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icon aus: It is absurd and insane for people to kick against Predents trip to Brazil. [b]The boko haram issue is now a norm.[/b]Presido has to carry on with other duties as president . several times he has visited the palces and victims of Boko and this dastardly act by Boko is continuing unabated and Presido cant be stucked in Boko wahala . His presence anyway cannot make any difference.This is being overblown out of proportion - its just politics and hatred .

PointB: North is now a failed region – Kumalia
On June 19, 2012 · In News
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By Victoria Ojeme
ABUJA – Former member of the Federal House of Representatives and Chairman of Northern Re-Awakening, Hon. Mohammed Kumalia from Borno State, Tuesday described the northern region of the country, as a failed region going by the total collapse of its economy and spiraling insecurity.

Hon. Kumalia who spoke during a media parley in Abuja blamed the present state of insecurity in the region on social and economic inequalities, among other vices.

He stated that, disenfranchised youths and those forced to live on the fringes of society in the north have become willing tools in the hands of forces of disharmony in the region.

According to him, “The alarming and pervasive inequality all across the North has precipitated a dangerous phenomenon that needs to be addressed urgently.

“We are already witnessing restiveness amongst the disenfranchised in our communities to the extent that they have unwittingly become willing tools in the hands of devious manipulators in the cause of perpetrating disharmony in the society” Kumalia added.

He lamented that, “The most sinister and urgent challenges include the lack of unity, general insecurity, poverty, unemployment, increasing illiteracy, hopelessness and uncertainty for the future, these challenges pose a very grave barrier to the overall development of the region and its people.

Kumalia regretted the failure of leadership to address these challenges, resulting in the rapid decline in standard of human dignity and capital development, adding that, “the worst affected include our women, children and the elderly.

Hon Kumalia canvassed urgent need to begin the process of rebuilding the north.

“We need to get back to our agricultural heritage as a starting point to exploit the comparative advantage of the region in order to achieve a balanced, inclusive and sustainable development, this will go a long way to help restore our core values where everyone can earn a decent living”

He further explained that the vision of the forum is to create an economically viable North with the necessary infrastructure to support its citizens to be self sufficient and to live peacefully with one another irrespective of tribe or creed.

“we want a North where children are put back to schools and the scourge of carefree Almajiri system and corruption are severely diminished or altogether eliminated, we want to see a North where our core values of honesty, hard work, integrity, equity and justice, religious tolerance, hospitality and accommodation, good governance and respect for elders, leaders and constituted authority becomes the cornerstone of its future” Hon. Kumalia said.

Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah in his reamarks blamed the present security challenge in the country on the political class, who, he accused of not doing enough to deliver on the promises.

He called on Muslims and Christians to consider the present situation as a conflict between the darkness and light, urging them for patience and understanding.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/north-is-now-a-failed-region-kumalia-blame/

BlackPikiN: Kaduna – A university don, Prof. Abdullahi Bagudu, says Nigeria will remain an indivisible entity in spite of its security challenges, endemic corruption and recklessness.

Bagudu, the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) of Usman Dan Fodio University Sokoto, stated this on Saturday in Kaduna during the presentation of a book titled: “Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility.”

The book was written by Prof. Kabiru Dandago in honour of former Vice Chancellor of Kaduna State University (KASU), Prof. Aminu Mika’ilu.

Bagudu described Nigeria as “a wonderful country that has passed through various challenges but came out of them stronger”.

He added, “we are going to get over the current situation stronger than ever before. “

“ For us in the academia, ours is to make contributions into knowledge for those who want to utilise it.

“Our role is to generate and disseminate knowledge and this is what informed the effort to attract scholars from various universities to contribute in the writing the book.”

According to him, the book centres on corporate governance and social responsibility, adding the two concepts are relevant to the country’s development.

He described Mika’ilu as a humble person that spent his life in the development of education in Nigeria.

“I salute your effort because you have dedicated this book to the right person who has spent significant part of his life serving humanity.

“I think there is no better way to do it than to have a book on a current and topical issue dedicated to the person of Professor Aminu Salihu Mika’ilu,” he said.

In his remarks, the Vice Chancellor of KASU, Prof. Barnabas Quirix commended the author of the book “for a well written book”.

He expressed optimism that “the book will no doubt contribute to the academic development of this country. “

Quitrix urged students of the university to emulate the quality of Mika’ilu, by contributing to the nation’s educational development. (NAN)


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/nigeria-will-remain-an-indivisible-nation-says-don/

http://www.osundefender.org/?p=32818

The Boko Haram elements are trying to take over the Yobe State Government House In Damaturu This evening.

The Joint Task Force (JTF) Squad has repelled the Boko Haram attackers who were attacking the Yobe state capital, Damaturu.

The Islamic terror Group, trooped in large numbers, exploding bombs and shooting sporadically.

Eye witness report said that they were targeting to overrun the Governor’s residence, but the superior fire power of the JTF has destroyed most of them.

The capital is now getting calmer, as the JTF has taken over all the arreas now.

Casualty figure is still unknown.

Gbawe: @Koruji.

Bruv, you better wake up and see what everyone else sees. Have you not noticed that you are the only decent person in these sort of threads, concerning the SW, posting with 'omo ale' Yorubas foolishly cackling with these known and 100% established haters who now take pleasure crying more than the bereaved? I can't ever recall seeing you mocking the efforts of non-SW administrators but it should be obvious to you that you will gain nothing speaking to those hellbent on hateful negativity. Most folks here know you to be a good guy so I will advise you to join others who now ignore these sort of thread and leave omo ales and awon ako ti ile ta to discuss with the sly and treacherous creatures who cannot discuss the serious misrule in their States only to prefer a malevolent focus on the SW. Learn to leave certain threads to the usual divisive and hateful creatures because the entire forum now knows there mission that starts and end with giving a dog a bad name to hang it. Remember it is very easy for anyone to claim they live in Osun and "see nothing" under Aregbesola. In fact, I laughed really hard when I read this in the opening post that could have been writtien by Omisore or Oyinlola himself:

It was the cue for any sensible person to stay away from this garbage thread written in a style to attract the losers and Vultures. Those who "live" in Osun must have had a day off when Aregbesola laid the foundation for one of the ambitious modern markets ( something "Prince" thief Oyinlola could never have conceived let alone be part of) below . Is it not how a known hater of Fashola and Yoruba folks , Edicolove, always negatively stereotyping an entire ethnic group , tried to fool the entire forum by dishonestly stating that Fashola has never carried out one single drainage project in Lagos when all I had to do to discredit such wickedness was to produce my own pictures of superb drainage work outside my own house in Surulere being carried out by Julius Berger? Abeg, bruv , learn to ignore the haters and leave them to turn threads into whatever satisfies their malevolence and hatred. Discrediting the article and picture below will now be a waking obsession for some here. What you will not get from anyone on this thread , including the omo ales, is praise for what is written below that "Prince" Oyinlola could never be part of simply because it would mean less kudi for him and his rampaging dogs who turned Osun into one big PDP 'owambe' zone. Rather you will see them in their idiotic glory having issues with everything else and even revising the real role a clueless administrator (Oyinlola) played to now portray him as something else.

http://www.osundefender.org/?p=32561

~Bluetooth:
America has been killing innocent people in Iraq,pakistan,Afghanistan under the guise of fighting terrorists,do you accuse the ''self-acclaimed police of the world'' of genocide ?

~Bluetooth:
The sun rises in the EAST and sets in the west.Russia carry go !

Beaf: Koru-koru! The unbalanced one! Lol!

Have you now checked that the pic PointB posted is actually Osun states official promotional material?
Its what we have come to expect from the megalomaniac, the Don Quixote of the "Western Niger." [size=4pt]becomerich, pardon me for infringing your copyright.[/size]

Wonders!

I'm sure you have a helmet too, because Ogbeni Aregbesola (tiny as he is) is reknowned for delivering blistering slaps that fully express his psychosis!
Koru! Dat man madness pass ya own, you are still learning. Lol!
Anyways, while keeping up the regime of taking your tablets, remember to also practice jumping from tree to tree, cos ya mad broda wan turn Osun to jungle. Luckily, we will eject him (and you) long before he achieves the fit.

Ileke-IdI:
I see that you've been sucking on beaf's nipp les, hoping to get your own fair share of the stolen national cake.

Or do you simply belief you've made sense?

Orji and obi are doing worse than aregbesola, yet you're here on an altruistic worry for aregbesola's governance? My friend, you no go chop before me o. Make I go dabaru one SW governor to sate GEJ's fear too, make I chop national cake that GEJ Father-Christmas Azikwe is passing around.

Ileke-IdI:
omo, imagine this cocaroach calling someone mad.

Maybe a poll will confirm the madness you've been trying to deny for so long.

Beaf: ^
Bro koru the unstable one! Seriously how does it feel to be mad?
Please can you explain to us what happens to the mad mind when it see's a pic like this?
I'm sure it looks just like Las Vegas to you.

No be small sontin we de take eye see nowadays o!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/681427_osogboRoad0_jpg7c3f14336b92e5a1f0c40314c0c406bf

By the way, don't forget to right click the pic PointB posted to find out the source. Lolzzzzzzzzzz!!!!
In short, ayam going to help you: it is O-News! http://www.onewsportal.com

Beaf: ^
Koru-koru! The unbalanced one!
Just keep honing your hunting skills, cos Aregbe, your fellow psycho is rapidly returning the State of Osun back to nature! There shall soon be raging forests where proud cities once stood.
Those "juvenile pics" are Osun states official promotional material, they provide solid proof that mad as you are, Aregbe beats you handsdown in the psycho stakes!

Bro. if madness will allow, simply rightclick on the pic and see where it was sourced. Lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

kunlekunle: [color=#006600]Each of the 71 senators produced by the party is expected to pay the sum of N45m which represents five per cent deduction from their basic salaries. Mark and Tambuwal are expected to pay more because they earn more.


are they paying the party?
if to the party, democracy is dead

valacious: Was in church this morning and then a lady came out to testify how God aborted a purpoted bomb attempt at cbn building, broad street, lagos on friday 11th may, 2012. She said security recovered several explosives from the boot of the man's car together with a detonator control. The man was later whisked away by SSS men. Can anyone confirm this story?

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/

$620,000 bribe: Lawan, Police disagree over bail terms

By Yusuf Alli, 2 hours 30 minutes ago

Embattled Representative Farouk Lawan returned home from police custody yesterday but under one condition: he must produce the alleged $620,000 bribe not later than this week, according to a police source.

He had been in detention for 72 hours.

His lawyer however dismissed any such suggestion.

Mr. Israel Olorundare (SAN) said his client signed no such undertaking.

Lawan who was suspended by his colleagues as Chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Management, at an emergency session on Friday, has hired four Senior Advocates of Nigeria including Olorundare to handle his case.

The others are: Mr. Rickey Tarfa , Mr. Sam Ologunorisa , and Chief Mike Ozekhome .

The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Special Task Force (STF), Mr. Ali Amodu granted Lawan bail at about 4pm yesterday in the presence of one of the counsels, Tarfa.

The bail was contingent on, according to a police source, a written undertaking by Lawan to produce the alleged bribe sum of $620,000.

His international passport which was seized by the police during a search on his residence in Abuja on Friday has not been released.

It was gathered that the police decided to grant him bail to avoid running afoul of the law which prohibits detention without trial beyond 24 hours.

It was also learnt that the police got intelligence report that Lawan’s counsel were planning a N500million suit for detaining the lawmaker beyond the provision of the law.

Another source said since the case will now be handled by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, it might start suo moto ,thus making Lawan’s bail inevitable.

A police source said: “We have granted Lawan bail but his movement is still restricted to Nigeria. We still have his international and diplomatic passports with us.

“The good thing is that the House will resume sitting on Tuesday, he has cause to be in the country.

“As part of the bail bond, we insisted on a written undertaking that he will provide the bribe sum and give it to the police. He is due to report at the Force Headquarters on Monday.

“So, we expect him to either produce the bribe sum on Monday or anytime next week. We know he has hidden the bribe sum, he will now go to where he kept it for retrieval.”

On why the Police granted Lawan bail, the source added: “If you are in charge of enforcing law, you must also respect the law.

“We did not want to keep him in custody beyond the days allowed by the law. Or else, the case will assume a new dimension of violation of human rights.”

One of Lawan’s counsels , Olorundare, who spoke with our correspondent, said: “Yes, Lawan has been granted bail with an undertaking. We are battle ready for any legal action.”

But contacted last night, Olorundare disputed the police claim that Farouk wrote an undertaking to bring the $620,000.

He said: “Based on what Lawan told me, he said he wrote an undertaking to facilitate how to get to the chairman of the House committee on Narcotics, Drugs and Financial Crimes, Adams Jagaba whom they want to ask questions about the whereabouts of the bribe sum.

“To the best of my knowledge, he did not say he will produce the bribe sum. Even in the undertaking, he did not give any timeframe when he will link up with Jagaba but it might be before the end of next week.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-to-acquire-oil-telecoms-licences-to-fund-party/
June 17, 2012 by Sola Fabiyi 16 Comments

The Peoples Democratic Party is planning to acquire oil and telecommunication licenses to generate revenue for the party, SUNDAY PUNCH has authoritatively learnt.

This was part of the revenue generation and investments strategies of the party, which was prepared by its National Financial Secretary, Mr. Bolaji Anani.

Anani, in a memo entitled, “Revenue generations and investments” to the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, said it would be easy for the party to get the needed concession and operator’s licence.

Anani wrote under the sub-head “Major Sectors,” in the memo said, “With a high degree of anonymity, we can earn reasonable short and long term returns if the venture is properly structured.

“We should be able to get (the) needed concession and operator’s licence with some measure of ease.”

It was not clear those that the party were targeting as fronts in this regard.

Our correspondent, however, reports that the party was already talking to some known oil markers, especially those known to be its financiers.

Other areas where the party hopes to generate funds include real estate and the establishment of print and electronic media companies.

Anani further wrote, “The establishment of PDP Holding Company Ltd is to hold and negotiate the interests of the party in all investments and business arrangements.”

On loans, the party said it planned to “raise short, medium and long term loans from financial institutions to fund the party’s investments and programmes with minimum risk.”

Meanwhile, the party is expecting the sum of N140.97m as annual contributions of the Senate President, Senator David Mark; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal and other members of the National Assembly.

Each of the 71 senators produced by the party is expected to pay the sum of N45m which represents five per cent deduction from their basic salaries. Mark and Tambuwal are expected to pay more because they earn more.

http://tribune.com.ng/sun/front-page-articles/7612-lawangate-how-tambuwal-escaped-the-lawmakers-plot-that-failed-why-reps-quickly-moved-against-lawan-bribe-money-no-longer-intact-lawan-to-produce-620000-bribe-on-monday-released-on-bail
Lawangate: How Tambuwal escaped •The lawmakers’ plot that failed •Why Reps quickly moved against Lawan •Bribe money no longer intact? •Lawan to produce $620,000 bribe on Monday, released on bail

Written by Olawale Rasheed, Taiwo Adisa and Chris Agbambu, Abuja Sunday, 17 June 2012

As the police authorities arraign Hon Farouk Lawan tomorrow over the $3 million bribery scandal rocking the House of Representatives and the entire country, more facts have emerged on how the leadership of the House defeated an alleged attempt to use the bribery scandal to unseat the leadership of the House even as reports have emerged on why the House leadership caucus decided to dump Lawan.

Findings revealed that the shock and anger among opinion molders within the House over the bribery saga changed after a credible report showed that a group within the lower chamber was already working in tandem with some external forces to unseat the speaker and his deputy at the Friday sitting.

The report was said to have been validated when some newspapers directly linked the deputy speaker, Hon Emeka Ihedioha, to the scandal even as alarm was sounded that the two-year ultimatum handed the Speaker to vacate the seat by former President Olusegun Obasanjo was just around the corner.

More worrisome before the sitting on Friday, according to reports, was the unusual movement and alleged nocturnal meetings of some members from the South Western region, a region originally designed by the ruling party to produce the House Speaker.

Sunday Tribune was told that prior to the late night meeting of last Thursday among the top leaders of the House, the shock over Lawan’s actions and inactions had given way to how to prevent perceived push to ‘overthrow’ the leadership of the House.

Findings showed that that fear led to what a source called the immediate revival of the cult-like machine which originally defied the PDP and the Presidency to install Hon Tambuwal as the speaker of the House and the consequent deployment of its field men across the various caucuses of the House.

It was gathered that the brief for the field men was to secure the House while a selected team effected the proceedings as stipulated by the House rules in cases of corruption and misdemeanor by any member of the House.

Sunday Tribune was told that the fear of external plot was so intense that Hon Lawan’s alleged failure to inform the speaker of the bribe offer from Chief Femi Otedola reportedly turned out to be a major saving platform for the Speaker with reports indicating that an inner caucus within the House indeed shielded the Speaker from the bribery offer in anticipation of an impeachment plot.

A source privy to the plot but nonetheless close to Hon Farouk disclosed that the speaker was kept in the dark because of the sensitivity of the matter, adding that “if the speaker had been briefed, we would not have been able to defend him and we would not have been able to secure a vote of confidence as we did on Friday”

Further findings revealed that the revival of the power platform that brought Tambuwal to power not only silenced alleged coupists within the House but also led to what a source called a painful decision on Hon Lawan, who is widely reputed to be the pillar of the power caucus within the House.

The caucus members were said to have singled out the deletion of Otedola’s company names as the key evidence against their former leader even as they left open the possibility of a resolution in case the marked dollar notes were presented in court by Hon Lawan.

Meanwhile, indications emerged on Saturday that the leadership of the House acted fast on the bribery scandal rocking the Hon. Farouk Lawan-led adhoc committee on fuel subsidy scheme in order to stop the crisis from escalating.

“Some of us were embarrassed with claims that oil marketers were made to pay certain sums in hard currency to get themselves cleared during the probe. There was an instance when we confronted the adhoc committee chairman and he denied knowledge of any bribe,” a Rep member said at the weekend.

The meetings of Thursday night therefore concluded on the need to suspend Farouk Lawan so as to allow him defend himself.
According to sources, opinion gathered by the leadership was to the effect that once its hands are clear in the unfolding matter, it should summon the members and open up at a closed session.

But before the closed session, the Speaker and other leaders of the chamber had engaged many of the members on phone conversations, where the issues were thrashed out.

The original idea was to thrash out the issues around the scandal on June 19 when the House was due to resume plenary but it was discovered that 24 hours could be too long to alter things and in order not to give room to mischief makers, the Speaker and the leadership decided to call the emergency meeting for Friday.

Sources also confirmed that the diplomacy embarked upon by some top members of the Peoples Democratic Party,(PDP) as a way of saving Hon Farouk Lawan from prosecution fell flat when it was discovered that the embattled lawmaker appeared to have taken certain steps that could turn the whole story around.

“Some chieftains of the PDP were canvassing the need for the security agencies to be careful on the bribe scandal so as not to allow it have negative effect on the party’s election fortunes in Edo and Ondo states later in the year. But it was later discovered that the embattled Hon. member had taken steps which appeared as if he was out to outsmart the investigators.

They suspected that his decision to mention the name of the Inspector General of Police when he admitted to collecting the bribe was suspicious and they then decided to move all out against him,” a source said at the weekend.

It was also learnt that the difficulty of investigators locating the bribe money said to have been kept as exhibits by Hon. Farouk Lawan is also creating cause for concern for investigators as it was suspected that part of the money might have found their ways into circulation.

“There is the fear that Hon. Lawan has not handed over the money because it is no longer intact and some of the currency have been sold at the parallel market. Efforts are on to retrieve the notes but it appears a huge task,” another source stated at the weekend, adding that the bureau de change people have already transacted with some of the notes.

According to the source, the development is apparently responsible for the controversy over the actual amount received as bribe.

While Hon Farouk confirmed taking a total of $500,000, he also claimed his committee secretary got $100,000, but Mr. Femi Otedola claimed to have given a total of $620,000, with the committee secretary getting $120,000.

Meanwhile, Hon Farouk Lawan was on Saturday evening granted bail by the police after spending two nights in the cell.

The bail which was granted him on self recognition has a proviso that the $620,000 allegedly collected from oil mogul, Femi Otedola, should be produced to the police tomorrow, Monday.

Another condition attached to the bail is that he should produce a surety, a Nigerian without criminal record and who owns landed property in Abuja.

The embattled lawmaker, wearing a white caftan, looked dejected and quietly walked out of the police cell at exactly 5:20 p.m. into a waiting car and was driven away to an unknown destination.

Informed police sources from the police special task force told Sunday Tribune that investigation has progressed considerably and that more information has been gathered from the lawmaker which has opened a new dimension into the whole scandal.

The police source disclosed that Lawan had always alleged that the money given him by Otedola was a set up and that he never approached him for any gratification but since the whole saga has turned out this way, he is ready to defend himself in the law court whenever necessary.

He also alleged that he was not the only member that was involved in the whole saga but since he has become the sacrificial lamb, he is ready to face the music.

The police source added that more members of the Lawan committee might be invited as investigation continues because some names were also mentioned.

On who reported the issue to the police, the source said it was Otedola who first raised alarm about the bribery scandal, hence he came voluntarily to make statement to the police.

Beaf: Koru-koru! The unbalanced one! Instead of giving free reign to the mad glim in your eye and venting foolishly on behalf of the failure called Aregbe, why not leave yankee and prepare to go climb tree's that are about to grow where roads used to be in the State of Osun! Didn't you see the frightening pic PointB posted? It is your oga's official advert for his "massive road construction across Osun in partnership with Julius Berger and with 50billa World Bank funding!"
If you don't hurry back now, at the rate Aregbe is going, you will only be able to hunt grasscutters where Osogbo used to be.

Even fuckry loudly advertises itself with pride these days. Broda, no be small tin o!

Koru-koru! The unbalanced one! Make sure you take ya tablets regularly o!

Divepen: "My boyfriend, not My Husband, beats me always but I love him.
He gets angry at trivial issues and beats me to overcome me."

So was the claim of a lady who asked for help.
I decide to post this when I noticed it in many relationships.

koruji: Nobody has ever asked GEJ to turn Nigeria around in 2 years.

For one, he was VP & then President combined for 4 years - that's 4 years not 2.
Second, he only needed to show a real, not borrowed, vision and back up with action.

He blindly follows what his aides tell him, and says things that make our situation even worse - like announce he knows who is behind Boko Haram and how he will vanquish them by June. His plan to help the Nigerian economy was to remove subsidy and give the funds to pregnant women (silly stuff like that - I was amazed to see Beaf use this as one of the arguments for subsidy-removal a couple of days ago. Ah) and other promises they had no intention of fulfilling. Apart from that, the man copied AREGBESOLA's O'YES initiative verbatim as part of that silly unSURE program - yet that same O'YES was derided by GEJ's errand boys over here on NL - led of course by Beaf, the cursed.

What we have asked the president to do his: 1) Do his job when it is imperative - the man open eyses for there until Boko Haram infested almost all the northern states before doing something tangible - too late; 2) Fight the open corruption that is eating away at the foundations of a nation; 3) Stop feeding on the nation's fat - N1 billion for food in Aso Rock every month when you are giving only N18,000 minimum wage and jacking up the price of fuel.

These things do not require even one year to show seriousness. In four years when he will "try" to contest again GEJ would be asked what he did with four years in the areas of electricity, roads, education, health, infrastructure, etc.

So please stop comparing sleep to death. Please tell me what the excuse of PDP dominated states is for 13 years of failure and counting.

[quote author=karl max]. Yet ur one of those hypocrites calling GEJ's government that is just 1year old the worst in the history of nigerian!! Here Ʊ are pleading with people that aregbes government is barely 2 yrs old cos he belongs to ACN! So Ʊ know a lot can't be achieved in 2 years!! Yet Ʊ expect GEJ to turn around 52 years old problem in 1 year! Aregbe should visit imo state to Ơ̴̴͡.̮Ơ̴̴̴͡ what a governor achived in 1 year !

Beaf: ^
Koru-koru! The unbalanced one! One day you will se a psychiatrist to cure your halucinations! Lolzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!

Aregbe is a total failure, a mad man on the cusp of running na'ked in the streets. O-YES!

karl max: . Yet ur one of those hypocrites calling GEJ's government that is just 1year old the worst in the history of nigerian!! Here Ʊ are pleading with people that aregbes government is barely 2 yrs old cos he belongs to ACN! So Ʊ know a lot can't be achieved in 2 years!! Yet Ʊ expect GEJ to turn around 52 years old problem in 1 year! Aregbe should visit imo state to Ơ̴̴͡.̮Ơ̴̴̴͡ what a governor achived in 1 year !

Aigbofa: He is like a goldfish anyway, there is no hiding place for him. This is not one of the cases anyone can bury.

prodam: my opinion might not be regarded or may be seen as that from one who abets corruption but it belongs to me. it goes thus:

from my own perspective, Hon. Faruk Lawan would be vindicated soon. The shame of the plotters would be brought to the public table.
all these are just done to enervate his fighting spirit against indiscipline and corruption.

am not saying Faruk lawan is not involved in this a whole mess, but the story we have heard would be re-told, its a matter of time.

egift: Femi Otedola is beginning to show his true colours.

1. He was ready to offer $3m to remove his name from the list
2. Now he wants to be paid N1 trillion because we want to ask him "how much of the subsidy money he stole".

Who knows what this cabal have stolen from us since 1999 - 2012?

philips70: Hmmmmmm, you just bought my coveted unbiased and non-partisan mind with this statement of yours. This is if you really mean this. I thought you have a war against any one who criticizes the government of the day. Kudos

ndu_chucks: Reps have done the right thing by suspending Farouk pending the outcome of ongoing investigations. Odetola should likewise be suspended from GEJ's economic team if our President has some credibility left.

http://tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/news/7691-fg-to-reform-police-with-n15trn.html
Written by Leon Usigbe, Abuja Saturday, 16 June 2012

THE Federal Government is set to fund the reform of the Nigeria Police with the sum of N1.5trillion, about 32 per cent of the total amount needed for the programme.

States and Local Governments are expected to provide 28 per cent while the balance has been allocated to the private sector.

Vice President Namadi Sambo, who disclosed this on Friday at the meeting of the committee on the Interim Implementation on the Reform of the Nigeria Police in the State House, Abuja, demanded for a comprehensive plan to enable stakeholders to support the police in areas of need.

He directed the Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade and the Acting Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Mohammed, to collaborate with the sub-committee already set up to come up with the actual needs by the police for further action.

The Vice President, who advised that the requirements of each of the state police command be harmonised to ensure that standard was maintained, also spoke on the role of the Civil Defence Corps, noting that the corps should assist the police in its responsibilities.

However, he stressed the need to examine the legal basis for the corps to bear arms.

http://tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/news/7688-islamic-banking-is-illegal-court.html
Written by Tunde Oyesina,Abuja Saturday, 16 June 2012

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, declared the non-interest financial institution operating under the principles of Islamic jurisprudence as illegal and unconstitutional.

Delivering judgement, in a suit filed by one Godwin Sunday Igboji, challenging the licence issued to Jaiz Bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Justice Gabriel Kolawole, held that had it not been that the plaintiff lacked the locus standi to institute the action, he would have nullified the licence issued to the Jaiz International Bank Plc to carry out Islamic banking in the country.

According to him,”There are no provisions in the CBN Act and the banks provided for in the Banks and other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) that empowers the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to issue license for non-interest financial institution to operate under the principles of Islamic jurisprudence without the approval of the Head of State through the Minister of Finance.

‘’Unlike the other specialised bank, the Jaiz International Bank Plc can only be established in the country with the intervention of the National Assembly by amending the BOFIA Act.

‘’If not that the plaintiff has no locus standi to maintain this action, I would have nullified the illegal license issued to the Jaiz International Bank PLC by the CBN to operate non-interest banking under the principles of Islamic jurisprudence.

‘’This case is hereby struck out for lack of locus standi, but the AGF should take steps to remedy the situation, and further ensure that the CBN carries out its duties within the provisions of the law establishing it,” he argued.

Ogboji had asked the court to declare a license issued to Jaiz International Bank Plc by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) illegal, null and void.

The plaintiff had joined the CBN Governor, and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) as co-defendants.

He asked the court to hold that the CBN’s guidelines for the regulation and supervision of institutions offering non-interest financial services in Nigeria under Islamic commercial jurisprudence published in the Thisday newspaper of June 23, 2011 is ultra vires, illegal, null and void.

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