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I have said it before and I'll repeat it again. I don't know why APC apologist are trying very hard to sell Dankwambo to PDP as presidential candidate. They know vividly Buhari will have an easy ride in 2019 if he is presented as PDP Presidential candidate. Dankwambo do not have the political clout to challenge PMB in 2019 election.

If PDP delegates by omission or commission vote
Dankwambo as PDP presidential candidate. hmmm, I'll congratulate APC and PMB even before the election.

https://lailasnews.com/statement-from-missions-of-the-european-union-uk-us-on-osun-election/

If this unverified news outlet report was unfavorable to the APC, The Mod will never be in such a hurry to send it to front page. Some fellas will be shouting fake news. Such an important news should either be in the EU,US, UK website for Africa or other major online news in Nigeria.
I will say it with all certainty that this news was concocted by ........

As varied reactions trailed the declaration of last Saturday’s governorship poll in Osun inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, on Monday night said shocking discovery had indicated no fewer than 4,387 votes were allegedly removed by the electoral body from the total ballots polled by the opposition party.
Addressing a press conference in Ede, the South West zonal secretary of the PDP, Reverend Bunmi Jenyo said thorough investigation has revealed that the PDP was allegedly shortchanged by INEC through the summation of votes in Olorunda and Osogbo local government councils by allotting more votes to the All Progressives Congress (APC) than what the party garnered during the poll.
ALSO READ: #OsunDecides2018: PDP rejects INEC’s ‘inconclusive’ declaration
According to Jenyo, details obtained from Form EC 8C showed that in Olorunda local government, the total votes polled by the APC was 14, 867, while INEC recorded 16,254 votes for the ruling party, indicating that 1,387 additional votes we’re allotted to the APC.
He further alleged that similar scenario played out in Osogbo local government, where the actual votes polled by the APC stood at 21, 479, adding that on contrary INEC recorded 23, 379 votes for the party.
Jenyo, however added that INEC recorded 14, 499 for the PDP instead of 14, 599, just as he said the total votes of the PDP was reduced by 1,000 in Ayedaade local government.

https://www.tribuneonlineng.com/165858/

The Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State has declared Engr. Rauf Aregbesola of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) winner of the 2007 governorship election in the state, awarding him 198,799 votes, against the ousted incumbents 172,880.

Delivering judgment, the head of the five-member appeal panel, Justice Clara Ogunbiyi declared Aregbesola the winner and ordered that he should be sworn in immediately. It was a unanimous judgement.

Aregbesola had in his petition prayed the court to cancel the elections in 10 local government areas of the state where violence and electoral
malpractices marred the elections.

There were spontaneous jubilations in Ilesha, Ekiti, Ibadan and Lagos by supporters of Aregbesola who trooped to the streets celebrating Aregbesola's victory. And violence was reported in Ikirun, between supporters of Aregbesola and the deposed governor, Oyinlola.

In the judgment, read for about five hours by Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, the court affirmed, INEC did not conduct election in accordance to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and in accordance with the Electoral Act. It thus annulled the election held in 10 local governments in dispute saying that the allegations against the election in the 10 disputed local government areas were valid and genuine.

Having nullified the electionvheld in Boripe, Atakumosa, Ayedaade, Boluwaduro, Ife Central, Ife East, Ife South, Ifedayo, Isokan, Odo Otin, local governments Areas, the court resolved that Aregbesola won the election by 198,799 votes against 172,880 lawfully ascribed to Oyinlola.
Justice Ogunbiyi declared Aregbesola the winner of the election in line with section 197 constitution and 147 Electoral Act.

This court hereby orders that the election in 10 local government is null and void. The court also declares that the declaration of Olagunsoye Oyinlola Of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP)as a governor of Osun State is null and void. We hold that because the first Appellant, Rauf Aregbesola had satisfied section 179 of the Nigeria Constitution and section 147 sub-section 2 of the Electoral Act be declared as the valid governor of Osun State. We order for the cancellation of the Certificate of Return earlier issued to Oyinlola and ordered that INEC should immediately issue a Certificate of Return to Aregbesola. We also resolved that Aregbesola is duly elected as the governor of Osun State.

Prior to the judgment, the court in succession resolved all the five issues for determination in favour of Aregbesola and against Oyinlola.

The first was whether the lower tribunal was right in ruling that all allegations in the petition were criminal in nature, the court applied the Principle of Severance saying that all the allegations were not criminal. It affirmed that though, the allegation of violence, thuggery are criminal, the allegation against INEC is not criminal but civil.

It stated that infractions such as the non-compliance with the electoral Act, non collation of result, diversion of sensitive materials, no -record of election result at the polling units, and non announcement of the result were civil in nature and only needed to be proven with preponderance of evidence and balance of probability.

The court said that these allegations were well proven.

The second issue was whether the tribunal was right on the way it treated the evidences of the petitioner as mere allegations. The court ruled that the tribunal was completely wrong in ignoring the evidence tendered.

In the court opinion, there was a miscarriage of justice at the lower court. The Appeal court justices said the court was not pleased with the dismissal of the quantum of materials tendered as evidence by the petitioner.

As regards issue number three which has to do with whether an electoral supervisor is competent to give evidence, the court stated that inasmuch as the supervisor was a field officer who goes from a polling unit to another polling unit to observe election as well as rely on the report of the agent, the supervisor is competent to give evidence in the court and the evidence should be examined on the merit.
The court also dismissed the cross appeal by Oyinlola for lack of merit.

The other members of the panel were M. I. Garba, Paul A. Galinje, C.C. Nweze and Adamu Jauro.
Reacting counsel to Aregbesola asked the court to order Oyinlola to pay N10 billion which will cover the salaries he had receieved illegally and other things he had used the office to benefit. He said that he believed that Oyinlola would have packed his load and left government house before the arrival of the new governor.

Counsel to Oyinlola, N.O.O. Oke said that the judgment is okay to them.
Alhaji Olawale Moshood Adeoti, the Osun State Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria, CAN, urged the judiciary to continue with the spirit of saving Nigeria from illegality.

Engr. Rauf Aregbesola challenge of Olagunsoye Oyinlola election victory began in 2007 when he filed a 1004-page petition contending that INEC and the police colluded with the PDP to rig the election in favour of Oyinlola. He challenged the results in 10 local government areas of the state, saying that they were marred with violence and irregularities.
In its judgment, the Justice Thomas Naron-led five member tribunal that initially heard the case threw it out for lack of diligent prosecution.

Dissatisfied with the judgment, Aregbesola took his case to the Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan, where the Justice Victor Omagie-led panel condemned the judgment of the lower tribunal by branding it as perverse.

The Appeal Court panel ordered a retrial of the case after ruling that all the evidence rejected by the lower tribunal must be admitted by a new tribunal to be constituted. Part of the evidence the Omagie panel ordered the new tribunal to readmit was the controversial police report Aregbesola submitted with his petition. When the case was before the Naron tribunal, Oyinlola's counsel, Mr. Yussuf Alli, and the police did not comment on it and it was also not admitted as evidence by the panel.
The police report later became a subject of contention before the retrial panel headed by Justice Garba Ali. The Oyinlola camp alleged that the report was forged while the Aregbesola camp insisted that it was not. Counsel to Oyinlola, Mr. Yusuf Alli, on many occasions challenged Aregbesola to present the police report before the new tribunal if it was not fake. He assured that the originators of the police report would be jailed and accused the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and its leaders of adroitness at falsehood and mischief. Osun State Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Niyi Owolade, said the inability of the ACN to present the police report indicated that the report was forged.

The ACN replied that it did not present the report before the Justice Ali-led tribunal because it is a catalogue of killings, violence and rigging in more than 10 local government councils. If we present it, the tribunal may be tempted to order a rerun. We only contested results of elections in 10 local government councils and not all the councils, which the police report encapsulates.

The police report detailed violence and killings in Ikirun, Ilesa, Ila and Ede communities, which we did not list in our petition. Twelve members of our party were killed across Osun during the 14 April 2007 governorship election, ACN alleged.

Just before the Naron tribunal awarded a unanimous judgment to Oyinlola, our sister publication TheNEWS published a report that disclosed the cosy relationship between one of Oyinlola's lawyers, Chief Kunle Kalejaiye and members of the Naron tribunal. The report contained telephone call logs of discreet interactions between Kalejaiye and Naron. But Kalejaiye however denied the charge.

In his final submission to the Appeal Court on 1 November, counsel to Aregbesola, Chief Akin Olujinmi urged the panel of judges to examine only four issues and quash the judgment of the Justice Alli Garba-led election petition retrial tribunal which had in May 2010 dismissed Aregbesola's petition.

Olujinmi said though INEC and its officials filed a reply to Aregbesola's petition, the commission failed to call any witness to defend the allegations of irregularities levelled against it by the petitioner.

According to him, INEC failure to call any witness or lead evidence to challenge the alleged irregularities in the election is tantamount to the
commission abandoning its case. He added that the claims of the petitioners were not challenged in any way.

Olujinmi reminded the panel of the fact that there were 10 local government areas in respect of which the petitioners were complaining, adding that it would eventually become clear that Aregbesola scored more votes than Oyinlola who was declared winner by INEC.

He listed the issues of non counting of votes, non announcement of results by INEC officials as parts of irregularities in the conduct of the election, which the appellants complained about in their petition. Olujinmi disagreed with the position of the retrial tribunal that no evidence was led to prove the petitioner allegation and recalled that the tribunal had forgotten that written deposition by the witnesses called by the petitioners formed the evidence led by Aregbesola to prove allegations of irregularities contained in the petition.

We called 75 witnesses who were going from one polling unit to another that day, he added. On the position of the tribunal that the allegations made by Aregbesola in his petition were criminal in nature, Olujinmi said: The contention that INEC officials did not collate and announce the result are already separable from the criminal ones. To support his position, he cited the cases of Fayemi versus Oni recently decided and that of Agagu versus Mimiko.
He explained that the tribunal failed to consider several documents tendered by the petitioners.

Olujinmi called the panel attention to Boripe Local Government Area where INEC awarded 14,497 votes to Oyinlola when the total number of registered voters was 12,631. He stated that the tribunal ignored this anomaly when dismissing his client petition.

He also called the attention of the panel to the case of INEC versus Oshiomhole to press his claim that if the total number of votes cast does not match the number of ballot papers available, the issue must be resolved in favour of the petitioners.

In his own final submission, counsel to Oyinlola, Mr. Yusuf Alli argued that the issues canvassed by Olujinmi were not joined at the trial stage and it would be unfair to let him change the rule while the matter is at the appeal stage. Alli drew the panel attention to the case between Senator Ibikunle Amosun and Governor Gbenga Daniel in Ogun State in which the panel submitted that the evidence of roving supervisors could not be regarded as credible or admissible because supervisors had no place in the Electoral Act 2006.

Alli also referred to paragraphs 18, 21, 22 and 27 of the petition and concluded that Aregbesola case was built on the commission of a crime. He insisted that the Fayemi versus Oni case, cited by Olujinmi was not helpful to the appellants.

Everything taken together, the appellants have proved nothing. What the tribunal said was that the totality of the evidence called by the appellants have not proved anything, Alli said.

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/11/26/aregbesola-declared-osun-governor-court-sacks-onyinloa/


If Aregbesola could be sworn-in after the cancelation of 10 local government election results, I don't see the reason why Inec will declare the Osun election inconclusive because of 5 Polling units.

More than 40 percent of extremely poor people in the world will be living in Nigeria and DR Congo by 2050, a report by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has revealed.

In the 2018 report released, yesterday, the foundation said by 2050, Nigeria will have 152 million people in extreme poverty, out of a projected population of 429 million.

It blamed this on the lack of investment in human capital to correspond with the increasing population growth.
Nigeria is currently the seventh most populous country in the world with an estimated population of 198 million.

The annual report, produced in partnership with Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, IHME, at University of Washington, tracks progress being made on the United Nations sustainable development goals, SDGs.

In June, Brookings Institution reported that Nigeria had overtaken India as the nation with the highest number of poor people, with 87 million of its citizens in extreme poverty.

International Monetary Fund, IMF, had also said in March that Nigerians are getting poorer due to the lack of coherent and comprehensive economic reforms.

The goalkeepers report said while more than a billion in the world have lifted themselves out of extreme poverty since 2000, “extreme poverty is becoming heavily concentrated in sub-Sahara African countries.”
“By 2050, that’s where 86 per cent of the extremely poor people in the world are projected to live. The challenge is that within Africa, poverty is concentrating in just a handful of very fast-growing countries.

“By 2050, for example, more than 40 percent of the extremely poor people in the world will live in just two countries: Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. Even within these countries, poverty is still concentrating in certain areas.”

The foundation said to address the poverty crisis, adequate investment would need to be made in young people, especially in areas of education, health and human capital development.

“Investing in young people’s health and education is the best way for a country to unlock productivity and innovation; cut poverty, create opportunities and generate prosperity,” the report added.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/over-40-of-worlds-poorest-will-live-in-nigeria-congo-by-2050-report/

PMB barred Kogi State governor from participating in any activities in the State House.

Panic has gripped Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state over an order by the Presidency to Zenith bank PLC for transcript of Kogi state government’s transaction since the past three years. A senior member of the state government who does not want his name mentioned because he is not authorised to speak made this known to this medium. According to him, Governor Yahaya Bello has been in a state of unrest since the past days over this development.

He went further to say that the Governor christened the latest move by the Presidency is as betrayal of his loyalty to the government of Kogi state. The source further stated that President Muhammadu Buhari took this latest decision due to several reports and petitions against Yahaya Bello. The President had become so worried that Governor Bello is yet to pay civil servants and pensioners their earnings since he assumed office as Governor of Kogi state despite over Two hundred billion naira he has received as statutory allocation, bailout funds, Paris club refund and other revenues accrued to the state.

Meanwhile, findings from this medium showed that the Presidency got frustrated by the reports from Kogi state and complaints from some appointees of the federal government officials from Kogi state where they complained that the attitude of Yahaya Bello may cost the All Progressive Congress 2019 election.

A Special Adviser to the President who is also a member of the kitchen cabinet of the President, informed this medium that the President became frustrated after he was informed that since the inception of the Bello’s administration he has not instituted, completed or commissioned any project.

The President concern was facilitated by the non payment of salaries by the government, The presidential source who wants to be kept anonymous, further stated that an order for the statement of Kogi State Government’s account domiciled with Zenith bank PLC has been made by the Presidency to the bank with a view to ascertain movement of state funds.

He said a similar order has been extended to Fidelity bank, Access bank, and Union bank. Our findings further showed that Yahaya Bello has become a “persona non grata” in the Presidency over his attitude to governance.

“The President is not happy with Bello and he has barred him from participating in any activities in the State House, that is why he wasn’t invited when the President received nomination form that NCAN presented from him and he wasn’t invited to accompany the President to submit the form to the party secretariat”, the presidential aide stated.

A Dubai-based property developer has commenced $18.5 billion sites and services project expected to provide over 140,000 housing units within Centenary City in Abuja.
Unveiling the initiative in Abuja, a co-investor/ developer, Alhassan Dantata, explained that government has leased the project, while funding is coming from foreign investors.He stressed that Centenary City was delayed because of controversies, adding that the housing programme was brought on stream with the present pact with the foreign investor.
According to him, immediate past president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan conceived the idea of Centenary City to commemorate Nigeria’s 100th years of existent as a nation, while Senator Anyim Pius Anyim anchored it.He said housing project was tagged ‘affordable luxury for the common man’, and every design must be approved from Dubai, adding that there was no development in any country, investors would not involved.

Dantata also explained that the programme would create 150, 000 direct jobs with additional 250,000 daily jobs for indigenes and will have positive impacts on the housing sector because of the foreign developers’ reputation.

“The two-bedroom unit would goes for between N15 and N30 million, and it could be accessed through mortgage facilities, which civil servants could key into.“ It would soon become a dream come true to meet housing needs of Abuja residents.

“It is going to be a Smart city, or mini –Abuja, with $50 million City Gate. The location is a ten minutes drive to the airport, and twenty minutes to city centre; made up of Amusement Park, Tourism site, and golf course.

“Beneficiaries cut across all strata. It means pay and enjoy your money. House loan scheme is N16 million for civil servants to be deducting from salary. This would enable them pay N30million with electricity, water supply, and security”, he added.On the issue of compensation, he hinted about N1.377 billion have been paid to the indigenes through the minister of FCT, while 475 houses have been built for the landowners in line with Abuja Master Plan.

https://m.guardian.ng/property/developer-begins-18-5b-housing-project-in-abuja/

But Buhari claim Abacha Never Stole.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who ruled Nigeria between 1983 and 1985 gave Abacha the clean bill in Kano yesterday after the rememberance prayers marking 10 years of the death of Abacha, who ruled between 1993 and 1998.
https://allafrica.com/stories/200806090008.html

Which ‘‘millions of US dollars yet-to-be-recovered Abacha loot’’ from HSBC is Garba Shehu talking about?

GEJ appointments of Northerners in the past, what infrastructural development and employment opportunities did it bring to the North?

1.Umaru Ibrahim – MD Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation.
2.Garba Nadama – NABTEB
3.Zainab Bulkachuwa- President of the Court of Appeal
4.Ibrahim Auta- CJ of the Federal High Court
5. M.D Abubakar – IGP under GEJ
6.Joseph Dawla – GMD NNPC
7.Paul Orhiii- DG NAFDAC
8.Suleiman Abba – IG of Police
9.Danladi Umar – Chairman CCT
10.Ibrahim Lamorde – Chairman EFCC
11.Hassan Tukur- Chief of Protocol to the President
12.Rufai Al-Kali – Political Advisers to GEJ
13.Aminu Ladan Shehuri – DG TRCN
14.Mounir Gwarzo – DG SEC
15.Yusuf Bayero-DG NPA
16.Habu Gumel- Ch National Lottery Commission
17.Hassan Bello- DG Nigeria Shippers Council
18. Abubakar Jijiwa-DG VON
19. Bashir Dalhatu – Chairman National Inland Waterways Authority
20.Yusuf Inde Dikko-CG NIS
21.Sa’ad Ibrahim CDS under GEJ.
22.Tijjani Bande-DG NIPSS
23. Mustapha Bello-DG NIPC
24. Ibrahim Buba – News Agency of Nigeria
25. Hafiz Ringim – IG Police
26.Abdulrashid Garba-DG NECO
27.Ishmail Junaidu- DG NERDC
28.Asma’u Ahmed-Ex Sec PEF
29. Mohammed S Shettima – Chairman National Commission for Nomadic Education
30.Walid Jibrin-Chairman RMRDC
31.Ali Sa’ad BirninKudu- NTI
32.Mohammed Sadiq- NCAT
33.Mohammed Dangwani- National Boundary Commission
34.Mohammed Jameel Waziri- Chief of Protocol
35.Abubakar Sambo- ECN
36.Aloma Mariam Mukhtar – Chief Justice
37.Sanusi Ado Bayero – MD NPA.
38.Usman Magawatta- NTA DG till 2014
39. Mike Omieri – NOA
40. Andrew Yakubu – NNPC~Eng.
41. Prof. Longmas Wapmuk – Industrial Training Fund –
42 CDS – Alex Badeh
43. Suleiman Abba – IGP under GEJ
44. Danladi Kifasi- head of service
45 Samuel Yonongo Ukura – Auditor General Of The Federation
46. Guluk – Political Advisers to GEJ
47. Abdullahi Dikko CG Customs
48. David Parradang Immigration Boss
49.Mahmoud Mohammed – Chief Justice
50.Muhammed Nadada Umar- SMEDAN
51. Ibrahim Bukur – CJ Federal High Court
52. Maryam Ciroma – DG NIWA
53. Mohammed Dikko Abubakar – IG of Police
54. Alhaji Sulieman Galadima – Chairman Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
55. Bukar Aji – Head of Service
56. Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa – President Court of Appeal
57. Aminu A Suley – Comptroller General Prisons.
58. Habibu Abdullahi – MD Port Authority.
59. Sanusi Lamido – CBN Governor.
60. Senator Abubakar H. Girei – Chairman National Mathematical Centre,
61. Alhaji Arma Yau Abubakar – Chairman National Institute for Fresh Water Fisheries Research.
62. Attahiru Jega – Chairman of INJECTION
63. Alhaji Bello Gusau – Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research
64. Aminu Ladan-DG FRCN
65. Muhammed Sani Sidi-DG NEMA
66. Alhaji Adamu Atta – Chairman Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC)
67. Sambo Dasuki- NSA
68. Yakubu Tsala – Lake Chad Research Institute
69. Jamin Zubema-DG NPC
70. Mutaqqa Rabe Darma- PTDF

Tell your Lord Buhari to obey the Federal character principle as enshrined in the Constitution.

Jonathan’s government appointments for the North

1.Umaru Ibrahim – MD Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation.
2.Garba Nadama – NABTEB
3.Zainab Bulkachuwa- President of the Court of Appeal
4.Ibrahim Auta- CJ of the Federal High Court
5. M.D Abubakar – IGP under GEJ
6.Joseph Dawla – GMD NNPC
7.Paul Orhiii- DG NAFDAC
8.Suleiman Abba – IG of Police
9.Danladi Umar – Chairman CCT
10.Ibrahim Lamorde – Chairman EFCC
11.Hassan Tukur- Chief of Protocol to the President
12.Rufai Al-Kali – Political Advisers to GEJ
13.Aminu Ladan Shehuri – DG TRCN
14.Mounir Gwarzo – DG SEC
15.Yusuf Bayero-DG NPA
16.Habu Gumel- Ch National Lottery Commission
17.Hassan Bello- DG Nigeria Shippers Council
18. Abubakar Jijiwa-DG VON
19. Bashir Dalhatu – Chairman National Inland Waterways Authority
20.Yusuf Inde Dikko-CG NIS
21.Sa’ad Ibrahim CDS under GEJ.
22.Tijjani Bande-DG NIPSS
23. Mustapha Bello-DG NIPC
24. Ibrahim Buba – News Agency of Nigeria
25. Hafiz Ringim – IG Police
26.Abdulrashid Garba-DG NECO
27.Ishmail Junaidu- DG NERDC
28.Asma’u Ahmed-Ex Sec PEF
29. Mohammed S Shettima – Chairman National Commission for Nomadic Education
30.Walid Jibrin-Chairman RMRDC
31.Ali Sa’ad BirninKudu- NTI
32.Mohammed Sadiq- NCAT
33.Mohammed Dangwani- National Boundary Commission
34.Mohammed Jameel Waziri- Chief of Protocol
35.Abubakar Sambo- ECN
36.Aloma Mariam Mukhtar – Chief Justice
37.Sanusi Ado Bayero – MD NPA.
38.Usman Magawatta- NTA DG till 2014
39. Mike Omieri – NOA
40. Andrew Yakubu – NNPC~Eng.
41. Prof. Longmas Wapmuk – Industrial Training Fund –
42 CDS – Alex Badeh
43. Suleiman Abba – IGP under GEJ
44. Danladi Kifasi- head of service
45 Samuel Yonongo Ukura – Auditor General Of The Federation
46. Guluk – Political Advisers to GEJ
47. Abdullahi Dikko CG Customs
48. David Parradang Immigration Boss
49.Mahmoud Mohammed – Chief Justice
50.Muhammed Nadada Umar- SMEDAN
51. Ibrahim Bukur – CJ Federal High Court
52. Maryam Ciroma – DG NIWA
53. Mohammed Dikko Abubakar – IG of Police
54. Alhaji Sulieman Galadima – Chairman Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
55. Bukar Aji – Head of Service
56. Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa – President Court of Appeal
57. Aminu A Suley – Comptroller General Prisons.
58. Habibu Abdullahi – MD Port Authority.
59. Sanusi Lamido – CBN Governor.
60. Senator Abubakar H. Girei – Chairman National Mathematical Centre,
61. Alhaji Arma Yau Abubakar – Chairman National Institute for Fresh Water Fisheries Research.
62. Attahiru Jega – Chairman of INEC
63. Alhaji Bello Gusau – Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research
64. Aminu Ladan-DG FRCN
65. Muhammed Sani Sidi-DG NEMA
66. Alhaji Adamu Atta – Chairman Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC)
67. Sambo Dasuki- NSA
68. Yakubu Tsala – Lake Chad Research Institute
69. Jamin Zubema-DG NPC
70. Mutaqqa Rabe Darma- PTDF

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RevenGeMission:
The rejectors

Hahahahaah


They say Hausa have born to rule mentality , but they are always giving ultimatums , threatening ,rejecting anything anyone does


*Below is how it was in GEJ's time:*
*"Secretary General of the Federarion"- Anyim Pius Anyim.*
*DG of DSS - Ita Ekpeyoung*
*"Minister of Petroleum" - Deiziani Alison Madueke*
*"Minister of Finance" - Ngozi Okonjo Iweala*
*CBN governor- Sanusi Lamido was removed in a controversial circumstances and replaced with "Godwin Emefiele"*
*Chief of Staff - Mike Oghiadomhe*
*"Accountant General of the Federarion -* *Jonah Otunia.*
*Chief of Army staff. Azubuike Ihejirika, later replaced by Kenneth Minima.*
1. *NIMET~Dr. Anthony Anuforom*
2. *NNPC~Eng. Andrew Yakubu*
3. *NIMASA~Patrick Apobolokemi*
4. *PENCOM~Mrs. Chinelo Anohu Amazu*
5. *FERMA~Engr. Chukwu Amuchi*
6. *DPR~Mr. George Osahon*
7. *"Bank Of Industry"~Ms. Evelyn Oputu*
8. *Nigerian Content Dev. Agency~Ernest Nwanpa*
9. *Consumer Protection Agency~Mrs Dupe Atoki*
10. *NCC~Engr. Eugene Juwa*
11. *NAMA~Engr. Nnamdi Udoh*
12. *NCAA~Engr. Akikuotu*
13. FAAN~*George Uriesi*
14. *NCAT~Capt. Chinere Kalu*
15. *SEC~Aruma Otteh*
16. *"Sovereign Wealth Fund~Uche Orji*
17. *NAFDAC~Dr Paul Orhil*
18. *FIIRO~Dr. Mrs. G. N Elemo*
19. *Maritime Academy Of Nigeria~Oron Joshua Okpo*
20. *Railway Corporation~Eng. Seyi Sijuwade*
21. *Nigerian Tourism Dev. Corporation~Mrs. Sally Mbanefoh*
22. *"Budget Office Of The Federation"~Dr Bright Okogwu*
23. *NERDC~Prof Godswill Obioma*
24. *NEXIM~Mr R. R Orya*
25. *Standard Organization Of Nigeria~Dr Joseph Odumodu*
26. *Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation~Emeka Nkem Mba*
27. *"Industrial Training Fund"~Prof. Longmas Wapmuk*
28. *National University Commission~Prof. Okojie*
29. *NESREA~Mrs. N.S Benebo*
30. *MDG Office~Dr. Precious Gbenio*
31. *"Surveyor General Of The Federation"~Peter Chigozie*
32. *Statistician General Of The Federation~Dr. Yemi Kale*
33. *"Accountant General Of The Federation"~Mr. Jonah Otunla*
34. *"Auditor General Of The Federation"~Samuel Yonongo Ukura*
35. *National Orientation Agency~Mike Omieri*
36. *News Agency Of Nigeria~Oluremi Oyo*
*Oluremi Oyo was replaced by Ima Niboro....from the South South.*
37. *NEPC E/S David I Adelugba*
38. *NEPZA~Mr. Olugbenga Kuye*
39. *BPP~Engr Emeka Ezeh*
40. *Niger Delta Ministry-Orubebe, etc.*

Kindly state other positions occupied during Jonathan govt by the Northerners. we have 17 Security positions and more than 200 Parastatals and Ministries .You mentioned 40, what happened to the rest.

27. *Industrial Training Fund~Prof. Longmas Wapmuk is from Plateau State - North .

2. *NNPC~Eng. Andrew Yakubu is from Kaduna State - North

17. *NAFDAC~Dr Paul Orhil is from Benue State - North

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Some elders under the aegis of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of dividing Nigeria more than any other leader in the nation’s history.

In a statement Thursday, the forum condemned Buhari’s removal of Matthew Seiyefa, acting director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS).
The leaders alleged that the act shows his “vote of no confidence in one Nigeria.”

Seiyefa had been appointed in acting capacity after Lawal Daura, former DSS DG, was sacked over the siege at the national assembly.

In the statement, the forum described the removal of Seiyefa, who hails from Bayelsa state and who was the second in command to Daura, as a “disregard for the conditions precedent for a united Nigeria and an inclusive country.”

“The I-don’t-care and in-your-face attitude of the President in restoring Nigeria security architecture to the provocative situation of having 16 out of 17 service chiefs from his corner of the country is a clear demonstration of the fact that Nigeria for General Muhammadu Buhari is no more than his section of Nigeria and the resources and the constitutionally mandatory votes from other sections of the country,” the statement signed by Edwin Clark, among the other leaders, read.

“Since 1960,Nigeria has never had a leader more sectional ,narrow,parochial ,and tribalistic like the current President who went on a global stage to divide Nigeria into “97 % and 5%”.

“We have looked critically at the profiles of the Acting DG who was removed and the one Buhari just appointed and it is crystal clear that Bichi does not come with any experience close to that of Seiyefa.
“The only qualification for this appointment is therefore only the rabid nepotism of the President which has seen him always masking personal and sectional interest as national interest.

“Besides, Bichi is an out-of-the -system man drafted by Mr Lawan Daura in the days of his nepotism rule at the DSS. The next six most senior persons in line of succession at the DSS after Seiyefa are from our findings are all southerners which may explain why the President picked a man who already retired from the DSS to lead because of ethnic affinity .

“That the President went ahead to deep himself further into the cocoon of ethnic irredentism in making this insensitive appointment shows clearly that he does not care a hoot about the unity ,cohesion and oneness of Nigeria.
“We reject this appointment and we do not shy in telling Mr President that he no longer pretends that the country is one under him.”

The forum also questioned the idea of a second term for the president, saying “in the last few days ,there have been fears coming from the international community about the dangers that would come the way of Nigeria if Mr President returns for another term. With his latest action,we add that the country is not safe in the remainder of his first term”.

https://www.thecable.ng/southern-leaders-reject-new-dss-dg-describe-buhari-as-nigerias-most-tribalistic-leader/amp

I told a friend sometime ago that I'll give him 200K if Buhari retain the acting DG or appoint a southerner to replace DG DSS before the 2019 general election. Buhari didn't mince words when he tag the South South and South East 5%. He really meant what he said and its now glaring for everyone especially my kinsmen in the South South.There's an unforseen agenda by Buhari come 2019 election.
All those screaming "buhari is a bigot" don't know him. He don't bloody care in what any Southerner think of him as long as his Northernization agenda is on course and his main aim is to be celebrated in the North as Ahmadu Bello was.

Unity19:
The President can only suggest to the national assembly but can not alter bills or law emanating from National Assembly. in fact his best is to withhold is assent.

So what stop him from given his suggestion all this-while or sponsor an executive bill to that effect. He know how to improve it and he allowed it to tarry till now.

If the card reader is not Included In Electoral (Amendment) Bill, what stop the Presidency from amending it and forward to the legislators if they are keen in improving on our electoral act. All this blame game and shifting the post won't help anyone.
Besides, this is the 3rd time he is withholding his assent without making any input to it.

*NIGERIANS WILL NEVER FORGET THESE QUOTES:*
These were the words that turned my head for Buhari in 2015.
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*"A serious government will fix power problem in six months." - Babatunde Raji Fashola (November 12, 2014)*
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*" Buhari will reduce petrol to N40 per litre from N87– David-West." ( April 14, 2015, Daily Post)*
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*"Stone us [APC] if we do not perform after two years." - Tony Momoh ( April 3, 2016, The Guardian)*
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*"The only way to have stable electricity is to vote out PDP." - Babatunde Raji Fashola (July 12, 2014, The Nation)*
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*"We seriously frown at President Goodluck Jonathan, over the unceremonious removal of the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr Andrew Yakubu." -(APC, August 4, 2014, Channels TV)*
....
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*"It's Time To Restructure Nigeria: The present situation of things where all component units get monthly allocation from the Federal Government only makes the states lazy and unproductive." - Nasiru El-Rufai (August 2010)*
....
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*"Jonathan should resign if he has no solution to the violence being unleashed on some parts of the country." - Nasiru El-Rufai (August 2012)*
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*"The only solution to the present political uncertainty in the country is for the National Assembly to set machineries in motion for the impeachment of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua." - Muhammadu Buhari (March 10, 2010, Sun Newspapers)*
...
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*"Waste: Let me give an instance, presently, there are more than 6 aircraft in the presidential fleet. What do you call that? "Billions of naira is budgeted every year for the maintenance of these aircraft not to talk of operational cost and other expenses." - Muhammadu Buhari (February 2015, Nigerians in UK)*
....
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*"We intend for instance, to bring back our National carrier, the Nigerian Airways. We shall do this by bringing all the aircraft in the presidential fleet into the Nigerian airway and within a year increase the fleet into about 20." -Muhammadu Buhari (February 2015, Nigerians in UK)*
....
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*"Why do I need to embark on a foreign trip as a president with a huge crowd with public funds?*
*"Why do I need to go for foreign medical trip if we cannot make our hospital functional?" - Muhammadu Buhari (February 2015, Nigerians in UK)*
....
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*"Why is the nation's currency, the Naira, now trading for N180 per Dollar, while the South African Rand is trading at R11 to one United States Dollar?" - Babatunde Raji Fashola (Dec 26, 2014, The Nation)*
...
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*"Give Nigerians a daily update on the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua to stem the growing rumours surrounding his state of health." - Lai Mohammed (December 21, 2009, The Nation)*
..
*"Amaechi is not only clean but a tool to free Nigeria from the corruption imposed on us by those who hate our nation." - APC (October 24, 2016, Vanguard)*
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*"The recent proscription of Boko Haram and Ansaru violates the Constitution." - Lai Mohammed (June 10, 2013, The Nation*
...
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*" I’m opposed to fuel subsidy removal – Buhari.
General Muhammadu Buhari declared that he is completely opposed to the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. (December 9, 2011, Vanguard)*

Shewbread:
For keep. Nothing on petrol price and subsidy bros?

Edited & included:
*" I’m opposed to fuel subsidy removal – Buhari.
General Muhammadu Buhari declared that he is completely opposed to the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. (December 9, 2011, Vanguard)*

*" Buhari will reduce petrol to N40 per litre from N87– David-West." ( April 14, 2015, Daily Post)*

Hadone:
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Try again

*NIGERIANS WILL NEVER FORGET THESE QUOTES:*
These were the words that turned my head for Buhari in 2015.
....
*"A serious government will fix power problem in six months." - Babatunde Raji Fashola (November 12, 2014)*
....
....
*" Buhari will reduce petrol to N40 per litre from N87– David-West." ( April 14, 2015, Daily Post)*
...
*"Stone us [APC] if we do not perform after two years." - Tony Momoh ( April 3, 2016, The Guardian)*
....
....
*"The only way to have stable electricity is to vote out PDP." - Babatunde Raji Fashola (July 12, 2014, The Nation)*
....
....
*"We seriously frown at President Goodluck Jonathan, over the unceremonious removal of the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr Andrew Yakubu." -(APC, August 4, 2014, Channels TV)*
....
....
*"It's Time To Restructure Nigeria: The present situation of things where all component units get monthly allocation from the Federal Government only makes the states lazy and unproductive." - Nasiru El-Rufai (August 2010)*
....
....
*"Jonathan should resign if he has no solution to the violence being unleashed on some parts of the country." - Nasiru El-Rufai (August 2012)*
....
....
*"The only solution to the present political uncertainty in the country is for the National Assembly to set machineries in motion for the impeachment of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua." - Muhammadu Buhari (March 10, 2010, Sun Newspapers)*
...
...
*"Waste: Let me give an instance, presently, there are more than 6 aircraft in the presidential fleet. What do you call that? "Billions of naira is budgeted every year for the maintenance of these aircraft not to talk of operational cost and other expenses." - Muhammadu Buhari (February 2015, Nigerians in UK)*
....
....

*"We intend for instance, to bring back our National carrier, the Nigerian Airways. We shall do this by bringing all the aircraft in the presidential fleet into the Nigerian airway and within a year increase the fleet into about 20." -Muhammadu Buhari (February 2015, Nigerians in UK)*
....
.....

*"Why do I need to embark on a foreign trip as a president with a huge crowd with public funds?*
*"Why do I need to go for foreign medical trip if we cannot make our hospital functional?" - Muhammadu Buhari (February 2015, Nigerians in UK)*
....
.....
*"Why is the nation's currency, the Naira, now trading for N180 per Dollar, while the South African Rand is trading at R11 to one United States Dollar?" - Babatunde Raji Fashola (Dec 26, 2014, The Nation)*
...
.....
*"Give Nigerians a daily update on the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua to stem the growing rumours surrounding his state of health." - Lai Mohammed (December 21, 2009, The Nation)*
..

*"Amaechi is not only clean but a tool to free Nigeria from the corruption imposed on us by those who hate our nation." - APC (October 24, 2016, Vanguard)*
...

*"The recent proscription of Boko Haram and Ansaru violates the Constitution." - Lai Mohammed (June 10, 2013, The Nation*
...
...
*" I’m opposed to fuel subsidy removal – Buhari.
General Muhammadu Buhari declared that he is completely opposed to the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. (December 9, 2011, Vanguard)*

You won't see this type of post and reminder on front page.But any anti- Saraki post is treated with urgency and its usually move with a speed of light to front page.
Wetin be that pro-APC Mod name?

Okay.
Mynd44

THE World Bank has ranked Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, low in efficiency and other indices of operational standards.

Nigeria ranked 110 out of the 167 countries surveyed making it among the lowest performing countries in the world as regards the efficiency of its customs service and border management processes.

Bureaucracy and corruption in customs clearance processes have long posed significant challenges to the trading community in Nigeria.

The World Bank in its ‘Connecting to Compete Report 2018 on trade logistics in the global economy’, which evaluated the logistic performance of 160 countries, using data gathered through a worldwide survey of logistics professionals on how easy or difficult they experienced trade logistics along six generic dimensions.

The dimensions include customs efficiency and border management clearance, quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure; ease of arranging competitively priced international shipments; competence and quality of logistics services; ability to track and trace consignments; and the frequency with which shipments reach consignees within the scheduled time.

Across all the indicators, Nigeria took the 110th place out of the 160 countries, one of the bottom 50 performers in the world.

In the report, Nigeria has a level of logistics constraints typical of low and middle-income countries.

In terms of customs efficiency and logistics, Nigeria emerged 147th and 112th respectively.
In International shipment, Nigeria was ranked 110th, while in logistics infrastructure, 78th, logistics competence, 112th; tracking and tracing, 92nd; and timeliness, 92nd position.

The report for the West African sub region, showed that Cote D Ivoire clinched the top position as the best performing country in trade logistics with a global ranking of 50. Benin Republic is next at the 76th position; Ghana, 106th; Nigeria, 110th; Togo, 118th; Gambia, 127th; Liberia, 143; and Sierra Leone, 156th.

The report stated: “The six Logistics Performance Index, LPI, indicators are divided into two main categories: areas for policy regulation which indicates main inputs to the supply chain, which includes customs, infrastructure, and services; as well as supply chain performance outcomes, which corresponds to LPI indicators of time, cost, and reliability- timeliness, international shipments, and tracking and tracing.

“Because operators on the ground can best assess the vital aspects of logistics performance, the LPI relies on an online survey of logistics professionals from the companies responsible for moving goods around the world: multinational freight forwarders and the main express carriers.

“Freight forwarders and express carriers are best positioned to assess how countries perform.
“Their views matter because they directly affect the choice of shipping routes and gateways, thereby influencing the decisions of firms to locate production, choose suppliers, and select target markets.”

The report listed the bottom 10 countries in the world to include Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Eritrea, Libya, Haiti, Zimbabwe and Central African Republic.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/nigeria-customs-ranks-low-in-world-bank-efficiency-report/

buharitill2023:
is that not a prove that you are lying, how can 30 soldiers be killed, which weapons boko Haram use.?

Direct your assertion to the following international news outlet:
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security/islamists-in-northeast-nigeria-kill-up-to-30-soldiers-sources-idUSKCN1LH3U1?il=0
Aljazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/nigerian-soldiers-killed-boko-haram-army-base-raid-180901141047508.html
Daily Mail Uk
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-6121655/30-Nigerian-soldiers-killed-Boko-Haram-raid-military-sources.html
VOA
https://www.voanews.com/a/sources-islamists-in-northeast-nigeria-kill-up-to-30-soldiers/4554322.html
PressTV
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/09/02/572930/Nigeria-Boko-Haram-Takfiri-Militants-Borno
France24
https://m.france24.com/en/20180901-30-nigerian-soldiers-killed-boko-haram-raid-military-sources

Where in the world will 30 Soldiers of a country killed in cold blood and the President will still remain in a foreign land and not deem it fit and necessary to rush back home.This is catastrophic

Where in the world will 31 Soldiers of a country killed in cold blood and the President will still remain in a foreign land and not deem it fit and necessary to rush back home.This is catastrophic

Take away the Presidency from Buhari, i bet you no one in his right senses will visit him ( He is Lifeless and has no serious economic value). So the visit is not for Buhari as a person but its for Nigeria and he is representing us as a President and also Nigeria is the most populous black nation in the world and a major player in the committee of Nations.

Abeg PMB should not get carried away with laughter and forget to negotiate a favourable deal for Nigeria cos these world leaders are exploitative.

3 Reasons why Angela Merkel and Theresa May are coming to Nigeria

1.Migration and Terrorism - Merkel talks with Buhari will revolve around how to stem the influx of Nigerians to Germany and Europe through Libya.

2. Post-Brexit trade ties - UK seeks new business relationships outside of Europe, after the Brexit vote of June 2016.

3. Speaking with the private sector -May will hold meetings with private sector players in Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos, before leaving the continent.
PMB should ask for something in return from them. I pray he should not go about demeaning and de-market Nigeria and her people .