₦airaland Forum

unphilaz:
Chief magistrate Court 1, Kaduna, has denied Dr John Danfulani bail after being detained by the police for over 24 hours.

Danfulani, a lecturer with the Kaduna State University, KASU, is being held for alleged inciting and hateful statements in the social media against the people of northern Nigeria, thereby, capable of causing breakdown of law and order in northern Nigeria and other parts of the country. This is contrary to section 417 and 418 of the penal code of northern Nigeria.

The magistrate, Alhaji Awwal Musa while presiding over the case, said that the police was empowered to protect, investigate and carry out the duty assigned to them, hence the court cannot deny them their power.

He argued that the police had not finished their investigation yet, and as such, Dr Danfulani be remanded in police custody. He also said that further investigation must be concluded in the matter latest by Monday, 1st February, 2016.

Earlier, Barrister Gamaliel Kore, leading other six defending counsels sought for the bail of the accused person, saying that the case was bailable, and as a responsible lecturer, he would not jump bail.

He argued that the accused was invited by the police which he voluntarily honoured even when he was away in foreign country, stressing that if granted bail, he will always be available to stand trial.

The prosecuting officer had prayed that the court should not grant the accused person bail but should be remanded in police custody for three weeks to allow full investigation into the matter without any interference.


Danfulani, who was detained over an alleged Facebook comment is said to be a known critic of the government of Mallam Nasir El Rufai. Below is a screen shot of the post that allegedly got him arrested and detained.

http://www.ndibe.org/2016/01/lecturer-dr-danfulani-arrested-for.html

His image
and
his facebook post

anonimi:
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Why is no one asking why we are in recession despite budgets as follows:

2015 - N4.5 trillion
2015 - N2.1 trillion supplementary requested / N575 billion approved
2016 - N6.06 trillion
2017 - N7.3 trillion


Sources: http://www.reuters.com/article/nigeria-budget-idUSL5N0YB49M20150520
http://dailypost.ng/2015/11/18/buhari-seeks-n2-1trn-supplementary-budget-for-2015/
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/senate-approves-n575bn-supplementary-budget-for-buhari/
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/buhari-signs-n6-06trn-2016-budget-change/

TippyTop:
Edo kids are now forced to sit on trees because their class rooms are so unsafe.


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ceometromedia:
About 13 governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC were formerly members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

See list below:

1. Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state

Using the PDP platform, he was elected Senator for the Ogun Central district of Ogun State in April 2003
https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/data/attachments/51/51986-c7ffbd9b33b3e9a386c8ef38cdf2084d.jpg

2. Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state

He served as FCT minister under the PDP
[img]http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/attachments/nasir-el-rufai-jpg.70682/[/img]

3. Governor Aminu Masari of Kastina state

Former House of representatives speaker under the PDP.
[img]http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/attachments/aminu-masari-jpg.70683/[/img]

4. Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State

Former Commissioner of Commerce and Investment under PDP.
[img]http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/attachments/governor-abubakar-bello-of-niger-state-jpg.70684/[/img]
5. Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto

Former Speaker of the house of representatives under the PDP
[img]http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/attachments/aminu-tambuwal-jpg.70685/[/img]
6. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state

Former Commissioner of Finance and development under the PDP
[img]http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/attachments/abdulfatah-ahmed-jpg.70687/[/img]
7. Governor Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State

Former front runner of the PDP in Jigawa.
[img]http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/attachments/badaru-jpg.70688/[/img]
8. Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state

Former speaker of the Plateau state house of assembly under PDP.
https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/data/attachments/51/51994-178b865e77978c574e5111d6fb86e2fe.jpg

9. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state

Former commissioner for local government and former Deputy Governor under PDP.

10. Governor Samuel Orthom of Benue state

Former Minister of Trade and Investment under PDP
[img]http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/attachments/samuel-ortom-jpg.70691/[/img]

11. Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa state

Former frontliner of PDP in Nasarawa

12. Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi state

Former senator representing Kebbi Central under PDP

13. Governor Bindow Jubrilla of Adamawa state

Former Senator representing Adamawa North under PDP.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/02/13-apc-governors-who-were-formerly.html

anonimi:
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Alagba Firefire, e ku ise takuntakun ti e nse fun wipe ki orile ede Nigeria wa le ba dara fun gbogbo wa.
Ki Oba Oluwa o je ki ise owo wa ran orile ede wa lowo lati goke agba- Amin Ase.

Kenai:
Chei. Confusion in the tower of babel.

Act 1

PMB: I present to you, dear senate, the budget of change. With our 6.08 trillion naira budget, we are prepared to take our country to greater heights. As you may see, this is Zero budgeting, with no interference from Otuoke man's kwarrapt team. I worked with perm secs for 4 months before appointing a cabinet, because perm secs are the important ones.

Gbajabiamila: This is the best budget of all time!

Omenka: Buhari will take us to El Dorado! Shame on IPOB youths.

Ngene: I'm so proud of Mr. President! This is a corruption free budget.

Beremx: At last, change has come!

TheShadyExpress: Hmmm... Something doesn't seem right.

Ngene: Sharrap! IPOB Youth!!!


Act 2:

BudgIT: This budget is fraught with fraud!!!

Omenka: BudgIT is an IPOB propaganda mouthpiece, people. Don't be fooled! The "IT" stands for "Ifeanyi Tochukwu"!

Caseless: Good observation, Omenka! IPOB Youths are full of hate!

BeremX: iStandWithBuhari!

PremiumTimes: This budget is inflated!

Omenka: IPOB Youths have hacked PremiumTimes.

Caseless: Damn you IPOB Youths!

PunchNG: This budget allocated more for information than agriculture, but claims it wants to diversify our economy.

Omenka: Nnamdi Kanu, is that you? How were you able to sneak that phone past the prison guards and into your cell?

Ngene: IPOB has hacked PunchNG.

Vanguard: Fayemi budgeted 790million for a website.

StOla: It's very understandable. Web protection costs a lot these days.

PapaBrowne: Are you fucccking kidding me?

Ngene: Sharrap dia IPOB!

TonyeBarcanista: I rushed in immediately I heard someone say "protection". Anything for me?

Beremx: iStandWithBuhari

Act 3:

SenateNGR: The budget is missing!

StOla: Phew! I support Buhari on this! Many items in that budget were simply inflated.

Omenka: Good call, Buhari. Now, correct those figures.

Caseless: Finally, Baba can correct those inflated figures.

SenateNGR: The budget has now been found, but it appears to have been tampered with. Figures haven't been reduced per se, but just interchanged.

Omenka: Cool. I like them like this.

Caseless: Me too! I like them this way. It's good he didn't correct it.

Ngene: Baba, you are the best.

StOla: Uh, yeah, totally. It's good he didn't change it afterall. Baba knows best.

TonyeBarcanista: Is protection still there?

Beremx: iStandWithBuhari

Act 4:

SenateNGR: The figures are inconsistent. Let's observe a break.

Caseless: Saraki is Kwarrapt.

Liar Mohammed: This is not my budget. I didn't write it.

Isaac Adewole: I will present my budget.

PMB: Rats padded the budget.

StOla: This is all GEJ's fault somehow.

Arresa: The perm secs are corrupt and under the employ of the Otuoke man.

Onatisi: You mean the same perm secs PMB preferred to work with for months?

Ngene: Sharrap dia IPOB Youth!

Beremx: iStandWithBuhari.

Act 5:

Liar Mohammed: The budget wasn't padded but I know this is GEJ's fault somehow.

StOla: I knew it!

Liar Mohammed: Well, in the mean time, let's cover up our incompetence by trending the Ekiti state election results that happened since 2014.

Caseless: Thanks Baba!

Beremx: iStandWithBuhari.

[size=15pt]ELRUFAI'S 2010 ADVICE TO BUHARI "YOU ARE EXPIRED, GO AND RETIRE"[/size]

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has asked former military rulers, Generals Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) and Muhammadu Buhari, to quit the 2011 presidential race.

Speaking with Daily Sun in Abuja at the Leadership independence conference organized by the Leadership Newspaper on Nigeria at 50, El-Rufai canvassed the enthronement of a new generation of leaders.

“I have great respect for President Babangida. I think he has done a lot for Nigeria. You won’t take that from him. He has made his mistakes like every human being, but people like President Babangida and General Buhari should just disappear. They should give way to a new set of people with new ideas. Young people preferably,” El-Rufai said.

El-Rufai said the whole world is now being ruled by young people and wondered why old blood should continue to rule Nigeria. “Obama is 48 and Cameron is 43 for God’s sake. So, why are we recycling leaders that ruled this country very well or very badly 25 years ago?,” he queried.

El-Rufai said: “I was 25 years old when Buhari and Babangida were Heads of State and I am now 50 and they still want to be Head of State. I don’t understand that. I don’t understand that at all and I call on the young people of Nigeria to take their future into their hands and ensure that in the next election, they vote for a new generation of leaders.

“I think that we will not make progress until we break the link from the past and just move on. 70 per cent of Nigerians are below the age of 40. Many of these young people, the next generation, as they are called, are on internet services such as Facebook and twitter, using Blackberry and if you ask any of these people running for presidency, they will think that Blackberry is a fruit. So, we have to move away from there and stop thinking that this leadership thing is all about us or all about individuals.

We must put the future of the country at heart and give way to a new generation of leadership.”
While declaring that the nation had something to celebrate for remaining united as one country despite fighting a civil war, El-Rufai, however, said there was a lot to reflect about. “As we look towards the next 50 years, I think the principal issue in Nigeria has been the failure of leadership. We have not made the progress that our human and natural resources entitled us to make and it is all because we have failed leaders,” he noted.

On the forthcoming elections, El-Rufai said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would ensure credible elections in 2011. “I have personal confidence in Prof. Attahiru Jega. He is a man of great integrity. He is an honest man, who could not be bought at any price and for that reason, we are all hopeful that he will ensure free and fair elections,” he said.

http://www.naijapundit.com/news/elrufai-s-2010-advice-to-buhari-you-are-expired-go-and-retire

Oct 4, 2010
[size=15pt]El Rufai To Buhari: You Are Perpetually Unelectable[/size]

The attention of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has been drawn to statements from Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida purporting to be responses to the advice he gave both men to retire.

Since Babangida libelled whole generations of Nigerian youth as being unfit for leadership, age has become an issue in the coming elections. While it is true that neither youth nor age supplies wisdom on their own, it makes sense to ask those who have been recurring decimals in our country’s sorry history to leave the stage. That is all El-Rufai asked of these men who seem to think that their failure to do their best for Nigeria when they had the chance qualifies them for a return to office. Our people surely deserve better.

El-Rufai is amazed that General Buhari cannot debate this matter without scurrying to the gutter, making claims that are baseless and unsupported by any facts. Mallam El-Rufai’s tenure as FCT minister was a period of stellar performance in remaking our federal capital. Despite the difficult decisions that had to be taken to restore Abuja, Mallam El-Rufai continues to receive deserved praise and recognition for his achievements in restoring the Abuja master plan, introducing Nigeria’s first computerised land registry and helping thousands of Nigerians achieve their dreams of home ownership in the federal capital. Buhari is perhaps one of a tiny few blinded by their prejudice from recognising the quality of El Rufai’s service.

That same prejudice accounts for the baseless claims of corruption Buhari levels against El Rufai. The fact is that Mallam El-Rufai served Nigeria with integrity and has never been convicted of any corrupt act. He is boldly contesting the false charges which the Yar’Adua government filed against him in court. It is strange that a Buhari who protests when unproven claims of N2.5 billion (about US $3billion in those days!) missing oil funds are levelled against him can gleefully elevate similar claims into facts when it concerns another. How would Buhari feel if the corruption allegations made against him by Group Captain Usman Jibrin, then a board member of PTF, are today reported as if they were proven facts? So much for “corrupt background” and “shoddy performance”.

Mallam El-Rufai wishes to remind General Buhari that he has remained perpetually unelectable because his record as military head of state, and afterwards, is a warning that many Nigerians have wisely heeded. His insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity and his parochial focus are already well-known. In 1984, Buhari allowed 53 suitcases belonging to his ADC’s father to enter Nigeria unchecked at a time the country was exchanging old currency for new. Against all canons of legal decency, he used retroactive laws to execute three young men for drug-peddling after they were convicted by a military tribunal and not regular courts of law. Buhari was so high handed that he gave himself and his officials immunity even from truthful reporting. That obnoxious Decree 4, against which truth was no defence, was used to jail journalists and attempt to cow the media as a whole. That tyrannical legislation shows the essence of his intolerance. These are facts of recent history.

The story of counter-trade and import licensing, the cornerstone of Buhari’s stone-age economic strategy and those whose interests it served, is a tale for another day.

Mallam El-Rufai respects both Generals Buhari and Babangida as elder statesmen. He believes their age, experience and guidance may contribute to the success of any future government. El-Rufai however believes that it is time for a new generation of leaders with new thinking and wholesome democratic attitude to move our nation forward. The vicious response by the Buhari camp to a simple statement that their almost-70 principal should retire is proof enough that a Buhari, the new Democrat, tolerant of views different from his own, is yet to evolve. And that is sad, for his fledgling party and its leadership. Buhari and his cohorts may wish to reflect that it will take more than attacks on personalities to become electable. Having seen his version of discipline, Nigerians are not likely to cherish an encore. But they will welcome an engagement with the issues and problems of everyday life that have hobbled the peoples of this land.


Muyiwa Adekeye

http://saharareporters.com/2010/10/04/el-rufai-buhari-should-stick-facts