Speaking on Saturday in Aninri during the flag-off of nine rural projects funded by the state government, Ekweremadu said that the Chime’s tenure was the darkest in the lives of Aninri people.
Saturday, October 15, 2016
My People Were Neglected For 8 Years Under Ex-Gov Chime In Enugu, Says DSP Ekweremadu |PoliFocus
Speaking on Saturday in Aninri during the flag-off of nine rural projects funded by the state government, Ekweremadu said that the Chime’s tenure was the darkest in the lives of Aninri people.
Aisha Buhari's BBC Interview: "A Good Lady In The Presidential Villa" By Dele Momodu (Must Read) |PoliFocus
Nasarawa United Shock Enyimba To Reach Federation Cup Final.... To Play FC Ifeanyi Ubah At The Grand Finale |PoliFocus
Cameroon Police Foils Plot By Notorious Traffickers To Send 4 Nigerians Girls To Russia To Work As Prostitutes (PHOTO) |PoliFocus
The young girls between 19 to 24 years old came all the way from Nigeria after being promised travel visas to Moscow –Russia.
Donald Trump Accuses Hillary Clinton On Using Drugs Before Debates, Challenges Her To Drug Test Before Next Debate |PoliFocus
He also suggested the presidential race was looking like a "rigged election". The comments came in the wake of a string of sex assault claims against him and the publication of a recording in which he made obscene remarks.
Blessing In Disguise: Rahama Sadau Gets Hollywood Invite After Kannywood Ban |PoliFocus
Presidency Clarifies Buhari's "Wife Belongs To The Kitchen 'Comment, Says It Was A Banter |PoliFocus
“I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room,” Mr. Buhari said Friday in the German capital, Berlin, in response to a remark by his wife, Aisha, that his government had been hijacked by a cabal.
How Ex-NIMASA Boss Bought Banana Island House, Armoured Car |PoliFocus
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| Patrick Akpobolokemi |
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Orji Chukwuma, made this known during his testimony on the matter. Akpobolokemi, who is standing trial on a five-count chargeof allegedly defrauding NIMASA of N2.6 billion between March and June 2014, recently denied sponsoring militant activities.
See The Match Fixtures This Weekend In EPL, La Liga, Seria A, Bundesliga & Ligue 1 At A Glance |PoliFocus
Friday, October 14, 2016
Popular Buhari Trekker, Suleiman Hashimu, To Trek For Buhari Again, This Time With A Car |PoliFocus
Judgement: Eyitayo Jegede Remains Our Standard Bearer In The November 26 Ondo Guber Election, Says PDP |PoliFocus
Must Read: Full Transcript Of Aisha Buhari's Explosive Interview With BBC Hausa |PoliFocus
BBC Hausa: It has been One and a half years since President Muhammadu Buhari came into power, a lot of people are expressing their unhappiness over the way few acquaintance of the President have hijacked power while neglecting people that work for his success. Like we have promised, here is how the interview with Aisha Buhari and Naziru Maka’ilu from Abuja goes.
BBC Hausa: People have goodwill towards President Muhammadu Buhari, especially looking at the things he did before, but since coming into power things have not been working the way they should, what do you thing is the cause?
Aisha Buhari: I am not a government official, but in my opinion as a woman, a mother, what I think is it is well known that the first 4 years are not going to be easy. Firstly, it was people that brought the government into power. More than half of those people are not appointed into the government. Some people that are not politicians, not professionals were brought into the government. They don’t even know what we said we want and what we don’t during the campaign. They even come out and say to people we are not politicians, but they are occupying the offices meant for politicians. Some have parted with their wives, some lost their children lost, some women too have parted with their husbands because of politics, a lot happened during the time. The way things are going I too I am not happy. We are just starting, we have not finished. Some people that worked for the government have been appointed. But those heading government agencies you can find one fighting his state governor, they contested together during election one in APC while in PDP.
BBC Hausa: Who are those doing these kinds of things?
Aisha Buhari: Everybody knows them. Those people should know that people voted singly. Even Buhari too had one vote. Nobody voted 5 times. 15.429 Million People. That one that people are thinking too, he had only some 2 or 3 people. I am pleading to them to have the people at heart and embrace everybody so that we can all move together. Not evennow in 2016 or 17, lot of people are creating divisionswithin the APC, which is our source of concern. They think they have worked for the government while those appointed some of them had no voter’s card. What I fear is uprising of 15.4 million people.
BBC Hausa: Is the President aware some people are subverting his government?
Aisha Buhari: Whether he knows or he do not, those that voted for him knows.
BBC Hausa: But you are the most closest to him, did you tell him?
Aisha Buhari: There is nothing I can tell him, he is seeing things himself. Out of the people he has appointed, take 50, 45 of them I don’t know them. Perhaps he doesn’t know them too. I have been living with him for 27 years.
BBC Hausa: Do you think there are some people that are dictating to the President things to do, not him?
Aisha Buhari: That is what I am saying, those that know they don’t have voters card, they should give chance to those that have, they are the ones that struggled and knows what we want to do. Some of them if you go to a meeting with them they will tell you, we are not politicians, if somebody is wise, they will not accept to take any political office. They didn’t even work for it. Even if you are asked to, you should say it is not my profession. Those places not headed by politicians will cause people discontent.
BBC Hausa: One would wonder to hear you say somepeople have hijacked the government without him knowing, but who do you think are those people?
Aisha Buhari: I don’t know them, I don’t know them. I don’t know them.
BBC Hausa: But some people are calling names, saying 2 or 3 are the ones, do you that as well?
Aisha Buhari: Yes I agree. Because of those appointed apart from Fashola, Ameachi and some others, not much, I don’t know them, most of us too don’t know them, and he too does not know them
BBC Hausa: One would wonder that Buhari is not the one charge knowing him as a person who had leadership experiences, people would not believe
Aisha Buhari: Yes it is surprising; nobody thought it is going to be like this. But now that it is so…sometimes when one is doing something wrong without him knowing, but when people talk to them, they should listen. Because in the future, whether he is going to contest or not, it is that same people that would vote for APC. We hope those people don’t come back, and everybody don’t hope so too
BBC Hausa: You said “Whether he is going to contest in the future or not”, has he disclose it to you whether he is standing or not?
Aisha Buhari: He didn’t tell me, but I have made up my mind.
Ondo Guber: Court Orders INEC To Replace Eyitayo Jegede With Jomoh Ibrahim As PDP Governorship Candidate In Ondo State |PoliFocus
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Kelechi Iheanacho Beats Cristiano Ronaldo To CNN Goal Of The Week Award |PoliFocus
The 20-year-old was on target for the Super Eagles when they defeated Zambia 2-1 in Ndola during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier.
"Aisha Belongs To The Kitchen" —President Buhari Humiliates Wife Over Explosive Interview |PoliFocus
In an interview with BBC Hausa, Mrs Buhari said: “I will not go out and campaign again and ask any woman to vote like I did before. I will never do it again.”
President Buhari Orders EFCC To Return N10 Billion To NBC, Suspends Police Recruitment |PoliFocus
Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu, Director-General of the NBC made this disclosure at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday while addressing journalists on the International Conference for African Broadcasters (AFRICAST) scheduled for October 18, 2016.
Aisha Buhari Vindicates Me, Confirms Buhari's Government "Hijacked By Cabals" —Bukola Saraki |PoliFocus
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Mr. Saraki said the fact that Mrs. Buhari could come out to openly express reservations about her husband’s appointees showed that his earlier argument that the government had been hijacked, was in good faith.
Listen & Download: First Clip Released From Aisha Buhari's Explosive Interview With BBC Hausa |PoliFocus
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I Have No Time For Dating, I'm Single —Davido Declares |PoliFocus
EPL: Son Heung-min Makes History As The First Asian Player To Be Named Premier League Player Of The Month |PoliFocus
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| Son Heung-min |
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min and Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp have been named Premier League player and manager of the month.
Son, 24, becomes the first Asian winner of the award after netting four goals last month.
Adekunle Ajasin Varsity Union Berates VC Over Appointments |PoliFocus
Revealed! Boko Haram Receives Millions Of Dollars To Free 21 Chibok Girls |PoliFocus
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| Cross section of some of the girls released by Boko Haram |
Twenty-one Chibok schoolgirls out of over 200 abducted by Boko Haram were released Thursday morning to Nigeria’s security officials near Sambisa forest by the insurgents in a negotiated deal involving the Nigerian government, Boko Haram and the Swiss government.
Having Slow Data Connection? Check This Out And Thank Me Later |PoliFocus
Irrespective of the network you use, reception might be frustrating on your chosen network, alas, your trouble is gone now.
President Buhari Under Fire From His Wife, Aisha, Says He (Buhari) Doesn't Know Most Of His Top Officials |PoliFocus
APC Urges DSS To Extend Its Judicial Probe To Ekiti Judiciary, Attorney General |PoliFocus
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has urged the Department Of State Services (DSS) to beam its searchlight on the activities of the state judiciary and Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Owoseni Ajayi.
It said the move becomes imperative against the backdrop of illegality allegedly being encouraged by the courts in cahoots with the executive to dispense injustice to the members of the public.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Vladimir Putin Orders All Russians Abroad To Return Home As He Prepares For World War III |PoliFocus
BREAKING: Federal Government Releases Names Of Freed Chibok Girls (FULL LIST) |PoliFocus
Senate Cancels Post UTME, Extends Jamb's Validity Period To 3 Years |PoliFocus
The Senate Thursday passed into law that which would guarantee the validity of any admission offered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB to any candidate for a period of three academic years from the date of the conduct of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Sad! 18 Out Of The Released 21 Chibok Girls Are Nursing Mothers |PoliFocus
The girls were released in exchange for some high profile Boko Haram militants in the custody of the federal government according to Saharareporters.
What Kidnappers Did To Us In The Bush —Abducted Lagos School Children Narrate Ordeals |PoliFocus
Goodnews! Electricity Generation Increases To 4,028 Megawatts |PoliFocus
The Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, stated this on its website.
Senate Passes Joint Admissions And Matriculation Board Bill Amendment... To Make Results Valid After A Year |PoliFocus
In the amendment passed, the Senate strengthened the Board to allow the results of students in the annual examination be valid beyond that year.
Aisha Buhari’s Controversial Interview: BBC Defiles Pressure From Presidency, NASS |PoliFocus
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'We Don't Need Men On This Planet At All' —Nicki Minaj |PoliFocus
Nicki who covers the star for Marie Claire‘s November issue where she talked about her relationship and other things, TVC E reports.
Ekiti Anti Grazing Law: Governor Fayose Supervises Killing Of A Cow In Ado (PHOTOS) |PoliFocus
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Fayose was on his was to Ikole Ekiti when he came across herdsmen along Afao Ekiti road, Ado Ekiti.
Late King Of Pop, Michael Jackson Is Top-earning Dead Celebrity, Making £615m (See Full List) |PoliFocus
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The late pop singer has topped the list every year since his death, apart from coming second to Elizabeth Taylor in 2012. The growth in his fortune was largely due to the $750m (£616m) sale of his half in the Sony-ATV Music Publishing catalogue.
#BringBackOurGirls: Presidency Confirms The Release Of 21 Chibok Girls By Boko Haram |PoliFocus
He said: it is confirmed that 21 of the missing Chibok Girls have been released and are in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS.
The Director-General, Malam LAWAL Daura just finished briefing the President H.E MUHAMMADU Buhari.
Judges Arrest: No One Is Above The Law, Says Attorney General, Malami
The NJC issued no statement on Tuesday after a lengthy meeting on the arrest of seven senior judges over corruption allegations by the Department of Security Services (DSS).
Rivalry? EFCC Reportedly Not Happy With DSS' Arrest Of Judges |PoliFocus
NCC Grants Approval For Visafone Share Transfer To MTN, Not Licence |PoliFocus
Faulting the media speculation on the transfer, a statement signed by Tony Ojobo, Director, Public Affairs of the Commission said the ”final approval to the changes in shareholding of Visafone Communications was taken by virtue of section 38 of the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003.
Massive Shakeup As Nigerian Government Sacks 22 Top Management Staff Of Federal Airports Authority , Demotes Others |PoliFocus
A strong source close to the agency confided in our correspondent that all of the agency’s directors but one, Managing Director Saleh Dunoma, lost their jobs.
Gone in the exercise are at least 22 management staff, including General Managers and Deputy General Managers.
David de Gea Reveals How Close He Came To Being Gigi Buffon's Replacement At Juventus |PoliFocus
The Italian giants were relegated from Serie A in the summer of 2006 after being found guilty of attempting to influence the selection of referees.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
EFCC Declares Business Mogul, Goddie Ibru Wanted Over Fraud |PoliFocus
The financial crimes watchdog said he was wanted in connection with a case of “conspiracy, capital market fraud, stealing, diversion of funds, and money laundering.”
Dasuki Gate: FG Converts Alex Badeh's N1.1bn Mansion To Office |PoliFocus
Former President, Jonathan Commiserates With People Who Lost Loved Ones In Maiduguri Blast |PoliFocus
Alleged Corruption: AGF Sends Names Of Six Judges To DSS For Probe |PoliFocus
The PUNCH learnt on Tuesday that the names sentby the AGF to the security agency were those of judges whose cases of allegations of misconduct, contained in petitions earlier sent by civil society groups to the National Judicial Council, were allegedly not investigated.
It was learnt that the weekend’s arrest of some judges in different parts of the country followed complaints received by the office of the AGF and thereafter transmitted to law enforcement agencies, including the DSS.
Operatives of the DSS had between Friday and Saturday raided the houses of some judicial officers, including two justices of the Supreme Court, and arrested them on suspicion of corruption in Enugu, Gombe, Sokoto and Kano states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The DSS had, during the simultaneous operations, arrested Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and John Okoro of the Supreme Court; the suspended Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division, Justice Mohammed Tsamiya; Justice Kabiru Auta of the Kano State High Court and Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Others arrested were a former Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice I. A. Umezulike, and Muazu Pindiga of the Federal High Court, Gombe Division.
Besides the seven judges, the DSS said it was investigating eight other judges, bringing the total number to 15.With the six names submitted to the DSS, the service is now investigating a total of 21 judges.
Large sums of money in local and foreign currencies were reportedly recovered from three of the arrested judges during the operations that lasted between Friday night and the early hours of Saturday.
One of our correspondents confirmed from a source in the Federal Ministry of Justice on Tuesday that the names of a fresh set of judges, marked for investigation, were sent to the SSS on Monday.
It was learnt that the letter by the minister was personally delivered at the DSS headquarters in Abuja by a senior aide.The new names on the minister’s list, it was learnt, included two Chief Judges of High Courts, three judges of different divisions of the Federal High Court, and a Justice of the Court of Appeal.
The letter, containing the names, was accompanied by the summary of allegations levelled against the judges in the petitions earlier sent by individuals to the NJC by the Chairman of Civil Society Network Against Corruption as well as Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre between 2014 and May, 2016.
One of the petitions sent to the NJC against one of the Chief Judges, dated February 26, 2016, and signed by the Chairman of CSNAC, Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju, was titled ‘‘Request for investigation of contravention of the Code of Conduct by Judicial Officers.’’
Another petition by CSNAC against a Federal High Court judge was dated May 12, 2016.Suraju also signed a petition (its date not stated) against a Federal High Court for allegedly granting a perpetual injunction, restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from investigating criminal allegations against a businessman.
Another petition, dated January 11, 2016, by CSNAC, also accused a Chief Judge of judicial misconduct, an allegation which its details were not stated.CSNAC, also in another petition, dated April 20, 2016, sent to the NJC against a Justice of the Court of Appeal and others, who served on an election petitions appeal panel this year, accused the panel of receiving N8m from a Senior Advocateof Nigeria.
Yet, another petition accused the SAN of paying N500,000 into the account of a Chief Judge. In another petition, CSNAC alleged that N7m was paid to a Chief Judge for a book presentation. It was also alleged in another petition by CSNAC that a Federal High Court judge received N5m bribefrom a SAN.
The AGF’s letter, forwarding the names to the DSS, described as unconscionable the alleged failure of the NJC to investigate the petitions. The letter read in part, “It is unconscionable that all these petitions that border on the unremitting and impeachment of the integrity of these judicial officers have not been investigated by the National Judicial Council, the constitutional and statutory body vested with the power by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) to so do.
“Undoubtedly, if this type of deliberate inattentiveness; lethargy and benign neglect and dereliction of responsibility by the NJC is allowed to persist in an administration that came to power under the mantle of change, it will surely lead to thedeath knell of the judicial branch of government, which centrality the maintenance of law, order, rule of law and social harmony cannot be overemphasised.
“It is unfortunate that despite the preachment of the administration on the need for the judicial officers to be above board, we still have some of them that have stubbornly refused to change from their old ways.”
When contacted on Tuesday, Suraju confirmed that he forwarded to the AGF office summaries of the petitions, which he earlier sent to the NJC but that he was not aware of the actions so taken on them by the minister.
“It is a welcome development. I actually forwarded to the AGF office the various allegations which I earlier sent to the NJC against some judges. But the AGF office has yet to contact me,” he stated.
PUNCH
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Forex Update: Naira Appreciate Further Against United States Dollar, Now N470/$ |PoliFocus
The local currency firmed against the dollar and other currencies at the parallel market as it currently trades at N470, N580 and N510 from N473, N590 and N512 posted on Monday, October 10.Dollar to Naira.
Breaking: Nigerian Senate Condemns DSS Raid On Judges, Says DSS Acted Outside The Ambit Of Law |PoliFocus
Monday, October 10, 2016
PSG Set To Launch A £200 Million Record Deal For A Barcelona Star Next Summer |PoliFocus
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The Ligue 1 champions are set to doing everything in their power to lure the Brazilian superstar from the Nou Camp.
Breaking! DSS Releases Arrested Judges |PoliFocus
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