nonsom:
until a lion makes its own tell, the tell of hunt only glorifies hunters. has inec and pdp forgotten that apc has its own strong evidence to prove that the election was not free and fair. my friend was drove away by pdp thugs when he wanted to vote for apc. was that free and fair election?

I don't think ur friend's story is true because u don't go to a polling station to start announcing the party/candidate u want to vote for, that would amount to campaigning on election day which is enough evidence to even disqualify the party, APC in this case, if what u said is true. I think we should be careful with our utterances, going forward.

As more stakeholders drummed support for
former Abia State governor ,Dr Orji Uzor
Kalu, urging him to vie for FIFA presidency
position, a group, Nigerian Youths for Orji
Uzor kalu (NAYOU-KALU) has appealed to
ex-international, Chief Segun Odegbami to
drop his ambition and support Kalu.
The group in a statement signed by Ayuba
Bulus and Reverend Ray Maina, National
Coordinator and Financial Secretary
respectively noted that Kalu is the man
that is in good stead to face the world,
given his impressive record in the
administration of sports.
The statement read in part:”We advise our
brother, Segun Odegbami (the
Mathematician) in the interest of our dear
country, Nigeria and his love for football to
please step down for Kalu. Kalu is the man
that can face the world and he has an
enviable record in sports administration. He
mentored and nurtured Enyimba football
club to win the CAF Champions League
back to back, a feat which no Nigerian
sports administrator is yet to equal.”
The group then implored Nigerians and the
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to give
the former Abia State governor the
maximum support to enable Nigeria and
Africa speak with one voice and win the
FIFA presidency election early next year.
It reiterated that Kalu is suitable for the
position and expressed confidence in his
ability to make a mark at the world football
stage as a leader because of his maturity
and experience.
“Kalu’s success stories in sports, business
and politics are highly commendable and
these make him the most suitable
candidate from Nigeria for the position of
FIFA president.”

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/fifa-presidency-group-urges-odegbami-to-step-down-for-kalu/

By Henry Umoru
ABUJA – FORMER Spokesperson of former
President Goodluck Jonathan Presidential
Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode
has condemned the abduction of former
Secretary to Government of the Federation
(SGF), Chief Olu Falae, calling on security
agencies to as a matter of urgency fish out
perpetrators of the act.
In a statement Monday, Fani-Kayode who
described the act as a dangerous development,
said that the people of South West cannot
watch idly while leaders of the zone and
Afenifere were being humiliated.
According the former Minister of Aviation, ” The
abduction of Chief Olu Falae is not only
unacceptable but it also an exceptionally
dangerous development. I say this because he
is not only an elder-statesman of our country
but he is also one of the most revered leaders
of Afenifere and the south-west.
“We cannot sit by idly and watch our leaders
and elders being endangered, shamed and
humiliated in this way. It is the governments job
to keep us all safe and secure and they are
failing in that duty. I call on the President and
our security agencies to effect the expeditious
and immediate release of Chief Olu Falae.
“They must rescue him from these vagabonds
and vandals as soon as possible before things
get out of hand. Let it be clearly understood
that if anything happens to him and if he
doesn’t come home hale and hearty we will
hold the Federal Government responsible and
there will be consequences. Those that are in
power would do well to take what I have said
very seriously. “

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/olu-falae-we-will-hold-fg-responsible-if-fani-kayode/

By Chioma Gabriel
First daughter of late multi-billionaire diplomat
and businessman, Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez,
has shed more light on the personality of the late
billionaire diplomat, dismissing allega-tions of
mystery being built around him.
The one-time commissioner under Fashola’s
administration in Lagos State, Mrs Teju Philips,
said her late multi-billionaire father was born into
the royal Olumegbon family in Lagos.
“My late father was a typical Lagosian, born and
brought up at Isale Eko, Lagos. You may say the
younger generation doesn’t know about him but a
lot of people do know him. He was raised in
Lagos in Isale Eko here and he worked in Nigeria
in the Ministry of Works in the early years.
“My father lived a normal life as a diplomat and
that made him a global citizen. That was why he
worked with the governments of Angola and
Mozambique and represented Central Africa
Republic in the United Nations. You don’t call a
man who attained that height a mystery man or
a very private person,”she said. Commenting on
her father’s lifestyle.”
Further elaborating, Mrs Philips said: “Besides,
as a Yoruba, he worked very hard and prayed
hard too. You cannot excuse that traditional
owambe lifestyle from him because he was
rooted in the traditional lifestyle of the Yoruba
and believed so much in the culture and tradition
of the Yorubas.
“Before he began life as a diplomat, he used to
have a company in Nigeria that was producing
fridges and deep freezers and he was never
discriminatory. He worked with both white-men
and black-men.
“He was not the ‘away-away’ person many
painted him to be. He fraternised with many
Nigerian presidents and presidents of other
countries, although he was never a politician.”
Recalling her early days with her father, Mrs Teju
Philips said her father did the traditional things
as a Lagosian before work kept him very busy.
“He did all the egungun masquerade things and
the Eyo masquarade festivals here at Isale Eko
before he started his work life. My father actually
had moments that he threw back his head and
laughed. He loved family life and the people
around him but always expected things to be
done properly. My father would tell you not to
denigrate anybody because ‘nobody’ of yesterday
could become ‘somebody’ tomorrow.”
Was he strict?
“Well, you can say that again. He was a strict
disciplinarian and you wouldn’t appear before him
looking tattered or casual. You must be prim and
proper if you were female and your hair must be
neatly packed and bonded. A female must
appear before my father in skirt suit and healthy
shoes. A woman must not wear trousers and as
my father’s daughter, I never wore trousers. Even
now, I find it difficult to wear trousers because
he never allowed that.”
Children
“My father loved all his children. We are nine and
we all resemble him character wise. As his child,
you must be firm and very strong in character
like him. These are the virtues he held sacred in
life. I read Accounting and as a student, woe
betide me should he call and I wasn’t in the
library studying.
Love of jewellery
My father could not call you and you tell him you
were in the dormitory. The days he caught me in
the dormitory, I had to come home to explain to
him in person why I had to be in the dormitory at
a perceived odd time and after I had convinced
him, he would take me back to the school
personally.
“My father loved jewellery and many of his
children do. But if you have to use them, you
must use quality jewellery and not cheap looking
ones. If you must wear sunglasses, you must use
very good mature frames, not cheap looking or
funny-looking ones.”
Membership of Ogboni fraternity?
I told you his life was rooted in the culture and
tradition of the Yorubas. He was a traditional
man to the core and promoted the Yoruba
culture.
He was a Christian and Catholic. His name was
Antonio and that is a catholic name. He will be
buried by Christians and as a Catholic.
Exotic life of private jets, yacht, wealth, burial
This is not the time to talk about that. We are in
mourning. My father will most likely be buried in
Nigeria. I spoke with him the day he died and we
discussed family issues.
Signature sunglasses
They were medicated glasses. His eyes could
not take the bright lights and so he must use
those dark glasses like mine. I think it’s a
genetic thing because I too use medicated dark
glasses. No, they were not for fashion and there
was nothing else to them.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/antonio-oladeinde-fernandez-life-as-daughter-of-billionaire-bizman-teju-philips/

Cc: Lalasticlacla

By Gbenga Olarinoye
Osogbo—The contest for the Ooni stool has
taken a dangerous dimension as a prominent
figure of the Giesi ruling house, Prince Adekanye
Aderibigbe, yesterday alleged threat to his life
over his insistence that only a credible and a
true prince from the ruling house would be
presented to the kingmakers for confirmation.
Prince Aderibigbe, who spoke at the meeting of
the ruling house held at Agbedegbede Lane,
More, Ife, also assured that Giesi will present a
credible candidate that would be acceptable to
all to the kingmakers.
The former university don, who was flanked by
members of the committee and sub-committee
saddled with the responsibility of verifying names
submitted as contestants from Giesi, said he had
been repeatedly threatened because he insisted
that those who are not from the ruling house but
now parading themselves as one, would be
disappointed because they would not even be
considered.
“A man has been parading himself as a member
of Giesi Ruling House and newsmen have been
echoing it. He is not a member of this house. He
is not a member of Giesi.
“Please quote me. I have been threatened over
my stand but I am ready for whatever will
happen. I am one of the oldest in this compound
and we know ourselves. He is not even a
member of any ruling house in Ile-Ife. I have
been threatened but I am waiting. I will not say
God is on my side but I am on God’s side.’’
He also disowned list of contestants said to have
been screened by the ruling house, stressing that
only the secretary of the ruling house, Prince
Ropo Ogunwusi, is empowered to relate with
newsmen on the activities of the ruling house.
Asked if he feared government interference
might come in during the selection process,
Aderibigbe, said: “We harbour no such fear. We
have started the process and we know an Ooni
that will be acceptable will emerge at the end of
the day.
“Interference of any kind will not happen.
Whenever we want to pick our candidate, all of
you will know and the kingmakers will after that
take over. I did not say Ifa oracle will not have a
say but Ifa will only choose from the candidates
presented to it and Giesi will present a credible
person that will occupy the throne.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/ooni-succession-prince-alleges-threat-to-life/

By Emma Amaize

HIS Royal Majesty, HRM, Benjamin Ikenchukwu
Keagborekuze I, Dein of Agbor Kingdom in Delta
State, showed some radicalism and clairvoyance
during my recent visit to his palace when he
declared that one of the things that turns him off
was seeing Nigerians openly castigate
themselves, leaders and country.
His words: “I think here in Nigeria, we like to talk
about negative things too much and when you
talk about the negative too much, you will be
surprised that you encourage the negative to
happen. This is a great nation, and we have
many things to celebrate; let us talk about the
positive things in life and celebrate them.”
Monarch’s wise counsel
The world’s youngest crowned monarch, widely-
travelled and Officer in The Order of Belgium,
said the world was watching Nigeria and the off-
putting comments of the people about their
leaders, especially in the social media, was doing
the nation more harm than good internationally.
It was a royal admonition to Nigerians to tame
their tongues.
You would, therefore, imagine the royal father’s
consternation when the Chairman of a Special
Committee set up by the National Executive
Council, NEC, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of
Edo State, outrageously declared, some days
later, that Nigerians would pelt former President,
Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and his fellow looters
with stone if they found out that he spent N140
billion on consultancy alone on the 2nd Niger
Bridge project.
Scandalous: Oshiomhole’s outburst was shocking
as it was public knowledge before his bombshell
that the total cost of the bridge procured as a
Public Private Partnership Project under the
Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer,
DBFOT, model is N108 billion. The posers
are how consultancy alone on such a project
would gulp N140 billion? Where did the governor
get his information? Did he crosscheck before
going to town with it?
However, mother monkey says she can only
deny for the unborn child in her belly because
she did not know if the child on her back
stretched hands and collected somebody’s
banana while she was passing through the
market. Missiles: Before you could say Jack
Robinson, former Minister of Niger-Delta, Elder
Godsday Orubebe, last Tuesday, fired at
Oshiomhole, describing him as an ingrate and
Villa sycophant, quick to switch allegiance to
whoever is in power.
Evidently, Orubebe was miffed at Oshiomhole’s
negative comments about Jonathan and his
administration. He asserted: “It is unfortunate
that Oshiomhole, who should talk like a governor,
is today biting the fingers that fed him and
seems to have forgotten in a hurry that he once
cried around the former President for assistance
and recognition.”
Daring the lion in its den: Apparently on a
familiar terrain, Oshiomhole hit back 24 hours
later, describing Orubebe as a clown, who was
afraid of President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned
probe of several billions of naira squandered on
the East-West Road and on the amnesty
programme under Orubebe’s watch as Minister
of Niger Delta Affairs.
In a statement by his spokesperson, Peter
Okhiria, he said the “incompetence” of people
like Mr. Orubebe contributed to the dismal failure
of the administration of former President,
Goodluck Jonathan. Orubebe replied immediately,
slamming the governor as a ‘garage boy’ and
somebody suffering from chronic diarrhoea of
the mouth, which explains why he has lately
been misleading Nigerians. He said the
governor’s illiteracy was beyond human
comprehension.
As if waiting for such diversion, Oshiomhole
exploded again from Benin. This time, he said
Orubebe was an elevated thug: “Orubebe is no
more than a common tout and political thug, too
illiterate to know the difference between a
“garage” and a “motor park,” recruited by his
paymasters as Deputy Director-General of the
2015 Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organization,
and agent provocateur to truncate the last
election.
“But for the maturity and sound leadership
orientation of Professor Atahiru Jega, Nigeria
would still have been reeking in utter anarchy
and political protestations.”
Surrender: The verbal war continued at the
weekend with Orubebe saying that he would no
longer reply Oshiomhole anymore because it had
become apparent that the governor was empty.
He said: “You can see the kind of governor we
have in our country. My response is simple: I am
through with him. I will not talk about him again.
On this issue, I am through with him; I have no
business with such a governor, who has no brain.
“I thought he was more knowledgeable on the
issues of governance.”
Backlash: That Oshiomhole took Jonathan to the
cleaners is not in doubt, but it has become
obvious that the 2nd Niger Bridge project may
run into difficulty if the matter was not properly
handled. Director General, Infrastructure
Concession Regulatory Commission, ICRC, Aminu
Dako, in a statement, said Federal Government
was scrutinizing the contract cost and conditions
surrounding the 2nd Niger Bridge and that
President Muhammadu Buhari had directed the
Ministry of Works to review the cost of the
project.
He also said the Commission had identified some
errors in the project, but the bottom line of his
statement was that Federal Government had
suspended work on the project. Dako skirted
around issues like the commission having to give
certificate of compliance; communities around
the areas clamouring that they have not been
paid compensation; Onitsha Traditional Council
complaining that it was not well-represented in
the transaction and all that. The directives and
policy frameworks came just the same time that
Oshiomhole went public with the dance.
Putting records straight
Contrary to Dako’s position, Managing Director of
the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority,
NSIA, Mr. Uche Orji, expressed shock over the
allegation by Oshiomhole that N140 billion was
spent on consultancy for the bridge. He said that
only $2.21 million dollars (about N340 million,
using the then exchange rate of N154/$1) was
spent on consultancy for the project. According
to him, the cost of consultancy for the bridge
was less than one percent of the cost of the
project, which was way below global standards.
A document made available to Niger Delta Voice
indicated that “the project was initially estimated
to cost N108 billion excluding duties and VAT. If
duties and VAT are included, the project will cost
N117.9 billion. “This was equivalent to $700
million at the then prevailing exchange rate of
N154/$. The final project cost would naturally be
affected by exchange rate fluctuations and other
variables.”
Mr. Orji said that Federal Government made a
commitment of N30 billion out of which it has
released N18.3 billion so far, of which N10.4
billion was disbursed on early construction
works. On the governor’s allegation of non-
performance, he said a lot of piling work had
been done on the project site, located some
distance from the current bridge.
Unnecessary distraction
Currently, there is outrage not just among South-
Easterners, but other Nigerians that instead of
facilitating the completion of the important
project, Nigerian leaders are playing politics with
it to score cheap political points.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/oshiomhole-orubebe-crossfire-im-sorry-did-dein-of-agbor-take-notice/

By Dapo Akinrefon, Charles Kumolu & Gbenga
Oke

THE Presidency’s denial that a campaign docu-
ment, entitled My Covenant With Nigerians,
originated from All Progressives Con-gress, APC,
was greeted with angry reactions yesterday.
Many, who spoke to Vanguard expressed
disappointment at the denial, describing it as a
betrayal of confidence.
The document, which had gone viral on the
social media, detailed electioneering promises
purportedly made by the President.
Buhari insensitve—Ezeife
Former governor of Anambra State, Chief
Chukwuemeka Ezeife, said: “President Buhari has
very serious problems. The most worrisome is
what seems like a design to scatter this country
through his appointments.
“Whether he is spending 100 or 200 days is
irrelevant. Where are his ministers? Where is the
representation on the basis of the geo-political
zones? Junaid Mohammed stoked the fire by
saying that President Buhari does not owe
Ndigbo anything.
“By denying the South-East the position of the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
the President acted in an insensitive manner.
“We have six geo-political zones in the country,
but the North-East has dominated the
appointments made so far.”
APC’s greatest deceiver—Babatope
Former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer
Babatope, said: “I hope it is beginning to dawn
on Nigerians now that APC is the greatest
deceiver we have in this country.
“That the party is now denying the document
that emanated from them during the
electioneering campaigns is very unfortunate and
in due time we will respond.”
It’s a swindling of electorate—Afenifere
Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere,
described the denial as the highest level of
perfidy.
Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Yinka
Odumakin, said: “It is what I will call the
swindling of the electorate; it is also what I call
obtaining under false pretence. We saw all the
promises flying around and APC never disowned
those promises.
“They erected billboards all around major cities. I
was thinking they would say it was because they
met a different thing on the ground. But to tell
us that those things were not promised is the
highest level of perfidy. It is most unfortunate.
“That is the price the electorate would pay for
not asking questions.”
Betrayal of trust—Shettima
On his part, National President of the Arewa
Youth Consultative Forum, Alhaji Yerima
Shettima said: “It is one thing for politicians to
go to the field and make promises, and another
thing for them to implement those promses.
“However, we should not be in a hurry. They
have their reasons. Perhaps, it is as a result of
the challenges they are facing.
“Of course, they are aware of these problems.
But I think it amounts to a betrayal to tell
Nigerians what you would do and you fail to do
it.”
Breach of social contract—Ajulo
National Secretary of the Labour Party, Dr.
Kayode Ajulo, said: “The ethnic slant in the
appointments so far is just too obvious, and we
cannot afford to just ignore these ominous signs.
“Do the praise singers of the President expect
Nigerians to fold their hands and watch or join
them in cheering the President as he tows the
dangerous path of sectionalism and nepotism?
“It is uncharitable, breach of social contract and
utter deceit and conspiracy against Nigerians for
Buhari to deny the knowledge of these campaign
promises.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/ezeife-afenifere-arewa-youths-berate-president-over-campaign-promises-denial/

My question is this: is it right for a governor to use state funds for his personal projects? Is that not misappropriation of state funds/taxpayer's money?

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders on
Saturday took a swipe at the former Governor of
Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, describing
his administration as draconian and anti-people.
The activist group was reacting to Fashola’s
condemnation of its call on President
Muhammadu Buhari not to consider the ex-
governor for appointment for his alleged
mismanagement of state funds.
CACOL said the Fashola-led administration was
engulfed in several controversies which could not
be overlooked.
Fashola had come under fire after the Lagos
State Public Procurement Agency posted a report
on its website, stating that N78.3m was paid to a
firm, Info Access Plus Limited, for the upgrade of
his website, www.tundefashola.com, through the
Office of the Chief of Staff to the Governor.
The ex-governor had last week defended the
decision by his government to spend N78.3m on
the upgrade of the website in a five-page letter
he personally signed, in which he admitted that
the money was actually spent on his website.
Fashola also berated CACOL, in his letter titled
‘When you wrestle with a pig, the pig gets happy
and you get dirty,’ for dragging him to the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and
for calling on President Buhari not to give him a
political appointment.
Fashola said, “I cannot conclude without
responding to the crusade of CACOL and their ilk
seeking my prosecution on allegations that have
no proof and writing pre-emptive letters to the
Presidency.
“In case they are unaware, I am not looking for a
job. I expect them to know that allegations of
wrongdoing are not resolved without evidence,
neither are they resolved in press conferences.”
However, the Executive Chairmain of CACOL, in a
statement titled, ‘We Don’t Mind Wrestling With
The Pig As Long As It Produces The Pork,’ on
Saturday, said if the former governor could
justify the cost of his personal website, no
matter what he used it for, then there might be
many more shenanigans to be unearthed by the
relevant anti-graft agencies.
He said, “The Oxford Advanced Learner’s
Dictionary defines a “pig” as an unpleasant or
offensive person; a person who is dirty or
greedy. Based on this premise, leaders who
deliberately run elitist, oppressive and draconian
government can only be described by no other
name, but pigs.
“A government that causes so much hardship to
the largest stratum of the socio-economic ladder,
whereas it engages in obscene affluence all in
the name of white elephant projects that have no
direct bearing on the suffering Lagosians, is
nothing but a pig.
“It will be foolhardy for a man who requires pork
to say he wouldn’t wrestle with a pig. How does
he intend to get it? After all it has been said, ‘No
willing pig provides pork; whoever desires pork
wrestles the pig down for it!’
Adeniran asked of what use was a N78.3m-
website when several other developmental needs
of people in Lagos were begging for attention.
Adenira further said, “Basically, what concerns
us more is the issue of suspected corruption
embedded in the award and execution of
contracts in the regime of Babatunde Fashola, as
illuminated by the award of this N78.3m website
contract.
“Every IT person CACOL has contacted put an
over-bloated estimate of the cost of the website
at about N6m. We are not surprised that a
contract that could have cost N6m could be
ballooned to N78.3m, because that is a
trademark of Mr. Fashola’s administration.
“The website contract is an eye opener and
lending credence to the allegations of the ‘True
Face of Lagos’ where most of the contracts
awarded before 2010 were said to have been
immorally inflated by the regime of Babatunde
Raji Fashola.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/n78-3m-website-cacol-replies-fashola-insists-on-allegation/

socialmediaman:


The major problem in PDP is the biggest stakeholders who are the foundation members of the party. These people are so corrupt and undemocratic that it's only divine intervention that can save the country if PDP comes back to power. The worst is, these people will never relinquish power to the younger generation, talk about people like David Mark. PDP unfortunately cannot purge itself of these people and as long as they remain, there will never be democracy. Of course some of these people have flown into the APC but remember it was lack of democracy that made them leave in the first place, like Atiku Abubakar, Rotimi Amaechi etc. Nigerians want democracy, not imposition, and Nigerians want corruption to be very minimized so that development can go on, PDP cannot provide that unfortunately

Well we hope and pray that all pans out well for the good of Nigeria and Nigerians

A former Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang,
has faulted a report by the Sonni Tyoden-led
transition committee which put the state debt at
N222.3bn.
Jang described the report as untrue, claiming
that he left debts and liabilities of N103.9bn
The former governor also disputed the claim that
the siting of projects by his administration was
lopsided.
Tyoden, who is the deputy governor of the state,
had, while presenting the report of his
committee, said Jang got N525.35bn as
statutory allocation from the Federation Account
for the eight years he was in office, but spent a
total of N747.65 and left a debt of N222.3bn.
In a statement signed in Jos on Friday by a
former Attorney-General and Commissioner for
Justice in the state, Mrs. Olivia Dazyam, Jang
said the debt figure paraded by the committee
“was mischievously manufactured,” stressing
that the comprehensive breakdown of the debt
was well documented in the handover notes and
urged the committee to study the handover
notes properly.
The former AG, who described the committee’s
report as “a clear distortion and manipulation of
facts aimed at personal vendetta,” said “a quick
look at the compositions of the committees
revealed that members were deliberately
selected and made up of persons that have
grudges against the immediate past
administration.”
While listing projects executed by the Jang’s
administration across the three senatorial zones,
Dazyam denied that the immediate past
administration was selective in the distribution of
facilities and services in the state.
She advised the All Progressives Congress-led
government in the state to focus on development
and stop picking holes in Jang’s administration.
Dazyyam said, “The bar of governance in Plateau
State has been raised by Jang and the people
now use the performance as a yardstick to
measure all other former governors.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/jang-faults-transition-committee-report-on-plateau-debt/

socialmediaman:
I'm really glad to see the destruction of PDP. That party needs to go down. A party of arrogant, unrepentant fools who are glad to see the suffering of Nigerians to the delight of the the elites.

Except it purges itself of certain idiots who caused suffering upon Nigerians, sorry, it's over for them!

Yeah, but problem is that, it is the same crop of arrogant, unrepentant fools in PDP that are moving to the party of 'saints'. I hope that the tables don't turn, whereby the party of 'saints' will become a party of arrogant, unrepentant fools? Let us pray.

A former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, has dragged a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in the State, Alhaji Sani Shehu, before the Bauchi State High Court 9, for alleged defamatory utterances against his personality and his administration. He is seeking for N10bn as damages. Counsel to the plaintiff (Yuguda), Mr. Okechukwu Nwaeze, who disclosed this to journalists in Bauchi on Friday, said the former governor filed the suit before the court seeking N10bn damages in an action against Sani Mallam over his allegations that Yuguda was corrupt and fraudulent during his tenure as the governor of the state. Okechukwu said the plaintiff complained of the APC chieftain’s reckless and defamatory public comments about his personality and administration on two radio stations: Ray power FM and the Bauchi Radio Corporation. The counsel alleged that Mallam, who was a former All Nigeria Peoples Party Chairman in the state, “accused Yuguda of woeful performance, excessive looting of public treasury, name-calling such as election rigger and manipulator. All these statements tempered with the reputation and personality of the former governor. “It is not right to persecute people in the media. If the man is guilty of any fraud, the defendant should provide the proof or otherwise focus on his political activities. “Our prayers are that the court should issue an order for the defendant to tender an apology in two national dailies and two online papers. The defendant should also be banned from featuring on such political programmes in media houses and should pay the sum of N10bn damages to the plaintiff.” The Presiding Judge, Justice Muazu Abubakar, adjourned the case to October 6, 2015 for mentioning.
http://www.punchng.com/news/yuguda-sues-apc-chieftain-for-n10bn-over-defamation/

Some Nigerians have flayed the Ogun State
Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, for the
sacking of six workers in the state Ministry of
Education, Science and Technology, including a
secondary school teacher, for allegedly setting
an offensive examination question.
The sacked workers include two Grade Level 17
officers, former Director, Education Support
Services, Mrs. Folashade Oresegun; former
Director, Curriculum Development and Evaluation,
Mr. Rotimi Odunsi; and a Grade Level 16 officer,
Mr. Majekodunmi Oluwole.
Others are a Grade Level 10 officer, Mr. E.O.
Asegbe; a Grade Level 8 officer, Taylor Damilola;
and an English Language teacher in Mayflower
Secondary School, Ikenne, Mr. Joel Adegbenro.
It was reported that the sacking of both
Oresegun and Odunsi had been converted to
compulsory retirement, while the four others
were summarily dismissed.
The PUNCH had reported that their “offence”
might be connected with a comprehension
passage in the English Language examination
conducted by the ministry for the Unified
Examination in Public Secondary Schools for the
third term of the 2014/2015 academic session,
where pupils were asked to summarise a
comprehension passage on policy defect on
education. The governor’s action has, however,
caused uproar among many Nigerians, who
described the sacking as “undemocratic.”
A PUNCH commentator, simply identified as
Odeleke, said the governor’s action did not
reflect good leadership.
“Amosun is a dictator in the making. The All
Progressives Congress should call him to order
before he turns the state to his fiefdom,”
Odeleke said.
Meanwhile, the teacher sacked alongside the five
others, Adegbenro, has declined to comment on
his dismissal.
Adegbenro was the examiner in the English
Language examination conducted by the ministry
for Unified Examination in public Secondary
Schools for the third term 2014/2015 academic
session.
One of our correspondents met him on Friday at
the Abeokuta office of the Academic Staff Union
of Secondary Schools and sought his reaction on
the dismissal, but he declined.
He said politely, “Please, I don’t want to say
anything on the issue. Thank you.”
However, Chairman, ASUSS, Ogun State chapter,
Mr. Akeem Lasisi, urged the state government to
have mercy on the sacked workers.
He said, “As you are aware, five officers of the
state’s Ministry of Education were involved and a
teacher from a secondary school in Ogun State.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/offensive-question-amosun-flayed-as-sacked-teacher-keeps-mum/

No fewer than 570 key members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State are planning to dump the party for the All Progressives Congress on Saturday (today). But an association within the PDP in the state called the Unity Group begged the aggrieved members to reconsider the move. The group made the appeal at a news conference in Yenagoa on Friday against the backdrop of mass defections of prominent members of the party to the APC. Addressing journalists on Friday, Coordinator, PDP Unity Group, Mrs. Marie Ebikake, urged the aggrieved members not to defect to another party. Ebikake, a former Commissioner for Transport in the state, who was recently relieved of her position because of her alleged closeness to the former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, said the group was committed to the unity and resolution of the crisis confronting the PDP. She said, “We cannot deceive ourselves. Some of our people have vowed to go to the APC. We want to use this medium to appeal to them to return. The home they have built, they cannot allow it to collapse. “We are a group in the Bayelsa State PDP that is committed to the unity of our party, particularly after the outcome of the recent general elections. “We believe that losing power at the centre after 16 years should unite rather than divide us. We salute the commitment of our members and supporters in the last 16 years. “However, we are not oblivious of the most recent defections from our great party in Bayelsa State to the opposition APC. We cannot also pretend to be unperturbed of the planned defection of our esteemed members on Saturday (today) in Yenagoa. “There is no doubt that some of these defectors are men and women of high political substance and pedigree who have contributed to our past achievements.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/pdp-begs-as-members-plan-defection-today/

staydry:
This gov wont start work,evryday talk aba

Guess he's getting warmed up to start working, but isn't that what they (all the elected officers) are all doing, from the president to the governors, talking and taking pictures?

ABUJA – Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi
Okowa appealed to President Muhammadu
Buhari to dredge the Escravos Basin to facilitate
the berthing of bigger vessels at the Warri Port.
The governor, who briefed State House
Correspondents after a meeting with the
president, stated expanding the ports would be
of economic advantage to the south south and
south east and north central zones especially
with the resumption of activities at the Warri
Refinery.
He said “We came to thank Mr. President for the
appointment of the GMD of NNPC. Mr. Ibe
Kachikwu who you know is from Delta State even
if you know he got that appointment by merit he
is still a Deltan. And we thought we should
appreciate that.
“Then beyond that, we are all aware of the Gas
City Project in Delta State at Ogidigben, in the
Escravos and we thought that we needed to
bring it to the knowledge of Mr. President that
that project, which is a public private partnership
(PPP) project, is something that would create a
lot of jobs for Nigerians and thought that there
was the need for that project to be given some
strength and we believe it is in the interest of
Nigeria and Delta state that that project is
carried out.
“Beyond that too, you are also aware that the
Warri Port has come alive and even with the
refinery that has started, the port activity has
improved, but there is a problem because of the
Escravos basin. The contention that has been
going on for some years. It is quite some
problem, and because of that, we have a low
drought. We believe that the dredging of the
Escravos bar would help to improve the port
activities and improve the size of cargos that
come into the Warri port and which very
personal to the rest of the South-South, the
South East and the North Central and we think
that it will turn to an economic hub, if we are
able to dredge the Escravos bar.”
The Governor also stated that he also appealed
to President Buhari not to abandon the second
Niger bridge which he said would decongest
traffic along Onitsha road.
“We also reminded Mr. President about the
second Niger bridge which is also another PPP
arrangement and the need for the federal
government to ensure that, that PPP
arrangement is strengthened. Though work is
currently ongoing but we needed to ensure that
it is brought to the knowledge of Mr. President,
and he has told us that he is receiving
information about that and we hope that
activities in the field of the second Niger bridge
is heightened in the next few weeks.
“There is also an intersection of road between
Benin through Asaba to Onitsha, by Igbuzu road.
It is quite problematic for us. Sometimes you
can experience traffic gridlock in that place;
sometimes, you find out that the accident rate
on that road is much and we thought too that
the best way forward is to have an interchange
at the point and being a federal government
road, we do need to seek for Presidential
approval even if it may have to be at our own
cost and that was brought to the attention of Mr.
President”, he said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/dredging-of-escravos-basin-will-be-of-economic-importance-to-s-south-seast-okowa/

Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb pleaded not guilty in US court Saturday in connection with a massive international corruption scandal, with his release set at a $ 10 million bond. He is the first former official from soccer' s governing body to appear in a New York federal court in connection with the sweeping investigation by US prosecutors that has rocked the sporting world. The 50 - year - old dual British and Cayman Islands citizen has surrendered his passports to the FBI and must remain within a 20 - mile (32 - kilometer ) radius of the courthouse in Brooklyn. He is the only one of seven FIFA officials arrested in Zurich not to contest extradition and was flown earlier this week to the United States , where he lives with his wife and their young son . His physician wife, a US citizen , her pensioner grandmother and his in - laws signed his bond papers in court. Six other members of Webb' s extended family will also sign his bond application. In all, 14 defendants stand accused of soliciting and receiving more than $ 150 million in bribes and kickbacks across 24 years. US Attorney General Loretta Lynch unveiled the 47 - count indictment in May , charging soccer officials and marketing executives with racketeering , wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies. Dressed in a crisp white shirt, blue tie and navy suit, Webb strode into court, giving a little wave to his family in the gallery and shaking hands with his lawyer at the start of the nearly 50 - minute hearing . He spoke respectfully in an authoritative voice to the magistrate , replying "yes , your honor " and " yes, I do" to her questions. Kisses wife At the end, he kissed his wife, and hugged her parents and grandmother after they signed his bond papers . Webb was led back into custody and his family left without him, making no comment . Besides serving as FIFA vice president, Webb was president of the Cayman Islands Football Association , as well as CONCACAF, which oversees the sport in North and Central America and the Caribbean . He is accused of racketeering , money laundering and wire fraud charges. Prosecutors allege that Webb was bribed more than $ 7 million by sports marketing outfit Traffic Sports USA and its then - president Aaron Davidson in exchange for contracts granting exclusive rights to soccer tournaments . Davidson is out on bail and discussing a plea deal with prosecutors . Webb' s refusal to contest extradition suggests that he too may be keen to negotiate a deal . His lawyer, Edward O' Callaghan, made no comment after leaving court Saturday . Six other FIFA officials wanted by the United States - - all from South America or the CONCACAF region - - have not yet agreed to be extradited. The assets put up to guarantee the $ 10 million bond offered a tantalizing glimpse of the wealth that Webb has accumulated , but also the good faith of his extended family . They include 10 properties owned by him, his wife, her parents, an uncle and three of his cousins. Other items put up to guarantee the sum were three cars , watches and jewelry. Electronic monitoring He will be confined to home detention in an apartment to be approved by the FBI , and subject to electronic monitoring. Aside from medical emergencies, he will be allowed out only to attend court hearings , meet his lawyer and to attend church, all with the prior, written approval of the FBI . Webb will also bear the costs of a private security company that will guard him around the clock , including being posted outside the door of private meetings with his lawyer. The terms of his release prohibit any contact with his co- defendants and co- conspirators, CONCACAF , FIFA or any of the sports marketing companies listed in the indictment. His wife has also surrendered her US passport to the FBI . The court heard that she had taken a year off work since the couple ' s son was born , but had worked as a consultant since his arrest . The arrests in Switzerland ignited an unprecedented crisis at FIFA, with the body' s president Sepp Blatter ultimately agreeing to stand down . Blatter , 79 , has denied any wrongdoing , saying he bears no responsibility for any misdeeds committed by his deputies. On Monday , FIFA ' s executive committee

is expected to set out the timetable to determine the election for Blatter ' s replacement. Commentators , and even sources close to Blatter , have not ruled out the prospect of the embattled FIFA president reversing his decision to resign and standing for re - election.
http://m.chinapost.com.tw/sports/2015/07/19/441103/FIFA-ex-vice.htm

The Emmy - winning character actor best
known for playing the bespectacled Las
Vegas mobster Moe Greene in " The
Godfather" has died. Alex Rocco was 79 .
Rocco ' s daughter , Jennifer , announced
his death Saturday . Details of his death
were not immediately available.
Rocco ' s career spanned five decades and
he remained active up until his death .
His most famous role came in 1972 ' s
"The Godfather," where he played the
humbled casino owner who meets his
fate on a massage table.
The tough - talking , Boston - born Rocco
voiced the cigar - smoking studio head of
"Itchy and Scratchy " on "The Simpsons ."
He also played Charlie Polniaczek on the
1980s sitcom " The Facts of Life."
He won an Emmy in 1990 for the short-
lived Jon Cryer sitcom "The Famous
Teddy Z ."
Rocco is survived by his wife, actress
Shannon Wilcox, his daughter Jennifer ,
son Lucien and a grandson . 


http://m.chinapost.com.tw/art/2015/07/20/441170/Rocco-who.htm

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

The owner of the company ACT. Technologies Limited, Sani Musa, which
printed the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) has been arrested by the officials of the Department of State Security (DSS). No reason was given for his arrest. He was arrested Tuesday at a private location in Abuja.

THISDAY gathered that his arrest might not be unconnected with the allegation that he is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and that he alone has the code to the smart card reader.

A source close to THISDAY said that his arrest by the DSS is aimed at solving some of the controversies surrounding the Smart Card Reader and make him incommunicado throughout the presidential election.

On Wednesday, the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign organisation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, called for his arrest, accusing him of being part of the plot to rig the election in favour of APC. According to Fani-Kayode, "Our concerns stem from the fact that the moving spirit and a major shareholder and board member of the company that supplied the card reader system and machines to INEC is not only a friend of but also an ardent and keen supporter of General Muhammadu Buhari and the APC. That man's name is Sani Musa and he is indeed the main force behind the company. The company's name is Act Technologies Ltd. and the Chairman of the company is one Engineer SK Danladi. "How and why INEC would give the contract to supply the card readers to a fanatical APC supporter and to a man whose other company was officially blacklisted by INEC a couple of years ago for sharp practices, needs to be explained. Sani Musa has expressed his undying support for the APC and General Buhari and his hatred and virulent opposition to the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan openly andpublicly on his Facebook wall. Some of his comments on Facebook read as follows: 'I stand with him (Buhari) for whatever reason' and 'Imagine the kind of people given spaces in our nation’s news tabloids.’ ‘Hoodlums are having field day in Nigeria since the inception of GEJ’s administration. Mad men, hooligans and vultures have taken over decency of the society. May Allah save us from the torments of this (sic) rascals and expose their intentions on our nation state be it the Boko Haram, killer militants or by extension those in authority with wicked intentions-Amen,”

ACT. Technologies Limited, according to the electronic payments obtained from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) showed that over N2.6 billion was paid to the Nigerian company for the production and supplies of over 68.8 million PVCs within a period of seven months. It was further gathered that the 68.8 million PVCs were expected to be produced at a unit cost of N65 per PVC. THISDAY gathered that the Electronic Payment Mandate for the production of the PVCs were paid through two banks – an Islamic Bank, JAIZ Bank and the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) between 2013 and 2014, an indication that the firm charged with the production have been fully paid, yet it is yet to supply in full part of the 68.8 million PVCs for the election.

According to the payment mandate made available to THISDAY, INEC on February 14 paid the sum of N489,937,500 to ACT.Technologies Limited as part payment for the
production of the PVCs. The money was paid through JAIZ Bank. In the same manner, another lodgment of N130 million was paid to the same company on August 13, 2013, while another sum of N585 million was paid to ACT. Technologies Limited. On July 16, 2013, the sum of N585 million was paid to the same company through the FCMB, while on June 11, 2013, another N293,962.500 was paid to the company through the Islamic bank. N234 million was specifically paid to the same company, ACT. Technologies Limited, for the supply of 40 million PVCs through JAIZ Bank on January 24, 2014 and the last batch of N590,871,418 was paid on February19, 2014. All the electronic payment mandates were signed by the Secretary of INEC, Augusta Ogakwu, Hajiya Salamatu Ibrahim who is the Director of Finance and the Director of Budget, T.W. Afannga. According to an INEC source, “Despite the full payment of the contract money for the supplies of the PVCs, the batch of the voter cards are yet to be produced, whereas all the money has been paid as far back as 2014.”

Meanwhile, the Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has called on politicians to cultivate the habit of playing politics without bitterness, ahead of tomorrow's, presidential election. He made the call yesterday in Abuja at the PDP National Christian Praise Rally for Successful 2015 Elections, saying that this was critical to ensure peaceful polls. He also called on politicians to embrace Christ and to play politics with the fear of God, adding that though it was termed a dirty game, politics could be made clean by God-fearing politicians. He expressed the need for all to focus on God who gives inspiration to all
mankind and to continue praying to Him for peace upon the nation, before, during and after the elections. ``It is what you ask God with conviction that you will receive, as the nation cries to God to bring peace to the country with conviction, He will show himself
strong,’’ Secondus said.


http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/pvc-manufacturer-sani-musa-arrested-detained-by-dss/205215/

boring or not, praying it happens or not is not the issue. the issue is for whoever loses to accept defeat and congratulate the winner in the spirit of good sportsmanship. nobody party should take to the street because their candidate lost.

You can write ur own o, but I know a lot of people would have fun if things turn out this way.
Anyways, let's see how it all pans out.
Goodluck guys!

How possible can this be?...Waiting for
the APC version..... Just having a great
time!!!!!

NEWSPAPERS' HEADLINES ON March 30th
2015.

"Jonathan wins 2nd term with 56% of
votes! Fasola congratulates him, begs
Lagosians to vote for Ambode to continue
his development of Lagos" - THISDAY.
"Jega declares Jonathan elected with 26.4
million votes! APC rejects result" -
VANGUARD.
"Jonathan declared winner!". "This is the
worst election in Nigeria's history" (Lai
Mohammed) - PUNCH.
"PDP in a historic victory!". "Amaechi
flees to Ghana". - PM NEWS.
"This is the most rigged election in the
world, Jega must be arrested and
imprisoned immediately. We are heading
to court" (Tinubu) - THE NATION.
"North sad as INEC declares Jonathan
winner. Sultan urges restraints and peace"
- DAILY INDEPENDENT.
"PDP wins Aso Rock again, 70 senate
seats and 65% of Reps. We are studying
the results (Oshiomhole)" - SUN
NEWSPAPER.
"How Jega rigged the polls for Jonathan . .
." - SAHARA REPORTERS.
ETC, ETC. . .....

I feel ur pains dear, it's like pouring water into an ocean, but there's got to be a way to get a refund (in sane society, that is). Maybe u should talk to their oga at the top at whichever of the offices u applied or get a lawyer to write them, or....I tire jooor, the system is warped.

my 2 pence!

Babygal4eva:
Out of pure curiosity why would you rent a house for over 4 years and not know the owner?

it's possible. Some tenants live in a house and the only person they deal with is the agent, and besides, some landlords don't even want anything to do with their tenants as long as he doesn't default in payment. Their agent handles everything.

mytime24:
If am d husbd, i'll threaten to use juju on d landlord,infact to make d landlord run mad each time we're conversin


Na she go use her mouth divulge

lol...ur the wife here, how would u handle ur hubby? u have just been found out!

falconey:
This can't be nollywood they are not that brilliant(no offense). OP this can't happen in my country.

u never can say...it could happen right in ur backyard. It could be ur spouse. What would u do then?

What would you do if you were in this man's situation, be honest.

A man rented a house and moved in with his
family. After 2yrs his rent was increased from 400,000 to 500,000, he didn't complain because he likes the house. The following year he couldn't come up with the money and the agent was on his neck, the wife saw what the husband was passing through and
decided to go borrow the money so that the
husband will pay back later, the husband was
indeed very happy. He paid back the cash when he got it. 2yrs later the house rent was increased to 700,000 and this man became upset. So he begged the agent to introduce him to the landlord so that he could talk with him but the agent bluntly refused. The man decided to do an underground investigation to uncover who the landlord is. The revelation of his investigation really shook him. The house belongs to his wife!

My question is as the man what will you do? And as the woman what will you say to your husband?
Let's discuss this matter together.

“Re-elect Jonathan for United Nigeria“: Shagari’s Alleged Letter to Muhammadu Buhari

Written by Obinna Akukwe
The allegedly controversial letter written by second republic President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari had continued to cause scare
within the political gladiators in the North West. Sources within the Presidency had given the Leadership of Igbo Mandate Congress (IMC) a copy of Shagari’s alleged letter to the Presidential Candidate of the opposition party, General Muhammadu Buhari on the 12th of January, 2015, the day Igbo leaders under Ohanaeze sneaked into Aso Rock for the first batch of endorsement of Jonathan’s re-election bid. However, efforts by IMC leaders in Sokoto to get Shagari’s views on the circulating letter proved abortive as his aides pleaded that the old man be left off the hate filled Buhari-Jonathan campaigns. However, events at Shagari’s 90th Birthday where he reportedly endorsed Jonathan in secret and the grumblings of APC members in Sokoto State who accuses him of working against Northern interests may have lent credence to the letter.

This letter being circulated among few northern elites as a ground for Jonathan’s re-
election bid is gradually gaining acceptance in Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi axis. However, those opposed to Shagari’s views as expressed in the alleged letter pointed at
the constant humiliation of the Sokoto born Speaker of Nigeria’s Parliament Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal by President Jonathan and the
strong rumors that a Jonathan second tenure will dethrone Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar as the Sultan of Sokoto and replace him with the current NSA, Sambo Dasuki. However, APC Chieftains in Sokoto told the leadership of IMC that the elder statesman can never write such letter and that the vengeance in the said letter is not in line with the spirit of Islam.

Shagari had earlier indicated his support for Jonathan in his forward to a book titled
"Jonathan-A Photographic Rise to The Presidency’ being circulated among PDP faithful where he said that “I sincerely could never have imagined that in my life time, under constitutional rule, with a deep and broad mandate, a zoologist from Bayelsa,
one of our youngest states, could rise to become Commander-in-Chief. “There is no better indicator that, while much remains to be achieved, our beloved Nigeria is slowly but surely maturing politically. Almost unwittingly, we are strengthening our democratic practice. And we must acknowledge and be thankful of the fact that Jonathan has taken it upon himself to diligently promote one Nigeria not only in words but in action.”

Below is Shagari’s Alleged Letter to Muhammadu Buhari Causing Stir among Political Elites in Sokoto.

My brother, you have contested the Presidential elections 3 times in this country and in all these times, you have never asked me or my people at Shagari village to support your bid. It is very obvious why you can't do that. You don't have the courage after what you did to me. You truncated democracy with a dastardly coup and took away power from me. You humiliated me and made me to suffer, and you took away my opportunity to RULE Nigeria. You said you do not want democracy in Nigeria. The same democracy you truncated, you are fighting hard to get with desperation and diabolical power. You have entered into unholy alliance with some known elements of disunity in the south but let me warn you. You will suffer hard in the hands of Tinubu and his political merchants who will use and dump you as they did to Nuhu. In 2011, you cried publicly when you lost election, and you made provocative and inciting statements that plunged this country into untoward unrest. You provoked our hot-blooded youths with war cries which erupted into post-election violence, that brought Boko Haram into existence, over 500 innocent Nigerians died instantly, most of them youth corpers deployed from one of the unifying agencies of this country.

Personally, I do not have a problem with your ambition. It is your arrogance that bothers me. If you cannot summon the courage to ask me and my family to vote for you because you know we would not, why do you think Nigerians would look kindly on your past record of destroying a progressing democratic institutions painfully put in place by some respected fathers of this nations like Awolowo and Azikiwe. No my brother. It is time to wake up from your delusion and do the needful if you still have some conscience. I am not writing this to you with vengeance intention. I am a practicing Muslim and we leave matters of vengeance to Allah. I write to you as a Nigerian, your brother and a statesman who is deeply concerned. Quit the presidential race now and save this country from the dangling sword of Damocles being menacingly wield by the crooks that surround you.

This elections is not about you or President Goodluck Jonathan. It is about the unity of Nigeria which can only be assured by being fair. By this I mean, being fair to the people
of Niger Delta. We can only do this by either re-electing Goodluck or substitute him with any of his kinsmen from the South-South as that can only count fair for a people who are entitled to 8 years in the office of the President. For the elders council in the north, we have come to the conclusion to work towards realizing that fairness. 4 years more is not eternity. It is not too much of a concession for us to make to move Nigeria forward as one indivisible and united country under one God. May Allah open your mind to see reason.

God bless Nigeria
Alhaji Shehu Shagari (GCFR)

Krinel:
To where?

hian...!? to Oshodi oke