otijah:
yeah so that Boko Haram can easily gain access into south east and south south including the rest of the country.
We are finished

Islie:






http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/buhari-orders-removal-of-military-check-points/


Cc lalasticlala

atlwireles:
He stated that the unchecked oil theft under the PDP, in
which the nation was losing 400,000 barrels per day,
culminated in drastic reduction of oil price in the
international marke

barcanista:
APC members trying so hard to make Atiku the sacrificial lamb for their humiliating loss on Tuesday in the hands of the PDP. A closer look at the result showed that Atiku played NO role in Saraki's emergence though the emergence appear to "favor" him from "His OWN" perspective (though flawed).
Saraki was elected by 49 PDP Senators, 3 Kwara APC Senators, 1 Kogi APC Senator (Dino) and 1 Zamfara APC Senator (Yerima). Adding the sum will give 54 SENATORS! The other 3 Senators only God knows where they came from.

So which "significant" role did Atiku play? The credit is to PDP Senators and Nigerians.


Leave Atiku alone....I mean kill yourselves

Franzeez:


49 PDP senators are solidly behind him gidigba! But if they want experiment, the PDP guys can help impeach him and Deputy Senate President takes over. So you either leave saraki there or PDP rules the Senate and you can't impeach him, 49 members is too much. APC does not have 2/3 majority

lalasticlala:



http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/boko-haram-apc-defends-buharis-trip-to-chad-niger/211325/

lukecent:
Wike posted video & Rotimi posted pictures. Who is telling the truth.
But let me ask when did Rotimi ve access to(took the shot) govt house, b4 or after hand over

senier007:
Former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has countered claims by his successor, Nyesom Wike, that he looted furniture, items and accessories in the Rivers State Government House.

DAILY POST, on Friday, received pictures showing some rooms and offices, which appear to look intact.

However, it is yet to be ascertained if the lootings being claimed by Wike’s camp were carried out in rooms shown in the pictures this newspaper got or elsewhere.
Assistant State Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sam Nwanosike had alleged that cronies of the past Governor, Rotimi Amaechi were taking the state properties in Lagos and Abuja.

Nwanosike earlier in the week said: “the liaison officer in Abuja, John Enebeli is battling with Coscharis motors to steal the two BMW cars that the Governor uses while in Abuja.

“They are still looting Rivers state Government property both in Lagos and Abuja and even in Port Harcourt.

“If you say Governor Amaechi did not allow for the looting of those items, how come he found it difficult to collaborate with the transition committee?” He querried.
But Amaechi through his media assistant, David Iyofor said that Wike had gone to “ridiculous and absurd” lengths to show his imaginary claims of vandalism and
looting in Government House in his bid to vote billions of naira for renovation of the place.

Amaechi urged Rivers people, the media and the public “to be watchful, vigilant and discern the fraudulent acts” of the new Administration meant to paint him (Amaechi) and the Administration he headed appear evil.

Continuing he said, “As I noted earlier in a previous statement, Nyesom Wike is going ahead with his plan of attempting to deride and discredit me and my administration, by blackmailing and coercing key government officials including DFAs, Permanent Secretaries and others to twist and distort legitimate government transactions in his desperation to cook-up, and fabricate baseless, concocted and unfounded cases of corruption against me and the administration I ran.

“The state bankers and some of our contractors are also not spared in this his mission of tarnishing the reputation of Amaechi. As a matter of fact, Wike has only one agenda as he governs Rivers State – the agenda to portray me as corrupt, by whatever means no matter how ridiculous and phony it looks”.

Amaechi also described as a fraud the video and pictures of the looted and vandalized Government House that Wike has been showing.

“The images are also fraudulent, arranged and executed by Wike to enable him vote billions of Naira from the state treasury to renovate and refurbish the place, while also accusing me of corruption.

“I repeat, this is clearly a game, a grand conspiracy to siphon state funds under the sub-head of renovating and refurbishing a supposedly ‘vandalized and looted’ Government House, while also falsely smear my image.

“Wike said the curtains in the Governor’s residence were looted, but even in his stage-managed images, you could clearly see that the curtains are still intact. I left Government House intact.

“Rivers people should hold Wike responsible if there’s any looting and vandalism in Government House. There is verifiable information that on May 29, Wike stopped key Government House staff including the Permanent Secretary (who’s the chief accounting officer) from entering the premises, only to shout looting and vandalism 48 hours later.

“Why were civil servants, including the most senior civil servant in Government House, barred from entering the compound on May 29? Was it to give him time and provide cover to stage-manage the shooting of the fraudulent video that he’s now gleefully showing?” the ex-governor quipped.
Source: http://dailypost.ng/2015/06/05/amaechi-counters-wikes-looting-claim-releases-government-house-photos/?wt=3

lalasticlala:






http://dailypost.ng/2015/06/01/wike-takes-rivers-leaders-on-a-tour-of-looted-government-house-facilities-photos/

JEGA01:
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has vowed to unseat the newly inaugurated governor of the state, Nyesom Wike at the tribunal despite his assumption of office.

Wike was declared winner of the April 11governorship election in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission. He contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but the All Progressives Congress, APC, is challenging his victory.

However, APC chairman in the state, Davies Ikanya, in a statement on Saturday, argued that Wike was unjustly declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Davies counselled Wike not to embark on any long term project, adding that he (Wike) has a short time to stay in office. He also asked the governor not to change the curtains and furnitures in the Government House, because he has limited time to spend.

“Mr. Wike was unjustly declared winner by the state INEC, which never hides its connivance with Rivers PDP.

“He does not have the legitimate mandate of the good people of Rivers State to act as their governor. We remain confident that the Election Petition Tribunal will do the needful and sack him accordingly in view of the materials submitted to them, in view of the immorality associated with his occupation of the Government House and in view of the outcry of the people of Rivers State that he does not have their mandate to serve as their governor.

“As we wait to reclaim the mandate of the Rivers State people, which was wickedly seized by INEC in their desperation to impose Wike as the governor of Rivers State, we wish to state that we will not allow the blood of our members spilled to be in vain.

“We owe them and their families the duty to ensure that a God-fearing governor in the person of Dr. Dakuku Peterside is duly installed in the Government House based on the mandate of the good Rivers State people,” Ikanya said in the statement.

Davies advised Rivers people to endure whatever hardship that may come from Wike’s administration, pending the restoration of the mandate they gave to the party’s candidate, Dakuku Peterside.


http://dailypost.ng/2015/05/31/wike-has-a-short-time-in-office-rivers-apc/

AdoraAmadi:
It's Democracy day and former governor of Rivers State Rotimi Amaechi chose to be at the Eagle Square to witness the presidential swearing in rather than be at his state to handover.

He is pictured with Warri billionaire Ayiri Emami below.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2015/05/photos-former-gov-rotimi-amaechi.html

lilprinze:
he has not even started working yet but he has already started wasting rivers state's money.

Kcinho:
Governor Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State, on Friday
said he would forfeit 50 per cent of his salary
pending when the financial situation of the state
improves.

The governor stated this in his inaugural
address, after he was sworn-in by the state
Chief Judge, Justice Tanimu Zailani in
Kaduna.

He said that the pay cut would also affect
the Deputy Governor, Mr Barnabas Bala.
El-Rufa’i also declared that the
administration would “guarantee free and
compulsory basic education for every child
up to JS3, regardless of gender, religion or
ethnicity.”

He said that in spite of the challenges
facing the state, the administration would
also “focus on jobs, security, education, and
healthcare.”

“The fact is that today Kaduna State
cannot meet its obligations without handouts
from the federal government.

“We cannot comfortably pay salaries of our
teachers and nurses and civil servants.
And after struggling to pay salaries, we
can do little else.

“We cannot fix the schools, help our
farmers, repair our roads, or treat the sick.
We have arrived at a dead end. The patient
is sick, and it needs radical therapy.”

El-Rufa’i said the situation demanded for
“difficult decisions”, adding that political
office holders must sacrifice the comfort
of their offices for the greater good of all.
“In recognition of the difficult challenges
we face, our deputy Governor and I have
concluded that the sacrifices that change
requires must begin with us.

“We have decided to take a pay cut and
donate 50 percent of our salaries and
allowances, until our fiscal situation
improves.

“We understand that leadership by example
is the most persuasive way to demand
sacrifices from all of us as citizens.
“We pledge to avoid ostentation and foolish
bigmanism, and to value transparency,
modesty and accountability.

“We will obey the same rules that we
demand of all of you; After all, the law is
the difference between civilization and
anarchy.

“We submit ourselves to the principle that
all are equal before the Law.”
On security, the governor said he would work
with law enforcement officials to
drastically reduce violent crime in the state
including “communal violence, cattle-rustling
and armed robbery.”

“We will reform the administration of
justice to ensure speedy conclusion of cases
and send a clear message that there will be
sanctions for unlawful conduct.”

He therefore solicited for maximum support
from the people of the state to enable the
administration deliver on its promises.

“Four years from now, by the grace of God
and the active support of you all, we will all
be able to say that the leaders in whose
care you have placed your affairs today
have given their all for the brighter future
that we all seek

http://dailypost.ng/2015/05/29/el-rufai-deputy-to-forfeit-50-per-cent-salary/

zik4ever:
Newly sworn-in Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, on Friday said his new administration would, among other policies, pursue amnesty for members of Boko Haram who are ready to de-radicalise.

Mr. Shettima, who took an oath of office to serve for yet another four years alongside his deputy, Zannah Mustapha, said he would lobby the new federal government of President Muhammadu Buhari to consider granting amnesty to the militants.

Messrs Shettima and Mustapha were sworn in by the state’s chief judge, Kashim Zannah, at the Ramat Square, amidst tight security mounted by soldiers and police officers.

Mr. Shettima’s second inauguration, although low-key, was attended by guests from within and outside Nigeria.

The governor lamented the plight of the millions of Borno residents squatting at various camps of Internally Displaced Persons at the time he was being sworn-in.

Mr. Shettima said his next four years would be dedicated to rebuilding destroyed and lost communities and also pursuing policies that would create jobs and empower the youths.

“I do not intend to spoil the celebration mood today but I simply cannot ignore the fact that as we are gathered here, looking good and so full of excitement, thousands of our fellow sons and daughters of Borno, old and young, including babies that are few days old, are displaced in their own land and country,” he said.

He added that the sad tales of destructions and the faces of “our displaced sons, daughters, brothers and sisters,” told the true story of Borno today.

The governor, who described his swearing in as “a very special day in the long history of Borno”, said his second mandate was in recognition of the effort his administration made in the past four years, “to touch your lives in several areas of human endeavour”.

He acknowledged, however, that the last four years were certainly some of the most tragic and challenging in the thousand-year history of Borno.

“We have gone through the most savage insurgency of the Boko Haram sect, which massacred thousands of our people; especially destroying the cream of Borno youth and ensuring that into the next generation, we will be faced with a demographic crisis that will challenge our creative ingenuity, to overcome,” he said.

The governor said, in spite of all these, his government still managed to remain focused to build the “basic blocks of development, in agriculture, education and empowerment.”

“And we never for a moment abandoned our people,” Mr. Shettima said. “The people appreciated how we worked with sincerity, with commitment and always defending their best interests.”

Mr. Shettima lambasted the government of Goodluck Jonathan, referring to it as “a hostile Federal Government, which lived in denial about the savagery of Boko Haram and which also saw the insurgency from the most perverted, narrow and irresponsible prism, that somehow, the insurgency had been fuelled against it, by the political and other elites of this part of Nigeria.”

“They therefore did only the barest and most perfunctory, to stem the problem. Meanwhile, our people suffered and our communities were systematically laid to waste,” he said. “Democracy became the saving grace for the people.

“With our votes, we threw out a government at the centre, which did not work in the national interest and have now voted into power, President Muhammadu Buhari, who is also being inaugurated into power today in Abuja.”

Mr. Shettima said the people of Borno now have the opportunity to put their problems before a “listening president, who would be willing to assist us with utmost dispatch, to accelerate our development.”

He said in the next four years, he would need the support of all citizens in the quest to rebuild the devastated communities of Borno state.

He promised an all-inclusive “growth that would focus on reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction – the three Rs.

He also reiterated his readiness to give members of Boko Haram a chance for amnesty.

“Unless we want to engage in an endless war of attrition that will be hallmarked by the continuing destruction of lives and property, it becomes imperative that willing members of the Boko Haram sect that want to come out of the bush must be given the opportunity to be de-radicalized and then rehabilitated to become useful citizens of society,” he said.

“It is never easy to accept back into the community, those who have taken up arms, killed, pillaged, raped and destroyed. But in the long run, society must make very expensive choices for peace, reconciliation and development. We are therefore appealing to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Community to assist our endeavour in that regard.”
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/184005-borno-governor-attacks-jonathan-seeks-amnesty-for-boko-haram.html

onyi4edu:
He should have introduced himself first and then asked for the permission to take pictures and not just rushing into it because he is a journalist.

Meanwhile leave Jonathan out of this.

Modified***
After reading people's comments and mentions I realised that we have a long way to go in restructuring this country. If there was no one at the site then it's understandable but he met people there and without introduction or permission he starts taking pictures and he expects them to clap for him
I give up honestly

Olamitisoji:


https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=953614934688771&id=204329982950607&refid=28&_ft_=qid.6153912521412531326%3Amf_story_key.-498564952197636708

lalasticlala:




http://www.thescoopng.com/gov-amaechi-unhinged-nyesom-wike-killed-a-man-cut-off-his-private-part-and-hung-him-on-a-tree/

simplymade:
Fair

brixton:



http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/183665-bulk-of-nigerias-63-billion-debt-incurred-by-apc-states-pdp.html

Sunnybobo3:


http://www.thecable.ng/noi-amaechi-got-n257bn-eca-2013

Arch1:
Security = Zero
Employment = Zero
Electricity = Zero
Fuel = Zero
Infrastructure = Zero
Foreigh relations = Zero

Can someone please mention one sector wherein we can give the jonathans administarion a pass mark.

Obasanjo, for all his flaws still achieved something in the Telecommunicatons sector. He privatised the Telecomms and today that sector is better off today than it was decades ago under NITEL.

Jonathan privtised PHCN yet the electricity problem is going from WORSE to WORST

ziqqz:
Your timing is poor.

You should have let your suffering coincide with when Uncle Jona will return after handover next week.

The way I see it, you have succeeded in failing.

kowema:
All these people calling his words bluff are doing so becos they have no idea what these people are capable of. First of all, unlike Boko Haram, these ones have dia own money and dnt rely on external forces for funding, they do bunkery and lots of oda oil deals so they got the money.

Secondly, these people have conquered there immediate enviroment which is the land and practically live up in water or can stay longer in water hence, it wud take a whole lot to curb them

Thridly, the kind of weapons they wield is not a joke, forget all these BH guns and Bombs, forget that dey did Armnesty and surrendered their weapons on TV, those weapons dey submitted are the worn out ones cus the real weapons are chilling somwia.

I grew up in POrt harcourt and I was in PH at the time when they started their chaos and trust me, it wasn't palatable, we know the kind of gun shots we heard, No be moi moi guns o, that time we they drink tea dey dodge bullet.
The Govt had better take dem seriously for these guys don't play..

calebo101:
[b]The future is indeed pregnant. Jonathan's loss is looking like a blessing in disguise in various ways. The man get celebrated as a hero nationwide and worldwide and we rediscover ourselves.

We need referendum! That's all. This marriage don tire us, we want out. Each region can fend for itself so i see no reason why we must be one. We are way too different for Christ sake. In all ramifications we are not one. Be it ideology, religion, education, mentality, anything at all. Can they just allow us to go our separate ways and chart a new course for ourselves. We are tired. We are not slaves, Buhari is not Pharaoh and Nigeria is not Egypt.

I keep salivating at the prospect of a Lower Niger republic with the ever innovative Igbos and the strong willed Niger Deltans, SS + SE is a marriage made in heaven united by God. It took time for us to realize but now we know there is no stopping us. Our parents were deceived but now we are educated and will seek change in a peaceful way and God help us, we will get it![/b]

Referendum!!!

Idrismusty97:
After all the noise what are you waiting for? Don't wait for anything, Starts your fight now! Fools think Asari is ready to abandoned his "Billions" and go to war. Xixixixi i laughed in Chinese . Let's see if blowing up pipelines would have no effect on the people you claimed to be fighting for...

Eshinwaju:
. we can see bh is for real....n not northern attempt to gain power....useless pdp..playing politics with peoples lives.

sunny63:
My name is Ezemagu Sunday Nnamdi a nairalander, the ex-youth corp member that donated #10,000 to president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan re-election bid. I raised a bank draft of #10,000 from my NYSC account and send it to mr president through DHL to support his re-election bid when I was serving. I found out that, there is something special in president Goodluck Jonathan which Nigerian's will soon miss. I know that some people that are reading this message will say that president Goodluck Jonathan has filled this guy's pocket with money. let me tell u categorically I have not set my eyes on president Jonathan before talk more of receiving any favour from him. The election has come and go but president Goodluck Jonathan remain my prospective mentor and political father. President Goodluck Jonathan has written his name with Golden pen and for me to tap from his character and attitude I have decided to raise a sculptural piece of president Jonathan in his home town as a mark hero which can also serve as a tourist center. I will leave Abuja to Otuoke, president Goodluck Jonathan's home town on monday to give my aspiring mentor a warming heroic welcome for putting the interest of the nation above his personal ambition and also for salvaging the democratic ethic of this nation. If I land in Otuoke on tuesday,I will go directly to the traditional ruler's place to request for a strategic position where I will raise a sculptural piece of president Goodluck Jonathan as a mark of Hero to the people of and Nigeria and world at large. I will also pay courtesy visit to Government house to inform the Governor of my intention. I will be updating my movement on facebook,twitter and other online social media. Attached to this write up is my picture and a letter of appreciation from president Goodluck Jonathan after my donation.

lomomike:
This is happening in Murtala Mohammed Expressway Kubwa area now Officers of Federal Road Safety Corps created constriction on the thoroughfare for no apparent reason (IMOH). And they're weren't searching any vehicles or helping in any emergency or accident situation because there wasn't any accident

Buonsenso:
Either another lie to bring in traffic or the works of an overzealous Buhari media team.
i saw an interview he did with Mo Abudu and she was wearing a short skirt; he still did the interview. I want credible sources and not someone hiding under anonymity to create problems.

The issues of Nigeria are much and Buhari himself will have limited contact with media people; briefings are mostly done by ministers after FEC session and not the President. on days the president speaks directly to the media such as the monthly media chat, its usually done with respectable men and women of the media houses.

but of course, common sense is not common, people want to believe what they want because it fits into their prejudice; just like some will believe Wole Soyinka, who was imprisoned for trying to stop the Biafra war and kept in solitary confinement for over 12 months in a Nigerian jail and who understands the dangers of generalization, will at almost 80 years go to Harvard and abuse the whole of the igbo race, when by his works and writing he has always supported PLURALISM AND THE POWER OF CHOICE.
This is a man that has consistently said, people should be allowed to worship, travel, date and marry whoever they choose.
He has not just said and talked but actually lived by his principles in a world where TALK IS CHEAP.
I have attached pictures for those who dont believe until they see pictures and am working to bring out the video link of the whole Harvard discussion, I only hope bi.gots are humble enough to apologize, when the evidence overwhelms them.

I am neither ibo or yoruba but a Nigerian who tries to be objective.

lalasticlala:




http://leadership.ng/news/politics/431063/jonathan-setting-traps-for-buhari-with-last-minute-appointments-sack

Chiaka:
You guys should work on your promised change. Its too early to start all the cries. Nonsense! you don't know that when you were chanting 'Change' and all the promises. Please we are not ready for this excuses , is too early in the morning

PointB:
Are these not the same Governors who prevailed on the President to share the ECA funds?

What are they complaining about? They are elected to fix problems, including the economy. If they can't they should resign or risk being disgraced out!