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modath:
& y'all need SW support, kontinu, irris well...

Throwback:
But with which money do you want to get higher minimum wage, when the N18k that is too small was the best the FG could do when crude oil was selling above $100/barrel?

And the drop in that crude oil price reduced government revenue and reduced state allocations that has led to owed salaries and half salaries in most states with poor IGR?

So with what funds will the FG now pay above N18k? Or is crude oil that is running our mono-economy now selling above $200/barrel?


As for allegations of opposition sponsoring strikes or protests, that has always been the easier scapegoat of blame.

Ritzy10:
Press statement from the presidency

The Presidency wishes to make clear to all Nigerians, and particularly the global banking giant HSBC which said the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari would stunt the economy, that what killed Nigeria’s economy in the past was the unbridled looting of state resources by leaders, the type which was actively supported by HSBC.

A bank that soiled its hand with ‘‘millions of US dollars yet-to-be-recovered Abacha loot’’, and continued until a few months ago to shield the stolen funds of one of the leaders of the Nigerian Senate has no moral right whatsoever to project that a “second term for Mr. Buhari raises the risk of limited economic progress and further fiscal deterioration.”
Rather, we ask them to heed President Buhari’s constant refrain: return our stolen assets, then see how well we will do.

From the facts available to our investigation agencies, HSBC’s put down on President Buhari is no more than an expression of frustration over the administration’s measures put in place which has abolished grand corruption, the type which this bank thrives on in many countries.

They may also just be out to discredit the President out of the fear of sanctions and fines following the national assets that are stolen.
With the coming of President Buhari, it is not a secret that corruption, corrupt individuals, banks and other corporate entities that aided corrupt practices are under investigation for various offenses.

For many of them, including their friends in the media, they would rather have President Buhari out of their way, for business as usual to return.
Our investigation agencies believe that HSBC had laundered more than USD 100,000,000 for the late General Sani Abacha in Jersey, Paris, London and Geneva.
Among these accounts on the records are: AC: S-104460 HSBC Fund Admin Ltd. Jersey ($12,000,000); AC 37060762 HSBC Life (Europe), U.K ($20,000,000) and AC: 38175076 HSBC Bank Plc. U.K ($1,600,000).

The bank is also suspected in the laundering of proceeds of corruption involving more than 50 other Nigerians, including a serving Senator as earlier indicated.
In a book, “Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation”, published in 2017, Jack Bernstein told the story of global money laundering highlighting the unenviable place of the HSBC.

This is a bank that states and federal authorities in the U.S. forced to pay $1.92 billion to settle charges of money laundering; fined $1.2 billion in Hong Kong for “systemic deficiencies” in bond sales and was made to pay $100 million in currency rigging settlement as reported by The Telegraph of 18th January, 2018.

https://zenithnaija.com/return-our-stolen-assets-stop-giving-us-doomsday-prophecy-presidency-to-uk/

cc: lalasticlala dominique Mynd44

Paretomaster1:
The truck was intercepted, and burnt down by miscreants suspected to be IPOB members at Oyibo, timber market ,along Aba-Portharcourt expressway...

chinzyjohn:
why is NPS and FFF taking all this long??

sqprapra:
Rice farmers Association of Nigeria, Tuesday presented a cheque of N56.8 million to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole as part of their contributions for the re-election campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari.

source and more http://kaakakinews.com/2018/09/12/another-group-donates-n56-8m-to-buharis-campaign/

globaldream:
24 hours is no far wait and see

Juliusmalema:
But when I speak, they understand everything I say,

Why can't I hear there own if they are igbos?

Is a simple question.


Cc


Ugwuaghachi.

UgwuAghachi:
Ebonyi was created in 1996. It was created from the fusion of 2 provinces

1. Abakaliki province from Enugu
2. Afikpo province from Abia


History of Afikpo

AFIKPO was founded by the Igbo Ukwu Omaka or simply Igbo Ukwu, and his kinsmen who are Aro warriors who migrated from Arochukwu. Igbo Ukwu settled in Ehugbo, the political centre of Afikpo and kinsmen spread out to found the neighboring Amasiri, Edda (now Afikpo south LGA) and Akpoha. Afikpo people are Aro descendants and they used the Amadi system found in Abia as they share close relationship with the Bende, Arochukwu and Ohafia. They were part of the Aro constituency



Afikpo in Igbo and Ebonyi politics

Ebonyi was created by fusion of two power blocs, Abakaliki bloc from Enugu and Afikpo bloc from Abia (which comprised of Afikpo North and South LGAs, Edda and Ohaozara). As at 1957, Abakaliki had not produced a single university graduate and had no post-primary school; the primary schools that were available between 1950 and 1958 were manned by teachers who were indigenes of Afikpo Division.
Sir Francis Akanu Ibiam, the first governor of Eastern Nigeria is an Afikpo man. He is also one of the first Nigerians to be a medical doctor.


I don't know about the history of other people of Ebonyi but Afikpo people are bonafide Igbo people for generations. Afikpo are not Abakaliki. Anybody that tells me that fake Igbo nonsense should have his ignorant self blamed for my reaction




Modified: Culled from Arochukwu Wikipedia page:
By the mid-18th century, Arochukwu people founded many other communities both within and outside Igboland. These migrations, influence of their god Ibini Ukpabi through priests, and their military power backed up by alliances with several related neighboring Igbo (particularly Ohafia, Abam, Abiriba, Afikpo) and Eastern Cross River neighbour Ekoi, and quickly established the Aro Confederacy as a regional economic power.

UgwuAghachi:
Except Yoruba can trace their traditions and names to similar ones in Sudan, that's a fairy tale. Afikpo was always part of the Abia system of Igbo, by culture, proximity and names

HungerBAD:
They will never learn.

What has the support for the PDP since 1999 earned the East?nothing.

Is it pride?dumbness?naivety? Long held hate and distrust of the West and North?illiteracy?stubborness?everything must be their ways?or the lack of any sense of direction,that is making those in the East to just refuse to retrace their steps and play the politics of commonsense?

Okorocha tried to open the East with an handshake to the West and North. But they (Easterners)will not want any of that,as they will prefer to be playing we are being treated like a" CONQUERED TRIBE" cries.

Now the PDP has dumped the East again. As Buhari's winning the last time has showed the irrelevance of their votes,and so they are COURTING the West for V.P.

It is never too late to go to school to learn. The East should buy a black slate and crayon for writing,and then attend the political teaching classes of the Yoruba's and Hausas,to learn how politics is played, to better their people.

Failure to go to school, will permanently leave them in their political wilderness.


what has Okorocha and Imolite benefited from the handshake of northerners and south westerners?

NgeneUkwenu:
Come next year, I will pay money to vote for Buhari...

Never seen such a sincere man before..

Udantu:
ed the Independent National Electoral Council (INEC) centres across the nation in a last-minute attempt to participate in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) Exercise, investigation by SaharaReporters revealed the attempts by unscrupulous individuals to take advantage of the situation by engaging in corrupt practices.


"You can't register today. Once they're done with these people, they'll close for today. It will be very difficult for you to get it now because those ones there (pointing at the residents on the queue) are already numbered. But I can do it for you, only if you will pay me.”

The above were the words of ‘Emir’, as he was referred to. He was a dark, tall, pot-bellied fellow.

It was a bright Friday morning. The day was August 31, 2018. It was the last day for eligible voters to participate in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. As at 10:15am, when SaharaReporters visited one of the Lagos registration centres located at Alaba Primary School, Mushin, the venue was already peopled by crowds who were in a rush to register.

Interestingly, some of the residents claimed they got to the centre as early as 2am, and at 12noon, the queue only seemed to get longer. It was also observed that only a few people could go in unhindered.

It turned out that one could get out of the scorching sun by simply ‘bribing’ one of the ‘guys’ around. And that was how ‘Emir’ came into the picture.

Bribing ‘Emir’ to register

"You can't register today. Once they're done with these people, they'll close for today. It will be very difficult for you to get it now because those one there (pointing at the queuing residents) are already numbered," Emir, a dark tall pot-bellied man, who would later offer to help, told this reporter.

"But I can do it for you, only if you will pay me," he said, exuding the confidence of one who was sure of getting it done.

He continued: "Ask those I've done it for here. You can see people are trying to lobby with me. Those who I've done it for introduced them to me."

And he didn’t lie about his trade. He was surrounded by residents as they lobbied to get his attention.

"How much do I have to pay to register?" the reporter inquired.

"It's just N2,000 and you'll get your PVC. I will buy card, call you at a certain time to come and collect it."

"What if I come on Monday, will I meet you here?"

"I am ever here. Ask anybody. My name is Emir," he replied with a dauntless smile.

When asked if he had an account number so that, the N2,000 could be transferred, he said: "thieves don't have account number."

All efforts to get the INEC officials at the centre to confirm if they were aware of Emir’s ‘trade’ proved abortive, as people who weren’t staff or from Emir’s list were allowed into the registration office.

'I'm tired, I've been here since 5am'

At 1:45pm, when SaharaReporters visited another registration centre at Apapa Local Council Development Area, Ijora-Badia, there were hordes of frustrated Nigerians who said they had come to the venue long before dawn.

“I'm tired, I've been here since 5am," a resident who preferred not to be named told SaharaReporters.

At first sight, there were many young girls at the entrance who sat down, looking very tired. When approached to know what was going on, a woman shouted out: “Young man, you better remove your eye glasses to see clearly. You can't register now or even today. Even those of us who have been here since morning have no faith of getting it. We are just waiting.”

From afar, another fair, thin lady replied: "He can get it if he knows his way. I even know somebody who impersonated another person and entered inside the centre."

SaharaReporters observed that Emir’s trade also flourished at the centre. It was very hard to access the room where the registration was going on, not even as a reporter.

When a security man in faded brown vigilante uniform was approached on how to make the process faster, he said: "It's too late. If you had come earlier, I would have offered any help but for now, my hands are tied.”

In Ibadan, 160 people were already waiting to register at 5am

SaharaReporters obtained a short video, which revealed how residents of Ibadan, Oyo State arrived at an INEC registration centre as early as 4am to register their presence.

A resident who shared a video with this reporter said he arrived at the registration centre around 5am and yet, he met more than 160 people who had registered their names before his arrival.

Another citizen, who simply identified himself as Akin, also revealed to this reporter that there were cases of people paying to hasten up the registration, stating: “You know that's the mentality of Nigerians; you use what you have to get what you want.”


In Niger State, at 2:52pm, residents who arrived at 6:30am had not registered

SaharaReporters authoritatively gathered that, hundreds of the PVC seekers were stranded outside the gate of the INEC office in Suleja, Niger State.

The registration was sluggish due to the fact that the INEC office, Suleja, only has one functioning computer for the registration exercise.

SaharaReporters arrived the Suleja INEC office at exactly 2:52pm, and at that time, PVC seekers who arrived the office as early as 6:30am were still outside the gate. The normal procedure of admitting people into the building was by calling out names of those who had the opportunity of writing their names before 9am.

However, on that day, a lot of people who had written their names the day before were yet to be registered, and that caused delay in the registration process.

The people complained of being unfairly treated as they claimed some people whose names were not on the list were being allowed into the compound.

"If only I have a car and 'Agbada', I would have been done with this registration, I would only need to sound my horn and I would be allowed in," a young man said.

Another man was seen complaining bitterly to one of the policemen outside the office, saying: "That lady in there met us here!"

The policeman, however, replied, saying: "I don't know who allowed her in and I can't ask because it could be my superior."

Voter registration should be free, says INEC

Meanwhile, while speaking on a television programme on Monday, Solomon Soyebi, the National Commissioner, INEC Voter Education and Publicity, acknowledged that the commission had received complaints of demand and payment of bribes from some states of the federation, noting that investigation was ongoing.

"We got complaints from three states; we are investigating the cases The outcome of the investigation is not yet out. But what we did was to make sure to take preventative measures over this. It is supposed to be free," he said.

“The people themselves should not even give, it's for free. In a chaotic situation like that, it's very [easy] to extort. It’s not just that alone, you'll see somebody who came very late and wants to be the first.”

http://saharareporters.com/2018/09/03/thieves-dont-have-account-numbers-%E2%80%94-how-inec-officials-filled-their-pockets-deadline-day

chernest2002:
Corruption fighters are selling ordinary paper for 55 million, only thieves can afford to gamble with such amount of money.

AcuraZDX:
From Zenithnaija.com





More below:

https://zenithnaija.com/president-buhari-to-apc-i-cant-pay-n55m-nomination-fee/

cc: Lalasticlala dominique Mynd44

madridguy:
OSUN is APC and no amount of online ranting can change the fact.

madridguy:
OSUN is APC and no amount of online ranting can change the fact.

owukpa:
The Senator representing Benue south senatorial district, David Mark, has reportedly dumped his presidential ambition to return the National Assembly for the 6th time since 1999.

[url]WWW.IDOMAVOICE.COM[/url] was gathered that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) 60/40 arrangement with fresh decampees from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) will stand, this is baring any unforeseen circumstance.

The 60/40 formula is reportedly set up for incumbents who have the first right of refusal to re-contest in 2019 in order to maintain peace and stability in the party.

According to activist and political analyst, Josephine Akioyame, “PDP’s 60/40 is live and well. Governor Ortom will be its flagbearer for 2019. The agreement was set up so that incumbents have the right of first refusal. Forget about the noise. The fight was never about Ortom but about Gemade and other aspirants who piggybacked on Ortom to the PDP.

Thus, two ears hear the Rep for Otukpo/ Ohimini , Ezekiel Adaji wants back in. So is the Rep for Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu, Hassan Anthony Saleh on the basis of incumbents’ right of first refusal.

However, I doubt very much, the Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu would work. That constituency has a time honoured code of rotational arrangement existing for peace, order and good government. It does this as to make every area feel included considering that it is a mix mash of dialectical dissonance that operates as a time bomb.

A result of this arrangement is that it is Ado’s turn, particularly of Agila extraction based on Ado internal zoning. Hon David O Idoko of Okpokwu spent 8 years. Hon Anthony Hassan Saleh of Ogbadibo is spending 8 years after which it rotates to Ado.

One ear hear that the Ogidigan of Idoma land the distinguished Senator David Mark is warming up to go back to the Senate on the basis of this arrangement.

SOURCE>>>>>http://www.idomavoice.com/2018/08/2019-david-mark-reportedly-dumps-presidential-ambition-to-contest-for-senate-for-6th-term.html

mrvitalis:
That road is a federal road.. So buhari and the past leaders should be blamed

odufalut:
I think people need to know this at this time. I was told about 3million applied for a job of 6,500. Some people were screened out automatically after their registration cos of wrong in put of credentials. So, what that means is that, the list is somehow ready, if u think of paying someone by now, to me it seems that u are helping ur payer's ministry to grow, cos 90% of assurance that nothing can be done. If u know ur God, continue to call Him to intervene in your favour, and try and contact the right people to know what is going. It can take some weeks again to release the list, but I hope early September sha.

Originality007:
will stop buying thier okirika shoes and cloths

sarrki:
Only fools will rejoice when our president is insulted by another president

If your leader is insulted

You’re worse then