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- Davido Secures A N60M Endorsement For Chioma, His Bae
- Suicide Bomber Attack On Mubi, Adamawa State, Over 63 People Now Confirmed Dead
- CBN Headquarters In Abuja Is Being Consumed By Fire!
- Governor Ayo Fayose Celebrate 2018 Workers Day With Workers In Shorts
- CAN President, Supo Ayokunle Visits Salvation Ministries 90,000 Seater Church, Secondary School Project
- Benue State Government Has Taken Fulani Herdsmen To Court
- Nigerian Former Skipper Sunday Oliseh Resigns As Fortuna Sittard's Chief Coach
- "Assurance" - By Davido Featuring Chioma My Lover
- Buhari’s Impeachment: Mission Impossible, - Reuben Abati Writes
- 9 Months To 2019 Presidential Election; PDP Still Searching For Candidate,- A Call To Action
| Davido Secures A N60M Endorsement For Chioma, His Bae Posted: 02 May 2018 12:18 AM PDT Davido Secures A N60M Endorsement For Chioma, His Bae As Chioma's birthday celebration code named "Assurance" echo continues to linger, Davido just tweeted via his official Twitter handle that he has secured an endorsement offer of 60 million naira for his girlfriend Chioma. Just got an endorsement offer for my baby 60 m I told them bring 100m then she might think about it...     Sharing is caring. Share this story  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Suicide Bomber Attack On Mubi, Adamawa State, Over 63 People Now Confirmed Dead Posted: 01 May 2018 05:22 PM PDT Suicide Bomber Attack On Mubi, Adamawa State, Over 63 People Now Confirmed Dead A current update on the number of lives lost in the twin suicide bombings in Mubi, Adamawa state on Tuesday indicates that more than 63 people lost their lives.According to AFP two residents of Mubi disclosed that they attended funerals of the victims of the suicide attacked in the Mosque and a market in a coordinated twin bomb attack One of those who attended the burial; Muhammad Hamidu, said: "I took part in the burial of 68 people. More bodies were being brought by families of the victims." Another man, Abdullahi Labaran, said: "We left 73 freshly dug graves where each victim was buried." The blasts, said to have been carried out by young boys, happened shortly after 1:00 pm (1200 GMT) in Mubi, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the Adamawa state capital, Yola. Imam Garki, from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said a joint assessment with the police and Red Cross found that 26 people were killed and 56 were injured, 11 of them critically. Sharing is caring. Share this story  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| CBN Headquarters In Abuja Is Being Consumed By Fire! Posted: 01 May 2018 04:15 PM PDT CBN Headquarters In Abuja Is Being Consumed By Fire! Nigeria apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters in Abuja is currently reported to be on fire.All security Agencies has been mobilized to make sure the fire is put out, as they are still battling the inferno as at the time of writing this!   Sharing is caring. Share this story  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Governor Ayo Fayose Celebrate 2018 Workers Day With Workers In Shorts Posted: 01 May 2018 03:33 PM PDT Governor Ayo Fayose Celebrate 2018 Workers Day With Workers In Shorts The Governor of Ekiti State celebrated with Ekiti Workers' in shorts identifying with the workers on the occasion of 2018 Workers Day.The event which took place at Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado Ekiti was themed: Labour Movement in National Development; Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win. See more photos from the event where the officials of Ekiti State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress welcoming the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose to the 2018 Workers' Day Celebration.     Sharing is caring. Share this story  |
| Posted: 01 May 2018 02:14 PM PDT CAN President, Supo Ayokunle Visits Salvation Ministries 90,000 Seater Church, Secondary School Project The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) President, Dr. Supo Ayokunle, recently toured the Salvation Ministries' Cathedral Site (Hand of God) at Igwuruta , Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Nigeria where the world class Chockhmah Secondary School construction is on going. The founder of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomie guided the clergy man on the tour round the facility. The construction is almost at its finishing stage with the auditorium described to be the largest in the world when completed.  Sharing is caring. Share this story  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Benue State Government Has Taken Fulani Herdsmen To Court Posted: 01 May 2018 01:39 PM PDT Benue State Government Has Taken Fulani Herdsmen To Court Miyetti Allah Kauttal Hore and its leadership has been dragged to court by the Benue State Government over the incessant and continuous killing of many people in the state.Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue State revealed this yesterday in an interview with newsmen in Makurdi, and he said the case will also include the 73 persons that were murdered by herdsmen in January this year.According to the Governor, the matter which is going to come up this Thursday will only be one among many other matters in the pipeline the state is bringing up against the killer herdsmen and the Fulani socio-cultural group.Governor Ortom stated that he still stand with his earlier call that the leaders of Miyetti Allah whom he accused of being behind the killings in the state be arrested. "These people had, after our ranching law was signed, addressed a press conference and said they would mobilise their kinsmen to attack Benue and true to their words they started attacking Benue. "I have severally called for their arrest but they are still walking the streets freely but I still insist that they should be arrested," he stressed. Speaking on the ban placed by the National Economic Council on open grazing in Benue, Taraba, Plateau, Kaduna etc, Ortom described it as a welcome decision. He further stated that the state has been vindicated by the NEC, which had last week in their meeting, banned open grazing and recommended ranching in some states, including Benue. He said Benue was gradually winning the hearts of Nigerians in support of open grazing prohibition and ranches establishment for livestock. Sharing is caring. Share this story  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Nigerian Former Skipper Sunday Oliseh Resigns As Fortuna Sittard's Chief Coach Posted: 01 May 2018 12:13 PM PDT Nigerian Former Skipper Sunday Oliseh Resigns As Fortuna Sittard's Chief Coach Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian former Skipper of the Super Eagles has shared a tweet via his official Twitter handle signifying the end of his contract with Fortuna Sittard as Chief Coach!Today 1st Of May 2018 officially ends my contract with Fortuna Sittard as Chief Coach. A big thank you to all who helped make this past 17 months a phenomenal success, especially Gino Facenna,Alex Voigt,my players ,people of Sittard and all well wishers. Stay blessed Sharing is caring. Share this story.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| "Assurance" - By Davido Featuring Chioma My Lover Posted: 01 May 2018 11:38 AM PDT "Assurance" - By Davido Featuring Chioma My Lover Davido, Nigerian super star singer yesterday celebrated the birthday of his pretty girlfriend, Chioma Avril Roland at the Club Cubana where he gifted her with a brand new PORSCHE car as a birthday gift. The car was registered with a special number plate that has the inscription: "ASSURANCE". The singer has earlier released an album titled "ASSURANCE" which he dedicated to Chioma his girlfriend.Watch the music video below:  Sharing is caring. Share this story  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Buhari’s Impeachment: Mission Impossible, - Reuben Abati Writes Posted: 01 May 2018 08:45 AM PDT Buhari's Impeachment: Mission Impossible, - Reuben Abati Writes Reuben Abati former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the former President Goodluck Jonathan, and renowned journalist, was also the former Editor In Chief Guardian Newspapers.The media personality in this article writes about the motions raised both in the House of Representatives and Senate, regarding the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Abati captioned the article " Buhari's Impeachment: Mission Impossible," Read full story below as shared: The Chairmen of the Committees on Public Accounts in the National Assembly – Kingsley Chinda (House of Representatives, PDP Rivers, Obio/Akpor Constituency) and Mathew Urhoghide (Senate, PDP Edo South) – have both had cause to ask the respective Chambers of the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing the withdrawal of $496 million from the Excess Crude Account, without prior approval of the National Assembly and/or appropriation. This has caused much partisan rowdiness in the National Assembly and an aborted clash between PDP supporters of Mathew Urhoghide and pro-Buhari APC stalwarts at the Benin Airport in Edo State. Impeachment is a serious and sensitive political process that could lead to the removal of the affected political leader from office. The primary issue is whether or not President Buhari has indeed committed any offence, any violation of the Constitution that should warrant his impeachment? What constitutes the ground for impeachment is defined in Section 143 (2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution as "gross misconduct" and further in Section 143 (11) as (a) "a grave violation or breach of this Constitution", or "a misconduct of such nature as amounts in the opinion of the National Assembly to gross misconduct." The first ground for impeachment is literal and unambiguous and it would only need to be proven. The main allegation for now is that the President caused to be spent a sum of $496 million without the National Assembly or appropriation. Section 80 of the Constitution dealing with "power and control" over public funds refers. Section 80(1) establishes a Consolidated Revenue Fund into which "all revenues or other moneys raised or received by the Federation (not being revenues or other moneys payable under this Constitution or any Act of the National Assembly into any other public fund of the Federation established for a specific purpose) shall be paid into, but the more relevant reference is Section 80(2) which states that: "No moneys shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation except to meet expenditure that is charged upon the fund by the Constitution or where the issue of those moneys has been authorized by an Appropriation Act, Supplementary Appropriation Act or an Act passed in pursuance of Section 81 of this Constitution." In other words, the government is not allowed by the Constitution to spend any money that has not been duly appropriated for, or without due authorization. The inherent and oversight role of the National Assembly is clarified in Sections 80(3), 80(4) and Section 83 (1 -2). Section 80(3) is clear enough: "No moneys shall be withdrawn from any public fund of the Federation, other than the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation unless the issue of those moneys has been authorised by an Act of the National Assembly." Section 80(4), for sheer emphasis it seems, reiterates the same point. The operational word in all these Sections of the Constitution is "shall" – legally, this means "a mandatory order". In a letter written to the National Assembly informing it of the expenditure of $496 million, without Appropriation, without a Supplementary Budget and without authorization, or even consultation, the President states that he granted "anticipatory approval." He has no such powers under this Constitution. Nor can he seek protection under Section 82, which talks about authorization of expenditure in the absence of an Appropriation Act as is currently the case to wit: "If the Appropriation Bill in respect of any financial year has not been passed into law by the beginning of the financial year, the President may authorize the withdrawal of moneys from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation for the purpose of meeting expenditure necessary to carry on the services of the Government of the Federation for a period not exceeding six months or until the coming into operation of the Appropriation Act, whichever is the earlier…" Note this: "to carry on the services of the Government of the Federation…" Is the purchase of 12 aircraft part of the "services of government?". We can argue over this but given a literal interpretation, the President is clearly in violation of the Constitution. Such authorization should be in respect of services already before the National Assembly. In the absence of this, the President should have consulted the National assembly and sought their understanding, and buy-in, before spending the money. Writing a letter after ignoring them and the Constitution is an afterthought that beggars the question. The President is also in violation of the proviso to Section 82 in the sense that the purchase of the aircraft is not contained in the 2018 Appropriation Bill. Since it is not there and the Appropriation Bill has not been passed, the President has no basis to say that he has spent money. Can the President spend money in the event of an emergency? Section 83 of the 1999 Constitution addresses this – he can but only with the authorization of the National Assembly as in s. (83(1) and through the vehicle of a "Supplementary Estimate and a Supplementary Appropriation Bill as in s. (83(2)." I have argued previously that the 1999 Constitution grants the President of Nigeria, enormous, if not excessive powers, but the framers of our Constitution did not extend such powers to cover indiscriminate spending of public funds, hence the combined effect of Sections 80 – 85 and S. 162 is to provide checks and balances against the possibility of anyone no matter how highly placed spending public funds, in a manner other than has been provided by the Constitution, no matter how well-intentioned he or she may be. So, President Buhari is prima facie indictable in the light of the first ground for impeachment as in Section 143(11). The second ground is a bit nebulous, for it speaks of whatever amounts to "gross misconduct" – "in the opinion of the National Assembly." Virtually every Nigerian has an opinion, and where the opposition dominates the National Assembly, such an Assembly can form any opinion and remove a sitting President. My own opinion in this instance however, is that there are strong grounds even on this second score for commencing impeachment proceedings against President Buhari. These include and are not limited to: his government's routine violation and complete disregard for court order and the rule of law, human rights abuses, and his regular de-marketing of the country and Nigerians in the international community, and his apparent lack of ability to provide strategic leadership. But the reality is that the National Assembly as presently constituted is dominated by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Nigeria's democracy has not yet reached a level where the legislature will choose to act on a non-partisan basis. The APC may be four, five parties in one, and may be imploding but I do not see the possibility of a ruling party in Nigeria impeaching its own President. To return to the first ground of impeachment, which stands more on terra firma, and not "opinion", I also do not see the possibility of impeachment of either the incumbent President or any other President under the 1999 Constitution. The National Assembly has set up a Committee to consider the possibility of the commencement of impeachment proceedings – it submits its report tomorrow, Wednesday, May 2 – and there may well be some persons losing sleep over that in Buhari's quarters, but there is actually no cause for alarm. The framers of Section 143 (1-11) of the 1999 Constitution did not really hope that any sitting Nigerian President will ever be impeached. The rules and procedure set out under that relevant Section are so cumbersome and tedious as to make impeachment impossible. The last time anyone tried to invoke Section 143 was under President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2002 – notice of allegations were served on the then President by the House of Representatives to which he responded – but in the end nothing happened. Nothing will again happen to Buhari this time around. He will not be impeached because the relevant Constitutional provisions in Section 143 are too windy. One, an impeachment process is initiated when "a notice of allegation" is presented to the President of the Senate by "not less than one-third of the members of the National Assembly" accusing the office of the President or Vice President of "gross misconduct (s. 80 (2)." As at the time of this writing, no such notice has been presented. One-third of the entire Assembly (!) – that's like wishful thinking. Section 143 (4) again presents this dilemma of numbers when it says, if the National Assembly decides to investigate the allegations, it can only do so if it is supported by "not less than two-thirds majority of all the members of each House of the National Assembly." By the time we get to this stage, 21 days would have passed, and that is part of the problem with the rules of procedure on impeachment in Section 143. It would take at least six months or more for any Nigerian President to be impeached. The giver of the law created a problem here with numbers and also with time, and a bigger problem with the introduction of the judiciary into what should be purely a political process. In Section 140 (5), the judiciary is brought into the conflict, ensuring a possible clash among all three arms of government in the impeachment process. The Chief of Justice of Nigeria (CJN) is given additional seven days (28 days now in total) to "at the request of the President of the Senate appoint a Panel of seven persons who in his opinion are of unquestionable integrity, not being members of any public service, legislative house or political party, to investigate the allegation as provided in this section." Section 143 is thus loaded, from 1-11, with so many make or kill, elimination tests, and this is perhaps the most critical. Can we really rely on the opinion of the CJN to select seven apolitical, non-partisan persons of "unquestionable integrity?" Where are those seven persons coming from? Heaven?, because no such persons exist in Nigeria. And should such seven persons be identified, there is nothing in this section barring interested parties or the Executive, and its agents from discrediting such persons. How many "unquestionable" Nigerians would even agree to serve on such a panel, if at all they exist? Assuming a panel of seven emerges, the person to be impeached still has the right to be defended by legal practitioners of his choice. Thus Section 143 (6) is in pari materia with Section 36 of the Constitution which guarantees the right to fair hearing, but it is another bottle-neck which can go on for three months – (section 143(7) – or much longer by the time the lawyers exploit technicalities to prolong the proceedings. Section 143(7) (b) further presents a serious bottle-neck: the constituted panel must report its findings to each House of the National Assembly within three months of its appointment. Section 143 says if the allegations are not proven, then the process stands aborted, but in the event of either this or the opposite addressed in Section 143(9), the Constitution only asks for two-thirds majority to determine the fate of the affected political office holder, it says nothing about the procedure for removal, now mentioned for the first time as a consequential effect. To the best of our knowledge, the National Assembly does not even have such a procedure in place, except it will create an emergency one, because the full import of Section 143 has not yet been tested. Being a political process, stricto senso, the Courts are further estopped under Section 143(11) from inquiring into an impeachment process. Section 143 of the 1999 is in our view, therefore, a jurisprudential nightmare. If we really want to prevent our Presidents from hiding under the Constitution to become tyrants, this particular section of the Constitution needs to be reviewed. The National Assembly should put in place standard rules and procedures to give live to the process in the need of activation of Section 143. The judiciary should also be removed from the process, as is the case in the United States. A compromised CJN would readily frustrate the process since his "opinion" is so important! Section 143 makes it difficult as it is, to remove a President, especially given our situation where there is so much emphasis on money-politics, political affiliation, ethnicity, religion and loyalty to the President and primordial sentiments. Some characters called elder statesmen and traditional rulers may even intervene to derail the impeachment process. The quality of legislators is also important: to protect and uphold the Constitution, we need people who understand that loyalty to the nation is more important than loyalty to the President or religious and ethnic sentiments. The present set of dancing, sleeping, singing, fibbing, cradle-snatching, compromised persons who end up in the National Assembly cannot do it. The worst that they can do is to further damage President Muhammadu Buhari's reputation. Mere talk about or the commencement of impeachment proceedings on its own, has negative political consequences, especially in an election season – even US President Bill Clinton did not fully recover from it although he was impeached but was not removed from office. The view has been expressed that the National Assembly should not bother to test Section 143 because this may have implications for the stability of the country in an election season, or that, well, President Buhari is almost completing his first term. I disagree. The responsibility to protect and uphold the Constitution must not be sacrificed on the altar of political expediency, even if all things considered, President Buhari needs not lose any sleep. Sharing is caring. Share this story  |
| 9 Months To 2019 Presidential Election; PDP Still Searching For Candidate,- A Call To Action Posted: 01 May 2018 07:38 AM PDT 9 Months To 2019 Presidential Election; PDP Still Searching For Candidate,- A Call To Action A concerned citizen recently shared this thought, that it is 9 months to 2019 Presidential election and the Peoples Democratic Party, which is the major opposition party has not been able to present any candidate. The sharer further said that PDP thinks Buhari will loose 2019 election it means they are sleeping, you need to wake up to reality, he said."2019 elections with the way it is, will go down as the most easy election ever without no stiff competitions from opposition parties"Sharing is caring. Share this story.  |
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