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- Stop Checking Citizens’ Bank Account Details – IGP Warns FSARS
- Saraki’s Wife Responds To An Instagram User Who Called Her Family ‘Thieves”
- Serena Williams Fined In US Open Over Violation Of Code
- Just In - Shehu Sani, Abaribe, Others States Why NASS Should Not Reconvene In September
- Buhari, APC Sponsoring Some PDP Presidential Candidates – Gov. Wike's Interview
- Dankwambo Defects From PDP To APC With 2,000 Members
- Nigerians React As Presidency ‘Defends’ N29m Bribe Corruption Allegation Against Buhari’s CoS, Abba Kyari
- Naomi Osaka Shocks The World By Humiliating Serena Williams In US Open Title
- Presidency Responds To N29m Corruption Allegation Against Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari
| Stop Checking Citizens’ Bank Account Details – IGP Warns FSARS Posted: 09 Sep 2018 04:43 PM PDT
Mr. Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police, has told the men of the reformed Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, to desist from checking citizens' bank account details.The IGP also warned the FSARS operatives not to invade people's phones and laptops unless they have a court order or an instruction from the commissioner of police in charge of a state police command.Idris speaking at a workshop on the reformed FSARS in Owerri, Imo state, the IGP warned that any FSARS operatives who violated the new rules would be dismissed from the force immediately.Ibrahim, who was represented by the Deputy commissioner of police in charge of the IGP's X-Squad, Amaechi Elumelu, said that any FSARS operative who handles cases not related to armed robbery and kidnapping would equally be dismissed from the Nigeria police force.He said that under the new era in FSARS, the operatives must be professional and respect the rights and privileges of all citizens.
The IGP recalled that in the past, FSARS was considered the most elitist and professional Unit of the Police force because of its conduct. He regretted that in the last two years, the Unit had been riddled with allegations of abuse and excesses which made the public to call for its disbandment. He said, "under the reformed FSARS, it is illegal to search suspects phones, computers, or inquire about their bank account details without proper authorization. "Henceforth, the FSARS Commanders must get directives from the State Commissioners before invading people's privacies. Any officer who disobeys will be dismissed." The police boss disclosed that all operatives of FSARS would undergo medical evaluation in order to guarantee their mental, psychological, emotional conditions. He advised all FSARS operatives to be computer literate in order to adapt to the current innovations going on in the department. The police boss warned the operatives not to detain any suspect for more than 48 hours without a remand warrant from the court. He also called for the establishment of a medical department in FSARS so as to provide medical assistance to sick suspects. The FSARS commander in Imo state, Geoffrey Victor, a chief superintendent of police, said that the Unit under his supervision would obey and carry out the IGP's instructions under the reformed F-SARS to the letter. Credit: DailyPost Related Topics: #IbrahimIdris #IGP #FSARS Sharing is caring. Share this story  | ||||||||
| Saraki’s Wife Responds To An Instagram User Who Called Her Family ‘Thieves” Posted: 09 Sep 2018 03:59 PM PDT
An Instagram user left an uncomplimentary comment on the family photo shared by the wife of the Senate President Bukola Saraki, Toyin Saraki, on Instagram some weeks back.Mrs Toyin Saraki refused to join issues with the IG User as she took the time to address user's allegations and also schooled the user on what her husband has been able to achieve since he joined politics.Read below:    Related Topics: #Saraki #ToyinSaraki #2019Election Sharing is caring. Share this story  | ||||||||
| Serena Williams Fined In US Open Over Violation Of Code Posted: 09 Sep 2018 02:48 PM PDT
Professional Table Tennis player, Serena Williams, and 23-times Grand Slam champion, has bagged a fine of $17,000 (£13,000) for violations of professional code during the US Open final on Saturday.The multiple Grand Slam Champion, was humiliated by Naomi Osaka in straight sets but the contest will be long remembered for her involvement with chair umpire Carlos Ramos.Serena was slammed with a professional code violation for coaching, for racquet abuse and for verbal abuse towards Ramos after she called him a 'thief' and a 'liar'.It is the usual standard practice in Grand Slam events to be fined for violations of code and the money will come out of her $1.85m (£1.4m) runners-up prize money.She was fined $10,000 (£7,700) for verbal abuse of Ramos, $4,000 (£3,000) for being warned for coaching, and $3,000 (£2,300) for breaking her racquet. For each violation fine handed out can total up to $20,000 (£14,400) and Serenas' main debt to pay was for her verbal abuse of the umpire. Related Topics: #SerenaWilliams #USOpen #Sports Sharing is caaring. Share this story  | ||||||||
| Just In - Shehu Sani, Abaribe, Others States Why NASS Should Not Reconvene In September Posted: 09 Sep 2018 01:41 PM PDT
Both members of the Lower and Upper chambers of the National Assembly have vowed not to resume on 25th of September.According to a report by Punch, the lawmakers, who spoke with the Newspaper, called on the leadership of both chambers to extend their resumption from stipulated date to the second week of October.In the statement, the lawmakers emphasised that the 25th of September, earlier fixed was no longer feasible.The lawmakers comprises both of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The Vice-Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Business, Dr. Bode Ayorinde said, "If there are differences in their decision, the principal officers of the two houses would sit and harmonise the differences and take it to plenary for approval."It is also not feasible that we would resume in September owing to the fact that primaries of the parties are scheduled to hold between now and the end of September."The dates of the primaries of the ruling party extend till the first week in October. Do you now expect someone, who is campaigning for his election, to now rush down to the National Assembly for plenary? "So, the plenary to consider the reports of INEC may not come up until after the primaries." "There is no provision for a joint sitting to approve budget," he added. "I am very optimistic that within a week or two after our resumption, we would sort it out. The principal officers of the two chambers can even sit and harmonise positions before the reports are presented at plenary to make the process faster," he said. Speaking on the matter Senators Enyinnaya Abaribe also said the National Assembly was not going to resume on the said date. Abaribe pointed out that with the pace of the committee's work and the timetable of the primaries, the National Assembly would not be able to reconvene in September. The Senator stated; "The joint committees still have a long way to go. The joint committee on INEC after their assignments will pass everything to the appropriation committee which will bring the report to the leadership. "The leadership of the two houses would have to meet and decide on when to reconvene and it must be on the same day. "From the way we are seeing it, there is no way we could reconvene until after the primaries which will even extend to the first week in October." Sani added that no member of the federal legislature would resume until after the primaries in October. "Nobody would come back to the Senate or House of Representatives when primaries are ongoing. "Reconvening the chambers is going to be an exercise in futility," he said. Related Topics: #NationalAssembly #ShehuSanni #2019Election Sharing is caring. Share this story  | ||||||||
| Buhari, APC Sponsoring Some PDP Presidential Candidates – Gov. Wike's Interview Posted: 09 Sep 2018 12:09 PM PDT
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| Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. [Photo credit: Qed.ng] |
Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. [Photo credit: Qed.ng]
Wike: I don't have any problem with him. My concern is in the interest of the state which supersedes the interest of individuals.
PT: When last did you speak with Amaechi on phone?
Wike: We didn't speak regularly on phone even when he was governor and I was his chief of staff. It was purely official. I did my work and he appreciated it. I don't know what he thinks now. And we don't belong to the same political party.
PT: For instance, Rivers State has just lost its attorney-general, one would have expected him to probably call you.
Wike: You see…. Again, that's what I am saying. The attorney-general of the state died. Am I the one to call you to say my attorney-general is dead or you are the one to call and say you heard that the attorney-general died and that you want to pay a condolence visit to the state? The chairman and the managing director of NDDC (Nsima Ekere) just left here. They came on a condolence visit.
PT: What have you done behind the scene to get the two of you working for the good of the state?
Wike: What do you want me to do? I was a minister, he was in APC as the governor then, but I brought development to the state. I brought the Faculty of Law to the University of Port Harcourt, I brought N500 million grant to the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic. I brought N500 million grant to the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. I brought UBEC (Universal Basic Education Commission) intervention to so many schools in Rivers State. I am from Rivers State and must contribute to the development to the state. This is my state.
PT: It's often said that the gang up of politicians and security agencies, especially the police, started with you when you were a minister and the PDP was in control of the government at the centre. You were using the police against Governor Amaechi, when you were a minister. Now, some people believe what is happening to you today is nemesis.
Wike: I never knew the then commissioner of police in the state, Mr Mbu. Mbu was not even in Rivers when I did my governorship election. Okay, assuming, though not conceding, that I used security agencies against Amaechi, and you promised Nigerians that all these things we did would not happen in your own time. So, what has happened?
PT: Are you saying that you did not use the police….
Wike: (Cut in) …. To do what? Let me tell you I never used police convoy anywhere when I was a minister.
PT: But are you aware that this is the public perception….
Wike: (Cuts in) What is public perception? It is the media. The media, of course, is one body that created problem in this country, sending out false information against the government of Goodluck Jonathan. Tell me what I did. Has anybody ever seen me moving with army for one day? Has anybody ever seen me with SSS? The Department of State Security, they are here. Let them say it if they have ever given me with one SSS officer as a minister. I challenge the DSS, I challenge the army, whether as a minister I have ever used the army for one day.
PT: So, the then Rivers State police commissioner, Joseph Mbu, was not working for you?
Wike: He was not even here. How did I know Mbu? As a minister, I was coming home. Protocol demands that you must tell the police commissioner that you were coming home. I wrote a letter and the CP sent one convoy vehicle to take the minister, which was me, from the airport. The governor confronted him and asked him why would he send police in a Hilux truck to escort the minister. A minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is coming home and you send an escort vehicle! I never knew Mbu before. I never saw him anywhere. That is how I knew Mbu, because the governor queried him. What is nemesis? Nemesis is catching up with who? What I never participated in?
PT: There's reduction in crime rate in Rivers and the state has been peaceful. How did you achieve this?
Wike: It is God! There's nothing the APC government did not do to turn Rivers State into a place of insecurity.
PT: How did God come in here?
Wike: I believe in Him. Of course, this state is a Christian state, I didn't do anything.
PT: You didn't do anything?
Wike: Do what? I have been doing that before. Did it work? And our state is one state that has supported security agencies in this country. I have been sabotaged, but God in his infinite mercy has kept us in this state. Has the federal government ever said one day that they were sending special squad to tackle insecurity in Rivers State? We cannot rely on man, God is the ultimate, and he is the chief security officer.
PT: You recently declared to run for a second term in office. We will like to know what projects and programmes you have executed that could motivate the people to support you.
Wike: The public has seen what we have done so far. The former president was here to commission projects. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate President, including Senator Godswill Akpabio all came here individually at different times to commission projects. The European Commission Ambassador came here. The British High Commissioner, the Sultan of Sokoto, the Ooni of Ife, and the Obi of Onitsha came here to commission projects. The former vice president, Atiku, was here. Sule Lamido was here. Markafi was here. Aminu Tambuwal was here. I don't need to say it; the people have seen what we have done.
PT: But President Buhari has not come here?
Wike: We will invite him to come, we have so many projects to commission in October. But I know he won't come because he doesn't like us.
PT: Did Senator Akpabio tell you he was moving to APC?
Wike: He knows I won't believe it. It's a smokescreen.
PT: It is like the APC in your state wants to pick someone from the private sector as their governorship candidate, someone with a deep pocket. What implication would this have on your ambition for a second term?
Wike: What implication? Is it all about money? Yes, I know money is important…. From what I have read, Senator Magnus Abe said he never knew the man was a member of his party.
Look, let me tell you, in 2015, Tonye Cole is the man the former governor wanted to bring out for the governorship election. But he couldn't bring him out because Jonathan was running for president, and the man felt he couldn't have run against an Ijaw man. The man he is presenting today isn't a new thing, except for those who don't understand the politics of the state and what has been going on. We know and so we are not surprised. APC has a right to choose whoever they want to choose to fly their flag. I don't have a problem with that. We have prepared and we have been waiting for them to choose whoever they want to choose. What we have done will speak for us. I know the young man, there is no need to talk about him since he has not won the primary yet.
For the APC to even think of bringing out anybody to stand election against me in this state, to challenge whether I have done something or not, then you should know that something is wrong somewhere. What has the federal government done for this state? Is it in terms of electric power, port, or roads? All their meetings, all their gatherings, is that they must take over Rivers State by crooks or whatever means, they want to use soldiers, police, and the SSS. The cry by the international community does not matter to them, they don't care.
PT: Recently, you rejected EFCC investigations into the finances of your state. You told them to back off. Have they backed off?
Wike: I'm not interested whether they back off or not! A body that doesn't respect the rule of law. A body that is full with impunity, because that is what the federal government is all about – impunity! You heard when the federal government, through the president, said that national security supersedes rule of law.
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I was not here in 2007. In 2007, Rivers State Government went to court against the EFCC to say that you have no constitutional power to look into the expenditure and the finances of the state government. And the matter was adequately addressed and judgement was given against EFCC. Since 2007, EFCC has been struggling to appeal against the judgement, and they have not succeeded till now. What they are doing now is that if they feel that this government is not pro-Buhari or is not talking well about Buhari, they would come out to say we are investigating Rivers State Government for $300 million withdrawal. And they think that would worry us. No! No Rivers State government official will appear before them. We don't have any sleepless night. If the EFCC does not follow the law, we will not respect them. If they think they have what it takes to surround a state, they would be pushing people to do what they wouldn't have wanted to do.
We are not running a military government. We are in a democracy, and democracy is shaped by the rule of law. Okay, you don't like Wike. So, what? Must you like him? Those that APC accused of being corrupt in the past 16 years are now in the APC, helping them to fight corruption! The APC people are shameless!
PT: We understand there is this dichotomy between the upland and the riverine people of Rivers State. We are told that an agreement exists on power rotation and that the riverine people should take their turn for the governorship in 2019?
Wike: I don't want to reduce myself to ethno-politics. Tell the person who say so, during the Ada George period, who are those who contested the election against him? In 1999, when Dr. Peter Odili contested for governor and won, who and who contested against him? Chief Ebenezer Isokariari ran against Dr. Odili. In 2003, did Dumo Lulu Briggs not run for governor against Odili? Where was it zoned to? In 2007, who and who ran against Amaechi? In 2011, who and who ran against him? In 2015, who and who ran against me? But that does not mean that one would say that it would not be fair to allow power to go to them.
Okay, if Odili, as they claimed, is from the upland area and he was governor for eight years, and after that, he gave it to Amaechi, why would Amaechi not say no, it is the turn of the riverine areas? This is somebody who wants to preside over the state as a governor for the third time, and the only way he can do that is to bring a stooge to contest for governor!
PT: If you win re-election in 2019, after your tenure, will you support a riverine person to emerge as governor?
Wike: Fine! When we get to the bridge, we will cross it. There's nothing wrong with the riverine people becoming governor of the state. You see, I work as a team. I don't want to deceive people, we must sit down to agree, and which is correct; not one person sitting down to dictate. They are really qualified. They have supported the PDP, and when the time comes I will do everything to support them. If you want it to go the riverine, allow the riverine people to bring anyone, and not you choosing someone for them.
PT: Does it work that way? Isn't it the governor who determines who succeeds him?
Wike: Let me tell you today, I will not put a successor in office.
PT: Your Excellency, you are on record!
Wike: Yes, I am on record! My friends and colleagues, they know me and I have told them I am a student of history. Mention who have survived it – that you put your life at stake and bring up somebody to become the governor, and therefore you'll be in charge and he will protect you! It is not correct! As a student of history, I know it does not work that way. I'll do what I have to do to serve my people and will retire when my time has come to an end, those who want it let them go and take it. Let the people of Rivers State decide. That's the problem we are having in Nigeria, people want to continue as godfather.
PT: Some of the leaders in the PDP complain that you have a strong grip on the party because you are one of its major funders. And they are uncomfortable with it.
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Wike: In politics, every governor supports the party. Most leaders support the party. Those who are complaining about me are those who are afraid because they are the agents of APC. We know those PDP presidential aspirants who are agents of PDP. We know them. The presidency and the APC have planted people within our party, and we know it. They planted Modu Sheriff and we fell for it. I bought into it not knowing it was a set-up. And then when we realised, we said no, we have to fight it. And we fought it. I cannot again fall the fool that I became under Ali Modu Sheriff. I know some of our presidential aspirants who are running on the sponsorship of the APC and the presidency.
Source: PREMIUM TIMES
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Dankwambo Defects From PDP To APC With 2,000 Members
Posted: 09 Sep 2018 10:54 AM PDT
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Over 2,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Gombe State have dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State including the younger brother of the State Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo
The younger brother of the State Governor, Buhari Dankwambo came after the failed efforts of his brother and some chieftains to persuade him to remain in the PDP.
According to the Guardian Newspaper, Buhari Dankwambo, until his defection, had been under pressure from different quarters to change his decision. It was also gathered that he was given juicy offers but he rejected them.
A relaible source close to the state government said, efforts to stop Dankwambo from moving to APC was not because of his political relevance but because it will be embarrassing for the blood brother of a sitting governor who is aspiring to be the president of Nigeria to decamp to an opposition party."Obviously something is wrong; it shows that the governor is not capable of managing situations around him," the source said.
"We felt we could manage the situation but unfortunately it was above our ability," the source said, refusing to tell our correspondent details of what transpired, simply said.
"The governor takes the highest proportion of the blame in the whole act."
The Guardian also reported, that Dankwambo was formally presented with his membership card by the chairman of his Ajiya ward in Gombe North constituency after he registered.
The report further stated that his supporters will also join him in APC when he is formally presented to the state leadership of the party at a grand reception in Gombe, the state capital.
In a telephone interview with newsmen Buhari Dankwambo, said that he decided to join APC because the PDP was not fair to him.
"Some people in the PDP have decided not to be fair to me," he said.
"Since PDP cannot accommodate me I decided to move to the APC to pursue my political ambition."
Related Topics: #BuhariDankwambo, #GombeState
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Posted: 09 Sep 2018 04:48 PM PDT
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| Abba Kyari President Buhari Chief of Staff |
Nigerians have started to pour out there reactions to a statement by the Presidency, which discredited the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari's Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, allegedly collected a N29 million bribe before awarding a contract.
The presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement Saturday described the allegations against Kyari as fictitious, attributing the source to some politicians who were trying to taint the image of President Buhari-led administration.
According to Garba, "Checking the appropriation for 2016 and 2017, that request is not even there. How could Abba Kyari have asked for money to award a contract that did not exist anywhere at all?
"In addition to that, the amount allegedly given in bribe was also suspicious, as the office of the presidential aide had been known in the past to receive imprest of 200 million naira and above every month, with no one expected to give account."It was only since Abba Kyari occupied that position that things changed."
Some Nigerians on the social media platforms however strongly frowned at the statement credited to Shehu, asking the federal government to leave the case to the EFCC to investigate.
The DAILY POST went online and collated diverse comments from Nigerians:
@Alhada69 "To me, Mallam Garba Shehu, you are trying to use the office of Mr President to defend Abba Kyari, which is unfair. His issues are becoming too many, so he has to come out clean, his closer to the Mr President should be set aside, enough is a enough."
@Princemeek19 "Garba Shehu should stop defending Abba Kyari, if he has a case to answer, let him face it. We can't be saying we are different and do normal things."
@Kabirmatazu "Mallam Shehu your government is continuously losing integrity, and when did you become the spokesman of EFCC? Please my brother allow the EFCC to do their job and unravel the whole truth on this matter."
@Futureking "where are those misplaced priority youths that contributed their one month salary of N45k to buy buhari ticket? if Abba kyari can earn this for a month, imagine how much Buhari you bought ticket for will earn. I wonder how much even this Garbage Shehu'll earn too."
@Diisaacsilver "For the fact that he rejected N200 million to his office is not ground to disregard the fraud allegations. What DSS and the EFCC did to the complainant is what @GarShehu is currently doing again now. Allow Abba kyari to defend himself. Stop kidding Nigerians."
@Godofelix "And you are proud telling us he uses 200 million monthly and can not account for anybody. That is corruption."
@Geotaha "Sir its not your job to exonerate Abba Kyari, what is the position of the EFCC? Allow them do their job! Fighting corruption should not be selective! Buhari take note sir."
@Abdulwahab "Just watched the Abba Kyari video, the presidency even have the guts to defend him, I'm really disappointed in this Government."
@Acharmomodu "Let the Presidency carry out an independent investigation devoid of sentiment. Not rushing to the press and social media defending Abba Kyari. Those who accused Abba Kyari are alive, so also is Abba Kyari."
Related Topics: #AbbaKyari #GarbaShehu #FederalGovernment #News
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Naomi Osaka Shocks The World By Humiliating Serena Williams In US Open Title
Posted: 09 Sep 2018 02:51 PM PDT
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20-year-old Naomi Osaka has won this year's US Open.
With this win, Osaka, has become the first Japanese tennis player to achieve this feat, as she thwarted Serena Williams' attempt to seal a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title, with a 6-2 6-4 victory in Saturday's final.
Serena who infuriated, imploded a furious tirade against umpire Carlos Ramos, calling him a "thief", after he docked her a point for three code violations.
In the battle of youth against experience, it was the Japanese Naomi Osaka, who launched out with a fearless attacking style of play.It is now also on record that Naomi Osaka is also the youngest woman to reach the final at Flushing Meadows, since Caroline Wozniacki did it as a 19-year-old in 2009.
Related Topics: #NaomiOsaka #SerenaWilliams #USOpen
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Presidency Responds To N29m Corruption Allegation Against Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari
Posted: 09 Sep 2018 10:15 AM PDT
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| Abba Kyari, President Buhari's Chief of Staff |
The Presidency has lent it's voice to condemn the allegation against President Muhammadu Buhari's Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, that he collected a sum of N29 million bribe for the award of a contract.
Garba Shehu, President Buhari's spokesman, in a statement on Saturday, stated that Kyari did not have any private meetings with the person making those allegations.
The presidential spokesman, said with crucial elections ahead, some politicians and their media agents appear to be working together to pile pressure on the Buhari administration by wielding non-existent scandals against it.
Garba said: "We equally note that the supply of 15 Hilux vehicles for the Presidency was an unlikely contract to have been awarded, as it did not exist anywhere in the 2016 and 2017 budgets."Checking the appropriation for 2016 and 2017, that request is not even there. How could Abba Kyari have asked for money to award a contract that did not exist anywhere at all?
"In addition to that, the amount allegedly given in bribe was also suspicious, as the office of the presidential aide had been known in the past to receive imprest of 200 million naira and above every month, with no one expected to give account.
"It was only since Abba Kyari occupied that position that things changed.
"In blunt terms, it is difficult to make a case of N29 million bribery against an official who spurned a monthly payment of N200 million to his office, money for which he didn't need to account to anyone.
"Once again, we wish to caution against the media's haste to publish unverified accusations against government officials simply for the sensationalism value, without journalists doing the due diligence required of them by their profession."
Related Topics: #GarbaShehu #AbbaKyari #Buhari
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