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Kai Apc and lies!!! http://thestreetjournal.org/2011/10/shehu-ladan-former-nnpc-gmd-is-dead/

smh

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi not to heed the call by the National Assembly to apologize or resign, following the brickbats between the legislative arm and the executive, over the removal of the Calabar–Lagos rail project from the final 2016 budget. Amaechi Presidency officials, yesterday, however, affirmed that the rail project was in the budget but removed by the committees of Appropriation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Rivers PDP, in a statement on Tuesday, by its Chairman, Bro. Felix Obuah, hinged its position on the high regard the All Progressives Congress, APC led federal government has for Amaechi as an indispensable asset and his taunted closeness to the Presidency. Obuah wondered why a mere controversy over a ministry’s budget that is an infinitesimal part of the 2016 budget proposal should warrant the call for Amaechi’s resignation by the members of the National Assembly. Obuah said: “We believe it’s rather too early to begin to quarrel with Rotimi Amaechi or call for his resignation when he is yet to fix the Nigeria he promised would be changed by his new found love, the almighty APC in matter of months. “Again, Amaechi remains our beloved son who said he single-handedly sponsored and made His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, President and he is yet to recoup the billions of Rivers money he invested into the project. “Amaechi also said he planned to construct the controversial Lagos-Calabar rail line modernization project to empower the APC members in the South-South. “This lofty dream will not be actualized if he resigns now.” The Rivers PDP boss, who said he was not surprised by Amaechi’s character, however, stated that rather than requesting for Amaechi’s apology or resignation, members of the legislative arm should use their differences, claims and counter claims to reflect on the kind of persons that are considered for sensitive offices and, or positions of trust. According to Bro. Obuah, “though the National Assembly members may feel hurt by Amaechi’s ingratitude after it had accepted to deliberate over the later included supplementary budget which he later went public to claim was contained in the original budget proposal, thereby portraying the federal lawmakers as partial and discriminatory, the main reason for Amaechi’s mischief was to create the impression that he has the interest of the South/South people at heart which is a fallacy. Obuah said “I am happy that Amaechi has carried his antics of setting brother against brother to the very Senate that screened and confirmed his ministerial appointment. I want the lawmakers to use same to reflect on all the submissions by not only the PDP, but also the people, the civil society and concerned citizens etc, before they went on to confirm his (Amaechi) appointment despite several allegations of corruption and breaches of the Rule of law by Amaechi. “This is the kind of falsehood, mischief and misrepresentation we have been contending with, from Chibuike Amaechi which his allies and the All Progressives Congress, APC have continued to deny and good a thing, he is now exhibiting same character to his appointees and this is just the beginning.” Continuing, he said: “The issue is not whether or not Amaechi should resign as a minister or tender apology to the National Assembly, but this should serve as an eye opener and a pointer to the crisis he (Amaechi) instigated in Rivers State that brought about the panel of inquiry that indicted him of a myriad of alleged corrupt practices and fraudulent engagements while he served as governor in Rivers State for eight solid years. “We have said it times without number that Amaechi cannot change his true colour under President Buhari and must remain a cog in the wheel of progress. “His early resignation will hardly free the APC members and the unrepentant Amaechi apologists from the world of theories which is not good for the country. “The taste of the pudding they say, is in the eating, while experience remains the best teacher. Please let Amaechi be!” the statement added.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/calabar-lagos-rail-dont-resign-pdp-tells-amaechi/

According to an Internet User identified as Bako Benjamin, Suspected Fulani Herdsmen have once again struck several communities in Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State.

According to his reports through a shared message on Facebook, several lives were lost in the attack.

He posted:

“Happening now in Gashaka LGA, Taraba state. The genocide and ethnic cleansing continue! Fulani herdsmen have descended on about four villages in Gashaka LGA in Taraba central, slaughtering, destroying farmlands and houses and burning villagers alive. Please help broadcast this to the world. No sign of any security in sight’.

The social media user also shared these graphic images:


Read more at http://www.theheraldng.com/graphic-photos-scores-dead-fulani-herdsmen-strike-communities-taraba/#dEiSGo97avyEjRR1.99

toprealman:
The project is ongoing.....2019 is gonna be different.

hope it yields fruit cos am tired of being ruled by my ancestors!!

So on point Sir! we need to stop chasing shadows in this country!!

What we have is a government attempt to decimate the opposition and create a de facto one-party state under the guise of fighting against corruption.

I was invited to a Roundtable on Corruption by the Law Faculty of the University of Lagos, only to discover that some “Buharideens” had highjacked the occasion and were inclined to use it as a platform to promote the onslaught of “democratic dictatorship” in Nigeria.

The topic was on corruption in Nigeria, but the mast-head in the hall was more specific.  It read: “Winning the War against Corruption. This was easily seized on by government agents to imply that Buhari was well on the way to dealing a mortal blow to corruption in Nigeria.

War against liberty

The composition of the invited discussants was biased.  Most of those on the panel with me were dyed-in-the-wool government apologists.  The Chairman was Professor Itse Sagay, currently the Chairman of Buhari’s Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption.  As it turned out, he was not prepared to entertain any meaningful discussion about corruption in Nigeria.  His agenda was to showcase ostensible government achievements in the anti-corruption campaign and to proclaim new promissory notes grandiloquently for public consumption.

Also there was Oby Ezekwesili of #BringBackOurGirls fame.  She used to pitch her tent with the PDP.  But now that the APC is in power, she has been romancing the new government.  It was even speculated at one time that Buhari would reward her with a ministerial portfolio.  Not surprising, she is no longer as strident in demanding government rescue of the kidnapped Chibok girls as she had been under Jonathan.

The kingpin of the government apologists on the panel was Femi Falani, a lawyer and human rights activist.  He was chosen to give the keynote address.  Falana had been heavily touted as Buhari’s attorney general.  In fact, on the eve of the ministerial appointments, a list was widely publicized in the press that had his name penciled in for the post.  But someone apparently put an eraser to it.  Nevertheless, in order to remain in the good books of the government, Falana seems to have jettisoned his earlier dedication to the defense of human rights.

Guilty without trial

Falana did not attend the roundtable.  However, he wrote a speech which he sent someone to deliver on his behalf.  This speech was nothing short of alarming.  It told me definitively that I was in the wrong place and would have to take a stand before making a quick getaway.  Falana, human rights lawyer extraordinaire, was sent to test the waters for extreme policy prescriptions apparently in government pipelines hankering back to the discredited days of Buhari’s infamous military dictatorship of 1984/85.

It seems the government and its allies are looking for ways and means to circumvent the criminal justice system so that the current media trial of opposition politicians can be easily translated into automatic jail-terms.  The courts have rightly been a firewall against this.  Therefore, Falana proposed the establishment of Special Courts, separate and distinct from the tried and tested ones; to dispense quick and summary justice against whoever the government decides to prosecute in its anti-corruption campaign.

According to Falana, those accused of corruption by the government should be presumed guilty without trial.  The onus would then be on them to prove their innocence.  This would overturn the principle, long-supported by legal luminaries like Falana himself, that an accused must be presumed guilty until proven innocent.  Falana also insisted it should be made impossible for anyone accused of corruption to be bailed.  In short, once you are accused, you would be presumed guilty and would rot in jail at the pleasure of the government.

Thus, Falana became an appointed mouthpiece of an authoritarian government tired of democratic niceties.  He echoed President Buhari’s complaint that the judiciary is the principal impediment to the government’s anti-corruption campaign.  Therefore, Falana tabled proposals for sidestepping the judiciary, so that the government would go after its enemies without hindrance or restraints.

I sat and watched with incredulity as Oby Ezekwezili who, like me, was only invited as a discussant, hugged the floor for over 40 minutes, extolling the virtues of the government’s anti-corruption agenda without any word of caution about the proposals emanating from Falana.  On the contrary, Ezekwesili was concerned that those accused were not yet in jail.  To this, the Chairman reassured her, in a side-discussion on the podium, that the jails would soon start filling up before the end of the year.

University of Lagos students listened to these speeches in silence.  The speakers conveniently read this as approval; after all “we are all against corruption.”  It is presumed that while the Buhari government has been a monumental failure in its ten months in office, its one claim to fame or plaudits is its anti-corruption campaign.  Therefore, in the context of blackouts and fuel queues, the government would have us fill our tanks and light our homes with bombastic anti-corruption rhetoric.

Alarm bells

It was in this context that I had to make my ten-minute contribution.  I knew I would, once again, have to go out on a limb.  I knew I could not subscribe to the agenda of my fellow-panelists.  I had absolutely no idea how I would be received.  Indeed, I wondered why, given the agenda, I had been invited at all.  Nevertheless, I could not but be true to my conscience.

I had a certain advantage over my fellow panelists.  I am not an employee of the Buhari government and I am definitely not looking for a job from this or any government.  Indeed, I am the last Nigerian President Buhari would appoint to anything, either in advisory or substantive capacity.  Therefore, I was free to exercise fully my freedom of speech under the Nigerian Constitution.

I was also acutely aware that my freedom was being threatened before my very eyes.  If Falana’s proposal were to become law, I could easily be arrested on spurious allegations of corruption and would be presumed guilty until proven innocent.  I could then be thrown into jail and locked up.  These champions of speedy justice would become silent, as the government might ensure conveniently that it takes me no less than three years in jail to prove my innocence.

It was also not lost on me that if Falana’s proposal of “guilty until proven innocent” had been the norm, President Buhari himself would have been jailed when $2.8 billion of government money went missing under his watch as Commissioner for Petroleum in the 1980s.  How soon they forget!  At the time, Vera Ifudu, an NTA reporter, revealed to Nigerians that Senate Leader, Olusola Saraki, told her in an interview that the missing money was moved from the NNPC’s Midland Bank account to a private account.

It is amazing that, in spite of our nasty experience at the hands of General Buhari and his kangaroo courts in 1984, a civil rights lawyer would propose today that similar kangaroo courts should again be established under the same Buhari in the bogus name of democratic justice.  But I guess we deserve that in Nigeria for being foolish as to elect as president under a democratic dispensation the very man who truncated our earlier experiment with democracy through a military coup.

Deja Vu

In Buhari’s first coming, the Femi Falanas were few and far between to whitewash his authoritarianism.  The special courts of that era, now being proposed under a different disguise, were military tribunals established to try civilians instead of regular courts of law; in clear violation of internationally accepted legal norms.  Buhari created a secret police (NSO) under the infamous Lawal Rafindadi to harass and imprison Nigerians without trial.  It is this same injustice that Falana was hired to re-table.

It is unconscionable that a so-called human rights activist would be used to champion this revanchist authoritarianism.  As a military dictator, Buhari ran so rough-shod over our judicial system that the Nigerian Bar Association proscribed Nigerian lawyers from appearing in any of his kangaroo courts.

Buhari sent both corrupt and non-corrupt politicians to jail, sometimes for up to 300 years.  He tried octogenarian Michael Ajasin before his military tribunal.  When he was discharged and acquitted; he tried him again.  When he was discharged and acquitted again, he tried him a third time.  When he was discharged and acquitted yet again, Buhari nevertheless continued to keep him in detention and refused to release him.

A judge claimed Buhari pressured him to jail Fela Anikulapo Kuti for failing to the declare foreign-exchange he had legitimately procured for the up-keep of his band on a foreign trip; while the same Buhari sent his aide-de-camp to Murtala Muhammed airport in Lagos to facilitate the smuggling into the country of 53 suitcases by the Emir of Gwandu during the currency-change exercise.

Therefore, the onus fell on me at the Roundtable to warn our student audience that it would be madness to entertain proposals that seek to bring back Buhari’s sharp practices of the past under another guise.  It is necessary to point out that, as Nigerians were deceived through vain promises promptly jettisoned after the election, so are government agents trying to deceive us again today.  There is actually no real war against corruption going on today.  There is not even a fight against corruption, how much more a war.  What we have is a government attempt to decimate the opposition and create a de facto one-party state under the guise of fighting against corruption.

Enraged “Buharideens”

Once I started making these points, the students started cheering.  It became apparent that they were not fooled by the government’s praise-singers and were glad that I was there to expose their duplicity.  Before I proceed to elaborate on why I insist there is no real fight against corruption in Nigeria today, let me point out at this juncture the reaction of my fellow-panelists.

I only spoke for ten minutes, but the chairman, Itse Sagay, became enraged.  He not only abused me, he also abused UNILAG students.  He called them all “ignorant” for applauding my positions.  He shouted: “We are here on a very serious business. And students, don’t behave like American electorates who are ignorant. The appreciation of unserious people shows ignorance.”

“How can someone come here and say there’s no war against corruption and there is clapping?  This is a very serious discussion and I want us to be serious about it. If you are anti-government, please go and campaign against government and let your party win in 2019.  This is not a venue for PDP campaign. We are here on serious business. Let’s maintain that seriousness.”

#BringBackOurGirls icon, Oby Ezekwesili, also asked for the mike a second time to contribute to this berating of UNILAG students for applauding my presentation.  She said, among other things: “I wasn’t surprised that some of you were clapping. The reason you were clapping is that you are a page in your own level of corruption. There are many whose exam malpractice is the basis upon which ‎they have come to school. So when you are talking about the need to wage a war against corruption, they are completely disconnected from it. There is a complete dissonance from it.”

(TO BE CONTINUED)

Source - http://www.femiaribisala.com/dont-believe-th-lie-there-is-no-war-against-corruption-in-nigeria/

but anyway who cares Apc = PDP, we need a new party in Nigeria, party for youths only, election candidates will not be older than 50yrs!! Arise oh Nigerian youths!!!

Apc and lies

A former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo has stated that he is yet to dump the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement issued on Monday, he said his attention has been drawn to media insinuations that he has dumped the PDP and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and wishes to state categorically that while developments in PDP is embarrassing and unexciting he is yet to dump the party.
Dr. Nwodo, a pioneer National Secretary of PDP and former governor of old Enugu state said that its improper for the media to stand merely on my wife being present at a meeting that I was not, to conclude that I have joined the APC disregarding the fact that my wife as an adult has her own political life.
“As one of the founding fathers of PDP who has held the highest office in the party, I know the statutory procedure of resigning and would willingly do that if necessary.
Dr Nwodo said although a number of issues within PDP remains embarrassing to the founding fathers, the truth is that “I’m still a member of the PDP and has not joined the APC.
The former Governor then urged his numerous supporters across the country particularly in Enugu state to disregard the purported story as his political direction would not be hidden if the need arises.

source - http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/04/12/i-have-not-dumped-pdp-for-apc-nwodo-says/

Obiagelli:
347 people killed someone must answer for this.

you say someone? abeg lemme help you, the person in charge of Nigeria should answer this!! I guess you now know who to ask!!

God bless you Op!!! I don't understand why every thing that enters this country through the sea enters through one state!! if a country wants to develop this ought not to be so!! we need more sea ports especially for our brothers in the south south and South East in all fairness and equality!! NIGERIA NEEDS TO GROW!! this will strengthen the Naira, create more jobs, reduce unemployment, bring development infact the list of goodies is endless!!

I think so too, it's another story to distract Nigerians from talking about the reality!!

Reference:
Oh dear, the Executive are back on the ground. What a fight .....nothing we no go see for dis gabmet.

hahahha I tell you, We Nigerians are beginning to get confused !!

Saintp:
Why will i take side? who should i trust? Both the presidency and NASS have all lost credibility. So unfortunate that they are using Nigerians head to drink garri.

I tell you brother we have Ruling party, Opposition party and Nigerians!!

Apc and lies

Apc and lies

Kai baba

NgeneUkwenu:
Jee Nke Oma! Onye Ije...

don't tell me you want to turn too? form don finish oooh

The Presidency has dismissed the allegations by former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State that the Buhari administration is insensitive to the plight of Nigerians.

Reacting to the allegation in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, enjoined Mr. Shekarau to stop insulting the intelligence of Nigerians with his false and misleading allegations.
He noted that the “audacity of Shekarau to preach about sensitivity is incredibly amazing, considering the large-scale stealing of public funds by the unseated PDP government at the expense of the welfare of the people.

“The greatest insensitivity to the welfare of the people is epic corruption for which the PDP had a notorious and unrivalled record in our recent democratic history of bad governance.”

The Presidential aide explained that “the greed of PDP leaders respects no boundaries of decency and rationality, so much that they could illegally steal any funds within their grip or reach, including monies meant for the security of Nigerians and the welfare of soldiers fighting terrorism in the Northeast.”
According to Mr. Shehu, Mr. Shekarau’s colleagues in the PDP government that he served have been coughing out monies that they illegally stole while in office.

“Bringing misery to your fellow countrymen and women on account of your greed and thievery is the worst example of insensitivity,” he said.

He said that the wellbeing of the citizens was at the heart of the President and for this reason, “the administration is seeking permanent solutions, not temporary ones to the county’s economic woes by first securing it, developing infrastructure and diversifying its economy.’’

Mr. Shehu reassured that the several measures put in place by the Buhari administration would bear fruition in a matter of time.

On the current fuel scarcity, Mr. Shehu said the Buhari administration had saved one trillion naira on account of removing subsidy which was fraudulently making some cabals richer at the expense of the welfare of the people who were being short-changed.
He explained that the Buhari administration had significantly reduced the rate of corruption and frustrated people with corrupt and fraudulent tendencies.

According to him, those that benefitted from subsidy fraud are using their illegal gains to finance smear campaigns against the Buhari administration on the social media and other forums.

Addressing the issue of insecurity, Mr. Shehu said the Boko Haram terrorist group had been so “thoroughly militarily weakened that they no longer have the capabilities and staying power to confront our troops, or occupy any part of Nigerian territory without being decisively expelled.”

He recalled that markets and bus stations that were closed three years ago in the Northeast “are now being reopened, thanks to the decisive restoration of relative peace in the area by our now motivated and reinvigorated troops.

“The Buhari administration is also proud to say that poor Nigerians that were once displaced by terrorist attacks are now returning to their liberated towns and villages, and this government won’t relent until it rids the country of the vestiges of terrorism.”

According to the presidential aide, the commitment of the Buhari administration to fighting corruption is firm and irrevocable, and that “every stolen kobo would be recovered and channelled into improving the welfare of Nigerians.”

source -
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/201519-buhari-replies-shekarau-accuses-ex-kano-governor-insulting-nigerians.html

Hahahaha we really need another political party cos Apc = PDP

Beremx:
The votes of Abuja residents have spoken.

They are already tired and angry with this present government. Some people need to wake up.

too bad!

you say?

DaBullIT:
Iif you had any sense whatsoever


You would realize Buhari is just beginning his own government

This is the first Budget he'll actually be compiling and approving by himself

I won't loose hope on #40 Petrol per Liter just yet even if the fraudsters in the importing / independent marketing are intentionally frustrating Buhari's efforts

lol we are in the 4th month of 2016 (almost half of the year) yet the budget of 2016 is yet to be passed, so if it takes 4 months and after 2 separate budgets to pass the budget, how long will it take to implement it and when will it's implementation start having its desired and expected effect on the people eeeh? Mr sense man (zombie) abeg do you zombie job with conscience!!!

for me where is he now sef? where are my men them?
wetin Una have to say to this man
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FORMER Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Prof. Tamunoemi David-West, said that Nigerians should expect sharp drop in petrol price from the current N87 to about N40 per litre, saying, “the president-elect, Gen. Mohammed Buhari, will reduce the fuel pump price to N40 per litre.” •Buhari In a telephone interview with Vanguard, the former minister argued that Nigeria produces millions of barrels of crude oil daily, and if properly harnessed will boost the performance of the industry. His words: “I want to assure you that by the time he takes over, petrol will be dispensed at N40 per litre. This is possible and he has the credibility to make it work. The major assignment of the president-elect when he is eventually inaugurated is to restore confidence to the industry. He noted that the president-elect is familiar with the petroleum industry, adding that he is a straight forward person that has respect for democratic principles. “[size=15pt]As military head of state, he dealt with the Federal Executive Council with the tenets of democracy. Buhari will build new refineries to make petroleum products available for the masses. No responsible government will allow the masses to suffer. “He will strengthen the refineries within a year. It is possible as we won’t spend any amount in setting up a green field refinery. We already have a blueprint as we shall use what we have to get what we want,” he added. He further stated that on many occasions, the president – elect had disclosed that the subsidy initiative is a fraud which has distorted the progress expected in the sector
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Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/buharill-reduce-petrol-to-n40l-david-west/

Kai baba

YES OOOOH I DEY GAME!!!

Zombies before you start defending lizard of ubima, LOOK AT THIS "I challenge the former Governor to controvert these facts in a public debate. ” Wike 2016

NgeneUkwenu:
He Should Have Committed Suicide, Instead Of Jumping Into The Canal

joking with someone's death!!! so uncalled for!!!

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Keneking:
Ok

Jonathan sef