Sen Dino Melaye Gives Gov Bello 4 Weeks To Pay Workers In The State Or... (Video)

If you think as a state Governor you can do anything you like, then you need to rethink. As Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state marked his 1year in office, he has been given strong warning and ultimatum by Senator Dino Melaye and other APC leaders in the state to clear the backlog of salaries owed workers across the state or he will find it hot with them. Could this be another political war brewing in Kogi state? Watch this video

WHO CURSED SOUTHERNERS? By Cyril Emetoh.

Editor’s Note: The opinion expressed in this article is purely that of the writer.

In this Nigeria, an average Southerner is a weakling. A born coward with serious complex issues, A fool and an idiot. A slave, a typical example of a butterfly who thinks himself a bird. But this is not even the problem. The biggest problem is, he doesn't even realise he is any of those things.

The only thing an average Southerner is good at is blowing high sounding grammar and acquiring degrees upon degrees but when it comes to things that matter most, he goes to slumber.

An average Southerner has this twisted mindset that the best way to be seen as a patriotic and detribalised Nigerian is by degrading, shaming and disparaging his own tribe for no just cause.

Abacha stole this country blind, such that 20 years after, his loot is still being returned to the country. But in spite of this, people like Buhari publicly swore that he (Abacha) stole nothing. But to an average Southern idiot, Jonathan's 5 year rule is the reason we have no fuel, no light, no good educational system, no nothing! Jonathan is the worst thief in Nigeria history. IBB, Abdulsalam and even Buhari who was accused of stealing billions of dollars as PTF boss were all saints. Why? Because they are Northerners.

Was it not a southern he goat named Obasanjo who publicly accused Jonathan of training snipers in Pyongyang (North Korea) ahead of last year's election?? He made the unfounded allegation just to please his masters up north. Now that we have the highest figure of senseless death of civilian in the hands of both state and non state actors under a Northern president Buhari, have you read any letter from the daughter-in-law fucking pastor OBJ??

When Shiites were massacred in Zaria, it took less than 48 hours for Chidi Odinkalu of the National Human Right Commission to establish a commission of inquiry and summon the army chief but when unarmed IPOB members praying in a school field in Aba were murdered by the security agents, did you hear even a loosely worded condemnation from Chidi Odinkalu??

Check out the list of those asking that Fayose be tried for treason for writing to the Chinese govt over Buhari's $2 loan, they are 80% southerners. And most of them have not even read the said Fayose letter at least to know the reasons Fayose adduced in the said letter. These are the same fools who kept mum when Sango Abdullahi, Sani Kaita and some so called Northern elders publicly threatened to make the country ungovernable if power wasn't returned to the North. When Buhari made his 'dogs and baboon speech and directly caused the death of southern youth corpers, these morons kept mum.

With all the numberless killing of civilians under this regime and its open support for the genocide the world fourth deadliest terror group (the Fulani militant) has continue to visit on Nigerians, have these highly educated southerners bothered to write a strongly worded petition to the ICC just like Nyako, El-rufai and other northerners did to Jonathan??

These southern bastards will gleefully yell 'Kanu should rot in jail, he was preaching hate on radio Biafra!' But these clowns maintained sealed lips over the hateful and inciting broadcast by 'Radio Chanji' and Arewa Radio upNorth. Such is the degree of the soulless hypocrisy of these southern dickheads.

These nitwits were on rooftops telling us how incompetent and corrupt Jonathan was and how his removal was a patriotic duty. Today, things have all gone worse under Buhari and you would think that these southern imbeciles would be at the forefront calling for Buhari's resignation but no! They are the ones defending the daura born ex-soldier even against thesame things for which they crucified Jonathan then.

Now I know why Jonathan appeared weak as president and spent his 5 year term trying to please the North.

He knew he had nobody behind him. He knew that we Southerners are weaklings only good at blowing high sounding but empty grammar.

These 'efulefu' southerners will never question why Buhari has never condemned the murderous activities of his fulani kinsmen but these same 'anumpamas' will read this post and quickly tag me a bigot.

Slaves who think themselves masters!!

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Buhari Did Not Clear SGF Of Corruption Allegation - Garba Shehu

The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has denied the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari has cleared the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal of corruption as widely held.

The presidential spokesman stated this while featuring on ‘Ra’ayi Riga’, a BBC Hausa audience participation programme, on Friday. The Presidential spokesperson said Buhari only acted in response to the senate’s report which indicted Lawal of fraudulent act.

Shehu said the criticisms that have trailed the development were unwarranted “because his letter to the senate did not dwell on whether the SGF was guilty or not guilty.

“What President Buhari has done is simply to act in a response to a report by the SGF, Babachir David Lawal, who insisted that, he and the companies cited were not given a fair hearing by the National Assembly.

“President Buhari’s communication to Nigeria’s lawmakers was simply this: If the SGF was not given a fair hearing, can you now give him one?”

Shehu said inspite of Buhari’s strong stance on corruption, “he believes in due process and in fair hearing, without which, our democracy cannot be taken seriously by Nigerians or the international community.”

Recall that the senate had recently called for Lawal’s arrest and prosecution, following an Interim Report by its ad-hoc committee on mounting Humanitarian crisis in the North East which indicted him of fraudulent act.

In the report, the committee alleged that Lawal who is the Chairman of the Presidential Initiative of the North East, PINE, awarded contracts to a company liked to him.

However, the President, in a letter to the senate rejected the call by the upper legislative house, citing some infractions in the report.

Reacting to the President’s letter, Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, who heads the senate’s Ad-Hoc Committee, expressed disappointment at the presidency’s response to the committee’s report.

Your Silence Is Destructive, CAN Lashes Out At Osibanjo

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has lashed out to the acting president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo to defend Christians as he is in office to do so.

In a statement issued by the special assistant on media to the CAN president, Bayo Oladeji, the religious body said the issues of the DSS trying to arrest Apostle John Suleman was a slap on the faces on Christians and wondered why Osinbajo who is also a Christian and a pastor should keep quite in the face of evil

The statement Reads

“According to what we heard, they insisted on remaining in the hotel until Apostle Johnson Suleman surrendered himself for arrest. But for the timely intervention of the management of the hotel and other well meaning Nigerians around, the invasion could have resulted into bloodshed as the Minister of God was there with some MOPOL men and officers.

“Apostle Suleman has become a refugee in Ekiti state as security operatives are said to be searching every nook and cranny of the state with a view to arresting him.

“If there is an urgent need to interrogate Apostle Suleman on any issue, it would only have been proper to extend a formal or informal invitation to him from the DSS rather than Gestapo approach used in the attempt to arrest him.

“It should be noted that under Nigerian Laws, he is presumed innocent until a court of law proves otherwise. Or have they extended the proposed obnoxious law that forbids religious preaching without the permission of the state governor down south too?

“Treating Ministers of God and our members as common criminals is unacceptable to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

Enough is enough.

“Despite all the promises made by Governor Nasir el-Rufai, none of those who were responsible for the killings of our members in the Southern Kaduna has been brought to book.

“Instead the Police have been releasing those who were arrested for the killing of our members in Kano and Kubwa (Abuja) while our leaders are being subjected to untold hardship for just no cause.

“It is high time the overzealous security agencies knew that Nigeria remains a secular state and any attempt to turn the country into a refugee camp for Christians will not be acceptable and will be resisted with every lawful means.

“We call on the acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to intervene in all the clampdown on the Church in Nigeria after all, he is in the office primarily to represent the interest of the Christians and his studied silence is no longer golden.

“The last time we checked, Sections 38 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) it states clearly that every Nigerian is “entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom (either alone or in community with others, and in public or in private) to manifest and propagate his religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance.”

For Beating An Innocent Person, See What Happened To This Masquerade

The law of Kama they say will definitely visit everybody one day. A Facebook user Chinedum Ambrose has narrated how he was beaten to stupor by a masquerade while studying for his WASSCE exams in front of his house sometimes around 2010, but today the young man that wore that masquerade has died in a controversial circumstance. Below is his post.

life is indeed useless? what do you think of this Boy?

APC Has No Powers In River State Again- Governor Wike

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has boasted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been completely dislodged in the state.

He said the vestiges of the APC were removed following the mass execution of key projects across the state by his administration.

According to THISDAY, Wike, stated this on tuesday while inaugurating the Ozuoba-Rumuoparaeli-Choba road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, said the APC no longer has a voice in the state because leaders of the party are only involved in anti-people programmes.

He lauded the Akpor people for giving him the traditional mandate to protect the people of the state , pointing out that he would stand for the people at all times.

Wike said: “There is no more APC in Rivers State, we have used projects to dislodge the party in the state.

“If they don’t steer clear of Rivers State, we shall cut them off from the state. Now that our people have given us the mandate to clear all the unwanted items.”

Speaking further, Wike said: “All those that know, must not come close because my people have given me the instrument to go to war against enemies of Rivers State.” Commenting on the road, he said the Ozuoba-Rumuoparaeli-Choba road traverses three communities and two wards.

He said he had fulfilled the promises made to the people of the area, adding that more projects will be executed in the area.

The state Commissioner for Works, Mr. Iheanyichukwu Bathuel, noted that the completion of the road hadimproved the value of property in the three communities that the road serve.

The spokesman of the Rumuokparali community, Sir Chris Abel, expressed the gratitude of the people to Wike for fulfilling his campaign promise to them

Senate Leader Senator Ali Ndume Impeached As Senator Alhmed Lawan Takes Over His Post

In a civilian equivalent of a coup d’ etat, the Senate tuesday removed Senator Ali Ndume as leader replacing him with Senator Ahmad Lawan.

Senate President Bukola Saraki announced the removal of Ndume shortly after the former leader, who had led the day’s proceedings, left the Senate chamber for his afternoon prayer at the National Assembly mosque.

On his way out of the mosque, he was confronted with the news of his removal while plenary had also been adjourned to wednesday, January 11. A visibly shocked Ndume said it could not be true since he was not aware of any move to oust him.

His removal was the last item handled by the Senate tuesday, an offshoot of a letter addressed by APC Caucus to the Senate president, informing him of a meeting it held on Monday, January 9 where it agreed to replace Ndume with Lawan as its new leader.

In the letter, entitled: “Notice of Change in Leadership,” APC senators said: “This is to inform Your Excellency and the Senate that after several meetings held on Monday, 9th of January, 2017, and upon due deliberation and consultation, the APC Caucus of the Senate, hereby wishes to notify you of the change in the leadership of the Senate – that the new Senate Leader is now Senator Ahmad Lawan, representing Yobe North Senatorial District. Kindly accept our esteem regards and best assurances.”

According to THISDAY,  Ndume was removed for two main reasons. First, he was accused of bringing the Senate into disrepute through series of behaviour and utterances, which senators considered as embarrassing to the institution.

Prominent of such perceived embarrassing acts, which eventually consumed him was the interview he granted State House correspondents in the Presidential Villa on December 19, 2016 where he debunked Senate’s earlier official position, which had rejected the confirmation of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) on December 15 last year.

Whereas the Senate had announced on December 15 that, in view of the damning security report against Magu, it had resolved in its closed-door session not to confirm Magu as the EFCC’s boss.

According to Senate’s spokesman, Senator Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate had consequently rejected Magu and advised President Muhammadu Buhari to send another candidate as his replacement.

However, while the news of Magu’s rejection was yet generating controversy in the polity, Ndume announced at the Presidential Villa that Magu had not been rejected. He emphasised that Magu could not be rejected in a closed-door session of the Senate where the decision was made.

Ndume also dismissed Senate’s call for the resignation and prosecution of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir David Lawal, over alleged mismanagement of internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) funds in the North-east.

The Senate, therefore, considered a situation where its leader whom it felt was duty bound to protect the sanctity of its resolutions became the one allegedly twisting it as embarrassing. This prompted Abdullahi to brief the press the following day where he affirmed that Magu’s rejection was the Senate’s official position and there was no going back on it.

Again, Senate found Ndume’s removal this time to be appropriate in view of the recent rapprochement between the Senate leadership, the APC and the Presidency.

Ndume had emerged against the wish of the party, which had in June last year, recommended the nomination of Lawan as Senate Leader following his loss to Saraki in the race to the Senate Presidency on June 9, 2016.

But instead of abiding by the party’s decision, Saraki announced Ndume as the Senate Leader following his recommendation by the North-east caucus of APC to which the office had been zoned. Saraki said he could not alter the decision of his colleagues who had chosen Ndume for the office and rejected Lawan by 13 to 3 votes.

The situation was seen by the party as an affront on it by Saraki whom it had accused of first emerging as Senate president against its wish and later failed to accede to its request to concede the Senate Leader’s office to Lawan. This generated bad blood among him, the Presidency and party leadership.

Reacting to his removal yesterday, Ndume expressed shock over the development, saying there was no previous problem that could have warranted his ouster.

 “I went out of the chamber to pray at about quarter to 1pm. On my way coming, one of you accosted me that there was an announcement on change of leadership. I didn’t know what actually happened. I went to pray. When l came back, the Senate had adjourned and somebody told me that Ahmad Lawan had been announced as the leader of APC caucus. I don’t know what happened and what that meant. This morning, l still conducted the business of the Senate. I’m not aware of any meeting called. There is a process to follow. I will find out what that meant. Let me hear from the horse’s mouth,” Ndume said.

It was further learnt tuesday that following the decision to remove Ndume, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and the Chief Whip, Olusola Adeyeye, were assigned to advise Ndume to resign ahead of the announcement but at the time they wanted to tell him, he was nowhere to be found.

Mikel Obi Receives Emotional Chelsea Farewell From Fan

Nazar, a Chelsea fan from Ukraine has sent an emotional farewell message to John Obi Mikel who looks set to leave the Stamford Bridge outfit in the current transfer window.

The Nigeria skipper, in his 11th year with the Roman Army, has been on the fringes of Antonio Conte's squad. And he his set to be a free agent at the end of the season.

But that has not stopped the Ukrainian Blue faithful to capture his emotions, praises and best moments of the Olympic Bronze medallist, remarkably, attributing him as 'one of the biggest symbol of Nigeria and one of the greatest players of Chelsea.’

The 29-year-old, who is set to join Chinese Super League side Tianjin TEDA  went a step further by tweeting the letter appreciate the Ukrainian’s gesture saying: “Thanks for the love @CFCLive_vk #BlueIsTheColour.

Read the Letter Below...

Mahrez Wins African Player Of The Year Award

The Leicester City midfielder is recognised for his crucial part in one of the most incredible sporting achievements in recent years, beating Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the prize

Riyad Mahrez has been announced as the African Player of the Year for 2016.

The Algeria international midfielder is recognised after playing a pivotal role in Leicester City's incredible march to the 2015-16 Premier League title.

He beats Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who won in 2015, to this year's prize.

Mahrez had previously been named PFA Player of the Year for his exploits in Leicester's phenomenal top-flight campaign, during which he scored 17 goals and recorded 11 assists.

His first half of the 2016-17 season has been less spectacular, with three goals and two assists in the league but he has made a bigger impact in the Champions League, netting four times in the club's first foray into the continental competition.

The Foxes star won 361 votes at the official CAF awards, edging in front of Aubameyang's 313, while Liverpool forward Sadio Mane finished in third place with 186 votes.

All three men will now turn their attentions towards January's Africa Cup of Nations, to be held in Aubameyang's native Gabon.

I Challenge You To Reveal Information On DSP’s Murder, Wike Dares Nigerian Police

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has called on the Nigerian Police to inform the world how and where the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) was murdered during the rerun legislative elections, instead of trying to cover obvious facts.

The governor also wondered why the police have refused to make public the communication that an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and former Commissioner for Power, Mr. Augustine Kachi Nwokocha, had with the killers before the DSP was murdered.

Wike spoke yesterday when he granted audience to the management of Independent Newspapers Limited at the Government House, Port Harcourt.

“The police should let the world know where the DSP was killed? What is the polling unit where he was killed? The former commissioner for power who was mentioned by the killers, has he been questioned?

“Where is the call log of that former commissioner as communicated with the killers? Have they checked the discussions between the commissioner and the arrested killers?

“They know the truth, but they want to cover a lot of things. The Army announced that they recovered the uniforms from the forest, was there a polling unit in the forest?” the governor asked.

He said the steps being taken to blackmail the state government would fail because the Rivers people cannot be cowed.

He appealed to newsmen to always defend the truth and speak out regularly.

“The survival of democracy, to a large extent, depends on a vibrant media. Certain things happening in the country must be made public by the media,” he said.

Gobe! Passengers Beat Arik Air Manager To Stupor For Flight Cancellation (Video)

The Manager of Arik Air at Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Wednesday narrowly escaped death when some passengers, who have booked flights with Arik Air, went haywire over alleged termination of the flights.

In a video, which went viral on the Internet on Thursday, the enraged passengers descended on an official, said to be the customer service liaison manager of the airline. He was identified simply as Andrew.

The passengers shunned airport workers, who tried to prevail on them, beat up the Arik official and demanded that their fares be refunded.

“I don’t need any explanation. You cannot go anywhere. Give us our money back,” a passenger said.

“Follow am jor! Follow am (Follow him),” another aggrieved passenger exclaimed as the manager made to escape from the crowd.

One of them, who wore a white dress, went after the worker and pushed him down. The passenger pummeled him before he was rescued by his co-workers, who took him into an office at the airport.

According to PUNCH, the passenger had had his flight from Lagos to Johannesburg, South Africa, cancelled on three consecutive occasions without any explanation by the airline.

Another protester said, “You are mad! How do we get our money?”

The Arik Air in a statement by its spokesperson, Ola Adebanji, said  the change in flight schedule was due to shortage of aviation fuel.

“On Wednesday, January 4, our Lagos-New York JFK service which was to operate at 11.30 pm had to be rescheduled by 24 hours to operate at 11.30 pm on Thursday, January 5, due to the shortage in supply of aviation fuel. Our Lagos-Johannesburg service and Lagos- Accra service were also on ground awaiting fuel while the Lagos-New York service was standing by for fuel.

“When our Customer Service Manager at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, approached the passengers to explain the situation to them, one of the passengers attacked him. This was followed by a mob of passengers who brutally beat up the Arik Air worker.

“Arik Air strongly condemns the increasing number of attacks on our staff and property in the recent months.”

Why We Raided Jonathan's House - Police (Video)

On Wednesday, the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force were said to have raided the house of Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, in Abuja, with the aim of uncovering huge foreign currencies allegedly kept in the building,

According to Punch, the security personnel raided the house on a tip-off that huge amount, allegedly believed to be stolen government money, was kept in the building located at Igbeti Rock, Maitama, Abuja.

The operation, which was carried out by operatives of the Special Investigation Panel, headed by a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ali Amodu, acted at the behest of the Federal Government Asset Recovery and Forfeiture Committee.

It was alledged that an informant had tipped the Federal Government about alleged huge stolen cash hidden in the building and in three other different locations in the Federal Capital Territory.

It was learnt that the informant, who told the government about the cash in the Maitama property, had hinted that the suspect planned to move the money anytime.

Following the intelligence report, the SIP operatives stormed the duplex on Wednesday, but did not find any cash.

A source explained that the police did not know that the building belonged to Jonathan until she identified herself as a former First Lady to the team leader, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Adebo Williams, on the telephone.

The source stated, “At the house, the security men said the house belonged to one Jaga, a Rivers State indigene, and the team leader was directed to call the owner.

“The security man gave the phone to the team leader and she identified herself as former First Lady.

“She spoke in pidgin English and told the operatives to go and take whatever they kept in the house. The team leader advised her to send her lawyer and she did. The house was searched in the lawyer’s presence.”

It was gathered that the team discovered that the first of the twin duplex had not been inhabited for a long time.

The men, it was learnt, found some company documents, three Diamond bank accounts cheque leaves, which were taken away for further investigations.

A source said, “The second duplex was also filled with cobwebs and contained four big security safes. All the four security safes were met opened and in clean condition, indicating that they have been in use.

A senior officer stated that a bulletproof Porsche jeep and a BMW car were found locked up in the garage.

In his reaction, Patience Jonathan’s lawyer, Mr. Charles Ogboli, described the allegations by the police that they had information of huge foreign currencies deposited in the house as unfounded.

He argued that the raid was a malicious persecution of the former first lady, adding that there was no huge safe in the family house.

He explained that the search conducted on Mrs. Jonathan’s house without her presence meant that the police intended to do something else other than searching the building.

Ogboli, who spoke with one of our correspondents on the telephone, also dismissed the claim that a huge amount of cash was moved out of the house before the police arrived at the building to conduct the search.

He said, “I wonder what they (police) want to gain from all these. In their report, they said no incriminating document or whatever was found there. You should understand that this is not the first time that premises were raided. Both EFCC and NDLEA found nothing.

“What is even the interest of the NDLEA in a matter that concerns money? They said they got information that there was a huge amount of money in the house. Are they saying that within the period of time they came, the money disappeared within an interval of 30 minutes?

“As a matter of fact, the siblings of the former first lady are no longer staying there. They have moved to Port Harcourt for more than a year now. So, there is nothing they (police) can allege that is found and that means they intended to do something else.

“There is no such information that there is a huge safe and that they saw bulletproof cars. That you find a car in a place and saw a huge safe are trivial issues because these are human beings that were living good ever before the husband became a public officer.

“Madam (Patience) did not give them the authority to go ahead with that search.”