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Some ppl don get heart attack over this...


The sole responsibility of government is to create enabling environment that will attract investments...it doesn't matter whether Ogun is closer to Lagos...if Ogun state did not make use of this advantage, it would not have been able to attract all these investments.



And to the mumu displaying pictures from Kano investment.... What is the economic viability of the companies you are showing?

Some of those structures are just warehouses...it looks massive, yes I know...but it is EMPTY!

Empty in the sense that the turn over and tax being paid to their respective state government is negligible...1 Unilever company in Sagamu interchange in Ogun state is equal to 1000 of those empty structures!

FINALLY- The Senate has passed the Electoral Act No. 6 2010 Amendment Bill 2017 into law.

......Card Reader technology to be fully implemented henceforth
......House of Reps aspirants to pay N1,000,000.00
......State Assembly aspirants to pay 500,000,00

1. There shall now be full biometric accreditation of voters with Smart Card Readers and/or other technological devices, as INEC may introduce for elections from time to time.

2. Presiding Officers must now instantly transmit accreditation data and results from Polling Units to various collation centers. Presiding officer who contravene this shall be imprisoned for at least 5 years (no option of fine).

3. All Presiding Officer must now first record accreditation data and polling results on INEC’s prescribed forms before transmitting them. The data/result recorded must be the same with what they transmitted.

4. INEC now has unfettered powers to conduct elections by electronic voting.

5. Besides manual registers, INEC is now mandated to keep Electronic registers of voters.

6. INEC is now mandated to publish voters’ registers on its official website(s) for public scrutiny at least 30 days before a general election and any INEC staff who is responsible for this but fails to act as prescribed shall be liable on conviction to 6 months’ imprisonment.

7. INEC is now mandated to keep a National Electronic Register of Election Results as a distinct database or repository of polling unit by polling unit results for all elections conducted by INEC.

8. Collation of election result is now mainly electronic, as transmitted unit results will help to determine final results on real time basis.

9. INEC is now mandated to record details of electoral materials – quantities, serial numbers used to conduct elections (for proper tracking).

10. A political party whose candidate dies after commencement of an election and before the declaration of the result of that election now has a 14-day window to conduct a fresh primary in order for INEC to conduct a fresh election within 21 days of the death of the party’s candidate;

11. Political parties’ Polling Agents are now entitled to inspect originals of electoral materials before commencement of election and any Presiding Officer who violates this provision of the law shall be imprisoned for at least1 year.

12. No political party can impose qualification/disqualification criteria, measures or conditions on any Nigerian for the purpose of nomination for elective offices, except as provided in the 1999 Constitution.

13. The election of a winner of an election can no longer be challenged on grounds of qualification, if the he (winner) satisfied the applicable requirements of sections 65, 106,
131 or 177 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and he is not, as may be applicable, in breach of sections 66, 107, 137 or 182 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. [For example, a person’s election cannot be challenged on the ground that he did not pay tax, as this is not a qualifying condition under the Constitution.]

14. All members of political parties are now eligible to determine the ad-hoc delegates to elect candidates of parties in indirect primaries. The capacity of party executives to unduly influence or rig party primaries has been reasonably curtailed, if not totally removed.

15. Parties can no longer impose arbitrary nomination fees on political aspirants. The Bill passed prescribes limits for each elective office as follows:

(a) One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N150,000) for a Ward Councillorship aspirant in the FCT;

(b) Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N250,000) for an Area Council Chairmanship aspirant in the FCT;

(c) Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000) for a House of Assembly aspirant;

(d) One Million Naira (N1,000,000) for a House of Representatives aspirant;

(e) Two Million Naira (N2,000,000) for a Senatorial aspirant;

(f) Five Million naira (N5,000,000) for a Governorship aspirant; and

(g) Ten Million Naira (N10,000,000) for a Presidential aspirant.

16. Relying on the powers of the National Assembly in Paragraph 11 of Part II (Concurrent Legislative List) of the Second Schedule (Legislative Powers) to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the Senate also passed measures reforming procedures regulating Local Government Elections. State Independent Electoral Commissions can no longer conduct elections that do not meet minimum standards of credibility.

17. Any INEC official who disobeys a tribunal order for inspection of electoral materials shall be imprisoned for 2 years!

emmie14:
Oga. When did Nigerian's economic and political problems started? During Jonathan administration that lasted for 5years. Is sambo Dasuki the only criminal in Nigerian polity and public Services? How on earth did you forget people who initiated the architectural design that plunged Nigeria into hell fire and click your self-pity hands around Jonathans 5years plus in Aso rock forgetting that Nigeria turned 57yrs last October. Mathematically 57-5=52. It baffles me when people like you are shouting about Jonathan And Dasuki. What about Babangida, Abacha loots. Obasanjo is an angel? What about Messiah Buhari who overthrew democratically elected government of Shehu Shangri accusing him of indiscipline and embezzlement? Such embezzlement is a kind of boost to Nigerian economy? In which country, Uganda? Let us be fair and leave Jonathan alone. Let it be that he traded in the same market as his predecessors. Goodday.

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We are not condemning Jonathan administration alone but the whole PDP affair and the PDP migrants in APC and other parties.

The level of corruption in Jonathan administration alone is monumental and that has made Nigeria lose investments. Depleted ECA, weakened economy as a result of their lack of will to save!

Even madam highly respected Okonjo stated this fact!

Smooyis:
Ogun state should come out of their shell of developing Abeokuta and rehabilitate all roads linking it with Lagos state. Am so unimpressed with the level of development of Lagos - Ogun suburbs.

Are you sure you have been to Ogun state lately.... improvements daily, expanded roads, very soon the rail network from Ibadan to Abeokuta, Sagamu to Abeokuta, Iju to Abeokuta would be completed....the survey has been done n work has started.... Ongoing road projects nearing completion in the state.



The govt should just focus on improving the Ifo to Iyana Ipaja axis....lobatan....

To me, IF THEY DON'T HAVE SENSE, OTHER HAVE.

IF APC is not the answer to our Problems, there is no reason going back to the instigators of the problem.
I'm not a politician but I would do everything not to have PDP in Government in Nigeria.

The greatest tragedy that can befall a nation is for her citizens to suffer collective amnesia. I believe PDP believes Nigerians have short memories, if not, Ibori would not have been included in their convention committee and Jonathan would not have been allowed to talk (He ended up indicting himself as usual anyway).
For those who may have forgotten, kindly joggle your memories with the following words on marble and you will agree with me that what happened in Eagle square on saturday was nothing but gathering of rogues.
Happy reading:

1. I acted based on Jonathan's instruction - Dasuki

2. I didn't give order - Jonathan

3. I collected 350M from Dasuki for consultation - Iyorchia Ayu

4. I only collected $30,000 from Dasuki not N100m - Bode George

5. I got N4.6b from Dasuki for spiritual purposes - Bafarawa

6. I got N650M from Dasuki for my Abuja burnt office - Thisday Obaigbena.

7. I got N2.1b from Dasuki for publicity - Dokpesi

8. I got another N100m from Yuguda he didn't tell me from where - Bafarawa.

9. I gave N100m each to Odili, Jim Nwobodo Bode George and others - Yuguda

10. The president asked me to change N10B to foreign currency for PDP delegates - Dasuki

11. My boss asked me to get $11M from the CBN - Dasuki's account officer.

12. I got order from above to pay Tompolo N13B for Maritime university land. - Nimasa DG.

13. 950m was shared in my house -- Shekarau

With all this looting and many more revealed, some people are still shouting no sign of change yet, they even say it's political persecution.

But I believe, it is the right thing to do.
If you believe too, send this to other people to garner more support for the fight against corruption and looting in our nation. There must be consequences for such crimes otherwise Nigeria will not develop.

WHERE ARE THE #WAILERS?
"Over 20 billion dollars unremitted to the Federation account, and if nothing is done by 2015 upward, Nigeria will know what economic crisis is"
*~ Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi*

"Whoever wins 2015 will NEVER find it easy to govern. Over 30 trillion is mismanaged, unaccounted for or missing under Jonathan."
*~ Prof Charles Soludo*

"Our reserve is depleted and our savings are squandered. Our nation is in trouble."
*~ Dr Oby Ezekwesili.*

"For seven months, NNPC did not remit any money into federation account. When I called as a sitting governor and major oil producing state, Deziani Alison Madueke refused to pick my calls."
*~ Godswill Akpabio*

"I told them to save ahead of eventualities but Jonathan had no political will to do so and this is the reason why we are in crisis, because we squandered our boom."
*~ Okonjo Iweala*

"Okonjo-Iweala, Sanusi urged us to save but we state Governors refused to save for the unseen future during the tenure of Goodluck Jonathan, despite warning from economic experts."
*~ Peter Obi*

"Jonathan is a blessed ATM machine that doesn't have secret pin number"
*~ Bala Mohammed*

* Tompolo was paid 13Billion.!
* Ex-CDS,Alex Badeh dug a pit toilet to hide $32m.
* Patience Jonathan is claiming $31m, she has sued the Nigerian state.
* Femi Fani-Kayode took 740M.
* Dasuki used trucks to load over $35B from the CBN.
* Olisa Metuh took 400M.
* Aziboala, GEJ's cousin took 6B naira.
* Nenadi Usman took 3.5B naira.
* Fayose took 3B naira.
* Obanikoro took 4Billion naira.
* Olu Falae took 100M naira.
* Tony Anenih - 400M naira.
* Oritsejafor - $35M
* Former Air Chief Amosu - 2Billion naira.
* Lucky Igbinedion-16B naira.
*Bode-George and Dabo -100B naira
* Jolly Nyame-2.4B naira.
* Joshua Dariye-700M naira.
*Nyesom Wike stole #4b.
* Diezzani with $20 billion missing oil money?

15 billon dollars missing from arms fund, 10 billion naria, converted to dollars and given as gift to delegates of PDP Nation convention, Bafarawa collected 3 billion for spiritual purposes , 12. 7 billon naria for deceased NEPA staff grew wings and disappeared, 20 billion dollars missing from NNPC accounts, 23 billon naira as bribe to INEC staffs to rig the general election. The list is endless. They only left what they can't carry or unable to lay their hands on. The list continues.....

Recession didn't just happen, people looted Nigeria into RECESSION happening.

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I hope he won't come out tomorrow to deny he ever said this.....



A government that cannot provide stable electricity within 2months is not fit to be in power....Fashola 2015





Abeg, shey una get light for your ministry office for Abuja??


Budget for generators increasing year on year!

It's a welcome development.... Russia has laid Syria in ruins....

They must stay and clear the mess they sponsored and created.




Putin go be like, I don't care if many people died, I was able to show the US that I have excellent air power!

Until you revive Ajaokuta....you have not done anything!




So much bureaucracy!

Am sure ADP would do worse if given the chance....enough of name calling..


Try n win a local government election before you can have bragging rights!

Abeg delete Liar Mohammed join!

He is of no use!

Nice development.... I just hope this new Commander get proper experience in putting an end to all the reprisal attacks of BH....

And we don't want any costly mistakes like the case of Irabor asking NAF to bomb IDP camp ooo...

I see corruption recycling itself.....PDP, APC all join....they are all birds of a feather....

Corruption changing clothes and parties!

Hmmmm.....so who documented the conversation...your grandfather abi....


Shiiiiiorrr

The vice chancellors of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, on Thursday said more than 40 percent of the staff of the university spend more time watching pornographic videos and other illicit films at work than doing the work for which they are employed.

The VC said he was able to monitor the development in offices on campus from his own network. things.

The VC said, “This is one reason we shut down YouTube from the university’s resource centre.

“People should be made to be conscientious as well as do what they have been assigned to do and eschew indolence.

“There have been a lot of abuses on facilities that, ordinarily, should aid staff in their jobs and as a result plans s are underway to remove the televisions in central offices.

He said when he visited such offices, rather than find staff watching news programmes to obtain good information, they were engrossed watching illicit videos, thereby implying that some of them did not need the facilities.

Ahaneku added, “Spending government time without doing what one is paid for is an act of corruption.”

He said the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit of the university was working to curb corrupt practices among employees and students.


http://punchng.com/over-40-of-nnamdi-azikiwe-varsity-staff-watch-pornography-at-work-vc-alleges/

This is not news at all.....we all know that the NNPC and NPA are the dwelling places of corruption in Nigeria.

This shows that FG did not act on the information they got last year where it was revealed that all these agencies are sidelining the FG.

Check out this news from Nov 18, 2016.....it's the same with what we are reading now.


https://www.nairaland.com/3471587/fg-revenue-generating-agencies-loot

Hmmmmm....adonbilivit



Baba Mugabe go die for dia ....

I guess he is checking to confirm if there are exhibits worth confiscating there....you never can tell!!

All na packaging, whether water melon or pawpaw or orange....

All na packaging....commot d bra n watch it locate the south pole!

Nigerian polithiefcians and corruption are 5&6.... As long as the national cake still dey available to chop and share...

Bridge builder indeed!!!

Which one be my own, make I chop my life dey go...

Jeezuzpick:
King Kanu!

The man who scored three goals in 15 minutes to finish Chelsea 3:2 from a 2-goal deficit!

I don't know if any player in history has done that one yet.

I won't be surprised if someone has done it, but the fact is Kanu did it.

A true legend if ever there was one.

I remember Arsenal fans sang a song from "sounds of music" after Nicholas Anelka left:

"chim-chimney, chim-chimney, chim-chim cheroo, who needs Anelka when we've got Kanu?"

Actually that song was from Mary Poppins....and indeed Kanu is a Legend!




I still see him delivering Nigeria against the Brazilians in the 1996 Olympics...he won the gold for us!

alfanio:
Operatives of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission have visited two
mansions in Dubai allegedly belonging to a
former Minister of Petroleum Resources ,
Diezani Alison- Madueke.
The properties , located at E 146 Emirates Hill
and J5 Emirates Hill, are said to be worth
74, 000 ,000 dirham (N 7 .1 bn) .
Emirates Hill, which has been described as
the Beverly Hills of the United Arab Emirates,
is home to some of the richest men in the
world including billionaire Chairman of the
Stallion Group, Sunil Vaswani .
Others , who are Diezani’s neighbours, include
the immediate past Prime Minister of
Pakistan , Nawaz Sharif; a former President of
Pakistan , Asif Ali Zardari; and Robert Mugabe
junior , the son of the President of Zimbabwe
and one of Africa ’s longest serving leaders,
President, Robert Mugabe .
A source within the EFCC told our
correspondent that the anti-graft agency was
already applying for the forfeiture of the
properties through the Office of the Attorney
General of the Federation .
If the commission is able to clear all legal
hurdles and ensure the final forfeiture of the
property, it would bring the total amount of
cash and assets finally recovered from
Diezani to $ 200 m ( N 70bn) .
A detective , who did not want his name in
print , said the anti -graft agency would exploit
the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty the
Federal Government had recently signed with
the government of the UAE .
The agreements, signed by President
Muhammadu Buhari , are Agreement on
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters ,
Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil
and Commercial Matters, Agreement on the
Transfer of Sentenced Persons and an
Extradition Treaty .
The source stated , “We have informed the
UAE authorities that from our investigation ,
we believe Diezani bought the properties
with the proceeds of crime. The whole
process is still ongoing but with the MLAT ,
signed by President Buhari, it has made work
a lot easier for us.”
The detective explained that before the
Federal Government signed the treaty, the
UAE law prevented foreign officials from
having access to properties in the country
without the express permission of its owner.
He added that with the new treaty , the UAE
authorities were more cooperative and would
readily give information of properties from
their Land Registry System.
Meanwhile, the Chairman, Presidential
Advisory Committee Against Corruption,
Prof . Itse Sagay( SAN), who hailed Buhari for
signing the treaty, told The PUNCH that some
corrupt senators , who also owned properties
in Dubai , would be made to forfeit them .
Sagay also disagreed with some legal experts
who said the Dubai treaty would need to be
ratified by the National Assembly before it
could be activated.
He said, “ The UAE MLAT is not a treaty as
such but an agreement; so, it will be operated
without their (senators ) approval.
“ So, let that start worrying them (senators ) .
He ( President) will implement it directly . So,
those of them that have acquired properties in
Dubai and other Middle -East countries should
kiss their properties good bye . ”
http://punchng.com/efcc-inspects-diezanis-n7bn-dubai-properties-moves-for-forfeiture/

I have always wanted to say this..... pishure or adonbilivit

Ajekun iya maestro.....


Let's see who laughs last....but really I doubt if this guy can be removed because the recall process need the assent of the Senate President and I don't believe that saraki will allow his padi to be disgraced.

However, it would be really interesting seeing this guy go!

Joel3:
when ojukwu declared biafra he never had weapons but he only calculated the Nigeria military to be lesser than 5000. so he hope to fight them but he was wrong bad calculation. the Nigeria government under gowan begins recruiting miscreant and undeducated people from Hausa/fulani extraction. this gave them raise to hausa/Fulani dominance to the military. with UK/USA support ojukwu was tag as rabel and never recognise Biafra as country. many country like France couldn't invest in the war because its a gable with bad odds. ojukwu was only able to employed machinery who are limited to fight war without weapons. the war was on one side.

War is never fair!
We hope we don't witness such atrocious acts again in this country.

But Buhari needs to be careful before he drags this nation into another civil war. Simple dialogue and good governance would solve some of these challenges and put the agitators to rest.

Nigeria is too big for a section to control, we need a more inclusive and robust governance....and agitation will not get us there!

Nowadays, we see all sorts of things....

This is indeed dehumanizing, if you find him guilty then let the law take it's course.



Orisirisi!!!

Op if you listen to what people are saying here, you will only regret it.

Fine, you have to explain to your dad better but he is only concerned about you and your spiritual life.


Do you know what it means to lose someone. I pray your dad doesn't die soon or else you would wish so much for more than just one more chance to talk to him.


Let him understand better how it is....but really if it was raining and cold, won't you still go to work?? We are all guilty of this, including me, we shouldn't second rate the place of God in our lives.

Lakewood Church in Houston is accepting victims of Hurricane Harvey who need a place to shelter, the megachurch said this morning, after it received backlash for not initially welcoming in evacuees.
Joel Osteen, the church's famed pastor, tweeted today, "Lakewood’s doors are open and we are receiving anyone who needs shelter."

and the church is waiting for city officials to designate it as a shelter so it can obtain cots and other assistance. (The spokesperson said the church doesn't have showers or a kitchen.)

At first it was difficult for church staff to get to the facility from their homes, the spokesperson explained.
Moreover, the facility did not initially shelter people because it would be too dangerous to have people on a lower level, which could flood, the spokesperson added. Now that the floodwaters have receded, the church decided to bring in evacuees, the spokesperson said.


Now, in the wake of Harvey, which tore through the Houston area last weekend, forcing evacuations, wiping out homes and killing at least eight, several school buses filled with evacuees arrived today at Lakewood Church, some toting their belongings in plastic garbage bags.

On Sunday, Lakewood Church posted on Facebook that it was "inaccessible due to severe flooding" and directed displaced residents to shelters in the city. The church can hold more than 16,000 people and has been previously active in relief efforts, including sheltering displaced victims during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The Facebook post courted criticism on social media, where photos appeared to suggest that the massive building, once home to the NBA's Houston Rockets, had not been damaged by the torrential rains.
Osteen insisted in a statement Monday evening that he and his church were "prepared to house people once shelters reach capacity."
"We have never closed our doors. We will continue to be a distribution center for those in need," the statement said.
It added, "Lakewood will be a value to the community in the aftermath of this storm in helping our fellow citizens rebuild their lives."


https://www.yahoo.com/gma/joel-osteens-church-says-receiving-houston-residents-shelter-163003228--abc-news-topstories.html

Your analysis should be directed at illegitimately acquired wealth...


You don't expect me to tell you the secret of my millions and allow you spoil it....lailai

However for those involved in criminal activities and fraudulent vices, every day for the thief, one day for the law...

Their judgment is coming!!

Likei:
Nigeria is the worst place to be in, to be called a Nigerian is derogatory. We are biafrans and we want out. We were not consulted before being merged with terrorists, Islamic fanatics, fulani murdering heardsmen, yoruba cowards and hausa pidophiles. Biafra must be freed from this abomination.

U should ask your forefathers why they signed up for Nigeria in the first instance, am guessing you mean that Nnamdi Azikwe wasn't thinking straight when he fought for Independence... you were not consulted; my foot!


Heardsmen
Pidophiles.....your grammatical incompetencies