Fuel scarcity looms as PENGASSAN threatens to resume strike

I hope government won't allow that. Nigeria may be plunged into another round of fuel scarcity as the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has threatened to resume its suspended strike if the federal government refuses to enforce the implementation of an agreement reached among the tripartite partners in the industry.

Mark Zuckerberg Spotted taking selfies with President Buhari & others

         

The billionaire Facebook founder is back in Nigeria. He met with president Buhari at Aso Villa where he was seen in a suit happily taking a selfie with the president.

Buhari's media aide said Mark told VP Osinbajo that he wore a suit and his usual T.shirt and jeans, to meet President Buhari out of respect for him. Mark is back in Nigeria to speak at the closing ceremony of the Abuja Demo Day. More Photos Below

National Drivers’ License Now Lasts For Five Years.

The Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA) has announced a new validity period of five years for the National Drivers’ License, noting however that the choice is optional.

The General Manager of the Agency, Mr. Lateef Lawal, who disclosed this today, said the decision was taken at the 134th meeting of the Federal Road Safety Commission’s Joint Tax Board in order to ease off the renewal/reissue process of the driver’s licence.

Nigeria In Big Economic Problem, Aero Shuts Down.

These are not good times for Nigeria as a nation, Where did we get it wrong? Our economy is officially in recession, companies are sacking or shutting down. Sigh!

Aero Contractors Airlines, Nigeria's second largest commercial carrier has announced the suspension of its scheduled services beginning from tomorrow Thursday September 1, 2016.

Aero said this “business decision”, which is a result of the current economic situation in the country, had forced some other airlines to suspend operations or pull out of Nigeria.

We Realised In 2015 That Unless We Come Together, The PDP Will Succeed In Killing Nigeria- Buhari

We Realised In 2015 That Unless We Come Together, The PDP Will Succeed In Killing Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari has recounted how he and some opposition leaders were forced to make sacrifices that led to the merger arrangement that produced the All Progressives Congress, APC, explaining that they had to do this to prevent the country from going under.

He stressed that with the desperate situation the country found itself, the leaders of the opposition at that time had no other alternative than to sacrifice and join hands to build a party that would take out the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Buhari made this assertion during the launch of a book, titled: ‘From Opposition to Governing Party: Nigeria’s APC Merger Story,’ written by one of the founding fathers of the APC, now Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.

Corrupt Public Officers Should Face Capital Punishment. NLC

Following the mindboggling revelations arising from the $2.1bn arms procurement scandal, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday insisted on its stance that corrupt public officers should face capital punishment.

Addressing journalists in Abuja, NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, stated that the ongoing detention of some persons by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in connection with the alleged stealing and diversion of monies meant to prosecute war against insurgency in the North East, justified the union’s calls for summary execution of corrupt public officials.
Some ex-high ranking government officials, including former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki are currently in the custody of EFCC over complicity in the $2.1bn arms deal.

EFCC SHOULD PRODUCE CHIEF RAYMOND DOKPESI IN COURT ON DEC I4th 2015. COURT ORDERS.

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) to produce the former chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, in court on December 14, 2015 and show cause why he should not be granted conditional or uncondi­tional bail by the court.

Dokpesi had being in the custody of the EFCC in the last one week over an alleged money laundering involving N2.1 billion.
Justice Kolawole, while ruling in an exparte motion argued by Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), ordered the EFCC should be put on notice and appear on Decem­ber 14 with the detained former boss of DAAR Com­munications.

President Buhari's Many Foreign Trips Is For The Good Of The Country - Lai Mohammed

President Buhari's Many Foreign Trips Is For The Good Of The Country

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has justified the many foreign trips of the President, saying that such trips by President Buhari since assuming office are critical to the implementation of his administration key policies of enhancing security, jump-starting the economy, creating jobs and fighting corruption.

In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja and signed by the Special Assistant to the Minister of Information and Culture, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister said all the trips have started yielding fruits in terms of turning the tide in the fight against the insurgents, attracting investments in the range of billions of dollars, and securing global support for the administration’s anti-corruption fight.

“Nigerians, whether in the ruling or the opposition parties, have a right to ask questions about the activities of their President, but it is absolutely important that they do so from an informed, rather than partisan or sensational, standpoint,’’ he said.

What Happens To PDP In The Future Depends On The Women - Kema Chikwe

What Happens To PDP In The Future Depends On The Women

The National Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Kema Chikwe, yesterday said party would not have lost the last presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari if its women wing had a significant role to play before and during the election.
She added that what would happen to the PDP in the future largely “depends on the women because they are more committed, more determined, more understanding, more patient and more futuristic in politics.

We Are Completely In Support Of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Anti-Corruption Drive. PDP

We Are Completely In Support Of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Anti-Corruption Drive. 

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it was not against the arrest of its members who have committed various forms of crimes, but stressed that there should be fairness and transparency in the investigation and trial processes.
Reacting to Chief Raymond Dokpesi’s arrest over his alleged involvement in financial deals with the office of National Security Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki, PDP national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, said that the party was completely in support of President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption drive.

Dasuki Denies Implicating Anyone

                        Dasuki Denies Implicating Anyone

The trial of the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo‎ Dasuki has again been stalled following the filing of a fresh application by the federal government seeking to stop the execution of the bail granted to the accused person on November 3, 2015.

At the resumed hearing, lawyer to the federal government, Mr Oladipo Okpeseyitan said that he had just been briefed to handle the case through a fiat of the Attorney General of the Federation authorizing him to take over the prosecution of the case.

Press Release From DAAR Communication Over The Arrest Of Chairman Emeritus High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi.

Press Release From DAAR Communication owners of AIT and Raypower 

On Monday Nov 30, 2015 whilst attending the 70th birthday celebration of former Minister and PDP stalwart, Professor Jerry Gana, the Chairman Emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc. received a telephone call from the Ag. Chairman of EFCC Ibrahim Magu inviting him to the visit the EFCC Headquarters to provide some clarifications and documentation regarding some transactions involving the Office of the erstwhile NSA during the 2015 Presidential election campaigns.
On Tuesday Dec 1, 2015 around 2.00pm, High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi honored the verbal telephone invitation and voluntarily drove himself to the EFCC Headquarters in the company of his son, Raymond Dokpesi Jr and a legal representative of the Chambers of Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, in the person of Barrister Justin Omogbemeh. It is pertinent to state that the contrary to news reports, he wasn't arrested nor was he even formally invited, as there is no letter of invitation. At the commission, he was requested to shed more light on some payments that were made to him through the office of the erstwhile National Security Officer to the former President, Mallam Sambo Dasuki. High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi made his statement on the various media exposures and campaign transactions, which were dutifully carried out across most broadcast, print and social media in and outside Nigeria. Surprisingly, rather than been allowed to go home, a free man, or at most on administrative bail, in self recognizance, High Chief Dokpesi was kept by EFCC operatives, with onerous bail conditions imposed for his release. It is theses conditions that we are now attempting to perfect for his immediate release.

Signed Raymond Dokpesi, Jnr For the Dokpesi Family

Okorocha's Plan To Spend N600m To Decorate Imo For Yuletide Is Ridiculous- Ihedioha

The immediate past Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, has blasted the Imo State government for planning to spend over N600 million for Christmas and New Year decorations in the state.

Ihedioha in a statement by his media aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu, wondered why Imo should spend such outrageous amount on decorations while citizens had not been paid for months.

President Buhari's Change Mantra Is A Mere Slogan - Ben Nwabueze

Constitutional lawyer and Chairman of The Patriots, Professor Ben Nwabueze, in this interview during the meeting of the eminent personalities in Lagos spoke on the need for caution on the agitations for Biafra saying the mere name of MASSOB connotes treason as there cannot be another independent state within Nigeria.
The octogenarian former Minister of education also lampooned the Buhari administration over the change mantra saying so far, there is nothing like change in the country.

Boko Haram Will Be Defeated By December - Nigeria’s Defence Minister

Nigeria’s defence minister, Brigadier-General Mansur Mohammed Dan-Ali (rtd), yesterday assured that Boko Haram will be defeated by the December deadline given to the military by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Dan-Ali gave the assurance during a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Appropriation to consider the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for a N465 billion supplementary budget.

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PDP Reacts To The Arrest Of Dokpesi. Read

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns in its entirety, the arrest of media mogul, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi and other opposition elements by the APC-led Federal Government.

The party also alerted that it has been made aware that more notable PDP leaders have similarly been listed for arrest over unproven allegations pursuant to the plot by the APC to cow and silence opposition in the country.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh in a statement on Tuesday said the military style of pronouncement of guilt on Chief Dokpesi before any fair hearing, betrays the fact that he is a victim of political persecution and mob trial by the APC government because of his association with the PDP.

EFCC Picks Up Bafarawa, Dokpesi Over Stolen defence funds.

More Nigerian politicians believed to have benefitted from the huge security budget said to be missing were Tuesday arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa and the Chairman Emeritus of Daar Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, were among the latest to be questioned by the security agents for allegedly receiving huge sums of money from the office of the embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

Pro Biafra Protesters Currently In Onitsha. Photos

Photos of the protest going on right now at the Onitsha bridgehead. Soldiers placed barricade on the road, disrupting the agitators from crossing the bridge. The River Niger bridge is totally blocked. Vehicles coming from Onitsha and Asaba axes are on stand still also.

Kogi Polls: Faleke Writes Oyegun Again

Late Prince Abubakar Audu’s running mate in the November 21 election, James Abiodun Faleke, has declined to pair with Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who has been named the party’s candidate for the supplementary election on Saturday, insisting that he should be declared governor-elect on the APC platform.

The APC looked set to win the election but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared it inconclusive, following the inability of some registered voters to vote in 91 units.