ckmayoca:
Ishi adigi nma. Wetin Alison do for us?

Nwanne! pls help me ask the mumu. Did she use any of the money she stole to better our lot in the south east? She should answer for her crime. Simple. In those good old days, she will be swearing before Arusi Iyi and will go mad and die if guilty. No Thanks to Christianity.

Ihe onye metara, owere isi ya buru.

All these Nairaland mods sef. You picked and put on the front page Thisday headline http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/inec-formally-opens-defence-at-rivers-tribunal-insists-election-held/220559/ but linked it to another site. Go to Thisday and read that news and tell me how Inec rubbished Peterside.

Truckpusher:
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Wailers Association of Nigeria (WAN) make una come oo. food don ready.

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Wailers Association of Nigeria (WAN)

ECOTERRORS:
Ndi igbo anaghi akwu isi na ala, anyi anaghi aza *idoko* nwokem onye ebe ka I bu?

What rubbish are you spewing? am from that area of Enugu and "Idoko" is a popular surname around Nsukka. Don't say what you don't know.

I am not a fan of the former minister but in this case am 100% with her. Indians are the most corrupt and worst human beings to traverse this earth. I will pick 10 million Nigerians b4 picking even one Indian

dunsman:
And you are just talking now?? Y couldn't u talk after d election?? Y now

He was just talking now because he was at the tribunal where he was invited to give evidence. Olodo!

What? That was my lecturer at ESUT before he moved to Micheal Okpara Uni of Agric Abia State. Engr. Gozie is a very straight forward and sincere man.

This is a welcome development. Every higher institution must not be a University. We know what the problem is and should address the major issue. Its not just to have that self satisfaction that a CoE have been changed to a University only in name but not in substance. We are complaining that we have glorified secondary schools in the name of University in Nigeria and we want to compound the problem further. CoEs like the Polytechnics are specialized higher institutions and should be left as such. Anybody that wants to go to University should go to University and anyone who wants to go to a CoE or Polytechnic should do so. I think the problem lies in making this false distinction that have been made over the years by employers of labour. Anybody who is trained in CoE should know he or she went to a specialized higher institution and there is no question about where to look for job. But we are in a society where an Engineer is counting money in a Bank.

Hey Shoptomydoor!

You guys have not disappointed me before o. Abeg make una no start now. I have two sets of orders yet to be updated. Oya! do the needful ASAP. I need those items to be shipped out to Naija this weekend. my small corner na NG1031. Una Thank you.

Sack them all. Ndi Oshi!

doctokwus:
How much is he embezzling in the guise of road patching and filling of potholes?
Where are the details of the contract:what is the scope,the duration and most importantly the cost?
No one is asking these pertinent questions.Some Nigerians are so cheap in their expectations and thought processes that the likes of Wike will continue reaping them off till their brains are reset.
Imagine this op celebrating a man that is reaping him off in the name of Julius Berger being awarded a road contract.
I bet after Wike is booted out there will not be evidence of proper budgeting and documentation of these shady deals.

Your head dey there. Thumbs up!

CHESSBOARD:
Buhari cannot do GEJ jackshit..... SS and SE are just waiting for the day Buhari will arrest GEJ put him in jail.... we dont have problem with him fighting corruption but let him accord GEJ the respect he accord OBJ , IBB and Danjuma, investigate everybody including Tinubu and Amaechi then we will be ok with his process.

Make you no just call my SE put for there oo. Abi SouthEast send Jonathan to go loot the country? Wetin that Jonathan do for us ndi Igbo sef?
Mgbo gbapiagi anya for there. Nonsense!! Everytime SS and SE. As an Igbo man come PHC come look for work whether you no go hear say u be non-indigene. Anu mpama!

Trash!!!

In as much as I dont support bloggers who peddle false information, there's no way you can regulate blogging. You can register those who are interested in your registration. Others will still be blogging away. There's no incentive or otherwise of the registration. Whether Lindaikeji register or not, people go visit the site. Same goes with Sahara Reporters.

Franzeez:
Anyone is free to say what they wanna say, my convictions is clear, my legal documents to prosecute the case is intact and my evidence of proof against them is gathering momentum. I will take every legal action to bring down that Sahara Reporters. I graduated from the University of Ilorin and I do not Know the Saraki Family and this has nothing to do with Saraki, but Nigeria as a whole . I will save Nigeria from this menance. For how long will the media become a tool of violence and hate..... It will stop Very Soon.

If you really want to save Nigeria, go join our troops for Sambisa forest fight Boko Haram. If no be SR, Naija would have been worse than Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, SR is does not run a normal journalism website per say. Apart from their own reports, they also post news from other news websites and sources. I hope you know exactly what you are doing so that you the hunter does not become the hunted. Just make sure you have a clean record over there because if SR open your nyash work no dey Naija for U oo. I don talk!!!

gabbytabby:
Them no know where EFCC office dey?

I wonder ooo! A man they could not even report to the police for stealing govt house spoons and forks. PDP should turn whatever they have against Amaechi to EFCC or forever shut the f..ck up.

Ada di ora mma! Nwanyi oma! Chai! This one go pain the wailing Wailers for their bone marrow. I won't tell U guys to go hug transformer because light don dey come for transformer now. Any which way, we still be Nairalanders. One love and stop wailing.

CHESSBOARD:


As a Governor he has immunity, EFCC cant go after him, you cant investigate or probe a sitting governor until he leaves office

You are dead wrong. A sitting governor can be investigated but not prosecuted until he leaves office. Lamido and Nyako's case is one. They were investigated while in office but prosecution started when they vacated the office. So why didn't PDP or EFCC do same with Amaechi?

dekdek:


Oponu, Av u written a petition against him with verifiable facts to back it up that security agents have refused to act on? Do u think by shouting aimlessly on NL will get it done? Even Wike that claimed Amaechi stole Kitchen utensils is yet to report to the nearest police station. It succks to be u all no doubt.

I wonder oo! Amaechi is no longer a Governor and thus not covered by immunity and they can't even report a simple case of stealing against him. I taught Wike gave 30 days to the panel probing Amaechi. What are they waiting to show us the report? Abi 30 days never reach?

Everyone shouting Amaechi just because he led the army of change agents that sent GEJ back to Otuoke. If you have any evidence of corruption against Amaechi, go to EFCC and stop wailing.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Washington DC, United States, assured that his administration will not go back on the ongoing privatization programme in the country.

Stressing that the government will embark on the exercise with improved moral architecture, the President said the privatization programme will be expanded to include other areas such as aviation, telecommunication, energy, gas, solid mineral, health and infrastructural development.

He spoke during a business forum organized by the U.S Chamber of Commerce and the Corporate Council on Africa.

Buhari also challenged American Investors to take advantage of the liberal trade and investment climate to do profitable businesses in Nigeria.

He said: “It is my intention to create the necessary environment for future investment in Nigeria. We are the most populous nation with largest market in Africa with vast human and natural resources and blessed with abundant young and skilled workforce

“We are therefore a proud candidate to become the destination of choice for United States’ investments in Africa.

“I work assiduously to welcome new investors to ur country. I will like to remind you all that we are continuing in major privatization programme with sectors ranging from telecommunication, energy, gas, solid minerals, aviation, health and infrastructural development, but with improved moral architecture.

“We will also simplify visa procedures based on principle of reciprocity. May I therefore, seize this opportunity to formally invite the American business community to take advantage of our liberal trade and investment climate to do profitable business in Nigeria.”

He went on: “While I recognize the pivotal role of government in facilitating and promoting economic growth, the private sector must assume an increasing role as part of the engine of growth.

“We will welcome genuine investors who are willing to come to Nigeria for solid mineral exploitation.”

His administration, Buhari said, would fulfill its key campaign promises which included creation of employment opportunities for millions of Nigerian youths.

“Generating employment was one of my key campaign promises. I will do my best to keep this promise.

“There is no other way to expand economic opportunities and create employment opportunities for millions of our youths than boosting domestic manufacturing, undertaking infrastructural development and industrialization.

“Let me repeat, Nigeria will partner with genuine investors who are willing to join us to achieve our economic objective and at the same time realize handsome returns to recoup their investments

“There is more to Nigeria than oil. This is why I will continue to stress the need for increased United States investments in our non-oil sector.

“In this respect the present administration will be attentive to the needs of the business community and pursue policy that will strengthen the sectors that drive the growth,” the President added.

http://thenationonlineng.net/privatization-of-gas-solid-minerals-others-will-continue-buhari/

Barrister Calistus Nwabueze Obi has taken over as the Acting Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) following the handing over by Dr Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi as directed by the Federal Government.

Barrister Obi, who until his appointment was the Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services in the Agency, brings over two decades experience in the public sector, law practice and the maritime industry into his new responsibility.

Born on May 1, 1964, Barrister Obi, who hails from Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, studied Law at the University of Nigeria Nsukka and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1991 after duly completing the mandatory studies at the Law School. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

The Acting DG is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), member of the International Bar Association (IBA), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators, amongst membership of several other professional associations.

Mr. Obi is married with children.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2015/07/21/nigeria-names-nwabueze-obi-acting-director-general-maritime-agency-nimasa

The Vindication of Rotimi Amaechi
19 Jul 2015
By Kennedy Friday

Recently, Chief Barr Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, announced that Rivers State Government had secured the commitment of critical stakeholders in its bid to carry out repairs on parts of the East-West Road from Eleme Junction to the Onne Sea Ports in Rivers State. This development surprised many people and eventually led to endless questions by the citizens. Day after day, vindication comes the way of former Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. You see, it is not life that matters, but the courage you bring to it, and the ability to stay on the lane of your convictions, no matter how tough situations may be
Between June and July, 2012, there was a tanker accident along the East - West Road near Ahoada in Rivers State. It resulted in a fire, lives were lost, and Amaechi as governor of Rivers State promptly visited the scene to condole with the victims


Appalled by the deplorably denigrating condition of the East-West Road, a critical road infrastructure that passes through the Niger Delta region, and concerned about the haphazard, lacklustre and lukewarm handling of the road by the Federal Government even as lives of our people were summarily terminated in avoidable but incessant carnage on the pot-hole ridden road, Chibuike Amaechi had respectfully implored the Federal Government to allow Niger Delta Governors to pull resources together (money that the Federal Government would refund later) to complete the road in the interest of our people.


It is important to note that prior to Amaechi’s request, a practice precedent had already been set in this regard nationwide. Several states had fixed federal roads and were exhaustively refunded. Indeed, then President Jonathan himself, about the same time the Amaechi plea was made, granted another state permission to fix a federal road with every assurance that they will be refunded. At no time was this practice ever remotely viewed as an affront to the president. Under late President Yaradua, Amaechi publicly made the same offer in respect of the Bodo /Bonny Road in Rivers State.


However, it took about seven months for Elder GodsdayOrubebe, the then Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to digest the public offer Amaechi made to the Federal Government  and  after curiously convincing himself that it was a show of disrespect to former President Jonathan, activated what is now known as the “first Orubebe outburst” --the second being his infamous exchange with Prof Jega at the International Conference Center in Abuja during the announcement of results of the Presidential election.


Thus, between 18th and 19th of January, 2013, seven months  after the former Governor of Rivers State made his offer,  Orubebe allegedly ignited a blistering media attack and campaign of calumny against Amaechi in almost all the national dailies, an evil venture in which he allegedly sunk hundreds of millions of naira. The aim of the smear campaign was to portray Amaechi as a disrespectful spoilt brat who was after the seat of President Jonathan, his kinsman. Egregious, bizarre and toxic political conjectures and permutations over 2015 started flying left right and center all over the print and electronic media. Lamido/Amaechi ticket. Atiku/Amaechi ticket. Kwankwaso/Amaechi. There was no story too obscene to be concocted against Amaechi. All these came allegedly from the dubious imagination of Elder Orubebe and his co-conspirators. The smear campaign which was cleverly crafted caught fire in the entire region:  Amaechi, a Niger Deltan, was entering into servitude to the Hausa/Fulani overlords to take the Presidency back to the north in exchange for a pot of porridge in form of Vice Presidential ticket. The propaganda was too powerful to ignore.


Nyesom Wike, then Minister of State for Education, a politician whose frozen ambition to succeed his Ikwere brother as governor of Rivers State was beginning to find melting outlets mischievously latched onto the imbroglio as a special passport to the first family by disguising himself as a loyal “son” who was ready to fight to the kill anybody from Rivers State disrespecting the President and his wife. It didn’t matter that the person in question was his former boss who recommended him to be a minister. Orubebe, happy to draft the rugged Wike into the fight, readily provided all the ammunition required. A special bond started developing between Nyesom Wike and Dame Patience Faka Jonathan, who earlier had a widely reported face-off with Amaechi when she, like an Amazon with so much magisterial swagger, subdued Amaechi before her kinsmen in Okrika over the former governor’s plan to dismantle a slum, compensate the land owners and in its place, build a befitting model school in which students from Okrika will be armed with modern tools to navigate the competitive storm of the 21st century.


Wike fought that fight, the heights of which were the suspension of Amaechi from the PDP; the infamous haphazardly orchestrated impeachment move bungled by the mathematics abracadabra of 5 is greater than 27 spearheaded by Evans Bibi, the “speaker” elected by “honourable members in the gallery” of the infamous,  “Patience Jonathan my jesus christ on earth blasphemy”; the Mbu Jospeph Mbu saga that led the police force to block the then governor of Rivers State from entering into Government House in Port Harcourt, with Wike always giving  counter orders to the police as de facto governor of the state.


Before you could say Jack, a scintillating array of prominent personalities and politicians from across the South-South had been drafted into the smear plot against Amaechi. Godswill Akpabio, then Governor of oil rich Akwa Ibom State, E.K Clark, Seriake Dickson, Governor of Bayelsa State - you name them. They were all united to teach Amaehi a lesson.


Disturbed by that development, one of the most sagacious contemporary politicians in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe, in one rare moment of prophetic exactitude, had warned President Goodluck to be careful with the raging inferno which the Orubebes were stoking in his backyard. Writing a prescient piece in THISDAY Newspaper, Abe had relayed the admonition he said one of his pastor friends had always given him: to be careful of “unbrotherly brothers and unfriendly friends”.


If former President Jonathan read the article, he didn’t allow the wisdom contained therein to instruct him. I will now quote Magnus Abe in extenso to buttress the timeliness of that admonition. Writing about the Orubebe outburst, the former senator said: “I have served as a commissioner for information and I know for a fact, that if the information managers on the spot, (which would have been those of the governor and the minister) so desired, the president’s name could have been kept out, and Orubebe’s attack or response to Amaechi would have been no less valid.”


“By bringing in the president’s name Orubebe may have gained some power points by identifying himself as the minister who takes on the President’s perceived enemies, but it is difficult to see how the President himself benefited from the exchange. In any case, the attack on Amaechi will not fix the East - West  Road, and Niger Deltans will always credit the governor for drawing attention to the slow pace of work on the road. It is important that we remember that Amaechi’s initial comment did not get more than fleeting attention at the time.”
“Since then more of such articles and stories against Amaechi have flowed freely in the media, with all sorts of frivolous litigations, plots against anything perceived to be related or connected to  the governor. This includes a court case sponsored by a serving minister in the Jonathan administration against the Rivers state PDP exco.”


“My late father, who in his life time managed to combine two seemingly impossible professions as a priest and a politician,   advised me to inherit his friends, but make my own enemies. Mr. President should be careful lest “unfriendly friends” and “unbrotherly brothers” bequeath their personal enemies to him. He should accept their friends but be careful to make his own enemies.”


“The basis for the persecution of Amaechi as an enemy of President Jonathan is that he allegedly wants to be Vice President. I am sure that anybody who knows the history of Nigeria, understands that those who want to be Vice President do not behave like Governor Amaechi. They do not freely voice their opinion on sensitive issues because they know that potential presidential candidates are unlikely to pick a Vice President who has his own views on national issues. A governor with an eye on the vice presidency is more likely to ingratiate himself with the President, sponsor media attacks on potential opponents, declare early interest in the Senate as a red herring in a bid to remove themselves from the line of fire, while accumulating dubious awards.”


“Having invested so many resources to reveal to the world that Jonathan has a serious challenge in his home base, those “unbrotherly brothers” must of necessity settle the problem they have created. The President must now turn to the South - South to ‘stabilize’ the zone by neutralizing the Amaechi threat. This project will take precedence in time and resources and divert the President’s attention from pressing national issues.”

“Herein lies the danger of this ungodly enterprise, even if it succeeds the real benefits for Jonathan will be minimal, and his opponents will benefit more politically. No matter how it ends, the true beneficiaries will be the carpetbaggers, and buccaneers around the President, who actually have nothing at stake.”


“In presenting themselves as solving a big problem for the president they guarantee their relevance in the Jonathan presidency regardless of the outcome; if the venture succeeds they pick the booty from Rivers State as legitimate spoils of a war. If it fails they lose nothing, but they would have handed the President a real problem in his backyard that he neither needs nor deserves”.
Magnus Abe ended his article on a prophetic note when he wrote thus:  “Let us watch out, the unbrotherly brothers, and unfriendly friends in the South - South may end up being the real problem of President Jonathan.”


Of course, Amaechi, unduly persecuted and suspended from the PDP, pulled out with seven PDP Governors to form the nPDP, a move that would later dovetail into the formation of the APC, the amalgam that engineered the unprecedented democratic “coup” that sent President Jonathan and the PDP packing from Aso Rock Villa straight to Otueke and enthroned President Muhammadu Buhari, with Amaechi one of the notable commanding generals of the bloodless common sense revolution.


More than three years later, we are back to base. Nyesom Wike, the same person who, in concert with Godsday Orubebeand his cast of conspirators  lampooned Amaechi, accusing him of disrespecting President Jonathan for daring to ask the Federal Government to allow Niger Delta governors to contribute resources to complete the East-West Roada--an action which exposed the soft underbelly of the South-South to political attack--is today enlisting the commitment of critical stakeholders to partner with Rivers State Government to repair that same East-West Road from Eleme Junction leading to Onne Port. That is the crime for which Amaechi was crucified.


It is important for young Niger Deltans to take note of developing events in the region so that when the history of this era will be penned, there will not be any doubt as to who and who were the real Judases and traitors who played politics with our development. In days to come, I am sure more vindication will come the way of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.

Source: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/the-vindication-of-rotimi-amaechi/215006/

realbee:
All ye people of shallow mind, read, una no gree read, the little ones you'll read, comprehending will become a problem, tell me where in the previous reports on this issue, the present govt claimed the money was generated during its tenure. The argument was that previous remittance from NLNG were not properly accounted for. They never said they generated the money.
The level of reasoning of some so called youth on nairaland make u wonder if no be coconut water dey their head.

Honestly! Sometimes when you read comments on Nairaland that is when you find out that there is a problem with our system of education. Many will simply read the headline and start commenting immediately. Others will read everything but can't comprehend it at all or make a connection to what is available previously. Buhari or APC never said they generated the money. Of course its impossible for a government that is barely six weeks to do that. The bone of contention is that these taxes or funds has never been shared before to other tiers of government like the States.

Nairaland is fast becoming a creche.

sunsewa:


Thank you for confirming our suspicion, we thought as much,Papy Dullard aka West Germany has started divide and rule,turning a blind eye to his financier looting of the state,but been hyperactive in sealing the councils,and Amaechi the looter hiding under his umbrella, well we see how far he goes with Judas of ubima,meanwhile the biafran boys and girls are gathering momentum everyday through inspiration of Biafra FM,while he is also creating more followership for them,we are watching.child of marriage conceived of hate.

Abeg! make u no forget ur drugs next time o. Which biafran boys and girls are gathering momentum? Bia nwoke m ga zuru ike! Don't think all Igbos are deceived by that fraud of a man piloting Radio Biafra. In as much as I love Biafra, my land of birth. Such a quest cannot be achieved in the manner he's going. He's just looking for money and cheap fame. Quote me. He's my Igbo brother. Its only a matter of time.

What goes around comes around. When Mama Piss and Wike was using Mbu to harass the hell out of Amaechi, where were the wailing wailers? Nonsense! Ara ga agba ndi ara!

Cutehector:
Osinbajo short sha

Osinbajo is not short. Its Buhari that is very tall. Compare Osinbajo's height with that of Oby.

mrvitalis:

When was dline roads fixed
Don't say what you don't know

Are U sure you stay in PH and know where is Dline? My dear the whole of Dline is tarred with underground drainage connecting all streets. I lived in Dline for many years b4 I relocated. I know how it was before and how it is now. Hate Amaechi as much as U like but U can never deny his works.

I wonder where they got that 11 months salary report. I asked two of my friends working at the Imo state civil service and they confirmed exactly what was stated. It is only May salary that has not been paid.

Wike won't dare probe Amaechi for 8 years because he was part of the govt. Wike is only doing this to tarnish Amaechi incase he is being considered for any position by Buhari. Wike should know that it will take time to match Amaechi's performance and the earlier he starts the better for him. After his tenure, people will compare and that is if he makes it till the end.

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