOT SURPRISED!

This man should just save his energy for more purposeful endeavours and not continuous defence of mediocrity.

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE PDP IN THIS ELECTION...

GOVERNOR PETER OBI VOTING TODAY........

Just watched Ngige live on TVC
complaining bitterly almost to the
point of tears that the voters register
given to them by INEC was
changed due to some errors of age and
as a result they are targeted
for short-change. It is a pitiable sight
as the man is a shadow of
himself almost to the point of wailing.

3:00pm: PDP candidate, Chief Tony
Nwoye yet to be accredited as at
2.30 pm even when voting had
started in his Nsugbe ward.

At PU 019 Umudim Akasim in Agulu,
Gov. Peter Obi’s unit, voting is going
on peacefully. “Everything is Ok here.
The governor was the first person to
vote and he voted peacefully,” said an
APGA agent.

Observers detained by soldiers have
been set free after several hours,
INEC’s Director of Monitoring, Bala
Ibrahim Shittu, confirmed this in a
telephone interview with PREMIUM
TIMES.
“Yes, they have been released. I have
just returned from there.” He said and
did not comment further.

3:00pm : APC candidate Dr. Chris
Ngige passes vote of no confidence
on State Resident Electoral
Commissioner, Prof Onukaogu.