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EdoBoy90:
. Tell us where are you working as a polytechnic graduate! yours is mono polytechnic.

For God's sake, there is nothing like mono polytechnic. is this how you want to win a debate? Is this how you want to prove that Uni students are better than poly students? We have polytechnics and monotechnics. Right?

Go back and read again.

EmeeNaka:
109million for Nnewi North,Nnewi south and Ekwusigo federal constituency? That's such a pity. Igbos don't know how to loot. That's the most sincere but grossly insufficient constituency project figure. What will 109million do for Nnewi north, Nnewi south and Ekwusigo Federal constituency?

This is what is called operation prove your innocence.

KINGwax007:
just relocate the man Na.. abi which kind hypocrisy be ds? because he's 1001yrs and his house is obstructing development, they shld Jes leave it there?

Are you human?

Good morning everyone. MY phone techno Y4 suddenly went mute yesterday while I was on call. I cannot make call as no sound is coming out. I cannot play music, the phone can't ring but all other applications are intact. Please can someone tell me what could be the problem? I opened it but could not see any physical damage. Waiting for your good response.

captainnigeria:
The idea of God is a hoax. This is a lie perpetuated by ignorance and the need to keep hope alive. People want to believe in something so they can say their lives meant something. Alas we are not special. You are the same dacaying organic matter as everybody else. I will give just one evidence to prove this illusion called God though many examples abound
The age of the earth. According to the Abrahamic religions which include christianity and islam, the earth is probably like 9000 YEARS OLD if we take from the beginning when Adam was created and we progress through to jesus christ and anow 2016 years after death. Geology and quantum physics tell us otherwise. These denials of modern geology are astonishing in the extreme to any scientist familiar with the depth and strength of the evidence for a 4.54 billion-year-old earth. Geologic dates are calculated using any of several well-established techniques based on known rates of radioactivity, a phenomenon that is rooted in fundamental laws of physics (quantum mechanics), and which follows simple mathematical formulas. Dating schemes based on rates of radioactivity have been refined and scrutinized for several decades. For details on how these ages are measured and calculated, see Radiometric dating.
So how reliable are these dates?
As with any experimental procedure, these measurements are subject to certain “glitches” and “anomalies,” as noted in the literature. But through several decades of extensive use, scientists have identified these difficulties and have designed careful experimental procedures to avoid them. And modern high-tech mass spectrometers can obtain reliable dates even on microscopic samples.
The chance that a single peer-reviewed measurement is off by a factor of millions is slim indeed. But the chance that every one of the these measurements is off by such a huge factor is absolutely zero.
Besides, one can determine the rough age of the earth by a very simple calculation. It is a fact that among all known isotopes found on earth that are not themselves products of radioactive decay,everyisotope with a half life less than about 70 million years is absent (evidently because all traces have disappeared during the age of the earth), yeteveryisotope with a half life greater than about 70 million years is present at some detectable level. Since our current technology can detect isotopes with an abundance of roughly one part in a trillion (corresponding to the amount remaining after 40 half lives), this shows that the material from which our earth formed is at least 40 x 70 million (= 2.8 billion) years old. Now please explain to me how you can still blindly believe in the Abrahamic God after such irrefutable evidence. Evolution and theory of natural selection show a progression and the obey the law of probability. There is no evidence for creationism.

Let me take you by your analysis.
First, if there is no God in the first place, how come you are saying is dead? If there is no creation, how come the half life, because anything with a life span must have a beginning.

chimoskyg:
Last year admitted students just started lectures this week.
No news yet for this year jamb students

Inconclusive in the education sector again? Na wao

Phasesone:
It is not yet out ooo and it is not the only one UNIZIK own is not yet out too

thanks sir

Please is there any one in the house with useful information about UNIJOS 2016/2017 admission? My brother applied it through this year's jamb but since then we have gotten no useful information even on there website. I will appreciate one any one can help me with the details.

What then is called check and balances in a democratic setting?
Whenever the senate wants to indulge in corrupt practice, they tag it internal affairs,
but they are always on the executive's neck. Are we trying to say if a man kills his brother he committed no crime because it's a family affairs.

where is Saraki name? It should be Nigeria's richest Governors.

Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, former Super Eagles Coach and one time defender of the Super Eagles is dead. Keshi who was 54 years old died at the wee hours of today, Wednesday, in Benin He was confirmed dead by Ben Olaiya. Olaiya speaking to Vanguard Sport Editor, Tony Ubani on phone shouting Keshi’s nickname said ‘Tony yes the Big Boss is dead the Big boss is dead’. Stephen Keshi Stephen Keshi Also Ademola Olajire, an Assistant Director of Communications in the Nigeria Football Federation, said that Keshi died after he was rushed to an hospital in Benin after complaining of his legs. He said that Keshi had problems with his legs and that he could not stand for long. More so Valere Hounandinou, an Assistant Coach to Keshi, confirmed to Vanguard that ”last week Stephen Keshi complained to him that he was having irregular heart beats and he advised him to go the hospital’. The Nigeria Football Federation on it twitter handle @thenff tweeted ‘Former Nigeria Captain and Coach, Stephen Keshi, is dead. Reports say the legend died in the early hours of Wednesday, RIP Big Boss,

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/breaking-news-former-super-eagles-coach-stephen-keshi-dead/

A positive move in the right direction

Mr Manager, why don't you people open up a pension account and be directing the looted money to be collecting back as pension after retirement. politicians with their corrupt minds

I see. Lawyers in the house over to you. Meanwhile waiting for the details of the judgement

Many of the Nigerian youths are lazy hence would prefer betnaija to innovation and creativity.

Pavarottii:
Wat are u saying? Just listen to urself. Just ansa my question. Someone that received 813million last month and his way bill alone is 2.4billion apart from statutory expenses in managing d state.

then why is he always attacking Buhari, knowing that he has no control over crude oil in the international market?

RIP to the dead

This man, what happens to pdp, Apc , apga, etc? You don't need any other Institute, if you think I am lying, ask Fayose and Lai Muhammed

eyeview:
This is a very commendable act by the state PDP. I didn't know that a party can actually believe that their chief candidate is wrong. And that's very bold.
Can APC do this? Can they ever acknowledge that buhari is wrong in anyway. Has Tambuwal(apc katsina state governor) not just announced that Buhari has fulfilled all his campaign promises with his one year in office.

Don't be deceived, the faction loyal to Fayose will not do that. they see him as their warlord

Nigeria my country. but why

$200 billion loot: EFCC raids Dubai firm’s office in Abuja

Magu

As part of the ongoing probe of the laundering of over $200billion loot in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by former political office holders, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) yesterday stormed the office of a Dubai property firm, The First Group Company, in Abuja.

The company is also being investigated for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians by luring them to invest in real estate in Dubai.

A prominent Nigerian lost about $402, 000 (N136.6m) in a phony real estate transaction with the company, it was learnt.

Two officials of the company were arrested. They were undergoing interrogation at the anti-graft agency’s office last night.

Some documents and a Central Processing Unit (CPU) containing a list of high profile patrons were retrieved by the EFCC.

The EFCC team raided the company’s seventh floor office at the Bank of Industry building in the Central Business District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) after obtaining a search warrant.

An EFCC source said: “Our operatives searched the office as a result of a plethora of complaints received through petitions from concerned Nigerians about the activities of The First Group Company, a real estate outfit incorporated in Dubai (UAE).

“We executed a duly endorsed search warrant and vital documents as well as CPU relevant to the facts in issue were recovered.

“They specialise in aiding and abetting money laundering and foreign exchange malpractices by top civil servants and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs).”

The EFCC is working on clues that some former governors, ministers and top civil servants laundered money through the company to buy choice properties in Dubai, using such proxies, including their children and relations.

“Two employees of the company (an accountant and the senior client service/ legal executive) were arrested and are being interrogated,” the source said.

The investigation of the company is said to be in line with the agreement between the Federal Government and the UAE to trace about $200billion loot stashed away in the Emirate by ex-governors and ministers.

The source said the First Group Company was also being probed for allegedly swindling some Nigerians.

“So many unsuspecting Nigerians have fallen victims of their antics by parting with their hard-earned money running into millions of dollars. Iinvestigations into the allegations are ongoing,” the source added.

Under searchlight for stashing funds or acquiring properties in Dubai are seven ex-governors, six former ministers, a former presidential aide implicated in the $2.1billion arms deals, ex-military chiefs under probe, agents / fronts of some of these public officers and about five chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who are undergoing interrogation.

A Federal Government team, comprising the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Magu and detectives from the anti-graft agency some months ago met with their UAE counterparts to collate intelligence notes on the PEPs.

President Muhammadu Buhari in January signed a “Judicial Agreement on Extradition, Transfer of Sentenced Persons, Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters, and Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal and Commercial Matters, which includes the recovery and repatriation of stolen wealth with UAE.”

Calls were made to both the Abuja office and Dubai Headquarters of the affected office last night but these did not how through.

While Dubai line +97144550100 was on automatic answering machine, the Abuja lines of +2349903600 and +23494611454 did not connect.

Although some of the cases involving The First Group were handled by Barrister Ismail Muftau from Jackdon, Etti and Edu, it was difficult to get the counsel when this newspaper went to bed.
source: the nation newspaper

henryanna36:
Read more. http://www.trezzyblog.com/2016/05/pics-gov-fayose-halts-his-convoy-to-buy.html

anything kpomo Fayose will never close his eyes.

nice one

Luke 15 : 7&10 heaven rejoices over a single soul that repent. This consoles me that it's not late for one to heaven provided he /she repents.

What Buhari has changed in the last 12 months
Posted By: OLUKOREDE YISHAUon: May 24, 2016In: NewsNo Comments
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What Buhari has changed in the last 12 months

Have things remained how they were when President Muhammadu Buhari took over about a year ago? Certainly not! Here are what has changed, writes OLUKOREDE YISHAU

Facts and figures

N3tr Between June 2015 and April 2016, the Federal Government TSA collection clocked N3trillion.

40 The number of accounts closed in NNPC to give room for accountability

60% Port Harcourt and Warri refineries are back in operation with 60 per cent capacity and producing 7 million litres of PMS daily. The Kaduna refinery also resumed production at the end of the April, 2016.

N689.5 The amount President Buhari directed the CBN to disburse as bailout to 27 states to pay salaries.

34,000 The number of ghost workers draining the nation’s resources now expunged from the Federal Civil Service.

N2.29b The amount the government saves monthly for expunging 34,000 ghost workers from payroll.

$1m The amount saved as a result of President Buhari’s directive stopping the appointment of a government delegation for pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia

25 On assumption of office, the President cut down the number of ministries from 42 to 25 to reduce the cost of governance.

$321m The amount Switzerland will repatriate to Nigeria from the illicitly acquired wealth of the Gen. Sani Abacha family.

N7b The amount recovered as at March by the Presidential Committee set up to probe contracts awarded by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) from 2011 to 2015.

11,595 The total number of persons rescued by the Nigerian troops during the ongoing operations in the Northaast as at February

$21m The amount Nigeria has provided to the Task Force since June 2015.

$5m The support announced in June last year by the U.S. for the fight against the terrorists in the sub-region.

$40m The amount announced in April 2016 by the U.S. for humanitarian assistance in the sub-region

$1b The amount being saved annually by the elimination of the Offshore Processing Agreement (OPA) through the introduction of the Direct Sales and Direct Purchase (DSDP) scheme with reputable off-shore refineries

7m The amount of litres of PMS produced daily by the Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna Refineries

The report was not just damning. It exposed the country’s unclothedness. Titled: “Inside NNPC Oil Sales: A Case for Reform in Nigeria”, it detailed an opaque oil-for-fuel swap agreements, the withholding of an estimated $12.3 billion from the treasury by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and many more.

Issued by the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), the report also showed that in 2013, the treasury got only 58 per cent of the $16.8 billion worth of oil the NNPC voted for its underperforming refineries.

According to Aaron Sayne, who co-authored the report with Alexandra Gillies and Christina Katsouris, there was too much impunity in the oil sector.

Sayne said: “Oil sales are Nigeria’s biggest revenue stream, but management has worsened in recent years. By our estimate, just three of the problematic provisions in a single swap contract may have cost the government $381 million, or $16.09 per barrel of oil, in a single year.”

Gillies added: “The combination of a new government and the current budgetary shortfalls offers Nigeria its best chance in years for overhauling NNPC’s oil sales. The status quo is unaffordable. Everyone from trading companies to Nigerian citizens is waiting to see how the new government will approach these transactions, including the allocation of new export or swap contracts. Our research maps the current state of play, and we suggest what issues reformers in Nigeria ought to urgently address.”



A more transparent NNPC

The report, which was issued before Muhamamdu Buhari came on board as President, was no hold barred. It urged the President to reverse the trend. So, what has Buhari done in the last one year to redirect the oil sector?

One of the first steps the administration took was to reconstruct the opaque accounting structure of the NNPC to be more transparent. This led to the closure of more than 40 accounts. Now, NNPC publishes its monthly financial reports. Operational deficits have been reduced by not less than 50 per cent. NNPC outstanding Annual Audits from 2011 to 2014 has been conducted.

The agency is also undergoing other forms of restructuring that will make it an effective entity. This restructuring, said analysts, leaves room for competition, predictable revenue generation and compliance with global best practices.

Buhari has also resolved the shadowy oil swap deals that had cost the country billions of dollars and left it at the mercy of a few rich Nigerians. The government has also introduced third party financing to eliminate direct funding of cash calls. The administration has also renegotiated existing service contracts under Joint Venture and Production sharing contracts (PSC) Operations by about 30 per cent leading to operational efficiency improvements and cost reductions.

The administration has also eliminated the Offshore Processing Agreement (OPA) through the introduction of the Direct Sales and Direct Purchase (DSDP) scheme with reputable off-shore refineries. This has yielded annual savings of $1 billion.

State of the refineries

Before the inauguration of the current administration, the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries were dormant. Now, they are back in operation with 60 per cent capacity and producing 7 million litres of PMS daily. The Kaduna refinery also resumed production at the end of the April, 2016.

Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Ibe Kachiwku said the government was looking at privatising the refineries within 12 months. He said oil giants Agip and Chevron have indicated interest in purchasing two of the refineries.

“We have gotten commitments from some of the majors. Agip has indicated interest to work with us on Port Harcourt, Chevron on Warri. We are talking to Total on Kaduna,” Kachikwu told Reuters.

He explained that the government had been able to recover the two critical crude supply pipelines; which were Escravos/Warri and Bonny/Port Harcourt crude supply pipelines.

Kachikwu said the pipelines were down for six to seven years but had been repaired and were working and supplying crude to the refineries.

“For the first time, the refineries will get their crude, pay for it; they will sell their products and they will earn the income from that product. And then, they can develop and continue to maintain the refineries even after this intervention is over.

“Port Harcourt is back in production, Warri is back in production… It is something of joy,” he said.

Also, Kachikwu said about 25 licences that were given to private operators between 2002 and 2014 to build refinery complexes in Nigeria would be reviewed and inactive ones would be revoked.

He said: “The next stage of this is that we are going to look at all the licences that have been given out; some of them were given a window within which to build their refineries and we are going to revoke the ones that were not used.

“The reason they did not use the licences is that unless the price is right on the outer point, your economics cannot balance. So, no refinery investment in the world comes to a country where there is no liberalisation and it is not just Nigeria because if you don’t liberalise, nobody is going to invest in your refineries.

“So, that is why they did not, a lot of them thought it was nice to have licences but as soon as you move into the capital market and you do your analysis, you realise this.”



Bailout for states

At the time Buhari took over, many states were struggling with arrears of salaries. To alleviate the suffering of Nigerians, the President last September directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to disburse N689.5 billion as bailout to 27 states to pay salaries.

And last month, as a way of stimulating the economy and reduce poverty, Buhari approved deferment in the payment of the bailout because states were under the burden of the fall in commodity prices.

Killing the ghosts in civil service

Every month, the government was losing N2.29b to the payment of more than 34,000 ghost workers. An audit carried out by the Buhari administration revealed this drain and it has since been blocked.

Finance Minister Mrs Kemi Adeosun said the deploying the Bank Verification Number (BVN) revealed the ghost workers. Initially, 23,000 ghost workers were discovered and less than three weeks later, another 11,000 ghost workers were also discovered on government’s payroll.



TSA and cutting of wastages

The implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) has provided greater visibility of government revenues and cash flows. Between June 2015 and April 2016, the Federal Government TSA collection stood at N3trillion. This was made possible by Buhari’s directive to Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government to close multiple accounts, thereby plugging loopholes for leakages.

To save funds, Buhari cancelled government sponsorship of delegation for pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Through this, the government says it has saved about $1m and N30m on local expenses.

To reduce the cost of governance, the President cut down the number of ministries from 42 to 25. Also, the President directed that all top government officials must prioritise foreign travels and use only business class tickets, instead of first class tickets as was previously obtainable.

A war on high pedestal

The anti-corruption war of the current administration is one thing that is clear to all as one of the things that have changed in the last 12 months. Right from the moment he won the presidential election, Buhari’s no-nonsense and incorruptible mien sent a signal to looters of public funds, with many of them returning funds stolen under the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

As a way of creating a frame work for prosecuting the war against corruption, Buhari set up an Advisory Committee on War Against Corruption headed by Prof Itse Sagay. The anti-corruption battle has seen several high profile cases going on in the courts. Such cases include the ones against former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman Olisa Metuh, Daar Communications Chairman Dr Raymond Dokpesi and former Chief of Defence Staff Alex Badeh.

In March, the Presidential Committee set up to probe contracts awarded by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) from 2011 to 2015 announced the recovery of over N7 billion from indicted companies and individuals.



No longer a pariah state

Unlike in the past, the international community has warmed up to the Buhari administration in the last twelve months. And Buhari has enlisted the support of multilateral institutions, such as the World Bank and IMF, security agencies, Western countries and other friendly nations to source, locate and repatriate stolen assets.

At one of his international engagements, specifically the London summit on anti-corruption, Buhari announced that Nigeria would begin the full implementation of the principles of the OPEN contracting data standards. This was in furtherance of his trips to the Middle East, where he had gone to sensitise the governments on the need to repatriate stolen assets and hand over the looters for trial in Nigeria. In January, Nigeria and UAE signed Judicial Agreements on Extradition, Transfer of Sentenced Persons, Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters.

The Federal Government and the Swiss Government in March signed a Letter of Intent on the Restitution of Illegally-Acquired Assets forfeited in Switzerland. Under the agreement, Switzerland will repatriate $321 million illicitly acquired by the Gen. Sani Abacha family.

Boko Haram: No longer

the Lord of Sambisa

The president was aware of the magnitude of the Boko Haram challenge. No wonder one of the first things he changed was the military structure, which led to the relocation of the Nigerian Military Command Centre to Maiduguri in May last year. This has contributed to the success in the fight against insurgency in the Northeast.

The results are glaring: Over 11,595 persons have been rescued by the troops, including one of the Chibok schoolgirls- Amina Ali; since last December, all Nigerian territories previously under Boko Haram control have been regained; Nigeria has provided $21million to the Task Force since June 2015 and is committed to an additional $79m, bringing the total of Nigeria’s commitment to the Task Force to $100 million; and in June 2015, the United States announced a $5-million support for the fight against the terrorists in the sub-region.

The seriousness with which the administration has pursued the anti-terror war has also led to the U.S government further announcing an additional $40 million for humanitarian assistance in the sub-region

In May, the country hosted a Regional Security Summit to boost military operations against Boko Haram and forge a global support for the rehabilitation of the IDPs and rebuilding of the North East.

The government has ensured a cohesive international support in the fight against terrorism and assistance to victims and communities affected by terrorism.

The president also did these

In April, Buhari ordered the release of 10,000 tons of grains from the National Strategic Grains Reserve to cushion the effect of rising food prices. He also directed the Ministry of Agriculture to provide assistance to able-bodied men and women in IDP camps return to farming.

The President directed the CBN to clear all the outstanding allowances of former militants studying in various institutions across the world. He salvaged the Amnesty Programme by giving it a new vision of catering for the weak, the poor and the vulnerable, instead of enriching a few.

Buhari also ordered a fast-track of Ogoni clean-up, acting on a United Nations Environmental Project Report abandoned by the previous administration.

Special Adviser to the President on Media Femi Adesina said the next one year would br
source the Nation newspaper

Slikbae:
Romans 8: 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life , nor angels nor principalities nor powers , nor things present nor things to come ,

39 nor height nor depth , nor any other created thing , shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

that's a strong faith proclamation, the Lord is your strength.