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A security expert, Mike Bamgboye, who also lives in mararaba said, “I have been living in mararaba for five years and I can attest to the fact that crime has really increased here. Women handbags are snatched in the night, motorists, who keep their phones carelessly in the traffic lose them to petty thieves while driving. Robbers enter through windows in the night and point their guns and tell you to give them anything you have and sometimes, it could be as low as one thousand naira (#1000). I believe that the major reason for the increase is Over population. Since El- Rufai, the former FCT minister demolished small settlements in the city centre, most people came to places like mararaba to live and because they lost their petty businesses, houses and life, they resort to a life of criminality. Most of the boys that do these things are into it for money, anger, envy or vengeance, the decay of family values, and the desire for control. In some cases, poverty contributes to robbery because people find it easier or quicker to steal than to go through the process of getting a job. Because of the type of people that live there, children are exposed to violence and this makes them to grow up anger. Possible starvation would force many people to steal in order to survive. Some person steal so that they can be cool in front of their friends while for many others, it is because of deprivation. Some others do it because they believe they can take someone else’s money than have to earn their own. But the truth is that people often steal because they feel insecure”, he explained.

An islamic cleric, Mallam Yahaya Sani, who had lived in Mararaba before moving to Lugbe because of the incessant hold up, stated that, “We do not deny the fact that poverty causes many crimes to be committed but Almighty Allah (S.w.T.) says in Surah al-Mā’ida 5:38-39 “And (as for) the man who steals and the woman who steals, cut off their hands as a punishment for what they have earned, an exemplary punishment from Allah, and Allah is mighty wise. But whoever repents after his iniquity and reforms (himself), then surely Allah will turn to him (mercifully), surely Allah is forgiving, merciful”. “When a minor child steals for the first and the second time he is forgiven. If he does it for the third time, he is issued a strict warning and beating. If he persists in his crime, the tips of his fingers are slightly cut and if he repeats the act, some more of his fingers are cut away”. The thief must be sane. So, if an insane person robs, his hand is not amputated. He may be suitably warned. It is important that the government provide the youth with suitable employment. Most of them resort to crime because of joblessness and hunger”.

Pastor Dan Abunkwu of Bible Faith Alive Synagogue of Christ stated that firstly, we have to accept that God specifically forbids stealing in (Exodus 20:15). Even though Proverbs 6:30 says, “Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving. Yet, it immediately adds that if he is caught he will have to pay it back sevenfold (6:31). So the only time stealing can be tolerated is when you are desperately in need. But we must understand it is it is still not right, and God does not condones it”.

Mararaba Gurku is a settlement along Abuja Keffi highway in Nasarawa State mostly occupied by low income earners. It is an example of a slum with all the social problems in society. Ruth Choji writes 

Residents of Mararaba Gurku in Nassarawa State are complaining of increase in armed robbery cases and other social vices. The area is an example of urban slum located along Abuja-Keffi express way in Karu local government area. It is estimated that this settlement has a rough population estimate of over three million people who are mostly low income earners and civil servants working of the lower cadre working in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Others include trader, prostitutes and of course criminals. Mararaba Gurku is best known for its local setting depicted in bad roads, violence and other criminal activities like prostitutions, illicit drugs users, alcoholic joints, robbery and other societal ills.

A resident, Chinedu Okegbuike, who spoke with LEADERSHIP Sunday said, “Right now, we sleep with one eye open. Thieves strike at any time of the day by knocking on gates the way visitors would and when you open, they will point their guns and collect any money they can lay their hands on. They have visited me thrice and on each occasion, I gave them 10,000, 8,000 and 5,000 naira respectively. The last one they came was in the morning when my wife was getting the children ready for school and I was still in bed; my brother opened the gate for them and when they came in, they gently told them to call me or collect the money for them as if they gave me some money to keep for them. We have reported it to the police several times, but no one has been arrested. Other residents close to us have also experienced similar attacks. We used to contribute money monthly for vigilantes, yet thieves still come to attack us”, he lamented.

Another resident, who has been robbed a couple of times, is Mrs Dorcas Tumkat, an indigene of Plateau State. She had lived there for nine years. According to her, “Armed robbery started a few years back because when I moved here to be with my husband, things were better; the place was not as choked up as it is now. Our house has been attacked three times with one of our neighbors wounded in the process because he wanted to fight them. One of them stabbed him with a big cutlass. The thieves are young boys who come in groups so that residents cannot even defend themselves. Sometimes, they carry food they see in the kitchen. At one time, they visited my neighbour and ate the food they had just prepared for dinner as well as the bread the husband bought. Our fear is that the day they will come and not get anything, they are likely to rape our daughters or kill somebody. The police won’t do anything even if you report to them. We even suspect the police of connivance with them sometimes, because how can a thief come to your house in broad daylight and ask for money and walk out with impunity? They always warn us that if we shout, they will go and come back and kill us and nothing will happen. When they come in the night, it is the worst because of lack of electricity, so, everybody’s generator will be on and because of the noise, they take their time and do anything they want and go unchallenged”, she narrated.

Although the chief of Mararaba Gurku, HRH Gambo Allayayi said he is not liable to talk on the issue, a member of the palace stated that there is no town or society without thieves, but stated that in their own case, the state government is doing everything in its power to stop the crime.

A police officer who doesn’t want his name in print told LEADERSHIP Sunday saying, “We are aware of the increase in crime, but the truth is that, most of it is committed by young boys living in the area who are mostly drug addicts. They do it just   to get a little amount of money for their addiction. Even when we arrest them, we end up releasing them because how many will you send to prison? Most times, their parents come to bail them out and then they will continue again. We encourage this neighborhood vigilante. Besides, the police don’t have enough men to police the whole of mararaba; the place is big and houses are built without proper planning. There are some places that you can’t assess with a car because of the way the houses are and then most of the people living here are poor. The thieves know that and that is why they steal anything they can lay their hands on"

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The Institute of Capital Market Registrars (ICMR) on Saturday said there would be hard times in the equities market in 2015 unless the Federal Government ensures strict implementation of the austerity measures.

The ICMR Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Dr David Ogogo, spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

Ogogo predicted that the equities market would be turbulent in 2015 because of persistent drop in crude oil price at the global market. He said the government should ensure full implementation of its austerity measures to cushion the effect of the oil price fall on the economy and as well boost investors’ confidence.

NAN reports that the Federal Government had, on Nov. 16, announced a package of austerity measures as part of fiscal adjustments designed to mitigate the negative impact of lower global oil prices on the Nigerian economy.

Minister of Finance, and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said the belt tightening initiative was the first of other policies that the government intends to implement if the fall in oil prices persists.

Among the austerity measures is the restriction on foreign travel by public officials. Henceforth, foreign trips will be permitted only when they become compellingly, while local travel will also be curtailed drastically. Okonjo-Iweala said the measures would not affect salaries of public sector workers and key initiatives in education, health and other critical areas vital to the development of the country.

According to Ogogo, the capital market will experience a little growth in 2015 if the measures are implemented rigorously. He said the market performance in 2015 would depend on the developments in the crude oil market, due to dominance of foreign investors in the Nigerian capital market.

Ogogo said there was a need for the country to diversify in its economy and not to focus attention on only oil production. He called for more support for the non-oil sector to enable it to contribute effectively to the growth of the economy.  The registrar said the institute would embark on more public enlightenment programmes in 2015 to address the issue of unclaimed dividends in the Nigerian capital market.

Ogogo said ICMR’s major aim was to reduce the quantum of unclaimed dividend in the market. He said investors should embrace the e-dividend platform introduced by the Securities and Exchange Commission by giving their account details to their various registrars.


SOURCE: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/2015-capital-market-registrars-seek-strict-implementation-of-austerity-measures/196671/

KATSINA STATE
Musa Yashuni (PDP)
Engr Musa Nashuni, hails from Kankia local government area in Daura Senatorial District of Katsina State. He is the current Commissioner for Solid Minerals in the Ibrahim Shema-led administration.
 
Aminu Bello Masari (APC)
Aminu Bello Masari, Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He is former Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2003 to 2007. He contested and won the APC governorship primary election in Katsina State.
 

KEBBI STATE
No PDP candidate yet
 
Atiku Bagudu (APC)
Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, born 26 December 1961. He was elected Senator to represent Kebbi Central senatorial district in the Senate. He obtained a BSc (Economics), Msc (Economics) and M.A. (International Affairs). Bagudu was Chairman of Phil Nugent Nigeria Ltd. from 2004 until December 2005. Bagudu succeeded Adamu Aliero when he won the by-election for the Kebbi Central Senatorial seat following Aliero's appointment as Minister for FCT. 

SOKOTO
 Abdallah Wali (PDP) 
Wali who was born in the Tambuwal Local Government Area of Sokoto State served as senator for the Sokoto at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, and was appointed Minister for the National Planning Commission, and Deputy Chairman of the Commission, by President Olusegun Obasanjo before later being appointed ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco.
 
Aminu Tambuwal (APC)
The current Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tambuwal was born on January 10, 1966 in Tambuwal Village in Sokoto State. He studied law at the Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto.

He came to office on the platform of the PDP contested against the preferred candidate of his party for the Speakership slot and won due mainly to support from across the aisle. 

ZAMFARA STATE
Aliyu Shinkafi (PDP)
Shinkafi has already served as governor of the state between 2007 and 2011.Though he was elected on the platform of  the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) a  year later Shinkafi defected to the rival PDP, causing considerable controversy.
 
Abdulaziz Yari (APC)
Yari is the current Governor of Zamfara State. He became governor as the flagbearer of the ANPP and defeated the hitherto incumbent governor who is also his opponent in the 2015 elections, Aliyu Shinkafi.

Imo State
Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho (APGA)
Iheanacho, the Chairman/CEO of Integrated Oil and Gas was born in Imo State. He attended the University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom where he obtained a Master of Science degree in International Transport, and also earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in General Management from the University of Bradford. He joined the navy, retiring with the rank of Captain. Iheanacho was appointed Minister of Interior on 6 April 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan.
 
Hon. Chukwuemeka Ihedioha (PDP)
Ihedioha, currently the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, was born on March 24, 1965. In 2003, he contested and won election to represent Aboh-Mbasie-Ngor Okpala Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives.  
 
Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha (APC)
Okorocha, born on September 22, 1962, was one of the unsuccessful contestants at the APC presidential primaries. He once served as Special Adviser on Inter-Party Affairs by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.

Anambra State
No election in 2015 as Willie Obiano of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has not yet completed his term.

Enugu State
Okey Ezea (APC)
Ezea, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for 2015 general elections, before 2011 general election, decamped from the Peoples Democratic party to the Enugu State governorship election under the platform of Labour Party against the incumbent governor, Sullivan Chime.
PDP
PDP, between Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Ayogu Eze, who will emerge the PDP candidate.
 
Ebonyi State
Dave Umahi (PDP)
Presently, Umahi is the Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State. Umahi was former chairman of Peoples Democratic Party in the state. He is the Managing Director of Brass Construction Company.
 
Julius Ucha (APC)
Ucha, born October 19, 1958, earned an LL.B degree from Anambra State University of Science & Technology. He was a member of the old Enugu State Board of Mercy. He was elected a member of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, where he was appointed Speaker. He was elected Senator for the Ebonyi Central constituency of Ebonyi State on May 29, 2003 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and was re-elected in 2007.
 
Abia State
Alex Otti (APGA)
Otti was the Group Managing Director/CEO of Diamond Bank Plc and voluntary retired in order to pursue his gubernatorial ambition in the forthcoming Abia State election.

Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu (PDP)
Ikpeazu, was born on October 18, 1964 and studied at the University of Maiduguri, Borno State to study clinical biochemistry.He also served as Special Adviser on Environment and Sanitation to the Governor of Abia State. 
NORTWEST

JIGAWA STATE
Aminu Ibrahim Ringim (PDP)
Ringim has been the Chief of Staff to the Governor since 2007 and also the chief of staff to the former Governor Alhaji Ibrahim Saminu Turaki..
 
Abubakar Badaru (APC)
Born on January 1, 1962 at Babura town in Jigawa State, Badaru holds a Bsc in accounting from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria and also graduated from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Kuru. 
 
KADUNA STATE
Mukhtar Yero (PDP)
A former deputy governor of Kaduna State, he became the state governor following the tragic death of his principal Patrick Yakowa alongside the former National Security Adviser Owoye Azazi in a helicopter crash. He was previously the state’s Commissioner of Finance from 2007 to 2010.  He was born on May 1, 1968 and is a Muslim.
Nasir El-Rufai (APC)
El-Rufai (born on 16 February 1960) was a former Director General of The Bureau of Public Enterprises and also the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja from July 16, 2003 to May 29,2007. He first served under the transition government of General Abdulsalami Abubakar as an adviser and reportedly went into self-exile during the tenure of President Umaru Yar'Adua

KANO STATE 
Yusuf Takai (PDP)
Takai, former Commissioner, during Ibrahim Shekarau’s administration. He won won the Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary election in Kano State last week. In 2011, Takai, was the governorship candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).
 
Umar Ganduje (APC)
Engr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the Deputy Governor of Kano State, emerged the All Progressives Congress candidate for the 2015 governorship election in the state. Kwankwaso in 1999, chose him as his deputy despite contesting the primary election against him.

Bauchi State
Mohammed Abubakar (APC)
Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, the governorship candidate of APC, is a lawyer from Bauchi North senatorial district. He is a former Attorney General and Commission for Justice in the state.
 
Awwal Jatau (PDP)
Alhaji Awwak Jatau, the PDP governorship candidate, is a former Speaker of the state House of Assembly.
 
Borno
Kashim Shettima
 Shettima, 48, the governorship candidate of APC, was elected in 2011 on the platform of the former All Nigeria Peoples Party. A former lecturer at the University of Maiduguri, Shettima holds a Master’s degree in agricultural economics from the University of Ibadan.

Gambo Lawan (PDP)
Alhaji Gambo Lawan is the PDP candidate.
 
Gombe State
Inuwa Yahaya (APC)
Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya was Commissioner for Finance in the administration of the immediate past governor of the state, Danjuma Goje.
 
Ibrahim Dankwambo (PDP)
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo, 52, the PDP governorship candidate, has a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Lagos. He resigned as Accountant General of the Federation to vie the governorship in 2011. A former staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dankwambo had also served as Accountant General of Gombe State.
 
Taraba State
 
Aisha Jumai Alhassan (APC)
Aisha Jumai Alhassan, the APC governorship candidate, is the incumbent senator for Taraba North senatorial district. She had been elected on the platform of PDP in 2011 but later defected to APC. A lawyer, Alhassan was one of the four female senators elected on the PDP platform in 2011. She is the first and only female governorship candidate of APC.

Darius Ishaku (PDP)
Darius Ishaku, the PDP governorship candidate, was Minister of State for Niger Delta before he resigned, alongside six others, to join the governorship race.
 
Yobe State
Ibrahim Geidam (APC)
Governor Ibrahim Geidam, the APC governorship candidate, was deputy governor until 2009, when he was sworn in as governor following the death of the then governor Mamman Bello Ali. Upon completion of Ali’s tenure, Geidam contested and won the 2011 governorship election on the ANPP platform. He became an APC member after the party’s merger with other parties to form the opposition coalition. Before running for the governorship, he was a commissioner and permanent secretary in the state.
 
Adamu Waziri (PDP)
Adamu Waziri, the PDP governorship candidate, was Minister of Police Affairs. Yobe State has no state exco and no elections were held to elect delegates and therefore the National Working Committee of the party decided to use statutory delegates, which has been provided for in its guidelines to conduct the primaries.

NIGER STATE
Umar Nasko (PDP)
Alhaji Nasko attended the University of Lodz Poland in 1996 and Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland in 2001, for his Master’s degree. 
Between 2001 and 2002, he served as Assistant Secretary, Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics, Financial Crimes.


Abubakar Sani(Abu Lolo) (APC)
Abubakar Sani Bello also known as Abu Lolo attended Nigerian Military School Zaria and later the University of Maiduguri where he obtained a B.Sc in Economics in 1991 and is currently the Chairman of a number of companies including Millennium Air, Heritage Hospitality Services Ltd and Prudent Care Management Ltd.
 
PLATEAU STATE
Gyang  Pwajok (PDP)
Gyang, currently the senator representing Plateau North, was Governor Jang's Chief of Staff at the time of the demise of Senator Gyang Dantong. A former university don, he is said to have contributed immensely to the strategy and programmes of the Jang administration.


Simon Lalong (APC)
The All Progressives Congress representative at the next year’s governorship election in Plateau State, Barrister Lalong was speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly during Governor Dariye's turbulent years.

NASARAWA STATE
Yusuf Agabi (PDP)
Dr. Mohammed Yusuf Agabi is a director in the Federal Civil Service.
A graduate of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Agabi is billed to bring his vast experience in the private service to bear.


Tanko Almakura (APC)
 Al-Makura, who was elected Governor of State, in April 2011, under the banner of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), survived several impeachment plots against him.

KOGI STATE 
No Election in Kogi State as Governor Wada is yet to complete his tenure.

NORTH EAST

Adamawa State

Bindo Jibrilla (APC)
Jibrilla, governorship candidate of APC, is the incumbent senator for Adamawa North senatorial district, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence (Army), and member of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology. He had been elected in 2011 on the platform of PDP, but he later defected to APC. An industrialist, philanthropist, and vibrant speaker, Jibrilla is known for his popularity among the youth.


Nuhu Ribadu (PDP)
Mallam Ribabu, 54,was the presidential candidate of the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria and the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, appointed by then President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003.

Chief Great Ogboru, (LP)
Ogboru is the governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP). He was the flag bearer of Democratic People’s Party (DPP) in the  2011 election and he has now moved his political structure into LP .
There is doubt that he can get the support he garnered that gave him sympathy vote  during the 2011 election  because the LP is not popular in Delta .


Chief O'tega Emerhor, APC
Emerhor, an Ughelli-born banker, has since vowed to end PDP’s rule in Delta State.
Unperturbed that Okowa won his party ticket; Emerhor lost his Delta Central senatorial bye-election to replace late Senator Pius Ewherido of the defunct Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) to Senator Emmanuel Agwuariavwodo of the PDP. Having won the governorship ticket of his party after beating Chief Fidelis Tilije during the party’s primary election, Emerhor has expressed optimism to be victorious at the polls.

RIVERS STATE 
Nyesom Wike (PDP)
Chief Wike, CON, was appointed and sworn-in as Minister of State for Education in 2007.
Following a cabinet shake-up, Wike emerged the nation’s Supervising Minister of Education on September 12, 2013. 

 
Dakuku Peterside (APC)
Hon. Peterside was elected on the platform of PDP a member of the House of Representatives representing Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro federal constituency. He was also chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream).

NORTH-CENTRAL
KWARA STATE
Simon Ajibola (PDP)
 Ajibola became Senator for the Kwara South Constituency in June 2004 and was re-elected in 2007.
A BSc. quantity surveying holder from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979, he was elected Delegate to the National Constitution Conference (1994–1995).       


Abdulfatah Ahmed (APC)
Ironically, the incumbent governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, who is also the All Peoples Congress’ flagbearer, got elected into the office in 2011 under the platform of PDP. He was among some former PDP governors who defected to the APC recently.

BENUE STATE
Terhemen Tarzoor (PDP)
A former Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Tarzoor is the son of a famous traditional ruler from Makurdi Local Government Area. 
Tarzoor is young, intelligent and experienced. 


APC
No candidate yet in this race, as the primary has not been held due to infighting.

President Goodluck Jonathan, and General Muhammadu Buhari
 
Two men will be leading the main political parties in 60 days’ time on February 14, 2015. President Goodluck Jonathan will be carrying the hopes of PDP, and General Muhammadu Buhari will be leading the APC team. Both are the presidential candidates of their parties. They have strengths that they would be leveraging on in the drive for votes, and they also have drawbacks that they would be fighting to overcome.

SOUTH-WEST
LAGOS STATE
Akinwunmi Ambode (APC)
Born on June 14, 1963, Ambode was a former Accountant-General of Lagos State and a former permanent secretary of the state’s Ministry of Finance. He graduated from the University of Lagos in 1984.


Olujimi Agbaje (PDP)
Born on March 2, 1957, Agbaje trained as a pharmacist at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) and is, among other things, a fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria. 

OYO STATE
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi (APC)
Ajimobi, born on December 16 1949, was a former oil executive. He became a senator in 2003, soon after his 26-year career in the oil sector.  His first unsuccessful bid for governorship was in 2007). 


Teslim Folarin (PDP)
Born on October 1963, Folarin was a two-time senator of Oyo Central Constituency (2003 and 2007).  He was appointed Senate Leader soon after his return to the senate in 2007. 

OGUN STATE
Ibikunle Amosun (APC)
Amosun, the incumbent governor of Ogun State elected on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), first unsuccessfully contested for the gubernatorial elections in the state in April 2007 against the then incumbent Gbenga Daniel. 
No PDP candidate yet.

OSUN STATE
No election in 2015 as the incumbent governor, Rauf Aregbesola, is yet to complete his tenure.

ONDO STATE
No election in 2015 as Governor Olusegun Mimiko is yet to complete his term.

EKITI STATE
No election in 2015 as Governor Ayodele Fayose has not completed his tenure.

SOUTH-SOUTH
AKWA IBOM STATE
Umana Okon Umana (APC)
Umana, born on August 20, 1959,studied at the University of Calabar, In 2007, he was appointed the Secretary of the State Government, and reappointed in May, 2011 after the landslide victory of Governor Akpabio. 
PDP 
No PDP candidate, as the court has barred PDP and INEC from fielding Udom Emmanuel.


Samuel Akpan (Accord Party)
Samuel Akpan is the Governorship candidate of Accord Party (AD).  He is a title Chairman at Qua Energy Offshore and Onshore Services Limited

BAYELSA STATE
No election in 2015, as Governor Seriake Dickson is yet to complete his tenure.

CROSS RIVER 
Ben Ayade (PDP)
Senator Ayade, a professor of microbiology and lawyer, currently represents the Cross River North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, where he is Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology.


Odey Ochicha (APC)
Ochicha, the governorship candidate of the APC in Cross River State, showed early promises of emerging as the flag bearer of the party. He triumphed over other aspirants in a free and fair primary election that held in Calabar.

DELTA STATE
Senator Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP)
Senator Okowa, a medical doctor-turned politician. He was a council chairman, Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Water Resources Development and Health before he was appointed the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in 2007, and was elected Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District.

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The Ukpanah family in Akwa Ibom state are demanding the release of Odudu Albert Ukpanah (pictured left), the only son of late PDP Chieftain in Akwa Ibom state, Engr Albert Ukpana who was murdered at his home at No 40 Mkpokporo street, Abak in Abak Judicial divison in Akwa Ibom state.

According to a post on a Facebook page titled Release Odudu Albert Ukpanah which was opened by his concerned sisters, Odudu a trained Oil and Gas expert from Coventry University England, was arrested on May 27th this year by the Akwa Ibom state police command on the order of the state govt over suspicions he was involved in the murder of his late father (pictured right) on March 12th.



According to what the sisters wrote, the state government had alleged that Odudu killed his father over the N2million the state government had given to his father. He was arrested three days after the burial of his father on May 24th. His sisters say he has been in detention since May and the state government are yet to give concrete evidence proving that their only brother had a hand in their father's murder. They are demanding his immediate release from police custody.

And now they wanna say nobody has ever defected from d apc to pdp..God punish dem...BASTARDS..

Ok..no answer from me buh a lady gave me dis sha..Iav bin friendzoned by her

gunuvi:
Moving to the dumb site (apc)

Mumu talk...like they ain't regretting..nobody z a waste..hes one an dah knows their games so stop spitting thrash cos ur a member or fan of dat pdp tin

MUMU talk..like they don't regret loosing Tambuwal nd Amaechi..mumu ppl

For a beta Abia state..Vote Otti..see how T.A Orji has turned Abia State to he's personal family biz..it looks like an investment tho..hes got 8yrs nd same applies to he's son..next one he's son would be heading for d government house nd y'al ppl of Abia State are doomed

temitemi1:
Ameachi is just a noise maker with no value... They never see anything. They we be disgrace come 2015. GEJ till 2019!!!

I love dis buh u fit bet??..mtchewwww anyways ur a noise maker too

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has alleged that some senior lawyers are behind the increased level of corruption bedevilling the judiciary.
The CJN, who made the allegation when the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, led by its National President, Chief Augustine Alegeh, SAN, paid him a courtesy visit at the weekend, insisted that corrupt politicians often use lawyers to tempt judges with bribes.
He maintained that some lawyers not only aid, but equally abet corruption within the Bench, a situation he said portends danger for the justice system in the country.
Therefore, the CJN tasked the NBA to put in more effort towards purging itself of ‘some corrupt elements’ within its fold.
Other Justices of the Supreme Court that joined the CJN to receive the visitor were Justices Mohammed Tanko Ibrahim, John Fabiyi, and Bode Rhodes-Vivour.
Addressing the delegation, the CJN vowed to re-invigorate the judicial cleansing process that was commenced by his predecessors, decrying that lawyers have so far acted as clog to the process of weeding out corrupt judges from the Bench.
He said senior lawyers were usually the first people to rush to court to secure an order of injunction restraining the National Judicial Council, NJC, from investigating judges that acted wrongly.
He said: “I want to use this opportunity to urge the Bar to put the interest of the system far and above the individuals. Imagine this scenario; you in the Bar decry the ‘rots’ on the Bench, calling for disciplining and cleansing of the judiciary by weeding out the bad eggs on the Bench.
“Yet, you are the first to jump to the court to seek restraining order on NJC to stop it from the investigation and trial of a judge based on a petition brought against the judge before the council. How then is the principle of fair hearing sustained?”
 
On Rivers Judiciary
More so, the CJN urged the NBA to intervene and find a solution to the protracted impasse that has left the Rivers State Judiciary without a substantive Chief Judge for so many months now.
“The perpetual closure of court in River State is unacceptable. NJC has never said governors cannot appoint state Chief Judges.
“But the violation of the principle of checks and balances by state governor in Rivers State as enshrined in the constitution for the appointment and disciplining of erring Chief Judges or Judges is equally unacceptable. Seniority is part and parcel of the legal profession.”

Fehintola Omidele, the medical doctor who went missing in Texas on November 30th (read here) has been found well and alive. Her friends made the announcement on Facebook but didn't give much details. Thank God that she's been found

The Nigerian military has released the detained Russian cargo plane which they seized yesterday morning after France admitted ownership of the aircraft.
It said that the flight was covered by a diplomatic clearance given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, noting that the Autonov 124 Russian commercial plane was forced to land at the Kano airport because of dense air traffic at Ndjamena airport, Chad.

A statement from the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jacques Champagne de Labriolle, on Sunday, stated that the Antonov plane had to divert to an alternate international airport and the  closest airport facility being Kano, the Russian crew decided to fly there, to refuel, and to take off again to reach Njamena Airport.

He denied that the plane was carrying arms and ammunition, stressing that it was conveying two light Gazelle helicopters, spare parts and maintenance items belonging to the French Army.
Labriolle further explained that due to the nationality of the aircraft, and the nature of the cargo, airport authorities in Kano, decided to check the flight plan, the clearance and the cargo manifest before authorizing the plane to leave.

Source: Sahara Reporters

When z she coming to engage nd marry our dear Seun nau

If it were ma favourite lecturer in skul..he would say..u don't know y oda lecturers fear me in dis skul.. u do not know y Goodluck is afraid of Amaechi Amaechi ain't looking like Timipre Silva dah can be messed with..Amaechi z d Man!!!! D only nigga dah can stand federal gov't..i fear dis man too...

We've really grown bigger u know??





We are one big Nation...#peace

yuncka:
Successor? Dem no go do election?

Loool I wonder o!!

Dem don get successor..dem really dey sure if the rigging

We already know the people behind d search nd d findings..dis is same tin Ohakim did trying to stop Rochas buh still destiny prevailed...no matter what goes on...come 2015 d winner remains...or is there anyway u'll want to spoil someone's name to make yours?? Neva!!! I simply wish u Wat u wish me...trying to find wrong in APC can neva stop dem from owning d largest city in d country nd come 2015..tho Iav no team yet buh d beta team should win..ma Ogar @d top take note..if APC wins eh..u'll surely loose ur job so y not serve us with integrity nd etc...m just watching 2015 on HD+

wirelessssss:
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Hahahahahahahaha I can't stop laughing

Third one here