₦airaland Forum

topearos:
Yet dey will still vote for that old man is he contest again 2mao.

Mynd44:
I hope they have his crate ready.

mouaue:
May God continue to bless RCCG and Pastor Adeboye.Surprised and disappointed to see his wife use a palm top or ipad to 'scroll' through the scriptures.
The Bible is a book,not an electronic
http://www.mouaue.com/2015/06/photos-pastor-adeboye-wife-surprise.html

bonechamberlain:
that would be a best way to start. a state owing workers for so long, aregbe was able to pay workers during his first tenure. now its second term, a term for looting and "I don't care attitude" of governors

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the political crisis in the state.

Tension rose again on Monday as supporters of Fayose and members of the Peoples Democratic Party laid a siege to the 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers.

Amid this, the governor tendered a cheque as part of evidence of payment of outstanding salaries and allowances to the opposition lawmakers.

News had filtered into town Sunday night that the lawmakers had allegedly grouped in a hotel in a neighboring state to invade the state with a plot to impeach Fayose, and his deputy, Dr. Kolapo Olusola.

The Police were quickly mobilised to the Ekiti State House of Assembly to prevent breakdown of law and order by condoning all roads leading to the Assembly Complex.

Asides several Patrol Vans that were stationed at every junction linking to the complex, an Armoured Personnel Carrier was placed in front of the Assembly while combat ready riot policemen were on guard.

The PDP members and commercial motorcyclists blocked secretariat and NTA roads leading to the Assembly.

As of 3pm, the PDP members were still at the Assembly, while the policemen were still stationed on guard.

At a statewide broadcast made later in the day, the governor said while he would not support shedding of blood, the people should rise to defend the mandate given to him.

After the broadcast, commercial life in the city went dead as traders hurriedly  locked their shops while civil servants packed their bags and left for home before the official closing time.

Fayose, while addressing journalists earlier in Ado Ekiti over the tension in town, insisted that all the entitlements of the APC lawmakers had been paid, contrary to the denial of Speaker Adewale Omirin.

The governor flaunted copies of Skye Bank cheques of May 26, 2015,  issued to the lawmakers to corroborate his claim.

One of the cheques, which bore the name Boluwade Kehinde, was received on  behalf of the lawmaker and had a sum of N2,149,052 .37 on it.

Fayose warned that it would amount to contempt of court for Omirin to continue with any impeachment proceedings against him in view of the ruling delivered by Justice E.S. Chukwu of the Federal High Court, which ordered that status quo as of April 23 be maintained pending the determination of the motion on notice.

The Assembly PDP leader, Dele Olugbemi, and six other lawmakers, had in the suit, sought an interlocutory injunction among other reliefs restraining the APC lawmakers from commencing impeachment against Fayose.

The governor said, “They have been dropping the name of President Muhammadu Buhari as giving them the backing to impeach me. How can an Assembly, whose tenure will wind up on Thursday be planning this. I wonder why the issue of the past should be allowed to come to play now.

“As of the date the court gave the order, I mean April 23, Adewale Omirin was not the speaker. It will be wrong for the court order not to be respected. This is illegality and I want to raise this for the public to know.

“Omirin has gone to Court to challenge his impeachment and later withdrew such, which means he accepted he had been impeached and a cost of N100,000 was awarded against him.

“So, he is not the Speaker. I am calling on well-meaning Nigerians, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Mahmoud and President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in this matter.

“How can somebody be living in another State and be planning to invade his own state; this is something else and  I view this as a major crime anyone can commit against his people.” 

On the payment of the salaries and other benefits to the lawmakers, Fayose said, “They came to collect the cheques in Ado Ekiti in company with the Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Toyin Ojo.

“The issue would have been discussed publicly during the peace parley, but they insisted that it should not be discussed openly because they didn’t want the leaders of their party to know,” he added.
 
Fayose urged Ekiti people to be prepared by keeping eyes on the lawmakers and prevent them from carrying out their alleged nefarious act.

The song went viral and a man called Mr. Tony came from nowhere and said because I mentioned Akpabio’s name in the song, he was going to give me money to shoot a video for the song. He gave me N2m which was used for the purpose it was designated. The video had more than 10 million views on YouTube.

Following the clash between the police and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign States of Biafra a few days ago, the Imo State Police Command has arrested of 68 members of MASSOB involved with the showdown with the police.

Briefing newsmen in Owerri, the state capital on Monday, the state Commissioner of Police, Austin Evbakavbokun confirmed that 68 members of the Igbo pressure group, were arrested, 62 he said have already been charged to court for alleged conspiracy, breach of peace of the state and unlawfully belonging to society.

The CP noted that the suspects were arrested for storming the state with insignias, which were not of Nigeria and above all, conducting themselves in a disorderly manner without a permit from the state police.

He also added that the members were chanting war songs, barricaded the roads, thereby obstructing free flow of traffic before his men moved in to disperse them.

Evbakavbokun, who frowned on the continual struggle of the MASSOB members, noted that those who had persisted in the struggle never knew how the Biafra war was fought and won, adding that no nation would want to go through that experience again.

“Those who came out that day, I am sure, never knew how the Biafra war was fought and won. We have one nation. How can two flags be in one nation? What they are doing is subversive and the security can not close their eyes; we have to guard our nation. Gone are the days when this kind of things happens,” Evbakavbokun said.

Items recovered from the arrested members, as listed by the CP, included Biafra uniforms, Biafra ID cards, Biafra flags and some buses.

aguiyi:
hehehehehehehehehe


you didnt see the pawpaw close to him is also feeling sleepy.

its normal sha, body no be fire wood

Kano's state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of the ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) , has stated that the huge debt totalling N105 billion accrued from uncompleted projects that were left behind by the immediate past Governor , Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is not a crime.

11. 1. Every public officer shall within 3 months after taking office and thereafter:

(a) at the end of every four years; and

(b) at the end of his term of office;

Submit to the Code of Conduct Bureau a written declaration of all his properties, assets and liabilities and those of his spouse, or unmarried children under the age of 21 years.

2. Any statement in such declaration that is found to be false by any authority or person authorised in that behalf to verify it shall be deemed to be a breach of this Code.

olu4life:
Sincerely the politics section of Nairaland is now a joke. Funniest is the way Seun and Lalasticlala pushes myopic and tribalistic articles to the FP regardless of their political party. Seun u are encouraging rubbish leaving some of us with no choice than to source for news somewhere else. Pls correct this. Most sound people in the politics section is no longer active due to this reason. All I see around are children both in APC & PDP doing nothing but talk thrash to eachother. Barely 24hrs after inauguration, some are already looking for Buharis mistake. If Buhari fails in d next 4years, who will be affected? Buhari? Or u seated in your house typing thrash? No wonder some leaders said the youths are docile, visionless and tribalistic. I notices its only on Nairaland that tribalism is HIGH!!!

Well I pray u work on it but as for me, I'm done with politics section of Nairaland.

StOla:
I find it hard to believe that somebody who appeared to be intelligent, could suddenly become a clannish agitator, deliberately making posts that are deceitful in a bid to win recognition for nothing in the long run.

Filthy lucre is all that comes to mind.

I have seen all sorts of terrible characters here, but he's the most bitter and egoistic of them all when you discern beyond the facade.

A man without principles suddenly having a morality and demanding for miracles overnight.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said he had not directed any government agency to stop anybody, including officials of past administrations, from travelling abroad.

He said former government officials, including ministers, were entitled to their full rights and privileges under the nation’s Constitution.

He therefore warned that they must not be subjected to any undue harassment and intimidation at the airports or at other points of entry and exit.

Buhari made the clarification in a statement by the Head of his media team, Garba Shehu, in Abuja.

Shehu said the President made the clarification while reacting to some cases of ‘V.I.P stoppages’ at the airports as reported to him on Saturday.

He quoted Buhari as directing all government agencies to carry out their duties in full compliance with extant rules, regulations and the Constitution of the country.

“Unless otherwise directed by the courts, no law-abiding citizens should be barred from travelling abroad.

“We must treat fellow citizens with courtesy and respect.

“Officials at the borders and other points of entry and exit should conduct their affairs in strict compliance with due process.

“No one has my permission to bar anyone from travelling abroad,” Buhari said.