Nigeria politics

The Nigerian senate president, Olubukola Saraki has once again sent a strong message to APC leaders and other politicians when he edited the bio on his Twitter account, removing his party abbreviation "APC". A move that surprised his Twitter followers and also brought about different questions about his party, APC

The leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Saraki have been in a rift after he skipped party protocol, disregards all meetings, even with the president, and met with the opposition party members to help him achieve his aim of becoming the senate president. An act that has caused his friendship with NIgerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, and also grudges with Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

                  

Bukola Saraki wife, Toyin Saraki  have been arraigned before the EFCC for money laundering since he emerged president, and himself is also facing different corruption charges too. 

Bukola Saraki was supposed to appear before a "code of conduct" tribunal last Friday for some of the corruption allegations leveled against him, but he failed to show up at the tribunal. 

               

               Bukola Saraki removed APC from his Twitter bio, a move that caused a lot of people asking questions about APC stability

Probably noticing some elements in his party are behind his recent woes and using anti-corruption agencies against him and his family, he  decided going toe-to-toe with them, and this might lead to a major shakedown of a party that looks to be united during their political campaign, a party that got back power from opposition, PDP after 16 years of ruling Nigeria.

                  

After a lot of speculation by his followers, Bukola Saraki then dropped another tweet to clarify himself and assured his followers that he is still a member of the APC, with some of his followers also comparing his bio to that of the Nigerian president, President Muhammadu Buhari and vice-president, Professor Osinbajo both of which don't have the APC tags to their profile.

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Femi Fani-Kayode, the director of media and publicity of Goodluck Jonathan/Sambo campaign has written recently on his Facebook account about the recent happenings in Nigeria. Femi said that Nigerians will be deceiving themselves if they believe that the current person of General Muhammadu Buhari is here to curb the terrorism menace of the North-East part of the country, he said that the president has always been defending the terrorist group, and also share their views, and now that he is in power, he is definitely going to give them a free hand to operate.

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  From left, Femi Fani Kayode, President Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Femi Fani-Kayode said that he was not really surprised at the recent bombings happening in different parts of the country by Boko-Haram and their newly found barbarity, courage and zeal. He said that military checkpoints have been removed from Nigerian roads, therefore, Nigerians should not be surprised.

He also said that over 182 arrested Boko Haram members were freed by the order from the presidency, and that whether people like it or not, Boko Haram have strong friends and allies who are ruling the affairs of the nation.

       

He said that a lot of things will happen in the few months that Nigerians won't believe as situation are only unfolding as time goes on. He said that though they had warned the Nigerian people, but they wanted "Change" so therefore must live with the consequences of their actions.

Femi Fani-Kayode also writes about the recent political appointment in the country, as the president have only been appointing people from the Northern part of the country. He said that the ethnic agenda of the current government should leave nobody in doubt on who really owns the country, and who the slaves are.

Tinubu followers can now see his destruction and demystification by his trusted allies in the APC, and it is surprising to see Tinubu followers crying foul over that, they should have seen the Northern conspiracy as we warned them but they never yielded to our advice.

 

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Read the full inaugural speech of President Muhammadu Buhari following his swering in today, the 29th of May, 2015.

I am immensely grateful to God Who Has preserved us to witness this day and this occasion. Today marks a triumph for Nigeria and an occasion to celebrate her freedom and cherish her democracy. Nigerians have shown their commitment to democracy and are determined to entrench its culture. Our journey has not been easy but thanks to the determination of our people and strong support from friends abroad we have today a truly democratically elected government in place.

                    

I would like to thank President Goodluck Jonathan for his display of statesmanship in setting a precedent for us that has now made our people proud to be Nigerians wherever they are. With the support and cooperation he has given to the transition process, he has made it possible for us to show the world that despite the perceived tension in the land we can be a united people capable of doing what is right for our nation. Together we co-operated to surprise the world that had come to expect only the worst from Nigeria. I hope this act of graciously accepting defeat by the outgoing President will become the standard of political conduct in the country.

I would like to thank the millions of our supporters who believed in us even when the cause seemed hopeless. I salute their resolve in waiting long hours in rain and hot sunshine to register and cast their votes and stay all night if necessary to protect and ensure their votes count and were counted. I thank those who tirelessly carried the campaign on the social media. At the same time, I thank our other countrymen and women who did not vote for us but contributed to make our democratic culture truly competitive, strong and definitive.

I thank all of you.

Having just a few minutes ago sworn on the Holy Book, I intend to keep my oath and serve as President to all Nigerians.

I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.

A few people have privately voiced fears that on coming back to office I shall go after them. These fears are groundless. There will be no paying off old scores. The past is prologue.

Our neighbours in the Sub-region and our African brethenen should rest assured that Nigeria under our administration will be ready to play any leadership role that Africa expects of it. Here I would like to thank the governments and people of Cameroon, Chad and Niger for committing their armed forces to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria.

I also wish to assure the wider international community of our readiness to cooperate and help to combat threats of cross-border terrorism, sea piracy, refugees and boat people, financial crime, cyber crime, climate change, the spread of communicable diseases and other challenges of the 21st century.

At home we face enormous challenges. Insecurity, pervasive corruption, the hitherto unending and seemingly impossible fuel and power shortages are the immediate concerns. We are going to tackle them head on. Nigerians will not regret that they have entrusted national responsibility to us. We must not succumb to hopelessness and defeatism. We can fix our problems.

In recent times Nigerian leaders appear to have misread our mission. Our founding fathers, Mr Herbert Macauley, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Malam Aminu Kano, Chief J.S. Tarka, Mr Eyo Ita, Chief Denis Osadeby, Chief Ladoke Akintola and their colleagues worked to establish certain standards of governance. They might have differed in their methods or tactics or details, but they were united in establishing a viable and progressive country. Some of their successors behaved like spoilt children breaking everything and bringing disorder to the house.

Furthermore, we as Nigerians must remind ourselves that we are heirs to great civilizations: Shehu Othman Dan fodio’s caliphate, the Kanem Borno Empire, the Oyo Empire, the Benin Empire and King Jaja’s formidable domain. The blood of those great ancestors flow in our veins. What is now required is to build on these legacies, to modernize and uplift Nigeria.

Daunting as the task may be it is by no means insurmountable. There is now a national consensus that our chosen route to national development is democracy. To achieve our objectives we must consciously work the democratic system. The Federal Executive under my watch will not seek to encroach on the duties and functions of the Legislative and Judicial arms of government. The law enforcing authorities will be charged to operate within the Constitution. We shall rebuild and reform the public service to become more effective and more serviceable. We shall charge them to apply themselves with integrity to stabilize the system.

For their part the legislative arm must keep to their brief of making laws, carrying out over-sight functions and doing so expeditiously. The judicial system needs reform to cleanse itself from its immediate past. The country now expects the judiciary to act with dispatch on all cases especially on corruption, serious financial crimes or abuse of office. It is only when the three arms act constitutionally that government will be enabled to serve the country optimally and avoid the confusion all too often bedeviling governance today.

Elsewhere relations between Abuja and the States have to be clarified if we are to serve the country better. Constitutionally there are limits to powers of each of the three tiers of government but that should not mean the Federal Government should fold its arms and close its eyes to what is going on in the states and local governments. Not least the operations of the Local Government Joint Account. While the Federal Government can not interfere in the details of its operations it will ensure that the gross corruption at the local level is checked. As far as the constitution allows me I will try to ensure that there is responsible and accountable governance at all levels of government in the country. For I will not have kept my own trust with the Nigerian people if I allow others abuse theirs under my watch.

However, no matter how well organized the governments of the federation are they can not succeed without the support, understanding and cooperation of labour unions, organized private sector, the press and civil society organizations. I appeal to employers and workers alike to unite in raising productivity so that everybody will have the opportunity to share in increased prosperity. The Nigerian press is the most vibrant in Africa. My appeal to the media today – and this includes the social media – is to exercise its considerable powers with responsibility and patriotism.

My appeal for unity is predicated on the seriousness of the legacy we are getting into. With depleted foreign reserves, falling oil prices, leakages and debts the Nigerian economy is in deep trouble and will require careful management to bring it round and to tackle the immediate challenges confronting us, namely; Boko Haram, the Niger Delta situation, the power shortages and unemployment especially among young people. For the longer term we have to improve the standards of our education. We have to look at the whole field of medicare. We have to upgrade our dilapidated physical infrastructure.

The most immediate is Boko Haram’s insurgency. Progress has been made in recent weeks by our security forces but victory can not be achieved by basing the Command and Control Centre in Abuja. The command centre will be relocated to Maiduguri and remain until Boko Haram is completely subdued. But we can not claim to have defeated Boko Haram without rescuing the Chibok girls and all other innocent persons held hostage by insurgents.

This government will do all it can to rescue them alive. Boko Haram is a typical example of small fires causing large fires. An eccentric and unorthodox preacher with a tiny following was given posthumous fame and following by his extra judicial murder at the hands of the police. Since then through official bungling, negligence, complacency or collusion Boko Haram became a terrifying force taking tens of thousands of lives and capturing several towns and villages covering swathes of Nigerian sovereign territory.

Boko Haram is a mindless, godless group who are as far away from Islam as one can think of. At the end of the hostilities when the group is subdued the Government intends to commission a sociological study to determine its origins, remote and immediate causes of the movement, its sponsors, the international connexions to ensure that measures are taken to prevent a reccurrence of this evil. For now the Armed Forces will be fully charged with prosecuting the fight against Boko haram. We shall overhaul the rules of engagement to avoid human rights violations in operations. We shall improve operational and legal mechanisms so that disciplinary steps are taken against proven human right violations by the Armed Forces.

Boko Haram is not only the security issue bedeviling our country. The spate of kidnappings, armed robberies, herdsmen/farmers clashes, cattle rustlings all help to add to the general air of insecurity in our land. We are going to erect and maintain an efficient, disciplined people – friendly and well – compensated security forces within an over – all security architecture.

The amnesty programme in the Niger Delta is due to end in December, but the Government intends to invest heavily in the projects, and programmes currently in place. I call on the leadership and people in these areas to cooperate with the State and Federal Government in the rehabilitation programmes which will be streamlined and made more effective. As ever, I am ready to listen to grievances of my fellow Nigerians. I extend my hand of fellowship to them so that we can bring peace and build prosperity for our people.

No single cause can be identified to explain Nigerian’s poor economic performance over the years than the power situation. It is a national shame that an economy of 180 million generates only 4,000MW, and distributes even less. Continuous tinkering with the structures of power supply and distribution and close on $20b expanded since 1999 have only brought darkness, frustration, misery, and resignation among Nigerians. We will not allow this to go on. Careful studies are under way during this transition to identify the quickest, safest and most cost-effective way to bring light and relief to Nigerians.

Unemployment, notably youth un-employment features strongly in our Party’s Manifesto. We intend to attack the problem frontally through revival of agriculture, solid minerals mining as well as credits to small and medium size businesses to kick – start these enterprises. We shall quickly examine the best way to revive major industries and accelerate the revival and development of our railways, roads and general infrastructure.

Your Excellencies, My fellow Nigerians I can not recall when Nigeria enjoyed so much goodwill abroad as now. The messages I received from East and West, from powerful and small countries are indicative of international expectations on us. At home the newly elected government is basking in a reservoir of goodwill and high expectations. Nigeria therefore has a window of opportunity to fulfill our long – standing potential of pulling ourselves together and realizing our mission as a great nation.

Our situation somehow reminds one of a passage in Shakespeare’s Julius Ceasar

There is a tide in the affairs of men which,

taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;

Omitted, all the voyage of their life,

Is bound in shallows and miseries.

We have an opportunity. Let us take it.

Thank you

Muhammadu Buhari

President Federal Republic of NIGERIA

and Commander in-chief-of the Armed forces

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Chief Tony Anenih

The PDP board of trustees chairman, Tony Anenih as tendered his resignation letter as chairman of the board. This is coming few hours after the PDP chairman, Adamu Mu'azu also resigned as the PDP chairman.

                

Tony Anenih in his letter said that he is resigning as the BoT chairman to allow the outgoing president to take over as the chairman or appoint anyone competent and also citing the current situation of the party as the reason for his resignation. In a letter written to the presidency, Tony Anenih said : 

      Notice of my decision to step down as Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party

Your Excellency will recall that in a conversation I had with you a few weeks ago, I had offered to step down from the office of the Chairman of our party’s Board of Trustees and proposed to hand over to you as its new Chairman in a ceremony that would have taken place on the 23rd of May, 2015. I had also repeated this position in our subsequent meetings.

As a follow up to the above proposal and in view of the current state of affairs in our party, I have decided to formally put my offer in writing to enable you effectively assume the Chairmanship of Board of Trustees or approve a process that will enable any other member of the BoT who is considered competent, to assume the position

Kindly accept therefore, this letter as notice of my decision to step down from the position of Chairman of the BoT of our party with effect from today, the 20th of May, 2015.

I am happy to inform you that, I remain a loyal foundation member of our great party and will continue to pray for the prosperity of Nigeria, our party, and for you and your family.

Your Excellency, kindly accept the expression of my highest regards.

The PDP amended their constitution in 2012 convention to allow members to be the BoT chairman, the BoT was a position only held by past president, a constitution Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo had amended when he was the president of the country under the party.

 

A lot of political disagreement had rocked the biggest party in Africa, PDP(People Democratic Party), after they lost the presidential election to the APC (All Progressive Congress). The crisis in the party has taken a bad turn after the chairman of the party, Adamu Mu'azu resigns as the chairman of the party.

      

His resignation has taken immediate effect. 

President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the immediate resignation of the  chairman of the board of trustees(BoT), Chief Tony Anenih, though it is not known whether Anenih has accepted to resign or not.

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The People democratic party(PDP) in Nigeria is making moves to regain power in the year 2019. The PDP that went into one of the most contended election in Nigeria politics, loosing at both federal level and the state level to the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed led political party, APC (All progressives congress).

                                      

The members of the national working committee and state chairman have decided to work together in achieving the aim come 2019. In a joint statement released by the vice-chairman of the party in North-West,  Ibrahim Kazaure, and the Benue State Chairman, Emmanuel Agbo, it reads that :

The meeting resolves to give all necessary support to the national leadership of the party under the chairmanship of Adamu Mu’azu to enable them to re-engineer and rebrand the party for the task of regaining power by 2019.

The meeting notes the outcome of the 2015 general elections and accordingly resolves not to allow the temporary setback affect the party’s contributions to the democratic development of the country.

The meeting notes and appreciates the patriotic stand taken by President Goodluck Jonathan after the elections as another milestone in the party’s contributions to peace, stability and progress of the nation.

The meeting also denounced the anomalies and irregularities that happened, and it said characterise the general elections in many states to the disadvantage of the PDP, it will also resist any undue harassment, witch-hunt and any form of intimidation or undemocratic tendencies from the opposition aimed at bringing down members of the PDP psychologically

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Oyo State, Nigeria: A new evidence has shown the decadence of the Nigeria society. The image shows how deep-rooted the corruption in Nigeria as the former governor of Oyo state, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, the gubernatorial candidate of Oyo state under his party, Accord party returned 500 Million Naira [$2.5Million] between 2008 to 2013.

                     

The money was returned to the state treasury after the after the Economic and financial crime commission[EFCC] caught him red handed converting the state shares to personal use. 

The covered story was discovered after the attorney general of Oyo state, Barrister Bayo Ojo on April 1st 2015 drafted a letter to the EFCC to disclose the accused person whom the looted money was discovered.

The letter was obtained obtained by Sahara reporters and also the receipt, Check below:

 

 

Political Game In Oyo State

 The Accord party released a defamatory video yesterday online in which the performance and ability of the incumbent governor were called into question. Some of the contents of the video show how pensioners in Oyo state have been deprived of their pensions and had to pray  to get it. 

Also it shows how the governor destroyed some road side shops of people in Ibadan, calling the act callous from the governor to the poor people of Oyo state. 

The video was released under the Accord party camp.

The fraud evidence that emerged online today might be a way to let people know that the former senator and governor is not who he claims to be.

Check out the defamatory video here :

           

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I don’t want anything from anybody, but Ayo should stop insulting and abusing my father’s name. As a result of Fayose’s attitude, many people believe the Fayose family is rude but it is far from the truth.

Ibadan, Nigeria : Segun Fayose,  elder brother to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has kicked against the recent outburst of his the governor and said he is a disgrace to the family name. Segun while speaking to newsmen has appealed to Ayodele to stop embarrassing the family name, the father who was a pastor before his death held close to his heart.

                         Segun and Ayodele fayose

According to the nation, Segun who is a UK-based accountant said he and other family members cherish the name their father left behind and Ayodele should stop insulting people like the former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari.

 He said :

     It is a pity Nigerians are celebrating criminals. I am angry with Nigerians for electing somebody like Ayodele as governor. My children cannot come to Nigeria because of the terrible situation of our country.

 I don’t have a relationship with any of our leaders because of their criminality and anybody who says I collected money from  the opposition should step forward to challenge me. Ekiti and Nigeria are bigger than Fayose’s name and both names should be protected.

“I don’t want anything from anybody, but Ayo should stop insulting and abusing my father’s name. As a result of Fayose’s attitude, many people believe the Fayose family is rude but it is far from the truth.

“I have spoken to him many times, but he refused to listen. Buhari and Obasanjo are old enough to be his father and I don’t know why he should be insulting them.

“I am always sad with the situation of this country. Ayo’s arrogance is one of the reasons I said people should not vote for him prior to the Ekiti governorship election. If all I am saying is not true, my six children should die and I should end up in shame.

 

“Most of us abroad are not happy with the situation of Nigeria. We are sad. When people call me from Ekiti to complain about Ayo, I tell them to forgive the family. People should not see Ayo as an ambassador of our family.”

Governor Fayose whom many Nigerians have tagged PDP attack dog is been in the newspapers headlines for different reasons since the APC presidential candidate emerged. Governor Fayose said that General Muhammadu Buhari is not mentally fit to rule a country like Nigeria, moreover people at the age of 73 are using pampers to aid them since they cannot control their body any longer.

He had also said if Nigerians electorate don't want to have another state burial, they should not vote for general Muhammadu Buhari because he is sick and the APC party chieftain are just hiding it from the Nigerian populace.

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In about a week to the Nigeria presidential election, a lot of rumours and accusations have been passed round between the APC Camps and the PDP camps. The latest allegation is coming from the special adviser and media aide to the former governor of Lagos state, Sunday Dare.

                            

Sunday Dare took to the micro-blogging social media website, Twitter to let his followers and Nigerians know the current plan of the PDP. The man via his twitter handle @gebusites, reported the intimidation of former governor of Lagos state, Bola Ahmed Tinubu by men of the Nigerian army as they paraded his Ikoye residence.

He said that the PDP chieftain, Chief Bode George bought guns for members of Sure-P ahead of the presidential elections. Even though an evidence has been presented to the police, no action is taking place and Bode George is yet to be arrested.

Also in his tweet, Dare said an order was sent from Abuja for the APC party founder, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This was done to cripple the opposition ahead of the Presidential election on March 28.

The PDP media spokesperson,Femi Fani Kayode is yet to release a statement on the allegation. 

 

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President Ebele Goodluck Jonathan met with the BBC this week to discuss about the upcoming election and Boko Haram in Nigeria. President Goodluck said the Jihadists are getting weaker as the  Nigerian Army moves in on them. Some of the men had escaped through neighbouring towns while some had their way back into the country as ordinary civilians.

The BBC correspondent said the Military confirmed that they don't know where the Chibok girls are hiding, and President Goodluck said that if the military said that, it is possibly true. He continues that the military suspects that the large number of girls are in Sambisa forest. But he is not sure where others girls are staying at the moment.

                            

See everyday we look at the news and the Chibok girls are not announced dead, so I have a feeling they are still alive, President Jonathan said.

Answering why the campaign against Boko Haram is so tough at this time of near election, he said that the government underated the terrorist cell and that since the Nigeria civil war, the country had not battled any civil war within its territory, and as such the country was not prepared. We did not have enough arms to equip the army and the air force, but now, they are well equipped and the war on Boko Haram is tough.

I accept the wrongs in the nation and will also take the glory to the right.

Changing his countenance at the interviewer, he said that the media never appreciates what his government is doing.

On his election victory, President Goodluck Jonathan said, "I will surely win the election". I have a strong support based system from the people, so i will win. 

What happens if he looses, I will accept defeat and other candidates should do same, but am sure that i will win the election.

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