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As an Igbo man I'll prefer a one Nigeria without the backstabbing and greedy Niger deltans they are the major problem in this country...

Kaduna—Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-
Rufa’i, has begged members of the House of
Assembly to review their salaries and allowances
downward in order to generate more revenue for
the development of the state.

“The Deputy Governor and I have signalled our
intention in this regard by announcing that we
are taking a pay cut of 50 per cent of our salary
and allowances until the fiscal situation of the
state improves,” El-Rufa’i said, yesterday, when
he paid a visit to the House of Assembly.

“We appeal to all political office holders to
embrace this example and attitude of sacrifice,” h
said, adding that after paying salaries of civil
servants, government was left with only 20 per
cent of its revenue.

According to him, “Once done with paying
salaries, allowances, overheads and pensions, the
state is unable to do much by way of building
infrastructure or providing services. The stark
fact is that Kaduna State spends 80 per cent of its
total revenues on its public servants and political
office holders.

“Can we as elected leaders deliver any significant
service or implement progressive actions or attain
desirable outcomes for the majority of our people
if we devote only 20 per cent of available
resources to their needs? Would we not be
undermining the very rationale of democracy if,
after being elected by majority vote, we uphold a
system that solely serves the pleasures of a
servant-minority?

“How many good roads or decent hospitals can we
build and maintain when we leave so little monies
for the things that actually matter? The
elections that have thrust the responsibility of
governance on us reflect the yearning of our
people for leaders that are competent, responsive
and willing to offer dedicated service.

“As elected officials, we must view our massive
mandates as instructions by our people for
unrelenting work on their behalf. The change
they voted for is for substantive improvements in
the delivery of public goods, a new way of doing
things and the prioritisation of their needs.

“As you are aware, the executive branch of this
government has been taking briefings from the
ministries, departments and agencies that
constitute the public service of Kaduna State,” he
added.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/el-rufai-begs-kaduna-lawmakers-to-cut-salaries-allowances/

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In other news
Buhari 2 attend AU summit in SA

Shee buhari na minister of tourism abi foreign affair

4 countries in less dan 2weeks..
Som1 should tell dat brainless dullard of daura 2 sit down and do his work b4 amadioha go destroy him

Na so he loose his position in 1985 becoz of waka waka...he no even dey office when babaginda and co overthrow him
Quote me and wait 4 thunder strike

idiot...so its a bad thing for a President to attend AU summit

Rap royalty and Chocolate City Vice President for
Music, Jude Abaga a.k.a, M.I, has disclosed that
an unknown man is after his life.
He released his conversation with the young man
with the phone number (09033798569) via his
Twitter handle.

The youngman noted that he is been hired by a
woman to kill the self-proclaimed ‘Chairman’.
Some of his words are

M.I some people wanna kill you
woman wey u don flex before
This girl I’m talkin about is presently mine
would have told you her name but that would make
her vulnerable
anytime…but with the way this is coming. I’m not
sure u can do anything about it

Have you witnessed an event and wondered where
you have seen exactly the same sequence of
activities before? The French call it déjà vu,
which translates to “already seen”. That is the
phenomenon we are observing our brand new
President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB, taking us
through.

In 1998/99 Nigeria’s ruling principalities and
powers who had clamped General Olusegun
Obasanjo in jail for coup decided to release him,
pardon him, restore his military ranks and sponsor
him to be our elected president as their
compensation to the Yorubas for their kinsman,
Chief Moshood Abiola, whom they had poisoned to
death for winning a presidential election. Once
Obasanjo came out of Yola prisons he hit the
international circuit.

As president, he kept travelling repeatedly to
Western capitals in a wasteful chase after “debt
forgiveness”. This went on for most of his first
term in office, when he left the economy in the
hands of his Vice President, Abubakar Atiku. The
situation was so bad that by October 2000, barely
17 months after Obasanjo was sworn into power,
the late social crusader, Chief Gani Fawehinmi,
listed at least 45 foreign travels he had
undertaken, which averaged more than one per
fortnight. OBJ did not get the debt relief until he
finally did the right thing by employing Dr Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala who used her connections to
negotiate the $12 billion deal that exited us from
20 years of slaving for the Paris Club of money
lenders.

Definitely, Buhari is a far more disciplined leader
than Obasanjo. He is unlikely to try to equal OBJ’s
unenviable national record. But it has to be noted
that PMB is starting his second coming like
Obasanjo, knocking on the doors of foreign
countries in his belief that his key to success lies
behind those doors. Before he was sworn-in, he
told us how his “foreign partners” helped in
providing the technology that ensured Professor
Attahiru Jega’s “free and fair” elections in 2015.
He said they were moved to provide the
assistance when he painted a bloody picture of
uncontrollable refugee problems that would
envelope Africa if the 2015 elections were
rigged.

A week before he took his oath as president, he
had jetted out to London to “take a rest” and
consult with David Cameron, the British Premier;
a trip that caused a stir in the social media when
Buhari’s lonely figure outside No. 10 Downing
Street, waiting to be welcomed by his host,
caused a stampede over the Internet. Cameron
did receive him, nonetheless, and later told him to
come with his “shopping list” to the next economic
forum that will hold in Europe shortly.

Not done yet, Buhari, now in the presidential
saddle, travelled to Niger Republic where he
received more than a red carpet welcome. The
impoverished country’s president, Mamadou
Issoufou, gave him a beautiful parting gift of a
regally-decked out thoroughbred white charger,
possibly a mustang. If you remember that former
President Goodluck Jonathan also got given a
similar gift when he visited the Emir of Daura,
Alhaji Faruk Umar Faruk, just before the
presidential election, it will be obvious that white
horse gifts are customary for presidents and
highly placed visitors in that geo-cultural clime.

Let me remind you that Daura, which was founded
by Tuaregs some centuries ago, is regarded as the
spiritual home of the Hausa people. The Emirate
extends from our own Katsina State to Zinder in
Niger Republic. Therefore, for Buhari, the trip to
Niger Republic was like a ride from one end of
one’s hometown to another. And since Niger,
Chad and Cameroun are also neck-deep in the war
against the Boko Haram terrorists, I am not one
of those criticising Buhari for visiting them to
exact stronger commitments towards his agenda
for ending the bloody nonsense.

I only note, however, that the chicken has come
home to roost. Buhari’s wife, Aisha, can now
apologise to ex-President Jonathan whom she
asked to resign last year when he visited these
countries before he commenced the six-week
campaign to end the nonsense. Buhari himself
should equally apologise to Jonathan because even
he has now seen the need to accept the US offer
to “assist” to terminate the nonsense. He had,
only a month ago, said it was a “shameful” when
stories made the round that some South African
experts or, if you like, “mercenaries”, were
involved in the campaign. Talk can be very cheap,
but that is politics for you.

Buhari’s foreign trips have drawn criticisms from
several quarters. These included prominent
opposition party leaders such as Chief Olu Falae,
Alhaji Balarabe Musa and several civil society
groups. They called on Buhari to pay more
attention to mobilising support at home, rather
than starting charity from abroad. This was
exactly what people were saying to Obasanjo 16
years ago, but he refused to listen and went to
squander billions of Naira on foreign junkets.

Buhari ought to know that with Nigerians fully
behind him he can move mountains. He still has
massive goodwill on his side. He should cash in on
it and get the Nigerian people, irrespective of
how they voted during the elections, behind him.

The foreigners will queue up once they notice
that. We are quite capable of solving our problems
once we are united. What we did to Ebola under
Jonathan was the stuff of what a determined,
united Nigeria can do. But we do need our
neighbours to overcome Boko Haram. If we chase
them out of Nigeria into Cameroun, Chad and
Niger, we have hardly achieved anything. We have
simply given them a wider territory. Even if the
Niger and Chad presidents do not understand
English, they certainly will discuss in Hausa or
Fulfulde and as Muslims, use it to tell themselves
the kind of truth only kinsmen and people of the
same faith can share.

But he has to be very wary of the West, especially
America and Britain. Let Buhari beware; they are
experts at offering Greek gifts. When Britain
asks you to bring your “shopping list” and America
offers “assistance”, we must know what they
want in return. America is not even our crude oil
customers anymore. They have become even more
irrelevant than ever. They may try to bog down
our war on Boko Haram with their harangue of
“human rights” blackmail, which Amnesty
International has already started brandishing
against our serving and former field commanders
without concrete proof. Or, worse still, they may
re-table their much-coveted demand for the
repeal of our collectively-agreed decision to
criminalise gay relationships and ban gay marriage
in Nigeria. Former President Jonathan remained
their darling until he appended his signature to
the anti-gay marriage Bill passed by our patriotic
National Assembly.

The West wants to destroy Nigeria, a rising star
in Africa with these policies. They want to use
“human rights” to create confusion among us to
enable Boko Haram eat into our fabric. Any time
we dent the terrorists, either Steven Davis will
pop up or Amnesty International will pop in to join
pro-Boko Haram Northern interests to accuse our
military officers of “human rights” abuses.
Meanwhile, they keep mute when Boko Haram
seize our towns and plant their evil flags.

The solutions to our problems lie mainly with us
here at home. Buhari, beware of the morally
degraded West, especially the UK and the USA! If
you reject their Greek gifts they will leave you in
the lurch. Look further afield for true foreign
friends like Russia and China.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/buhari-beware-of-the-west/

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo will make their assets declaration
public after same would have be verified by the
Code of Conduct Bureau.

Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on
Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in
a statement, yesterday.

There has been outcry over Buhari’s decision to
not make his assets declaration public as he
promised during his campaign tour.

The Code of Conduct Bureau had claimed that it
lacked the constitutional powers to make the
assets declaration public.

But in a statement in Abuja, yesterday, Garba
said: “In fulfilment of one of their campaign
promises, his declared assets and those of Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo will be released to the
public upon the completion of their verification by
the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).

“It is hoped that this process will be completed
before the expiry of the 100-day deadline within
which they said they would do this”.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/buhari-osinbajo-to-make-assets-declaration-public/

After long hours of voting, the Minority Leader of
the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi
Gbajabiamila won the mandate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) members-elect to be
the next Speaker.

Gbajabiamila defeated Hon. Yakubu Dogara, who
staged a walk-out with 18 members-elect.
According to the National Secretary of APC,
Mallam Mai Mala Buni, said out of the 209 APC
members-elect, 183 signed the attendance
register, while 161 others voted at the straw
poll, with about 22 others either abstaining or
staging a walk-out.

Out of the 161 votes, Gbajabiamila garnered 154
votes, Dogara got 3 and 4 votes were invalid.

Meanwhile, Tahir Monguno scored 153 votes to
emerge the sole candidate of the party for the
position of Deputy Speaker.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/gbajabiamila-wins-apc-primaries-as-monguno-emerges-deputy/

President Muham-madu Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade appears to have taken off in earnest barely a week after assuming office with a stern warning to ministers not to dabble into approving payments for contractors.
The government came boldly yesterday with a clear policy directive asking only the heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs not to abdicate their core functions to ministers who are political appointees but to do their jobs in strict compliance with the policy guidelines of the administration

The Head of Service of Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Danladi Kifasi, made the new position of the government known at a media briefing in Abuja.

According to the Head of Service of the Federation, the government wants to keep the political class away from issues of finance so that development of our country can be sustained.

He said: “If a minister travels out and payment is due, we cannot afford to wait for the ministers to come back before we pay.”

Findings by Saturday Vanguard revealed that the HoSF was compelled to make the clarifications following a clash between permanent secretaries of major Federal Government ministries and former ministers in the Jonathan government over the payment of contractors.

Saturday Vanguard learnt that most permanent secretaries and directors of accounts in the ministries and MDAs fell out with many of the immediate past ministers following their refusal to pay contractors favoured by them for jobs approved and awarded through the backdoor by the ministers in their last effort to make quick money out of the system.

The clash between a former minister and a serving permanent secretary is said to have degenerated into a near major scandal in one of the major Federal Government ministries in Abuja which deals with land and development of infrastructure.

The minister was reported to have hurriedly approved the award of many contracts for companies said to be close to him and later ordered the permanent secretary to pay the affected contractors, an order, which the civil servant bluntly turned down, thereby entering into the bad books of the former minister.

To reverse the trend as the Buhari government takes off, the HoSF, warned that henceforth, no permanent secretary should allow themselves to be misdirected by any minister in the award and payment for contracts.
Kifasi who cleared what he described as a misconception of political appointees to approve payment for contracts, made it clear that approval of payments for contracts are strictly the jurisdiction of accounting officers or directors of the various ministries.

The Head of Service, who was apparently in support of the refusal of permanent secretaries to pay contractors approved for payment by out-gone ministers, explained that both the Procurement Act and extant government circulars clearly define the roles of the civil servants relating to contract awards and payment.

Kifasi said, “The President has said that his administration will concentrate on policy issues and so we civil servants are re-directing our efforts and minds towards achieving or aligning with the president’s directive.

“Payments are normally approved by the accounting officers. In a parastatal, it is either the managing director or the director-general. In the ministry it is the permanent secretary and not the minster.

“In the procurement process, ministers do not approve either. It is the Ministerial Tenders Board that sits to consider and approve contracts within their approval threshold. If it is beyond the Board, it goes to the Federal Executive Council.

“The only thing a minister does is that he signs the council memo for the procurement that goes to the Federal Executive Council. For the Ministerial Tenders Board which is usually chaired by the Permanent Secretary; the Permanent Secretary sends his report and the minutes of the tenders board to the minister for his concurrence and endorsement. That is their role

“For instance, if ministers were asked to be approving payments, now that there are no ministers will work then stop? So it is actually a misinformation.”
Beyond finance, the HoSF warned civil servants that the warning by President Buhari for them to change their attitude to work should be taken seriously as lateness to work and other acts inimical to the service would not be tolerated any longer.

“Consequently, permanent secretaries, Directors, Chief executives of parastatals and agencies are to take appropriate steps to address this situation. All public servants are to note that measures as enshrined in the Public Service Rules will be enforced on erring officers,” Kifasi warned.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/buharis-anti-corruption-war-takes-off/

The National President, of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities, Dr. Issa Fagge Nasir has
stated that the 16 universities and other higher
institutions established by the administration of
President Goodluck Jonathan, lack the necessary
legal backing and so may be living on borrowed
time.

He said this while commenting on the four
Colleges of Education upgraded to Universities by
the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

In his words, “Our quarrel with the government is
that universities are not just established by
executive fiats like this administration is doing.
So the Federal Government is only compounding
the problems already bedeviling the education
sector and I wonder if the incoming
administration will allow this to stand.

“Strictly speaking, the Federal Government is not
respecting its own laws, and I wonder how you
just transmute an institution without looking at
its laws. What happens to its staff, facilities and
infrastructure?”

He further stated that the 500M Naira released
by the Goodluck led administration as take-off
grant to the universities is not even enough to
fund training of staff not to talk of
infrastructural Upgrade.

He finally called on the incoming administration to
critically assess these decisions and make
impartial judgment that will benefit the mass of
the people and return the country’s education
sector’s lost glory.

http://newtelegraphonline.com/all-varsities-established-by-jonathan-are-illegal-says-ASUU/

cc: lalasticlala

OUTGOING Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde
Fashola, yesterday, handed over the
administration of the state to Mr. Akinwunmi
Ambode, as the 8th elected governor of the state
along with his deputy, Dr Oluranti Adebule at a
colourful and well attended inauguration and
swearing-in ceremony, held at Tafawa Balewa
Square, TBS, Lagos Island.

The dignitaries at the ceremony were former
governors of the state; Brigadier Mobolaji
Johnson, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, Rear Admiral
Nduisi Kanu while former deputy governors in
attendance were; Mr. Femi Pedro and Adebisi
Sosan.

Also Senator Gbenga Ashafa, Senator Remi Tinubu
and Senator Solomon Adeola, Oba of Lagos Rilwanu
Akiolu, members of the Diplomatic Corps, Captains
of Industries, state lawmakers, All Progressives
Congress, APC, stalwarts, members of trade
associations, students among others were in
attendance.

Ambode, decked in white attire (Agabada) with a
red cap to match, was sworn in by the Chief Judge
of Lagos, Justice Funmilayo Atilade, at about
11.25am

Earlier, Ambode’s deputy, Mrs. Oluranti Adebule,
had been sworn in at about 11.19am by Atilade.
The governor, after inspecting the guard of

parade mounted by members of the Nigeria Police
Force, said, “As we collectively face the challenge
to make Lagos a better place to live in, we must
recognize our strength in diversity. A common
national identity where everybody counts. I shall
run an open government of inclusion that will not
leave anyone behind. No matter your age, sex,
tribe or any other Status, as long as you reside in
Lagos, we will make Lagos work for you.

“I want to assure all of us that I will make your
taxes work for you. You will surely get a
transparent and incorru-ptible government that
will give you good value for your taxes paid.
“We shall embark on continuous reforms in the
public service. I am determined to demonstrate
that the government belongs to the citizens. You
have put us here as servants to serve you and not
you serving us. Today we are committed to that
creed.Moving forward, the Civil Service will be
strengthened and made to respond to the needs of
all citizens in the same manner, quality services
are rendered in the private sector.

Creation of new ministry, offices
Highpoint of the inaugural speech which attracted
ovation from the crowd was the announcement by
the newly sworn in governor of the creation of a
new ministry and two offices.

According to Ambode “I want to assure the
business community and corporate Lagos that the
ease of doing business in Lagos will be improved
upon earnestly. Lagos is open for greater
business.

To this end, a new Office of Overseas Affairs and
Investment (LAGOS GLOBAL) shall be created
under the Governor’s Office.

“We want you to fly into Lagos, start your
business, find your way, live, work and enjoy in
Lagos.

“As part of our reforms, a new Ministry of Wealth
Creation and Employment shall be established.
This would specifically address the promise I made
during the campaign on employment trust fund,
labour exchange and entrepreneurship. This goal,
we shall pursue vigorously.

“Allso, the Office of Civic Engagement shall be
created under the Deputy Governor’s Office to
strengthen and enhance our promise on
government of inclusion. Everyone must have a
voice in my administration.”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/ambode-creates-ministry-of-employment-two-other-offices-in-lagos/

When former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan
called President Muhammadu Buhari after the
2015 presidential election to concede defeat,
many applauded him as a gentleman who has the
interest of the country at heart. Many went as
far as calling him the hero of our time. So were
his many friends in the entertainment industry.

But it seems singer and actress, Adokiye would
remember the leader for a different reason.

“ I feel really bad for the Nigerians calling
President Jonathan a hero. Hero to who please?”
she asked disdainfully. “ Why waste your saliva
and brain on someone who has brought poverty,
national blackout, danger, unemployment, terror
and insecurity to our dear nation” she said.

“Don’t get me wrong, he was my president before
now. His wife is even from my mum’s village, Ogu
Bolo in Okrika and I know her home. So, they are
my people. But my dear, he disappointed me.

Someone that has seen poverty before but was
blessed by God to change mankind. What did he do?

He forgot us and started forming ‘big man’ for
Nigerians. I bet he thought the world was his.
Thank God for his mercy for not allowing him to
come back to complete his mission of doom” she
declared.

She also took on those who worked under the
former president in he chat with Showtime, saying
they did not work in the interest of the masses.

“They were all heartless people. People that could
not feel the pains of the poor who put them there
to serve then. If anybody by now is still calling
Jonathan a hero that person should be checked”
she added. Adokiye spoke with Showtime on
Monday at the height of the fuel crisis across the
nation.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/stop-calling-jonathan-a-hero-says-adokiye/

Senator-elect, Ogun-East, Prince Buruji
Kashamu, was said to have threatened to kill
himself if officials of the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) forced their way
into his house, yesterday, claiming there was a
court injunction against the NDLEA’s action.

Some of his friends who claimed to have contacted
him on phone between 7 and 9 am told Sunday
Vanguard that Kashamu said he would remain
indoors till Monday.

But the narcotic agency explained that the
operatives mandate was to put the politician, who
is also the Chairman, Organisation and
Mobilisation Committee of the PDP in the South-
West, under house arrest pending when he would
appear in court on Monday. The NDLEA
spokesman, Mitchel Ofoyeju , in a six paragraph
statement, yesterday, said: “A special team of
NDLEA has confined Ogun State senator-elect,
Buruji Kashamu, to his Lagos residence pending
his appearance in court on Monday, May 25, 2015
to perfect his extradition to the United States.
“The agency has commenced extradition
procedures against Senator-elect Buruji
Kashamu in line with the laws of country. He has
been in contact with his attorneys and will appear
in court on Monday.

“The residence of Buruji was raided by narcotic
operatives at about 5am today.

Further information will be communicated to the
media”.

But Kashamu’s media aide, Mr Austine Oniypkor,
described the siege on his principal’s house as
illegal, dismissing the claim that the NDLEA had
arrest warrant to that effect.

In a statement, Oniyokor said: “ Yes, at about
4:30am, some men, who claimed to be from the
NDLEA, surrounded the Lekki Phase 1, Lagos
residence of Prince Buruji Kashamu to allegedly
effect his arrest following a purported
extradition request from the US.

“This latest onslaught is a confirmation of the
alleged plot to illegally abduct him in spite of the
pending suit against this illegality. As a matter of
fact, the court has ordered parties in the matter,
including the NDLEA, to maintain the status quo
until judgment is delivered on Wednesday, 27th
May, 2015.

“We have confirmed that they do not have a
warrant of arrest, just as the office of the
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and
Minister of Justice has said that it did not give
any order to carry out this illegality. We have
confirmed that this illegality is being designed and
executed by Chief Bode George whose wife is the
Director General of the NDLEA, all in a bid to score
cheap political points.

“We urge all well meaning Nigerians to prevail on
NDLEA, Chief George and his wife to toe the path
of the rule of law and follow due process. Nigeria
is not a Banana republic! The United States (US),
being the bastion of democracy, the rule of law
and due process should not lend itself to this kind
of illegality”.

Kashamu had, of late, alleged a plot to abduct and
extradict to the US to answer drug related
charges, citing information leaked to his lawyer
by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) close to the
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister
of Justice, Mohammed Adoke.

His travails began shortly after he fell apart with
former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the
control of the leadership of the PDP in Ogun
State.

Buruji had been in Obasanjo’s faction of the PDP
against the then Ogun State governor, Otunba
Gbenga Daniel, in 2008 .

After the emergence of President Goodluck
Jonathan via the 2011 elections, he was
appointed the Chairman of Organisation and
Mobilisation Committee for Jonathan’s re-
election in the South-West.

In his famous resignation letter from the PDP,
Obasanjo said that as the Chairman of an anti-
drug body in West Africa, he could not continue to
be in a party where a wanted drug baron was the
leader in his home state, in what many
interpreted as veiled reference to Kashamu.

In late 2014, the former president had launched
a book, ‘My Watch’, in which he described
Kashamu as a fugitive.

The senator-elect went to court – the same way
he had gone to court on several occasions-until he
secured the control of PDP in Ogun State,
obtaining an injunction restraining Obasanjo
from selling the book.

The order has since been vacated.

Kashamu emerged as PDP senatorial candidate
for Ogun East and was returned elected at the
general elections.

Since his victory at the poll, the high profile
politician has taken pre-emptive steps to
forestall any attempt to ‘abduct’ him for
extradition to the US.

On May 9, he sued the Inspector General of Police,
IGP and nine other individuals for allegedly
plotting his abduction.

In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos,
the NDLEA Chairman; EFCC Chairman; Director
General of the DSS; the Attorney General of the
Federation were joined as co-respondents.

In an order made on April 17, the court directed
an interim stay of all actions arising from the
applicant’s claims to extradition.

The court ordered as follows: “In line with the
provisions of the order (iv) rule 4 (c)(iv) of the
Fundamental Rights’(Enforcement Procedure)
Rules 2009, the Respondents herein shall in the
interim stay all actions arising from the
Applicant’s claims capable of intringing on his
fundamental rights to personal liberty, freedom
of movement and association pending the hearing
and determination of the Applicant’s substantive
application dated 14/4/2015.

(2)That the Court’s decision on the prayers 2 to 7
endorsed on the Applicant’s exparte application is
hereby adjourned to abide the outcome of the
substantive motion on notice dated 14/4/2015.

(3)Prayer 1 endorsed on the Applicant’s exparte
application dated 14/4/2015 deserves to succeed
and it is accordingly grant as prayed. That the
Applicant shall serve the originating processes
and all other Court’s processes meant for service
in this suit on the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th to 12th
Respondents at Abuja, Federal Capital Territory
Abuja outside the jurisdiction of this Court.

(4)That the matter is hereby adjourned to the
4th May 2015 for hearing of the motion on notice
14/4/2015. Issued at Lagos, under the Seal of
the Court and the Hand of the presiding Judge
this 17th day of April, 2015″.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/i-am-ready-to-die-than-be-extradicted-to-the-us-kashamu/

Tomfrench:
JEEZ!! how did dis Guy gain admission into UNN maybe hes's studying music , the grammatical blunders are stinking to high heavens

are you better

I vote twaci
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ABUJA – AS the Minister of Finance Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala and the Nigeria Governors Forum,
NGF, engage in war of words over the alleged
unaccounted $20 billion accrued to the Excess
Crude Account, ECA, while the NGF was in crisis,
Senator Olusola Adeyeye has said that many
Nigerians will go to jail after May 29, when the
new administration would have taken over power.
Meantime, Senator Adeyeye has ruled out the
possibility of the serving Senate President,
Senator David Mark emerging as the President of
the Senate in the 8th senate when the All
Progressives Congress, APC, has the majority of
Senators with 60 Senators against the 49 of the
PDP.
Speaking to Vanguard in Abuja yesterday,
Senator Adeyeye, APC, Osun Central said that
Nigerians are being giving different figures by
those who manage the economy and that even the
alleged unremitted $20 billion by the Nigeria
National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, will be
accounted for after May 29.
He said, “To me and to most observant Nigerians,
what we have heard over the years is an endless
renditions of ‘abracadabra’ when it comes to the
management of the limited resources of Nigeria.
It is the case of, ’the more you look, the less you
see.
“When you ask different people who ought to
know about the magnitude of the revenue that
had accrued to the federation, always, you get
conflicting figures. The figures from the Minister
of Finance are never the same as those of the
Accountant – General of the Federation; they are
never the same as those of the Central Bank of
Nigeria.
“They are never the same as those of the Budget
management office; they are never the same as
those of the Nigerian National petroleum
corporation. So, you keep hearing figures and you
don’t know who to believe but I have good
news, by the grace of God, on the 29th of May, a
new government would be inaugurated in Nigeria.
“Nigerians overwhelmingly expect that new
government to diligently, look at the books not
with an eye to persecute anyone but to ensure
that the resources of Nigeria are properly
accounted for. I am confident that it will not be
long before we begin to unravel this knotty issue
of the revenues of Nigeria.
“The action that the new government should take
on the controversial money should be exactly
those which are already prescribed by the laws of
the land. The constitution does not give room for
retroactive legislation.
“There are good laws in Nigeria; there are laws
against murder, kidnapping, and embezzlement. If
funds have been embezzled, I pray to God that the
law will take its proper course and people would be
brought to book. That, there should be no sacred
cow anywhere.”
Reacting to the comment by the former acting
National Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande,
that the party was not going to zone positions of
National Assembly presiding officers, he said that
the former APC boss may have spoken the minds of
the party’s leaders.
Adeyeye said, “Chief Bisi Akande is a former
Acting Chairman of our great party. He is a
member of the Board of Trustees and a revered
elder of our party. Whatever he said is correct
and I believe because Akande is not a man who
speaks frivolously, I believe that he is speaking
the minds of the leadership of the APC.
“If our party says offices will not be zoned, so be
it, it means those who are interested will throw
their hats into the field. Even when there is no
zoning, people are going to be sensitive to be
ethnocentric dimension of Nigerian politics and
the geopolitical configuration of our land.
“I don’t expect for example, that somebody from
the North West would vie for the position of the
Senate President when someone from the zone is
already the President. I pray that a day will come
when there will be that level of trust in each
other and we won’t have to worry about the part
of the country that a political office holder comes
from.
“The rules of the National Assembly allows for a
member of any political party to emerge into the
office of the two top posts in the National
Assembly. All other posts are assigned to the
majority and the minority caucus. If the majority
party conducts itself in such a way that a member
of the minority party emerges as either the top or
second positions in any of the chambers, so be it.”
Also commenting on the issue of ranking in the
consideration of Senate leadership, the Osun
State born Professor turn politician said,
“Honesty, I don’t believe in strict ranking which
says if you are the oldest member, then you must
be this, there must be other factors, you must
look at the temperament of these persons who are
ranked.
“You must look at the intellectual withal of these
persons, you must look at the antecedents of
these persons, you must look at the ability of
these persons to build consensus and to transcend
primordial interest.
“That said, again my prayer is that a day will
come when our first question will be, who is the
best person who can occupy this position. When
Rick Sanctorum became the Whip of the US
Senate, he was not what we call a ranking
member of the Senate, he had spent two terms of
three years each in the House of
Representatives, he contested election to become
senator and he won.
“Because people knew his ideological thrust, they
felt he was best suited to maintain party position
and cohesiveness in their caucus, hence, they
elected him, as their whip. He was a first timer.
If the senate presidency is solely based on
ranking, someone like Senator Robert Byrd of
West Virginia or Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts
would have become the senate president because
they are the most senior in the US senate.”
Senator Adeyeye further explained that there
was nothing wrong in the APC trying to be
involved in who become the principal officers of
the National Assembly, even though, he reasoned
that it had to be done in consultations with
serving party members.
According to him, “Politics is not a one man
game, the constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria currently does not allow for independent
candidature. Everybody who got elected into the
National Assembly was elected on the platform of
a party.
“That party therefore cannot said to be a miss
when it shows interest on those who were
running its affairs within the chambers of the
National Assembly what we are hoping will happen
is that our leaders who are outside would consult
with us, will respect our wishes but in the end,
none of them would vote, it’s the members who
would vote.
“Let no member blame any leader for whatever
became the outcome of the election but we can’t
blame them for showing interest.”
On the possibility of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, which will be the opposition party in the
8thassembly, emerging as the Senate President,
he said, “I have also heard that Senate
President, David Mark, has also shown interest
and that with 49 senators in his camp, he would
only need six senators from the majority camp.
“David Mark is a very skillful politician. Grant that
for him. Whether you like his politics or not,
please concede to David Mark the fact that he is a
skillful man. But having been in oppositions for 16
years, there is no way we will allow him to become
senate president
“He may be allowed to play a major role in the
National politics. By virtue of the experience that
he had garnered in the last many years, he is
preeminently qualified to continue to play leading
roles in the affairs of this republic.
“I pray he would be a matured leading voice of the
opposition but I’m confident that a member of my
party will emerge as the next Senate President.”



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/20bn-excess-crude-account-manyll-go-to-jail-after-may-29-sen-adeyeye/

It was learnt the following the crisis that has
been rocking the Students Union Government of
Nanamdi Azikiwe University, the SUG President,
Comr.Noble Eyisi has been indefinitely suspended.
This was contained by a statement signed by Hon.
Freedom Chimereze, Chairman House Committee
on Media and Publicity, SUG.

The statement reads, "This is to officially relate
to the members of the Students Union
Government, Nnamdi Azikiwe and the entire
University community that based on the resolution
of sitting of the Students' Representative council
(SRC) held on the 18th of May 2015 that the
president of the Union,Comr.Noble Eyisi has been
suspended indefinitely for his several official
misdeeds."

http://myschool.com.ng/unizik/news/36599/unizik-sug-president-suspended.html

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The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister
for the Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has
received an honorary Doctorate degree from Yale
University one of the United State of America’s
most prestigious institutions of higher learning.
The Minister was awarded a Doctor of Humane
Letters at Yale’s 2015 Commencement Ceremony
in New Haven, Connecticut Monday.

She is the second Nigerian in the university’s
314-year history to receive its highest honour
after Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka who received
an honorary Doctor of Letters in 1980.

Giving out the award, the President of the
University Professor Peter Salovey described
Okonjo-Iweala as “a brilliant reformer and
dedicated public servant.”

He said that Minister “has spearheaded efforts to
stabilize and grow Nigeria’s economy, battling
widespread government corruption and creating
greater fiscal transparency and discipline.”

Yale’s honorary doctorate degree is seen globally
as a very important honour.

According to the institution “those who have
received honorary degree are scholars, public
servants, Nobel Prize winners and heads of
states.

“Collectively, they represent the aspirations of
this institution. Yale honorary degree recipients
serve as models of excellence and service to our
students, to our graduates, to our community and
to the world,” the institution says.

As Finance Minister in 2004, Okonjo-Iweala and
the economic team that she led helped Nigeria
obtain debt relief, wiping out $30 billion of Paris
club debt, leading to a tripling of the growth
rates.

The second time around as Finance Minister in
2011, Okonjo-Iweala has focused on building solid
foundations and institutions critical for the
survival and sustenance of the economy. She
bravely fought corruption in governance with
fierce dedication and unflagging energy.

Okonjo-Iweala was honored alongside the Chair
of the Board of Governors of US Federal Reserve
System Janet Yellen, world renowned Beninoise
Singer and songwriter Angelique Kidjo, University
Professor and founding member of the Institute
for Comparative Literature and Society at
Columbia University Gayatari Chakravorty Spivak,
Professor and Director of the Starr Center for
Human Genetics at Rockefeller University Jeffrey
Michael Friedman, Inventors and Entrepreneurs
Elon Musk and Dean Kamen, etc.

Yale had in the past honored a handful of other
Africans such as Liberian President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/yale-honours-okonjo-iweala-for-fighting-corruption-fiscal-transparency/

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lagos—THE crisis rocking the Lagos State chapter
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday
deepened as the PDP Youth Leaders’ Forum
removed its leader, Mr Jide Ladehinde. He was
replaced with the Mainland local government youth
leader, Mr Malomo Adelabi. A dissident group
within the Lagos State PDP had last week removed
the state chairman of the PDP, Capt Tunji Shelle
(retd).

The PDP youths, however, pledged their loyalty to
Shelle describing his removal as “condemnable,
and in the interest of the opposition”. Addressing
newsmen in Lagos, Publicity Secretary of the
youth group, Mr Abiodun Abari faulted the role of
the party’s Youth Leader condemning the “way
and manner the aggrieved persons rushed to press
without exploring available options to resolve
their grievances internally.”

Condemning the removal of the state party
chairman, Abari urged “all parties to maintain
status quo in the interest of peace and the
sensitivity of the period.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/lagos-pdp-removes-state-youth-leader/

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All liars go to hell

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….says only Chairman, Publicity Secretary can
speak for party
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has bemoaned
the lack of synergy in its pronouncements in the
media saying, personal opinions of its party
members are sometimes presented as official
positions on national issues, particularly, during
the 2015 election campaign.

It has therefore directed that only statements
from the National Chairman and the National
Publicity Secretary or any other national officer
of the party authorized by the National Working
Committee should be regarded as the official
position of its party.

In a statement by Olisa Metuh, National Publicity
Secretary, said the party’s new media accounts
were also hacked, resulting in the release of
unauthorised statements, hence the party has
decided to decommission the social media
accounts.

The statement :
“The national leadership of
the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) observed that in
the course of the 2015
campaigns, personal positions and opinions of our
party members were generally reported in many instances by the
media as official positions of the PDP.

“We have also noted that some of our new media
handles; our facebook and twitter accounts have
been hacked resulting in series of unauthorized
releases, with the latest being Sunday’s post
quoting our party as accepting responsibility for
failure in the last 16 years; a statement which
could not have come from the PDP that has a
robust record of achievements in all sectors of our
national life within the period.

“However, now that the campaigns are over, we
wish to notify the general public especially the
media that henceforth only statements,
utterances and positions of the National Chairman
and the National Publicity Secretary or any other
national officer of the party authorized by the
National Working Committee shall be regarded and
reported as the official position of our great
party in line with the relevant provisions of the
PDP constitution.

“For purposes of clarity, this directive does not in
anyway affect the inalienable constitutionally
guaranteed rights of our members as free citizens
to hold and air opinions but such personal opinion
must not in anyway be rendered or reported as
the official position of the PDP.

“Furthermore, to halt the embarrassing trend in
our social media handles, the party has decided to
decommission our official twitter and facebook
accounts for now, to pave way for proper
overhauling of the system.

“The foregoing is pursuant to our determination
to rebuild and reposition our great party, instill
discipline in our fold, check unnecessary
divergences and put the PDP on a strong footing
to regain power in 2019.”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/our-social-media-accounts-hacked-pdp/