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I think the imam is hungry. Give him food

unclesuruoffi:
Mercy Johnson just became the second most followed Nollywood actress on Instagram, after she snagged 5 million followers who she sent a special 'Thank You' message.  Genevieve Nnaji currently holds the spot of most followed Nollywood actress with 5.4 million followers. Rita Dominic occupies the third spot with 4.8 million followers. 


Mercy Johnson who acknowledged her 5 million followers which got her a spot as the second most followed Nollywood actress on Instagram, wrote; 


https://unclesuru.com/2019/04/29/mercy-johnson-becomes-second-most-followed-nollywood-actress-on-instagram/

Editor's Note: Funke Akindele is the most followed Nigerian actress on Instagram with 7.4m

If you want to do journalism, get your facts right Ini Edo has 5.7million followers already.

Lazy Nigerian youth. Do proper investigation.

I totally agree for those of us that travel with that passport, we know what it means

Calculating:
https://politicstimesng.com/uk-private-visit-remain-silent-or-stop-lying-lawyer-tells-presidency/

Who is presidency and who is the president because I don't understand

Just tell us that they got buses. Whats intelligent in this bus?? Can it drive itself or detect incoming vehicles on its own. Abeg don't just be as intelligent as the bus

RockHard:
Look here buddy, you can go and argue that point with other religious zealots like yourself that see everything in life from an 'us vs. them' religious prism. FYI, I didn't support those that turned the New Zealand tragedy into a talking point either.

Well i'm staying on point and I commented based on your comment on the topic

RockHard:
The victims are Humans first before any religious affiliation.

And the ones in New zealand are muslims before being human??

Unfortunately 98.9percent of recruiters do not look at your cover letter

NgeneUkwenu:
For the brainless IPOB miscreants here, who have been going about doing copy and paste from God knows where about APC's reply to Atiku Petition.

Let me school you a bit here:



1. Atiku is a Citizen of Nigeria.

2. Nobody is contesting his Citizenship and that of his Jada People of Adamawa.

3. What are the ways one can become a citizen of Nigeria?
a) BY BIRTH
B) BY REGISTRATION
C) BY REFERENDUM
D) BY NATURALIZATION


4) Out of above methods, it is only a person who becomes a CITIZEN By BIRTH Is Qualified To Contest for the Office Of The President.

5. Can Atiku and His Jada Cameroon vote and be voted for? Yes because they are Citizens of Nigeria by Referendum.

6) Can they ( Atiku and Jada Brothers) contest and be voted for up to the post of the Vice Presidency? YES because the Constitution paved way for them?

7. The question is: Did Atiku fulfill the Constitutional requirements to contest for the post of the president?

8 . The Answer is what the APC wants the Appeal court to determine, because one of the requirements is that you MUST A Citizen By BIRTH To Qualify.

9. That you are citizen of Nigeria by other means such as Referendum, Naturalization, Registration etc can only take you the office of the Vice President and not that of the President according to the 1999 Constitution we operate.

What is hard here to understand?

What part of the constitution are you quoting from? People without SSCE would be quoting law

AnanseK:
This write up is less than honest as the drug trade and other crimes committed by Nigerians abroad have not been discussed properly. Is it the Nigerian leaders that tell their fleeing citizens to be criminals? Indians, Pakistanis and in recent years Chinese and East Europeans migrate to other countries in large number, why are they not known for committing crimes?

Unfortunately they also do. We are just too loud

And you only based your analysis on the negativity. Nigeria has a high population and there are also a lot of Nigerians doing exploit and celebrated. You based your view on the negativity you know. A lot of Nigerians are actually doing exploit and also celebrated

Afamed:
You don't know the location of the project

Hahahah. I didn't know the second Niger bridge is at your backyard. I guess that one is actually finished and commissioned by Buhari

Afamed:
Lie with the fear of God, no single day, that I don't make the use of 1st Niger bridge. You are nothing but a liar with bad memory for you to have said this was how you left the project in 2016.

Oga what has changed The equipment on site?? Those pillars have been there since 2016

And when did marriage become an achievement??

Marry right and not marry quick.

And if the building collapse who will they blame?

Anambralstson:
I visited the site of Second Niger bridge Onitsha today being Sunday, massive work was going on there,Thanks to GEJ and PMB

Unfortunately this was how it has been since 2016 before I left there

amaniro:
Nope. PDP can't get 2/3 same as APC

Oga what has bill got to do with APC or PDP??

TheAngry1:
Some idiiiots are already saying 'enjoy your next level' and 'I thought they claim Boko Haram is technically defeated." Why are people so inherently orgasmic to bad news? I can bet you that there are people here praying daily that Nigeria fails, so they can say 'I told you so."


Shame on all of you! Awon oponu oshi!

Enjoy your next level

titiloyeblog:
news @ titiloyeblog.com

A member of the House of Representatives, Hon Garba Datti Mohammad has said that the All Progressives Congress(APC) leadership is right in zoning the leadership of the 9th House.

The ranking member in the Green Chamber representing Sabon Gari federal constituency in Kaduna State on the platform of the APC spoke with The Nation in a chat.

According to the lawmaker, the leader of the House, Femi Gbajabiamiila ordinarily should have been elevated to the position of Speaker without any fuss.

He said: “That is because it is the normal convention in all democracies of the world.

“The majority party will always constitute the leadership and whoever is the head of that party in parliament that has the majority party automatically becomes the presiding officer.

“It happened in recent time. Just last November after the midterm election in US Nancy Pelosky became the Speaker.

“She was the Minority Leader but once they became the majority, she automatically became the Speaker.

“And this is the second term she has emerged as the Speaker; not even through election! It was just automatic.

“There was no election, although we have some slight differences in our constitution.

“To me, the decision of the party leaders is right. These (Gbajabiamila and Lawan) are two leaders that have done a lot for this party, so they deserve to lead.”

On the argument of the North Central lawmakers that they contributed more to the emergence of the President through their number of votes, he said: “Well, anybody can argue whatever he wants to argue but the hard fact is, these are our leaders and we have majority now, so automatically they should take over because they have never been found wanting in their positions.

“They have played very vital roles. Like Femi, he has been in the leadership since 2007 as Minority Whip, Minority Leader to Majority Leader and he has performed wonderfully well.

“Then you can never take away experience in this system; competence, experience, doggedness, everything you are looking for and he has paid his dues, so to me, there is no issue.

Speaking on the position of some PDP lawmakers that Gbajabiamiila can never be their Speaker, he said: “The minority can always have their say; the majority will always have their way!

“You can say whatever, the only thing is to try and unite as a party. Once we unite, PDP has no mouth to talk.

“They cannot decide who becomes the presiding officer. They can decide who becomes the Minority Leader and the Minority Whip but they cannot decide the Speaker; that is we put our house in order. I don’t think there will be many problems,” he said.

On if the party should call some of the aspirants to order because of the sheer numbers, he said: “Yes. I think the party has started doing that.

“I know of a person that even the President himself talked to him. I know of another person who his governor will talk to him either today or tomorrow to step down.

“So, I am sure we will have it right when the chips are down. Some are just flying kites, some are serious and some are not serious. We know that.”


source: https://www.titiloyeblog.com/2019/04/why-we-want-gbajabiamila-as-speaker.html

Bullshit story. Peloski did get it automatically. They went through democratic process and for records she almost didnt win. Also she was formerly a speaker and the only female to have held that position.

deji17:
Hmmm. If he is innocent, why would the NJC recommend his retirement? The case in court is still ongoing, so again, which one is media trial?

So because he was recommended for retirement he is guilty?? That is exactly what media trial is

nairavsdollars:
Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) on Friday said he is not impressed by the resignation of Walter Onnoghen, former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) as it came too late.

Sagay who said there is no value in the resignation argued that Onnoghen should have resigned since January when the charges were made against him and he admitted that he erred.

“The resignation has come too late. It was a face-saving resignation because if he had not resigned, he would have been sacked. There is no question about that. At the very best, he would have been retired if not actually dismissed”.

“There is no value in the resignation anymore. It lacks the honour and dignity that would have accompanied it if he had done it since January when the charges were made” he said.


https://www.independent.ng/sagay-says-no-value-in-onnoghens-resignation/

Sacked by who??

deji17:
What is media trial? Are you saying that Onnoghen has not resigned? Why will he resign if he is not guilty?

Because the judicial council already made a recommendation for him to be retired. If logic is difficult for you, what is easy.

And have the government been able to prove their case in a law court??

deji17:
When every other arms of the Govt is corrupt, where do you go for justice? Why will it take forever to judge a case before our courts? Why are the guilty being sets free by our courts? Why do you think there is so much impunity in the country?

Because guilt has to be proved. Media trial is what APC does. If you cannot prove someone is corrupt then the person is innocent.

The gandollar walking about is ?? When Nigeria is serious then we will know. For now let them be using you guys to play.

mrsage:
Long awaited resignation. Justice Onoghen lost the opportunity to write his name in gold.

What a shame. I'm disappointed.

Its called following due process. If the government had followed due process, the case would have been easier

ubongokon:
GOOD MOVE, CORRUPTION MUST LEAVE NIGERIA.
YET SOME IDIOTIC PDP FELLOW TAKES HIM AS THEIR HERO

How do corruption leave when you don't try the corruption. Media trial won't work. The guy is ready to defend himself. Una must finish the case and let the law take its course. Thats how you fight corruption not using corruption by negotiating to fight corruption.

phyllosilicate:
If President Muhammadu Buhari goes by the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC), Walter Onnoghen, the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN) could get retirement benefits in cash and kind up to N2.5 billion, checks by TheCable have revealed.

As part of the package for a retired chief justice, a house will be built for him in Abuja with a nine-digit sum for furnishing — in addition to a severance gratuity that is 300% of his annual basic salary of N3,363,972.50, as well as pension for life.

Just like state governors, a retired chief justice is entitled to a number of domestic staff and sundry allowances for personal upkeep.

This package for judicial officers was put together by the NJC long before Onnoghen became the CJN in 2017.

However, if he is dismissed, he will not be entitled to any benefits.

TheCable reported on Wednesday that the NJC has recommended the embattled CJN for compulsory retirement after deliberating on a petition by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which alleges “financial impropriety, infidelity to the constitution and other economic and financial crimes related laws”.

Onnoghen, who denies all allegations, is also undergoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over charges of false asset declaration.

TheCable understands that members of the NJC were not convinced by his defence but also decided that he should be offered a “soft landing” through retirement.

This option may also include withdrawing criminal charges against him.

“The major problem Onnoghen’s defence had was that even though he claimed those funds found in his accounts were his, he could not provide evidence on how he made the money,” a source in the know of the deliberations told TheCable.

“He provided evidence of source of income from one investment but that went nowhere near the $200,000 per annum deposits in his account. Unfortunately, there is a supreme court judgement that says where your assets exceed your income, the burden of proof is on you, not on the prosecution.

“It also did not help Onnoghen that he never touched his salary account for so many years. He said he was living off the proceeds from his farms, but he did not provide a single proof to back this up.

“Also, money paid into his account by senior lawyers is completely unethical. You can say they do not amount to much, but you cannot justify such impunity. It was a very difficult case to make.”

NOT THAT EASY

Presidency sources, however, told TheCable that the option of “soft landing” will be difficult to justify “given the anti-corruption efforts of President Buhari”.

TheCable learnt that before the scandal blew into the open, Onnoghen was given the option of early voluntary retirement.

“Under this arrangement, he would have kept all the monies found in his accounts and received all his benefits from the system, but he chose to fight till the very end,” the source said.

“The implication now is that the criminal charges may go on, his assets will be frozen and will most likely be forfeited to the federal government after his trial and he will be banned from holding public office for at least 10 years.”

Onnoghen has closed his defence at the CCT and the tribunal is expected to give its judgment at the next sitting on April 15.

But for the crisis, Onnoghen, who is 68, was due for retirement in 2020.


https://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-onnoghen-stands-to-get-n2-5bn-benefits-in-soft-landing-option/amp

What they did not mention is that the government also cannot prove their case in a law court and decided to follow their usual media trial bullshit. They also did not state that he refused the soft landing option because he believes in justice. Only a guilty person will hurriedly take a soft landing option. He is willing to forfeit the benefit if he's guilty

Stalwert:
The good thing is PMB never relied on NJC to sanction the uncouth crook. The fact remains he will dance from one court to another and before long he will be arraigned on financial crimes, if he assumes that tribalism will vidincate him then he is banking on very watery grounds.

If he was guilty, trust me, he would have taken the easy way out to retire. The FG would have a real tough time and if he returns by chance, APC and its associates are gooners so FG better work really hard

iammo:


Leaking classified information would get the whistle blower thrown out of inec, and the court would need him to show up and testify .

I strongly believe buhari's men headed by keyamo had bribed or intimidated Atiku / PDP legal team to give a silly evidence / witness so as to jeopardise the case




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How does voting data become a classified information. What is the security importance or otherwise??

Its not classified and they can request access to verify the information.

Opharhe:
But there's a limit Lawyers can go. Evidence to your claim in the most important ingredient. Then points and extant laws to back your claim. That's where arguments come in.

So its based on argument. The laws only guide decision. You can spin it both ways just depends on how convincing you are

igwefivestar:
if hiring a brilliant advocate can make a judge believe that black is white in Nigeria then there is no hope again.

What is the job of a lawyer?? The judge decides based on the arguments

My question is the accredited voters premium time is using, was it from Inec electronic machine or the one announced by during result collation??

Even if Atiku loses in tribunal, Inec has a lot of explaining to do

After telling us what VATis not charged on which seems to be everything, you failed to mention what items VAT is placed on.