₦airaland Forum

byrron:
Really!

Then when they get back to yaba, orile, mushin, oshodi after taking a trip to V/I and Marina in Lagos then the sad feelings about the country returns back abi?

So no slums in your preferred destinations?

wristbangle:
Rubbish. Are u telling me Paul okoye has never been to all these places. EKO atlantic city is still under construction remember!

I was at Adeola Odeku, south atlantic towers to be precise. There is a road besides that building and I must tell u that road is like pit. There is nothing too special about lagos, PH and FCT. Most cities in South Africa (Johannesburg, capetown, etc) are 100 times better than our cities.

Shit. Am so proud of my country Nigeria that it remains one of the best countries in the world. As for me and my household, V/I and Marina and the upcoming Eko Atlantic is far better than your preference. You can't force me to change my mind, after all beauty, they say, is in the eyes of the beholder. You got that?

This heading is misleading. Pls recapture it. You know what I mean, Moderator.

lagmostkuit:
How many Niger Deltans?



Hey you! Speak for yourself

I concur and support. Proudly Niger Deltan

Omambala1:
I wish to highly sympathies with the following individuals, they were very hopeful, they sang the change song like a bird, but that hope has just been quashed! Too bad

CHARLES SOLUDO

PAT UTOMI

TAM DAVID WEST

OBY EZEKWESILI

FEMI FALANA

ABIKE DABIRI


Please you can add others. This are the ones i can remember

Don't cry for them. They can be consider in other positions and capacities.

What is so special here! Go to V/I and Marina in Lagos or better still watch out for EKO Atlantic and you will feel proud of your country.

Against Congo!

Mallam, Shekau, sorry Shekarau, e dey pain you that you have lost out. Go and die

Is that his wife in Yoruba attire?

Any body can be taken by the relevant agencies for questioning. The DSS must have seen or heard what you might have not be privileged to see or hear. It is not a new thing. So stop coming on this thread to fan ember of hatred

We are enjoying almost 20 hours electricity here in Bwari Area Council, Abuja. I was surprised that they did not cut off supply when it was raining

If you are in doubt, pls read http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/8032-jonathan-slashes-2010-budget-again-seeks-nass-approval-to-spend-n66bn-for-independence-anniversary-:

They get time. So, let them waste as they like.

Who cares? you can go to his wife bedroom with him, jobless Senator.

Fayose is sending these teachers to go and steal to maintain these cars. At least there are simpler and easy to maintain cars he should have bought for teachers. This must be a new model called 'ROAD MARK' infrastructure.

Johnrake69:
Which one has been completed? Abeg play another record. Were you not in this country when the house of rep probe committee on power, chaired by Hon Elumelu indicted Obj and his co looters? That probe died immediately Obj was mentioned. $16billion. That man is the father of corruption.

May be you were not in this country. The report did not say that the money went missing, it only said that there was not visible project on ground then to justify that huge sums of money(i.e. As at 2007 when the projects were at their infant stages). Now go and do research on the numbers of projects that have been commissioned since then nd others are still ongoing, all courtesy of the supposedly 'missing' $16billion(Remember House of Rep report under Bankole out the money at $6b)

doncaster:
But in GEJ case you did not ask the works minister.

Has GEJ been arrested with Deziani Madueke?

hahn:
Obasanjo is just as big a thief as Jonathan is, if not bigger. What happened to all the funds that were allocated to electricity and roads during his tenure?

Obj is only better at covering his tracks than Jonathan plus sentiment is on his side.

some of the electricity projects have been completed while some others are ongoing. As for the road projects, pls ask Tony Anenih

BolaAdeyemo:
Nigerians should be everly grateful and thankful to the ibo tribe,recently a friend of mine who sells cloths put me on the know That most cloths/shoes we wear today are made/manucfactured in Aba,Abia state,wonderful,isnt it?
They are called ibo-made by we yorubas dont know what other ethnics call em
Though the ibos can be boastful and proud
Just like the proverbial Cow which dosent know the value of its tail until it is cut off that is the same way Nigerians will not know the value of ibos until they leave Nigeria i.e if they get their biafra
i knew how it costs before to get New cloths then but now due to competition,you can get a jean for less though some are bad quality
even the palms/leather slippers we wear

we should set aside a day to celebrate ibos because without them we might be spending a fortune on clothings

thank you

Na free dem they giv us the clothes?

See weti Chima don cause to himself now

They must vomit these monies. My prayer is that our judiciary should not derail this fight or compromise

Dominiquez:
I can assure you that Amaechi will not be cleared by the Senate until he go back to Rivers state and answer to the panel of inquiry for selling the state properties.

Why don't you ask the Senate President to resign until the charges against him are over?

Say no to extradition to Nigeria, where our judiciary is a mess. She should rather face trial in the U.K.

I thought adultery is part of their culture. The many women from these part of Nigeria indulge in adultery is alarming. Some even do it openly keeping different male lovers

menix:
Well if she stole make them collect the money finish but why is Amaechi walking free..

This one sided anti corruption war go soon consume nigeria..

Pls if you have evidence against Amaechi don't hesitate to bring it up or better channel it to the appropriate crime fighting agency. Amaechi remains innocent until proved otherwise. Even Governor Wike has been shouting that Amaechi is this and that, why cant he report any misdeed on the part of Amaechi to the EFCC or ICPC

One is in charge, and one is being overshadowed by his supposed boys

It was surprising that during the trial of Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, many respected senior lawyers, including Olisa Agbakoba, SAN and others dented their illustrious career by their uninformed position on the law concerning the CCT, not minding the famous goofing by the defence team of Saraki led by another Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Joseph Daudu and the hasty summons on the CCT by the Justice of the Federal High Court. For the record purposes and benefits of those not well informed of the law, read the CCT and the Federal High Court status under 1999 Constitution:
THE preferment of a thirteen count charge against Dr. Bukola Saraki, “the Senate President”   by the Code of Conduct Bureau before the Code of Conduct Tribunal and his consequent filing of a Suit at the Federal High Court Abuja  seeking to restrain the Code of Conduct Tribunal from proceeding with his arraignment and trial   has brought the issue of the status of the Code of Conduct Tribunal under the Constitution to the front burner of legal and political discourse in the Country.
The fact that the Federal High Court directed that the CCB and CCT be put on notice and that the were to come before the Federal High Court on Monday, 21st of September, 2015 to show cause why a restraining should not be made did not help matters. That directive added fuel to the fire of the controversy.
The   fact that Senator Bukola Saraki also approached the Court of Appeal to stop his trial when the CCT did not “ comply with” the directive of the Federal High Court only added to the controversy, regardless of the fact that the Court of Appeal did not oblige or indulge Senator Saraki by granting a restraining order in his favour.
What then is the status of the CCT? Is it, as it has been argued, an inferior tribunal to the Federal High Court or   a High Court of a State? Can the said Courts exercise supervisory or appellate jurisdiction over the CCT? Does the exclusive jurisdiction granted the Federal High Court in Section 251 enable or empower the Federal High Court to exercise a power of judicial review or appellate power over the CCT?
Our answers to the above query is short and simple. The Federal High Court has no appellate or supervisory jurisdiction over the CCT. The CCT, albeit styled a tribunal, performs the function of a Court. It tries defendants in a criminal trial. It finds persons so tried guilty or not guilty and it convicts and sentences like any superior court of record. It can also enforce its decisions. Similarly, the Election Tribunal ( governorship, legislative houses or presidential), though styled a tribunal is a court.
It tries causes and gives decisions. Surely, just as no high court can restrain an election tribunal from treating an election petition or rule on the incompetence of a petition filed before an election tribunal, so also no high court properly can restrain the CCT from performing its constitutional and judicial duty.   The CCT is not an administrative tribunal. It is a judicial tribunal vested with judicial powers,
Paragraph 15,   17 and 18 of the 5th Schedule to the Constitution that provides for the Code of Conduct Tribunal   are very apt and clear in the definition of the establishment of the CCT, appointment of its members, and its powers Paragraph 15 provides as follows:
“(1) There shall be established a tribunal to be known as Code of Conduct Tribunal which shall consist of a Chairman and two other persons; (2) The Chairman shall be a person who has held or is qualified to hold office as a Judge of a Court of record in Nigeria and shall receive such remuneration as may be prescribed by law;
(3) The Chairman and members of the Code of Conduct Tribunal shall be appointed by the President in accordance with the recommendation of the National Judicial Council; and   (4) The National Assembly may by law confer on the Code of Conduct Tribunal such additional powers as may appear to it to necessary to enable it more effectively to discharge the functions conferred on it in this Schedule.”
Paragraph 17 provides as follows:
“(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a person holding the office of Chairman or member of the Code of Conduct Tribunal shall vacate his office when he attains the age of seventy years; (2) A person who has held office as Chairman or member of the Code of Conduct Tribunal for a period of not less than ten years shall, if he retires at the age of seventy years, be entitled to pension for life at a rate equivalent to his last annual salary in addition to other retirement benefits to which he may be entitled;
(3) A person holding the office of Chairman or member of the Code of Conduct Tribunal shall not be removed from his office or appointment by the President except upon an address supported by two-thirds majority of each House of the National Assembly praying that he be so removed for inability to discharge the functions of the office in question (whether arising from infirmity of mind or body) or for misconduct or for contravention of this Code; and (4) A person holding the office of Chairman or member of the Code of Conduct Tribunal shall not be removed from office before retiring age save in accordance with the provisions of this Code.”
And Paragraph 18 provides thus
“ (1) Where the Code of Conduct Tribunal finds a public officer guilty of contravention of any of the provisions of this Code it shall impose upon that officer any of the punishments specified under sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph and such other punishment as may be prescribed by the National Assembly; (2) The punishment which the Code of Conduct Tribunal may impose shall include any of the following -(a) vacation of office or seat in any legislative house, as the case may be;
(b) disqualification from membership of a legislative house and from the holding of any public office for a period not exceeding ten years; and(c) seizure and forfeiture to the State of any property acquired in abuse or corruption of office; ;   (3) The sanctions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) hereof shall be without prejudice to the penalties that may be imposed by any law where the conduct is also a criminal offence;
(4) Where the Code of Conduct Tribunal gives a decision as to whether or not a person is guilty of a contravention of any of the provisions of this Code, an appeal shall lie as of right from such decision or from any punishment imposed on such person to the Court of Appeal at the instance of any party to the proceedings; (5) Any right of appeal to the Court of Appeal from the decisions of the Code of Conduct Tribunal conferred by sub-paragraph
(4) hereof shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of an Act of the National Assembly and rules of court for the time being in force regulating the powers, practice and procedure of the Court of Appeal; (6) Nothing in this paragraph shall prejudice the prosecution of a public officer punished under this paragraph or preclude such officer from being prosecuted or punished for an offence in a court of law; and (7) The provisions of this Constitution relating to prerogative of mercy shall not apply to any punishment imposed in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.”
From the above provisions of the 5th Schedule, it is luminously clear   that the CCT is a sui generis Court or Tribunal. It is a special court of   its own kind. The Chairman and members of the CCT are appointed by the President, based on the recommendation of the NJC. If they are not judicial officers that can rank with judicial officers presiding over a court of first instance ( Federal High Court or State High Court), why will they be recommended by the NJC for appointment.
Does the NJC recommend magistrates for appointments?   And on qualification for appointment, the members of the CCT must be serving judges or qualified as lawyers to be serving judges of the High Court, et cetera. Whereas under Section 292 of the Constitution the CJN and other heads of Courts in Nigeria may be removed on ground of misconduct, et cetera   by the President or Governor supported by a 2/3 majority address   of the Senate, acting alone or a house of assembly, as the case may be, the judges   of the CCT can only be removed from office by a 2/3 majority resolution of the two Houses ( Chambers) of the National Assembly. And appeals from its decision lies to the Court of Appeal, like it is the case with a high court.
The CCT is a “superior court of record” or “ a superior tribunal of record”. Section 6(5)(j) of the 1999 Constitution says so. Those who argue to the contrary relies on Section 6(5)(a-i ), which provides a list of superior court of record in Nigeria to reach this erroneous conclusion. When the whole provisions in Section 6 of the Constitution are read together, as they should be read in consonance with the liberal rule of interpreting the provisions of the Constitution, in order to avoid “stultifying narrowness”, this view will become evident. Section 6 ( 1,2,3,5) of the 1999 Constitution, provides that:
“(1) The judicial powers of the Federation shall be vested in the courts to which this section relates, being courts established for the Federation.   (2) The judicial powers of a State shall be vested in the courts to which this section relates, being courts established, subject as provided by this Constitution, for a State. (3) The courts to which this section relates, established by this Constitution for the Federation and for the States, specified in subsection
(5) (a) to (1) of this section, shall be the only superior courts of record in Nigeria; and save as otherwise prescribed by the National Assembly or by the House of Assembly of a State, each court shall have all the powers of a superior court of record.

Keep building, your children will keep working as house helps. Akwa Ibom leaders selling the future of their children since 1960.

Audu Ogbe, our next Minister of Agriculture. So happy for him

FUT Minna, or FUT Owerri?

QatarPlayboy:
No prob babe. dnt also 4get to take pics of d ongoin rd projects namely

2nd east circular rd

adesuwa grammar sch rd

textile mil rd(by teachers house)

upper siluko rd

upper mission rd(lucky way axis)

uwelu rd

etc

nt forgetin ongoin works at

ekenwan gully erosion

auchi gully erosion

queen eden gully erosion

40billion naira storm water erosion project at ekenwan rd

and bfor i 4get, also tel d person to snap u pix of world class accident emergency centre at central hospital, sapele rd.

and d person shud also tel u abt d massive underground drainages dat oshiomole constructed at

5 junction

gani fawehimwin way

airport rd

upper mission rd (at tenboga yam market)

and i wil also appreciate if d person snd u pix of govt pri nd sec schs wit white boards, red roofs, slidding glass windows, etc. e.g

emokpae pri sch, mission rd

idia college sec sch, iyaro.

ETC....

And this beautiful road cut out from a mountain and constructed in my home town and links over 7 communities, by my amiable Governor, Adams Oshiomhole. PDP even then berated Oshiomhole for constructing these roads, saying that the villages were not economically viable then. Now the villages have become sporting and economic hub in Edo state. One of the community, formerly an unknown villages now hosts the famous annual 10km world athletics race. Thank you Oshiomhole.