₦airaland Forum

bejeria101:
As e dey pain them e dey sweet us. I hope the zombies remember when this was their soundtrack. Imagine learned people defending an affidavit dullard indeed this world no balance.

no mind them. I don't know why person go see road for ground dey enter bush just to please a superannuated individual.

[quote author= post=91497379]The Presidency says the ongoing interrogation of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, is to clear him of weighty allegations leveled against him.
A presidency source, who preferred not to be named, told State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday, July 7; that the probe of Magu was an affirmation that nobody under “the present administration is above scrutiny’’.

The source, who could neither confirm nor deny the suspension of Magu as reported by traditional and social media outfits; maintained that the investigation of the EFCC boss was to reinforce the Buhari administration’s commitment to transparency and accountability.

He affirmed that the holder of an elevated office such as the chairman of the EFCC must be above suspicion.

According to the source, the Buhari administration would not prejudge anyone because it can be counted on to uphold justice and fairness.

The source said: “The panel investigating allegations against the Acting EFCC Chairman had been sitting for some weeks now.

“In consonance with the principle of fairness and justice; it was needful that the Acting Chairman be given the opportunity to respond to the allegations, which are weighty in nature.

“Under the Muhammadu Buhari administration, nobody is above scrutiny. The investigation is to reinforce transparency and accountability, rather than to vitiate it.

“Accountability for our actions or inactions is an inalienable part of democracy. In such an elevated position as that of EFCC Chairman, the holder of the position must be above suspicion.

“There’s no prejudgment — absolutely none. The Buhari administration can be counted on to uphold fairness and justice at all times.”

A presidency source had earlier confirmed that Magu was on Tuesday afternoon suspended from office; following the ongoing investigation by the presidential panel, headed by retired Justice Ayo Salami.[/quote]see how you dey confuse yourself. na by force to defend Buhari?
btw Prof Itse Sagay and Prof Osinbajo are culpable: they are the main proponents of Magu.

asunmoGGMU:
Your definition of betrayal is "revocation of some policies"? If I may ask, what policies were revoked? What is bad in having different ideas other than the democratic socialism practiced by Awolowo? If this is what you term "betrayal", then I am sorry you may need to reassess your position.

I really don't know where most of us get to read all these narratives, but let me correct your erroneous submission that Akintola nearly closed down University of Ife. It was Chief R. A. Akinyemi (Minister of Education) that stated his intention of closing the University with claim that lecturers were "engaging in subversive activities against the government of the Western Nigeria", which was even true. I would like to add that Akintola denounced the Minister's comment and clearly stated that it was his personal opinion and not his government position or intention.

The only thing Akintola did wrong was not massaging the ego of Awolowo. Awolowo was a great man. The best politician of Yoruba descent ever. However, I can never appreciate how he handled the local issues during the whole period. It was only the western region that were having internal conflict at this period. It was so sad that when Akintola was killed, the AG members celebrated his death. Why celebrate the death of one of us in the name of useless and stupid party politics. The top military officers that were killed in January 1966 had Ademulegun and Shodeinde, please tell me the statement of Awolowo on the illustrious Yorubas sons that were killed? The only thing he was concerned about was his personal ambition. Do you know Awolowo sponsored a coup that didn't even see the light of the day before the January 1966 coup? Ikoku who was his party's secretary confirmed this in Ghana where he sought refuge.

Bro, if we go on and on, we will only end up opening more of our dirty linen outside. I just don't like the fact that people see Akintola as villain and Awolowo as a hero on the issue of the Western crises during their period. They damn both have their fault.

I don't think there's any other 'dirty' you have against Awo apart from the ones embedded in the infamous trumped--up charges.

I still put it to you to list the achievement of Akintola during his premiership.

you cannot gainsay it that Akintola betrayed us a lot.

Dedetwo:
Point of correction: Awolowo was the greatest British stooge that ever walked on earth. He was a total failure in politics and the only thing to his name has deduced by another Yoruba as the producer of armed robbers and letter writers.

Awolowo, a stooge to British? bro u must be hallucinating.

Garuba Sheu say make Prof Soyinka write book after coro. Abeg hope dis things no be hide and seek.

Garuba Sheu say make Prof Soyinka write book after coro. Abeg hope dis things no be hide and seek.

asunmoGGMU:
Akintola had an alliance with Azikwe? NNDP had an alliance with NPC only, so I don't know where you brought this conjecture from.

Akintola betrayed no one! The only offence Akintola had according to Awolowo was that he was trying to supplant him as the leader of the party just only two years into the man's office. Efforts were even made to pass a vote of no confidence on him. What do you expect of a sinking man than to fight back? He smartly join force with the central government and that worked out fine for him until those "boys" carried out a senseless coup that its remnants is what we are still battling in this nation today.

Even Awolowo acknowledged Akintola as an intelligent man. So, don't even try to distort anything here.

Akintola was brilliant quite all right and everybody agree. But have listened to Fela' Vagabond in Power'?
If Bode Thomas was on ground, Akintola wouldn't have been premier. Immediately he succeeded Awolowo, his major task was to revoke some of the Awo policies, is that not an act of betrayal?

The desecration of House of Assembly by his allies, was not act of traitor.

The rigging and disfranchisement of legible electorates in 1964/65 can also be term betrayal of people trust. I don't think you need to be reminded that this act led to 'Weti e', the uprising. I think you should consider that the act that brings distress into ones domain as a result of willful action is a betraying act.

Now tell me, what did Akintola do with the mandate to bring progress other than his morbid interest at tarnishing Awolowo image? Do you know that he almost close down the then University of Ife when the school was at Ibadan?

no white-washing washing, Akintola did bad.

raumdeuter:
Can you explain the actions he took that was betrayal

In his quest to become a local champion, he stopped the tax system which AG was using to finance some of their projects. He was advised but he refused with the intention of being a populist. The action backfired when there's slump in the price of cocoa.

Everyone knows that he with the cooperation of his political associates subverted the rule of law when he was to be impeached by invading the chamber with police. The Balewa and Sarduana and Azikiwe charge of Treasonable Felony is rooted in the vested interest of Akintola at taking Awolowo out of the way. Hubert Ogunde, of blessed memory said it point blank in Yoruba Ronu.

The rigging of elections of 1964/65 was a that was blindly done by the Akintola to give his party and loyalists the edge they craved passionately.

these are some.

the crisis affect Western Region and till today it's still affecting.

Baba was a traitor and a betrayal.

UBA please help her career, she's passionate about your growth.

XXLMANDIGO:
Yoruba mainstream History and media painted S.L Akintola as a Villain, but I disagree. He was a great man on his own , fluent, outspoken, thorough and would never desire to be an appendage of Obafemi Awolowo. He is the first detribalized Yorubaman/ Nigerian.

Happy Birthday Warrior.


BTW I am Yoruba

Akintola was a betrayal anyday there is no white-washing that can erase the ignoble role he played towards halting the progressive movement of the Western Region during his premiership. Apart from the crisis that he engineered through his alliance with the Azikiwe and Sarduana what good thing can you point out that came from his regime? Though I admit that we should let the dead rest, nobody should come and distort fact here.
Akintola betrayed his progenitors, his generation and the succeeding ones.

KenOne:
Kasim Afegbua move to APC and stop all these three weeks ago you were lambasting APC from two weekd ago you started praising APC.

Atiku's type of politicians jumping from one party to other.

In as much as I always wanted APC to win in Rivers State but Edo and Lagos should go the way of APC.

It's just Wike's loud mouth that might spoil show for Obaseki, PDP wouldn't have involved Wike in Edo election, the presidency and some APC big shots are sympathetic to Obaseki just like they do for Willy Obiano, Dave Umahi and Ben Ayade.

But Wike's involvement might make the presidency and APC big shots reconsider their support to Obaseki.

I stand with Obaseki to send message to Oshiomhole and Tinubu.

why you dey confuse yourself like this? stop talking weed, or better still, consult your psychiatric hospital.

is it for free? I heard one of them collected salary in dollars and even rejected pay cut during economic downturn.
they came to rule not to serve, because being a minister in Nigeria is juicier than anything else: cool money in the pocket.
the real people who are serving Nigeria are but not limited to the patriotic soldiers in the hostile areas battling the enemies of state.

AmazingELixir:


So for the cries Afonja never still succeed to remove Mrs. Nimi Akinkube our sister from their Ondo list..

you like talk, face front

I wish Femi Adesina can write more on Shekau, Boko Haram, Herdsmen and armed bandits that are playing with them up-north; likewise it will be thrilling if he has the courage to say something on the memo of AGF on EFCC czar.

na to rig dey dia mind.
Osun, Kogi, Kano, Ekiti and Imo governor elections under this APC govt na something wey person no go forget quick quick.

Katier00:
I treated mine at home. Got all the necessary medications

congrats, am happy for you to get over it.

Katier00:
the guy is right. When I had the virus, I didn't notice much changes only my sense of taste and smell but I was dead worried about my mum, she is vulnerable hence my reason for self isolation. To the youths, is just another form of malaria but the older ones are at higher risk

for real? when did you get it? please did you see some serious cases?

this dg don hammer.
I think ncdc say that the public are not to know anything about their patients because of stigmatization. now do they want the elderly ones to be running away from these younger generation? so much wonders in the country.

Chelsea take hart

at least something to whine mouth. I don laff tire

She's qualify for the post. She's from Ondo State by marriage therefore qualify. no case.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof . Akin Abayomi, has said 2, 683 COVID -19 patients in the state have not turned up for admission after their test came out positive.
Abayomi disclosed this on his Twitter handle , @ ProfAkinAbayomi, saying the patients out of fear of stigmatisation or ignorance refused to show up at the isolation centres.
At a briefing on Monday at Alausa , Abayomi said the patients could decide to be treated at home under the supervision of the state ministry of health.
“ They have been informed of their status and they have decided that they won’ t wish to be admitted. So, they have made it difficult for us to find them , the evacuation team has been trying to call them , once they know our phone number, they stopped picking our calls . When we go to their homes to collect them , they are not there.
“ If we are diagnosing 250 every day , we need to move to several locations in one day . If a person doesn’ t wish to be admitted, it is very difficult to enforce it. However, what we have observed is that when you know your status and you start to feel unwell , people voluntarily walk into the isolation centres and present themselves with their COVID -19 test result so that they will be admitted, ” Abayomi said.
The commissioner added that the state had begun home treatment for COVID -19 patients and currently had over 500 patients in the state ’ s isolation centres.
The health commissioner predicted that by August the number of confirmed COVID -19 case in Lagos State might hit between 90 , 000 and 120, 000 .
“ I did say about six weeks ago that we might see between 90 , 000 and 120, 000 cases of COVID -19 in Lagos State by August. What we think is that for every one person that is diagnosed with the virus, there are probably 10 more in the community that we have not diagnosed , ” he said.
https://punchng.com/2683-covid-19-patients-refused-to-be-admitted-lagos/

very funny. Garuba Sheu is now the spokesman for APC. what a tragedy. Tinubu himself knows that things are not going his way so no amount of words can change what's glaring.

let's dey observe. APC is a going to oblivion

All Progressives Congress stalwart , Bola Tinubu , says he pities those saying his purported ambition to be President in 2023 is dead .
Tinubu said this in a statement on Saturday while reacting to the dissolution of the National Working Committee by the President, Maj . Gen Muhammadu Buhari ( retd. ) .
He said, “ To those who have been actively bleating how the President ’ s actions and the NEC meeting have ended my purported 2023 ambitions , I seek your pity .
“ I am but a mere mortal who does not enjoy the length of foresight or political wisdom you profess to have . Already , you have assigned colourful epitaphs to the 2023 death of an alleged political ambition that is not yet even born . ”
Tinubu , who did not deny or affirm whether he had a Presidential ambition , said there was no time for such due to the current Covid -19 pandemic.
He said he would rather busy himself with how to ensure the economic recovery of the country .

The former Lagos State governor stated , “ During this period, I have not busied myself with politicking regarding 2023 . I find that a bit distasteful and somewhat uncaring particularly when so many of our people have been unbalanced by the twin public health and economic crises we face.
“ I have devoted these last few months to thinking of policies that may help the nation in the here and now. What I may or may not do 3 years hence seems too remote given present exigencies. ”
He said he had toiled for the success of the APC just like any other individual and he would continue to make sacrifices to ensure that the party remains on the path of progress.
Tinubu added , “ I have toiled for this party as much as any other person and perhaps more than most . Despite this investment or perhaps due to it, I have no problem with making personal sacrifices (and none of us should have such a problem) as long as the party remains true to its progressive, democratic creed . Politics is but a vehicle to arrive at governance.
“ Good politics promotes good governance. Yet , politics is also an uncertain venture . No one gets all they want all the time . In even a tightly -woven family , differences and competing interests must be balanced and accommodated . ”

https://punchng.com/i-pity-those-saying-my-supposed-presidential-ambition-is-dead-tinubu/

one good turn deserves another.

Retains Philip Shuaibu as running mate

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party , Uche Secondus , on Saturday presented the party’ s Certificate of Return to the Edo State Governor , Godwin Obaseki.
He said the party was delighted to have the governor , who he said has seen first-hand , how the system and processes work within the PDP.
Secondus also presented the INEC nomination form to the governor .
In response, Obaseki said, “ All that is left for one this afternoon is to tell you how I and my deputy are grateful to this great party.
“ In our hours of tribulation when we were pushed out in the raging storm you gave us the umbrella . By the grace of God, victory is going to be ours at the end of the day .

“ I want Mr . Chairman to thank my co -aspirants for being gracious enough to take the painful decision to step down after committing so much. ”
Obaseki also announced that he was running with his deputy governor , Philip Shuaibu , saying , “ You don ’ t change a winning team. ”
Two of his co -aspirants who stepped down, Keneth Imasuagbon and Gideon Ikhine, also attended the event .
https://punchng.com/obaseki-receives-pdp-certificate-of-return/

The United Nations said it has launched investigation into a viral video showing a couple having sex in one of its official cars in Israel .
Spokesman of the Secretary-General , Mr Stephane Dujarric , told UN correspondents in New York on Friday that the organisation was “ shocked and deeply disturbed ” by the footage .
Dujarric confirmed that the video featured a 4 by 4 vehicle , containing personnel “ likely assigned to the UN Truce Supervision Organisation ” .
The short video showed a woman in a red dress straddling a man in the back seat of the white SUV bearing the “ UN ” inscription .
With them in the moving vehicle are the driver and a bald -head man sitting on the passenger side in front .
Media reports have it that the footage was recorded on HaYarkon Street , a major thoroughfare in Tel Aviv, the Israeli capital, although the UN said its authenticity had not been confirmed.
Dujarric said, “ We are shocked and deeply disturbed by what is seen on the video .

“ The behaviour seen in it is abhorrent and goes against everything that we stand for and have been working to achieve in terms of fighting misconduct by UN staff.
“ We became aware of the video a little bit more than two days ago and our colleagues in the Office of Internal Oversight Services were immediately activated .
“ Their investigation I know is moving very quickly . We know the location of the incident and the identification of individuals in the video , who are likely assigned to the UNTSO , is close to being completed.
“ As part of the UN ’ s commitment to transparency , the UN will provide updates on the conclusion of the investigation, and any further action. ”
https://punchng.com/video-of-sex-in-un-car-shocking-official/

Nwamabo24:
i am apolitical

your neutrality is doubtful

Nwamabo24:
weed kwa i don't take such.but that is d truth until he win the reelection that when he can beat his chest

you better humble like your brother Oshiomole.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday, dismissed claims by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State that 10 governors, elected on the PDP platform, will join the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Governor Bello, during a television programme, had boasted that 10 PDP governors would dump their party for the APC in weeks to come.
Though he failed to mention their names, the Kogi governor expressed optimism the PDP governors have signified their intention to leave the PDP after evaluating the APC and the importance of the party towards national development.

But faulting Governor Bello, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Prince Diran Odeyemi, said the Governor was hallucinating.
Odeyemi, who spoke to Vanguard, said: ” When the going was good, APC governors were joining the PDP. So, what has gone right in their party that will now attract any of our governors to them? He is hallucinating, he is dreaming big

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/06/none-of-our-governors-will-join-apc-―-pdp/

Nwamabo24:
you never suvive wait untill after election

whu gave u weed?