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Professor Isaac Adewole, former vice-
chancellor of the University of Ibadan, was
sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari 30
years ago, when he was Nigeria’s military
head of state.
Sixty year old Adewole was then the
secretary of the Association of Resident
Doctors at the University College Hospital in
Ibadan.
Declared wanted by the Buhari regime,
Adewole ran out of Nigeria and was on exile
in Britain for 15 months. He returned to
Nigeria following the pardon granted him and
others by the Babangida administration.
But being in exile also changed the career
path of Adewole. In an interview with
TheNEWS on the occasion of his 60th
birthday last May, he explained how this
happened:
“I was away for about 15 months. But the
experience I had at a research laboratory in
London also influenced what I am today and
helped me when I returned because while I
was there, I wrote four papers. The then
president, Ibrahim Babangida, gave us
pardon. He said he was granting pardon to
all the dismissed doctors so that they could
participate in the national political discourse.
” I must thank some of my teachers who
believed in me, especially Professor Ladipo
who took active interest in me and brought
me up. He was from Ogbomoso and I am
from Ilesa. Many of the things I have
achieved today happened through my
interactions with him. He was among those
who encouraged me to come back. I almost
didn’t want to come back. Coming back
means I am now in the academic line.
Sometime in 1984/85, someone prophesied
that Adewole would become a lecturer and a
professor and I said, Throw it into the bin. I
came back and from lecturer one, I rose
through the ranks and became a professor,
became head of department, provost,
member of council, and vice-chancellor.
Over the last 60 years, I have been the
product of some divine interventions at
various junctions.”.

thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2015/10/buhari-sacked-adewole-ministerial-nominee-30-years-ago/

Henceforth, we should not use any beautiful lady as minister

Me think say dis guy just fake him death, and I think Dieazani will do dsame

I have been away since morning, just seeing dis nao n wat comes to my min is, so dey av started faking their death?

Its was Edwin Clark d other time, now it is Ayade, am sure soon it will b Mama peace.

Sweetguy25:
The APC has actually done an impressive job in remodeling the image of Buhari. I can't believe that Buhari would involve his family in his political life or let his wife organize campaigns and forums.

Its such a shame that he'll lose again, he should have stuck to his word in 2011 and stopped contesting for the office of the president. Seeing Zahra cry if her father loses will be painful

I hope u av eaten ur vomit

First lady conference room na im look like Saudi palace so, little wonder power gets into their head.

And d money will end up as refund to Ameachi n Tinubu for dere contributions towards BUHARI'S campaign #talklikeawailer

They are directing their petition to d wrong place, they should av directed it to d EFCC, cos he will av a hitch free screening since he also has three senators from Lagos in his kitty

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I guess dis is the handiwork of of their crocodile looking former governor

Imaginary journalism

I dont get it ooo, does tribunal sit on saturday?

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Baba go slow go soon turn Baba small small, Saraki my guy must be thinking Tinubu has carried his witch-hunt to london

Operatives of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission have begun a
massive search on the home of the
former Minister of Petroleum Resources,
Dieazani Alison-Madueke.

Details later
Source-saharareporters.com

Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose yesterday cancelled fanfare as well as stadium parades usually held on Independence Day. Fayose, in a broadcast, said there was nothing to celebrate in view of the nation’s economic situation. “I do not think it is proper to engage in jamboree when it is becoming increasingly difficult to pay workers. “The current situation demands sober reflection from all and we cannot pretend again,” Fayose said. He ordered residents to stay at home and enjoy the celebration low-key. The usual activities associated with the celebration were absent in most parts of Ado- Ekiti, the state capital, yesterday. However, there were few places where activities were organised by individuals or corporate bodies. In Ondo State, the situation was pretty much the same. The usual activities that normally characterise the Independence Day celebration were absent. When The Nation visited the usual celebration venue, the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Arcade ground, it was empty. The situation may not be unconnected with the industrial unrest between the government and its workforce. Workers on Wednesday began a two-day warning strike, following the “non-payment” of their three-month salaries. A political analyst, Bayo Akinwole, said the government’s failure to mark the Independence was a sign that its treasury was empty. He lamented that though the government has received the bailout fund, workers were still being owed.

AFTER THE SUSPENCE CUMS THE LIST, THE LIST!! THE LIST!!

EVEN THE WAILERS WANT TO SEE, TO SEE!! TO SEE!!

BUT SOME FAMILIES GO POP CHAMPAGNE OOOOOOO

U need to have seen d applause he got, he was d only African leader who didnt result to bashing of one country or d oda n he used dat as am opportunity to reach out to palestine, since d failure of d last administration to vote during d vote to determine their independence contributed to d failure of their being independent by now

ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI
PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT
THE 70TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
NEW YORK, 28TH SEPTEMBER 2015.
President of the General Assembly,
Secretary–General
Your Excellencies Heads of State and
Governments
Distinguished Delegates
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would like, Mr. President, on behalf of the
Government and people of Nigeria, to
congratulate you and your country on your
election to preside over the 70th session of the
U.N. General Assembly.
2. May I also express appreciation to your
predecessor, Mr. Sam Kahamba Kutesa and the
Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon both of
whom worked tirelessly to ensure proper
articulation of the post-2015 Development
Agenda and to maintain the focus and
commitment to the ideals of the United Nations.
I thank Mr. Ban Ki-moon for his recent visit to
Nigeria when we held very useful discussions.
Mr. President,
3. Fifty-five (55) years ago almost to the day, my
great predecessor, Nigeria’s first Prime Minister,
Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa stood on this
forum to declare Nigeria’s desire to develop and
maintain friendly relations with all countries. He
also assured the world of our country’s
commitment to uphold the principles upon which
the United Nations was founded.
4. Mr. President, my country, Nigeria, has lived
by this conviction, even when judgement went
against us in territorial disputes with our
neighbours. We respected those judgements and
abided by them as a mark of respect for the rule
of law and the charter of this organization.
Nigeria’s record in the U.N. peacekeeping is
second to none. I myself as a young officer in
the Nigerian Army did tours of duty in Congo and
the Lebanon.
5. Nigeria has contributed to U.N. peacekeeping
efforts in Ethiopia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and
Darfur. Furthermore, we are proud of our
contributions to other activities of the U.N.
including the Peace Building Commission, the
Human Rights Council and security sector
reform.
Mr. President,
6. We are gratified to note that most countries
have pledged commitment to the post-2015
Development Agenda and the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) with their means of
implementation. The successor frameworks of
the MDGs have come, Mr. President, with lofty
aspirations and if I may say so, heroic
assumptions! Nonetheless, they target
development cooperation by the international
community up to the year 2020. And they
deserve universal support.
7. This is because the SDGs mirror the hopes
and aspirations of much of the world.
8. I should stress that for the newly adopted
SDGs to be truly global, they must be practical.
In this regard, the SDGs’ core objectives of
poverty eradication and reducing inequalities
must be met within the framework of a
revitalized global partnership support by concrete
policies and actions as outlined in the Addis
Ababa Action Agenda.
9. Luckily, these two core objectives of the SDGs
are precisely at the centre of Nigeria’s new
Administration’s agenda. It must be emphasized,
Mr. President, that Foreign Direct Investment
supplemented where suitable by Official
Development Assistance as outlined in the Addis
Ababa Agenda are necessary, though not
sufficient, conditions for accelerated
development in countries that are trying to catch
up.
10. In this connexion, I would like to appeal to
industrialized countries to redeem their pledge of
earmarking 0.7% (nought point seven percent) of
their GDP to development assistance. With the
sole exception of the UK, all concerned countries
have, I am told to meet the UN requirement. But,
Mr. President, with SDGs we have the
opportunity to improve the lives of people not
just in the developing world but in all nations.
11. The Secretary General himself has grouped
the SDGs into what he calls six “essential
elements” namely:
• Dignity
• Prosperity
• Justice
• Partnership
• Planet
• People
As a prerequisite to these and as we look at
history and remember the terrible events that
gave rise to the birth of the United Nations in
1945, I would like to propose a seventh:
• PEACE
12. Peace, Mr. President, is close to the hearts
of Nigerians, as we are in the front line in the
war on terror. Boko Haram’s war against the
people of Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon
may not attract as much worldwide attention as
the wars in the Middle East but the suffering is
just as great and the human cost is equally high.
13. This is a war about values between progress
and chaos; between democracy and the rule of
law. Boko Haram celebrates violence against the
weak and the innocent and deplorably, they hide
behind their perverted interpretation of Islam.
Boko Haram is as far away from Islam as any
one can think of.
14. Many of my colleagues attending this forum
would want to know how our new government
intends to tackle the huge problems the
government has inherited. Friends of Nigeria and
foreign investor partners will be encouraged to
know that the new Government is attacking the
problems we inherited head-on.
15. We intend to tackle inequalities arising from
massive unemployment and previous government
policies favouring a few people to the detriment
of the many. We intend to emphasize quality
technological education for development and lay
foundation for comprehensive care of the aged,
the disadvantaged and the infirm. But for now
terrorism is the immediate problem.
16. Accordingly, Mr. President, Members of the
General Assembly, the new Nigerian Government
which I have the honour to head, moved with
dispatch to put in a bold and robust strategy to
defeat Boko Haram. Nigeria and her neighbours
Cameroon, Chad and Niger plus Benin are
working together to face this common threat
within the regional framework of the Lake Chad
Basin Commission. We have established a
multinational joint task force to confront,
degrade and defeat Boko Haram.
17. We have driven them away from many of
their strongholds, killed or captured many of their
operatives or commanders and freed several
hundreds of hostages.
18. Mr. President, one of our major aims is to
rescue the Chibok girls alive and unharmed. We
are working round the clock to ensure their
safety and eventual reunion with their families.
Chibok girls are constantly on our minds and in
our plans.
19. Mr. President, terrorism is by no means the
major or the only evil threatening and
undermining the wellbeing of societies around
the world.
• Corruption
• Cross border financial crimes
• Cyber crimes
• Human trafficking
• Spread of communicable diseases
• Climate change
• Proliferation of weapons
are all major challenges of the 21st century
which the international community must tackle
collectively. Let me reaffirm Nigerian
government’s unwavering commitment to fight
corruption and illicit financial flows. By any
consideration, corruption and cross border
financial crimes are impediments to
development, economic growth, and the
realization of the wellbeing of citizens across the
globe.
20. Nigeria is ready and willing to partner with
international agencies and individual countries on
a bilateral basis to confront crimes and
corruption. In particular, I call upon the global
community to urgently redouble efforts towards
strengthening the mechanisms for dismantling
safe havens for proceeds of corruption and
ensuring the return of stolen funds and assets to
their countries of origin.
21. Mr. President, the world is now facing a big
new challenge: human trafficking. This is an old
evil taking an altogether new and dangerous
dimension threatening to upset international
relationships. We in Africa are grieved to see on
international networks how hundreds of
thousands of our able bodied men and women
fleeing to Europe and in the process thousands
dying in the desert or drowning in the
Mediterranean.
22. We condemn in the strongest terms these
people traffickers and will support any measures
to apprehend and bring them to justice. At the
same time, we are very appreciative of European
governments notably Italy and Germany, for their
understanding and humane treatment of these
refugees.
23. Last year, our continent faced the dreadful
occurrence of Ebola. We sincerely thank the
international community for the collective efforts
to contain this deadly disease. We are not out of
the woods yet but we would like to record our
appreciation to the United States, United
Kingdom, France and China for their outstanding
assistance in arresting the spread of Ebola and
care of those infected in collaboration with host
countries.
Mr. President,
24. Nigeria fully subscribes to and fully endorses
Goals 13, 14 and 15 of the SDGs regarding
Climate Change. In Nigeria, desertification and
land erosion and degradation leading to
biodiversity loss are real threats to our
environment and we shall propose under the
auspices of the Lake Chad Basin Commission a
regional approach to combat these environmental
challenges.
25. We look forward to the UN Summit on
climate change in Paris in December 2015. This
summit should provide optimism to humanity on
addressing the looming threat faced by many
communities around the world.
Mr. President,
26. We are witnessing a dreadful increase in
conflicts fuelled by availability of small arms and
light weapons. I call upon all member countries
to demonstrate the political will needed to
uphold the UN charter. For a start, a robust
implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty will
guarantee that small arms and light weapons are
only legally transferred. Arms traffickers and
human traffickers are two evil species which the
world community should eradicate.
Mr. President,
27. As we engage in these annual debates, we
need remind ourselves of the principles that led
to the founding of the United Nations. Among
those are peaceful coexistence and self-
determination of peoples. In this context, Mr.
President, the unresolved question of self-
determination for the Palestinian people and
those of Western Sahara, both nations having
been adjusted by the United Nations as
qualifying for this inalienable right must now be
assured and fulfilled without any further delay or
obstacle.
28. The international community has come to pin
its hopes on resolving the Palestinian issue
through the two – states solution which
recognises the legitimate right of each state to
exist in peace and security. The world has no
more excuses or reasons to delay the
implementation of the long list of Security
Council resolutions on this question. Neither do
we have the moral right to deny any people their
freedom or condemn them indefinitely to
occupation and blockade
Mr. President, delegates of member countries,
29. UN is 70 years old. It can count many more
than 70 major achievements as the world’s
forum and family reunion. It is my hope that in
the next 70 years, it will achieve control of
climate, help to eliminate communicable
diseases, eliminate major and local conflicts and
therefore eliminate the problem of refugees, take
major steps towards reducing harmful
inequalities between nations and within nations
and above all, eliminate nuclear weapons.
30. Mr. President, as this is my first address in
this Assembly, I thank you and the delegates for
listening so patiently.

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Sounds like a beer parlour gist

Is any Nigerian tv station showing it?

anjigirl:
Nobody offend Jagaban and go scot free

But dis one too much

Please say amen ooo, d person u will offend dat will never forgive u, may u never offend him/her ooooo
I swear Saraki is gone, no where else to hide

Ex-SGF and Afenifere chieftain, Chief Olu Falae has been kidnapped. While details of his abduction has remained sketchy, DAILY POST will bring more information as soon as they are available.
dailypost.ng/2015/09/21/breaking-ex-sgf-olu-falae-abducted/

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The timing is very very wrong

PMB wants to deal with dis ones first before pouncing on our treasury looters, they will all know d power of our collective strength he said

And if dis continues, den President Buhari's of not appointing ministers yet would b fulfilled cos I don't see d Senate resume dis month

At least d house is to resume on 29th, so we will know wat is real or not

Embattled former Governor of Akwa Ibom State,
Chief Godswill Akpabio yesterday gave his
successor the most heart breaking news – he
won’t be returning to Nigeria soon following the
raid of the presidential lodge he (Akpabio)
stayed where stockpile of arms and dollar notes
were discovered in a surprise raid by a special
squad of the Department of State Security.
The incidence which took the State government
and Akpabio by surprise has led to the federal
government listing the fugitive Governor on the
watch list by both foreign and Nigerian security
forces. Akpabio, investigation reveals got wind
of a covert move to get him arrested on his
arrival from London where he claims he went to
receive medical treatment after surviving a
mysterious and controversial car accident in
Abuja and fled to America over the weekend.
Impeccable sources say Akpabio called his
successor (Udom Emmanuel) on Sunday
evening after the church service to mark Udom
Emmanuel’s 100 days in office and informed the
Governor that with the dilemma he has found
himself, it is practically impossible to return to
the country.
“The Governor was not himself Sunday night
moments after Akpabio called him on phone to
inform him that he won’t be returning to the
country till sometime in December. The news
not only devastated the Governor but has made
him look more vulnerable than ever. We had
expected Akpabio back this week but from the
look of things, things have gone bad for both
Akpabio and Udom”, said a close source to the
Akwa Ibom state Governor.
Akpabio who was expected to return to the
country to defend his election currently before
the tribunal in ABUJA might also have tactically
given up on the case.
Though he opened his defence last Wednesday,
he seems to have lost hope after the National
Secretary of the PDP and the Chairman of the
Akwa Ibom State PDP Electoral Panel told the
court that the party had no candidate for the
disputed Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial seat.
Unconfirmed reports say he allegedly flee
London to the US over the weekend. But his
chances of escaping seems remote if the
federal government decides to seek his
extradition back to the country.
Already, the Department of Homeland Security
has placed his family members and relatives on
the watch list. There are strong indication that
the government may freeze all bank accounts of
the embattled Governor. A circular to that
effect is being prepared by the relevant
agencies.
This informed the decision of Akpabio to be
keeping money in cash in houses and bunkers
than lodge them in banks.
Meanwhile Akpabio has started putting for sale
some properties he allegedly acquired with
public funds. But most prospective buyers have
avoided buying the properties because of the
likely political repercussions the likely probe
may have on such transaction.


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