Marilyn Ogar all the way...that woman is just too much. Is it her eloquency or choice of Word or her packaging. She is the best. Ȋ̝̊̅ will like TÕ̸̳͡ meet her daughter, cos Ȋ̝̊̅ knw she'l be her replica

STILL savouring the air of freedom, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, on Sunday in Kano, wept profusely, as he recounted before a tumultuous crowd, his ordeals in Kirikiri Prisons Lagos, where he spent 15 years.
The former Chief Security Officer (CSO) of late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, who had been facing trial over the alleged murder of Kudirat Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola, was freed last Friday by an Appeal Court sitting in Lagos.
Immediately after he arrived in a chartered aircraft with the founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dr Fredrick Fasehun, he paid a thank you visit to the state governor, Dr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, along with members of his (Mustapha’s) family, and said the prolonged incarceration turned him into an orphan.
He said he did not only lose his parents during the period, but was denied the privilege of paying his last respect to their departed souls as the first child of the family.
Though he said he had forgiven those behind his ordeals, he, however, claimed that some of his experiences in prison were better imagined, as according to him, they were meant to undo him.
“I must say that even though I lost my father and mother whom I was forced to see only two times in 15 years—I am their first child, I must say I was their confidant and best friend in my family; and yet, even when the court forced the then authorities to allow me to set my eyes on them, the approvals of the court were flagrantly refused. And I was kept and punished the more, just a ploy to ensure that I didn’t set eyes on my parents.
“I saw my father in 2001, and later I saw him in May 2007; I was allowed to see my mother in 2001 August, and after a long battle, despite all instructions from Federal High Court, Lagos, I saw her in 2006 and she died last year, in the month of Ramadan.
“The things we went through, I cannot sum up, but all I can say is that yesterday is gone, those who have perpetrated what they did against us have done it in their own deductions, analyses, feelings but to us, yesterday is gone. We have drawn a line and we have forgiven them. We are forging ahead to set examples,” he stated.
However, he lauded Fasehun for standing by him during those trying moments, saying he had found a new father in the OPC leader.
“Now, Your Excellency, I have found a father—highly dogmatic, a senior citizen of this country, a detribalised elder, an intellectual, a person that is a father indeed with a wide shoulder and a big heart, a man that is very reliable, responsible, dependable, in Dr. Fredrick Faseaun.
“He stood by me, having taken time to come to the court to realise what was going on in the court of law. On the other hand, what was being scripted and sponsored on the pages of newspapers, magazines, television and the radio were different, he now decided to stay on the part of justice and insist that justice must be served. In rainy season, dry season, cold season, he was always in the court.
“I know of the humiliation he suffered. Your Excellency I must say that I have a father in the South-West and the part of this country that is my own and that is a personality I look up to for vision and guidance. I respect him as a father that can look through issues beyond tribal sentiment, beyond religious issues, he is an asset to the country, and that is why I have anchored upon him as a father with whom we can look into the future together.”
Thousands of well-wishers, friends and sympathisers of the family, had besieged the Government House, the venue of the reception, where Kwankwaso urged them to join the government in thanking Allah for making Mustapha’s release possible after a long period.
“What happened to him is a big lesson not only to the family but to everyone of us; but I give thanks to the judiciary for this bold verdict. The few times I visited him in prison, I saw the commitment and his faith in Allah, and it was obvious that he would one day regain his freedom and today, that has been actualised; and the government, friends and associates of this great son will pull resources together to ensure his rehabilitation anywhere he chooses to live,” Kwankwaso noted.
The governor explained that he was particularly happy that the campaign for his release succeeded.
In his vote of thanks on the occasion, Fasehun stated that he was overwhelmed by the unprecedented crowd that received him and Mustapha at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) at about 12.05 pm in a chattered Donier 328 with registration number M—BETY, a UK-made jet.
Why I escorted Al-Mustapha to Kano —Fasehun
Dr Fredrick Fasehun, founder, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), in this phone interview with SEYI GESINDE, clears the air on issues surrounding his visit to Kano with Major Al-Mustapha, his relationship with him and certain statements credited to him.

On Mustapha declaring him as his father
En, ooto lo so yen (Yes, he said so). Does the fact that he called me his father make me his biological father? I have no apology to make in the choice of my friends and that I travelled with him to his hometown after his 14 years absence from such a town, ah! Please, we don’t need to make a mountain out of a mole hill. This is one Nigeria, are we at war? Is Nigeria at war?
On him declaring Mustapha as a national hero.
I didn’t say that. That is a lie. I never used the word hero. I said Mustapha is a Nigerian citizen and that he shouldn’t have been kept for that long in the prison and that we thank God now that he has regained his freedom and that Nigerians should view it as a new dawn. Do we have heroes in Nigeria? Where are the heroes in Nigeria?
On OPC providing security for Al-Mustapha
How can I provide security in Kano? The OPC in Kano got to know that I would be in Kano and they came to meet me.
They didn’t provide security, but for me. Mustapha didn’t need security to be provided for him. Security was made available to him by the state government. So, there is no way I will come from the South West and come and provide security for a northerner. Won kan npuro ni o (they are just lying). Every Nigerian knows that OPC is widely spread in the north. Whenever I go to the North, I am received by members of OPC.
Relationship with Mustapha
I came to Kano with Mustapha who has just been released from 14 years incarceration and he is my friend and like many of his father-friends, we came to accompany him to return to his home state. That’s all we had done and I’m surprised that people are now insinuating that I provided security for him, I did this, and I did that, far from it.
Only Supreme Court has final say on him —Sagay
Legal expert, Prof. Itse Sagay has said the Lagos State Government can go to the Supreme Court over the appellate court’s judgment which discharged and acquitted Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Lateef Shofolahan.
Sagay, a lawyer, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday.
The constitution lawyer, who is also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said the state government reserved the right to appeal if it was not satisfied with the judgment.
According to him, in spite of the fact that the Court of Appeal in Lagos has discharged and acquitted them, only the Supreme Court has the final say.
“I have not seen the judgment, but I have seen what the press summarised and basically what I deduce from what was published is that the evidences are contradictory.
“I cannot question it because I have not seen the details of what was in favour and what was against.
“I have not read the details of the contradictions, but Lagos State Government can appeal against the judgment to the Supreme Court.
“It does not matter whether they have been discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal in Lagos,” he said.
Sagay expressed fears that the judgment might encourage the culture of impunity in the society.
He prayed that nothing in the judgment would be interpreted as an encouragement for people to take lives without being brought to book.
“My fear is that the judgment, no matter how legitimate and justified, does not end up promoting impunity.
“There is that tendency to take life without fear of consequences and that is one of the greatest problems we have in this country now.
“My hope is that nothing in this judgment will be interpreted to mean an encouragement for people to carry on in that manner,” Sagay said.
He, however, exonerated the judiciary for prolonged adjudication of the case, adding that it had nothing to do with neither the judges nor the prosecution.

http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/en/component/k2/item/16689-my-ordeal-in-prison-al-mustapha-•weeps,-says-fasehun-is-his-father-•why-i-escorted-him-to-kano-–-fasehun-•only-supreme-court-has-final-say-on-him-sagay.html

It is no longer news that the Academic Union of Universities ASUU has since last Monday embarked on one week warning strike, of which they have already threatened to turn it into indefinite or total strike, if the government failed to yield to their demands of fulfilling the payment of Academic Earned Allowance (AEA). Which is ordinarily believed to form the component of the 2009 agreement the FG signed with the union.

Come to think of it, it is no doubt that ASUU posses the right to claim their entitlements from the government. But the question are, whose interest are they fighting for? Should their fight for personal interest be made to affect the lives of the students? Why should the fate of a future generation be determined by the selfish interest of a group. I believe it is the right time for the union to adopt other measures in resolving their differences with the government rather than mortgaging the future of Nigerian youth for their selfish gain. In your opinion, whose interest is ASUU strike?

The National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday became a centre of attraction as the former World Federation Cruiserweight Boxing Champion, Bashi Ali, turned himself into the secretariat’s gateman.

Ali, 57, said he decided to embark on the action to draw government’s attention to his quest to actualise his dream of entering the ``Guinness Book of Records’’ as the oldest boxer to win a world title.

Ali told newsmen yesterday that he decided to turn a gateman to draw government’s attention to the need to inaugurate a local organising committee (LOC) for his fight in order to enable him realise his objective.

Now, what's your opinion about Bash Ali who turned himself into a gateman at PDP National Secretariat?

http://leadership.ng/forum/220513/bash-ali-turns-pdp-secretariat-gateman

Baba Oyo: Infidelity......no second chance!!
Nagging......after the 50th chance!!
Frigidity.......after all psychological & emotional solutions have been explored.
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Odun m'elo la fe lo l'aye ta n wa nkan ti o s'onu kiri?

You are funny

Fellow Nairalanders, I want us to share individual opinion about this country of ours, Nigeria. In the face of the current security challenges in the country, drawing from the attacks in some part of the country, can u still recommend Nigeria to a friend as a safe place. Lets look at the postulations of the think tanks that said the country will disintegrate by 2015, do you think such will happen. Also to look at the countrys' polity and the present administration, with that do you foresee a better Nigeria in the days ahead? Just to know what we feel about the country.

Boko haram has committed so much atrocities against humanity. There is no need to grant them amnesty because God can never and will never grant amnesty to devil and his agents. They need to be wiped off the surface of this earth as their role model,the devil will be put to death at end.

THE fence-mending efforts by the Peoples Democratic Party failed on Sunday when the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi,   Delta  State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and some other dignitaries walked out of the party’s South-South zonal meeting.

The Port Harcourt meeting took place just as the  factions of the PDP in the South-West disagreed on the outcome of a similar  parley in the zone.

Our  correspondent in Rivers reported that  Akwa Ibom State Governor and Chairman of the PDP Forum, Chief Godswill Akpabio, had begun  addressing the gathering  when Amaechi  and Uduaghan  walked out.

But the  PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, who was present at the meeting, defended the governors’ action.

He specifically referred to Uduaghan, whom he claimed rushed home to attend to an important  family  matter.

However, the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim

Semenitari  said that  Amaechi left the venue of the meeting  to see off  the Delta State governor.

Amaechi did not return to the venue before the meeting ended.

Semenitari  said, “You noticed that the Governor of Delta State was leaving at the same time, Governor Amaechi had to be a proper host. So he had to see off his colleague, the governor of Delta state.

“I do not see any reason Governor Amaechi would feel insulted by the comments of Governor Akpabio because  he  (Akpabio) was responding to the comment of Governor Uduaghan.

“The people were obviously the ones who responded, the Governor of Rivers State had no  interest in that. Governor Akpabio thought it necessary to dole out some charity to the various states visiting as chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum. That might be one of the ways he felt like reaching out to the people.”

Akpabio had  announced a donation of N1m to each state chairman of the party in the South-South based on Uduaghan’s call that members of the party should be well-fed by the PDP.

The announcement by  Akpabio appeared to have angered Amaechi, Uduaghan and some members of the PDP in attendance.

Uduaghan had said earlier that even if all the roads were tarred, members of the PDP would appreciate the provision of food on their tables.

He said, “I join all my brothers in the South-South in welcoming you (Tukur). Even as an elected governor, I must tell you this. Even if you tar all the roads in the South-South without putting food on the table, our members will not appreciate the party.

“If you want to prevent our members from going  to other parties, you must put food in the stomach of our supporters.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/amaechi-uduaghan-walk-out-of-pdp-peace-meeting/

Elrufai, has demonstrated his wit by dodging crucial questions during the interview. My own is dat himself and his cohorts like Dino Melaye has nothing to offer this government rather they should think of a way to serve as advisor and not criticizing , thereby instigating the public against the government.

walecole74

if it's on the issue of disbursement of funds, am sure the NPF gets enough money to finance their projects and to put in place basic amenities that are needed to run the police affairs. But all these cannot work becos of their corrupt minds, that is the truth. Enter a police station today to make a complain, believe me before they take your statement, you have to buy a full rim of A4 paper, biro and ruler, all these are sold by the officer in charge of your case. The level of corruption in NPF is alarming that even if the FG approve a trillion for police alone, it will still be embezzled. What else...

Nigerian police will not seize to amaze one with their ineptitude and the blind eye they have turned to the security issues in this country. It was aired yesterday that the NPF just commissioned a new intelligence school in Enugu state, and also they have just concluded their game festival in Port Harcourt (Clap for them). The question I want to ask here is that, does the Nigerian Police Force still know its duties in terms of their role and responsibilities? If so why will the agency that is saddled with the responsibilities of ensuring that law and order are sufficiently maintained abandoned its function and dabble into what is of their scope… or it NPF responsibility to gather intelligence?

We have over 152,000 policemen and women in this country, still we cannot boast of adequate security, not to talk of successful intelligence. To the extent that they appear not to be in control of the security of the nation again, the Oyerinde case for example is still there unraveled till date also the killing of the expatriates, the NPF are so unprofessional that they cannot explain to Nigerians the true situation of things. What is their contribution in the fight against terrorism in the country? Even their Lagos training school, which funds has been approved for renovation has got no headway till date. So where is our NPF and what will intelligence school that they just commissioned do to solve the current crisis? Nairalanders, is this not misplaced priority? What else can be can be done to give NPF a new definition?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiyet7_Q1Fg

LAGOS (Reuters) - A Nigerian Islamist group that killed seven foreign hostages it had been holding since February has posted a video of their bodies on the Internet.

Italian and Greek authorities confirmed on Sunday that a British, an Italian, a Greek and four Lebanese construction workers abducted in northern Nigeria's Bauchi state last month had been killed by their captors.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said it was "very likely" they were dead, calling it "an act of cold blooded murder". Nigerian authorities have thus far not commented.

The national police spokesman and a spokesman for police forces in Bauchi state both said on Monday they could not yet confirm or deny the killings.

The silent video published by the al-Qaeda linked group, Ansaru, and dated March 9 shows a gunman standing next to a pile of bodies, then a series of close-ups of their faces lit up by a torch.

It carries the Arabic title "The killing of the seven Christian hostages in Nigeria" although the religion of the captives was not clear.

A caption underneath says in Arabic and in English: "In the name of Allah Most Beneficent Most Merciful".

The workers were seized from the premises of the Lebanese firm Setraco in the remote town of Jama'are in Bauchi state.

http://news.yahoo.com/italy-greece-confirm-hostages-killed-nigeria-030201238.html

Boko Haram has become a terrifying force that has continue to undermine the public confidence in the present administration. When the group launched its first bombing attack in 2010, most people complacently assumed that the homogenous militants could be controlled, although undoubtedly dangerous, pretty tamed compared to their counterparts.

Today, the country has recorded series of attacks in different part of the country ranging from killings of innocent people, destruction of properties and continued threat of life everyday. Even it has gotten to the level that foreign organizations has started to wade in to the situation by providing relief materials to victims of the menace(is this Haiti or Sunami?. Few weeks ago, there were rumour that the sect has agreed to ceasefire and to dialogue with the government but the situation took a different dimension when the their leader, Shekau came out to say that they have never proposed for any dialogue.

Now, some notable Nigerians are clamoring for the sect to be granted amnesty by the federal government. Nairalanders, lets look at this development critically, could granting amnesty to the sect be the way forward out of the mess we found ourself in this country?

President Goodluck Jonathan has saluted the courage of the officers and men of the Joint Task Force in checking the incessant attacks by members of the Boko Haram insurgents.

Responding to the demands by the residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to intervene on the toughness of the taskforce, the President urged the people to exercise patience with the JTF because the present situation in the state called for the serious security checks, explaining that there was nothing of such prior to 2009.

He appreciated the role being played by the JTF towards finding solution to the wave of attacks on residents and security agents in the state and curbing the menace of the insurgents. He commended the security operatives for their courage and patriotism which they had been exhibiting since the commencement of the attacks.

“These people left their families and homes; they are suffering under scorching sun and passing through various difficulties for you and I to sleep fine. They really deserve commendation for the service to their fatherland,” President Jonathan said.

Saying that he always felt sad over the loss of life of any officer in the service to the fatherland, the President called on the insurgents to desist from the killings in Borno State while appreciating the relative peace across other states of the country.

He also enjoined Borno elders to work assiduously towards lasting peace in the state and the nation at large.

The President, however, said the JTF could only be withdrawn from the state if the elders in Borno could guarantee the safety of the lives and properties of the inhabitants.

http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/03/08/jonathan-salutes-jtfs-effort-in-the-fight-against-boko-haram/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

DUST is still being raised over how Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo prosecuted the former Chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Olabode George and five others without a fiat.

Chief George was tried for contracts splitting and inflation at the Lagos High Court which sentenced him to two years imprisonment in 2009.

Counsel to Chief George, Michael Lana, had written to the Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, requesting for true copies of the fiats issued to Keyamo to prosecute the case if there was any “as there was none in the court records.”

Lana, in his letter to the AGF, stated that his “request was based on the discovery that no fiat is in the record of proceedings and none was tendered in the Court of Appeal during the hearing of the bail application.”

The Chief State counsel, Ministry of Justice, Mary Bamitale Banjekusi, in a memo DPP/ADV!065/10, noted that the George cases were not on records in the DPP department.

She stated Chief George and five others were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will this morning commence hearing on the appeal filed by Chief Olabode George against the judgment of the appellate court that upheld the judgment of the Lagos State High Court which sentenced him to two years imprisonment for contracts splitting and inflation in 2009.

The former Deputy National Chairman (South West) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had filed an appeal to the apex court asking for a review of the said judgment and also upturn the judgment of the trial court which sentenced him to two years imprisonment.

George, in one of the grounds of appeal, contended that the appellate court erred in law when it failed to upturn the jail term passed on him by the trial court.

He also argued that the prosecution counsel, Mr Festus Keyamo, did not get a fiat to prosecute him, adding that the trial court erred in law when it convicted him for not obeying administrative directive, which had been in existence before he came on board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) as chairman.

http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/6785-keyamo-prosecuted-bode-george-without-fiat

Conflicting figures and crisis of identity have trailed the killing of some factory workers in Kano State, North West Nigeria, as the police claimed eight were slain while the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state insist the number is 13.
Addressing a news conference over the issue, the state police commissioner Musa Daura, said the information that 13 people were killed by unknown gunmen who stormed a house occupied by factory workers in Sheka Maidaki area of Kano metropolis, has no basis.

According to the police, on that same day, the police received a distress call that a village in Kumbotso Local Government Area was attacked and the police later identified eight persons that were killed.

Mr. Daura, who could not disclose the identity of the victims, maintained that they were just human beings like any other person.

But contrary to these claims, the Chairman of CAN in Kano, Ransome Bello insisted that 13 people, all Christian, were executed on that day by unknown gunmen.

He presented a list of eight people killed to Channels Television but stressed that they were still investigating to identify the remaining five

Although the police say a number of arrest have been made and investigation was on-going, CAN said it’s concern was the identity of the people killed and the silence by the police authorities for over a week before the incident was made public.

http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/03/07/police-can-give-conflicting-statistics-on-killed-factory-workers-in-kano/

Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Nigeria has neither denied nor confirmed ties to a terrorist cell uncovered in Lagos.

Apart from shutting it’s doors against the media, the Embassy located at No 1 Udi Hills, Asokoro, a few meters away from the National Headquarters of the State Security Service, is yet to come up with an official response.

This came barely 24 hours after the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, summoned the Iranian Ambassador to Nigeria, Saeed Koozechi, to register the Federal Government’s displeasure with the development.

Some elements just believe that they can capitalize on the loopholes in the Nigerian political systems to perpetrate evil in the country...if at all the Iranian are interested in the relationship between their country and Nigeria, then they don't need to be called upon before defending the purported allegations let alone ignoring calls made by the Minister of foreign affairs...its very obvious that these are sponsored networks, Nigerian security needs to be more vigilant.

Change they say is the only constant thing! it is no doubt that Nigeria is currently going through a period of reformation in all her sectors. Though power is mostly important and Nigerians have not failed to admit that fact, but the question is how did the problem start in the country? Did it start just in a day? we all knw answers to that...definitely, the commitment of the present administration should modify our tots that there will be light at the end of the tunnel. So the view of Amanpoor to me, is just a calculated reminder for the government to step up their games to ensure stable power supply in the country but should not be done to sway govt efforts or to gain popularity.

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, on Wednesday fired back at those calling for his removal, saying they missed the point.

The CBN governor said his removal would not change the political structure of the country which he said could not guarantee economic development in its current form.

“So if you sack the Governor of Central Bank, does it change anything? It is not the solution; the solution is to face this reality,” Sanusi said at the financial regulators forum debate at the 18th edition of the Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja. He insisted that the country had a bloated recurrent expenditure.

Sanusi had stirred the hornet’s nest recently when he called for the sack of 50 per cent of federal workers at the Annual Capital Market Retreat in Warri, Delta State.

He had said 70 per cent of the country’s earnings was being consumed by federal appointees, and stressed that cutting the workforce by half would assist in reviving the national economy.

Sanusi had consequently come under criticisms from many groups and individuals with the Nigeria Labour Congress president, Abdulwahed Omar, accusing him of always making major pronouncements to pursue anti-people policies.

But Sanusi at the debate on Wednesday said he was being pummelled for saying what would help the country’s development.

At the debate were the Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Arunmah Oteh; Director General, National Pension Commission, Mr. Muhammad Ahmad; and Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr. Bismarck Rewane, among others.

The CBN governor said, “People say everything is about politics and let us go to the politics of it. For those of you who were in Warri, this is a country where we have 774 local government councils. In each council you have a chairman and a vice-chairman and maybe 10 councillors and some other aides.

“Take a state like Kano which used to be one state. But now it is Kano and Jigawa. When it was one state where you had one governor and maybe nine or 10 commissioners, I went to King’s College and Ahmadu Bello University on Kano State government scholarship. My parents didn’t pay, I was in King’s College and the state government even paid for my rail ticket from Lagos to Kano and back and I wasn’t the only one.

“Now what do you have? That one state has become two states, two governors, two deputy governors, 40 commissioners, maybe 80 legislators and only God knows how many special advisers and assistants they have.

“This is not about NLC or Trade Union Congress or the President or the National Assembly, but it is about us as a country deciding whether this constitution that we have chosen makes sense.”

He said the Nigerian constitution which made it compulsory that each state must have a minister had also contributed to the problem of the country, adding that no meaningful development would be made unless the problem was looked at critically.

He said, “The constitution says that there must be a minister from every state of the federation. Let me ask you, as intelligent and as educated human beings, what is the connection between the number of states and the number of ministries at the federal level.

“We are talking about federal character, so if you have 50 states today, must we have 50 ministries, if we have a 100 states must we have 100 ministries?

“I want to understand so if we create a state for the South-East since they say they want one more state, and then you must have one more minister and create a ministry even if we don’t need it. So because you have created one more state, the Federal Government must have a minister from that state.”

He pointed out that with the way political appointments were made in the country, it would be difficult for the people to remember who headed what ministry in the past.

Sanusi said, “Let us be realistic, between 1999 and now how many ministers have we had? You have 42, you do cabinet reshuffle and bring in another 42 and I am sure between 1999 and now we have had more than 200 ministers and how many of them can we really remember.

“Just to give you an idea of how ridiculous this is, if I ask you to name between 1999 and now the Nigerians who have been ministers how many can you remember? Why? Because they are so many and their jobs are so poorly defined and you cannot remember what they did because the only way to remember a man is based on what he did.”

He said political issues such as the federal character principle which had occupied the place of merit needed to be addressed.

“We cannot develop if government is spending 70 per cent of the nation’s revenue on itself and spending 30 per cent on the people. Is that a sensible situation?” Sanusi queried.

He said rather than calling for his sack the issue of bloated recurrent expenditure should be looked into, adding that no country in Africa used Nigeria’s political model because of its expensive nature.


http://www.punchng.com/news/retrenchment-sanusi-fires-back-at-critics/

This is a question, What will you do if you love a lady so much and plan to marry her but she is lazy at doing shores and any thing she manged to do she requests for appreciation, will anyone marry such?

A housewife, Saratu Haruna, on Monday dragged her husband, Isa Mainika before a Kaduna Sharia Court two, Magajin Gari for allegedly denying her sex for 10 years.

Haruna of Kawo, in Kaduna North Local Government Area, told the court that she was no longer interested in the marriage, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

The woman said she no longer believes there is marriage between them.

“We have been staying for 10 years now, but nothing is happening between us in terms of marital affairs,” she said.

She told the court that she was no more interested in staying with Mainika as her husband, adding, “I don’t love him again.”

Mainika denied the claim, and accused the wife of starving him of sex.

“Anytime I request for sex, she always denies me. There was a time we had a serious fight over this issue and she bit me,” he said.

Mainika told the court that trouble started after his wife gave birth to their second baby.

He said, “Since then I do not know what I have done to her and I have asked her severally, but she refused to say anything.

“I even invited our elders to settle the matter but the effort yielded no positive result.

“I am still in love with her. I do not want to divorce her because I am really worried about the future of our children.”

The Presiding Khadi, Mallam Ibrahim Inuwa, ordered the couple to discuss the matter with their elders for amicable settlement.

Inuwa, however, said that if the case is not settled by the family, the court would decide on what to do.

“What is happening between you is not the Sunnah of our holy prophet. It is totally not acceptable in Islam to be cheating on one another,” he said.



http://www.punchng.com/news/woman-denied-sex-for-10-years-sues-husband/#comments

@poster u have failed to capture their extrajudicial killings in ur write up...hmm, all these added to the reason why people are clamoring for state police, because of their inefficiency. NPF wake up.

To be very sincere, I think the efforts of the SSS towards curbing the present security challenges in the country has aid the NPF to step up their games. Cos one could hardly feel their impact before the SSS took up the mantle of leadership in championing war against terrorism and crimes within the country. To a large extent, I feel the SSS deserve an applaud for their achievements so far and rather the NPF should take a bold step in ensuring safety of life and properties of Nigerians

The Christian Association of Nigeria on Thursday said capital punishment was needed in some cases of corruption in the country.

The CAN General Secretary, Dr. Musa Asake, who said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent, however, stated that there was the need to define corruption.

Asake was reacting to the Arewa Consultative Forum’s demand for death penalty for corruption cases.

He said, “First of all, what is the definition of corruption? It is very difficult because there are different levels of corruption and there are those that steal with biro, while others loot the nation’s treasury through many other means.

“However, capital punishment is needed in some areas because corruption generally seems to have been entrenched in our system. But for now, we need to define what corruption is in Nigeria.”

According to him, there is a great task before the National Assembly, which he said should come out with a definition of corruption.

He said, “For now, capital punishment without defining what corruption is would be very difficult because even in offices, people steal in different ways through impersonation and embezzlement of billions and stealing peoples salaries.

“So, are we going to put them in the same rank with the same law applying to all of them? So that is why the National Assembly should come out to define capital punishment and CAN would be able to explain very well based on that definition.”

But the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders opposed the ACF’s call.

Its Executive Chairman, Debo Adeniran, in an email to our correspondent, said, “As much as we are worried about the recalcitrance of corruption culprits in Nigeria, death penalty cannot solve the problem.


http://www.punchng.com/news/can-others-differ-on-death-penalty-for-corruption/

i will not blame the Nigerian government if it adopt Zakibiam approach to tackle terrorism in the country. As a matter of fact, the present administration has exercised maximum patience on the terrorists. Then the President can not fold alms and watch some useless cannibals destroying his govt...but we should continue to pray for peace to reign

That is not what the constitution says. The constitution has laid down the procedure for state creation. Anybody looking for state creation must naturally follow the procedure as laid down by section 8 of the constitution. There's nothing anybody can do about it. I think we need to do more enlightenment for Nigerians to understand this process clearly...[size=18pt][/size]

What do we need new states creation that all those useless corrupt leaders are clamouring for? Is it not to create avenue to further synfund or resources and money? Damboroba shege. let us manage the ones we have first before thinking of creating more...

AFTER independence, the aims of political parties were maintaining and protecting the unity and sovereignty of Nigeria as one indivisible and indissoluble nation among others.

The political parties that were formed after the ban on political activities was lifted on September 21, 1978, were National Party of Nigeria (NPN), The Nigerian Peoples Party (NPP), Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Great Nigeria Peoples Party (GNPP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and Nigeria Advance Party (NAP).

Before the final return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, the nation was on the right track to true democracy. Prior to the annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election which was adjudged the freest and fairest election ever conducted in Nigeria, there were only two political parties in existence, and like what is obtained in America where it is either the Republicans or the Democrats, the parties in the third republic were; Social Democratic Party (SDP) and National Republican Convention (NRC). Hence, comparing the 1993 general elections with just two parties to the 2003 and 2007 multi-party elections, even a crawling child will spot the difference! After the healthy competition among the three political parties— Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All People Party (APP) and the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 1999, the performance of some of these political parties in subsequent elections were not encouraging.

The impression one got was that some of these parties were more interested in the handout they receive from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), than compete ting for office with other vibrant parties.

Furthermore, no political party can win election without first of all, building or erecting national structures, because the constitution forbids regional association in form of political party. Section 222(e) of the constitution as amended reads: “No association by whatever name called shall function as a political party unless; the name of the association, its symbol or logo does not contain any ethnic or religious connotation or give the appearance that the activities of the association are confined to a part only of the geographical area of Nigeria”.

There are some political parties that don’t even have offices in some States, let alone the 774 Local Government Councils in Nigeria.

The funny thing about the existence of some of these political parties is that, after election, there will be the first to head for the courts on grounds that their party logo did not appear on INEC ballot papers.

The 2011 Presidential election exposed the weaknesses of some these parties. Imagine, a nation where there are 63 political parties, only 20 participated in the presidential election. What happened to the remaining 43 parties? Out of the 20 political parties that contested the presidential election, only four got meaningful votes.

The four are; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with about 58.9 percent votes, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), with about 31.9 percent votes, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), with about 5.4 percent votes and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), with about 2.4 percent votes. The remaining 16 parties got between 0.2 percent and 0.02 percent.

Reducing the number of our political parties will help the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in monitoring and providing adequate logistics for subsequent polls in the country. It will bring down the expenses often uncured by INEC during and after elections.[size=16pt][/size]

The goodwill that, the 2011 general elections brought to us as a nation will be improved on in 2015 and future elections thereby, giving Nigeria, the passport to stand side-by-side with other great democracies of the world.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/reducing-the-number-of-political-parties/