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Nasarawa House of Assembly Outline 16 offences Against Governor Al-Makura

Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura

NASARAWA State lawmakers on Thursday proceeded with their moves to remove the state governor, Tanko Al-Makura, by levelling against him 16 charges bordering on alleged official gross misconduct.

The charges by the state House of Assembly include missing local government joint account funds between June 2011 and April 2012; and from January to July, 2013.

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President Jonathan Dissapoints Over Botched Meeting With Chibok Girls Parents —APC

JONATHAN EMBARRASSED NIGERIA OVER BOTCHED MEETING WITH CHIBOK PARENTS —APC
THE All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, knocked President Goodluck Jonathan, over the botched meeting with parents of kidnapped Chibok girls.
It described as an embarassment the fact that it took a 17-year-old girl-child education campaigner, Pakistani Malala Yousafzai, to visit and convince President Jonathan to agree to a meeting with representatives of the parents.
The party, in a statement issued in Lagos, on Thursday, by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said “President Jonathan, who has already embarrassed himself and Nigerians by his inexplicable failure to visit Chibok since the girls were abducted over 90 days ago, compounded the embarrassment and insulted Nigerians by waiting for Malala to goad him to meet with the girls’ parents, not even in Chibok, but in Abuja.’’
It added that after the meeting failed because the parents were not properly informed and invited, adding that it was disappointed that the presidency turned around to blame the opposition and the #Bringbackourgirls# group.
The party alerted Nigerians that the reason President Jonathan agreed to meet with the parents was so that he could use the meeting as a photo-op, after Malala pushed for it and the president’s US-based image laundering firm acceded to it.
“Mr President, your frantic effort to meet with the Chibok parents now is too little too late and no amount of photo-op will change that. If your handlers had been sincere, Mr President, they would have told you that the best venue of the meeting is Chibok, not Abuja, where your people tried, but failed to waylay the parents, who came for a meeting with Malala,” the party added.
APC reminded President Jonathan that neither in Nigeria’s culture nor in any other culture were those hit by tragedy invited to be offered solace, adding that the practice was to visit those to be offered solace ‘in situ’.
The party reiterated its earlier call on the president to shake off his alleged lethargy and bring the abducted school- girls home safely, instead of playing politics with the lives of over 200 human beings.
Source: Tribune

THE All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, knocked President Goodluck Jonathan, over the botched meeting with parents of kidnapped Chibok girls.
It described as an embarassment the fact that it took a 17-year-old girl-child education campaigner, Pakistani Malala Yousafzai, to visit and convince President Jonathan to agree to a meeting with representatives of the parents.

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It's Insulting To Describe Northerners As Leeches — ALIYU

Chairman, Northern States Governors’ Forum, NSGF, and governor of Niger State, Dr Babangida Aliyu, has described as insulting and sad, insinuations by certain members of the National Conference that the north was leecherous.

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I’m Ready To Defend N6Billion Debt Allegation--Nyako

I’M READY TO DEFEND N6BN DEBT ALLEGATION, SAYS NYAKO
Former Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako remained defiant yesterday, saying he is ready to defend his integrity.
Security agencies and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are after Nyako, who was impeached in hazy circumstances on Tuesday, but he remains in high spirits, according to an aide.
Nyako is accused by Acting Governor Umaru Fintiri of plunging the state into a N6billion debt.
He said the loans he took, including the controversial N6billion, were approved by the House of Assembly.
Also yesterday, The Nation learnt that former Deputy Governor Bala James Ngillari was under pressure to go to court to seek his reinstatement as acting governor “because he was forced to resign”.
Nyako, who spoke through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Ahmad Sajoh, said he had nothing to hide on his tenure.
He said: “Admiral Murtala Nyako is ready to defend himself on any allegation in an open court and under a fair system.
“But he said in a system where impunity is the order of the day, he cannot get a fair hearing. How do you expect a goat to get fair hearing in a court presided over by wolves?”
On the alleged N6billion debt left behind by Nyako administration, Nyako’s spokesman said: “The Acting Governor has not even settled down; he has not been briefed by those in charge and he is declaring debts of about N6billion.
“This shows that the Acting Governor is acting a script. We knew the script was written long ago; they will release sleaze materials to vilify Nyako. That is why they have sent security agents and EFCC operatives after him to cast aspersion on Admiral Nyako.
“If Nyako left N6billion debt, all the loans or debts were approved by the House of Assembly, which was presided over by the Acting Governor in his capacity as the Speaker. So, you can see that they are acting a script.
“The whole thing borders on what Nyako said about how President Goodluck Jonathan is tackling the insurgency in the country. They were not happy and they decided to remove him from office. But is he not being vindicated now?”
Ngillari’s plan to go to court is believed to have the backing of
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief, including some National Assembly members.
The plot will lead to Fintiri’s removal.
Investigation by our correspondent revealed that some stakeholders were unhappy that Ngilari was forced to resign without following the provision of the 1999 Constitution. A source said: “Ngillari was either forced or frightened to write the resignation letter by members of the House of Assembly.
“But they shot themselves in the foot when they asked him to write the resignation letter to the Speaker, instead of the governor.
“What happened was that Ngillari, on Tuesday, wrote the governor on his resignation from office.
“But in their desperation to remove the former governor, the House of Assembly asked Ngilari to write the Speaker directly because Nyako was in Abuja and it would take time for him to communicate Ngillari’s decision to the Assembly.
“Ngilari withdrew the resignation letter he sent to the governor and wrote a fresh one to the Speaker, which was a violation of Section 306(5) of 1999 Constitution.”
Sajoh had in a statement said: “We wish to state categorically that Section 306 (5) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended requires that the deputy resign not to the House of Assembly but to the Governor. As at the time the supposed resignation was said to have been tendered in the House, Murtala H. Nyako was the governor of Adamawa State.
“No such was written to him, none was received by him and none was approved by him. It should, therefore, be known that in the eyes of the law, the deputy governor has not resigned. Barrister Bala James Ngillari is still the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State.
“This clarification is necessary to avert another subversion of the constitution, since the order processes relating to the impeachment saga have all been in contravention of the constitution and the law. We wish to observe that the continued abuse of the constitution and the law of the land will spell doom for our democracy.”
Source: The Nation

Former Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako remained defiant yesterday, saying he is ready to defend his integrity.
Security agencies and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are after Nyako, who was impeached in hazy circumstances on Tuesday, but he remains in high spirits, according to an aide.

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Nigerian Senate Embarks On 8 Weeks Summer Break

SENATE EMBARKS ON 8 WEEKS’ VACATION, RESUMES PLENARY SEPT 16
ABUJA—THE Senate yesterday proceeded on eight weeks’ annual vacation to resume plenary September 16.
Senate leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, had moved a motion for the adjournment for the Senate to embark on its long annual vacation but also noted that committee work would continue to enable committees tidy up their work for consideration at a special plenary slated for next Thursday, July 24.
Before the adjournment, the Senate considered and passed the conference committee report on Repeal and Re-Enactment of the Prisons Bill by the Committee on Interior.
The red chamber also received the report of its Committees on National Security and Intelligence, Defence and Army, Police Affairs and Interior on fact finding on the recent attacks and killings in Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Katsina, Zamfara, and Kaduna states.
The Senate also approved the Presidential nomination of three persons, including Aliyu Mohammed, Dahiru Hassan Balami and Stanley Lawson.
Aliyu Mohammed was screened and approved for appointment as a member of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
Dahiru Hassan Balami was screened and approved for appointment as a member of the Central Bank of Nigeria Monetary Policy, NMP, while Stanley Lawson was screened and approved for appointment as non-executive member of the CBN Board.
The Senate also received the reports of the Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on sudden withdrawal of a detachment of mobile police and subsequent attack on Kizara village by bandits.
It equally received the report of its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions which considered the alleged collection of N3 billion by members of joint Committee on Establishment investigating pension administration in Nigeria.
Source: Vanguard

The Senate yesterday proceeded on eight weeks’ annual vacation to resume plenary September 16.
Senate leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, had moved a motion for the adjournment for the Senate to embark on its long annual vacation but also noted that committee work would continue to enable committees tidy up their work for consideration at a special plenary slated for next Thursday, July 24.
Before the adjournment, the Senate considered and passed the conference committee report on Repeal and Re-Enactment of the Prisons Bill by the Committee on Interior.

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Falana Urges National Assembly To Reject N1 Billion Loan To Fight Boko Haram Sects

REJECT JONATHAN’S $1BN LOAN REQUEST, FALANA TELLS N’ASSEMBLY
A National Conference delegate, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has asked the National Assembly to reject the request made by President Goodluck Jonathan, asking for the Assembly’s approval for a $1bn loan to aid the war against the Islamic sects, Boko Haram.
Falana said the President must explain what he had been doing with the budgets made for defence in the past few years.
He said, “The request made by President Jonathan for approval of the Senate for a loan of $1 bn to fight the menace of the Boko Haram sect should be rejected in its entirety. Between 2010 and 2013 over N3tn was budgeted for defence.
“Under the Appropriation Bill signed into law on May 23 this year, 20 per cent of the entire federal budget i.e. the sum of N968.127bn out of N4.962tn was earmarked for defence. The Senate should find out what happened to the defence budget in the middle of the year to warrant a supplementary budget of N160bn.”
Similarly, another Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yusuf Alli, said the request by the President had created a state of uncertainty as he had yet to be fully aware of all the parameters for the request.
He urged the National Assembly to be sure there was a need for it before approving it.
He said, “I am sure they should be sure that there is a need for it before they will approve it. One does not possess all the parameters for asking for the loan, so one is a bit in a quandary. One does not have all the factors that have been considered.
“But one wants to believe that the National Assembly will be given all the facts to do the correct thing.”
Source: Punch

A National Conference delegate, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has asked the National Assembly to reject the request made by President Goodluck Jonathan, asking for the Assembly’s approval for a $1bn loan to aid the war against the Islamic sects, Boko Haram.
Falana said the President must explain what he had been doing with the budgets made for defence in the past few years.

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Best Way To Keep Your Kidney Clean And Safe From Kidney Failure

Years pass by and our kidneys are filtering the blood by removing salt, poison and any unwanted entering our body. With time, the salt accumulates and this needs to undergo cleaning treatments and how are we going to overcome this?

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Court Of Appeal Commence Hearing Of Anambra Gubernatorial Election Case

The legal battle over the conduct of the last governorship election held in Anambra State last November has shifted to the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu today.
This morning, a five man special panel headed by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba, a Justice of Court of Appeal from Port Harcourt Division will hear three appeals filed by the trio of Senator Chris Ngige of All Progressives Congress (APC), Tony Nwoye of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Dr. Chike Obidigbo of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) all challenging the judgments delivered by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal headed by Justice Ishaq Bello on the 4th of June 2014.

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Would You Subscribe To The Use of iPad As a Substitute For Holy Bible Booklets?

By Ajayi Bamidele
The use of iPad, Android Tablets and iPhone is gradually taking over the conventional use of the known Hole Bible booklets and this move is seriously coursing untold distraction in various churches, where an usher would approach a member to concentrate on the teaching of the pastor, because the member is using iPad or any Android phones, might elucidate wrong teaching.
Ashiwaju.org has taken it as a task to sight people's opinion on the nascent move to deviate from what is known and accepted by many, against the innovative medium of reading the Holy Bible with an electronic device.

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Oli Producing Community Threatens To Shut Down Oil Exploration – ALAMIEYEISEGHA

Former executive governor of Bayelsa State and delegate to the ongoing national conference, Chief Diepreiye Alamieyeisegha on Monday said that the Niger delta communities were planning to shut down oil production in the region to forestall a looming earthquake and other natural disasters.
Alamieyeisegha who spoke on point of information stated that the information he gave was an offshoot of a meeting he had with leaders and elders of the oil producing, weekend.
The former governor who is representing his state said that between the last 58 years and now, a minimum of 1.8 to 2 million barrels of crude oil has been extracted from the Niger delta on daily basis.

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ASHIWAJU FACE OF THE WEEK

Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the 14th president of the ANC. Ramaphosa became deputy president after his election to the position in the ANC in 2012. At the time he was wooed by President Jacob Zuma’s camp to give the slate “credibility” when then ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe contested Zuma for the top post. Before that he was the chair of the national planning commission that produced the National Development Plan, the country’s blue print for growth towards 2030.

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Friday

Nasarawa House of Assembly Outline 16 offences Against Governor Al-Makura

President Jonathan Dissapoints Over Botched Meeting With Chibok Girls Parents —APC

It's Insulting To Describe Northerners As Leeches — ALIYU

I’m Ready To Defend N6Billion Debt Allegation--Nyako

Nigerian Senate Embarks On 8 Weeks Summer Break

Falana Urges National Assembly To Reject N1 Billion Loan To Fight Boko Haram Sects

Thursday

Best Way To Keep Your Kidney Clean And Safe From Kidney Failure

Court Of Appeal Commence Hearing Of Anambra Gubernatorial Election Case

Would You Subscribe To The Use of iPad As a Substitute For Holy Bible Booklets?

Oli Producing Community Threatens To Shut Down Oil Exploration – ALAMIEYEISEGHA

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