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The wind of change has finally reached EFCC.....but its still same Chairman, someone must ve clipped this man wings during the past administration and made him look clueless....

A Presidency source told SaharaReporters that Mr. Emefiele asked to see President Buhari and then requested to leave for an “important” meeting in London. The President is said to have granted the request.

What's the beef with this guy for?

Caption this photo....

One word!

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Cool

wiringdpt:
Lucky guy

You took that out of my mouth

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Nice observation Barca, but in my opinion I think its better PMB takes his time so he can come up with the best people needed for the much anticipated change, than to rush and bring in people of questionable character(which I know people like you will question PMB intention)......so don't you feel its good to give the current government some benefits of doubt than always making issue with anything PMB?

IT emerged in Abuja, on Sunday, that the Clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, rejected plot by some politicians to stall the inauguration of the National Assembly on June 9
The clerk also stalled the bid to stop the election of Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, after rejecting a proposal to call off the sitting of the Senate at 10.00 a.m. on June 9.
Sources in the National Assembly had told the Nigerian Tribune that following the rejection of the proposal to send reminder text messages to all senators and members of the House of Representatives for a meeting at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, by the APC national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, leaders of the party behind the push resorted to the national secretary.
It was also gathered that the leaders sent three ranking senators to Maikasuwa to convey to him the need to keep the sitting of the Senate in abeyance.
Sources said the lawmakers told Maikasuwa that the Unity Forum, favoured by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Senate leadership positions, could not win the election on the floor if Saraki was allowed to gain entry and get nominated.
The emissaries were also said to have told the clerk that the only option open to the party was to drag Saraki and others before President Muhammadu Buhari, so that the president could appeal to the Kwara senator to withdraw from the race.
Sources, however, told the Nigerian Tribune that the clerk said he had prepared for the inauguration of the National Assembly, armed with the constitution and the Rule Book, adding that if the APC senators failed to appear at the sitting, the senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who are 49 in number, could form the quorum 40 inaugurate the House.
The ranking senator that led the delegation to Maikasuwa was said to have told the clerk that all APC senators were to stay away from the sitting.
But the clerk was said to have insisted that the PDP senators alone would form quorum in the Senate chamber that day.
The clerk was also said to have told the APC senators that the proclamation already issued by the president was more or less a law binding on him to conduct the sitting of the Senate at 10.00 a.m.
He was also said to have told his guests that the proclamation could only be issued once in the lifetime of a National Assembly, meaning that the one issued could not be withdrawn.
The clerk was said to have studied the aide memoir prepared by his predecessors while preparing the Rule Books of the Current Senate and the House of Representatives in 1998, ahead of the inauguration of the Fourth Republic in 1999.
Sources further said the leaders of the APC then got message to security agencies to block the entrance of the National Assembly and stop anyone from gaining entrance and that by so doing, the sitting could be frustrated.
Sources said words, however, later got to the presidency that the gates of the National Assembly had been blocked, prompting the Villa to get words across to the Inspector-General of Police to immediately ensure that gates of the National Assembly complex were thrown open.
The message enabled the pro-Saraki senators and PDP lawmakers to gain access to the complex and enabled Maikasuwa to conduct the election of presiding officers of the Senate that day.


http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/node/11523

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There is a before and an after to all of this.

omenka:
Bloggers and fake news. This pic is fake.

Thought as much! Some Bloggers sha!

From the pix above...the source is suspicious...seems fake! another metronaija.com?

Reading comments

@ OP, Hope these pix won't bring confusion again

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said the Damaturu-Bui road which insurgents littered with mines had been cleared and now safe for use.

The Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman, made this disclosure in a statement he issued in Abuja.

He said that in addition to the removal of the mines, measures had been put in place to ensure adequate safety for road users on the axis.

“Good morning, please inform the public that Damaturu-Biu road has been cleared of mines.

“This was done by a team of Nigerian Army Special Forces, Explosives Ordinance Devices with support from the Nigeria Police and local vigilante,” the statement stated.

According to it, four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by the suspected Boko Haram terrorists were discovered and successfully detonated.

The spokesman urged commuters to use the road as adequate security was being provided.

“The Nigerian Army wishes to further enjoin the public to be more security conscious and report any suspicious persons and movements to the security agents,” he added.


http://www.today.ng/news/weve-cleared-mines-planted-by-boko-haram-on-damaturu-biu-road-army/

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ApexTitan:
It is left for the individual who doesn't want to drown in the sea of misinformation that is the Nigerian media to verify the news he comes across.

The simple heuristic is this: Read then verify. (Don't jump on the bandwagon just because it suits a particular party's narrative)

Perfect!!!

I swear I love nairaland.....Voluntary individuals acting as DSS CIA NIA lalasticlala pls its Sunday

But I think everyone should be worried on the level of propaganda in this country.....honestly we don't know what to believe anymore

I think the initial false thread should be deleted since its misleading.

@simeonii_1

orobs93:
Lol
This is good if jonathan has treated his enemies and opponents this way we for nor dey were we dey now...so buhari tackle dem...den by 2023 we vote in pdp again to tackle dem tinubu and dem amaechi but for now let's buhari catch d thieves he can.

On point!!!

House of assembly and start fumbling, like it was in the days of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. Such things can’t happen again.

“And that brings me to the fact that Ekiti is gone for good from the hands of APC. Even if Senator Bola Tinubu [the leader of APC] becomes the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, they will lose in Ekiti, because they are not on the ground here. The kind of politics I play is that wherein I tie myself to the people, not the people tying themselves to me. If you look at the processes of the botched impeachment, what happened aftermath, was a defence put up by the people, not even me. We, however, thank God. It was the Lord’s doing.”

He said Nigerians voted the ruling party because they wanted change but rather that meet their expectations, Buhari has been playing to the gallery.

Fayose said the pace of the current administration is “too slow”, dismissing the impression that his state received any form of bailout from the federal government.

“The people said PDP was not doing it well, they voted us out. Okay. PDP was not doing well, let us see what APC has to offer. But for me, they have not started well. This pace is too slow and they are playing to the gallery too much,” he said.

“Apart from other issues like the north/south dichotomy, religious sentiments and change in itself, one of the key reasons, in terms of policy and in terms of needs, why Nigerians voted for President Buhari is security. They want to be secure.

“Everybody was shouting “bring back our girls”, the APC was shouting that Jonathan had no capacity and that the moment Buhari comes in, within 30 days, Boko Haram will be inside the River Niger. Rather, Boko Haram is now spreading their tentacles and growing in confidence. Both opposition and the government must stay together to fight insurgency, but I need to remind them that they were the people politicising this thing.

“So, it has come to the fore. But it is a different ball game now: governance and opposition. When they were in opposition, they could be using propaganda to deceive the people, bamboozle them and use the press to their advantage. But you cannot use propaganda to lead the people. Look at an instance: they came out to say that they had done a bailout. To whom did they give the bailout? Are they also bailing themselves out? Nobody has bailed Ekiti out. We have only got our legitimate allocation which is tax from NLNG.

“It was Ekiti’s basic entitlement under the allocation procedures. I got N2.1 billion and my wage bill is N2.6 billion. So, when you now say bailout, a bailout that cannot pay one month’s salary, how do you explain that? I said about a week ago that there’s no issue of bailout and I cannot be telling the APC-led government that that they are deceiving Nigerians and playing to the gallery. The so-called bailout issue is playing to the gallery. So, to me there’s no issue of bailout. When Jonathan was there, this tax from NLNG went straight to the federation account.

“Today, they are in power, they can say whatever they have to say. Jonathan is gone, they should leave Jonathan alone and face the act of governance. They said PDP cannot do it well; they are there now. They should, please, try their best for us and leave propaganda.

“Another thing is that the president and vice-president announced that they will forfeit 50 percent of their salaries. That is also playing to the gallery. I can forfeit everything, because salary is meaningless. I’m ready to forfeit all of my own… the whole salary, not half, because we know the truth. We know where people in government make money.

“The president should go a little bit further and forfeit other benefits he enjoys. For instance, all the benefits of the state house in Abuja and protocol. There are a lot of benefits that will accrue to the president in terms of travelling, in terms of sitting allowances and other allowances that are due the president. He must cut the cost, because the benefits are more far-reaching than salary. The president’s salary is N1.1 million. Is the president telling us that he has forfeited N550,000 to Nigerians to change our fortune? No.

“Even my own salary is about N700,000; I’m ready to give it out without complaining and I’m not going to announce it on the radio or television. And, interestingly, you cannot forfeit it by words of mouth, because there is nowhere you will post it anyway in the revenue mobilisation law. You can take it and use it to promote the cause of Nigerians, but don’t tell us you are ready to forfeit half of your salary and it’s a big deal. No, it’s not.

“They should be able to take decisive steps to advance the cause of Nigerians beyond sentiment.

“They’ve been there almost two months and they had about seven weeks before swearing-in. Yet, they’ve not been able to give us direction that they mean well. I’m speaking this way because I’m in the opposition, I’m not in their party.”


https://www.thecable.ng/buhari-cant-disturb-ekiti-says-fayose

Interesting... I guess less than 30 percent Nigerians will pass corruption test.