Saturday, 18 July 2020

Oshiomole And His Nemesis

Today the suspension of the national chairman of Apc Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is the climax of the series of in fighting between Oshiomhole and his party faithfuls in recent times.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) going by these series of brouhaha may fail to fly come 2023 General Election in Nigeria, going by the number of crisis bedevilling the party both at the Federal and State levels.Today a court suspends the national chairman as a result of of in fighting between Oshiomhole and his party big wigs.



First and foremost is the feud between the APC National Chairman, and the Incumbent Governor of his home state Edo, Obaseki. If not nipped in the bud quickly APC mighty lose Edo State to People's Democratic party (PDP) in the next gubernatorial election. The APC Governors forum sometime ago called for his resignation. He bluntly refused.

Again as a result of the fall out from the Bayelsa State gubernatorial election at the Supreme court recently where APC lost to PDP at the Apex court the blame has been heaped at the foot of the Party National Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. It was believed that the party secretariat did not carry out proper documentation prior to the gubernatorial primaries.Today the party again lost the governorship seat to PDP.



Fillers coming in from the Presidency shows that the crack in Aso Rock is yet to abate between the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno and the Chief of Staff Abba Kyari as President Mohammad Buhari has given Babagana Monguno a new appointment as the co-chair of the Humanitarian Ministry. In addition to the post of National Security Adviser. One would have thought that Mr President would have addressed the pertinent issues raised in Monguno's leaked memo, also following the alleged order by the Army Chief of Staff General Buratai of the sudden redeployment of army officers serving in the office of the National Security Adviser. One may want to ask why? Is the army chief taking sides?



In recent times the first lady Aisha Buhari had on several occasions protested that her husband Government is now dominated by those who are not part of the struggle to the road to Aso Rock. And that the governance had been hijacked by people who did not campaign for election with them.

Remember the outbursts in the Presidential villa sometime ago by the First lady Aisha Buhari about the quit notice to one of the cabals and his daughters to vacate an apartment in the Villa solely reserved for the immediate family of the President and not for an acquaintance. Can you remember ? There was even a leaked video that went viral to back it up. Acquaintances are not directly related to the President should not be allocated any combo so close to the Presidential family wing.


Nigerians should seriously take another critical look at Babagana Monguno's leaked memo to the President and file it away somewhere for safe keeping. We may need to refer to it in the near future.

Another issue is the party's meddlesomeness in the Judiciary, first the former Chief Judge of the Federation Onoghen was removed unceremoniously by the President and replaced by a Sharia court Judge Ahmed Tanko. Ever since the Judiciary had been hijacked it has been in a topsy turvy situation, especially the Supreme Court, the Apex court is so confused now that her judgement can be asked to be reviewed or set aside.



The incessant calls by well-meaning Nigerians for the immediate retirement of the military service chiefs and the response of the Secretary to the Federal Government saying that is not the solution to our state of insecurity , may I ask Boss Mustapha what is the real solution? The resurgence of Boko Haram that had so to say been "technically defeated" are still rampaging and are occupying about 6 local government areas in Northeast of the country. The so called service chiefs are surely unperturbed by the current situation of insecurity and are probably taking the fight against the so called insurgents lightly.


What about the Fulani Herdsmen, whom the military are Elledge to always escort and protect while attacking innocent citizens. If you are in doubt ask the Governors of Benue State, Ortom and Delta State, Okowa.

Friday, 23 August 2019

Rochas And His Antics

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE

CABINET OFFICE OWERRI

PRESS RELEASE

CHIEF ETHELBERT OKOROCHA HAS TURNED HIMSELF INTO A PUBLIC NUISANCE SUFFERING FROM WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME.

-Rants Like a Baby Whose Mouth Was Forcefully Withdrawn From The Mother's Breast.

The attention of the Secretary to the Government of Imo State, Hon. Barr. Uche Onyeagucha has been drawn to the most puerile and leprous comments recently made by Chief Ethelbert Okorocha in a Radio Programme at Reach FM,  Owerri,  wherein he denigrated and blackened the Secretary to the Imo State Government accusing him of breaking into his guest house and took away all his properties and documents.

Also, in a most disgraceful manner and like a drunken dreamer, Chief Ethelbert Okorocha in a bid to incite the people against the present government ended up in making fool of himself and turning himself into a public nuisance. Instead of hiding his ugly face in shame and apologizing to Imolites for raping and pillaging the State resources with grass impunity, he was unleashing all manner of lexical volleys on the present administration and on a man he is not worthy and qualified to lace his shoes. He forgot that such sterile scurrility is no longer fashionable to the people of the state. A responsible Political office Holder should know his limits and comports himself with a modicum of respect and decency.

Going by his recent crocodile outburst and infantile ranting, it is now a testamentary fact that Chief Okorocha has indeed turned himself into a public nuisance. It is unfortunate that the only media platform he can use to disparage the present administration is her daughter's Radio Station which was built on State Government's Land with State Fund. Chief Okorocha needs to be reminded that very soon, Government will recover the station because it was built on Government's land with Government fund.

The crystal truth is that in all ramifications, Chief Ethelbert Okorocha has no moral justification to denigrate the present administration which has within two months and three weeks set a verifiable development standard in the State which his inhuman administration could not do throughout his vanishing eight years tenure in the State. Imolites will always remain grateful to God for delivering the State from the hand of a functional buccaneer like Chief Okorocha who has now lost his sense of discernment and rants like a baby whose mouth was forcefully withdrawn from the Mother's breast. Therefore,  no responsible Government can condescend so low by joining issues with Chief Okorocha who is now in need of urgent psychiatric attention. The truth remains that when a sane person pursues an insane man people in the vicinity will equally consider the sane person as a mad man. In a civilized society, Chief Okorocha would have been ostracized for the colossal and devastating damages he caused in the State and also for the evils he committed against the people of the State.

Indeed, this present administration cannot be distracted by Chief Okorocha's intellectually bankrupt vituperations which depict his Vacuity. This present administration is committed in the task of rebuilding the State from ruinations and cannot be distracted by the infantile outburst of a rejected, frustrated and dejected man like Chief Okorocha who is now suffering from withdrawal syndrome. Instead of making mockery of himself, he should concentrate and face his EFCC case.

Signed

Prince MacDonald Enwere
Special Assistant (Media) to the
Secretary to the Government of IMO State.

Wednesday, 3 June 2015

For President Buhari the fight against corruption begins at home.

The release of the portrait of the first lady Aisha Buhari the other day generated alot of controversy when she dorn a wrist watch purportedly to have cost a whooping ten million  naira #10,453,000.Going by the modest kind of life APC and Buhari are preaching
One would expect the first lady to equally be modest and not living an ostentatious life.

Friday, 4 July 2014

Confab endorses creation of Ijebu, Aba, 16 other states, proposes Presidency rotation

Confab endorses creation of Ijebu, Aba, 16 other states, proposes Presidency rotation

Members of the ongoing National Conference holding in Abuja yesterday July 3rd while deliberating on the report of the committee on political restructuring and forms of Government in Nigeria, endorsed the creation of 18 new states to add to the existing 36 states. They also endorsed the rotation of the Presidency between the North and South and other Geo-political zones in the country.

The members suggested the creation of a state for the South-East geopolitical zone which has only 5 states in order to bring the number to 6 which is the number of states of other zones, apart from the North -West, which has seven. Continue...


Some of the proposed states approved by the Confab are Apa from Benue State, Kainji from Kebbi, Katagum from Bauchi, Savannah from Borno, Amana from Adamawa, Gurara from Kaduna, Ghari from Kano, Etiti from South East, Aba from Abia, Adada from Enugu, Njaba-Anim from Anambra and Imo,  Anioma from Delta State, Orashi from Rivers State, Ogoja from Cross River State, IJebu from Ogun State and New Oyo State from the present Oyo State.

The Conference is to later determine the names of the remaining two other states and their capitals, which are to be created in the South-South and South West zones. If approved by the Presidency, the number of states in the Country would now be 54.

The conference members also voted for the rotation of the Presidency between the North and South and also between the geo-political zones. They also voted against the immediate swearing-in of a Vice President into the office of the President should a sitting President die in office or be impeached.
They proposed that a Vice President should be sworn in as Acting President for 90days within which a fresh election for a new President should be held. 
The delegates also agreed that the old national anthem, “Nigeria we hail thee…” should be replaced with the current one.

"Some of the Chibok girls are being raped and shot at on camera" - Nigerian senator claims

Friday, July 4, 2014

"Some of the Chibok girls are being raped and shot at on camera" - Nigerian senator claims

Senator Ahmed Zanna, who represents Borno Central in the Senate, was a guest on Sahara TV a while back where he made shocking revelations about the missing Chibok girls. He said over 500 women, including the Chibok girls, have so far been abducted and some of the girls have been raped and shot at on camera. What he said below...
"Actually the information I am getting, some of them are very disturbing. Although I don't want to mention but they are just raping the girls you know in camera and even showing them on video, releasing it to the public. You know somebody told me that they are being raped and in turn, it is the girl who was raped that came down and was seen kneeling down, begging the man to be patient. Do you know the reason why?....
They say when they rape them, they shoot them so therefore the girl after been raped, she curled down to the man, kneeling down and begging him to please be patient. Continue..
So disturbing. Although I didn't see the video, but the person who narrated to me said he had the video and he was narrating to me, look at the situation and then the other scenario is that the Boko Haram are now out of fund, they are not getting enough food, so they are going from one village to another, taking the little the villagers have and going away and infact most of the villagers are now out and have moved out of their villages and have moved to cities and gone into neighboring countries. So more or less they don't have any chance of getting food so I don't know what they are going to do if food is not available. Are they going to sacrifice to give it to the girls? And then the other information I have is because you know the kidnap is a continuous process which they have been doing before the 200 and after the 200. So in their possession there are up to 500 or over 500 women who are been taken from the streets, on the main roads where they are traveling or go to the villages and collect them or you know all kinds of abductions"
 Watch the video here...

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Yale Young African Scholars Programme

Yale Young African Scholars Program


The Yale Young African Scholars Program is a new initiative that is modeled off of the Yale Young Global Scholars Program. These sessions, in Ghana and Ethiopia, are the first sessions to take place outside of Yale’s campus in New Haven, Connecticut. These sessions are intended solely for African students attending secondary school on the African continent.
The 2014 inaugural Yale Young African Scholars programs will be hosted by Yale University in two locations:

Ghana from 11 - 15 August 2014

Ethiopia from 18 - 22 August 2014

 

The application deadline has been extended to 16 May 2014 – Download the application here

This extension applies to all applicants. All materials (application form, evaluation form, and transcript) must be submitted by 16 May 2014 to african.scholars@yale.edu.
The Yale Young African Scholars Program (YYAS) is a high-intensity five-day program designed for African students who will graduate from secondary school in 2015 or 2016 and have the talent, drive, energy, and ideas to make meaningful impacts as young leaders, even before they begin their university studies. The Yale Young African Scholars Program is an official program of Yale University.
There is no cost to students to participate in the Yale Young African Scholars Program. Participants are, however, responsible for getting themselves to the venue at the outset of the program and their return home at the end of the program. Participants will also be responsible for any incidental expenses they elect to incur.
The programs will help students recognize and understand global issues, strategize responses, and innovate solutions while learning from Yale faculty and African undergraduate and graduate students who currently attend Yale. Students will participate in a lecture series and a number of elective seminars on a variety of topics. The demanding academic content is designed to improve students’ analytical thinking, intellectual flexibility, and written and oral communication skills. These skills will be further utilized in small workshops designed to prepare students for the demanding application processes of U.S. colleges and universities.
Accommodation will be provided for all students, along with class instruction, three meals a day, and in the case of the Ethiopia session, transportation from Addis to Debre Zeit. There is no cost for students to participate in the program.
Please share the program flyers for Ghana and Ethiopia with students who may want to apply.


Thursday, 3 April 2014

SANUSI WINS ROUND ONE

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Court orders FG, police, to pay Sanusi N50million damages

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Federal Government and the Nigerian police to pay suspended Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, N50million as exemplary damages for unlawfully detaining him and seizing his passport on February 20th. The court also asked the police to immediately return his passport and warned them against arresting or harassing him again.