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PoliticsRe: Russia Can Destroy Us – Top U.S. Army General by mach7(m): 5:26pm On Nov 04, 2015
Mcbussy:
So what would u count having bases and troops in almost all continents as?... Isnt it a strategic advantage?...Do u think war is just about deploying ur men to take ships from Russia to US?... They'll all get blown away b4 they even reach half way. But with the present day situation, US can even drop men on Russian soil without them even knowing when, where and how. Men fight wars, strategies and resources win wars.

Talking about Russia manufacturing better hardwares at 1/3 the amount it costs US. How many Russian design military hardwares do u know that are superior to American hardwares?... Even the Russian AK47/AK74 assault rifles are terrible when compared to the M4/M16. Yes, it has better stopping power on impact, but of what good is the stopping power when about 4 out of 5 rounds fired misses it's moving target at about 100m?... Well, maybe they now have a better and more modern assault rifle sha.

US has the best Naval hardwares. They have better ships, more Aircraft carriers than other countries. Their attach helicopter; Apaches are far more sophisticated than Russian Mi24s. I think Russia has some very competent fighter jets though.
My brother, people like you always read Stratfor and swallow their BS hook, line and sinker. Pull up the specs of the specs of the Mi-28, the Ka-52 and the Ka-50 to mention a few and compare with other American models. That America uses its weaponry against weaker opponents and advertises their superiority, doesn't make it the best in the world. America has not fought a full fledged war with a world power since WW2 and this is same for Russia. That America owns a lot of Carriers doesn't equate to "best naval hardware". how well can such hardware perform against a full fledged military power like Russia? Check out the USS Donald Cook, the USS Cole and the USS Stark - epitomes of America's naval hardware. They were decapitated, sunk or destroyed by weaker nations in battle. Remember that last month, smaller Russian ships of 'unknown quality' fired Kalibr cruise missiles to destroy IS targets in Syria. So nothing is black and white. America is strong, so is Russia. Most importantly, we need a counter balance to America's dominance to keep everyone in check. Research more bro.
PoliticsRe: Russia Can Destroy Us – Top U.S. Army General by mach7(m): 5:11pm On Nov 04, 2015
speedyGonzales:
dude, I get it you support Russia. I support neither country, I don't want them fighting at all.

but having just finished a course in the UK on satellite systems, where our Prof, analysed the infrastructure in place by the US (for instance the GPS, we use today was developed by American defence budget, and some of the capabilities are hidden from civilians). the US has military bases across the world, each fitted with satellite monitoring stations. an standing army on every continent (I think except Africa) and compared with other countries, the only country that can compete is France, but china is slowly joining. in conventional war, with just guns, then anyone could win. but with technological capabilities, this satellite technology naturally intersects with military and we analysed every country (admittedly Russia is more secretive about their capabilities than the US), but US is way out in front.

Everyone including america is afraid of Nuclear weapons and Nuclear war! because it could lead to an apocalypse

The Prof that taught (consults in satellite development project for across the world) told a story on the top of the range satellite that Yar adua wanted to buy from a UK company but the UK government blocked the sell, because it was the latest in satellite technology for defence.
My friend, check out what is called GLONASS. It is a platform that is equal to if not superior than GPS. Also, make a research on Russia, its size and signals/satellite infrastructure. By virtue of Russia's size, it is able to install satellite monitoring stations in Uzbekistan to cover the southern part of Asia & the indian ocean, on Kamchatka/Vladivostok to cover the pacific and in Murmansk/Belarus to Cover the Artic/Atlantic and Europe. Having several military bases all over the world is old fashioned and expensive, just a couple of airstrikes or cruise missile strikes and they are a pile of rubble. Pls research bro and don't gobble all that your western 'prof' tells you.
PoliticsRe: Ambode Is Not Weak, He Wanted To Treat Lagosians Like Humans - Chief Ajomale by mach7(m): 6:15pm On Oct 31, 2015
Well, he should act fast and act well coz his goodwill is fast evaporating like chelsea's points.
PoliticsRe: BREAKING NEWS! Over 200 Feared Dead In Fresh Plane Crash by mach7(m): 4:32pm On Oct 31, 2015
It seems like ISIS just claimed responsibility according to BBC's live update stream. Four Russian emergency planes led by the Transport Minister and carrying rescue equipment, personnel and investigative/forensic experts have landed in Egypt.

If it was brought down truly, then ISIS will bleed coz Russia is not a country to be messed with.

My thoughts are with all Russians.

Lalasticlala, Obinoscopy.
PoliticsBuhari: 'god Willing' The War Will Be Over By The End Of December by mach7(op): 4:29pm On Oct 31, 2015
In an exclusive interview with DW, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari discusses his fight against Boko Haram and corruption in government. DW: Lately, [Nigerian] troops have been complaining about unfavorable conditions and lack of adequate equipment. Will this affect the deadline you set to end the Boko Haram insurgency by the end of this year? Muhammadu Buhari: Those who knew the situation when this govt came to office and those who know the situation now, four months into this administration, will definitely say there is visible difference. We have removed all the service chiefs and replaced them with new ones and some [high ranking] soldiers have been re- deployed. The soldiers have received training and more equipment now and are being continuously equipped. They are succeeding in the work they do. People in Yobe, Borno, Adamawa and even in Gombe, mostly areas affected by the insurgency of Boko Haram know that there are changes now. But is this war likely to end at the end of December as foreseen? "God willing" as we say, we will end this war by the end of December. We know face-to-face combat will end but terrorism by the fighters, killing innocent people in mosques, in churches, market places or motor parks, or even attacking school children sleeping in their dormitories and simply slaughtering them and shouting "Allahu Akbar" will continue. All these have nothing to do with Islamic religion. No religion allows you to betray your fellow human being, let alone kill or maim anybody. So, just to go on killing sprees in mosques and churches, or markets and schools where sleeping girls are killed is not religion. Those doing this either don't know what they are saying or do not believe in Allah. Whoever believes in Allah does not mistreat innocent human beings. This week, Nigeria's army released a poster of its 100 "most wanted" Boko Haram suspects. Is this a sign that you have given up hope in any form of dialogue with the insurgents? No. There is a saying [in Hausa] that says: while looking at one option, you should not close your eyes to other options. These people [Boko Haram] have come out to engage in fighting and killing people, but if they have leaders who think they can talk on behalf of their members or those that would be able to stop them from killing and return the girls they abducted from Chibok, then we can talk to them. Let us turn to the war on corruption which you are now engaged in. Are you satisfied with the progress in this campaign? Well, this is a difficult time. If Nigerians could remember the period of military rule, those accused of corruption were simply rounded up and taken to courts. We are now in a democratic environment and in a democracy everyone is considered innocent until proven guilty. So, now we have to collect all the documents of those we think have committed corruption crimes, before we bring them to justice. This is a long, difficult process, because corruption has spread it roots deeply into Nigerian society. The opposition has since accused you of witch- hunting for them without considering corruption cases within members of your party, who you rewarded with governor seats, while you continue to arrest members of the opposition. How would you answer them? Yes, I know I will not escape their blame, because I defeated them in the elections. This is my biggest crime. But are you satisfied that you are doing justice to every section in the war against corruption? Yes, we are doing justice in this fight. We have to practice justice because democracy with a multi- party system is different from military rule. During the military regime those in the government were not aiming to return the stolen money to the people through federal, state or local governments. The aim was to force those accused of corruption to give back the money to the military and then get released.
m.dw.com/english/mobile.A-18817777-9097.html
PoliticsRe: How Buhari Was Conveyed From Indian Airport (Photos) by mach7(m): 9:21am On Oct 28, 2015
That is for transport within the airport. How is that a shame? Should they have used a bugatti? angry
PoliticsBuhari Already Know Positions Ministerial Nominees Will Hold – Fashola by mach7(op): 11:42am On Oct 27, 2015
Former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has stated that top priorities for the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government are security and economony.

The minister-designate told AllAfrica that if infrastructure such as transport and energy gets better, “goods and services and people will move much more efficiently and that can only lead to productivity and the prosperity and quality of life that people want to see.”

According to him, “The President is clearly focused on security. We have seen some results, and it will get better.

“Dealing with the criminals who now terrorize parts of our country in a faceless manner poses challenges for our security apparatus, who were trained to deal with conventional opponents rather than these unconventional methods where soft targets are their victims. And government really, with all its best intentions, can’t be in every home and every corner of our society.”

On his expulsions of people from Lagos while in office, he said, “I think it isn’t appropriate to classify it as an expulsion. It wasn’t. We had citizens who had no address and probably migrated from God-knows-where to our state.”

“They were living as destitutes. Some had psychiatric problems. Some had other health issues. We rehabilitated them. When they got rehabilitated, they had to leave because it cost a lot of tax-payer money to keep feeding them on a daily basis, year-in, year-out. In some cases, they said they wanted to go home”

“And as I said during the screening, we didn’t know where home was except for where they told us. We wrote three letters to their home governments. None of them was acknowledged. We had to do something.

“As I said during the screening, we took them to the boundary of the state they called home, in the belief that they would be able to reintegrate themselves back to their communities. Perhaps we could have done a little more. But we were not assisted by their state governments.”

On corruption, Fashola said his approach was to see that, “we got value for money and that there was good governance and the supremacy of law and order”.

“Human beings will fall short of standards their society expects of them, and whenever that happens, what needs to be done is to enforce the law and insist on compliance. That is what I have sought to do. But we must be careful. There are some instances where people level allegations when they have no shred of evidence or they misapprehend the way the system works.”

Responding to allegations that he spent 78 million naira on a website, Fashola insisted that the reports were untrue.

“Specifically to the boreholes, it never happened. But I have chosen not to continue to defend myself on the pages of newspapers because that is not the place to resolve allegations of criminal wrongdoing. You do it in a court of law.

“These are institutions of state who have the authority to ask me to answer. As far as the website is concerned, first of all it was I, as governor, who insisted that every procurement be published on our state website.

“So if we had anything to hide, it would stand logic upside down to be publicizing our wrongdoing ourselves. And as I said during the senate screening, as governor I headed a network of institutions.

“There is also an independent procurement agency that validates procurements. All I did as governor was to sign off and approve expenditure after the procurement agency approved.

“I wasn’t elected with any limitations of powers of expenditure. It was I as governor who set limits on what I could do and what procurement agencies do.”

When asked which ministerial post he may hold, Fahola said only President Buhari can tell.

“He nominated us, so he would have a very clear idea what role he wants each of us to play. I believe he must have had deep reflection on who will be in what position.”

http://dailypost.ng/2015/10/27/buhari-already-know-positions-ministerial-nominees-will-hold-fashola/
PoliticsRe: Fashola, Six Others For IGG Award In US by mach7(m): 11:41am On Oct 26, 2015
LouisVanGaal:
You are a Chronic 'Hater'..that's all!
The first world countries that we compliment today; were the infrastructures put in place by a single govthuh? Was it not a continuity in governancehuh? Fashola has done his best for lagos; it's left for Ambode to consolidate on it and d next person after Ambode......even a 'senior wailer' in the person of Metuh knows this...not to talk an 'insignificant wailer' like you...like it or hate it...Fashola would be celebrated ANYDAY ANYTIME..
Bro, don't, mind the guy. he is just a "hateful wailer". he doesn't realize that the person he is casting stones on is celebrated while he is here being an Anonimous ranting wailer.
PoliticsRe: Fashola, Six Others For IGG Award In US by mach7(m): 11:36am On Oct 26, 2015
anonimi:
They award to CORRUPT people huh


* Four years ago, with plenty fanfare, our former gomina (governor) waka go Toronto for inspect and buy aloku scrap metal trains =>





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* In January 2013, i.e. some two years after the Toronto visit, our "excellent" former governor said the trains will be ready by June, i.e. five months after the unsolicited statement, based on his inspection & assessment of work done so far at the time =>








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* Last year, our fine-boy-no-pimples former Misita Gomina confessed he had already spent a whopping sum of N160 billion on the light rail that was supposed to be in use since June 2013. Depending on the exchange rate he used that could be $1 billion to $1.2 billion spent shocked






As of today, we nor see train, even sef all the billion, billion $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ don disappear enter Toronto. We prayer be sey make dem nor turn around small time sey na bad business like the N8 billion Sunborn floating hotel angry angry

In fact the new governor, Ambode now dey tell us sey na to restructure the financing and delivery will be in 18 months time. Laakulilai, we don suffer finish in the hands of these SCAM masters and smooth operators => embarassed






Una wey sabi financial management small go know sey the man just dey tell us sey money don finish dem must BORROW plenty $$$$$$$$$$$ loan again to have any hope whatsoever of using the trains in 18 months lohun lohun far away longest time!
Can anyone reconcile the fact that the federal government approved LASG's World Bank loan for this project yet the new governor dey spin us long tales of no federal support. He must think we are all baby pikins wey mama fit tell FAKE tory angry
I have noticed one thing about you, and that is you don't seem to like anything good, as long as it doesn't emanate from those you support. What is this crap you are bring ing out again? Have you gone to inspect the carriages brought so far and discovered that they were aloku? Please stop ranting, it is not good enough for your well-being. Funny enough, the person you are casting stones on is very far above you;receiving awards and making a name for himself. What about you, you are just an e-champion on nairaland. "Those that choose to cast mud on others should first look at their hands."
SportsMario Gomez's Five-a-side Dream Team Includes JJ Okocha! by mach7(op): 12:11pm On Oct 23, 2015
Beşiktaş striker Mario Gomez picks usual suspects Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in his dream five-a-side lineup, as well as two "idols" of his own.

Sweeper-keeper Manuel Neuer in goal, the world's best pulling the strings and Romário supplying the finishes – Beşiktaş striker Mario Gomez's five-a-side dream team would take some beating.

"In goal it would be Manuel Neuer, because he is the best goalkeeper ever in history," Gomez told UEFA.com. "Then of course Messi and Ronaldo, because those two are the best players at the moment, and of all time. And then my two idols, Romário and Jay-Jay Okocha."

Mario Gomez's five-a-side dream team
Manuel Neuer
Jay-Jay Okocha
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Romário

Who says our own JJ Okocha aka dribble master isn't a star? Let us celebrate our own!!

http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2296738.html?autoplay=true
PoliticsRe: Photos From The Visit Of Aisha Buhari To The Awolowo's Residence by mach7(m): 11:27am On Oct 23, 2015
anonimi:
Why do you APCheat people like to tell LIES as if sey na oxygen wey una dey breath ni huh






I thought we no longer have a First Lady huh shocked





A made woman from Halliburton BRIBE abi from her Kaduna hairdressing salon? grin



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Mr Man, I don't have the time to go back and forth with you. If you feel that they are corrupt, you can channel your petition to the right quarters. Ranting & Spamming NL with these 'quack' stories isn't good for your health. I rest my case.

*modified* Also, it is not everyone that opposes your opinion that is 'APCheat'...pls be guided.
PoliticsRe: Photos From The Visit Of Aisha Buhari To The Awolowo's Residence by mach7(m): 11:02am On Oct 23, 2015
anonimi:
Was she wearing her inauguration wrist watch and how much did she donate huh



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Stop twisting words....wailer! Buhari told his manager to clear his cheque no matter the amount; how does that amount to borrowing? Aisha Buhari was a made woman before she became first lady, so quit hating.
PoliticsRe: Photos From The Visit Of Aisha Buhari To The Awolowo's Residence by mach7(m): 10:59am On Oct 23, 2015
Beautiful wives....making their husbands proud.
PoliticsRe: Tribunal Affirms Gaidam’s Victory In Yobe Governorship Poll by mach7(m): 7:05pm On Oct 21, 2015
what about the N50m bribe saga? Has it been swept under the carpet?
PoliticsRe: Buhari With Amaechi, Fayemi Arrive NewYork For UN 70th Assembly by mach7(m): 9:15pm On Sep 25, 2015
3kay945:
Try reading the tittle again. It is the United Nations. I guess you know what they do there.
funny enough, she might not know.
PoliticsRe: Sylva: I Remain APC Governorship Candidate In Bayelsa State State by mach7(m): 8:58pm On Sep 25, 2015
Mr Timipre Sylva, beware of biting more than you can chew. Remember Saraki.
PoliticsRe: Buhari With Amaechi, Fayemi Arrive NewYork For UN 70th Assembly by mach7(m): 1:41pm On Sep 25, 2015
razid:
Nigerians will never cease to amaze. I've seen some reactions to Amaechi here. When there wasn't too much publicity on him, they are like "Amaechi see ya life!", or "Buhari has finally dumped Amaechi", or "upon all that Amaechi did, what did he get in return". Now that he is one of the powerful delegates to the UN General Assembly, they are like "In what capacity did Amaechi qualify to be in that trip?" Like I always say, you don't lay down all your weapons before your enemy. Don't be too quick to rush to conclusion as you don't know what the next step might be?
I don't know you, but God bless you and continually make you a discerner of minds/speaker of truth.
PoliticsRe: APC Cancels Bayelsa Governorship Primaries Results by mach7(m): 6:13pm On Sep 23, 2015
Nice development, APC means business. I suggest Mallam El-Rufai should act as Election chairman in the rescheduled election. Let us see how they will manipulate it.
PoliticsRe: Summary Of Cases Handled By CCT - Till Date by mach7(m): 2:54pm On Sep 21, 2015
In summary, the CCB/CCT has been ineffective so far. Which way Nigeria? Will Saraki's case not also be swept under the carpet? It is very difficult for the powerful to face justice in Nigeria, except the Just want to fight them with unjust methods.
PoliticsRe: Osinbajo Unveils Buhari’s Economic Blueprint by mach7(op): 8:54pm On Sep 02, 2015
Ezenwammadu:
Why is liar Mohammed always lying.

Demdem slowpoke stop crying the free food just had accident on the way it is still coming grin
I think there is a mix up in communications between the party and the govt. They will address it soonest...i believe.
PoliticsRe: Osinbajo Unveils Buhari’s Economic Blueprint by mach7(op): 8:51pm On Sep 02, 2015
dabigwalls:
Wash
Wailer spotted!
PoliticsRe: Osinbajo Unveils Buhari’s Economic Blueprint by mach7(op): 8:50pm On Sep 02, 2015
Finally, we know where PMB's priorities lie. Cc. Lalasticlala
PoliticsOsinbajo Unveils Buhari’s Economic Blueprint by mach7(op): 8:49pm On Sep 02, 2015
Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday unveiled the economic blueprint of President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that the Federal Government will invest more in social sectors to reduce poverty. Osinbajo, while speaking at the 45th Annual Accountants Conference and 50th Anniversary celebration of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, said the government would be investing more in the people, education, and job creation. Other areas where investment would be stimulated are national school feeding scheme, and conditional cash transfer. Speaking on the topic “Repositioning Nigeria for Sustainable Development: From Rhetoric to Performance,” he said the multiplier effects of the introduction of the scheme would help to create 1.14 million new jobs, increase food production by up to 530,000 metric tonnes per annum, as well as attract fresh investments up to N980bn. He said, “One of the most important interventions required in the education sector is capacity building to improve teacher quality. “This programme is intended to drive teacher capacity development, boost basic education and attract talents to the teaching profession.” He reiterated that the All Progressives Congress “has made a commitment to provide one-meal-a day for all primary school students. That will create jobs in agriculture, including poultry, catering and delivery services.” While stating that although Nigeria has recorded rising oil prices, Gross Domestic Product and foreign reserves during the previous administrations, he lamented that unemployment has remained also on the rise at the same time. This, according to him, had made it clear that such figures including a rise in revenue by itself does not create jobs or significantly reduce poverty level in the country. He said, “So why are most (of our people) poor despite rising revenues and GDP growth? “Our main revenue earners, the extractive oil and gas economy, do not by themselves create many jobs. “Such is the irony of a top-down economic model, when the major revenue earner is extractive and the value chain is poorly developed.” He also said there is need for the government to improve the power sector. http://www.punchng.com/news/osinbajo-unveils-buharis-economic-blueprint/
PoliticsRe: Photos From The Swearing In Ceremony Of New SGF, NSA & Adesina by mach7(m): 9:20am On Sep 01, 2015
May they work well.
PoliticsRe: Boko Haram Broken Into Factions- Top Nigerian analyst (PHOTO) (SOURCE) by mach7(m): 4:42pm On Aug 18, 2015
Mogidi:
I do think, don't just expect me to think like an illiterate.
Time will reveal all things, and I believe that you are "literate" indeed. #peace
PoliticsRe: Boko Haram Broken Into Factions- Top Nigerian analyst (PHOTO) (SOURCE) by mach7(m): 4:38pm On Aug 18, 2015
Mogidi:
[size=15pt]This was expected.[/size]

Shekau lost ground when most of his ardent supporters abandoned him in March after the election, his major supporters are now in govt.
Think, mr, think. Before you talk/post.....always think.

Re: Boko Haram Broken Into Factions- Top Nigerian analyst (PHOTO) (SOURCE) by appini: 4:36pm
Buhari no matter how you try to twist this Boko haram issue, the good people of this country knows very well that you're a member of the hierarchy that has been terrorizing that region.

Same applies to you too.
PoliticsRe: What Is The Measure Of Success? By Shaka Momodu by mach7(m): 4:34pm On Aug 18, 2015
Mr Shaka Momodu, be that as it may, some little points you made might be relevant. However, from your previous articles, it seems that you have something against the Buhari administration. My sincere belief is that you will eat your words by 2019 and your article then will be "can this success be measured"....

Don't stop writing sha, Femi Adesina appreciates your write ups.
PoliticsRe: APC Leaders Shun Fashola’s Book Presentation In Lagos by mach7(m): 4:19pm On Aug 18, 2015
And the GAME continues
PoliticsRe: Why Gov. El-rufai, Sen. Shehu Sani Are At War by mach7(m): 3:58pm On Aug 13, 2015
The below bolded is where the issue lies.

Gov. Nasir El-Rufai and I are from the same party and he is a governor and I am a senator and he is a technocrat while I’m an activist and a revolutionary. So, my power base is the common people – the masses on the ground.

Sen. Shehu Sani feels threatened that any potential fallout from Gov El-rufai's policies might rub-off his chances in 2019 (assumption)

Anyway, I think El-rufai is doing the right thing and Sani should just mellow.
PoliticsNigerian Anti-corruption Activists Drag Fashola To EFCC Over N78m Website by mach7(op): 3:42pm On Aug 13, 2015
The Civil Society Network Against Corruption, a coalition of anti-corruption organisations in Nigeria, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the “questionable expenditures” of the administration of Babatunde Fashola, the immediate past governor of Lagos State.
In a petition dated August 10 and addressed to the EFCC Chairman, the group called for the probe of the controversial N78 million spent on the personal website of Mr. Fashola
There was outrage last weekend after analytic firm, BudgIT, revealed that Mr. Fashola approved, before he left office, N78.3 million from the state’s treasury for an upgrade of his personal website.
The contract for the refurbishment of the website was awarded to Info Access Plus Limited by the office of the Chief of Staff to the former governor.
The company, however, denied receiving the amount, insisting that it was paid N10 million.
Other ‘questionable expenditures’
In addition to the amount purportedly spent on the website upgrade, CSNAC also urged the anti-graft agency to probe the N1.2 billion spent on the construction of pedestrian bridges along Eti-Osa – Lekki – Epe expressway “which did not specify the number of bridges.”
Other areas of possible probe include the N17 million awarded for the provision of wall signage in three magistrate courts; N3.46 billion spent for the construction of a beach resort in Ilase; and N61 million disbursed for a Range Rover SUV and two Toyota Hilux trucks as the official vehicle of Chief Judge of State.
The group also want the EFCC to probe Mr. Fashola’s spending of N85 million for the repair and replacement of street signs; N330 million spent on the development of the residence of Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the immediate past deputy governor; and N94 million spent on printer consumables.
CSNAC petition came following a similar outcry by another anti-corruption group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders.
Debo Adeniran, CACOL’s Executive Director, had stated in an interview recently that his organisation’s independent investigation showed that the 1.36 kilometre Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge cost N6 billion, and not the N25 billion stated by Mr. Fashola’s administration.
Mr. Adeniran also stated that several petitions written to the EFCC to probe the various projects in the state in the face of the more than N500 billion debt left by Mr. Fashola’s government was ignored.
Another organisation, the Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project, had also alleged that the state refused to disclose details of the US$200 million World Bank education fund during Mr. Fashola’s tenure.
“CSNAC is hereby requesting that these allegations against the former governor of Lagos State be thoroughly investigated and the falsity or verity proven,” said Olanrewaju Suraju, Chairman, CSNAC.
“We would like to believe that this petition would be given utmost attention as speculations in the media and among the general public is that members of the governing party currently enjoy special consideration and therefore not investigated by the anti-corruption agencies.
“This perception, if allowed to fester, will be detrimental and dangerous to the spirit of the new wave in fight against corruption led by the current administration.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/188248-nigerian-anti-corruption-activists-drag-fashola-to-efcc-over-n78-million-website-scandal.html
PoliticsPro-lawan Senators Ask Saraki To Reverse Principal Officers' Appointment by mach7(op): 6:25pm On Jul 18, 2015
ABUJA-SENATORS loyal to Senator Ahmed Lawan
operating under the aegis, Senators’ Unity
Forum, SUF have threatened to disrupt the
activities of the red Chambers when the
lawmakers resume plenary if Senate President
Bukola Saraki fails to reverse the appointment of
the principal officers
The group has also called on former President
Olusegun Obasanjo; former Common Wealth
Secretary- General, Emeka Anyaoku; Nobel
Laurate, Professor Wole Soyinka; former Chairman
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and a
chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
Chief Audu Ogbeh; Ex- governor of Kaduna State,
Col. Dangiwa Umar; and Femi Falana, SAN to as a
matter of urgency intervene in the Senate
unfolding imbrioglio before the nation’s
parliament would be in crisis.
Senator Bokola Saraki and Ahmad Lawan
The senators who also threatened to cause a
stalemate in the chamber on resumption if the
Senate President Saraki did not address the issue
of alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Order
2015, said, “Can we continue to operate the
highest legislative chamber of the land using
forged standing order and violating the provisions
of even the forged one? When did Nigeria
descend this low?”
The senators, in a statement issued in Abuja
yesterday by their spokesperson, Senator Kabir
Marafa, Zamfara Central stressed that the ranking
rule was being violated in the appointment of
presiding officers despite the fact that the
leadership of the All Progressives Congress had
properly guided the presiding officers by
nominating ranking senators for the leadership
positions.
The SUF, however lamented that Saraki allegedly
disregarded the party’s directive by inaugurating
fresh senators as principal officers, just as they
vowed any attempt to impose former Akwa Ibom
State Governor, Godswill Akpabio as Minority
leader above other ranking Senators, adding that
Senators Eyinnaya Abaribe, James Manager,
George Sekibo, Emmanuel Paulker, Solomon
Bwacha, Sonni Ogbuoji, Andy Uba, Uche Ekwinife,
and Owan Enoh, among others, should not be in
chamber while a fresher like Akpabio should
become their leader.
The group said, “They violated rule 3 (2) to
appoint both Senators Ali Ndume and Bala Ibn
Na’Allah as leader and deputy leader of the
senate and now we hear another alleged
absurdity that Senator Godswill Akpabio may
emerge senate minority leader.”
Alleging that Akpabio was being favoured high
above his seniors in the chamber contrary to the
provisions of order 3 (2), the group said, “I swear
to God, we will not allow this impunity to stand
and a fresh one to be added. By the way won’t
somebody ask him, who constituted these
caucuses they are talking about?
“Who is the chairman or leader of North West
caucus for example? Who is the secretary? If
there is, who appointed or elected them, where
and using which law?
“We all know how the leadership of the political
parties and how they emerge. We know the
supremacy of the political party (section 65 -2b)
of the constitution. Let somebody tell us the
supremacy of any caucus and where it’s hinged.
“May be they want stalemate in the 8th senate
looking at how they are running the place. They
better shut it permanently than to reconvene and
attempt to run it without respecting the rules.
“Oga Senate President, please read order one.
They are misleading you. Nigeria No spoil reach
this level, God forbid !!
“We will force you on resumption to read order 1
and proceed by its provision. Unless if you want
reduce the red chamber into a jungle where
every body will do what he or she like to do and
nobody can call anybody to order !!
“Sir, (Senate President) you are the custodian
and greatest beneciary of the content of that red
book, if you choose to violate it, we would help
you to bring yourself down.”
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/senate-leadership-crisis-deepens-as-pro-lawan-senators-ask-saraki-to-reverse-principal-officers-appointment/
PoliticsRe: Sule Lamido & Sons, Accompanied By Prison Officials On Their Way To Kano Prison by mach7(m): 10:44pm On Jul 09, 2015
Finally, justice has begun to prevail. Other looters should beware, there is now a WILL to fight corruption.
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