₦airaland Forum

modath:
Great you shall be & remain... So sorry that came so hard & harsh but it hurts that our people want to stay in the same place.

I had an area big sis back in the day that used to sing "baba oloye" this, "baba oloye" that like he is a rep of God almighty...

Unlike Tinubu (Not without reproach), he didn't think of having any legacy, he just wants to take, take, and take & take....

I understand. ..Thank you very much. You shall be great too

That's just the annoying thing about him. @ the emboldened.

joseph1832:
You think? Abeg oh no let midolian vex for me oh! LOL.

xrazzy:
It has been observed that Media houses in kwara state are not dishing out known and verifiable information about the ongoing travail of the 'sai leader'. Stations like radio kwara, herald newspaper, and kwtv are spinning the facts surrounding the issue to look as if sai leader is being persecuted by a particular political mafioso in conjunction with some 'arewa mafiya'. The blackout/distortion of information is more noticeable in the past 2 episodes of koko inu iwe iroyin/oro re, a news and current affairs programme which sum arises major headline of the day using yoruba language.

The media houses in kwara are controlled by Saraki..so what do you expect? More of the reasons why many were not paid over 3months salary and the world didnt didnt know about it UNLIKE osun. Kwarans are suffering in silence. No thanks to the media houses. Its a taboo to broadcast anything negative about "their son"

modath:
PMB should ask a court to stop its function, when he was elected for sanitation purposes?

"In the interest of peace"threats,right? .

Make una do una worse,Asari threaten pass this, he take kontro last!!!

Saraki's kinsmen are crazy!!!




Their "shining light" has not only cornered their present resources, he has constituted himself to a demi-god in the guise of his father in order to mortgage their unborn children's inheritance, and they are shouting persecution!!!!.

My kwara people just don't want to be great.

I am kwaran..I want to be great, we want to be great. Don't mind those perpetually enslaved kinsmen. They represent all that is wrong with kwara after Saraki. Majority of the kwarans are now against saraki and will be happy to see him face the law.

modath:
I need that sheriff meme with quickness, thanks a milli.

Cc: midolian, i have found a rival to that evil toddler.

Really? I ll be needing it too

joseph1832:
Harassing ke? Your babe gat kegs bro, and she knows it.

No be my fault my sister. You so boobilicious.

presido1:
It depends on who he is doing it with. PDP destroyed Nigeria for the past 16 years, in that 16 years OBJ was in charge for 8 years, the remaining 8 years he gave us the people that finished the destruction where he stopped. If you truly support change and believe in it you should be frowning at the mention of OBJ nominating ministers for this change govt. Look at his nominees, the same people he walked with under PDP.

I understand..but the important thing is, none of these nominees hav bn found wanting @ any point in time. The names I see here are okay by me(frankly).

crixtex:
Lol.. Midolian.. hasnt he been doing it alone ever since

lol..let's assume he has been doing it alone(which you are not happy about)..and now, he he is not doing it "alone", shouldn't you be happy?

crixtex:
so buhari dey fear Obj.... why cant buahri choose his own technocrats?..... n o wonder OBJ cant be probed....hahaha.... spineless presido

For giving some experienced persons a say in his government, you call him a spineless presido? If he decides to do it all on his own, you ll call him a sole administrator..right? SMH

I hope baba comes up with the best men..I can see some tested and trusted hands here

It is no longer news that President Muhammadu Buhari is set to constitute his cabinet.

What Nigerians are keen on, however, is knowing those who would make the final list Buhari will send to the National Assembly for confirmation.

Already, a number of individuals – professionals, technocrats and politicians – have been screened by the Department of State Services (DSS).

The process recently concluded has confirmed the president’s intent to meet the end of September deadline he set for himself regarding the much-anticipated ministerial list.

But indications have emerged on how former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, have been slugging it out in recent weeks to have their candidates make the final list as well as get certain ministerial positions.

Obasanjo, it was leant, was given two ministerial slots of Ogun and Osun, while Tinubu and South-West leaders would fill the four other slots remaining in the region.

According to New Telegraph, a former Lagos State Commissioner for Finance and a nominee of Tinubu into the cabinet, Wale Edun, “has become the first casualty of the ego war.”

Tinubu had recommended Edun to Buhari as Minister of Finance and has been screened by the Department of State Services (DSS).

He may now be replaced by Chairman, Citibank Nigeria Limited and one-time Lagos State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Yemi Cardoso, as a Lagos representative in the cabinet.

DAILY POST gathered that drama over Edun started when a group of influential Lagos indigenes, including traditional rulers and some of his colleagues that served in the Tinubu administration, kicked against his choice as a Lagos State ministerial nominee.

According to them, Edun is not a Lagosian only that he has lived all his adult life in the state.

But Tinubu insisted on Edun’s candidature and requested that Edun be named as Ogun State nominee, a move Obasanjo and Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun resisted because they already have a candidate.

Obasanjo then sent word to Tinubu to stop pushing Edun as Ogun State nominee, because he was someone whose work and career were rooted in Lagos State.

The Ota farmer also cited the example of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo whom he considered to be more of a Lagosian than an Ogun indigene, but was nominated by Tinubu as Vice President.

Obasanjo and Amosun have agreed to give the state’s slot in the cabinet to a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Auditor, Chief Bode Mustapha.

Other Obasanjo’s nominees are former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola (Osun); former Governor of Ekiti State and Deputy National Chairman (South) of the APC, Segun Oni (Ekiti); former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili and former Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.

Obasanjo in his first visit to Buhari in Abuja submitted the names and got favourable assurances.

In his second visit, Obasanjo reminded the president of his candidates and the promise Buhari made to him.

“The president assured Baba that not all will be ministers,” a source had told DAILY POST after that meeting.

“But that those who do not make the ministerial list would get other appointments. Ambassadorial slots part of the altnernative.”

It would be recalled that less than 48 hours after the two retired generals met, Tinubu and former Interim National Chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande, visited Buhari to inform him that South-West APC leaders would not accept a situation where Obasanjo would determine those who become ministers.

New Telegraph further quoted a source that Tinubu and Akande did not oppose the choice of Oyinlola as a minister representing Osun State in respect of an earlier agreement.

“It was a moral issue. Obasanjo is not a member of the APC and cannot appropriate the positions of the zone to himself. The South-West leaders have been meeting for two months on the ministerial nominee, only for Obasanjo to sit in Ota and draw up a ministerial list. That is why the leaders kicked against the idea.

“That will be killing the party in the South-West. He can’t be an alternate APC. Obasanjo should be respected as a leader, but he can’t hijack what belongs to the region. “On Obasanjo’s ministerial list, former Governor Oyinlola featured just as his name featured from the list submitted from the state.

“There was no resistance to Oyinlola’s nominee because that was part of the agreement before his defection from the PDP to the APC. The party has fulfilled one leg of the agreement by ceding the senatorial slot to Senator Isiaka Adeleke who also defected from PDP to the APC.”

Meanwhile, Buhari would submit the ministerial list to the National Assembly next week either before or during his trip to New York on Tuesday for the United Nations conference.

The newspaper also reported that Buhari may have settled for Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and former Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, as the nominee from the state.

He and former Governor of old Abia State, Dr. Ogbannaya Onu, lost out in the race for Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).

Onu is now expected to be filled in as the candidate for Ebonyi ministerial slot.

Respected economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, is the likely nominee of Delta State. He is being backed by professionals in APC led by Osinbajo.

Former Governor of Kano State, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, may be forwarded as Kano candidate despite being a serving senator.

A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Abdurahman Dambazzau, is also expected to make the list. It is not know if Buhari will make him Minister of Defence.

For Edo State, former Executive Chairman, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mrs. Ifueko Omogui-Okauru or a former Special Adviser to Obasanjo on Programme and Policy Monitoring, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, may get the state’s slot.

In Kwara, a former Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, may fill the state’s slot, except Buhari requests another name. Reason: Abdullahi is a close ally of Senate President Bukola Saraki, whom the president seems uncomfortable with.

Abdullahi was the Deputy Director, Directorate of Policy and Strategy of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation. Should he fail to make the list, enter National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

Ekiti slot still looks dire for former Governors Niyi Adebayo, Segun Oni and Kayode Fayemi after Buhari personally expressed interest in human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN).

In fact, Osinbajo and Tinubu, are pushing for his candidacy as the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice while ambassadorial slot for Ekiti is reserved for Fayemi.

In Adamawa, Boss Gida Mustapha, a lawyer and member of the Ahmed Joda-led transition committee set up by the president, may become minister. Mustapha lost the APC governorship ticket to incumbent Governor, Senator Bindow Jibrilla.

In Kebbi, Alhaji Abubakar Malami (SAN), is highly favoured.

He is also a member of the transition committee and has been a long time associate of Buhari since his days in Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) where he was National Legal Adviser.


http://dailypost.ng/2015/09/19/how-obasanjo-scuttled-tinubus-ambition-of-producing-buharis-finance-minister/

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Aminat508:
ashewo


Midolian come and see jossy oooooo

Joseph1832, from the position of weakness, I bow to you, my boss. Please face the topic and stop harassing aminat.

Is this not serious? see thief dey vex for inside court

How person go get mind dey vex for this kain thing sef

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Nnadikwe Christian Sunday (in grey) struggles with a police officer at an appeal court in Da Nang September 18 after it was adjourned as his interpreter did not come. Photo: Nguyen Chung

A Nigerian man shouted angrily and fought against police officers after an appeal hearing of his fraud conviction in Da Nang was suspended on Friday, due to the absence of his interpreter. 

Nnadikwe Christian Sunday stood trial again with his accomplices, Nigerian Deke Collins and Vietnamese Le Thi Kim Quyen.
The interpreter for the two Nigerians was absent due to health reasons.

The judge panel decided to adjourn the court. Sunday, then handcuffed, stood up and shouted at the panel in English.
Police asked him to sit down but he fought back, and they had to bring him out of the courtroom.

The three filed an appeal after a court in August sentenced Quyen to 15 years in jail and the Nigerians 12 years each for two cyber fraud cases that earned them more than VND3.3 billion (US$150,000) between April and August 2013.

Most of the money came from the scheme in which they hacked into the emails of local companies to swindle money from their foreign partners.

In the other scheme, they pretended to be a British friend of two Vietnamese women on Facebook and asked them to send money as shipping fees to receive gifts.

Another accomplice, Mamado Abdallar Mark, is still at large.

http://m.thanhniennews.com/society/nigerian-convicted-of-fraud-loses-temper-after-appeal-court-adjourned-51509.html

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omenka:
Let me brush ma teeth.. Brb.

Back to the matter... [b]Sometimes when I read stuffs like this, I just wanna feel sorry for the guy Jonathan. Jonathan was such a "happy-go-lucky" dude he was a hazard to himself. He had this inferiority complex that made him unable to question the choices of folks like Diezani, NOI, and the service chiefs. They knew this and used it against him.

We said it several times in the past that the reason Boko Haram flourished was because some military top dogs and politicians were making way too much blood money they got addicted to the inflow. The mandate to extinguish the horror rested on their shoulders but given what they stood to gain by ensuring the battle never ended gave them ample motivation not to slay the goose that lay their golden eggs- Boko Haram.

Imagine the scenario of the cars donated by the Bornu state government and the subsequent release by the FG of funds to purchase same, and the blasted bastards pocketed the cash with no questions asked. Even the mere physique of the then Service Chiefs spoke volumes of what their primary concern was- their stomachs. When they were asked to relocate down to the epicentre of the crisis as a show of force and a morale booster for the boys at the frontline, they never did, rather they simply left Abuja to stay somewhere in the North way beyond the range of enemy missiles (possibly with a retinue of broads imported from Brazil) - Jonathan knew this but never asked any questions.

It would have amounted to a mistake of biblical proportion had Nigerians not made the right choice this time. Today we know BH's capability has been depleted to such level as never before since the beginning of their terror campaign. What more is there to thank than the strategy adopted by this admin which has never failed anywhere in the world- starve your enemies of supplies and see them die naturally. We've seen and heard several accounts of supplies, from food, fuel, ied materials, etc intercepted by the army. One can't fight a war on empty stomach and can't ride horses to a 21st Century battle front and expect victory. I have this queer feeling Boko Haram even got direct supply of these things from the topmost hierarchy of the Nigerian Army to sustain their campaign, keep the defence budget high, and keep monies flowing into bottomless pockets! We heard several accounts of military facilities overran by the terrorists as soldiers flee leaving the terrorists to loot the armoury- could all these have been deliberate??

One thing is clear, Boko Haram survives today because those who were meant to ensure their death did all they could to make sure they never died.[/b]

God bless the Nigerian Army.

God bless Buhari.

God bless PYO.

And God bless Midolian.

Amen! This right here, is it. Very great post. May God continue to bless you, bro.

Firefire:
Jonathan remains the best president so far in the history of Nigeria .

The body odour of Buhari is yet to produce good fruits. Sorry!

Btw: 4 Billion Naira every 30 days will give you how much at the end of 4 years

Do the math...

like seriously?

omenka:
Let me brush ma teeth.. Brb.

pls make it fast, this revelation is startling

Thank God for everything since May 29.

Cc: themilanway, Omenka, passingshot, joseph1832, modath, Agarawu23, Adminisher

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But for the deliberate sabotage and short-stemmed tactics employed by former President Goodluck Jonathan’s security aides in prosecuting the war against Boko Haram, the situation would have long been quelled, LEADERSHIP Weekend can now reveal authoritatively.

Since the assumption of office by President Muhammadu Buhari and the subsequent appointment of a new national security adviser, Mohammed Monguno, as well as the new service chiefs led by Major General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin (chief of defence staff), the war has taken its toll on the sect, with the service chiefs promising to end the war by the end of December, this year.

A security source who spoke to LEADERSHIP Weekend on condition of anonymity, however explained that the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki and the then service chiefs, were allegedly more concerned with funds requisitions and purchases of military hardware than tactical management of the war. Our source further said that the former president was always availed several doctored intelligence reports, aimed mostly at getting approval for more funds intended to fight Boko Haram, whereas the huge sums never got fully devoted towards prosecuting the war.

[b]Before his retirement in September, 2013, our source revealed that the current NSA, Mungono, then the Chief of Defence Intelligence had approached the former president and in a report, detailed how the Boko Haram war could be brought to an end without necessarily spending the billions of dollars that were regularly applied for and released under the guise of fighting Boko Haram. This move allegedly did not go well with the then service chiefs and that ultimate led to Mungono’s retirement.

“When Mungono approached the then President Jonathan, the president referred him to the then NSA who did not find Mungono’s boldness funny. “It was at that juncture that they set out to discredit Mungono as one who knew too much about the Boko Haram and hence had to be tossed off as he was painted to be in touch with the insurgents,” our source said.

The source which said the deliberate neglect of the Nigerian Army during the Jonathan administration was never his making, but actually as a result of his manipulation by the security aides who took advantage of the president’s purely civilian background to mess him up, said it was only few months to the election that it dawned on the former president that the Boko Haram war could cost him his re-election and thus the regalvanizing seen a few weeks to the election and the subsequent call by the former NSA, Sambo Dasuki for the postponement of the elections.[/b]

“There was no motivation for the soldiers and military fighting the war then as was seen in the picking and capture of towns by the Boko Haram at will, while our soldiers began acts of mutiny which was largely borne out of frustrations as they were being killed by the sect randomly while the aides pre-occupied themselves with funds requisitions which never got to see the light of day as it concerned concerted efforts at fighting Boko Haram.

“As a matter of fact, once one of the service chiefs under Jonathan had requested for funds assistance from both the Borno State government as well as from the federal government at the same time to buy vehicles. The Borno government quickly assisted with about 100 Hilux vehicles and further made available extra N40 million for branding of the vehicles to the service chief.

“Weeks later same service chief took funds for the purchase of same vehicles from the federal government and simply made do with what the Borno government had provided and diverted the newly approved fund,” the source stated.

It would be recalled that on his appointment, former Chief of Defence Staff, Marshall Alex Barde (rtd), had promised to wipe away the Boko Haram sect within three months only for him to make a volte-face afterwards. On being relieved of his duty, the former Defence Chief had blamed poor funding, training and logistics for the military’s failure to prosecute the war against Boko Haram during his era. Billions of dollars went down in prosecuting the war.

In the last five years, a whooping N4trillion was alleged to have been spent by the government.

In 2014 alone, it was alleged that a total of about N968bn was spent on the insurgency war. Former President Jonathan later came back for a loan of $1bn which is about N177bn and added to N968bn in just one year. That is over a trillion naira. “ At the end of the day, our soldiers are being sent to the war front having no weapon to fight “, said lagos lawyer, Femi Falana.

However, in 2013, when N348.9billion was budgeted for the military, a big chunk of that money was allegedly diverted to other areas rather than the one it was budgeted for. All these and the previous ones since the beginning of serious insurgency by Boko Haram, or even other budget predating the commencement of insurgency in Nigeria, have been questioned with suspicion by a cross section of Nigerians.

The suspicion has not been helped by the fact that most senior military officers in Nigeria have left the service as millionaires and billionaires, fueling the allegations that money meant for defence, over the years, have ended up in other places.

This probably explains why the Department of State Security has started a discreet probe of military contracts and arms deals. The probe is said to include arms procurement in the past few years.

Although the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), had clarified that enough modern arms and ammunition were gotten for the country, even posting pictures, the present government has set out to find out how much was spent on arms, the actual Defence budget, what was released and spent.

Of particular interest to the ongoing discreet investigation by the DSS is on the $1billion approved for the Jonathan administration by the senate. The ongoing investigation is said to particularly zero in on finding out if the loan was fully accessed or not, what it was spent on and what gaps to be filled.

Bearing all these in mind, Nigerians will anxiously await the outcome of the investigation.

http://leadership.ng/news/461819/how-jonathans-security-chiefs-bungled-war-against-boko-haram

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tomakint:
@ barcanista, many are not even aware that if Buhari choose to run his government without Ministers, he can still use the law to back himself up....@ topic, the justification of Saraki's summon and trial by the CCB despite the absence of the Attorney-General is within the law .......Saraki in his next life would rather prefer to be a Togolese.

TonyeBarcanista:
@Mycoli: Actually, the issues raised by the poster is baseless.

1. Prosecution can only be authorised from the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation/Justice Ministry. Keyword here is office.

2. The Office/Ministry is not the same as occupant/Minister. Just as the Presidency does not mean the occupant. 1(above) actually mean the institution. Any authorised person (Solicitor-General or Director of Public Prosecution) have the power to okay criminal proceeding in the absence of AGF.

3. The law does not recognise vacuum. Hence, the Ministry of Justice were able to halt Sylva's case even when there was no Minister of Justice.

4. The CCB has acted lawfully

5. It is NOT an impeachable offence. Beside to impeach a President you need 1/3 members of Senate and Reps to send impeachment notice, you need the CJN to set up 7-man committee to investigate the 'offences' and you need ANOTHER 2/3 of Senate and Reps to pass a Yes (assuming the panel indict the President). It is virtually IMPOSSIBLE


People should refrain from being emotional over this issuê

When it comes to Saraki, your brain works like Einsten's

hinwazaka:
As I have always maintained the APC government will only be in the throes of power for a year. After that they will be booted out of power and their leaders will be jailed, where some of them will meet an accidental end. My worries are the ingrates there, who will be absorbed by the PDP for Gerrymandering purposes. But I trust the PDP has learnt its lessons, hence the ongoing e-registration being carried out by the NWC of the party to ascertain the true size of the party, especially now that it is in its trying moments. The likes of Ngenekwenu, Midolian and Passingshot can not be allowed to switch camps like if they are porting to MTN. They must be forced to paddle the same canoe as their new found HEROES.


BURKINA FASO LOADING............39%

Mr hinwazaka the historian, why won't you let me be, biko

Good news everywhere. God we thank you

BTW, Why is it that all the boko haram members I have seen look very scaryugly

Caseless:
midolian Ko, hossamian Ni.

Where was he when I was tapping bumbum allover this forum?

caseless, I dey warn you o!

eleko1:
We dey play frank Edoho millionaire game.Oya!Pay Me.

we are on a commercial break. Will pay you after the break

Aminat508:
me abi?
CC:Midolian

leave caseless..Na trouble hin dey find and I am ready to give him hot.

MichaelSokoto:
So u too sabi yab mua like diz?

Ye ah!
I don join guyz dem like Midolian & co 4 queue wey dey crush on ya bakassi!

MichaelSokoto, don't go there. Na military zone. Keep off!

eleko1:
THIEVES

No be my mouth you hear am o!

I am only interested in seeing the face of that justice Umar. We need more of him to rid this nation of ....... #FEARLESS

Interesting!

jonnieoneng:
ARE YOU FROM KWARA OR LIVINING IN KWARA .I am interested to see where this will end as all this allegations must be proved first so stop hanging the poor man.Nigerians should stop this hear say politics just because you don't like how a man emerged as Senate President

Bro, I am from Kwara. I ve been in kwara until the time I had to leave for NYSC. And after service, I ve decided to stay back cos I can't afford to go back to kwara for now, a state which the saraki family has so impoverished. The governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed is just there as a figure-head. Saraki stil controls the state. The governor can't appoint anyone without consulting him, he can't even do anything with the state allocation until his boss asks him to and how..in fact he can't take any big decision concerning the state without his(Saraki's) approval..... You can ask anybody from kwara. This is far from mere hearsay.
I don't just criticize people like that

Mr hinwazaka, didn't I tell you?