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Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said the surveillance helicopter purchased by his administration would soon be given the necessary assistance it requires by the Federal Government.

According to a statement made available to our correspondent by the media aide, to the governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, on Saturday, the governor said this when the Police Community Relations Committee paid him a courtesy visit.

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Mr. Gboyega Famodun, had on June 22, accused the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan of frustrating the plan of the governor to put the chopper into use to assist security agencies in surveillance.

Famodun said the FG-controlled Nigerian Communications Commission refused to provide the special code for the helicopter to be linked with ground equipment provided by the state government for surveillance.

But Aregbesola said, “With the recent government at the centre, the helicopter we purchased for aerial surveillance will be in full operation with the issuance of the sort code needed for its operation.”

Aregbesola also called on the police committee to treat the issue of cultism with seriousness, noting that cultism must not be allowed to grow in the state.

He said, “I want all hands to be on the deck to make our state a no-go area for people with criminal intent. Despite our ranking as one of the least state with crime in the country, much still needs be done to get rid of the little criminals still hanging around the state.

“We are among one of the states with the purchase of high numbers of equipment, we have armoured personnel carrier that can convey 20 armed policemen with surveillance camera and other security gadgets mounted on it.

This man never pay salaries o. By the way what's the crime rate in Osun? Smh.

“We are conscious of the fact that without security, their can’t be a state, that’s why our administration is handling security with utmost importance.”

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Abubakar Marafa, lauded Aregbesola for providing operational vehicles and other equipment for the police in the state.

The CP, who was represented by Mr. Tunde Showole, said with the numbers of vehicle and other equipment provided by the state government, the police does not have any excuse regarding operation vehicles.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/osun-surveillance-helicopter-to-launch-soon-aregbesola/

Nnaeb:
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Philosophy

No wonder Nigerians are majorly fools.
Philosophy was once the only subject that was as medicine, law, economics, sociology and the rest was studied under it. Do you stop for a second to imagine why there is philosophy of almost anything?

Buffoons.

Sahara and their source (abi sauce) news.

Past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has offered to refund the sum of $250 million dollars to the Nigerian government in return for immunity from further investigation and possible prosecution, SaharaReporters has learned. However, her overture has reportedly received a cold response from President Muhammadu Buhari.


A source in Aso Rock and a ranking member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) told our correspondent that the former minister has been reaching out to influential government and ruling party officials, in and outside Abuja, to prevail on President Buhari to accept her offer and let bygones be bygone. According to our sources, Mrs. Alison-Madueke had enlisted the support of several figures close to Mr. Buhari, including Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, to intercede with the incumbent president.

Mrs. Alison-Madueke was one of the closest ministers to former President Goodluck Jonathan, and is reputed to have anchored and facilitated numerous money-laundering scandals and deals that characterized the era of the just-ended Jonathan administration. The former Petroleum Minister oversaw several oil swap deals, the disposition of oil wells handed over by Shell Petroleum to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and the direct looting of funds through the NNPC. Former Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was forced out of office after he revealed that the NNPC had failed to remit more than $20 billion in oil revenues with the CBN.

The former Petroleum Minister is the latest of several officials who served under Mr. Jonathan’s government that are currently negotiating “soft landing deals” with the Buhari administration. The incumbent president, who was sworn in on May 29, 2015, has vowed to probe various questionable financial actions taken by his successor or officials of his government. Mr. Buhari is reportedly determined to recover billions of dollars in stolen funds.

One source said Mrs. Alison-Madueke’s latest offer to refund at least $250 million to the government came after she learned that President Buhari’s scheduled meeting with US Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, would include a discussion of ways that the US government could facilitate the investigation, arrest and prosecution of some officials of the Jonathan administration implicated in the theft of billions of dollars and a variety of frauds that resulted in the loss of significant sums of public funds in Nigeria.

SaharaReporters exclusively reported earlier in the week that the former Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been cooperating with the Buhari administration’s ongoing, if quiet, probe of a series of questionable financial transactions by the Jonathan administration.

Our sources revealed that Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala had given the Buhari administration documents that expose a number of shady financial deals executed by the Jonathan administration.

Two days ago, we reported that former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, had appealed to Mr. Buhari to halt the ongoing probe of former President Jonathan’s administration. Even though Mr. Anyaoku has denied that he urged Mr. Buhari to stop the investigation of his predecessor’s financial dealings, our sources insisted that the ex-Commonwealth chief executive brought up the matter.

Our sources disclosed that Mr. Buhari was unimpressed by Mrs. Alison-Madueke’s offer. “Mr. President considers the $250 million as ridiculous considering the amount of money Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke is suspected to have diverted into her pocket and those of others,” said one source.

According to our sources, Mr. Buhari is intent on ordering a full audit of deals and transactions done by the former Petroleum Minister and her cohorts in the various agencies that reported to her.

In addition, the new president is reportedly focused on looking further at the extensive embezzlement of security funds by appointees of the former president. Mr. Buhari has approved an investigation of how more than $3 billion in Nigeria’s defense budget was spent. Security agents who searched the homes of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, reportedly carted away some revealing documents.

Earlier today, the Department of State Security (DSS) arrested and detained Gordon Obuah, a former Chief Security Officer to President Goodluck Jonathan. Mr. Obuah is reportedly being questioned over his alleged mastermind of a multi-million dollar oil bunkering deal during the former administration.

Source (sauce) : http://saharareporters.com/2015/07/18/buhari-turns-down-former-petroleum-minister-alison-madueke-offer-refund-250-million

Caveat: Believe Sahara at your own detriment.

The recent spate of allegations against the immediate past Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, by the Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole may not be unconnected to the refusal by the former to grant loan requests by the governor to pursue financial obligations, which the then minister considered inimical to the interest of Edo State, it has been revealed.


Documents unearthed by THISDAY from sources in the Debt Management Office (DMO) showed that the Edo State governor had in a letter dated December 9, 2014 requested a “No Objection” for facilities totalling N15.37 billion, which were turned down by DMO and the minister.


A breakdown of the loans showed that the Edo State Government asked for a "No Objection" for a N13.2 billion term loan from Ecobank Plc to enable the state government meet its payment obligations to contractors; a N1.03 billion term loan from Fidelity Bank Plc to meet the Edo government’s State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB) 50 per cent counterpart funding obligations; and yet another N1.14 billion term loan from Ecobank Plc to meet the state’s 50 per cent counterpart funding obligations to SUBEB.


However, investigations revealed that all the loan requests were turned down by the Ministry of Finance under Okonjo-Iweala following the assessment and guidance provided by DMO, which observed that the loans would be inappropriate and ran contrary to the existing guidelines.


The former minister felt strongly that approving the requests could put Edo State in a very difficult position.
The first reason for her decision to decline the request, according to a source in DMO, was that it was wrong for the state government to obtain a commercial loan and repay same via a World Bank disbursement, which Edo State was expecting.


She had through the DMO communicated her reservations that using a concessional World Bank facility with a 25-year tenor and a five-year grace period at 1.25 per interest rate to pay for a commercial bank loan of 23 months tenor and 18 per cent interest rate was not only irregular but was not economically sustainable.


“In fact, World Bank rules abhor the use of the institution’s facilities to offset commercial loans,” the DMO had said in another letter in response to the Edo State Government.


However, Okonjo-Iweala, investigations further revealed, did not just reject the loan applications but actually offered some other solutions, including borrowing a smaller amount through a N5 billion bond with a lower interest rate than a bank loan. But Oshiomhole rejected this option.


THISDAY learnt that Edo State was not the only state whose loan applications were not approved by the former minister. Several other states also had their applications rejected based on the results of the Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) carried out by the DMO.
In some cases, the applications were not in line with extant rules and procedures.


Sources told THISDAY that Oshiomhole’s sudden repeated attacks against Okonjo-Iweala were indicative of the fact that he took the minister’s rejection of the application very personally, as he desperately needed the funds before the 2015 elections.


THISDAY investigations also showed that he was displeased with the publication of what the states as well as the federal government got from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) between 2011 and 2014 because it put the information into the hands of Edo citizens to whom he had been crying that he did not have enough money because the government at the centre was denying the state its due from the ECA.


The governor opened his floodgate of attacks against Okonjo-Iweala shortly after the general election when he asked the former minister to explain the whereabouts of $30 billion.


Shortly after, he came up with another allegation of $20 billion, $10 billion, N720 billion and $2.1 billion, which he claimed were missing from the ECA and other sources.


On Monday, he levelled another allegation, accusing the former minister of using $1 billion from the ECA to fund the re-election of former President Goodluck Jonathan, an allegation which Okonjo-Iweala vigorously denied and described the governor’s allegation as a symptom of “numerical diarrhoea”.


However, when confronted with the documents in THISDAY’s possession, the Edo governor’s media aide, Kassim Afegbua, dismissed the reference to the loans requested by the governor.


He described it as a weak attempt to whip up sentiments with the intent of masking the real issue which was the illegality perpetrated by Okonjo-Iweala “who was dipping her hand in collusion with the president into the ECA and spending money against the provision of our laws which make it mandatory for the National Economic Council (NEC) to approve withdrawals from the ECA”.


He said: “Oshiomhole has not been making reckless accusations. Why are the minister and her co-travellers begging the issue? Are they saying Okonjo-Iweala’s dipping her hands into the ECA is acceptable under our laws?


“Are they saying that the former minister is at liberty to take money from the ECA to pay subsidy claims without the required approvals? Does she have the right to take money from the ECA running into several billions?
“Oshiomhole is not raising dust over nothing; the funds in the ECA is owned by the federal government to the tune of 52 per cent, while the states and the local governments own the balance 48 per cent.


“Under our laws, the president can’t spend the federal government's funds without the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).”
He maintained that Okonjo-Iweala had changed her position on this issue up to four times, indicating that she must have something to hide.


According to him, “This is simple logic, since you have been publishing the disbursement of the funds to the various state governments from the ECA, what stops you from also publishing the accruals into the same account?


“She needs to tell us the law that allows you to spend the funds in the ECA without permission. She initially said FAAC gave the approvals and FAAC said they did not and the she changed her position and said it was the president who gave the permission, but is the president permitted to do that? The answer is no.


“Instead of addressing these important issues and addressing these violations her spokesperson is feigning ignorance and begging the issue.”


Kassim added that states were compelled to ask for loans for legitimate projects because the right allocations that should have accrued to them were being “stolen by Okonjo-Iweala and her cohorts”.


“They mismanaged the economy and plundered our collective patrimony with reckless abandon. She was indeed the coordinating minister of economic fraud and financial malfeasance,” he stated.

Source :
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/-refusal-to-approve-n15-37bn-loans-behind-oshiomhole-s-tirade-against-okonjo-iweala-/214648/#.VaZ_VNQdkEw.facebook

seunmsg:
Shows we now have a listening and accommodating president who doesn't see every protest as being sponsored by the opposition movement. If GEJ had listened to the outcry of the #BBOG movement early enough, maybe the girls would have been found by now.

How....?

DropShot:
From the report, the guy is eminently qualified. And being the most senior executive in the DPR after the last director, the appointment is very well informed.


Did you read the article? Or you have just simply decided to act stupidly?

Was the penultimate guy not eminently qualified too? How do you guage correctness and non corruption? This is the most senior when the 'rot' was there and is now appointment head, what's the difference?

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.

There is no saga.
Saraki is Nigerian.
End of story.

Beverly1:
Think it's around 130k for B.Sc..are they recruiting soon bro'? Any info

How can you lie so easily on a Sunday?

barcanista:
[size=13pt]Senator Bukola Saraki[/size]:
Saraki was a "mere" appointee of Obasanjo prior to the 2003 Governorship election. He won the PDP primaries courtesy Oloye Olusola Saraki, his father and political godfather of Kwara state. He was to be elected as Kwara state governor not on his own but solely on his father. His father had installed then Governor Lawal in 1999 and replaced him him Bukola in 2003. In 2010 Saraki declared for President. He along with IBB and Atiku Abubakar were the Northern PDP aspirants that sought to unseat President Jonathan in 2011. In same 2010 a Northern caucus within the PDP called for a consensus Northern candidate among the three northern aspirants. Atiku defeated Saraki and IBB to be the northern candidate for the PdP. Saraki pledged his allegiance to Atiku during the PDP Presidential primaries for 2011 election but Atiku lost WOEFULLY to incumbent Goodluck Jonathan. Saraki couldn't even influence other North Central PDP caucus apart from his Kwara to vote Atiku.

In 2011 Saraki's father wanted Bukola to go to Senate but Gbemi his daughter to become Governor. Saraki however had Abdulfattah Ahmed in mind. The truth is Saraki and his father played a fast one on Kwara people. The ACN candidate Muhammed Balgore was gaining momentum, Saraki's father had to play the Gbemi card by forming ACPN to confuse the electorates and split the ACN's vote. In fact, on June 5, 2011 just 8 days after Gov Ahmed was inaugurated , Olusola Saraki and Bukola Saraki "re-united" after Bukola "begged", the PDP and Pa Saraki ACPN merged as one BIG Family. Pa Olusola Saraki was again affirmed to be the leader of PDP in Kwara. Saraki and his sister Gbemi were to play the same trick in 2015. How? Gbemi remained in PDP after Saraki moved to APC in 2013. She caused lots of troubles and had her faction and then dumped PDP to APC on the eve of 2015 Presidential election after deliberately destroyed the party from within.

Saraki's ascension to Senate Presidency is not due to the political commando of Saraki but because he had to bend to PDP's compromise and also because PDP needed to neutralise APC's proposed structure. It would have infact been the reverse if Saraki was APC candidate and Lawan was the rebel. Also note that the power and influence of the Senate President starts and ends inside the Senate Chamber and the occupant's Senatorial district. In fact, Senators may elect to kick him out if he bites more than he can chew. Also looking at Saraki, with exception of Governor Ahmed I don't think Saraki can boast of any influential loyalist. Even Ahmed is not a force of influence among Governors like we have Rochas of Imo, Wike of Rivers, Amosun of Ogun, Ajimobi of Oyo, Fayose of Ekiti, Oshiomole of Edo, Shetimma of Borno, Obiano of Anambra etc.

Comparing Bola Ahmed Tinubu political influence with that of Bukola Saraki is like comparing an Eagle with a tse-tse fly simply because both have wings. Saraki's sycophant should not make him believe that he rose to SP seat on his own.


CAVEAT: This article is purely on the political influence of both men. It is not an endorsement of either party nor a statement of sainthood.

One thing about power u seem to overlook is that a force is more powerful when it is an alliance of average to big powers than one big power with it's 'boys.' Saraki has out-shined Tinubu this time no matter how you put it. He did so with the power of alliance and synergy. Tinubu's style is old school.

VintageCocktail:
Don't call my monicker names, I don't take it likely when attacked personally.
State your opinions as I've stated mine and move on. One more insult and you will have the full meaning of cyber bully redefined.



Be warned.

Ewu Kambia.
Do your worst gullible chimp.

VintageCocktail:
Somebody should count that zero for me, it is too much to assimilate .

Isn't change beautiful!!!!!? Refineries are already set to work. He said he will sell not less than 24 hours ago now he is selling these evening.

Mumu people. Hope you have heard the latest on the freaking jet sale. Gullible idiotos.

evegran:
OP I agree with you.
Honestly, the paper bible feels more connected to God and holy. Whenever I use my ipad's bible, I still check other apps and even games I'm afraid-so I decided to stick with my paper bible. Less distraction and it's more connected to God.

This yours is better reason than all the thrash the OP put together.

Chillinmasoul:
Mr English, this man puts up a serious problem and here you are telling us how bad his English is! Proffer solutions and not tell him how you and Whole Soyinka schooled together. Who doesn't understand him!! Mtshwww

There's no solution it's fraud. He didn't put up any serious problem. A two year old can solve this meaning it's no problem. It's someone lying graciously to themselves.

phemmylink:
Really dont know what to do.. seriously in need of bar.. I design websites.. a friend of mine has a client who is a scammer.. the client want us to do a e-commerce website, I have billed the client.. I have even collected 50% of the payment. But is it illegal.. am I in danger.. have got alot of questions. .. what do u guys fink.. I need the money.. any legal advice here.. will appreciate pls

Having taken the money you are already a thief and you know that. Quit asking. You sound like a rogue already. Taking money and thinking later. They will surely get him, it's a matter of time. You are next in line.

naijaboiy:
[color=#1980BC]What exactly is serving him right?[/color]

If you don't know what exactly then It's like you are one of the lowlife who can do such hopeless thing. Anuofia

SarahBabyxx:
The 8th assembly is starting on a dissappointing note

You must be a thoughtless APC/Tinubu scoundrel. This is a win for democracy.

EVILFOREST:
FLEASE, relieve them of these EXORBITANT and MOUTH-WATERING allowances...



ALLOWANCES are the problems... NOT SALARIES..
ALLOWANCES such as..
Newspaper allowance for what..?
House maid allowance....
Hotel allowance...
Girl friend allowance..
Furniture allowance...
Pets allowance...

Their salary basic holds the key. Once cut, it will take care of the rest as they only % of it.

I dunno if Konga paid people to do this. I bought an item on Black Friday and paid straight. 5days or so later Konga cancelled it on their own. The first person I spoke with on customer care told me item finished so they cancelled it. Lousy.

The second person handed me over to a manager of some sort who told me my payment was delayed by my bank and so it was canceled. I told her she's lying. That I got an alert and till them I was speaking to her there was no reversal yet. She kept trying to je smart till I told her I recorded an operator saying they cancelled it cos it finished. That's when she knew I wasn't kidding. I threatened to upload it and tag them. And actually I did record the call. Accepting my payment meant there's product and one way or the other I get what I paid for. Or did they take money for what they don't have? They didn't even get to me. I called first. Meanwhile they already have my cash. Took me another week to take my refund.

Last week I needed an a SATA HDD badly and ordered on Konga as Jumia didn't have. The merchant called me and delivered himself after 2 days. He complained that Kinga keeps delaying his goofs getting to the customer. This is a merchant o. Me the buyer woulda been phucked. Last time I remember ordering from Jumia I got it following day and paid on delivery.

My experience.

The immediate past governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola and his Rivers State counterpart, Mr Rotimi Amaechi have become the first causalities’ of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘no nonsense’ style of leadership as both have lost out in their quest for ministerial position.

The two former governors were at the forefront of the tenacious “change campaign” that saw Buhari emerged victorious in the March 28, 2015 presidential election where Amaechi even served as Buhari’s campaign director.

President Buhari was said to have told Fashola and Amaechi to their faces in one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus meetings held before his inauguration on Friday, May, 29, that he was not considering both of them for ministerial appointment without given any reasons to justify his stand.

This we gathered may not be unconnected with the large sub-national external debts incurred by Lagos State and Rivers State under the watch of Fashola and Amaechi.

Under Fashola, Lagos State Government owes $1.02bn which represents 33.86 per cent of the country’s total sub-national external debts leaving the remaining 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory with $1.99bn as of June 30, 2014.

Amaechi was also accused of plunging Rivers State into massive external indebtedness by a coalition of non-governmental organisations interested in transparency and accountability in governance.

He took $280m concessionary loan from World Bank and the Africa Development Bank for the purpose of providing water and sanitation which the coordinator of NDCBP, Mr Ken Henshaw claimed will increase Rivers State debt to the tune of $322m.

Henshaw, said, “since 2008, Rivers State has experienced a steady rise in the amount it owes external creditors. In 2008, Rivers State owed $32.3m, which increased to $33.7m in 2009.

“By 2010, it rose to $35.5m and decreased to $33.8m in 2011, only to rise again to $36.6m in 2012 and $42.6m as at the end of 2013.”

Henshaw noted then that apart from these, the Rivers State government also had a significantly large domestic debt amount, which stood at N81.4bn and represented 5.2 percent of the total domestic debt of 36 states as at the end of 2012.”

The then Rivers State commissioner for information and communications, Mrs Ibim Sementari however refuted the claim saying the state’s debt was below N100bn.

She insisted then that Rivers State government had set aside N11bn every month to service its debt profile, therefore would not leave any debt for the incoming government; a promise the Amaechi led government failed to honour as governor Nyesom Wike had raised the alarm over the large debt left behind by Amaechi.

We however gathered from a reliable source, that President Buhari has been under pressure since his victory by some stakeholders of the APC especially from the South-West who felt their financial support contributed greatly to his overwhelming victory at the poll.

Buhari was said to have rejected severally the ministerial nominees list doctored by these APC South-West cabals on the ground that he decides who works with him and would only consider someone based on merit.

This we gathered informed Buhari’s statement in his inaugural speech after he was sworn-in on Friday, that he is for everyone and not for anyone.

Our source maintained that the list of ministerial nominees published by an online news portal which the APC hierarchy disowned before the inauguration was actually presented to Buhari but his refusal to accept or look at it forced the APC to disown it in order not to expose the party’s in-house rancor to the public.

Our source further said that Buhari being a disciplinarian believes that Fashola and Amaechi who were among those who flouted his directive to all out-going governors to settle their debts before vacating office are not fit enough as well as prudent to be considered in his cabinet.

Besides, Buhari is said to have confidence in the personalities that worked with him during his 20 months administration in 1983 and would only consider new faces on the ground of merit.

“We could see the return of Tam David West and others soon.” Our source said.

But Fashola’s camp however are attributing his rejection to the cold war between him and Bola Tinubu saying their principal is being witch-hunted by his political god-father over personal disagreement.

According to them, rather than fighting, they should be worried that APC is about to be high jacked by the northerners, citing Buhari’s recent visit to London where none of the South-West APC stalwarts was informed, they feared that Buhari will not carry the South-west APC echelons along.

http://thecityreporters.com/exclusive-i-will-not-consider-you-for-ministerial-appointment-buhari-tells-fashola-amaechi/

lolaxavier:
Gbam!!!

You shallow thinking guys forget immunity is part of our law. Wake up dreamers.

elohorayodele:
nigeria will be in 200th spot

probably just ahead of war torn countries like afghanistan, iraq, somalia, DRC etc

Hopeless Nigerian.

Despite knocks at home for presiding over a declining economy ravaged by poverty and corruption, honours came the way of the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Tuesday, as Yale University, one of United States’ most prestigious institutions of higher learning, awarded her with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

The university, which had in the past honored a number of African leaders, including the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, presented the award to Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala during her 2015 Commencement Ceremony in New Haven, Connecticut, on Monday.

The Minister is only the second Nigerian in the university’s 314-year history to receive its highest honour after Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, was conferred with a similar award in 1980.

The President of the University, Peter Salovey, while presenting the award to Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala, described her as “a brilliant reformer and dedicated public servant, who has spearheaded efforts to stabilize and grow Nigeria’s economy, battling widespread government corruption and creating greater fiscal transparency and discipline”.

Ironically, the award is coming at a time Nigerians are criticizing the Minister for her management of the economy, through policies that have failed in real terms to curb massive corruption and growing poverty.

Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Soludo, had recently accused Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala of manipulating figures on the country’s economic growth and poverty to create a distorted perception of improved economy.
Last week, the Minister came under a barrage of attack after the National Bureau of Statistics published the country’s new unemployment rate at 6.4 percent, with angry Nigerians pointing accusing fingers at her as the one pressurizing the agency into putting figures that are at variance with the current situation in the country.

Regardless, Yale University said the Minister has done enough to deserve being listed among the institution’s honours recipients populated mostly distinguished scholars, public servants, Nobel Prize winners and heads of states.

Yale honorary degree recipients, the university said, serve as models of excellence and service to its students, graduates, community and the world.

As Finance Minister in 2004, the institution noted Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala’s achievements to include leading an economic team that helped Nigeria obtain debt relief, wiping out $30 billion of Paris club debts, which led to the growth rates being tripled.

On her return in 2011 in a similar capacity, the institution said the Minister focused on building solid foundations and institutions critical for the survival and sustenance of the economy, apart from bravely fighting corruption in governance.

She was honored alongside the Chair of the Board of Governors of US Federal Reserve System, Janet Yellen; world renowned Beninoise singer and songwriter, Angelique Kidjo; University Professor and founding member of the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University Gayatari Spivak; Professor and Director of the Starr Center for Human Genetics at Rockefeller University, Jeffrey Friedman, as well as inventors and entrepreneurs, Elon Musk and Dean Kamen, respectively.

Official Yale Website states about her:
"Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Doctor of Humane Letters

You are a citizen of your country, your continent, and the world. Shaped by challenging experiences during your childhood in Nigeria, you have made social and economic reform your mission. As Nigeria’s coordinating minister of economic development and minister of finance, you have tackled corruption, created a vision and path to long-term economic stability, and worked to build a culture of transparency. At the World Bank, you made food security a priority and provided policy advice and capital for the world’s poorest countries. With wisdom, a fierce dedication to doing what is right, and unflagging energy, you have transformed the economic landscape of your nation. We are proud to name you Doctor of Humane Letters."

Source:
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/183270-yale-university-confers-honorary-doctorate-on-okonjo-iweala.html
http://news.yale.edu/2015/05/15/yale-awards-nine-honorary-degrees-commencement-2015

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Eruditor:
All govt Budgets are not the same irrespective of the statutory allowances as allocated by the revenue board. GMB will need the help of his party law makers and his influence on the RMARC to influence the reduction of those allowances.

Be that as it may, there is no set-in-stone figure for things like the president's feeding budget or Vice President's housing allowance. What GEJ did was to infuse all these things into his budget and get the lawmakers to approve it. Ofcourse they did because they are ravenous knaves whose sole interest was in what was in stock for them. GMB has to change that status quo by removing such things from his budget. Same way Nigerians barked when we saw that 3B was allocated to the "office of the first lady".

Villa feeding has not been in the budget before?
I guess I've been working n wasting my time trying to reason with a.... Abeg park one side. I wonder how u guys concoct falsehood with such a straight face. Tufiakwa.

Eruditor:
Buhari is not yet the president. That allowance is already being earned by those currently occupying those positions.

Did the government of GEJ Institute it that the question bloke. Find the answer and direct your expectations and criticisms better. This is the wash fed to the masses. Unless Buhari can do something to reduce it, the change story is a fraud.

olayinkaj2:
First of all, the caption is wrong. Why would you mention Buhari, it has been there for a long time. Now, with all this money, where are we going to get this outrageous monies from to pay all these good for nothing lawmakers that do nothing and collect armed robber salary. No wonder they all want to die there and not wanting to leave, this is crazy if I must say. Something must be done because this is killing.

Same way GEJ was serially labelled in several articles like he started or instituted it. You hypocrites are now waking up slowly to the reality of the dead Nigerian structure. Keep learning. If you can.

PassingShot:
Sensational journalism again!

Why the title has to be "Buhari's ministers, lawmakers ...." is what baffles me considering the fact that this is the standard practice.

@ the main news, Nigeria cannot afford to continue to spend lavishly on our lawmakers and other political office holders.

APC lead by GMB and their national leadership must do something to significantly cut all these outrageous allowances in the short run and make politics less attractive in the long run so that only those with the calling to serve actually hold political positions.

This is exactly how the outgoing admin was wrongly accused of everything and stewpede guys like you bought it. Like this one, it inherited it. The difference will be if they can do anything meaningful about it. Stop being hypocrites.

This is what it was like coming to work today.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10205119303159774&id=1160045570&_rdr

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10205119281839241&id=1160045570&_rdr

rman:
By Monday if nothing serious happens to alleviate the situation, productive activities will grind to a halt!

It is that bad in Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ogun and Kwara.

I have touched all these states in the last 48hrs

Guy how many places are you at the same time? Are u a ghost or winch or mad person?

demmy0325:
Ma wife wont b among dose dah wil help dem rent wedding gown in jesus name... Amen.. Once in a lifetime event.. If U dnt av money for gown... Y nt jst sew white lace.... Nonsense!...

Don't worry.
When you grow up and are about to marry, I will like to hear your view on this again.