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Awol1:Its loading... ![]() Madam is testing the mic to get everybody quiet and ready. ![]() So Nigerians have been robbing this country since 2016? I thought Sharia say cut off hand of thief, which one be death penalty now? |
Are these some of the clothes stripped off the women ![]() Story says the women were lured to job interviews. What was the job advertised? Im wondering after spotting that short-short jeans knickers (i think this is called bum short). For a woman to wear that to job interview im thinking its strippers job. Why they complain?
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Ahmeduana:We know! Thats why saboteurs must be removed from influential access in the party. . Next line of action is to appoint a new head for Ondo APC. The legislature in Ondo is at loggerheads with governor....he should reconcile with them to avoid impeachment. |
jidamsel43:Only a person depraved of discipline will make such statement. The party is dumping the enemies within, they are accessories through which opposition can penetrate and destroy. Anyone who lives by principles will appreciate what NWC has done, instead of making accusations. Besides, you are not familiar with party structure. If you were you would know Oshiomhole is not NWC, his vote as chairman has zero effect if other members oppose him. So this is not Oshiomhole decision. |
Uyomeyouyo:Southerners are yet to acknowledge that the name Ibrahim, Mohammed, Abubakar, Yakubu, and so on are not Islamic but cultural names borrowed from Middle East. |
MajorJeffery:Are you saying your intellect is diminished when you are not in suit? ![]() |
Awol1:Jimi is there for a reason. Please dont rock the boat. Jimi Agbaje is the best opposition candidate, no one else can fill hisbshoes. In fact Lagos people love him and if Bode George is not complaining I dont know why it bothers this party chairman. He sounds like he has ants in his trousers. If they rwmove Agbaje as PDP candidate we will cause fracas in Lagos. Leave him wherw he is. |
Enlisting the assistance of two high-powered Washington, D.C. lawyers, a Nigerian presidential candidate is looking for help in his legal challenge after his election loss. Atiku Abubakar, former vice president of Nigeria, lost in the country’s February presidential election to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari. However, Abubakar swiftly filed a legal suit challenging the election results due to allegations of voting irregularities and violence. Abubakar has ties to those in Trump’s orbit, having hired political consultants like Riva Levinson, who worked with Paul Manafort, and Brian Ballard, a major Trump fundraiser. Like many other foreign leaders looking to bolster their standing with Trump, Abubakar stayed at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. Abubakar joins opposition politicians like Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó in turning to lobbyists to garner American support. According to a FARA filings accessed using the Center for Responsive Politics’ Foreign Lobby Watch, on March 24, former Justice Department official Bruce Fein and his firm Fein & DelValle PLLC registered as foreign agents on Abubakar’s behalf. Fein, the associate deputy attorney general in Ronald Reagan’s administration and general counsel to the FCC, played a significant role in the repeal of the FCC’s “Fairness Doctrine.” He also later worked with then-Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) in drafting articles of impeachment against Bill Clinton. Joining Fein in the effort is his partner at the firm, W. Bruce DelValle, who according to an online biography has a varied background tackling civil rights and constitutional law issues, litigating intellectual property and liability disputes, along with representing a number of sports and entertainment personalities. The agreement notes that Lloyd Ukwu, who is described as “a Nigerian barrister and trusted confidant [of Abubakar],” is assisting “in the operations of the U.S. Situation Room.” Ukwu is a critic of Buhari and is the founder of a group called We the People of Nigeria which claims to be an advocate for “free and fair elections.” Ukwu recently led a delegation to meet with a variety of government officials in the State Department, Congress and “delivered a letter to the [acting] United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Jonathan Cohen, in New York to ensure the success of the Nigerian elections.” According to the filing, Fein will be paid $30,000 over a 90-day contract to provide “legal, consultancy and public advocacy services to encourage Congress and the Executive” to wait on recognizing a winner of the Nigerian election until after the legal challenge is “impartially and independently resolved.” Another filing lays out how the influence campaign will be conducted. Lobbyists will meet with members of Congress and their staff to persuade them to pass resolutions in the House and Senate “to forebear from a final declaration and recognition of a winner” until after Abubakar’s appeals are decided fairly and independently. Additionally, the firm will “draft articles and op-ed pieces” about the issues surrounding the Nigerian election and appear on television and other media programs. In the contract, Fein’s firm is explicit in promising to “obtain official recognition that you are the authentic President of Nigeria based on an accurate counting of legal ballots.” The goal of the effort is straightforwardly described as “to convince the United States that your presidency would open a fresh and new chapter in Nigerian politics.” The filing also asserts that the lobbying effort will demonstrate that an Abubakar presidency is “the will of the People.” It warns that if Abubakar is denied a victory, problems like genocide, poverty, corruption and strife will “undoubtedly continue.” Abubakar himself has a rocky legal history. A Senate subcommittee report on foreign corruption cited Abubakar as a case study regarding his transfer of millions of dollars into the U.S. through shell companies. He was never prosecuted. In 2009, the FBI alleged that Abubakar demanded bribes from former Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.), who was convicted of corruption charges. At one point, Jefferson stored $90,000 in cash for Abubakar in his freezer. The U.S. has long had close relations with Nigeria and is the country’s largest foreign investor. American troops work alongside the Nigerian military in an international effort against the Boko Haram terrorist organization. Additionally, the incumbent Buhari visited the White House and met with President Trump in 2018. Fein did not respond to a request for comment. https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/04/failed-nigerian-presidential-candidate-lobbying-u-s-to-recognize-him-as-authentic-president |
Clause 96 provides that anyone who assaults a police officer, obstructs or resists a police officer is liable to a fine of N100,000 or six months imprisonment.Ahhh, was Dino around when this Bill pass? SDM, watch out o! When police knock your door for Abuja don't tell them you are out of town o....it could be ruled as obstruction of justice. Don't grab their uniform either or struggle with them, its assault and carry six months of watery beans. Most important when they chase after you dont climb any tree, just surrender. ![]() |
“We have 67 of those results. It is under our custody and when the time comes, we shall bring out our facts.I like this! The evidence of rigging by PDP is already announced with bravado. ![]() Wow! "we have the results...." Is this INEC talking, or a unauthorized electoral officer announcing that unofficial results in his possession will be declared for his candidate? Ohanaeze will not tell Ibos to vote for Taiwo now o, they are going underground telling Ibos to vote for Orji......but soon as Taiwo wins Ohanaeze will give us the reasons why Ibos voted for Taiwo. They do this every election cycle. ![]() |
olas24u:Alabi Yellow represents an oil producing constituency.....does he not know gasoline and electric cars are competitions? Rivers people should recall him for presenting a bill to sabotage their resource and income. |
![]() You found one igbo girl who is different from the usual igbo flat @$$ and because this is a rarity amongst igbo women youhad to jubilate and create a thread for her. Iranu! |
Atiku should call and congratulate Buhari, the rightful winner of election. ![]() |
Is Kashamu back in Senate? We want Senator Buruji Kashamu to be given Senate Minority Leader position. |
Afamed:Atiku's desperation to be President is unmatched. The man will be 90yrs old and still defecting from one party to another trying to be president. If this man dies without becoming president i think his ghost will haunt Aso Rock because his attempt will continue on the other side. God save Atiku from his inner demons. |
Someone please tell that woman in blue, yes..that one with bare head....this event is a formal gathering. She is untrained in social etiquettes. When you attend informal event you dress informally, when you attend formal event you dress formally. In addition to being a formal event it is also cultural. She is equally untrained in cultural etiquette. When attending cultural gathering the proper image should be full cultural dress. |
hahahahahaha. ..this is a joke!Atiku is becoming a clown! |
The issue of the case between Innoson Motors (Innoson) and Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) with other parties like the IGP, AGF and EFCC is interestingly complicated. It explains the reason why it is confusing to many people. My aim therefore in this article is to state the facts as clearly as possible according to publicly available time-lines. First, it is important to note that there are at least five (5) different cases on this issue. For the sake of clarity, I will divide this article into 3 segments, each with its own unique time-line. Stay with me, this will be long. 1. Innoson Vs Customs & GTBank – The Issue of Auctioning of Seized Goods by Nigerian Customs Service 2003 The relationship between GTBank and Innoson Started sometime in 2003. From all evidence available to us, the relationship (like most) started on a good mutually beneficial note. There was no evidence of conflict before or immediately following this year. 2004 Between October 2004 and December 2004, Innoson imported about 25 containers of Motorcycle CKDs into the country. According to Innoson, it had obtained a concession certificate from the Federal Ministry of Finance which allowed it to import at 5% duty. This certificate was to expire in July 2005. The duty was paid by GTBank and receipt issue. But Customs refused to release his goods purportedly because of a “circular” removing Innoson from the list of companies enjoying such concessions. 2005 Innoson appealed to the Minister of Finance who having reviewed their appeal approved that Innoson should be allowed to clear their goods with the concession certificate. Documents where subsequently re-submitted for clearance and final approval came in Feb 2006. 2006 However, by March of 2006, the goods (25 containers of Motorcycle CKDs) could no longer be found. The Nigerian Customs had already auctioned 18 out of 25 containers. This triggered a conflict between Innoson and the NCS. Between March and May of 2006 there were efforts to resolve the issue. There were several parties to this discussion, namely Innoson, Min of Finance, Presidential Special Committee on Port Decongestion and the Customs. For some reasons that the NCS cannot explain, during this period where efforts were going at high level to resolve the problem, the remaining 7 containers of Motorcycle CKD were auctioned off by the Customs. Innoson then took the Customs to court (Suit FHC/L/CS/603/2006). 2011 In July 2011, the court ordered the Custom to pay Innoson the sum of N2.4 Billion being judgment sum of N700 million plus accrued interest. Innoson the sort and obtain a garnishee order from the Court ordering GTB to pay the judgment debt of N2.4 Billion. GTB decided to appeal the court ruling on the garnishee to the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division. Why GTBank decided to appeal the garnishee order (and not allow Customs appeal the judgment) is noteworthy. 2014 In a unanimous judgment, delivered on 6th Feb 2014, the Court of Appeal dismissed the GTBank appeal, affirmed the judgment of the trial Court and ordered GTBank to pay the said sum of N2.4 Billion to Innoson. GTBank appealed to the SC. The SC is yet to give judgment. 2. Innoson Vs GTBank - Issue of Excess Charges on Innoson Account 2010 The fact they Innoson and GTB has this on-going court case concerning the NCS sale of its containers did not stop both organizations from doing business. It appears that at some point the bank gave Innoson a N2.4 Billion facility later restructured into a 3 year term loan facility to finance its motorcycle’s CKD import business. Remember this figure because it will be relevant several years later. 2012 Innoson discovered strange charges in their account and decided to do an audit. The audit revealed that GTBank has over-charged it to the tune of N786 million over the course of several years dating back to 2004. Innoson wrote to the bank and not surprisingly, the bank did not accept to refund the charges. Innoson sued GTBank for refund of the excess charges. This is the second suit between Innoson and GTBank. 2013 In May 2013, Justice Salihu granted Innoson the sum of N559,374,072.09 against the bank, “with a 22 percent interest on the admitted sum to be paid from March 1, 2004 and at the same rate of 22 percent till satisfaction of the judgment debt. It also added a 100% penalty as stipulated in the CBN Guidelines (Many people don’t know this penalty exist for excess charges by banks – But this is a conversation for another day). This brought the total judgement cost to N4.7 Billion against GTBank. GTBank appealed this judgment. 2014 In Sept 2014, GTBank secured an ex parte order on Innoson basically freezing their accounts. “All commercial banks in Nigeria were restrained from accepting, honoring, or giving effect in any manner whatsoever to any instruction by Innoson ..." On December 9, 2014, the Court of Appeal upheld the judgement of the Federal High Court and ordered GTBank to pay its debt to Innoson into an interest-yielding account operated by the court. By then, the debt had accumulated to over N6 billion. Note: If you add the previous judgement of N2.4 Billion GTBank was already indebted as per Judgment debt to the tune of over N8.5 Billion in 2014. Curiously and rather strangely, GTBank in its numerous affidavits deposed that if it pays the outstanding judgment debt of N6 Billion, it could go bankrupt and be out of business. It then appealed to the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the Appeals Court. This makes it the second case between Innoson and GTBank at the Supreme Court. 2015 In June 2015, the FHC, Lagos struck out the ex parte order freezing the bank accounts of the companies in Innoson Group. Innoson then slammed a N30 billion suit on the bank for what it had suffered in monetary terms and reputational terms during the months when the accounts of its companies in all Nigerian banks were frozen. This is the fourth case between Innoson and GTBank. 3. IGP Vs Innoson – Issue of Criminal Charge of Forgery against Innoson and 5 Others. 2015 GTBank filed a petition to the IGP alleging that Innocent Chukwuma and 5 others (including Innoson and Mitsui OSK Lines) criminally conspired to commit forgery. GTBank alleged that Innoson with 5 other criminally conspired to falsify shipping documents between Jan 2010 and April 2011 at the Apapa Wharf which was subsequently used to obtain a N2.4 Billion term loan facility from GTBank. (Recall the N2.4 Billion facility referenced earlier in this article?). This led to the prosecution of the 6 accused persons by the police prosecutor. (Suit No: FHC/L/565C/2015). 2016 In February 2016, the police withdrew the charge against the accused based on its need to further investigate the case. However, it seems that the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) was not aware of this withdrawal. In May 2016, the AGF’s office approached the court to take over the prosecution of the case. This application was granted. This is where it gets messy. It seem the prosecutor in the IGP office did not inform the court that they already withdrew the charges before the DPP took over. It was the EFCC dramatic invitation to Innocent Chukwuma that first blew this story into the public consciousness. Unknown to many, this was the fifth case in a series that was increasingly getting [un]predictable. The EFCC invitation to Innocent Chukwuma appears to be in connection to the investigation of the GTB petition (alleging fraud) and subsequent prosecution by the IGP. According to the EFCC, he jumped an administrative bail. If that is true, it suggests he must have already been interviewed and granted bail. Let me speak specifically to the issue of the "forgery" charge against Innocent Chukwuma and 5 others. To be very clear, this issue is SERIOUS and he would need to take it seriously. Let me to explain what I mean. Now depending on who you believe, there are claims and counter claims on this issue of "forgery". But the devil is in the detail. What you need to know is that this dates back to transactions in 2010/2011. It is all procedural but you need to follow me closely. Let's start with what we can deduce from court document and from Innoson Statement(s): GTBank Claims Granted Innoson N2.4 Billion Loan to import motorcycles. Establishes different LCs in favour of Innoson under this facility. It reserved propriety interest until a percentage of value of LC is paid. Original Bill of Laden (still with bank) was security for loan. Innoson cleared the goods with bank endorsement forged on the BoL The bank then referred the case to the Police who commenced investigation and charged the men for forgery. Innoson Claims GTBank never gave a loan of N2.4 Billion. Only loan they got was N1.3 Billion which has been fully repaid. BoL couldn't have been security for loan since it is released at the point of shipment when payment must have been made or guaranteed. GTBank paid the duty for the goods without which it would be impossible to clear it. GTBank released the original BoL to Innoson. After clearing, Innoson returned to GTBank the relevant exchange rate documents for onward transmission to the CBN. If you are somehow confused about how international payment works. Check out if you can make sense of the infographic attached. If not, just follow my simple explanations. To save our time, let me just concentrate on the role of the Bill of Laden. Letter of credit is one of the international payment terms. After completion of export formalities at customs, the seller collects original BoL from carrier. The said original BoL along with other shipping docs are submitted along with the LC to the seller's bank. After satisfying the terms and conditions (T/C) of the LC, the seller's bank negotiate document and sends to the buyers bank. The buyer’s bank notifies buyer and instructs him to accept documents. Buyer accepts and makes to clear goods. He surrenders Original BoL with carrier and takes delivery of goods The point is, without the Original bill of laden, the buyer cannot take delivery of goods. The buyer’s bank delivers original BoL only after receiving the export proceeds (value of goods shipped or percentage of value of goods agreed). So do you see why the Original Bill of Laden is very important to this forgery case? It seems like both GTBank and Innoson are lying claims to possessing two (2) separate ORIGINAL BILL OF LADEN’s. This case basically rest on who is able to prove "the one I have is original". At the onset, it seems that the police believed GTBank as per its petition of 2013. It was probably at this point that the EFCC got involved. But it is instructive that the police did not charge Mr. Innocent until 2015. A charge it withdrew in Feb 2016. Innoson in the meanwhile had made several attempts since 2014 to stop the IGP investigation. But in Sept 2017, the Court of Appeal, dismissed the motion for being unmeritorious and ordered that proceeding in the criminal case (of forgery) against Innoson should proceed. What we now know is that on October 12, 2017, the Police through its Charge No. FHC/L/565C/2015 (now handled by the DPP) filed an application for the issuance of bench warrant against Innocent Chukwuma and others. This was adjourned to the 8th Dec 2017. It is possible that the recent arrest by the EFCC is linked with this development. One thing is clear though, this case is not going away and Mr. Innocent Chukwuma will still need to clear his name in court against this forgery charge. Let me say a few words on the claims of both parties. If you analyze both claims, one would be able to make the following deductions. 1. There was a loan. Whether it is N2.4 Billion or N1.3 Billion is a different issue. 2. For Innoson to import, GTB must have opened LC in favour of Innoson. There is no way Innoson could have cleared the goods without duty payment which follows after assessment notice after Risk Assessment Report (RAR) has been issued. To get the RAR, you need the Original BoL Question is - "Did GTBank process the RAR? One thing is clear here. There is more to this story than meets the eye. At best it looks like a bad case of disagreement over indebtedness with each side trying to gain leverage. At worse it may reveal a case of conspiracy of importer, bank and customs to defraud the FGN. Conclusion I know we love drama and nothing can trump the drama of an arrest in the residence of a popular industrialist in the midst of his employees. But the facts of this case is bigger, judging from the time frame as detailed in this article. While we can say absolutely that GTBank is not directly involved in his arrest, we can infer however is that the banks’s petition appears to be the basis upon which Mr. Innocent Chukwuma is currently being investigated. Thus, the bank is somewhat connected to it, indirectly if not directly. If the evidence of all the numerous court cases won by Innoson is anything to go by, I am convinced that he will win this too. In the meanwhile, it's better for us to be informed before taking a position either way. I hope this article has helped towards achieving that. For additional readings and updates, read this article - Innoson Group Vs GTBank : 30 Key Points you need to know about their dispute from Proshare which sheds more light on the issue; as well as related references below this contribution. Thank you.. https://www.proshareng.com/news/Frauds---Scandals/A-Fool%E2%80%99s-Guide-To-Innoson-Vs-Customs-a/44802
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![]() No lefelendum,no erection! What a scam!! What is she probing for under that cover? ![]()
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They are antagonizing and condemning Gbajabiamila, and even declared support behind other contestants to defeat this illustrious son of Lagos....but yet aspiring to get slots in Lagos Cabinet. What a deluded bunch! Any Ibo that want cabinet slot can do so...in SE. ![]() |
Pass word around, Yoruba wants the Senate Minority Leader position. PDP have marginalized us. They have to give us the Minority leadership to show they respect diversity. |
Chimaokigwe:Not a single APC state in SE. |
This is a "wakanda" story. Im coming to split the cracks open, I see some already. I dont have time for this right now but it will be attendedto later. Let me just say this.... By my calculation his grandfather was born a fulani in late 1800s and he lived in Wurno. Wurno is a little North of Sokoto and lie in the track from Sokoto to the border with Niger. His father was the first and only child, born in Jada in 1917. So the grandfather would have crossed from Wurno to Adamawa in company of the noble stranger somewhere between 1900 and 1916. From 1900 to 1922 Sokoto to Kano to the eatsern flank of Lokoja right before crossing border into Adamawa was all embroiled in fierce war between the British, the Sultan and the Emirs. In fact it was so bad that Sultan Attahiru fled Sokoto and relocated to Wurno. He then went with armies down to Adamawa to confront British. He was decapitated at the border of Gongola. The path of journey that his grandfather's trip took to get from Wurno to Adamawa was a hot zone in the period in context. Like I said I dont have time for this at moment but would be back when time permits to deal blow by blow to this crap. ![]() |
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PDP Chairman - Ibo PDP Presidential Candidate - Fulani PDP VP - Ibo Senate Opposition Leader (Minority Leader) - Yoruba |
enemybulldozer:He is trying to deflect attention away from the scrutiny of his descent by the Constitution. His background is in the shadows, and he doesnt like us flashing light trying to see what it truly is. |
I know Lagos is going to get the Speakership. Ibos are attacking and opposing Gbaja's candidacy but meanwhile they are approaching Lagos State for cabinet slots. Go and see what Elders of Lagos said through their mouthpiece Alhaji Okunnu. I have never seen any group self destroy much as Ibos. If anyone should be rallying behind Lagos and aupporting Gbajabiamila it ought to be Ibos, because getting him in with Ibo backing will return the favor for Lagos to support Ibo aspirations at Federal and local level. But they bungled it...like they usually do. |
A best analogy of this will be for me to take us back to the days of envelope, stamps and postage. Way before internet! ![]() So lets say results from polling units and wards were tucked into an envelope and wax sealed with INEC logo and then hand delivered by INEC staff to INEC polling center where the wax seal was verified for authenticity and then broken to reveal the ballot count in the envelope and tallied. All the tallies for Buhari was 15million, for Atiku 11million, other candidates had their corresponding tallies as well. Atiku now goes to court and says he was able to intercept the envelopes at the post office and he counted all the envelopes with PDP logo on it and the ones with APC logo on it and his score is 18million and Buhari had 16million. Anybody that has ever received mail through postage knows that on the stamp on the envelope there is a red seal that carries the post office authentication and validates that the accurate tax has been paid on that mail. INEC said its envelopea never went through post office and did not carry the postal stamp. Atiku says its a lie we can prove that the envelopes from the wards were mailed through post office to INEC center. When asked to provide proof he brings out envelopes with postage stamp but does not have the post office seal of tax payment. So how was it mailed if no post office stamped it? Atiku has a dilemma in his hands o! |
NothingDoMe:Anytime you are in court on internet related matter or even just network devices, whether ethernet or wireless, forensic evidence is the bible! Atiku has no forensic evidence to back his claims. All the evidence in his hands are standalone identifiers, no WAN identifiers are presented to substantiate that results were transmitted via WAN connection to the server. |
Any network device will have a mac address, there is nothing brilliant about quoting mac address on server. All network devices use mac address for reference and it is absolute, meaning whether the device is connected and online or just sitting idle on a shelf...or even in the bottom of a refuse pile....it will have mac address. If the server is a microsoft server yes it will have microsoft product ID. If its Apple it should not have microsoft ID, so again this is no brainer. If Atiku wants to impress on the truthfullness of his claim he should present a IP tracker (IPtracer) highlighting the path from his remote probe to the INEC server and announcing the number of hops and the corresponding IP addresses of each hop and the host mac address. If thats not available his network engineers should have known that wireshark capture would be very invaluable for forensic evidence to support their stance....and ahould have made sure they have that handy. Where is tracert and where is wireshark...or any packet capture to prove forensic evidence that the INEC server was online and accessible via wan access as claimed? |
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