₦airaland Forum

Burger01:
Saraki...betraying party members since 14AD

just like his dad that never surpassed kwara state, saraki will soon have his day; let watch as the politricks unfold.

codedguy1:
I remember Tinubu saying Buhari is a destabilizing factor! I guess this is what he meant. Ever since Buhari became president with Tinubus help APC seem to be destabilized.

Tinubu has no office, he is not a member of the NEC, neither is he in the NWC of APC, he is not an elected office holder and not the chairman of the party, even Atiku is vying to be APC BOT chairman. Where does that leave the supposed National leader of APC?

All tinubu has now is the respect he had garnered over years as the leader of APC and it is fast being eroded by elected officers in the party who are getting bolder by the day and can therefore challenge and oppose his position as National leader that has no mandate behind it.

Tinubu do not have any political ambition that's why he is different and that makes him dangerous as he will simply help to kill the career of anyone that gang up against him. He simply have nothing to loss but Saraki, Altiku etc have a lot to loss if they continue to think they have the advantage through using their PDP cohorts who put Nigeria in this mess.

quickberry:
Crisis is brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party over the choice of who should occupy some positions in the National Assembly among its senators.

One of the senators, who spoke with journalists on condition of anonymity in Abuja on Thursday, said powerful forces in the party were planning to instal their cronies as principal officers of the party in the National Assembly.

The party, through its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, had on Wednesday, announced the zoning of the offices to different zones.

Metuh said that in the Senate, the party has zoned the office of the Minority Leader to South-South, the position of the Minority Whip has been moved to North-Central, while the North-East and South-west will provide the Deputy Minority Leader and Deputy Minority Whip, respectively.

In the House of Representatives, Metuh said the PDP caucus in the chamber had already zoned the position of the Minority Leader to the South-South without informing the party.

He said the party had accepted the decision.

Metuh listed other offices as zoned by the party to include Minority Whip, which has been taken to the North-West, Deputy Minority Leader to come from the South-East while the North-East will fill the position of the Deputy Minority Whip.

Th senator said the zoning had pitched some influential leaders of the party, including former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, against the Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, as well as the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike.

The family of the former President was said to be rooting for Sen. George Sekibo as Minority Leader while both Ekweremadu and Wike are against such choice.

The immediate-past Governor of Akwa-Ibom State, who is now senator, Chief Godswill Akpabio, is also said to have shown interest in the same position.

Akpabio’s ambition is against the Senate Rules on ranking.

The opposition party is expected to bring its decision on the zoning to the Senate on July 21, when the upper chamber resumes plenary. 

A senator from the South-South zone, who spoke with journalists said that the crisis was “capable of weakening the PDP ahead of its role as a viable opposition party in the years ahead.”

He said, “We are seeing the All Progressives Congress crisis now, ours is also in the making because before July 21, if we too don’t sort ourselves out, we can at best say that what is capable of weakening the PDP ahead of its role as a viable opposition party in the years ahead may have been planted. 

“We all thought the issue of Senate Minority Leader has been laid to rest until the DSP(Deputy Senate President) called us for a meeting in his house where he sort peoples’ opinion on the propriety or otherwise of selecting Sen. John Eno for the position.

“I think it was from there the former Akwa-Ibom governor got the feeling that if the matter has to be revisited, then he would take a shot at it, but he doesn’t know that his ambition is against the rules of the senate as regards the selection of its Principal Officers.

“Before then, we were all facing the challenge of the suggestion by the former president and his wife that we should consider Sekibo who is from Rivers state but the duo of Ekweremadu and Wike kicked against it.

Source: www.punchng.com/news/nass-officers-election-crisis-brews-in-pdp/

I thought they are immune to political crisis when they were mucking APC

That ex na serious scammer

I don't see any big deal with the transfer of prisoners to Anambra state because the federal government have the right to do such and I recently checked the map of Nigeria and I discovered that Anambra is still part of Nigeria; I believe the Igbo's will get over it because they are known to always talk tough and as such they should be able to easily deal with even the entire Boko Haram combined. I believe the federal government would have put the necessary security system in place, police, prison warders and the military likewise, the Igbo's have their militia group massob which they claim is powerful , they have Allie in the south south and even radio Biafra. No sweat because I trust that they can handle anything boko haram may want to throw at them because who born boko haram where them massob, Asari dokubo, south south and radio Biafra dey.

Francis5:
Yet TINUBU WANTS TO CORNER EVERYTHING FOR THE YORUBA. OLE

And the same Governor who Tinubu gave his total support to won and the same person is appointing an Igbo man to head a position in the south west a fit that most tribes especially the Igbo's can't do. OLE also shouting when they don't get a position but when they do, they keep quiet.

ahaika23:
I'm loving this! If I hear any mumu yoloba complain, make that ediot just die asap!

Mumu dey smell, what's this flat head our oyel saying?

dotcomnamename:
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director General of the State Security Service, Ita Ekpenyong.

In his place, he has appointed Lawal Musa Daura as new head of the agency, which services as Nigeria’s secret police. The appointment was conveyed today in a letter by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Barrister Danladi Kifasi.
Lawal Musa Daura was born in Daura on the 5th of August, 1953. He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 1977 – 1980. He started his carrier in the State Security Service in 1982 and rose to the rank of Director.

He was at one time the Deputy Director Presidential Communication, Command and Control Centre at the Presidential Villa Abuja between 2003 and 2007. He also served as the State Director of Security Service at various times in Kano, Sokoto, Edo, Lagos, Osun and Imo States.
He attended various professional courses both home and abroad including the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, (NIPSS) Kuru.
The appointment is with immediate effect.

More to come….


SOURCE: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/185978-breaking-buhari-sacks-sss-director-general-appoints-replacement.html

Another PDP gone, still counting.

dridowu:
http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/07/02/exclusive-why-buhari-rejected-wali-as-acting-inec-chairman/

PDP 1 at the senate while APC 1at INEC. Let the politics or sorry politricks continue.

samueld0:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/harassment-of-national-assembly-may-lead-to-buhahis-impeachment/

And what Saraki is doing won't destroy the party if its allowed? Saraki can never get the necessary numbers required to impeach the President while the President can frustrate saraki and his cohorts by vetoing the senate. This lawyer must be a learner! Abeg move on!

Masquerade.

One is a pumpkin while the other an orange.

scholes0:
[size=13pt]United Nations' Multi Dimensional Poverty Index[/size]

The United Nations' Global Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index has three dimensions and 10 indicators in estimating Overall Poverty. Each dimension is equally weighted, each indicator within a dimension is also equally weighted, and added. It uses 10 indicators to measure poverty in three dimensions: Education, Health and Living standards. This report was Published in June 2015, and is based on data collected on years between 2004 and 2014.
According to the MPI Report, as at 2010, 46% of Nigerians lived below the national poverty line (Only 28% in Urban areas, and near 70% in The rural). Although a Report by the World bank, released in 2014, showed that only 33% of Nigerians could be considered Poor.

Now, to the Report........
States by Incidence of Poverty

[size=15pt] STATES<-->POVERTY RATE
1. Lagos --------- 8.5%
2. Osun --------- 10.9%
3. Anambra --------- 11.2%
4. Ekiti --------- 12.9%
5. Edo --------- 19.2%
6. Imo --------- 19.8%
7. Abia --------- 21.0%
8. Rivers --------- 21.1%
*. FCT (Abj) --------- 23.5%
9. Kwara --------- 23.7%
10. Akwa Ibom --------- 23.8%
11. Delta --------- 25.1%
12. Ogun --------- 26.1%
13. Kogi --------- 26.4%
14. Ondo --------- 27.9%
15. Enugu --------- 28.8%
16. Bayelsa --------- 29.0%
17. Oyo --------- 29.4%
18. Cross River --------- 33.1%
-------------------------------------------------------
** National Avg --------- 46.0%
-------------------------------------------------------
19. Plateau --------- 51.6%
20. Nassarawa --------- 52.4%
21. Ebonyi --------- 56.0%
22. Kaduna --------- 56.5%
23. Adamawa --------- 59.0%
24. Benue --------- 59.2%
25. Niger --------- 61.2%
26. Borno --------- 70.1%
27. Kano --------- 76.4%
28. Gombe --------- 76.9%
29. Taraba --------- 77.7%
30. Katsina --------- 82.2%
31. Sokoto --------- 85.3%
32. Kebbi --------- 86.0%
33. Bauchi --------- 86.6%
34. Jigawa --------- 88.4%
35. Yobe --------- 90.2%
36. Zamfara --------- 91.9%[/size]

REGIONAL AVERAGES
1 = South West - 19.3% Poverty (+ Average)
2 = South South - 25.2% Poverty (+ Average)
3 = South East - 27.36% Poverty (+ Average)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
** National Avg 46.0%% Poverty
----------------------------------------------------------------------

4 = North Central - 45.7% Poverty (+Average)
5 = North East - 76.8% Poverty (- Average)
6 = North West- 80.9% Poverty (- Average) Damn!!

Sources
The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index by the U.N
http://www.dataforall.org/dashboard/ophi/index.php/
Click on Nigeria, and then "Nigeria country briefing, from the dropdown menu".
http://www.ophi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Multidimensional-Poverty-Index-2015-2-March-2015.pdf?0a8fd7&13666f

See some some people life? All the our people are the ones building Lagos, hating on Yoruba's, na our oyel etc. Let statistics do the talking.

MKO4ever:
Please somebody should be sending these pictures to Sambo. Including the pictures of Osinbajo's visit to Ivory Coast yesterday. just in case Sambo wishes to do VP again

bad guy

porka:
[size=13pt]We warned yesterday that this Tinubu's media onslaught would backfire. The people they are dealing with operate on zero-tolerance policy for independence of mind, the media and criticism generally.

Yet we warned Tinubu and the Akandes of this world long ago that going into an 'alliance' with these people with a single strategy will take them no where, they said we are 'clueless'.

They think once you can put an RCCG 'pastor' to deputize the dullard cow herder all their problems would vanish overnight. They theorized that it was all about good versus bad governance. Once you have 'good governance' everything will fall into place.

We shouted 'let's push for the adoption of the Confab report, it is better than this your so-called alliance. We said "look, Nigeria's main issues are not as shallow rooted that can simply be solved by installing a 'puppet'". They said just watch and see.

It all seemed their main strategy was to install puppetry to be controlled by their 'sophisticated' economic and management 'Czars'. An extension of that strategy might be to think that the pastor would have a large space since the dullard is deficient in major parameters of 21st century leadership with an aging profile.

But it happened. And it happened very quickly. Our predictions are 99.9% accurate after all. It's a use and dump end.

If you are here and thinking this Akande's rant is all about Bukola Saraki's senate presidency, you are making a big mistake. Things have moved far from that. Tinubu and his herds are suddenly awaken to a brutal reality of their second-class status in the scheme of things. It is just too late.

'I am Muhammadu Buhari and I am Fulani' - Buhari 1961 (Courtesy Nigarian Army records).[/size]

what funny prediction? Why can't people read between the lines! The statement states that the North knows that a fight with the south west will destroy Nigeria and some people are still making crap comments. The statement shows that the north do not want any confrontation with the south west because they know it won't be good for anyone but that can not be said of other bad Belle tribes.

HzRF:
http://www.punchng.com/news/apc-crisis-akandes-letter-angers-northern-party-leaders/

OK it is confirmed that the major thing that can divide Nigeria is a fight between the North and the south West but some tribe who is always beating their chest and hating on the south west think they can do it all alone while they ought to dialogue with the south west as as to make them see reason why any tribe interested in leaving Nigeria should be allowed to do so. It better their leaders start meeting with the south west, though it might not be easy but as time goes on they might get what they want.

The reality is that these militants are trying to stockpile arms for some ulterior motive so the Military should be deployed on time to engage them before it leads to towns, villages being destroyed by the military and also innocent people getting to be killed in a large scale offensive. It better to nip this now before thousands die in that region due to military activities.

RichDad1:
SE,SS = Militancy
NW,NE,NC = Terrorism
SW = Ritual Killing

Which way Nigeria, Which way to go? I love my Fatherland.......

please modify your comment to reality - SE - Cannibalism.

kingofdemons:
the lazy bastard dirty tribe that feeds on government allocation and people's benevolent rice will definitely like this

Even the picture of the shop being demolished tells a lot about how dirty the occupants( dirty tribe ) are; the picture is still OK but go into ladipo market and see for yourself and you might not be able to eat for days. Dirty tribe calling others a name that be fit's them, how will you describe aba!

NgeneUkwenu:
Rivers State House of Assembly has given Governor Nyesom Wike the approval to borrow a loan of N20 billion for the completion of ongoing road projects in the state.

Speaker of the House, Ikunyi Awaji-Igbani after hearing the debate and after taking vote by 29 members during plenary said the approval was not just a mere one but an action that is important to enable the Governor carry out projects in the state.

He said the state Government will borrow loan from the Access Bank PLC and repay through Internally Generated Revenue domicile with the Access Bank.

DAILY POST reports that other members who spoke during the House Sitting urged the House to approve the loan for the Governor to perform his job in order to complete the said projects.

http://dailypost.ng/2015/06/30/rivers-assembly-approves-another-n20bn-loan-for-wike/

lalasticlala, Ishilove

Chap guy.

lygn19:
I want to get married to 5 wives,
One Igbo,
One from north,
One from Yoruba,
One either Delta or Ikwerre,
And one Ghana or white lady.

You're wicked! Only you?

frisky2good:
Although I have not been able to confirm if the passport being circulated online by that website that is now practically synonymous with blackmail is genuine, I will base my argument on the assumption that "IF IT HAPPENS TO BE TRUE". My reason is simple: If it is found to be false, No case. It is only if the passport is confirmed to be genuine that we need to waste time deliberating on what the constitution says about the matter.

Now, what makes an individual a bonafide citizen of this country?
According to the constitution (section 25),

25. (1) The following persons are citizens of Nigeria by birth-namely-

(a) every person born in Nigeria before the date of independence, either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents belongs or belonged to a community indigenous to Nigeria;

Provided that a person shall not become a citizen of Nigeria by virtue of this section if neither of his parents nor any of his grandparents was born in Nigeria.

(b) every person born in Nigeria after the date of independence either of whose parents or any of whose grandparents is a citizen of Nigeria; and

(c) every person born outside Nigeria either of whose parents is a citizen of Nigeria.

There are other criteria but let me stop here. Now, I do not know where Bukky was born but I know his parents were born here in Nigeria so he's a Nigerian ...........right?


Ok, let's continue.

What makes a man with a British passport become a Non-Nigerian? The constitution has the answer.

28. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a person shall forfeit forthwith his Nigerian citizenship if, not being a citizen of Nigeria by birth, he acquires or retains the citizenship or nationality of a country, other than Nigeria, of which he is not a citizen by birth.

Please read this sentence very well because in this case if Bukky was either born in Nigeria or Uk, this section does not nullify his Nigerian citizenship.

Having established that Mr. Saraki is a bonafide Nigerian citizen, let's go to chapter IV (NATIONAL ASSEMBLY)

Qualifications for Membership of National Assembly and Right of Attendance

65

(1) Subject to the provisions of section 66 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified for election as a member of:

(a) the Senate, if he is a citizen of Nigeria and has attained the age of 35 years

And what (concerning citizenship) disqualifies an individual?

66

(1) No person shall be qualified for election to the Senate or the House of Representatives if:

(a) subject to the provisions of section 28 of this Constitution, he has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a country other than Nigeria or, except in such cases as may be prescribed by the National Assembly, has made a declaration of allegiance to such a country;

Since we have established that Saraki is a Nigerian citizen by virtue of his satisfying the provisions of section 28 of the constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria, I conclude based on the facts available that Saraki is qualified for the position of Senate president.

You goofed on this one as people should understand that the person who posted the passport ain't saying he ain't a Nigerian but they are working to kill his presidential ambition; please, enlighten us on what the Constitution states about candidates running for President of Nigeria in regard of dual citizenship/place of birth.

aare07:
Saraki is a guru when it comes to political calculus, while Tinubu is a guru when it comes arithmetic.
Therefore, 51 Tinubus( That is, APC senators) is equal to 1 Saraki( Senate President).


Abubakar Bukola Saraki, keep standing on the Political rock of gilbrater .

saraki and his father are politicians with local status and nothing more; Tinubu moves in a geometrical proportion in terms of politics while saraki and his dad are learners playing politics at kindergarten level. Let watch as politricks unfolds as people praised Jonathan more than they are praising saraki now that it got into his head but alas he got wiped badly by Tinubu who have achieved what bukola saraki's dad couldn't achieve all his life, Tinubu is the future saraki is praying for. My conclusion is that Tinubu is living in the future the entire saraki's can never live. 4 years is s long time and I hope many people will not call for Tinubu' d head by the time he is done with saraki.

globalresource:
Saraki thinks he is smart but toiling with his political career. He wont see the President nor Tinubu cos he knows he betrayed their trust and that is very important. Let us wait and see the outcome of this movie

watching this movie in my 3D google

N.B: the tanoids hailing Saraki now will no where to be found when the time for Saraki to start enjoying the harvest of the betrayal seeds he has sown

Saraki said yesterday that " he is trying to reach Tinubu as he is one of their leaders " And some people keep trying to say Tinubu should bow to him; do a lion bow to a ram?

Karlman:
I have told some apc men that this is the end of their master but like football fans they would never see it coming....


In their warped mind they think its all about Saraki, they think Saraki is alone.

And you think Tinubu is also alone! Just hear yourself!

HzRF:
Stop taking Zimbabwean weed (Itz too cheap)
Any nominee for the post of Minister must pass tru screening frm the Senate before official appointment

Senate fails to pass u
U are going home

It's simply politricks as Saraki may end up being impeached because 4 years is a lot and Tinubu fought Abacha under NADECO during june 12 crisis, he fought Obasanjo for 8 years and also fought Jonathan for 4 years; this man doesn't get tired or even run away from a fight as he is a strategist who cut off altiku's wings since he Altiku was against Buhari being the presidential candidate for APC, Altiku spend a lot of physical dollars to get people on his side but he still lost so I pity saraki who thinks he being the senate President gives him more bites while he doesn't know that he is sitting on a nuclear warhead.

RichDad1:
Joker.
Why is it that anything Tinubu gives you guys a hardon? The last time I checked, Since 2007, Tinubu has never hold any public office but he's more influential than everyone from your region combined.
I think the earlier Saraki begs Tinubu the better for his Political career.
Gej and his cohorts trespassed, and Jagaban obliterated them politically.
Nuff said.

Yes o! Saraki and his supporters are going to get wiped big time it's just a matter of time as 4 years is a lot; Saraki and Altiku are simply going to end the little relevance they have left because Tinubu do not have any political ambition but saraki and Altiku do; people filled Jonathan's head with words like this, insinuating Tinubu will be hit and crushed by a bus but they all got hit by a fast moving train. It will be very wise for saraki to apologize or else he may shed tears on National TV when its too late. Tinubu can easily play a spoiler since he have got nothing to loss.

chukwudi44:
It appears that even with the heavy defeat suffered by the SW local champion Tinubu,He has not learnt his lessons rather he wants to fight dirty by throwing up irrelevant stories about the Hon Senate president Bukola Saraki.The way it is any ministerial candidate presented by Tinubu to Buhari is also going to face the same fate suffered by Gbajabiamilla and Lawan.I would like to advice eminent SW APC politicians like Fashola and the gentle Fayemi to stay far away from him if they want to ever have a chance at working at PMB's cabinet.

Saraki and Dogara with their positions and the numerical superiority of their supporters would never allow any of his candidates to make it pass the NASS screening.

It is a matter of saying " those in favour of not clearing the nominees says nay" and I bet you the nays will have it.Tinubu should swallow his pride and dobale else he will be subjected to more ignominy.

Ethnic sentiments is what's affecting some people's way of reasoning. It Saraki and Dogara that have a lot to lose as I believe the battle is just warming up; people like you posted more stuffs like this on Jonathan's behalf against Tinubu but who had the day after all that? Your answer is as good as mine. 4 years is a lot and we have a long way to go, so let's relax and see how saraki and dogara ends their political career and relavence in there own states so easily on platter of trying to out do Tinubu. Though I don't really like Tinubu but he is a man with brains who have the interest of the masses at heart unlike Saraki and Dogara who ain't even Worth to be called a local champions.

Someone is trying to hide something.

omenka:
Saraki hasn't seen anything yet. This is sooooo gonna be interesting!

What is being cooked for Saraki is going to be very unpalatable but he cannot do but eat it, politricks at work and Saraki's remaining career and that of Altiku may just be finished and buried; they better be wise and stop being irrational by letting people sweet mouth them into going pound for pound with Tinubu they will definitely come out worse as Tinubu don't have Any political ambition unlike them who do and he Tinubu is going to help them quickly destroy their political career and that of those that bear the same surname with them, even those sweet mouthing them will ditch them sooner than they expected. They should know that you don't take a pen knife to a gun fight. If Saraki is really wise he should just reach out to Tinubu and settle their difference or else it might really get ugly; he should remember how that of Jonathan started, he was sweet mouth by many people to go pound for pound with Tinubu because they have the funds, incumbency power and they're in the majority but all that don't move Tinubu a man that placed a big rule in NADECO and not to forget all those saying he have a bad record; if he's record is as bad the way people claim, John Kerry will never sit in the same room with Tinubu when he came to Nigeria to met with Buhari; America don't sit with criminals. Tinubu is the main person God used to help Buhari to become the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, God's plan that Altiku and many others tried to stop but they failed. Finally, people should remember that the same Tinubu was one of the high profile Nigerians that fought along with many Yoruba's so that Jonathan should be sworn in as President after the death of Yaradua at a time most tribes even Jonathan's tribe didn't openly do so on the streets and in front of guns , Armoured carrier's,tanks etc the same Northern and several other tribes who did nothing to support him later hijacked his administration immediately he was sworn in as President. This same Tinubu worked for him to become president during his first tenure instead of Ribadu and when he was asked why, Tinubu said he say something different in Jonathan which he believed made Jonathan the best candidate for Nigeria then but many sycophants made Jonathan to derail from his good intentions for Nigeria and that's why Tinubu had issues with Jonathan not that he hates him.

Boko Haram ain't fufu.

cmobile:
Tinubu liase with Saraki, let Nigeria move forward. Both of you are the same.

it can only be the other way round.