₦airaland Forum

johnie:
Wow!

I didn't see this earlier - would've given it a shot.

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Pamela's "assistant" was Danny Gwira. A Ghanian karate expert and son of a Ghanian ambassador.

He had a relationship with her and a very public and messy breakup.

Wouldn't want to go into further details about the two.

So sad about Pamela's predicament.

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My sister and I referred to Mallam Danladi Bako as the "funky mallam." Debonair, suave and urbane (are those words synonyms?) he was.

After he was turbanned Kogunan Sakwatto, he started wearing a traditional turban (nothing wrong with that!)

He contested first for the governorship position and later a senatorial seat in Sokoto State but lost on both ocassions.

I've not heard about him since.

He'll be 60 this year.

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There was quite a media hype for 'Choices' and 'Wait for me.'

The brains behind the production kept the nation in suspense as to what the collaboration between Sunny and Onyeka was exactly about.

Some suggested that maybe something romatic was going on (reminds you of Dbanj and Genevieve?)

When the songs and videos were eventually released, some who had a crush on Onyeka must have been relieved.

Pic 1 : Sunny and Onyeka in the video

Other pics: Onyeka's looks about that time

mikolo80:
what I don't do is resign my self to fate and go ''o woe is me ''
if he's a coward he should continue his cowardice instead of souring ppls resolve to try to change the system

mikolo80:
no, I said the person I replied had never tried it yet was laying in out like gospel. Who said they cannot be recalled. just say you never reach Un comot dem

mikolo80:
like I said you either put up or shut up.
imagine if the senator told you to bend over and take it up the wazoo or meet an unfortunate ''accident '',would you or would you fight back somehow?
same thing
only difference is level of interest
nobody is interested in making Nigeria or their community better. all na mouth. when e pain you well we go do som'n about it. till then.... don't forget nobody believed pdp could be beaten with federal might

mikolo80:
and my the time you attempt to recall him every six months let's see how he will have money left to buy house in Dubai. make him share all the money on referenda after referenda. more than one way to skin a cat.

mikolo80:
then why is it in the constitution.
it just means you're not ready to remove him.
you think it's just to collect signatures.
of course corruption will fight back.
you then put up or shut up.
this is war.
prisoners will not be taken.
find a way to beat the courts.
and to beat the money he will start sharing and get ready to defend yourself from assassins. or endure the suffering. choose one

waldigit:
My design is ready but I can't upload. the script for it is not working on the Web page

naptu2:
They have resurfaced much of Admiralty Way, from Freedom Way to the roundabout before the bridge. They are resurfacing it with interlocking paving stones. The work is being done in sections.
They are also rebuilding the little bridge over the canal at the junction of Freedom Way and Admiralty Way, so motorists have to do a u-turn and take Emmanuel Abimbola Cole Street to get to Admiralty Way from Freedom Way.

This reconstruction is needed, particularly at the section between Ebeano and Freedom Way (Ebeano-Cold Stone - Laura Ikeji - Nepa - Nitel) which has been in bad shape for years.

However, there's a potential problem. They've reconstructed the road in such a way that it is much higher than the sidewalk, so some motorists are now using the sidewalk as an extra lane, thereby endangering pedestrians. The walkway used to be much higher than the road.

I'll try and take pictures later today.

blank:
@ Naptu , aren't you done with the pictures?

naptu2:

mikolo80: HOW CAN YOU CONDEMN SOM'N YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TRIED YET

1) It's been done many times in the past. For example:

naptu2: I think there were attempts to recall Osita Izunaso and Arthur Nzeribe.

Early in 2009 there were moves to recall Izunaso, with a petition submitted by people of the Orlu Senatorial District of Imo state to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).[4] Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu dismissed the threats as baseless, pointing to the excellent work the Senator had done for the people of the state.[5] 

Both Izunaso and Ekweremadu were part of a lobby group opposed to dismissal of INEC chairman Professor Maurice Iwu despite the many problems of the 2007 elections. Izunaso's support for Iwu may have been because Iwu was responsible for conduct of the referendum on Izunaso's recall.[6]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osita_Izunaso

In April 2006 the Orlu People’s Consultative Assembly, sponsored by the governor of Imo state Achike Udenwa, staged what it called “One million March” to drum support for Nzeribe’s recall from the Senate.[6]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Nzeribe

having allegedly failed to apologise to Governor Godswill Akpabio over his recent utterances, the people of Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District, are expected to kick-start a recall process of Senator Aloysius Etok on Friday, May 10, 2013.

http://dailypost.ng/2013/05/09/akwa-ibom-indigenes-move-to-recall-senator-etok/


2) From past experience, the main obstacle is the process of collecting signatures.

3) Once you start collecting signatures, the politician will head to court to stop the process (the main aim of going to court is not really to get a court order to nullify the process, but to buy time).

4) The politician will start a money war . He will bribe, influence and coerce voters, so that they will not apend their signature to your petition.

5) The fact that someone has signed your petition does not mean that you are home and dry. The politician will bribe the person in order to get the person to allege that you forged his signature.

6) The police will arrest you for forgery.

7) The politician would have finished his tenure and moved on by the time that all the court cases (including regular appeals that will go all the way to the Supreme Court) are concluded.

8 ) The fact that you are able to collect the necessary signatures, does not mean that the politician will be removed from office. Referenda, just like elections, can be rigged.

9) Refer to PROUD-IGBO's post about unfortunate accidents

10 steps to recall a senator in Nigeria

By Clifford Ndujihe
July 19, 2016

Section 69 of the 1999 Constitution provides 10 clear but tortuous steps on how a senator can be recalled from the Senate.

The steps are:

1 More than half of the registered voters in the Senator’s senatorial district write, sign and send a petition to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC alleging their loss of confidence in the senatorial


2 The petition must be signed, and arranged according to polling units, wards, Local Government Areas, and constituency.

3 INEC notifies the Senator sought to be recalled, stating that it has received a petition for his or her recall, if the petition is valid

4 INEC issues a public notice or announcement stating the date, time and location of the verification of signatures to the petition

5 INEC verifies the signatures to the petition at the designation. The signatories must be individuals who appear on the voters’ register.

6 INEC conducts a referendum if more than one half (50% + 1) of the signatories are verified

7 INEC writes to the petitioners stating that the minimum requirements for a referendum were not met, if the number verified is less than one half of the registered voters in that constituency. The petition will therefore be dismissed.

8 INEC conducts a referendum within 90 days of receipt of the petition if the minimum requirements for a referendum are met. The referendum will be a simple yes or no vote on whether the Senator should be recalled, and will be decided by simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that Senator’s constituency.

9 If majority of the voters in the constituency vote ‘yes’ the Chairman of the INEC will send a Certificate of Recall to the Senate President to effect the recall.

10 The Senate President will show affected senator the way out of the Senate.