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 Politics › Start Working, Stop Blaming Us, PDP Tells Buhari by sayyid(op): 12:35pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop blaming the opposition party for his failure. Rather than accusing the PDP of being behind the challenges facing the country, the opposition party said the President should settle down and work. It said it was wrong for the President to still be blaming the PDP 11 months after he assumed office. The National Chairman of the party, Ali Modu Sheriff, said this at the party’s secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday. Sheriff, who was a former governor of Borno State, said the All Progressives Congress claimed to have solutions to the nation’s problems, saying this was why it was voted into power by Nigerians instead of the PDP. He spoke during the inauguration of the four committees set up by the party. The committees are national convention committee, finance committee, reconciliation committee and zoning committee. Sheriff was apparently replying to the claim by the President that the PDP failed to save for the rainy day throughout the 16 years it ruled the country. President Buhari spoke while receiving the President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, Dr. Bernard Aliyu, at the State House in Abuja. He had said, “In the First Republic, more enduring infrastructure was built with meagre resources. But in the past 16 years, we made a lot of money without planning for the rainy day. “We showed a lot of indiscipline in managing our economy, and that is why we are where we are today.” Before Buhari spoke, a former Governor of Lagos State, who is also the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in another forum, had also blamed the PDP for the current fuel crisis in the country. Tinubu, while addressing journalists in Lagos, said the PDP destroyed Nigeria during its 16-year rule by refusing to pursue what was necessary for the growth and development of the country. He had said, “We want to stay focused and redirect Nigeria. We want to reverse the decay of 16 years. We are hearing comments from the PDP left and right. We are saying we want to clear the mess they created. For 16 good years, the PDP destroyed the country. “We should not be lamenting over petrol queues today if they had seen what was necessary and done what was necessary for this country.” Sheriff, however, said the blame game should stop and called on the President and the APC to get to work and deliver on their electoral promises. Sheriff, who was a member of the APC before he defected to the PDP, said the result of the 2015 general elections had afforded Nigerians to know the difference between the two parties now. He said, “Nigerians have the opportunity of comparing the two parties. I read in a publication recently where the APC was blaming the PDP for the unavailability of petrol in the country. “They said we are responsible for petrol scarcity after one year in office. They should stop blaming us. “They told Nigerians they could do better and that’s why Nigerians voted for them. They should stop blaming us for their woes. “I like to advise the leaders of the APC to stop blaming the PDP. We are now the opposition party, we would reposition our party to show that we can do better.” He said the days of rigging election in the country were over, and called on the APC governors to steer clear of Abuja on Saturday when council elections would hold. Sheriff said he had been informed that some governors of the APC were planning to storm Abuja. He said if this happened, then the PDP would also bring its governors to the Federal Capital Territory. He said, “Governors of the APC should not be in Abuja for the election. If they think they can rig out the PDP, they are joking. If they bring governors, we would bring governors. “If they bring former governors, we would bring our own. We can match them everywhere. “The APC should be guided. We are not going to be part of violence. The PDP will not be part of violence, but we will protect our votes. Winners must be announced. No inconclusive elections.” Also speaking at the occasion, the immediate-past Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, called on members of the PDP to stop correcting Buhari and the APC government. He said they should be allowed to make mistakes in order to allow Nigerians know the difference between them and the PDP. www.punchng.com/start-working-stop-blaming-us-pdp-tells-buhari/ |
| Foreign Affairs › Zuma Survives Impeachment Vote by sayyid(op): 9:13pm On Apr 05, 2016 |
South African President Jacob Zuma easily survived an impeachment vote Tuesday after a stormy session of parliament over a court ruling that he had violated the country’s post-apartheid constitution. Lawmakers from Zuma’s African National Congress rallied to his defence, defeating the motion by 233 votes to 143 despite growing pressure for him to resign over the scandal. During the debate, Zuma was likened by the leader of the main opposition party to a “large and malignant tumour” on the ANC, which came to power in 1994 with the election of Nelson Mandela and the end of white-minority rule. “When the highest court in the land ruled that the man occupying the highest office violated the constitution, it should have been the end of President Zuma,” Mmusi Maimane, leader of the Democratic Alliance, told the assembly. “Corruption has infected the entire party like a cancer.” Acknowledging that the ANC would use its overwhelming majority to defeat the impeachment motion, Maimane said that “when ANC MPs defend President Zuma and his corrupt acts, they will show that they are complicit in the spread of the disease”. He vowed the ANC, which convincingly won the 2014 general elections, would pay the price when voters return to the polls. The Constitutional Court last week issued a damaging ruling against Zuma over spending of public funds on his private residence. As lawmakers on both sides shouted insults at each other, the firebrand leader of the radical Economic Freedom Fighters, Julius Malema, said that “Zuma and the ANC want to convert South Africa into a banana republic”. Speaking on behalf of the ANC, deputy justice minister John Jeffery said that any impeachment bid required a “serious violation” of the constitution. While “the Constitutional Court judgement stated that the president failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution”, it did not find a “serious” contravention, he said. The opening of the debate was suspended for more than an hour after opposition parties called on Speaker Baleke Mbete, who is chairwoman of the ruling party, to rescue herself. She refused. Zuma was not seriously threatened by the vote, which requires a two-thirds majority to succeed. But he has been wounded by a series of scandals and has endured a torrent of criticism that could see him fail to serve out the last three years of his final term. He has been urged to resign by a number of senior ANC veterans who led the struggle against apartheid. The country’s top court ruled last Thursday that Zuma had flouted the constitution by failing to repay some of the money spent on “security upgrades” at his rural home at Nkandla in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal. The project, which cost taxpayers $24 million, included a swimming pool, chicken run, cattle enclosure and an amphitheatre. A 2014 report by the government-appointed Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, found that Zuma and his family had “unduly benefited” from the upgrades and ordered him to pay back some of the money, but Zuma stalled for two years. After the court ruling, Zuma apologised in a national television address on Friday for the “frustration and confusion” caused by the affair, but made it clear that he had no intention of responding to calls to resign. He said he would pay back some of the money as ordered. Zuma was not in parliament for the impeachment debate, avoiding the chaotic scenes that have regularly erupted when he is present. Previous disruptions have been sparked by Malema’s EFF, which vowed last week that it would in future physically prevent the president from speaking in parliament. Zuma has also been beset by allegations of corruption centred on a wealthy immigrant family from India that was alleged to have such influence that it could decide ministerial appointments. www.punchng.com/zuma-survives-impeachment-vote/ |
| Politics › Tinubu Endorses Akande For APC Bot Chair by sayyid(op): 3:20pm On Apr 03, 2016 |
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has shelved his plan of becoming the party’s chairman of the Board of Trustees, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. An impeccable source within the APC told our correspondent that Tinubu had thrown his weight behind a former Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, who is a former interim chairman of the party. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is still in the race. The source said, “Asiwaju is not interested in the BoT chairmanship. He has endorsed Chief Akande, his ally.” The source who spoke on condition of anonymity added, “The BoT chairman can only give advice but it is a powerful position. In 2014 we underestimated the power of the deputy publicity secretary of the APC. Today, when Timi Frank speaks, the media publishes his reports. Similarly, the BoT position may be advisory but whenever the chairman speaks, everyone listens. The chairman of such an organ has the power to cause crisis or foster peace.” The source admitted that there were two major factions within the APC. According to him, those supporting Senate President Bukola Saraki belong to Atiku camp while the others are in Tinubu’s camp. “Timi Frank belongs to Saraki and Atiku’s camp and that is why he is attacking the party. It was Saraki who even nominated him as the deputy spokesman because that position was originally zoned to the North. “So, we cannot afford to make a similar mistake in this BoT issue. Atiku still has plans to become president in 2019. Should he become the BoT chairman, he might hijack the party structure,” the source said. The APC had last week stated that the BoT would be replaced by an Elders’ Council as part of a planned restructuring of the advisory body. This was part of the decisions reached at the end of the party’s national caucus meeting held at the Presidential Villa. It was gathered that apart from a change of nomenclature, the membership of the body is also to be trimmed from its current number of over 200. www.punchng.com/tinubu-endorses-akande-for-apc-bot-chair/ 2 Likes |
| Politics › ‘2016 Budget Still Open For Scrutiny’ by sayyid(op): 12:41pm On Mar 28, 2016 |
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transportation, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, has said that Nigerians can still scrutinise the content of the 2016 budget, which was passed into law last week by both chambers of the National Assembly. Ashafa, who stated this in an interview with our correspondent, explained that any individual or group that believed that the budget was not properly worked on by the lawmakers should wait till the document was published to make their observations. He explained that the National Assembly would make the 2016 budget open to the public once it was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari. The senator, however, assured Nigerians that his colleagues in the upper chamber and those in the House of Representatives worked hard to resolve the issue of budget padding and other fraudulent practices discovered in the document. He said, “We have promised the world that we will throw the budget open to members of the public when it is passed. Anybody who believes that the figures are still controversial is free to point it out. “I can however assure you that a lot of work had been put into this budget. Experts had been called. Government officials, politicians and civil society groups all made inputs before its eventual passage. “I see the interest shown by Nigerians in the budget as a positive phenomenon because without the enthusiasm, we might not be able to put in as much effort as we put in.” www.punchng.com/2016-budget-still-open-for-scrutiny/ |
| Politics › I Didn’t Make N280m From Forex Deal – Buhari’s Spokesperson by sayyid(op): 4:26pm On Mar 27, 2016 |
The Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday alleged that the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made a total of N280m dealing in forex. On its Twitter handle, @PdpNigeria, the party stated that Shehu was assisted in the deal by the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele. However, in a swift reaction, the spokesman to Buhari denied the allegation. “FLASH: Garba Shehu got $800,000 forex at N185 from CBN on the instructions of Emefiele, CBN governor and sold at N350 on the same day,” the PDP tweeted. However, Shehu in a disclaimer posted on his Facebook wall on Saturday stated that he was not a forex trader, threatening to sue anyone behind the social media handle. “It is a lie by PDP to say I bought $800,000 from the CBN. I had only two forex purchases since coming into government: Eight thousand Dollars ($8,000) sent to my daughter and nephews through United Bank for Africa. This is verifiable. “I’m not a forex trader. The day I choose to start trading in forex, I will resign as a presidential spokesman. If I know the coward and psychopath behind the official PDP handle, I will launch a defamation suit against him or her. And I will claim money in millions as damages,” Buhari’s spokesman said. Efforts to get the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, to comment on the tweet were unsuccessful as his phone indicated it was switched off. SUNDAY PUNCH was however able to speak with his deptuy, Abdullah Jalo, who said he could not say whether the tweet officially originated from the party or not. “I am in my hometown at the moment. I am not at the national secretariat of our party. I cannot say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for now,” Jalo said in a telephone chat with our correspondent. The Twitter handle also accused wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, of collecting “$22m from the CBN on the instruction of Emefiele and the company sold at N362 same day”. Reacting to the allegation, the wife of the President said in a series of tweets, “This is grounds for a lawsuit on defamation of character. “Making false and unfounded allegations without proof just to incite Nigerians on social media is wrong. “Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari is not a dealer of forex. She has not and will never be involved in any illegal dealings.” www.punchng.com/i-didnt-make-n280m-from-forex-deal-buharis-spokesperson/ |
| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Urgent Available Teaching Vacancies by sayyid(m): 5:58pm On Mar 26, 2016 |
Swankyprince:sorry op I was unable to register but I have sent my cv to the website I am in ilorin Kwara state |
| Politics › Re: Fresh Power Tussle In APC: Buhari Woos Tinubu For Support by sayyid(op): 10:01am On Mar 26, 2016 |
TPAND:then with all this factions and breakouts there will be no APC left. if other people did not even breakout am very sure Saraki will and if he did Dino is sure following 9 Likes 2 Shares |
| Politics › Fresh Power Tussle In APC: Buhari Woos Tinubu For Support by sayyid(op): 9:26am On Mar 26, 2016 |
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| Education › We Make Provision For Only 400,000 UTME Candidates – NUC by sayyid(op): 7:20am On Mar 24, 2016 |
The National Universities Commission has said only 400,000 out of the 1.5 million candidates that sit the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination yearly gain admission to Nigerian universities, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, said this when Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole visited the commission on Wednesday in Abuja. Oshiomhole was at NUC to collect the Certificate of Recognition for the new Edo State University, Iyanmo. Okojie said new universities were needed to boost access to higher education while making sure that quality was not compromised. He said, “I am always happy when a new university comes on board; what that means is that we are expanding and we are opening up access. “We know the number of candidates that sit for UTME organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board every year. “However, out of the 1.5 million candidates who take UTME every year, we are barely able to make provision for only about 400,000 students. “The new university will, therefore, be accessible not only to candidates from Edo State but those from Ondo State and other states.” According to the executive secretary, the Edo State University, has become the 41st state university and the 142nd university in Nigeria. Oshiomhole said for sound university education, there was a need to produce sound secondary school graduates who would be able to face the rigours of university education. He said, “We have structures that are strong and well designed; we are building more faculties. “We are building more standard hostels; students will behave based on the influence of the environment. “So, it is my hope that we will make the right level of investment and the university will charge fees that will enable it to access revenue for sustained development without depending much on the state government.” www.punchng.com/we-make-provision-for-only-400000-utme-candidates-nuc/ |
| Politics › Former Cjns Benefits Slashed From N1.5bn To N1bn by sayyid(op): 7:16am On Mar 21, 2016 |
The amount to fund the benefits of former Chief Justices of Nigeria in the 2016 Appropriation Bill is by N500m less than what was allocated for the same purpose in the 2015 approved budget, The PUNCH has learnt. A budget document obtained by our correspondent on Sunday showed that while N1.5bn was allocated to fund the benefits of the ex-CJNs in the 2015 Appropriation Act, only N1bn was allocated for the same purposes in 2016. It could not ascertained whether the reduction in the benefits of the ex-CJNs in the 2016 proposed budget followed the N3bn shortfall in the judiciary’s proposed budget for new year. The N73bn, which the judiciary got as its allocation under the 2015 Appropriation Act was slashed to N70bn in the 2016 budget. There are five living former CJNs. They are Justices Muhammadu Uwais (1995-2006); Alfa Belgore (2006-2007); Legbo Kutigi (2007-2009); Aloysius Katsina-Alu (2009-2011), Dahiru Musdapher (2011-2012) and Aloma Mukhtar (2012-2014). The document showed that the amount budgeted as their benefits usually come under seven heads – purchase of land, construction of houses, residential furniture, residential equipment, access road, maintenance of constructed houses and replacement of vehicles after four years. It showed that under the benefits of former CJNs, N100m each was appropriated for purchase of land, residential furniture, residential equipment and access road in the 2015 budget, but nothing was proposed for any of these items in the 2016 Appropriation Bill. In 2015, N1.1bn was allocated for construction of houses, an amount that was reduced to 668,348,313.23 in 2016. Though there was no allocation for maintenance of constructed houses and vehicle replacement last year, they received N121,651,686.77 and N210m respectively this year. The document also showed that while N1.119bn was initially proposed for the former CJNs’ benefits for 2016, the National Judicial Council, which coordinates and presents a unified budget for the judiciary, had slashed it to N1bn in 2016. A judiciary source said most of the proposals submitted by the various courts and institutions in the federal and state judiciaries were re-adjusted to conform to the N70bn ceiling given by the Federal Ministry of Justice. The source added, “The CJN’s benefits were not the only items slashed in the judiciary’s budget. You also have to understand that there was expenditure under the former CJNs’ benefit in the last year budget that did not come up. “At the same time, one cannot rule out the impact of the N3bn shortfall on the amount earmarked for the former CJN’s benefit in the 2016 proposed budget. Don’t forget that the amounts allocated for the judiciary have been spiraling down in the last few years.” NJC’s Acting Director, Information, Mr. Soji Oye, could not be reached for his comment on Sunday. www.punchng.com/2016/03/21/former-cjns-benefits-slashed-from-n1-5bn-to-n1bn/ |
| Politics › 2016 Budget Delaying Lamorde’s Arrest – Senate Spokesperson by sayyid(op): 7:04am On Mar 21, 2016 |
Senate spokesperson, Senator Sabi Abdullahi, has said that the full attention which the leadership of the upper chamber was paying to the consideration of the 2016 budget, delayed the request for the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the immediate past Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde. Abdullahi told our correspondent in an interview that the process to ensure that the ex-EFCC boss faces investigation at the Senate was still on course. He explained that since the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions had confirmed making a formal request to the office of the Senate President for the issuance of a warrant for Lamorde’s arrest, necessary actions would be taken in that regard. He said, “If the committee has made its request to the Senate President, then it is left for somebody also to do his own part because in taking any decision, you must look at what the rules and regulations say. “We must follow the procedure. It has certain basic things that must be met, perhaps, I want to believe that they are still in the process of doing what has to be done. “What is our worry now is the budget. If when we have not passed the budget we are now expending energy on how somebody who had gone on ‘AWOL’ is brought back, people will accuse us of not being serious with the welfare of Nigerians. “Right now we are concentrating our energy on what is key to Nigeria, which is the budget; which itself is a process.” It will be recalled that the Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, had confirmed to our correspondent early on in the month that his panel had formally requested the office of the Senate President to issue a warrant for Lamorde’s arrest. The upper chamber had asked the Anyanwu-led committee to begin the process of issuing the warrant of arrest on Lamorde. The Senate is investigating Lamorde on a petition written against him by one Dr. George Uboh on an alleged diversion of over N1tn recovered from treasury looters by the anti-graft agency. Uboh, the Chief Executive Officer of Panic Alert Security Systems, had petitioned the Senate through the senator representing Delta-North senatorial district, Peter Nwaoboshi. He had alleged that Lamorde, in collusion with some other EFCC officials, shortchanged the Federal Government in the remittance of funds and assets recovered from some eminent public office holders. Uboh alleged that under Lamorde, the EFCC operated accounts in banks to warehouse recovered funds which did not reflect in the EFCC audited accounts. He also alleged that the EFCC doctored and manipulated bank accounts to conceal diversion of funds, and also released recovered funds to unidentified persons and EFCC officials. Apart from these, Lamorde was also accused of diverting over 90 per cent of the EFCC recovered funds in foreign currencies, including those from multinational companies. At the consideration of the report at plenary, the ethics panel lamented that all avenues explored to get Lamorde’s reaction to the allegations were not successful. Anyanwu, who read the report, claimed that Lamorde ignored all invitations extended to him and therefore recommended that a warrant of arrest be issued on him. He said that Lamorde had been invited on three occasions through letters dated August 19, 2015, November 3, 2015, and November 11, 2015, but that all the invitations were turned down by the former EFCC boss. He listed series of efforts made to get Larmode to appear before the committee to no avail, adding that the panel was convinced that Larmode deliberately refused to appear to defend the allegations against him. The committee therefore said it was expedient for the Senate to force Larmode to appear if only to ‘save the National Assembly as the highest law-making body of the nation, from an irreparable damage to its reputation and capacity to summon’. The committee also recommended that a warrant of arrest be issued by the senate for Larmode’s arrest. Citing necessary constitutional provisions, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, said the ethics committee was supposed to forward a request to the Senate President who would, in turn, issue a directive to the Inspector General of Police. The Senate President, Bukola Sarski, agreed with his deputy’s submission as he ruled that the committee should do the right thing to get the warrant of arrest issued on Larmode. www.punchng.com/2016/03/21/2016-budget-delaying-lamordes-arrest-senate-spokesperson/ |
| Politics › Re: Breaking News: CCT Adjourns Ruling To March 24th by sayyid(m): 1:15pm On Mar 18, 2016 |
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| Politics › Re: 80 Lawyers Appear For Saraki At The Code Of Conduct Tribunal by sayyid(m): 12:12pm On Mar 18, 2016*. Modified: 12:35pm On Mar 18, 2016 |
it's only when you are guilty that you will be looking for ways to cover all your tracks Saraki knows he is guilty hence looking for every possible means to shelf this case. but can he truly win this care or not? that depends on whether the FG really wants to fight corruption or not 4 Likes |
| Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Free Dragnet Past Q & A And Gmat Here by sayyid(m): 10:07pm On Mar 16, 2016 |
Pls i need past questions on dragnet as well saheedkayode99@gmail.com thanks in advance |
| Education › Re: 2016/2017 Complete WAEC Time Table Now Available by sayyid(m): 1:33pm On Mar 14, 2016 |
best of luck to all that will be participating in the exam |
| Politics › Re: $2.1bn Arms Deals: N1.5bn Traced To Ex-minister’s Son-the Nation by sayyid(m): 7:37am On Mar 14, 2016 |
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa this people don chop Nigeria finish. I wonder why some of our leaders are so heartless that they don't even want to know that their followers exist, if it's the past government that are still in power I wonder what will have happened to us by now. May the souls of those that died unjustly in the hands of Boko Haram continue to hunt all the people engaged in this fraudulent act 5 Likes |
| Politics › Gunmen Attack Police Station, Bank In Bayelsa by sayyid(op): 9:36am On Mar 13, 2016 |
A gang of unknown gunmen on Saturday launched a daring attack on a police division in Ammassoma, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The suspected armed militants, who came in three speedboats, also attempted a raid on the branch of the United Bank for Africa in the area, destroying some of the bank’s Automated Teller Machines in the process. A statement from the Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Police Command, Yenagoa, DSP Asinim Butswat, which was made available to our correspondent, confirmed the attack. The statement read, “On March 12, 2016, at about 0035hrs, unknown gunmen in three speedboats invaded Amassoma Police Division. “Shortly afterwards, the hoodlums attacked the UBA Bank, Amassoma, damage the ATM machines and attempted to enter the bank, but were repelled by a reinforced unit of Policemen. “No life was lost and money was not stolen. Efforts have been intensified to arrest the fleeing suspects. Investigation is ongoing.” www.punchng.com/gunmen-attack-police-station-bank-in-bayelsa/ |
| Politics › Re: Kuje Prison Inmates Jubilates As Badeh Joins Them, Rejects Foods by sayyid(m): 9:09am On Mar 13, 2016 |
casket:choi na Boda Bukky own go worse pass no be only kuje go jubilate in fact kwarans self go jubilate |
| Politics › Re: Kuje Prison Inmates Jubilates As Badeh Joins Them, Rejects Foods by sayyid(m): 8:58am On Mar 13, 2016 |
this life can never be predicted sha. the man way they command respect from thousands of people as now become somebody way they reside in kuje prison. this is indeed a lesson. in any post you meet yourself always try to do good because you never know what might happen tomorrow 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: I’ve Lost Memory, Records About Charges Against Me –saraki by sayyid(m): 7:38am On Mar 12, 2016 |
politicians sha they can twist things hen. just using style to delay the judgment so that we the masses can forget. who knows the kind lie they will cook up next week again because they might postpone the case again |
| Politics › No Secret Zoning Of PDP NWC Offices- Ekweremadu by sayyid(op): 7:33am On Mar 12, 2016 |
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senetor Ike Ekweremadu, has said that there is no tension within the Peoples Democratic Party. He said there was no secret zoning of national offices of the PDP by some of the party’s leaders as being rumoured. He described those peddling such rumour as authors of confusion, adding that such people did not wish the party well and that they were scared of PDP’s steady resurgence after the 2015 general elections. The PDP National Executive Committee early in the week mandated the National Working Committee to set up a team that would determine how to zone its national offices. Our correspondent gathered that the delay in setting up the team among three other committees as directed by the NEC necessitated the fear in some quarters about alleged secret zoning of offices. But Ekweremadu debunked the rumour. He said in a statement in Abuja on Friday that the national leadership of the party did not hold any secret meeting on the issue. Ekweremadu said, “There is, so far, no meeting, secret or open, where all or a few PDP party leaders met to zone the National Working Committee offices of the party. “The PDP’s constitution is clear on how the party can arrive at a zoning formula. Besides, it should be clear to all that the days of any form of impunity and underhandedness within Africa’s biggest party are gone. “We are committed to returning fully to the founding principles and philosophies of the PDP. “Therefore, there can never be any secret zoning of PDP’s NWC positions or any other office for that matter. Such exists only in propaganda rooms and imaginations of those who are afraid that we are steadily reinforcing, reforming and coming back stronger to give the nation a more purposeful leadership.” While urging Nigerians to disregard the report, Ekweremadu added, “The PDP will soon convene a meeting of the relevant stakeholders and organs of the party as stipulated by our constitution to come up with a clear zoning of the national offices of the party in a transparent, democratic and fair manner.” www.punchng.com/no-secret-zoning-of-pdp-nwc-offices-ekweremadu/ |
| Politics › Re: FEC Holds Valedictory Session For Ocholi by sayyid(m): 4:26pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
May their soul rest in peace |
| Politics › Re: Saraki Bends For Old Women During A Condolence Visit In Kwara.photo by sayyid(m): 9:57am On Mar 09, 2016 |
wadetaw202:sorry his father never for once did what Bukola is currently doing in fact the father is far far better than him and the former Governor Lawal was never impeached he finished his first tenure as the state governor but loose to Bukola in the election |
| Politics › Workers Strike Cripples Ogun Government by sayyid(op): 2:31pm On Mar 07, 2016 |
Civil servants in Ogun State stayed away from their offices this morning, leaving the Oke Mosan, Abeokuta state secretariat like a ghost town. The action was due to a strike called by the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council. The notice of the industrial action was contained in a statement by its General Secretary, Comrade Olusegun Adebiyi, which was made available to our correspondent on Sunday in Abeokuta. The workers’ union had called the strike due to the failure of the state government to respect the Memorandum of Understanding signed by state labour leaders, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and the state government on January 25 this year. The few workers, who were unaware of the strike and came to work earlier in the day, had to return to their homes. Local government workers also joined the industrial action, which also affected public schools. Pupils of public primary and secondary schools, who went to school, were seen returning to their homes, as their teachers did not show up for work. “We were told to go home; there is strike today, “one of the pupils told our correspondent. www.punchng.com/workers-strike-cripples-ogun-government/ |
| Politics › Ocholi: PDP Condoles With Buhari by sayyid(op): 2:18pm On Mar 07, 2016 |
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has on behalf of the party’s National Executive Committee, condoled with the Federal Government and President Muhammadu Buhari on the tragic death of the Minister of State for Labour, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN), his wife and son in a car crash on Sunday. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said the sad development came to the PDP as a huge shock. He prayed to God to grant eternal repose to their souls. Sheriff also commiserated with the minister’s family, and prayed to God to grant them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. The former governor of Borno State said the family should take solace in the exemplary and patriotic life lived by the late minister as well as his immense contributions to the legal profession and the nation at large. He prayed to God to grant the soul of the former minister eternal rest. www.punchng.com/europe-opens-markets-to-more-nigerian-agric-products/ |
| Politics › Boko Haram: Borno Govt Stops Trading In Cattle Markets by sayyid(op): 7:27pm On Mar 05, 2016 |
The Borno State government has suspended trading in four cattle markets to prevent the sale of stolen livestock to raise funds for Boko Haram terrorists. Governor Kashim Shettima said, “All trading activities have been suspended until further notice in line with (the) government’s commitment to ensure that no public place is turned into an avenue for funding activities of the terrorists.” The affected markets are in the towns of Gamboru, Dusuman, Shuwarin and Ngom all outside Maiduguri, the state capital. Sales of dried meat such as “kilishi” have also been banned, he added on Friday. A military counter-offensive that began last year has recaptured territory lost to Boko Haram in Borno and two neighbouring states and the Federal Government believes the group is “technically” defeated. Hit-and-run raids on remote villages in the mainly agricultural region – a trademark tactic of the group – have increasingly seen Boko Haram fighters make off with cattle and foodstuffs. The army says it has cut off the rebels’ supply lines, making it difficult for them to source food, fuel for vehicles and weapons. Some raids have been carried out on foot or even on bicycle. Shettima told a meeting of cattle traders that security officials have reported the markets were being used by unscrupulous middlemen to sell stolen livestock in raids at inflated prices. “The money realised from such transactions will then be channelled to fund the deadly activities of the terrorists,” Shettima said. Maiduguri’s cattle market has previously been shut for similar reasons, leading to a shortage of meat in the city and a public outcry. Imports of cattle into Maiduguri have been banned for the next two weeks and only licenced cattle traders and butchers were allowed to bring in livestock, slaughter and sell meat, the governor added. www.punchng.com/boko-haram-borno-govt-stops-trading-in-cattle-markets/ |
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