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Babacele:
mtchew. Give a better person then we would listen.

You nkọ? That you can reason well to type the above shows you can perform better than PMB.

Pride comes before a fall. PDP was power drunk, it fell but still better than APC that is foolishness and lie drunk.

Pride comes before a fall. PDP was power drunk but still better than APC that is foolishness and lie drunk.

Now the terrorists communicate freely with our government.

Multichoice get sense o. They want to make more money from the emotional votes of Nigerian. Sympathy votes loading>>>>>>>more money to multichoice account. See sense.

It is sad

Africonji:
Ambode is a big tribalist and bigot. He keeps passing laws to target Igbos in Lagos thinking he can slow us down. He has been taxing igbo businesses in Lagos to increase Igr of the state. But we keep on progressing. Then he passed that rubbish language law to turn Lagos that was developed with oil money to a Yoruba state. Now he has passed a useless land use charge law to further extort more money from Igbo landlords. But his own afonja are the ones complaining the most because no matter what he does, Igbo in Lagos will continue making money. We will continue buying your lands and paying whatever land use charge no matter the amount. It is poor and lazy afonja in Lagos that will run out of Lagos to their brown roof villages by the time their Igbo landlord increase their rents. Mark my words. You cannot hold down an Igbo man. Never.

Bros must you talk like this? At times, silence is golden.

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday set up a six-man Ad hoc Committee to review the controversial state Land Use Charge Law, 2018.

The Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, announced the committee at plenary.

“As people’s representatives, there is need to address the issues raised by the people,” he said.

The Speaker named Mr Bayo Oshinowo, Chairman, House Committee on Lands, as the Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee, which he urged to report back to the House in two weeks.

Other members of the committee include Mr Yinka Ogundimu, Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Mrs Funmilayo Tejuosho, Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Petitions.

The rest are Mr Tunde Braimoh, Chairman, House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Mr Jude Idimogu (APC-Oshodi-Isolo II) and Mr Olusola Sokunle (APC-Oshodi-Isolo I).

Obasa said: “I am of the opinion that there is a need for us to pick up the law and look at those sections that our people perceived to be obnoxious.

“This will make us address the concerns raised by our people in Lagos State.

“We are representatives of the people and are responsible and responsive. We need to address the concerns”.

He said it was with this view that the ad hoc committee was set up to look at the law and ensure its amendment based on opinions and contributions to be received from the people at the second reading stage.

The speaker, who noted that law making is a process, frowned at the attitude of people to public hearings on bills.

“We appeal to our people to participate and contribute in the process of law making during public hearing to make their own contributions.

“This was actually done when this land use charge was in the process before passage and sending to the governor for assent.

“We invited the public but we didn’t hear much from them concerning all these concerned"

“If only they had responded at that time, probably we would have done what would be acceptable to all.

“This (the review) is another opportunity for people to be part of the process.

“The committee has been constituted to listen to them and also consider the position of government as well.

“This is because it will be very difficult to separate government from taxation. Governance has to be run based on taxes collected by the government.

“So, we have to look for ways to agree with one another on this,” he said.

Obasa said that the first and second readings of the amendment would be on Tuesday and Thursday respectively.

He said that the public hearing might be Friday or Monday.

Public outcry had followed a hike in the Land Use Charge last week, after an earlier review by the state government based on an amendment by the lawmakers.

The state government responded by lowering the rates and promised to return the law to the lawmakers for another review.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a bill for a law to establish the Lagos State Award Scheme was also read for the second time and committed to its Ad hoc Committee on Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations.

Members of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) (Tuesday) denied access to agents of the Directorate of State Security (DSS) who tried to gatecrash into their meeting.

Here is the recorded conversation between the NBA Ikeja Chairman, Mr Adesina Ogunlana, and a lady who led the DSS to the venue of the emergency meeting meant to discuss matters arising on the vexed issue of Land Use Charge in Lagos:

Chairman : Good morning madam, you from the DSS?

DSS LADY : Yes sir , we understand you want to hold a meeting today on this LAND USE CHARGE MATTER.

CHAIRMAN: Whats wrong with that?

DSS LADY : Nothing sir , only we want to know whether the meeting will hold and what you want to say.

CHAIRMAN. So you want to attend the meeting?

DSS LADY: Yes sir , after all it’s not a secret meeting.

CHAIRMAN: But are you a lawyer? Are you a member of the Branch?

DSS LADY . Iam not but I will like to be a lawyer!

CHAIRMAN : Until then!


http://www.newsmakersng.com/2018/03/19/breaking-dss-officers-gatecrash-nbas-meeting-in-lagos/

Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja has lambasted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its display of gross misconduct in the prosecution of an alleged N3.1 billion corruption case by the anti-graft agency.

The judge who accused the EFCC of frustrating proceedings in the trial and attempting to take over control of his court withdrew from the case and returned its file to the Chief Judge of the court, Justice Abdul Adamu Kafarati, for re-assignment to another court.

The trial involving a serving Colonel in the Nigerian Army, Nicholas Ashinze, and five others ran into storm during the cross examination of an EFCC operative, Mr. Hassan Sheidu.

Counsel to the army officer, Mr. Ernest Nwoye, had asked the EFCC operative who conducted investigation into the case to confirm to the court, if the name of Ashinze appeared in any of the transactions relating to the N3.1B water project contract and which he answered negatively.

Nwoye also asked the EFCC witness to confirm to the court whether the contract was initiated by the office of the National Security Adviser where the army officer served or the Federal Ministry of Water Resources and which he answered in favour of the latter.

Trouble began when another question on whether the NSA office was responsible for payment of the contract and whether the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which effected payment ever declared the water contract illegal or fraudulent and which he answered in the negative.

Nwoye then asked the EFCC witness to tell the court why the name of Asinze was put in the charge sheet.
Counsel to EFCC, Mr. Ofem Uket, became uncomfortable with the cross examination and began interjecting into the proceedings persistently.

Efforts by the judge and other lawyers that the cross examination be allowed unhindered were rebuffed as the counsel objected to virtually all the questions put to his witness.

In the face off that ensued, Justice Kolawole attempted to call EFCC to order but the effort yielded no result while other lawyers expressed bitterness on the issue.

The interjection got to the climax when the counsel openly challenged the court records which were severally read out to him by judge to assuage his feelings.

However, when all effort to call the counsel to order to stop the interjection were rebuffed, Justice Kolawole, informed the counsel to conduct himself in manners expected of a legal practitioner which still yet yielded no fruitful result.

At a point, the judge said he could no longer condone the conduct of EFCC in the trial and announced his withdrawal from the case.

Justice Kolawole accused the anti-graft agency of frustrating his court and desperately seeking to take over control of the court from him against the normal practice.

He said it was the duty of the court to allow a witness in a criminal trial to be cross examined with questions contemplated by law, adding that the display of apprehension by EFCC was unjust and un-called for.

The judge while lambasting the EFCC for taking the court, laws and the best practice for granted, counseled the commission to always put its house in order before rushing to court for trial adding that Justice was not for a particular side.

He therefore opted out of the case and returned the file to the Chief Judge for re-assignment to another judge.
Justice Kolawole had on March 21, 2017 stopped the trial of the defendants in the case when the EFCC in a statement quoted the court proceedings upside with claims that the defendants were indicted for N36 billion contract fraud and put on trial before the court.

The statement which was widely published in the newspapers drew the anger of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Paul Erokoro, who insisted that the EFCC statement was capable of misleading the public.

The senior lawyer drew the attention of the court to the 13 count charge against the defendants involving N3.1 billion and not N36 billion and demanded the court call the EFCC to order in the media trial of the defendants.

EFCC counsel, Mr. Uket, had denied granting press interview but however admitted that the offending press statement emanated from the media unit of EFCC.

In his ruling then, Justice Kolawole condemned the EFCC for conducting two trials for the defendants in the media and his court.

The judge said it was wrong of the EFCC to have claimed that the defendants were indicted for N36 billion alleged fraud when such a bogus figure was not contained in the charge, adding that such press statement would prejudice fair trial of the defendants.

The trial however, resumed when the offending newspaper publications were retracted by the EFCC and apologies tendered to the court.

Other defendants in the case are Sadiq Mohammed, a foreigner, A.C Wolfang and a lawyer Mr. Edidion Edidion.

Source: www.nigerialawyer.com

His refusal does not change anything. The National Assembly will override his veto. President's assent is just a ceremony, aponle ni malla, Hausa l'hausa n je

This is commendable. I see you going far. I wish you well

Yes in papers, you are right but in real life "who is the presidency" quote comes to mind.

We warned Tinubu, we reminded him of how MKO, Awolowo and other senior Yoruba leaders were treated by the North but he won't listen.

FeelDeMusic:
I've been asking that same question myself. Lets' hope Microsoft or Apple will come out with one someday... or let's start a change.org petition...... anything is possible!

I got one on play store. There are many Yorùbá keyboard there.

Where can we get Yoruba keyboard?

Ile oba to jo, ewa lo bu si. All you have lost shall be restored in Jesus name.

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has declared the post- Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) conducted by universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in Nigeria as illegal.

The court ruled on the matter on March 22, 2017 but the judgment was only reported by The Guardian on Friday, March 2, 2018.

The court said there was no extant law authorising the exercise.

According to the report in The Guardian newspaper, the court held that only the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) could conduct matriculation examinations and give admissions into tertiary institutions by virtue of section 5 (1) (2) of the JAMB Act.

In the judgment, delivered in the suit filed by the Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) against JAMB, the Minister of Education and the National Universities Commission (NUC), Justice John Tsoho said that the defendants have no power to allow or direct tertiary institutions to conduct further screening of candidates after they had taken the UTME.

LEDAP obtained a certified true copy of the judgment last month.

JAMB last year simply fixed a maximum cost for post-UTMEs across tertiary institutions.

The court also issued a perpetual injunction restraining all tertiary institutions in the country from conducting the post-UTME or any other form of admission screening tests.

In opposing the suit, JAMB had argued that LEDAP had no locus standi to bring the action, but the court rejected the objection and held that a registered non-governmental organisation or an activist lawyer is allowed by law to pursue in court, the right of the largely ignorant members of the society.

LEDAP had submitted that Section 5 (1) (2) of the JAMB Act provides that the body should conduct matriculation examinations for admissions into all tertiary institutions after the UTME.

Subsection (2) (3) provides: “JAMB shall be responsible for determining matriculation requirements and conducting examinations leading to undergraduate admissions and also for admission to National Diploma and the Nigerian Certificate in Education courses.”

The plaintiff had submitted the suit since 2005 noting that tertiary institutions nationwide have been illegally conducting tests and screening candidates seeking admission in violation of section 5 (10) (2) of the JAMB Act.

The court agreed with the plaintiff and said the defendants have the responsibility to ensure compliance with the JAMB Act.

The court also said the imposition of the post-UTME on candidates seeking admission was illegal and unlawful.

The spokesperson for JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, was not available for comments Saturday morning.

But the Registrar of the Board, Ishaq Oloyede, a professor, told PREMIUM TIMES the judgment was already being challenged at the Court of Appeal.

Although, there were mixed reactions over the scrapping of post-UTME by the federal government in 2016, the past Executive Secretary of the NUC, Julius Okojie, said the decision to scrap the post-UMTE became necessary to stop the cumbersome process of admission into the universities. They were later returned.

Similarly, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in October 2017 debunked reports that he ordered a stop to the post-UTME examination as part of the process for admission into Nigerian universities.


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/260505-post-utmes-illegal-stop-now-court-rules.html

Even if they ban and sensor Naija media through their lawless hate speach law, the international media is doing what brown envelope Naija press is scared to do.

@Lai: You don't morn or search for what you know that is not lost.

planetx:
How come people like me are seeing most of this quotes for the first time, why didn't PDP use this as a campaign points against him.

They used the quotes but people just wanted Jonathan out and the media packaged him well. Even his certificatelessness was used too but people said even if Buhari presents suya paper or NEPA bills, they will still vote for him. The media did not allow you to see the other side of Buhari. It was only AIT that played and aired all anti Buhari campaign, the reason the owner is being persecuted now.
The link to all that was said about Buhari before the election

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyQsYaqkz6k

Candidate GMB said and I quote

1. “I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria. God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country.” – Buhari (News24, August 27, 2001)

2. “If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon will all be soaked in blood.” – Buhari (Vanguard May 15, 2012)

3. “The last general election was anything but free and fair. The only political parties that could complain of election rigging are those parties that lacked the resources to rig.” – Buhar (First Speech after Military Coup, 31 December, 1983)

4. “No no no, Abacha did not steal Nigeria’s money.” – Buhari (10th Anniversary of Abacha’s death)

5. “The declaration of state of emergency in three Northern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe is a grave injustice against the North.” – Buhari (Liberty Radio, June 2, 2013)

6. “I live on borrowing. I borrowed from the banks to build the house in Daura and the one in Abuja and Kano. The bank then was Barclays, now Union Bank.” – Buhari (The SUN Exclusive Interview, December 24, 2012)

7. “When the Niger Delta militants started their activities in the South-South, they were invited by the late President Umaru Yar’adua. An aircraft was sent to them and their leaders met with the late President in Aso Rock and discussed issues. They were given money and a training scheme was introduced for their members. But when the Boko Haram emerged in the north, members of the sect were killed”. – Buhari (Liberty Radio, Kaduna May 14 2012)

8. “Muslims should only vote those who will promote Islam. We are more than the Christians if you add our Muslim brothers in the West.”- Buhari (Liberty Radio Kaduna, 2003)

9. “This campaign is the third and last one for me; since, after it, I will not present myself again for election into office of the president.” – Buhari (April, 2011 at the Int’l Conference Centre, Abuja)

10. “I’ll stabilize oil market if elected.” – Buhari (Channels TV Interview, 2014)

11. “Why should Christians be concerned when Muslim cut off their limbs? After all, the limbs that are being cut off are Muslim ones and not Christian. So why should Christians bother about it?? – Buhari (Liberty Radio, Kaduna 2003)

12. “I will not have office of the first lady if I’m elected president.” – Buhari (2014)

13. “If There Is a repeat of the Civil War again, I will kill more Igbos to save the country.” – Buhari (BBC Hausa Service, 2015)

14. “I can die for the cause of Islam if necessary. We are prepared to fight another civil war. We cannot be blackmailed into killing Sharia.” – Muhammadu Buhari (Freedom House, 2000)

15. I’ll make Naira equal in value to dollar.” – Muhammadu Buhari (Vanguard, March 23, 2015)

Blesstolu:
Pls advise me on what to do to stop or reduce stammering
I'm a student. Talking to my friends is always a problem. I am always lonely so as not to disgrace myself while speaking. Pls help me... It's getting frustrating. I can't even speak in public or in class. I'm of age. Help a bro!

Stop talking... It works, you will not need to worry about stammering

It is all about money. The system is programmed in such a way to make few to pass and more to re-apply. The cycle continues..

if na Naija, he will be promoted especially if he is from N....... or a F ....man

This one na aiki dole. I see Multiple surprise as we approach 2019.

FarahAideed:
When I told y'all it was a joke of a company you didn't believe me then ..No spectrum, no single content , no test run yet they were shouting nonsense about being the DSTV killer and some imaginary fast free broad band

They are testing, I left my kids watching channel A1 before leaving home moments ago. They have about 38 or so channels with the original etv of South Africa.

I was at their office at GRA Ikeja to ask the same question, they are still testing. Bringing and removing Channels. I guessed something is going on behind the scenes.
The delay only humbled me to go back to DSTV.

nairavsdollars:
And to imagine our president is the anti-corruption leader in Africa...mtshew

Hope Lai Mohammed wont say Transparency International is being sponsored by the opposition

Or by IPOB

Despite everything, Senator Tinubu still thinks that Buhari is a candidate to beat because some poor indoctrinated masses love him and want him returned to power. If I were her, I would work against such a possibility. If her husband still has any joker left, he had better bring it and ensure Buhari is not re-elected. If Buhari is returned to power in 2019, she and her husband’s problem would no longer be mere thrashing. With power in his hands and no other presidential contests in his future, Buhari will probably have Tinubu jailed!

The above made my day

pinnket:







How come there was no sanction in the last administration by NBC, with all the hate speech made by APC during elections...


I see Buhari's hand in here...

You reap what you sow, during Jonathan regime, the word hate speech was not in our lexicon but even the press that installed this junta is struggling to understand the definition of hate speech. We warned them but they refused. Most stations now avoid live call in program because they don't know what the people may say on phone during a live program.
Guess what? We are just starting.

They said Jonathan was slow during Chibok, what do we call this?

Where are the people in power yesterday?...very soon, he will soon become Ex....too