The party, which accused the ruling PDP of abusing its incumbency power by encouraging a do-or-die brand of politics that is morally bankrupt and bereft of principles, warned that the trend must be checked to avert a situation where Nigeria becomes a one-party state.
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has awarded a penalty of N20 million as damages against some officials of the Lagos State government for wrongful detention, beating one Alhaji Adisa Adewale and the demolition of his property in Shangisa/Magodo area of the state.
The assassination came on a day the Federal Government announced the appointment of Ogbonnaya Onovo, as the nation’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP) shows the enormous task before the new Police helmsman.
The call was made, weekend, by the Ansar-Ud-Deen Youth Association of Nigeria, Lagos Branch during a press conference to mark this year’s Youth Week with the theme: “(Gross) Multiplying diverts you†aimed at raising fund for the youth empowerment project.
The Deputy Chairman House of Representatives committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes Mr. Bassey Etim has cautioned against the impeachment of President Umaru Yar’Adua by the National assembly, saying doing so would still not lead to full implementa-tion of the 2009 Appropria-tion Act.
Chairman of the Lagos Zone of PENGASSAN, Comrade Folorunso Oginni, told Vanguard that the management had provoked the workers to the limit of their patience and vowed that should the management continue to play pranks with the future of workers, the leadership of PENGASSAN would have no order choice than to direct the workers to shut down all operations both down and upstream until the matter is resolved.
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, replied the letter earlier written to him by President Umaru Yar’Ãdua to revert to 20 Local Government Areas, saying it is impossible since the Local Council Development Areas were created by law of the state’s House of Assembly.
Onuesoke, who was spoke in his Ughelli office when a group of People Democratic Party (PDP) Youths paid him a courtesy visit, said the decision was a pointer to the fact that the federal government was not genuine in its amnesty programme for aggrieved youths of the region.
“The big question to ask our governors is, why now? We think this decision is not going to help matters, especially at this period when we are clamouring, more than ever before, for peace and security in this our region.â€
There are also people who tell so many lies about their life that they eventually become a source of ridicule but my attitude has always been to believe anything I am told as long as it does not directly affect me adversely; I don’t have the energy to start sorting out stories that are at best irrelevant. I however get concerned that people often get left behind by other people’s expectations and live out a story that is not their own.
Humanity is still intimidated by fears it inherited from prehistoric humans, as well as fears that are products of the technological advancement of civilization, including the fear of nuclear annihilation. Collective fear engenders herd instinct, and tends to encourage aggressively towards strangers. As I suggested a moment ago, fear stimulates cruel impulses, and hence promotes superstitious beliefs which appear to justify cruelty.
We also used the medium to appeal to the President to ignore the ranting of some politicians purported to be speaking for the oil producing communities in Ukwa-West of the State over the overwhelming support and endorsement by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in the local government, state and national levels for Mr. Nwagboso who was the Federal Commissioner representing Abia State in the second Governing Board of NDDC.
ALHAJI Abubakar Tsav, a retired Lagos State Commissioner of Police, renown social critic and anti-corruption crusader in this interview with Vanguard in Makurdi, spoke on Yar’ Adua’s administration, Obasanjo’s regime, EFCC,amnesty, rotational presidency and other national issues. Excerpts:
SHAREHOLDERS have called on the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) and Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) to quickly mandate banks operating in the country to honour dividend warrants that are paid into savings account as this would help reduce the value of unclaimed dividend which had risen to over N17 billion.
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