Politics / Misrule Of Jonathan, OBJ And Yaradua Caused Recession: APC by mamabomboy: 3:58pm On Sep 01, 2016 |
The All Progressives Congress APC, Thursday launched an acerbic counter-attack on the opposition-Peoples Democratic Party PDP, accusing the party and Nigeria’s past presidents produced under its platform of bringing the current economic recession upon the nation. It said the 16 years misrule of the PDP plunged Nigeria into the current economic chaos. PDP’s several years in power produced ex- presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umar Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan. It said, the statement by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday “is the latest in the party’s insensitive plot to deflect attention from the voodoo economics and reckless fiscal policies the country was subjected to during its 16- year rule. “The warning signs were glaring to the immediate-past administration but it choose the path of economic sabotage by looking the other way and squandering the country’s commonwealth – a reckless decision that has brought the country to its knees”, APC stated. The party in the statement signed by its national scribe, Mai Mala Buni was formally reacting to attacks by the PDP on the President Muhammadu Buhari’s lack of capacity to steer the economy. Following the official declaration by the National Bureau of Statistics NBS that Nigeria’s economy was in a recession, the PDP had taken APC to the cleaners, saying the ruling party is confused as to how best to manage the economy and reverse its dwindling fortunes. Two former governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo and Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II had recently taken a swipe at the economic trajectory of the APC-led administration, describing it as archaic, indefinite and rudderless. ‘President Buhari Committed To Resuscitating Economy’ However, the APC assured Nigerians that the President Muhammadu Buhari APC-led administration remains solidly committed to resuscitating the economy in the quickest possible time and in the best interest of the people. “For the umpteenth time, the PDP lacks the moral basis and credibility to comment or condemn the government on the economy after the mess it left behind. Instead, the PDP must apologize to Nigerians. “Nigerians will recall that even the immediate-past finance minister and coordinating minister of the economy, confessed that the zero political will to save under the immediate-past administration is responsible for the challenges facing the country”. APC listed several achievements of the Buhari administration, saying the nation was well on the path to quick economic recovery. It added; “Happily, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has embarked on well- thought economic agendas, policy actions, appropriate fiscal, governance, and socio- political reforms to revamp the economy and tackle the nation’s current challenges in the short to long term. “Under the new flexible foreign exchange policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in June 2016, we now have a single market-determined exchange rate which enables suppliers of foreign currencies to bring in their money and take the same out at market- determined rates. The new foreign exchange policy being implemented will ensure our economy recovers in the medium to long term. “As contained in the assented 2016 National Budget, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is aggressively formulating and implementing policies aimed at diversifying Nigeria’s economy from oil to other sectors such as agriculture, mining and manufacturing. “The administration is also proactively tackling increased attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta region which has led to disruptions in crude production. “The President’s shuttle diplomacy has yielded positive effects on the country’s economic policies. As a result, several agreements concluded during the visits are positively impacting on key sectors of the Nigerian economy including power, solid minerals, agriculture, housing and rail transportation. “The fight against corruption remains a top priority for the President Buhari APC-led administration. www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/apc-replies-pdp-says-obj-yaradua-jonathans-reckless-decisions-cause-recession/ |
Politics / Re: We Did Not Name Soyinka As Our Mediator: NDA by mamabomboy: 2:23pm On Aug 28, 2016 |
I knew it was all a lie. Common sense denotes that the Afonjas are behind the RNDA and Cynthia White. Soyinka is nothing but a lying fascist thieving Afonja 1 Like 1 Share |
Politics / We Did Not Name Soyinka As Our Mediator: NDA by mamabomboy: 2:18pm On Aug 28, 2016 |
Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) weekend said it has not nominated any personality, including Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, to lead its dialogue team with the Federal Government. It described the report that the militant group had put forward Soyinka as the head of its contact in dialogue with the Federal Government as a lie of the century. According to a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mudoch Agbinibo, NDA said it was amazed that Soyinka has been taken by the jugular by enemies of the region because of his restructuring stance and need to heed the Niger Delta agitations positively. “We are amazed that Prof. Wole Soyinka, has been taken on the jugular by enemies of the Niger Delta because of his belief that the government of the day should understand the need to restructuring and listen to the Niger Delta agitation positively”, it added. The group also accused the Okah brothers, both of whom are serving time in Nigeria and South Africa prisons, of using disorganised characters from the Niger Delta region to impress the “powers that be at Abuja.” NDA, while reiterating its support for the Chief Edwin Clark-led Niger Delta Elders and Stakeholders conference committee to lead the pan Niger Delta negotiations/ dialogue team, stated that it is ready for talks whenever the federal government is ready. “The NDA cannot be teleguided by Mr Charles Okah and Henry Okah from their respective prison cells using disorganised characters of the All Progressive Congress (APC), from the Niger Delta to impress Abuja,” the group said. The militant group said further: “We are not unaware of the creations of the Nigerian intelligentsia community and security apparatus to sustain the Niger Delta struggle to bloat their pocket and credibility. “We are amazed that Prof. Wole Soyinka, has been taken on the jugular by enemies of the Niger Delta because of his belief that the government of the day should understand the need to restructuring and listen to the Niger Delta agitation positively. “That if, we the NDA have named Prof Wole Soyinka and some incredible names to advise and lead any group is the Lie of The Century! They says, when an handshake goes beyond the elbow it has turned to another thing; amazingly, the handwriting are so clear that our noble laureate name is going the infamous way, as he is being named along as an adviser with some unscrupulous characters as Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) dialogue team with the government of Nigeria.” “Putting the records straight; the name/names parading as factions of the Niger Delta Avengers are just the figment of some persons protecting their jobs and hell bent on derailing the wheel of progress in the history of Nigeria and the Niger Delta agitation”, it added. The militant group declared: “Our strike teams and command structures have not at anytime contacted these Nigerians at any time to advise or lead any contact with the government of Muhammadu Buhari on the Niger Delta agitation. “We have shown our respect and restraints to personalities that have been too fixated to impress Abuja in the name of the Niger Delta struggle since the beginning of “Operation Red Economy ” ignorantly or willingly. “We are not unaware of the creations of the Nigerian Intelligentsia community and security apparatus to
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Politics / Re: Michelle Obama And BBOG Frustrated Chibok Girls Rescue: Aisha Wakil by mamabomboy: 12:00pm On Aug 28, 2016 |
We can now see the true enemies of Nigeria. Obama, Shettima and Oby Ezekwesilly 48 Likes 3 Shares |
Politics / Michelle Obama And BBOG Frustrated Chibok Girls Rescue: Aisha Wakil by mamabomboy: 11:55am On Aug 28, 2016 |
Aisha Wakil is a lawyer with the National Human Rights Commission and wife of a judge in Borno State. But the emergence of Boko Haram compelled her to abandon her primary assignment for a peaceful resolution of the insurgency that has inflicted untold damage on the country since it broke in 2009.
However, Mrs. Wakil’s intervention did not come without its challenges. The most recent being the recent decision by the Nigerian military to declare her wanted alongside two others on allegations they were aiding Boko Haram.
PREMIUM TIMES’ Samuel Ogundipe sat down with her in a location she said should be kept private for her first exclusive interview since regaining freedom.
When you first heard that you were declared wanted, what ran through your mind?
First of all, what ran through my mind: I said ‘devil is at work’. Devil is a liar. I was a little bit taken aback. Because I left Maiduguri that very day but I didn’t hear anything of such. So when I heard it, I went through whatever their statement said. I read it all over and over and over again. I said, ‘well, that is it to do good things in Nigeria you have a price to pay’. You can just sacrifice your life and get a proper burial. When you carry Ghana-must-go, some people clap for you. But when you want to restore something good in Nigeria, you become a target.
So all these things flashed through my mind, and I now said I was weak but I said ‘God, into your hands I commit myself. Take control of me and don’t let this thing disturb the peace I’ve been building for the past seven years when this thing first started’.
What was your experience after you turned yourself in?
When we got there, we spent several hours at the Defence Headquarters. But I have never been there before. I just saw a big house and I walked in to say I want to see Buratai. So someone told me: ‘no, you go round there’. I now went to the reception and I told the lady ‘I am Aisha Wakil, I am wanted’. She asked me which newspaper and I said ‘you should know’. Then she asked me to write my name on a paper and I did and she went inside. Then one tall and fair man later came out to ask for my passport. Few minutes later, he came back with some military personnel. From there they put me inside a vehicle and they took me to the military command guest house. That was where I spent the night. I wrote a lot of things for them. A lot of questions and what I know. They asked me to write everything I know about Boko Haram. After I wrote everything they became very impressed. Honestly. The room they gave me, I was treated like a queen.
For so many years you’ve been dealing with the Nigerian government, no one ever asked you these questions? They didn’t know you?
They didn’t ask me about my life. I was telling my story to them. It was Ahmed Bolori that introduced me to the Director of Military Intelligence, Abubakar Sa’ad, who later linked me up with now Chief of Army Staff, Buratai. They were coming to my house to pick me for extensive meeting and after the meeting they would bring me back home. They were very impressed. You said they treated you like a queen, but they still confiscated your phones and passport? When I asked them for my phones, they said they won’t give me. They said that’s the process and my own was not going to be different.
Are you on administrative bail or you were just allowed to go?
Somebody bailed me out. Somebody signed my bail from SSS headquarters. I was transferred to the SSS on Tuesday, a day after I turned myself in.
What of the allegation that you were aiding Boko Haram? You could be charged under the anti-terrorism laws.
It is a misconception. Whoever did the announcement. I don’t think the Chief of Army Staff knew about it before the thing was aired out.
It’s been a long time you’ve been pursuing this road. How did the Nigerian authorities approach you or were you the one that reached out to them?
When I approached the government. I met first, Brigadier General Bello Sarkin-Yaki. The person that took me to Bello Sarkin-Yakin was Defence Minister, Bello Haliru. He was the one. When he came, I narrated the story to him and I told him these children they have listening ears. They are human beings like all of us. They can be handled. You should stop bombing and killing, let them also stop what they were doing. He now said okay I should go to Bello Sarkin Yaki in the morning. So in the morning they took me there and I narrated the whole story. He was also very impressed. He now linked me up with Colonel Suleiman —I don’t know the surname. He was residing in Giwa Barracks. From then, I’ll be with Col. Suleiman and we’ll put the boys on the phone. Then the boys were so scared to go and meet any military man because they believed they were going to kill them. So when I call, I will connect them on the phone without them knowing I was with a military man. They would talk and talk. Then Suleiman would preach to them then they became shocked that a military man could quote Qur’an for them because Col. Suleiman was highly learned in Qur’an. Sometimes they would come to my house and say they wanted to go and do something and I would preach to them not to do so.
What year was this? 2012.
Okay, the ones that informed you beforehand about attacks, what did they do after you preached to them?
They never returned to it. They swore not to kill again. But were later killed because they renounced Boko Haram.
You were involved in a series of negotiations with the Jonathan administration, apparently it all fell through?
When this thing initially started, they wanted it to finish immediately. But later, they said people were paying them to start killing people like politicians and businessmen and to destroy businesses. So they became divided later. So those that were used to bad activities they were using them freely and they then ran out of control. But all the while I continued pleading, begging.
Did you ever meet Shekau while you were going to the bush?
No, I’ve never met Shekau before. But I knew him face to face. Before the war when I went to greet Mohammed Yusuf, he would block me and not allow me to go in because I had a police orderly then. So when I returned home, Yusuf later came to my house and started pleading and begging. He used to be a simple, humble person. But I don’t know what happened and everything became like this. One day I called Yusuf to my house and asked him if truly there was going to be a war, but he said no. Shekau and Abu Qaqa were on his entourage. Then Yusuf entered my sitting room.
Who do you think has control of the sect now? The original leader of the sect now?
Habib. I’m sorry? Barnawi, I know him as Habib. When he changed to this name, I sent him an SMS to tell him I won’t be calling him that name. ‘I know you as Habib son of Mohammed Yusuf.’
So, you believe he’s the one in charge?
Yes, he is.
What do you think is the prospect of rescuing the rest of the Chibok girls?
Assuming I had a clue that they were going to kidnap the girls, I would have been in Chibok sleeping. Then I would have been in that hall and everybody would be kidnapped. I didn’t know about it. When I heard about it, I told the government to calm down. They should keep quiet. I was able to pass the message across. I said ‘please start releasing them’. It did not take time before some of the girls were released. So by the time I knew it, the whole thing was in the media. Boko Haram now called me and said mama we are no more releasing. The Chibok girls have become diamond and gold. I asked why? They said even Obama’s wife is carrying ‘Bring Back Our Girls’. They now knew they were very important as attention was focused on them.
After that I became really disturbed. I started tracing them in the bush to see whether I could get to where the girls were. I slept in the bush. Then later they told me where to come and pick 50 of them. I was heading there with Dr. Steven Davis and one general. We slept in that bush. So by the time we got there, civilian JTF alerted them in the bush and was chasing them in the bush and they now took off. I went there with the ambulance. They called me in front of the general and requested that I should come to a certain location the following day and pick 50 girls. They said we should have 14 ambulance buses on standby. I said ‘okay’. They also told me to come with shai which means tea with milk and put plenty sugar. This is because some of the girls were very weak and one with a broken hand. So Dr. Davies and that high-ranking general now decided to go with University of Maiduguri vans and some doctors and nurses. They warned me never to come with a military and if I do they would slaughter me in front of the military. So we were making the preparation. The general with us received a message on his telephone: “Chibok girls sighted.” So we rushed. By the time we got there civilian JTF had seen them and gave them a hot chase. By the time we got there they had driven them too far. I was calling on the telephone but their lines were switched off. It was later in the night I got them and they asked me: mama what happened? Did you tell anyone? I said ‘no I did not’. Civilian JTF chased them and there was a massacre. They killed so many of them —up to 400— that time. We lost them, We slept in that bush with the military and commander of the military know me and everything. They were so happy that I could take this risk. Early morning, they called me and asked ‘mama where are you?’ I said ‘I am somewhere’. They now said the roads were dangerous that we should pass through Monguno on our way back to Maiduguri. That was how we lost that one. If they had not chased them. If they had not sighted them we could have just finished this thing. Those 50 girls would have been in our custody. everything would have been over by now.
What do you make of President Obasanjo’s comment that the girls could not longer be rescued?
It was exaggerated. When he made that statement, they called me. You know they read everything —they read a lot. They go on the Internet and read a lot of things. They called me and said mama go to the newspapers. Tell them they are alive. I said why don’t you come so that two of us will say that they are alive? He said ‘no mama. Please do this. Nigeria will curse us. So I now came out in the newspaper and narrated story saying they are alive. Nobody believed it. Now I kept on pushing them. What they want is proof of life. So when we get there, I will cross the bridge of showing the proof of life. So it is very easy, What are they doing with them? Even though they are married come out with your wives we will settle you.
Still a bit more on the issue of peace. Ahmad Salkida, Ahmed Bolori, what is your relationship with them, especially as they’re tied to the release of videos from the sect? Can you please tell us how you work together?
Yes. Ahmed Salkida, I have not seen him eye-to-eye. I spoke to him on the phone once after Abu Qaqa mentioned my name in the newspaper that they were going to kill me because the money I was spending was not from me. That I collected money from the federal government, state government and the United Nations. That they brought money in dollars. He did not know I was using my money. So when I now got him and I said ‘if you know you are clean come and meet me’. And when I met him he shed tears. Abu Qaqa cried. I put my hand on his head, this is what I normally do as a mother and prayed for him and he left. He later said they did their research and found that I was not being paid by the federal government or the United Nations. So that was all and he said I should keep up with what I was doing. So I now talked to Salkida on the phone. I said I knew there was a time Mohammed Yusuf mentioned you to me briefly. Are you still the one and he said yes. Okay, we have to join hands and bring back these children. He was ill-treated also by security. If they had handled him properly I think with me and him together this thing would have been over. I don’t know the reason why they did that to him. He is a very strong person. Ahmed Bolori is a Kanuri guy. He realised that I was alone doing everything. He now said he was going to give me moral support. He was the one that organised my meeting with the DMI Sa’ad and Buratai. Okay, what would you say is the best approach now to rescue the girls? Do you think it is the military or diplomatic approach that is the solution? Would Boko Haram release the girls to you? They will release everybody to me or you. If they find you worthy, they will release to you. They can release to anybody. What they wanted before was that they said they were going to send thirty commanders to me. If those thirty commanders can come meet the security, they would discuss and they need trust. If they trust them they go back to their bush and the next thing they will bring two girls. Then, they will now make their demand during the meeting and bring some more girls. The controversy between you and the SSS and a former aide of Borno State governor in 2014. I think you were accused of taking money to surrender Boko Haram operatives that were later found to be fake. Do you remember? No, I was not a part of that. That was during Ali Sheriff something. In that allegation, they said Steven Davis and Ali Sherif were instrumental to Boko Haram. Thank you. We’re going to get to your personal life in a bit, but let’s quickly touch on the situation in Maiduguri and the rest of the Northeast. What is your assessment? What do you think of the situation with the IDPs? The situation in Borno is partially okay. It is not 100% because from time to time you hear bomb exploding. At least, one can move a little bit freely but you cannot avoid looking over your shoulder even till now. So, yeah, I think the military is trying with the support of the Civilian JTF some of whom I know very well. Then the issue of IDP is a pity that such a thing is happening. I won’t go deep into that. Madam, Nigerians would like to hear about the situation of the IDPs because it is of national and international interest. It is hazardous. IDPs situation there is bad. Honestly, it is zero. The Nigerian government is trying but things are not circulating. That is the problem. Because some of the IDPs are communities. Some are living near my house. Some of the IDP camp people I have employed to come and do my hair so that we can be giving them things: money, clothing, feeding you know. I am doing that one personally. I do a lot of things which I don’t like everybody to know. I am doing it for God. I am not a very loud person.
How about your family members? What do they make of the whole thing? What would my family do? They know me. These boys, just as I said, some of them lived with me when they were young, when Borno was just perfect. They were in my house. They are from Sheguri North. My relationship with them started long ago. It started since I came to Maiduguri in 1989. So they grew up to see me. I am a very humble person. If I go to a place I relate a lot with the tradition. I happened to win the hearts of all the elders, their wives, their children and when they were growing up they called me “yanjunmai” which means “loved mother.” So from this yanjunmai, they were with me. I keep them in my house. Some of them were going to school. Then when Mohammad Yusuf came to Borno, they started going there to learn Islam. All of us were happy that our kids were no more idle. So Mohammed Yusuf was helping them, building them up. So Mohammed Yusuf won the heart of all the youth in Borno State and beyond Borno State. Because when somebody is giving you without collecting anything from you, you become part and parcel of that person and whatever he says you obey. So that was what happened, I became their yanjuma. So when this thing came up, I did not stop and my family cannot tell me to stop. Till today, in my house, if you go, you see a big pot that we use in cooking food for people. People that are not in my family, when the time comes, they come and eat. And that till today that is what we call nakowa. So, my family cannot stop me from doing it. And I am a very peaceful person. Right from my childhood I like to mediate between husband and wife when there is a crisis. It is inborn for me. They tried to stop me and I said ‘no’. If I don’t know them from day one, I won’t try it. I don’t speak the language. I don’t speak Hausa or Kanuri. But we understand ourselves. It’s a perilous position when you play the negotiator between the government and a terror group, how did you manage to earn the trust of both parties without being frustrated with suspicion by either or both parties? If you see white, you know it is white. If you see black you, you know it is black. And if you are pretending, three days anybody can detect you. So this is 7th year now and I am still where I am. So that trust is there because I am the type of woman that carry “gulma” from this one to this one. If this is what I discuss with you, that is what I discuss with you. If she asks me, I will say ‘you are not supposed to know’. If you must know, you go and ask yourself. I don’t discuss military is here, Boko Haram is there. And the military officers know it. If they ask me where they are? I say I don’t know where they are. If Boko-haram asks where? I say I don’t know where they are. So, it is like that. When they arrest them, my name is straightforward. They say “go meet this woman, she is the only one we trust”. I know you are a lawyer, do you still practice law? No, I am into this business of a mediator. In law, you know we have mediators and I work with the National Human Rights Commission. My husband is also a judge in Borno State High Court. Would you mind giving us an idea about your age? I am 48 years old. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/209414-interview-obamas-wife-involvement-bringbackourgirls-frustrated-rescue-chibok-girls-aisha-wakil.html 7 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: You Are Responsible For Nigeria’s Economic Woes, Shehu Sani Tells, Soludo by mamabomboy: 11:30pm On Aug 26, 2016 |
Ride on Senator. Don't mind those pathetic phools. They are being marshalled and led by the biggest phool in Nigeria, the Afonja King, HRM Obasandog. They have failed and will continue to fail. The end of the Ebola of Owo is near. If they like let them send the pope, Hillary Clinton and Mandela from the grave. Mr Dull**d will no longer listen to them. 1 Like |
Politics / You Are Responsible For Nigeria’s Economic Woes, Shehu Sani Tells, Soludo by mamabomboy: 11:23pm On Aug 26, 2016 |
Barely a day after advising President Muhammadu Buhari on what his administration needed to do to salvage Nigeria’s economy, Charles Soludo, a former Central Bank governor, has come under fierce criticism from a Nigerian senator, Shehu Sani. Mr. Soludo can’t proffer solutions to Nigeria’s economic woes when it was his policies, as head of the apex bank, that brought the country to its terrible state, Mr. Sani said. Mr. Soludo, who spoke on Thursday at the 4th lecture series of the Progressives Governors’ Forum in Kaduna, advised that, “The APC should go back to its manifesto and instigate framework that will engender the atmosphere for growth as Nigeria cannot develop with the current structure where institutions are created only to share from the federation account.” He said it was better Mr. Buhari’s administration started thinking outside the box, rather than continue to blame the past government for the nation’s economic problems. On the current administration’s fight against corruption, the former CBN governor said: “I don’t believe the way we are fighting corruption is the way we should go about it. We are only fighting corruption on the surface; we have to fight it from the systemic level.” But Mr. Sani, the All Progressives Congress senator, representing Kaduna Central, responded to Mr. Soludo’s advice, by saying that it would be too early to forget that his (Soludo’s) stewardship at the CBN was the foundation of the current economic crisis in Nigeria. The senator, in an email sent to PREMIUM TIMES, Friday, said Mr. Soludo was entitled to his opinion, but that it was good to remind him of the role he played in bringing down the country’s economy. “If Soludo and his Government had actually implemented such lofty ideas of reforms, we couldn’t have found ourselves where we are today,” Mr. Sani said. “It’s too early to forget the legacy of cronyism, elitism and vindictiveness that occasioned the past administrations. “Soludo was lucky to serve under a Government that was powered by $140 per barrel and without the headache, heartache and bloodshed that has become of Niger Delta and the north east. “Soludo need to be reminded that most of those today on trial for stealing our public funds were the same people rooted in the Government he served before GEJ. Yes PMB is tackling the ‘symptoms of corruption,’ but the symptoms were there for 16 years. “If Soludo and others have combated the symptoms, PMB could have now focused on the ailment. It’s not in contention that blame game by the PMB administration against GEJ must end but under PDP three Governments for 16 years, hardly a day passed without the same blame game on late Abacha.” Mr. Sani also attacked the APC governors for inviting the former CBN governor to speak at the lecture series. “Those who invited Soludo did that to rubbish PMB’s economic policies that they don’t have the balls to do. “What is the reason and the logic behind APC chieftains inviting a PDP economist to lecture them on the economy? The very party they consistently deride for ruining this country for ‘16 years’?”
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Politics / Re: Bomb Blast In Delta At Isoko Development Union Secretariat In Oleh by mamabomboy: 10:33pm On Aug 26, 2016 |
All this wahala just because Mr Dull**D has changed his stance. Sorry Mr OBJ-mumu, you and your Afonja army should stop using Niger Delta as a pawn in your useless, selfish attacks against the government. If you want to pass a message to the Dull**D, be a man and tell him clearly. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: "Kwankwaso And Buhari Feud" Is None Of Your Business. Kashamu Tells Fayose by mamabomboy: 6:38pm On Aug 26, 2016 |
Kashamu shutup and go and drink Kunu with Sheriff. Fayose is right about the Dull**d's lust for power and dictatorial tendencies. So therefore, mind ya business. 77 Likes 7 Shares |
Politics / "Kwankwaso And Buhari Feud" Is None Of Your Business. Kashamu Tells Fayose by mamabomboy: 6:32pm On Aug 26, 2016 |
The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Prince Buruji Kashamu has condemned what he called the readiness of the Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, to latch on to “any and every issue” to “run his mouth against” President Muhammadu Buhari, noting that the Governor’s action “has become predictable, monotonous and childish”. He spoke in reaction to Fayose’s recent comment over the alleged sealing off of the office of the immediate past governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso, by the police, wondering why Fayose will drag the President’s name into the matter.
Media reports had it that the police recently sealed off Kwakwanso’s office in Kano where his supporters were believed to be planning to stage a mass wedding.
Fayose reacted to this by saying: “When they invaded the Akwa Ibom State Government House with armed men of the Department of State Security (DSS), I raised alarm then and I did warn that Nigeria was being returned to 1984 when President Buhari ruled the country like a maximum ruler.
“When I said Nigerians irrespective of their political parties should rise in condemnation of the President Buhari’s government emerging dictatorship, many of our friends in the APC opted to keep silent. Some even hailed the Department of State Security (DSS) when the service invaded the Ekiti State House of Assembly and abducted a member of the House.”
But in a statement issued on Friday in Lagos, Kashamu averred that Fayose lacked the temperament and credentials to counsel anyone on democracy and the Rule of Law, noting that “it was common knowledge that Kwakwanso and his successor, the Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje have some political differences which bother on ego and leadership of the APC in the state even while they are members of the same party”.
The lawmaker went on to say: “Now, how does that concern the President? It was too cheap for Fayose to latch on that to run his mouth against the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. His constant bashing of the President on any and every issue or incident has become predictable, monotonous and childish.
“It is high time he realized that the elections are over and the President is the leader of all. If anyone seeks to denigrate him, he is not just rubbishing the symbol of our sovereignty but the entire country and its people.
“Like I have often said some of those making the noise are doing so for selfish reasons. Fayose was the loudest in criticizing the Federal Government’s anti-corruption until it was revealed that he benefitted from the arms fund and got a lot of kickbacks from contracts in Ekiti State. The need to launder his squalid image is understandable but a pot does not get scrubbed clean of soot because it is audacious enough to call a kettle black.”
The lawmaker urged Nigerians to continue the push for the abolition of immunity clause so that all those found to have looted our commonwealth can face the consequences of their action, stressing that “Immunity clause should not be used as a shield for delinquents in executive positions.”
The statement reads in part, “It is said that the law of equity is the law of conscience and those who seek equity must do equity. To be an advocate for other people’s rights, you must yourself guarantee and respect the rights of others. Fayose’s posture as a latter-day human rights activist and advocate for the Rule of Law distorts the authenticity of civil rights advocacy because his political trail is muddied by his inglorious acts of lawlessness, impunity and flagrant disregard for the Rule of Law and democracy.
“His crass lawlessness, impunity and flagrant disregard for democracy and the Rule of Law are at the roots of the leadership crisis rocking the PDP instead of the pretence that the Federal Government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are behind it. They have their own issues which they are addressing and so do not have time for our intra-party wrangling.”
“The nation will not forget how he belligerently hampered the courts in Ekiti State when some persons instituted a matter against him at the Ekiti State High Court in the build up to his election in 2014.
“Many of his benefactors and indigenes of Ekiti State are still squirming from the sting of his high-handedness and betrayal.
“You cannot give what you do not have and a man who is himself guilty of a human rights violation, lawlessness and impunity cannot become a judge, jury and crusader for any advocacy for the sanctity of the law. He is merely playing to the gallery,” it added. http://dailypost.ng/2016/08/26/kashamu-berates-fayose-linking-buhari-seige-kwankwasos-office/ 29 Likes 3 Shares |
Travel / Re: Muslim Causes heavy Traffic By Stopping To Pray On Major Highway (photos) by mamabomboy: 12:36pm On Aug 26, 2016 |
The biggest problem we have today, are the 77million islamists pulling us back. Am sure the nincompoop is an Afonja |
Travel / Muslim Causes heavy Traffic By Stopping To Pray On Major Highway (photos) by mamabomboy: 12:31pm On Aug 26, 2016 |
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Politics / Re: President Buhari To Attend TICAD VI In Nairobi by mamabomboy: 6:22pm On Aug 25, 2016 |
Ride on Mr Dull**d. Go and tell the sponsors of the Ebola of Owo that you have decided to act like a President, and not a slave. Goodluck in Tokyo. |
Politics / President Buhari To Attend TICAD VI In Nairobi by mamabomboy: 6:21pm On Aug 25, 2016 |
President Muhammadu Buhari will attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya from August27-28, 2016.The summit, co-organised by the Government of Japan, the United Nations office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the United Nations Development Programme, the African Union and the World Bank, will focus on promoting structural economic transformation through diversification and industrialisation; promoting resilient health system for quality life and promoting social stability for shared prosperity. During the conference, President Buhari will participate in plenary sessions on TICAD in alignment with African Development, the Dialogue with the Private Sector as well as the Global Launch of the Second Africa Human Development Report. The President will also hold a bilateral meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. No fewer than 35 African leaders are expected at the two-day high level summit which will also be attended by leading private sector companies from Japan. This will be the first time TICAD isbeing held in Africa since its inception in 1993. Nigeria has played a prominent role at the forum aimed at forging international partnerships for Africa’s transformation and prosperity through economic growth,agriculture and social stability. http://www.nta.ng/news/20160825-president-buhari-to-attend-ticad-vi-in-nairobi/ |
Politics / Re: Buhari Sympathises With Italy Over Deadly Earthquake by mamabomboy: 5:14pm On Aug 25, 2016 |
Ride on Mr Dull**d, keep on doing what you're doing. I heard that both the Ebola of Owo and the Emir of ediots in Kano, are crying and ranting from paper to paper. Even their good for nothing messengers like Ezekwesilly are threatening fire and brimstone. Don't mind them, they are paperweight warriors. Their days are numbered 43 Likes 5 Shares |
Politics / Buhari Sympathises With Italy Over Deadly Earthquake by mamabomboy: 5:11pm On Aug 25, 2016 |
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sympathy with Italy over the deadly earthquake that claimed more than 200 lives in the central parts of the country. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Buhari said the government and the people of Nigeria shared the grief of Italian citizens over the disaster. "My heart and prayers go out to the people of Italy at this time of national mourning, caused by the devastating earthquake.
“President Buhari told the Italian Prime Minister, Mr. Matteo Renzi, that his family, the government and the people of Nigeria shared the grief of Italian citizens over this deadly natural disaster,’’ Garba said. Mr. Buhari prayed to God to comfort the families of the victims and grant them the fortitude to overcome their grief at this emotionally challenging time. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/209301-buhari-sympathises-italy-deadly-earthquake.html |
Politics / Re: Alaafin Of Oyo Visits President Buhari At Statehouse Abuja(photos) by mamabomboy: 5:06pm On Aug 25, 2016 |
aare07: That is my King
#irepOyo Your king is a beggar and errand boy. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Alaafin Of Oyo Visits President Buhari At Statehouse Abuja(photos) by mamabomboy: 5:05pm On Aug 25, 2016 |
Useless Afonja. Go back to your oga, the Ebora of owo phools and tell him that his days are numbered. Buhari will not give Afonjas what they want, so you better go and rule the stones and brown roofs you call your subjects. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Bring Back Our Girls Or Resign, Chibok Families Tell Buhari by mamabomboy: 5:01pm On Aug 25, 2016 |
Buhari Dull**d is doing his best. Ezekwesili and her for hire hooligans should shutup and wait for him to do as he promised. Have they not been told that the government is doing all it can to rescue the girls alive and well. Abeg next story |
Politics / Re: We Will Sell Attack Aircraft To Nigeria, If They Can Afford It: John Kerry by mamabomboy: 9:07pm On Aug 23, 2016 |
Why must the dull*#* keep on embarrassing us. Instead of the buffoon to manage the scrap he got from Russia, he is busy looking for freebies. Who told him US is FatherChristmas 24 Likes 4 Shares |
Politics / We Will Sell Attack Aircraft To Nigeria, If They Can Afford It: John Kerry by mamabomboy: 8:58pm On Aug 23, 2016 |
ABUJA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made "very strong commitments" on ways to ramp up military assistance to help Nigeria defeat the extremist group Boko Haram, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
In talks with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Kerry "made very, very strong commitments to the government that we are going to look at what we can do differently," the official said, adding that Kerry had told his staff to look at ways to boost military cooperation with Nigeria.
The official said Kerry had stressed that more needed to be done in working with neighbouring countries, as well as Britain and France, "so we can ramp up and bring this fight to closure."
The U.S. is currently considering the sale of attack aircraft to Nigeria, which is subject to review by Congress.
"We have been working with them to make sure they can afford it, and they know how to use it," the official said.
The official said a large part of the conversation during the one-hour meeting at the presidential villa in Abuja was dedicated to ways of boosting economic growth in Nigeria.
Nigeria is in the middle of its worst economic slump in decades. Falling oil revenues have hit public finances and the value of the naira, Nigeria's currency.
The United States has long pushed Nigeria to loosen its grip on the currency to help boost private investment.
"It was a huge topic," the official said of the discussions about the economy during the meeting. The U.S. has previously offered to send experts to work with Nigeria's treasury.
"The Secretary made offers to provide additional assistance on the economy," the official added.
Buhari noted during the talks that the situation in the Niger River Delta, where Nigeria faces violent unrest from local militants, was "making it hard for the government to continue to address the broader problems." http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINKCN10Y24X?irpc=932 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Re: Nigerians react to Niger Delta militants blowing up two NPDC pipelines in Delta by mamabomboy: 4:49pm On Aug 19, 2016 |
Nigerians are really feeling the love. I didn't know that there were attacks today. With 1.5mbd, goodluck to Buhari's so called stimulus and 6trillion budget. |
Politics / Nigerians react to Niger Delta militants blowing up two NPDC pipelines in Delta by mamabomboy: 4:35pm On Aug 19, 2016 |
Gunmen suspected to be Niger Delta militants, on Friday, blew up two pipelines belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, in Delta State. The attack which occurred at about 2am on Friday, was said to have bee carried out by a new militant group, Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, Vanguard reports. According to the report, a technical team of NPDC and security officials have been despatched to the affected area to contain the spill.
Reactions of some Nigerians
Truth. August 19, 2016 at 3:50 pm Nigeria you are afraid of your history and is hunting us seriously, call for round table and save yourself of eminent tsunami that will hit you. God bless Oduduwa, Arewa and Biafra Republics.
Reply. Fayose jnr August 19, 2016 at 4:17 pm Well done men!!! Children of the most high God. God bless and protect you all. Please more, more and more.
Reply looking August 19, 2016 at 4:24 pm some pdps are defecting to apc, just because of d failed last pdp convention. these are people of so-called integrity, who should stand at all odds to restore what used to be – but they impatiently decamp. what are being expected of these youths? keep blowing jare. others too blow in their own way by decamping. impatience is a scarce demand. http://dailypost.ng/2016/08/19/suspected-niger-delta-militants-blow-two-npdc-pipelines-delta/ |
Politics / Re: John Kerry To Visit Nigeria Next Week For Security And Counter-terrorism Issues by mamabomboy: 1:01pm On Aug 19, 2016 |
Liars, John kerry is visiting Nigeria to bury and cover up Mrs Hilary Clinton's involvement and sponsorship of Boko Haram through her proxy, Lebanese Nigerian Gilbert Chargoury. Also, he is expected to wipe out any trace of Clinton's control and ownership of Eko Atlantic city(Yes, Afonjas Tinubu has no ownership of the island, AC has been lying to you) |
Politics / John Kerry To Visit Nigeria Next Week For Security And Counter-terrorism Issues by mamabomboy: 12:55pm On Aug 19, 2016 |
United State Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, is expected to visit Nigeria next week. Matters relating to security and counter- terrorism will dominate discussion during the visit. The U.S Secretary of State will also visit Kenya and Saudi Arabia. However, Kerry will first visit Kenya before arriving Nigeria on August 23.In Kenya, he will meet President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss regional security matters, counter-terrorism cooperation and bilateral trading. He will also meet with Kenyan Foreign Minister,Amina Mohamed and other foreign ministers in East Africa to discuss key challenges in the region, including the prospects for resumption of a political process in South Sudan, support to Somalia’s political transition and ongoing fight against al-Shabaab. Kerry will meet with participants of the Young African Leaders Initiative and the Mandela Washington Fellows programs. In Nigeria, the U.S Secretary of State will meet President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja to discuss counterterrorism efforts, the Nigerian economy, the fight against corruption and human rights matters. Kerry will thereafter travel to Sokoto where he will deliver a speech on the importance of resilient communities and religious tolerance in countering violent extremism. http://thenationonlineng.net/john-kerry-to-visit-kenya-nigeria-saudi-arabia/ |
Politics / Re: Intelligence Report Links Jonathan To Niger Delta Avengers - Daily Post by mamabomboy: 1:25pm On Aug 18, 2016 |
Even dull**dic buhari doesn't believe this B.S. End of Discussion, thread closed 69 Likes 5 Shares |
Politics / Re: I'm So Proud Of The Dream Team: Jonathan by mamabomboy: 12:56pm On Aug 18, 2016 |
BLINGZ88: He was being sarcastic right? If this is what you could decode from his statement, then you don't know Jonathan 4 Likes |
Politics / Re: I'm So Proud Of The Dream Team: Jonathan by mamabomboy: 12:53pm On Aug 18, 2016 |
While Dalung and his dull**dic boss are busy looking for who to blame, the best Nigerian President ever is showing decorum and maturity by praising the boys and celebrating their success 8 Likes |
Politics / I'm So Proud Of The Dream Team: Jonathan by mamabomboy: 12:47pm On Aug 18, 2016 |
Erstwhile President, Goodluck Jonathan, has applauded the Nigerian Dream Team for their performance after they lost to Germany. He urged them to bounce back in their match against Honduras on Saturday, August 20. Recall that Nigeria’s hope of winning the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic men’s football competition ended Wednesday night, after the Dream Team VI lost 2-0 to Germany in their semi-final clash. But reacting to this, Goodluck, on his Facebook page said all hope is not lost. He wrote: “The Dream Team gave it their best. A commendable performance. All is not lost. I look forward to a resurgence against Honduras on Saturday.” “I am so proud of our Dream Team whose victory over Denmark has pushed them through to the medal rounds. #ProudlyNaija. GEJ.”
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Politics / Nigerians To Pay 9% Tax For SMS And Data by mamabomboy: 7:14am On Aug 18, 2016 |
Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, on CST bill which seeks to levy nine per cent on subscribers for the use of the various communication services, Shittu said the outcome of deliberations on the bill would form the basis of his advice to the President. The services include voice call, SMS, MMS, Data usage from telecommunication service providers, internet service providers and Pay TV Stations. He noted that introduction of new taxes without harmonising existing ones would put pressure on the country’s tax system thereby making it unattractive to investors. According to the minister”This may also be counter-productive in the long run for our targets on broadband penetration. Our ICT Roadmap gives fresh impetus for implementing existing policies and reviewing any that is inimical to the growth of the sector. My focus on any tax regime will be to align any process that will stimulate the economy and also ensure that the tax system is efficient by widening the tax net. It is also to create an effective framework for tax compliance to protect the poor and vulnerable in the society who nonetheless have to use telecoms services for social inclusion and financial services.” He said that the government’s efforts at increasing its revenue made the bill worthy of consideration. “I have been reliably informed that the projected earnings from this effort is over N20 billion every month, which is an attraction to the government for funding our budget deficits. I must be quick to say that this government has a human face twined around its decisions,” Shittu said. The minister said that the government would provide an enabling environment for the ICT and telecommunication sector to thrive through the enactment of relevant legislation. Mrs Nike Akande, President of LCCI called for a friendly tax environment especially in view of the difficult business environment. “We know that the government is seeking to diversify its revenue base in the light of dwindling oil revenue. But it is also true that the private sector players will like to see an investment friendly tax environment, especially in the light of the prevailing high cost of doing business in the country. It is important to balance these two positions.” Mr Bimbo Atilola, Chairman, LCCI Taxation and Commercial Law Committee said that the bill negated the principle of neutrality in taxation, as it would affect consumers’ behaviour through reduced spending. He appealed that the passage of the bill be suspended to allow for rapid growth of the telecoms sector, in line with the Nigerian National Broadband Plan. “If the bill must be passed into law, NASS should make the telecoms sector exempted under VAT Act and the rate reduced from nine per cent to five per cent. There is a need to protect the ultimate interest of the final consumers of the service,” Atilola said. Mr Taiwo Oyedele, Partner, PriceWaterCoopers said that the N20 billion monthly projected revenue from the bill was unrealistic and based on assumption. According to him, increased taxation will reduce the consumption pattern of consumers, lower investment in the sector, thereby translating to reduced revenue. Mr Teniola Olusola, President, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) said that their members were overburdened with multiple taxation. He urged the government to discontinue the bill, adding that it would reduce inflow of FDI into the sector, reduce subscribers level of data consumption and affect contribution of the sector to GDP. Engr Gbenga Adebayo, President, Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) said that the bill if passed into law would retard the growth of the sector.
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Politics / Re: Lagos’ Ownership Of 4 Oil Wells Approved By FG, 1 Other Disproved by mamabomboy: 2:15pm On Aug 17, 2016 |
Rubbish. Lagos southwasted has no oil wells. All this daylight robbery will blow up in their faces soon enough. 42 Likes 2 Shares |
Politics / Lagos’ Ownership Of 4 Oil Wells Approved By FG, 1 Other Disproved by mamabomboy: 2:14pm On Aug 17, 2016 |
The Federal Government on Wednesday says four of the five oil wells discovered in Lagos truly belongs to the state but disproves the state’s ownership of one other oil well.
The FG said the disproved oil well fell beyond 200 metres isobaths and did not legitimately belong to Lagos State.
A delegation of the Indices and Disbursement Committee, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, led by its Chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed visited Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for the purpose of verifying crude oil and gas production from Aje Oil wells for the purpose of disbursement of 13% derivation fund to the state in line with the constitution of Nigeria. According to Mohammed, as part of procedure and in pursuant to its constitutional mandate, the commission set up an Inter-Agency Technical Committee which comprised the commission, the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation and the National Boundary Commission to determine the location of the Aje oil wells.
“The technical committee recommended that for the purpose of derivation as spelt out under Section 162 (2) of the 1999 constitution (as amended) as well as the provision of the Allocation of Revenue Act 2004, Aje oil wells 1, 2, 4 and 5 fall within the 200m isobaths and therefore should be attributed to Lagos State. “As a result, the commission and members of the Inter-Agency Committee had to embark on this working visit to conclude the process. Please, note that Aje 3 oil well falls beyond the 200m isobaths and therefore cannot be legitimately attributed to Lagos State,” he stated.
He added that the commencement of oil production from Aje oil field by Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Company Limited was the first time oil was being produced outside the Niger Delta basin and therefore of a major significance in diversifying the source of crude oil and gas production in the country.
Speaking, Ambode described the visit as historic and one that would go down in the annals of the history of Lagos State, as the visit was the official step that would take Lagos to that final destination as an oil-producing state.
“We are very glad to receive this delegation. We also want to thank the Federal Government, most especially President Muhammadu Buhari for making this to happen very promptly. I want to say that this has been the promptest action that has been taken by RMAFC since I have known the Commission. I used to be a former Account General so I had a lot of transactions and relationship with the institution called RMAFC. Within a span of about 60 days of when we wrote our letter, and even before we wrote the letter, this technical committee was actually set up. It gladdens me to say that the institution works and is working for the good of Nigeria,” he said. Also thanking the DPR and the boundary commission, Ambode said it was significant that the discovery of oil wells in Lagos was going to be the first time oil would be produced outside the Niger Delta.
“It’s significant for Nigeria, its significant for Lagos, it means that the whole path to diversification is what we are now witnessing. We would also encourage other states in terms of other mineral resources, not necessarily depend on crude oil; whatever it is that can actually allow states to start activating their mineral deposits, it would allow us expand the Internally Generated Revenue
.“It would also give us revenue dependence in a manner that there would be equal growth from all the nooks and crannies of Nigeria. One is happy that RMAFC has taken this step and also to say that they should also encourage other states to engage in such activities that would allow them to be able to activate whatever mineral deposit that we have in the various states in conjunction with the Federal Government, so that we can start to diversify revenue and growth and then create a balanced growth and development for the whole country,” he added. http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/08/17/breaking-news-fg-approves-lagos-ownership-of-4-oil-wells-disproves-1-other/ 5 Likes 1 Share |