₦airaland Forum

chuna1985:
NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO HER, SHE'S A LEGEND.

no be only legend, na gulder

Suddenly suddenly! Naija is not broke...hmm

We don't need your explanation now..wait til after handing over day.

Hehehehe..Nigeria is now rich.

*Opolo eye e no be open eye* in Dbanj's voice

Just singing..don't get it twisted

joseph1832:
I believe the shock of defeat put GEJ into a trauma that made his brain re boot thus giving him some semblance of sense. Especially when it's now aware that many of his followers proved just how silly he is by eating his money (Nigeria's money) and not delivering on election promises they made for him.

I guess our soon to be ex president learned the hard way that "live is a b!tch".

A very good one from you..you ve said it all

SHARIAREPORTERS:
North and south west conspiracy=change
Pray d change is real

Oremussanctus
Oremussanctus
Oremussanctus..

How many times did I call u? I have warned you several times to stop behaving like Asari dokubo buh u jst won't listen..I know you to be smarter dan this na..what do u mean by north and south/west conspiracy? When will u guys(Niger Deltans) admit that your candidate failed us, hence the decision to kick him out?

SeverusSnape:
Lies...

ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] Good Morning Nigerians.....Welcome to one chance. [/color]

SHARIAREPORTERS:
Empty promises!

Buhari don start

ozoigbondu:
Them don dey change promises

prove APC wrong..I ll be waiting

Note: na the video link I want o!

Oh Jonathan! Where have the good you been? Why are you jst acting like a president now?

WITH the pendulum of the Nigerian intricate power calculus swinging in favour of the opposition All Progressives Congress,APC following its victory in the March 28, 2015 presidential and National Assembly polls, the question as to who and who would emerge as new leaders of the 8th Senate and the 8th House of Representatives, respectively, remains a matter for grave national concern.

Intrigues, subterfuge, political horse trading, backstabbing, etc, are almost at breaking points. The scrambling has just begun, and yet tension is gathering momentum. Whoever emerges as the Senate President will ultimately become the Chairman of the 8th National Assembly Joint Session in a Presidential system of government in which the Legislature is at the epicentre of our democracy

The position is currently being occupied by Senator David Mark of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Benue State in the North Central geo-political zone while the Speaker of the House of Representatives is Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal from Sokoto, North West, who only recently defected from PDP to APC.

[b]For the exalted position of Senate President under the APC, a handful of notable political gladiators are jostling for attention. They include Senator Bukola Saraki, incumbent Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, from Kwara State in the North Central; Senator Danjuma Goje, former Governor of Gombe State, North East; Senator George Akume, currently Senate Minority Leader and former Governor of Benue State, North Central; and, of course, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, former Governor of Nasarawa State, North Central.

All of these politicians served as State Governors for two terms,respectively, under PDP and are known to be very wealthy. What this means is that, having made so much money, these parliamentarians need power and influence. But a good number of them have odds against them. From their haunting past records while in office, their lack of decorum and accommodation, their extreme religious sentiments, to the zoning formula of their party, it is certain that the ambition of some of these politicians to preside over the 8th Senate would fall on the rocky ground.

According to analysts, the zero tolerance on corruption mantra of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency as circulated during his presidential campaign is a progressive policy thrust which would ensure that only those with clean hands would go to equity. And so, given the alleged menacing cloud of sleaze still hanging over some of these gladiators, like the mystical Sword of Damocles, the APC would certainly prefer less corruption-infested elements to lead key positions. First, the party was alleged to have zoned the Senate presidency position to the North Central and Speakership to the North East.[/b]

This has narrowed the race for the Senate Presidency to the North Central. One is therefore inclined to assume that the three distinguished Senators left to slug out the diadem are Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Dr. George Akume, all from North Central. Again, the policy formulators for the incoming administration must see to it that there is fairness in the distribution of key positions reflecting not only ethnic and geopolitical colouration of the country but also religious affiliations.

Since Buhari, a Fulani Muslim from the North West has emerged the President with the glaring possibility of another Muslim from the North East emerging as Speaker, it is only fair for a Christian to head the 8th Senate under an APC-controlled Federal Government.

[b]This, analysts believe, would tilt the balance in a multi-religious society like Nigeria. In the absence of an APC Christian Senator-elect from the South East or South South, and the zoning of the position to the North East, and given the fact that the other two contenders, Saraki and Adamu are Muslims, respectively, the odds favour Akume as the next Senate President.

One other thing that gives every indication that Dr. Akume will emerge President of the 8th Senate is the way and manner he has helped in stabilizing the 7th Senate as the Senate Minority Leader. While maintaining a fierce radical ideological temperament of the opposition that he led in the Senate for several years, Akume helped in no mean measure in charting a new course for reviving progressive politics in Nigeria culminating in his party’s unprecedented victory in the March 28, 2015 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

With his experience as a lawmaker who also doubles as leader of the opposition and stabilizing force in the 7th Senate, Akume, a former governor for eight eventful years, would offer creative ideas for tackling Nigeria’s toughest problems and a new governing philosophy anchored on opportunity, responsibility and community.[/b]

Akume is from Christian Tiv, about the fourth largest tribe in
Nigeria cutting across four States in the North Central. This makes him a potential crowd puller in the North Central geopolitical zone. What affirms his popularity as a politician is the fact that he became the first governor to have completed two terms since the creation of Benue State and won straight to the Senate for eight years.

If given the chance to lead the 8th National Assembly given his academic background, his wealth of experience and patriotic fervour.

Whereas his close rivals in the race for the Senate Presidency, Dr. Bukola Saraki has pending issues with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) in connection with the closure of Societe Generale Bank, and Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, another Fulani Muslim also has a running battle with the EFCC, so far no case has been established against Akume by either the EFCC or the ICPC. For a party like APC, which is determined to fight corruption, its yardstick for appointment and support for its members to key and sensitive positions must go beyond political patronage. Above all, Akume is a foundation member of APC , one of the leading lights of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the party which initiated the merger of various opposition parties to form the APC.

A very humble and loyal party man, Akume is an unrepentant patriot who is committed to the growth and development of the nation’s democracy. Since his defection from the PDP to the ACN four years ago, he has remained one of the leading opposition voices in a democracy in which being in the opposition is vilified. As a lawmaker whose legislative interests traverse Appropriation, Works, Police, Business and Rules, the strength of his contributions, the insights and rigour of his debates command attention. A veteran of many fierce battles in conditions in which parochial interests are staked against the national interest, he has decisively intervened in favour of the latter.

For him, the overriding interest of the nation should not be sacrificed either on the altar of political expediency or in pursuit of narrow selfish agenda of the operators of the levers of power. With Akume in the saddle as President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under a progressive, liberal atmosphere, the country will experience a new lease of life.

Born on December 27, 1953, George Akume attended the prestigious premier University of Ibadan where he earned a Bachelors degree in Social Engineering and a Masters degree in Labour Relations. He rose to the position of Permanent Secretary before he retired into politics and subsequently won the 1999 governorship election in Benue State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and served for eight years.

One of the few governors who made it to the Senate in the 2007 political dispensation, Akume is not given to the pomposity and arrogant posturing of those who advertise their class and the swagger of their patrician or aristocratic antecedents. He will surely play an enduring role in deepening the values of our democracy and indeed good governance,

 
Mr. Dan Amor,  a journalist, wrote from Abuja.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/senate-presidency-akume-as-bride/

Na wa o! Abeg why is it that all these GEJ boys love to play politics with pple's lives..or which are we to believe now..I just read somewhere that 10 Nigerians were killed.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/04/10-nigerians-killed-xenophobic-attacks-spread-south-africa/

light004:
A flawed elections you mean. Fake people that can't reason beyond their nose.

you are just pained..crying more than the bereaved...tell me one flawless election in the world and I ll begin to think you are not a dickhead..

PDP rigged to an xtent that elections were not held in some part of the S/S n S/E, results wre jst announced..despite that fact, you and your paymaster(failures) lost. Its obvious pple don't want u..good riddance

Etenal loser

Wow! Wat a priviledge!

Cld u be that extremely black man with kwankwanso's cap on?

I ll keep on saying it...Buhari is a blessing to Nigeria

No matter how poorly Buhari performs, I am sure his regime will be far better than this one that is about to come to an end.

Let pple be reminded that Buhari is the president elect and as such deserves to be respected..

Plus "prostration no be character"..

scribble:
You mean rigged him out. Almajiris like y'all.

take it easy on yourself..

Buhari is gonna be ur president till 2019 and if God will, till 2023..live with it

Smh! What a silly way to be an opposition..you guyz shld try harder

Obj did the same to GEJ..despite the fact say GEJ na small boy for hin side..its jst a sign of respect regardless of how clueless the head(president) may be.

Chine12:
GEJ..Nigerians will need u in 2019

Abeg which Nigerians? You mean the same Nigerians that kicked him out through the ballot box?

President Goodluck Jonathan’s letter to the National Assembly,  rejecting amendments to the 1999 Constitution, which was read on the floor of Senate on Wednesday by Senate President, David Mark, was received with shock by some members, who openly expressed surprise at the reasons why the President vetoed the bill.

Chairman,  Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (4th Alteration Bill 2015),  Senator Ike Ekweremadu, announced that his members would hold a two-day retreat from Wednesday to Thursday to review the development.

Efforts by  members to subject Jonathan’s letter to debate were frustrated by the Senate President, who said there was the need for them to have a copy of the letter each before they would be able to make meaningful contribution.

But  Senator Abubakar Yar’Adua (Katsina Central) raised a point of order and insisted that the issue be discussed because of the serious fundamental issues raised by Jonathan, which affected the integrity of the National Assembly.

Yar’Adua said, “I think it is important for us to discuss that letter and see whether there is need for us to consider the letter or not.

“I think the President  has raised very serious fundamental issues, especially in terms of our conscience as lawmakers and his own position as the chief executive officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. That is why I am raising this point or order.”

Although Mark agreed with Yar’Adua that the letter should be extensively discussed, he maintained that the debate could only be meaningful after members would have studied the letter at home.

Mark said,  “Obviously, this letter is not like any other normal letter. We can’t discuss the letter unless you have a copy of it. So, the first reaction is for me to make copies available to everybody and you go and study it.

“If you notice that there is an announcement also by the Constitution Review Committee that they(members) are going to meet. So, that will straight away go to them. I agree with you that weighty issues have been raised. It’s a peculiar case; so everybody will be involved.”

Our correspondent observed that the members had started the retreat and will come up with their position, which would also enable the Senate to take appropriate action on the issue.

Jonathan, had in the letter, said he would not assent to the amendments because they did not satisfy the strict requirements of Section 9(3) of the 1999 Constitution.

He queried the decision of the National Assembly to whittle down some Executive powers of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He also faulted some amendments which will give Executive powers and duties to the Legislature and the Judiciary.

Jonathan made his position known in a seven-page letter to Senate President David Mark and House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal.

The President listed 12 errors in the amendments.

They are •Non-compliance with the threshold specified in Section 9(3) of the 1999 Constitution on amendments;•Alteration to constitution cannot be valid with mere voice votes unless supported by the votes of not less than four-fifths majority all members of National Assembly and two-thirds of all the 36 State Houses of Assembly.

Others are, the Right to free basic education and primary and maternal care services imposed on private institutions; •Flagrant violation of the doctrine of separation of powers; •Unjustified whittling down of the Executive powers of the Federation vested in the President by virtue of Section 5(1) of the 1999 Constitution;• and 30 days allowed for assent of the President.

http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathans-letter-on-constitution-amendment-shocks-senate/

joseph1832:
Bros according to mortal kombat, this is a Flawless Victory, Fatality!!!.

I dey tell u, my man

Mehn! see finishing..politically, I see the remover of the transformer, finished.

musing2:
I swear, I feel bad about this. If candle light vigils were organised here in Nigeria for them I probably would not go...I wonder what that makes me

That makes you a Nigerian...that's how we(Nigerians) are

....Its the same here. I probably won't go too

New York’s Empire State building was lit up in red and purple Tuesday in honor of more than 200 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants one year ago.

The edifice was to remain illuminated until 2:00 am (0600 GMT), a nod to the number of girls who remain missing.

Candlelight vigils, rallies and prayers were held from Nigeria to New Zealand to Paris to mark one year since the girls were kidnapped, while others commemorated the missing students and demanded their safe return with #BringBackOurGirls messages.

“On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, The Empire State Building will be lit Purple and red in honor of BringBackOurGirls,” the Empire State website said.

Some 276 girls were taken from the northeastern town of Chibok by the Boko Haram extremists, 219 of which remain missing.

Amnesty International said the Chibok girls’ kidnapping was one of 38 in northeast Nigeria since the start of last year that had seen at least 2,000 women taken by the militants.

Nigeria’s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday cautioned he could not make promises on the return of the 219 missing schoolgirls.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/new-yorks-empire-state-lights-up-for-nigeria-missing-girls/

Truckpusher:
When did these good old days exist in the Nigerian history?


Most you need basic economics lesson, I swear.

Concentrate on truck pushing. Its the only thing you probably do well

fairygeh:
Damn, people could be so hypocritical
I couldn't help but quote you,so you who called someone's father a thug wasn't insulting him right? Or was that statement from a supposedly "mature" person
And you were annoyed someone called u a fool in return
How funny can people really be?

Oh pls shut it...I hate it when pple like u quote me

Do u expect me to call a snake a rope? Fayose is a thug and u know it. Its not an insult, it is what he is. For beating up a judge, I call him a thug,..For the lives that have bn lost in ekiti since his emergence as the governor, owing to violence on his part, I call him a thug..

Buhari's honesty makes me feel proud to have been one of those that voted for him. Even his cows are not corrupt. One can clearly see this from their bellies.

Journalism should attract a bigger pay because of the risk involved.