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if Egypt win this match, Elneny should not come back to Arsenal again!!

if Naija no win make I naked baff!!

oyinkinola:
why are you defendind undefendable, you want to proof nigerian do the right thing,

I don tell you finish, if u like keep wallowing in your ignorance

our problem is just ignorance, Op before talking rubbish about Nigeria, have you bothered to verify your claims? you go dey dey ur house dey assume Nonsense!! am sure the said car is not an official car, but a private one that Phcn uses on contract basis!! Op go and ask questions!!

Beremx:
Did he really say that?

Chai!

you say?

TippyTop:
Meanwhile, Zahra Buhari is flying to and from London like she was using okada, nice.

lol you see her?

RickyTan:
Why won't we defend our brother from Yoruba (Tinubu) assault? Asaba, Abakiliki, Aba, Nsukka, PH - we are all Igbo. Your little South this or south that rubbish talk means nothing.

No divide and rule allowed here!

Oga am only pointing out the obvious!! I don't know if you are new here but during some events happened early this year and they dissociated themselves from Igbo and one of them tonyebarcanista even had guts to insult Igbos (even tho he has apologized and it's accepted by me), Igbos have always had the back of our Southern brothers (from Abiola to Obasanjo to Jonathan) against the born to rule group but have they ever had our BACK??

mandax:
Divide-and-rule masser. Some of the southsouth victims of your divide and rule tactic are yet to wake up from slumber - no matter their level of education attained.

Kachikwu is Igbo, Yoruba kick against the Igbo in govt is what the Igbo is reacting to.

You blamed Jonathan for all the ills in his govt.

Buhari is Petroleum Minister, he should be blamed for the ills in his govt as well. Kachikwu merely expressed that since he was not Petroleum Minister, there is a limit to the miracle you should expect from him

Oga did read my post upside down? cos am sure u quoted the wrong person!

it is quite funny to note that only people from South East have stood up in defense of Kachikwu who is from South South, I have not seen any notable individual from South South who has voiced out in defense of Kachikwu rather the south south Apc even told him to resign!! yet our brothers from South South will not hesitate to claim that they are not Igbos and even insult Igbos on top, Una don see am!

abeg this question needs attention

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babym7681:
He

He as in Hegoat? is that the answer? Lol I see, that's his job abi? Oya how many people he don sack? abi u mean redeploy? like those that padded the budget?

One million dollar question!
BUDGET PADDING - blame Rats and Civil servants
abeg u fit add your own!
but seriously what is his responsibility? what do he do?

Smooyis:
What's is the problem with Tinubu here. I read through his response, and he spoke like a party leader that he is and a concerned statesman. I don't see anything wrong in anything he said as to warrant him being insulted here.

The fact that we do not like someone does not mean that everything he says is always wrong.

Just my opinion

Oga ur opinion is just full of hypocrisy and is an attempt to bend the truth and pretend you don't know the truth!! change ur ways my friend , during the end of last regime was the president not blamed for the fuel scarcity then? so how come the president and the minister of petroleum is now exempted from the blame? yeye dey smell

Foreign airlines to sack 2,000 Nigerian workers By LAWANI MIKAIRU & DANIEL ETEGHE

The National Union of Air Transport Employees ,NUATE,  has revealed that  foreign airlines plan to sack about two thousand (2,000) Nigerian workers  due to what they claimed is their inability to transfer their earnings to their respective home countries to meet operational costs in accordance with international rules because of new Central Bank of Nigeria , CBN, policy on forex and fund transfer. In a letter addressed to the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika and made available to newsmen, Acting General Secretary of NUATE, Comrade Olayinka Abioye said the plan  has destabilize  the affected workers, adding that the Federal Government should wade in and prevent the huge job loss. According to  Abioye , “ The reason being adduced for this danger is that their earnings in the past year is under lock with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN , as they are unable to transfer these earnings to their respective home countries to meet operational costs in accordance with international rules.” “Following concerns raised recently by leaders of these workers and other stakeholders and in appreciation of the good intent of the government’s fiscal policy, we humbly make this clarion call for your (Minister)  intervention to grant foreign airlines concession to repatriate their proceeds to their home countries,” he said. He added that should the foreign airlines go ahead with the sacking of the workers it would not be in the interest of the aviation sector and Nigeria as a whole. “We hasten to place on the front burner an emerging threat confronting over 2, 000 private sector aviation workers in Nigeria which requires your intervention to forestall imminent loss of jobs of these number of workers,” said Abioye.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/foreign-airlines-sack-2000-nigerian-workers/

TonyeBarcanista:
Kachukwu, the junior minister must go while Buhari the substantive minister should stay... APC always looking for who to blame.

To see how silly south south APC is Kachikwu is from SOUTH SOUTH!!!! angry so they are pulling their own SON down!! silly fellows
It is now SOUTH EAST APC that is fighting for Kachikwu

Just look at how southerners allow themselves to be prawns in the hands of northerners SHAME ON APC national vice chairman, South-south, Prince Hilliard Eta!!! SHAME ON TINUBU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOD FORBID!!!! OP are you not old enough to save NIGERIA? AT YOUR AGE YOU STILL DEY DISTURB YOUR PAPA? IT IS TIME TO BE RESPONSIBLE OF YOUR DESTINY!!!

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested three women suspected to be “specialists” in child trafficking including one who sold a baby for N200,000.
DSP Haruna Mohammed, Public Relation Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement made available to NAN in Bauchi.
He said the suspects were arrested by detectives of the command on March 25.
Mohammed one of the suspects from Plateau, was arrested for selling a 17-month-old baby to a woman from Imo State at the cost of N200,000.
He also said the woman also sold a 14-month-old-baby to another woman, who hailed from Benue, at the cost of N80,000.
He said that the two babies have been recovered.
Mohammed said that the mother of one of the babies, Fauziya Adamu has been identified by the police while efforts were being made to trace the mother of the other child.
The spokesman said that the suspects would be charged to court for prosecution.
source -http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/03/27/police-arrest-man-who-sold-17-month-old-baby-for-n200k/

and them wan go space

before nko , make Una see wetin the fuel scarcity don cause!

and them wan go space

Kai baba

if you ask me na who I go ask?

jcmaiah:
OP must be a new English student with very few vocabulary to term being stuck in traffic as incompetent! You think the US is zoo where security details pounce on Citizens for driving on roads that was built with their money? Grow up Zombie!

hahahahaha wailer spotted! e pain am oooh

Obama's government is so incompetent that it can be held by traffic, am sure this can't happen in Nigeria even to a local government chairman sef!! I trust PMB he can't take this nonsense, Everybody for don carry their car for head clear for road!!

It was yet another tale of sorrow on Thursday as suspected members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, abducted about 14 women and two girls in Sabongari village, Madagali Local Government of Adamawa State.

The incident occurred as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, disclosed that plans were being mapped out for the final onslaught to regain total control of the North East, particularly Bornu State where the insurgents had inflicted maximum casualty on the populace.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Adamawa State Command, DSP Othman Abubakar, who confirmed the abduction of the women, said that on learning about the development, the command sent a detachment of police officers to the affected area, adding that his men were working round the clock to track down the abductors.
Also confirming the incident, the member representing Michika/Madagali Federal Constituency, Mr. Adamu Kamale, said “I just received the shocking news that about 16 women have been abducted by Boko Haram.



“We have been witnessing pockets of attacks contrary to the belief that security has been fully restored in the area. As a member of National Assembly, I have been calling for the deployment of security personnel but to no avail, as the government seems to have relegated our concerns to the background.”

A security source told Thisday yesterday that the women were abducted on Wednesday by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram, in a forest near Sabongari while they were fetching fire woods.
The source said the women abducted were said to be in company of two local vigilante operatives who were overwhelmed by the insurgents.

Another source, who simply identified himself as Mallam Ahmadu, said that two out of the women abducted managed to escape from their abductors.

He said the insurgents had a field day carting away the women when their escorts ran away for fear of their lives.
The source said, “The two local vigilante men took to their heels when they sighted the gunmen who were armed to the teeth.

“They left the women to their fate as the gunmen were left unchallenged to abduct the said women,”
Meanwhile, facts have emerged on why the Nigerian military has not been able to clear the remnants of Boko Haram from their stronghold, Sambisa-Allargano forest axis, with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, disclosing that plans are being mapped out for the final onslaught to regain total control of the area.

THISDAY investigations revealed that despite confining the terrorists to the forest and few other enclaves close to the contiguous borders with Chad and Niger Republic, the Nigerian military has found it difficult to take total control of the area.

Buratai has, however, said that the large size of the forest and difficult terrain requires cautious planning and intelligence to clear out the terrorists from the area.
The Army Chief while fielding questions from journalists at the 82 Division, Nigerian Army Headquarters, Enugu last week, admitted that the military were deep inside the forest but that the deployments to recapture the area were being done in phases.

He said: “We are inside Sambisa right now but the terrain is such that it requires us to plan our movements inside the area, we cannot conduct ourselves disorderly.

“We need intelligence and careful planning to conduct that phase of our operation inside Sambisa, it is not just force, we are being careful, and so we need more of intelligence and careful planning. But we are working carefully and making progress in collaboration with other sister agencies.”

The Sambisa and Allargano Forest, which is a forest encompassing more than four Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Borno State, northeast Nigeria, especially the mountainous region of Gwoza near the Cameroon border, has been used as both shelter, logistic, Command and Control centre of the Boko Haram terrorists.

The infamous forest, which is in the southwestern part of Chad Basin National Park, about 60 kilometres southeast of Maiduguri, with an area of 60,000 square kilometres has been under constant military raids and bombardment to drive away the terrorists since 2015.

However, despite much success, the military are yet to rid the area of the terrorists because of the vast land mass, mines and inadequate equipment.

“Do you know how large Sambisa forest is? It is as big as Enugu State and bigger than some two states (in the South) combined. So when you hear about Sambisa forest, it should be with this understanding. Already we are inside the forest and very soon the remaining terrorists would be cleared,” Buratai noted.

In the same vein, intelligence and military sources who spoke to THISDAY noted that the whole areas are heavily mined and the available mine-sweepers are not enough to clear the operational area for the ground troops to move in.
Investigation revealed that the aerial bombardment are not usually complemented by ground troops advancement because of the challenges of the terrain, deadly land mines and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
In addition, a senior military source also noted the lack of adequate surveillance, equipment, aircraft and coordination between the air and ground forces.

“The issue is that despite the aerial onslaught by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), the ground forces cannot immediately follow up because of the difficult and heavily mined terrain,” a senior NAF personnel said.

“The challenge also has to do with inadequate surveillance from the Air Force because the area is so large. But the major issue is that landmines still constitute a major problem for our troops, especially to comb Sambisa forest for effective mop up and take out Boko Haram. However, the positive news is that serious efforts are being made to address the issue as quickly as possible,” another military source said.

Also, these challenges were corroborated by a soldier in the battlefield inside the Sambisa-Allargano forest, saying that land mines, IEDs and weather condition constitute a major problem for their mission to quickly complete the job.
The soldier gave account of how the troops are risking their lives to ensure that the area is completely liberated, but are somehow limited by the Boko Haram land-mines and IEDs death-traps.

Speaking further, the military source also revealed that the troops have made tremendous inroads and successes, capturing several bases from the terrorists deep inside the forests.

“My brother, it is not a small job. Even the mine sweepers they brought could only do as much because as am talking to you, there are a lot of mines. The mines, IEDs are much and slowing the process. What these terrorists planted there was so much and the military don’t have enough equipment like the mine sweepers to clear them. So those of us operating here are doing it at great risk.

In a related development, the Nigerian military has against the backdrop of recent video purportedly released by the eccentric leader of Boko Haram terrorists, vowed not to spare any terrorists remnants from the ongoing onslaught against their safe havens in the North East.

The Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brig-Gen. Rabe Abubakar in a statement yesterday, said that the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) noticed “the online video clips purportedly released by the Boko Haram Terrorists Leader, Abubakar Shekau, or his replica in Arabic and Hausa languages showing remorse and asking for forgiveness”.

He added, “The DHQ wishes to state emphatically that not minding the contents of the video clips, the Armed Forces of Nigeria would continue to fight in order to consolidate the successes recorded so far and assuring Nigerians that no inch of the Nigerian territory would be allowed to be bastardized by any force of darkness again.”
Abubakar assured the members of the public “that all captives under the cover of the Boko Haram terrorists would regain their freedom with the ongoing military’s final offensive against the terrorists.
source-http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/25/boko-haram-abducts-14-women-2-girls-in-adamawa/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Battle may be over appointment of Onikepo Animashaun, NPDC GM Legal

Anayo Okolie



Amid widespread criticism of the President Muhammadu Buhari government’s handling of the nationwide fuel shortages, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday lashed out at the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, in a statement that exposed continuing rifts within the ruling party and the endless scramble among its leaders for sphere of influence in the government.

For more than one month, the public has been faced with the frustrations of not being able to get enough premium motor spirit – the most consumed petroleum product in the country – to buy. This has resulted in long queues of vehicles and crowds of buyers at the few filling stations selling the product. But Kachikwu told State House correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday that despite the government’s efforts, the fuel situation might not improve until the next two months. He said he was not a magician and did not have a magic wand to eliminate the fuel queues, a comment that drew angry responses from various segments of society, but which APC remained silent about.

However, Tinubu added his voice to the criticisms of Kachikwu’s comments, in a strongly worded statement titled, “Kachikwu needs to know that respect and good performance will do what magic cannot.”

It was however gathered that Tinubu’s denunciation of Kachikwu may not be unconnected with the appointment of Onikepo Animashaun as GM, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC).

The former Lagos State governor in the statement which he personally signed said: “Much public ire has been drawn to the statement made by Minister of State Ibe Kachikwu that he was not trained as a magician and that basically Nigerians should count themselves fortunate that the NNPC under his stewardship has been able to bring in the amount of petrol fuel it is currently doing.

“Perhaps, the statement by Kachikwu was made in a moment of unguarded frustration or was an awkward attempt at a joke. Whatever the motive, it was untimely and off-putting. The remark did not sit well with the Nigerian people; they were as right to feel insulted as the minister was wrong to have said such a thing. The fuel shortage is severely biting for the average person. They are forced to remain in lines far too long, for too much time, to pay too much money for too little fuel. This is no joking matter. Livelihoods and people’s welfare are at stake. With so much on the line, Kachikwu’s flippancy was out-of-line. He was basically telling Nigerians that they should be lucky that they are getting the inadequate supply they now suffer and that they should just be quiet and endure the shortage for several weeks more.”

Tinubu criticised Kachikwu’s intervention as “unhelpful,” saying it has caused panic and despair among the public with regard to the duration of the crisis. “It insulted the people by its tonality. He spoke with the imperious nature of a member of the elitist government the people voted out last year and not the progressive one they voted in,” Tinubu said.

He added, “Kachikwu must be reminded that he was not coerced to take this job. He accepted the job and its responsibilities knowingly. He also must remember that he does not own NNPC. This also is not a private company that owes nothing to the public except the duty of fair dealing. He is a public servant. The seat he sits upon is owned by Nigerians not by him. The company he runs is owned by Nigerians not by him. They are his boss. He is not theirs. Power is vested in the people. He is a mere custodian or agent of their will. In talking to us in such a manner, he committed an act of insubordination. If he had talked so cavalierly to his boss in the private sector, he would have been reprimanded or worse. If wise, the man should refrain from such interjections in the future.

“As his ultimate bosses, the people have a right to demand the requisite performance and respect from him. He should apologise for treating them so lightly in this instance. His portfolio being a strategically important one, he needs to re-establish the correct relationship with the public. They no longer feel he is working for their optimal benefit as their servant. Instead, he seems to be standing above them, telling them to take it or leave it.

“For his policies and stint in office to be successful and a help to this government, he must have the support and belief of the people at this tough time. He must talk to them in a way that they believe he seeks their best interest and understands the hardship weighing upon them. He must ask them to work with him and, perhaps, to endure a bit longer but with the knowledge that he is working to resolve this matter as fast as he can and as permanently as possible. That he is dedicated to the position that once these current lines are gone that never again shall they reappear as long as he has any influence in the matter.”

Tinubu said to maintain the confidence of the people and keep their hope alive despite the hard times required neither magic nor training in any strange craft. “It requires empathy, compassion and the willpower to forge a better Nigeria. These must be the common trademarks of those serving in a progressive government, for these attributes are integral parts of the spirit and ideals upon which the APC was founded. Upon such notions was this administration voted into office by the Nigerian people in the operation of their sovereign will to seek a national leadership that would pursue their interests to the utmost and give them every fair chance to live in a better Nigeria,” the APC leader stated.

Tinubu, however, expressed confidence in the commitment and ability of the president to lead the country out of the current economic crisis. “From establishing full security and safety to staking a claim to true economic prosperity and fairness, this government shall salvage our national pride and purpose. Let all of us, in and out of government, never forget this. If we adhere to this remembrance, we shall see that magic will not be needed to bring the progress we seek,” he stated

Tinubu acknowledged the hash economic climate occasioned by the sharp drop in crude oil prices. He said the situation required creative reforms, stressing, “Therein lies the essence of progressive democratic governance.” He said the Buhari administration represented Nigeria’s best hope for the installation of such governance and alleged that the country would have being in a more terrible condition if the immediate past Peoples Democratic Party federal government had continued in power.

Though, he has of late been critical of some of the policies of the Buhari government, Tinubu, in the statement, appreciated the efforts of the administration to right the wrongs of the past. But he stated, “In this effort, there may be no economic matter more difficult to unravel and more sensitive to the pulse of the average person than the current fuel scarcity. Even here I am confident of progress because I know the commitment of the president to resolving this matter. I make no attempt to hide it. I am an avid and partisan supporter of this government and of the progressive policies of the party, the APC, upon which this government is based.

“With that I do reserve the right and the duty as a Nigerian to voice my opinion when I believe a member of this government has strayed from the progressive calling required of this administration. I do this because my greater devotion and love are for this nation and its people. Party and politics fall secondary.”

However, Tinubu, it was gathered, took umbrage at Kachikwu when he appointed Animashaun as GM, Legal, at NPDC. Presidency officials said they noted the unusual public criticism of Kachikwu, who Tinubu ought to know is the minister of state in the Office of the Petroleum Minister, occupied by President Muhammadu Buhari, and that they would have thought that if he had anything against Kachikwu as Buhari’s minister of state, he had all the access to the presidency to lodge his complaints, and therefore found his public reproval of Kachikwu surprising.

A presidency official who said because he was not briefed to comment on the issue, he may not be quoted, noted that Tinubu’s anger with Kachikwu may not be unconnected with Kachikwu’s appointment of Animashaun as GM at NPDC without the approval of Tinubu, given that Animashaun was a permanent secretary in the Lagos State government and a Lagos indigene.

Tinubu was said to be particularly piqued that Animashaun was recommended by Pastor Tunde Bakare, and backed by former Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola, without reference to him before being appointed. He was said to have pointedly asked Kachikwu to reverse the appointment but the minister told him that it was a bit too late in the day to do that as Lagos State government did not raise any objection or make any adverse comment to her appointment as GM and that if they do, then the NNPC management would reconsider her appointment.

When this was brought to the attention of President Buhari, according to the officials, the President maintained that anybody once appointed after following due process could only be removed by due process and not because of opposition from individuals. Following the President’s position on the issue, Lagos State government then wrote a letter to NNPC saying it did not support Animashaun’s appointment.

It was gathered that Animashaun quickly countered that by presenting a letter of commendation from Lagos State government for her exceptional and meritorious services to the state which earned her an award as one of the best performing permanent secretaries, a development that made it impossible for Kachikwu to act on the petition.

Tinubu was said to have insisted that Animashaun must be removed if Kachikwu was to know peace. Presidency officials, therefore, believed that yesterday’s statement authored by Tinubu was one of the first salvos in that direction. They believe so because they wondered why a small comment by Kachikwu on fuel scarcity would attract a strongly-worded statement by Tinubu, a national leader of APC, when he has unfettered access to Buhari to lodge his complaints on any issue.
source-http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/03/27/in-sign-of-major-crack-within-ruling-party-tinubu-takes-on-buharis-minister/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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